Morning - have been awake since about 4.30am and can't sleep as was starving so just polished off a bowl of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and still wide awake so starting on the Red Bush Tea now.
Sorry wasn't around yesterday - slept from 3-5.30pm and then again in the evening on the sofa as was feeling 'not right' - have got a cold/sore throat thing and feeling pretty ropy. Anyway, am here now, trying to catch up and I am also very excited to be 39wks exactly today! Woo Hoo! Having my 'flue' 'swept' on Tuesday so getting excited now. (How bizarre to be excited about some strange woman shoving her hand up my fanjo and causing me pain........amazing how desperate you get isn't it?)
belgian Every time I read one of your posts I feel for you - you must feel sooooooo frustrated. Am surprised you can't get a sweep until you are 40+ wks, my midwife offered one at 39 wks and my SIL was offered one last year when she was pg from 38 wks onward. Seems it maybe depends on the individual midwife? Is it worth asking another midwife to see if policy is flexible? If not come up to Dundee - we're obviously sweep-happy here!
BTW - meant to say days ago, who was it who came to Broughty Ferry to see their in-laws recently? I live in Broughty Ferry and would be delighted to meet up if you're ever back visiting????? We could get ice-cream from Visocchis............[greedy frazzle emoticon] and then walk it off on the beach!
Love the new thread title by the way momino, and I don't believe heartburn is anything to do with hair (although I know the myth says it is). My worst heartburn was with DD1 who was almost bald until she was about 2!!!! Not been too bad at all with this pg - interesting to see how much hair this one has. jennster am snorting at Gaviscon making babies hairy .......but I wonder if anyone has researched this as a side effect??!!
looby - Lansinoh is the best cream IMO - put a layer on your nipple, then a thin layer on a breast pad and stick them together. Keeps the nippple moist (and moist healing is meant to be quickest). Poor you, sore nips are hellish.
Not sure if you'll want to take this advice but I've also used nipple shields before (for a couple of days only) to give my nips a break while they healed. You're not meant to use them (according to current advice) but TBH I'd have stopped B/F DD1 if it hadn't been for them and they didn't cause nipple confusion at all (with her anyway). I've just bought the Medela ones this time as they have a cut-out bit so the baby's face can touch your breast as they feed. Obvioulsy not tried them out yet tho!
I've used Tommee Tippee breastpads before and they were good. Also haven't used them but "lilypadz' are meant to be brilliant. My SIL swears by them.
Also looby I've never really bothered buying proper 'breastfeeding tops' as such - usually I just do a bit of layering to save on flashing flesh at everyone. Wear 2 vest tops so you can pull one up, one down and no stomach/back skin need to be exposed while you're feeding (genius!) I have bought a load of very cheap vest tops (initially for labour etc) from Tesco - they were £1 each and come in about 6 colours. Probably won't last very long but will do for the initial stages until I get the hang of feeding discreetly again.
Having said that I did (accidentally) buy a maternity top from Mothercare which has 2 layers to it and only discovered yesterday that it must be a proper 'b/f top' as it has holes inside it to hoik my boob through for feeding (although bizarrely they aren't quite in the right place for my boob!)
llare sorry to hear you're having a hard time with your toddler. I don't have any advice, but you have my utmost sympathy. No doubt I'll have the same prob once my baby is born and my (very possessive) 2 year old turns into even more of a drama queen than she is already.
Sorry, mammoth post. Nice to have some peace to catch up. Am looking forward to a nice, calm (ha ha) family day today. I bought a wardrobe for the babys room yesterday (IKEA again - love the Hensvik stuff and little gingham storage compartments) so will build that later, DD1 has dancing class (so I get a sneaky hour to have coffee and chat with my friend while the kids dance) and DH has started talking (again) about swapping my car for a 4x4 with 7 seats (woo hoo) - maybe my hysterical meltdown last week over car seats did make him think seriously about it. Maybe we could go and have a look at some........
Oh and detsy - congrats on reaching your due date yesterday. I am feeling super-confident that (if you're not already in labour) you will sooooooooon - surely the full moon will work for you. Keep me posted x