Anybody else due in NOVEMBER 2009 :-) PART 3

[ldeeanna]

Hopefully this has worked?

Hi everyone, hope you're all enjoying the weekend. Sorry haven't got a chance to read all posts at the moment. It is absolute madness here. Found out in Tuesday that we are moving next Friday and have to have everything packed and ready to go

It's only down the road but going from a 2 bed to a 4 bad, am so excited lol!

There just seems to be so much to do. It doesn't help that the second I start doing things dd or ds3 starts crying/screaming/clinging to my leg like a baby chimp It is not going well.

Do any of you have any helpful tips on moving with 4 kids in tow?!

Also do you know if it is safe for me to do painting?? We have Friday and Saturday pretty much child free to decorate the WHOLE house, argghhhhhh! So I really need to help out but I've no idea if it is ok to be around all the fumes?

On the bumpy front tomorrow is the day we tell dp's parents, I am so nervous. The last 2 times I have stayed in a different room and made him tell them! I feel like a naughty schoolgirl I can't imagine they are going to be exactly thrilled at the prospect. I'm scared just thinking about it!

Oh well it's getting far to hard to hide now. I have a very definate preg bump

Oh and I need a wedding outfit too! Have a wedding late July I'll be about 24wks but judging by the rate I'm growing I'm going to be huge. It doesn't help that dp's ex is also going and we don't exactly get on. I need to look fab and super hot if at all possible lmao! She always looks great and I'm going to be a fat blob

Actually I'll look like a weeble cos I'm only 5" 1 lol!!

Anyway I best go do something constructive. Hopefully get a proper catch up tomorrow.

Night all x

Hi ladies

Was very surprised to discover the asos website has maternity wear, some lovely dresses too. I think it's www.asos.com

Also, at 12 and a half weeks my bump has put in an appearance!!

I've just had a look at my local hospital's birth stats on this site and they really don't make for nice reading.

I'm really starting to get uneasy about going back there, but I really don't have much choice. Time to train DH better in sticking up for me when being asked to do things I don't want to

The nearest hospital with good stats is about 2 hours away and a bit chavvy, so DH has dismissed that one out of hand. Bless his sensibilities.

BTW we managed to have our first sex this week since becoming pg and I really didn't enjoy it - I thought it was meant to be great? Everything, from my skin to everything else was over-sensitive and a bit unsettling. I think I'd better try again when in a better mood

ursigurke, which dresses did you like from the Monsoon site...so they have a maternity range??

Tip for moving house with children: grandparents! Pack them off for a couple of days. It is the only way.

Is anyone else a total saddo like me and watching the Eurovision. I want Norway to win!

Sounds like there might be a few of us at weddings this summer wearing that dress! Not the same wedding I hope

I went looking for a dress I bought in Debenhams but it's not on their site anymore. They have got this one though here which is gorgeous and would be great for other occasions after the wedding too.
Sparkly pumps and you're well away!

Also, Isabella Oliver has an outlet store where they sell old styles cheaper here They have some lovely dresses at much nicer prices!

hobnob, you shouldn't have posted that link, I suddenly feel sick... the st mary's trust has been rated as the least well performing trust... On the other side, they only mention the consultant led unit and not the birth centre (which is supposed to be there and should be very modern, haven't seen it yet)
scarlotti, thanks for the two links, unfortunately I don't like the older styles as much, but there are a few green and pink versions of "my" dress on ebay, just not my size at the moment.
pavlov, the green one looks even better I think, but I'm pretty sure that I would look ugly in it. Pink would just be the better option for my skin (not to mention that my husband is allergic to green as it is the colour of apparently the most terrible football team on earth)
brightonbaby, monsoon doesn't do maternity (I wish they did), but some of the normal ones would be suitable, I think, like here and here I really find the orange one very cute but I would probably look worse than in any green dress.
EasyEggs, I'm sure you will find the right dress (we all will), and with your bump you will look much better than the ex. And it shows very well how happy you are as a family!

forgot to say: the monsoon dresses could be a bit tricky bra-wise. I suppose we really need good bras in july and august

scarlotti - i bought a pair of IO palazzo pants, in a size 4 by accident . Even with this constant sickness, I am most certainly not a 4!! I love the mummy look tops, they are fab, I might have to buy one. I notice that some of those clothes are being sold on ebay, I am glad I saw it, so I don't pay more than they are going for on the outlet store!

I have not been sick this morning, but it is early yet. I kept my tea down yesterday, I ate earlier, and although I was sick not long after taking the medication, some of it was definitely absorbed as I slept forever afterwards, kept my food down and woke up in the night with a dry mouth (side effect) for the first time in months! Lovely I guzzled a drink!

I have just taken a tablet this morning, eaten a banana and waiting for the tablet to kick in, so if I start talking rubbish (more than normal) then tell me to get off the computer and go to bed!

easyeggs - fab that you are moving! it is so soon! If I was local I would come and help/make you tea. You are not local to Devon though are you?

pavlov, good to hear that you are feeling so much better and that you good eat a bit and even sleep!

easyeggs fab that you are moving!! I hope today goes well with DH's parents. Why aren't they nice about the new baby? How rude.
Ooo love looking at all the maternity dresses. I have a wedding too (!) on 15 August, have NO idea what to wear, but really don't fancy paying £100 for a dress I'll probably only wear once, so may have a look on eBay or the outlet site. Usigurke love the purple monsoon dress, v pretty. Know what you mean about bras though. Tricky.

I went shopping yesterday and bought some black work trousers from mamas and papas which are really comfy. Also got some leggings and cheap floaty dress which can go over the top. My bump seems really huge for just over 13 weeks!! Especially after I have eaten, I look about 5 months pregnant! Love it though.

Pavlov hoping the tablet works its magic and you have a good day today....

Ooooh there's the pink Isabella dress size 12 on ebay but £51 with 25 bids! I've no chance. I am a 10 or 12 generally so it would fit me.

There's one size 2 (ie size 10 it reckons) as well going for less. Hmmm. Sooo tempted!!!! But I'm not good at ebay. I hardly ever win as people snipe me at the last minute.

Why are they sized differently? Are these European sizes or something?

Pavlov glad to hear you are feeling a bit better and have slept well. I hope you have a good day today

Hi all. Hope the weekend is going well.

I spent yesterday in A&E with DS who has fractured his thumb. He's now in plaster and will be so for six weeks.

This thread moves so fast. One day away and so much to catch up on.

Becky - don't know why they have their own sizes, definitely not European. I am already confused here in the UK and never know which size I am (seems to depend on the shop as well) and it doesn't help that now, it's again a different sizing system. But I have heard that in general the IO sizes are rather on the large size. So if you are 10 or 12, you should try to get the 10 I suppose.
Katster - I agree, I don't really want to spend 100 for a dress that I will only wear once but I suppose I will have to as my wedding is with evening or cocktail dress. (still worried that the material of the Isabella Oliver dresses might look cheap, it's only viscose). On the other side, I just have to ask my husband to go out more often or if I can find one I really like, I might be able to use it in all those future pregnancies... or sell it later.
Keep forgetting to ask you, how your schooltrip to the seaside were.
Ninjacat, sorry to hear about your son, I hope he isn't suffering too much.

Ninjacat your poor DS - how did he do that? Hope he is OK.

Usigurke it was v sickly!! Am relieved it's over as it seemed to have been hanging over me for ages, and apart from the rain and the travel sickness all the way there on a 2 hour coach journey, it was OK. The children loved it, anyway! I am still recovering though!

Hmm, dresses are a problem aren't they. They had some nice things in mamas and papas but not sure anything is posh enough for 'cocktail'. Surely they will be more lenient on pregnant women for the dress code? I thought the IO dress looked lovely. Next maternity also have some pretty things.

Off to my friend's for lunch.... She is insisting on having a bbq in the rain so I have told her I am still suffering badly with sickness and I will just have toast.... She is notorious for poisoning people (!) and the thought of undercooked, blackened meat is not appealing right now!!

DH bid on that dress for me on ebay but we lost it at the last minute. I said £50 was my max and someone went for £53. Ah well! There'll be other chances.

I've just had a nightmare. I took DS2 to a party and I've got a bit of a phobia about balloons so I always get nervous going to children's parties but this one was bad: balloons everywhere (imagine an arachnophobic going to a party full of spiders leaping about), tiny house, all the grownups smoking in the kitchen. I felt so sick and I stink of smoke now. Yuckity yuck. DS2 had a great time though!

after all this talking about dresses I completely forgot to tell you something much more important: I think I have felt my baby, even if it is a bit early for a first timer. Two nights ago, I felt something like lots of bubbles on the right side. To be honest, I think, I dreamt it as I had read so many postings here about feeling movements.
But last evening, it was different, actually no bubbles and definitely not a nice butterfly. It was more like a muscle who is suddenly twitching. (luckily I found some homepages where women describe their feelings in a similar way.) It's funny, just a couple of days ago I told a friend that I was a bit scared of the feeling of someone else inside me (a bit like an alien) and now, I can't wait to feel it again (I guess, my friend was right )

ursigurke that's great! I'm very as I haven't felt anything yet I don't think. Wait until you see a foot or hand pushing under your bump (esp noticeable when lying in a bath) - then it will feel like there is an alien inside you

yey usigurke! How cool! Its great, makes it so much more real! The feeling so so different for everyone and also varies on where/when baby moves too, but you will know the feeling, your body...its amazing isn't it?

Hi everyone!

So funny that everyone is talking weddings, I went to a wedding yesterday! Managed to shoehorn myself into an old coast dress, it was empire style so managed to fit over my bump. Made the mistake of wearing ridiculously high heels though, my feet were so sore and swollen by the end of the night and I ended up taking them off and dancing bare footed! Was a great day though and managed to stay awake until 12.30pm!

ursigurke congrats on feeling the baby move, it's such a lovely feeling isn't it.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, will tey and catch up more tomorrow as have got to put ds to bed now. Might just do the same, I'm shattered!

Hi all,

I've been away for a few days so just catching up. Had my scan on Thursday and all seems to be well

It wasn't really the exciting experience I was hoping for though. Ended up in A&E with DD (with breathing difficulties) on Wed night and there until Thurs am. I told them about my scan so I managed to get discharged at 10am, got the taxi straight from the A&E hospital to the one I'm having the baby (via mine to pick up notes) with sick DD in tow and on two hours sleep. All the other expectant mums were there sipping Evian and looking glossy and gorgeous, while I was plying myself with caffeine to stay awake and biscuits to try not to be sick. By the time we went in for the scan I was just so exhausted. My mind was so much on my 'real' baby who wasn't, that I could barely take in the idea of a new one. We left and went for lunch in almost silence, then DH went back to work and I took DD home and cried and cried!

I think my problem is that I have become obsessed with wanting everything to be the same as it was with DD, when obviously it's not going to be. I felt bad for the new baby that I could hardly even bring myself to concentrate on the scan. With DD that first scan was one of the most amazing days of my life.

Anyway, the scan was fine and the nuchal test was good odds, so those are all that matters. Oh, and DD seems much better (I can't leave her alone though).

Catching up on the thread can I just say how pleased I am so many of you are loving McDonalds! I probably eat it normally about once every few years and I just had a Burger King yesterday AND a McDonalds today! I couldn't believe it, but oh my god it was so good!!

Also, on the wedding subject, I am being a bridesmaid at the end of July. I have a size 16 dress (the size 12 fit me pre-pregnancy) to get altered to fit my bump, so I'm just hoping that will work! The dresses were bought last summer so there's no chance of getting another if I'm the wrong shape.

Congrats on the other good scans! Naetha, I am the same as you now - due on 26th November.

Lissyglitter I hope you're feeling better now and have managed to talk things through with DP. Sickness usually wears off at around 16 weeks doesn't it, so you might be able to start taking your anti-depressants again then if you're still feeling bad? Have you decided where you're moving to yet? If it's near Newcastle we could meet up (for a Maccy Ds??) when you move.

Laugs poor you and your poor DD - what an experience. Glad the scan went well though

Feeling a bit about all these weddings and pretty dresses! I had 2 with my last pg - at 7 months (so about September for us). I got a DP's dress off ebay for £9. Didn't like it much but figured I had a reasonable excuse to look weird. The latter wedding was too late for me to fly (could have taken a chance in getting a GP's note, but figured we'd lose the fare if something was amiss) so went down on the sleeper to London. Getting back off it and beginning a week at work was not the BEST idea I've ever had!

Finding it hard to motivate myself with food still. Just can't be bothered to figure out what I want to eat - it's easier to eat the same things every day or just procrastinate until I feel ill and then stock up on chocolate hobnobs. Any nice ideas for easy lunches would be welcome. I think my system has had enough of marmite and cheese sandwiches for now!