Due Sept 05 - Thread 8

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"I went to a b/feeding workshop last time and they had a sectional drawing of a baby feeding and I was flabbergasted by how much nipples stretch. " Pooka - you and me both! Thanks for reminding me of that image. Boobs are amazing things aren't they?!!?

Mine are much bigger this pregnancy than last and I don't like it at all. I hope they shrink again once I'm done feeding.

I was away last week. A citybreak in the rain isn't a huge amount of fun when you cannot entertain yourself by getting drunk. We made the best of it and kept DD entertained. I now realise, with hindsight, that the best way to have spent last week and the same amount of money would have been to visit a spa - alone!

Since returning I have been struck with a strange kind of dizziness. I feel like I am on a moving ship. I spoke to my midwife about it and she took blood to check for anaemia but others have suggested it could be an inner ear infection, causing the sense of unbalance. I may visit my GP on Friday.

We might actually have a completion date for moving. July 1st. I hope it is no later. I was hoping for mid June at the latest. I feel there will be so much to do in the remaining time between moving and the baby arriving. I know I should be grateful the chain has remained intact but still, I just want to be moved.

I have to study today. I'm at home, dd is at nursery and the bloody yapping neighbourhood dog has been left on its own again and is barking up a storm! Grrr. I feel sorry for the dog. The owners are retired (but fit) inyet never walk the dog and seem to eave it indoors all day if they do go out. The dog is obviously distressed. It never gives up barking until they return home.

JM - I also get terrible hayfever and was recommened nasaleze - a natural nasal spray. It just really coats the inside of your nose so pollen isnt absorbed. Helps a bit but itchy eyes are still a prob. Or you can try vaseline on inside of nostril - similar effect but not as good and a bit messy. Love the fact that weather report said pollen count in London was 0 - - What nonsense!!

Thanks for the tip Boompi! I tried vaseline last time I was pg - agree very messy. Brother is a pharmacist so will ask him about Nasaleze - cheers! We're going to CentreParcs next week and don't fancy suffering the pollen there!
Beatie - Hope you get the dizziness sorted .

Beatie - maybe it's an ear infection. If you flew last week, it's possibly something to do with pressure. Hope all is well.
It's so disappointing when breaks don't actually turn out the way you hoped. That's what has put us off doing anything interesting or different since dd was born - almost feel like it's pointless trying to have a proper holiday when really it can just be same old, different place, in terms of early mornings, what to do in evening when dd asleep etc. Hence the fact that all our post dd hols have involved renting or borrowing houses with family and/or friends. Doing exactly this in the south of France at the beginning of July with my father, stepmother, brothers and their partners, aunts and uncles. Can't wait, tho am aware that it's going to be HOT HOT HOT and I look like a beached whale at the moment. Always seem to expand the most where I least wnat it i.e. bum and horrible massive dimpled thighs.

LOL Pooka - can relate re butt and dimpled thighs! I look like I've cut a (large) basketball in half, and stuck one half on my stomach and the other half on my butt . Can't even bear to think about the state of my thighs...

Oooh - I'm jealous. Suddenly France sounds very inviting. We almost chose to go to Portugal last week instead. Luckily the weather report indicated the South of Portugal had seen rain too It might have been harder to amuse DD on a wet beach holiday than during a wet city break.

Just wanted to drop in and say Hi. I've been in the states for the last 2 weeks. The travelling wasn't nice, but could've been a lot worse. Had a bulkhead seat for the flight over (10 hours!) which wasn't exactly comfortable, but at least I had room to stretch my legs. Also got upgraded to first class on the way back. Brilliant! All in all the trip was pretty boring . I did my first baby shopping but it just felt surreal buying little clothes for a complete stranger.

So I have an appoint with the head of midwifery at UCH today to discuss homebirth/getting appointments with community midwives etc.

Other than that - just feeling fat fat fat. Have gained 30lbs!

Katts i know how you feel re the weight gain thing, i was 8st 6lbs before this, got weighed at work a little while ago and suddenly i'm 10st 10lbs. I know it's the baby but really that's just not fair! Hopefully will lose it all again quite fit, hating being in maternity clothes!

Hi everyone new here have posted on the pregnancy thread in April kept meaning to join but just when I think I have the time to DD wakes up, the phone starts ringing, or someone turns up at the door!
(Will add my details to the stats thread)
Reguarding the maternity bra thing don't know if any of you have the same trouble but have recently brought new tops from dorothy perkins and other reptible retailers and the silly tent looking device thats meant to be a bra sticks out here there and everywhere and makes the top look rididulous!

Hi Shayla - I hear you re the maternity bra under tops - drives me mad!!

Can I join the 'feeling like an elephant club' please?!
Walking dog this morning, bumped into friend's au pair who said 'God, you're going to be huge aren't you - your boobs and everything look enormous!" Had been feeling ok up til then! I think she meant it as some bizarre compliment, but can't work out how!!
Then went into town for new bra. Lady in John Lewis kept referring to my enormous boobs! Now 36E which is bigger than any other pg. On a more positive note, I wanted a flesh-coloured bra to go under all these ridiculous see-through maternity tops. She said my choice v limited, but found one that was a great fit, for only £8! I kept it on as my old one was so uncomfortable (M&S). Have just tried to see what make it is for all your info, but despite strange contortions, can't see a label with a make on. They can't do many non-underwired supportive bras at that price, so try your luck!!!

Hiya all,
Havent been on here recently, been pritty busy!!
Im now 23 and 5, and already suffering with the pubis bone splitting!! I didnt suffer with my 1st, and in absolute agony!! Plenty of painkillers!

i'm definately feeling the bad vibes and maternity bras to, i reckon if anyone was creative enough, and had spare time (yeah right)then they'd have find a niche market and could make a fortune on gorgeous, comfortable maternity bras that go well under all the annoying maternity tops we have. Guess at the moment gorgeous and maternity bra just don't go in the same sentence!

hello all, welcome to singleteenagemum and shayla.

Glad I'm not the only one feeling like a baby elephant. I was in France last week on hols and put on nearly half a stone, on top of the stone and a bit I'd already gained.

Another question re maternity bras - do the straps really have to be that wide?? And what exactly is the point in making strappy maternity tops if you have to wear these ridicukous bras under them?

Andif - think I got the same bra as you from John Lewis a couple of weeks ago! Don't think that they are specifically maternity bras though, just supportive non wired. Just had a look and there's no make on the label. Only £8 - so got one white and one flesh coloured Lovely lady in the shop told me that I'd grow out of it pretty quickly and she was right - trouble is I got the largest size they do - G cup - so what do I do now?
And you're all so right about the cut of so called "maternity tops"

Yes jessysmummy - it's not maternity specifically.
Shall we start a campaign against strappy maternity clothes? I had much hysterics at a strappy top I was lent with 'built-in hidden support' - ha bloody ha, I need scaffolding! I admit to squeezing into an underwired (shock horror) bra with see-through straps, but could hardly breathe by the end of the day, so not very healthy!
Thought all these tops must be aimed at teenage Mums with better muscle tone, so STM you've made me feel a lot better!! Welcome!!

I'll sign up for your campaign Andif! Although don't think that the strappy tops issue is just confined to maternity clothes - how many women do you know who like the tops of their arms? I could count them on one hand! I look like a russian shotputter when I wear strappy tops, or even capped sleeves for that matter !!

The best maternity clothes I've found are Gap Maternity, but unfortunately they don't sell it in the UK (apparently trialled in a 'few' shops a couple of years ago and it didn't take off - would love to know which shops they were!) - I got some jeans and a shirt in the States, but didn't have a bump at that stage, so imagination wouldn't stretch far enough for me to go too mad in there!

On a more positive note, it's still gorgeous outside - is this the start of summer, do you think??

I got some sports bras from m&s that have been fine. I also got some bra extenders from emma jane that make the width larger (all those kilos I've gained!)
I agree that some maternity clothes are just silly. I've been looking at the catalogues and don't see one huge preg mum there!!

Grrrrr M & S! Was measured there 2 weeks ago and they said I was 40A! Ha ha, good joke. Found a fantastic local woman who has a busines called Twin Peaks and came to my house yesterday with 2 suitcases full of maternity bras, nightwear and swimsuits and got some lovely comfy sleep bras and normal maternity bras (actually fairly OK looking, not fussy styling)much cheaper than in the shops and in size 38DD. That's more like it! She's going to come back when I'm 37 weeks to measure me up for nursing bras. I'm so pleased, and so pXXXXd off to have wasted money on the M&S support bra.

I loved the Gap Maternity stuff too - but was only 7 weeks pg when we went to New York and like you Kiwifruit I just couldn't imagine being huge.

I got my maternity bras from H&M - frankly they don't fit very well but they are cheap and at the rate I was and still am expanding I didn't want to waste the cash on more expensive ones. I think I'm goi ng to need to buy some new ones this weekend so will check out John Lewis when we go and order the pram.

had a midwife appt today, had the breastfeeding talk and Vitamin K chat too.

she had a feel of my bump (first time anyone has touched it other than the sonographer) and says i am breech at the moment........so what i thought was a foot under my ribs is actually baby's hands....in which case i am growing a little boxer by the feel of it!!!

my maternity knickers arrived and i am now much more comfortable.....and am still managing without a bra at all....have always been envious of those more well endowed than me but reading how much trouble you are all having getting bras for the first time ever i'm pleased about my lack of cleavage!!

am so with you all on maternity bras and tops being designed by people from seperate planets. Have resorted to putting hair elastic around centre part of bra under some of my lower cut shirts!
Also my maternity trousers(except my gap ones) all fall down when I walk any distance - and they arent loose on me. Tried braces under my shirt the other day - all seemed fine till I had to go to loo and suddenly saw flaw in plan.... Cant wait till I go on leave and can wear casual clothes which are more comfy.

Re hayfever have been informed that piriton should be ok to take there was a thread on it last week but can't remember where exactly.

I need more than scaffolding at the moment trrying to find a bra that fits and doesn't chaffe in all the wrong places is a nightmare.

Weather was glorious we threw the kids out in the garden at toddler group today however have just returned from work, it was like an oven in there and they decided that we were over staffed tonight so instead of sending the fat pregnant woman who is practically passing out home they send three able bodied happy people home and leave me to struggle along on my till.

Pooka, I'm with you on M&S - have never found their bras to fit me very well, but thought I'd give them a go for maternity bras. They measured me as a 42DD - put it on, and there was spare fabric everywhere! Finally got one that fitted (it was a 40C, so no idea where the 42DD came from!), but it made me look like I had 2 rugby balls strapped to my chest - it was the most bizarre shape! Couldn't bring myself to buy one, and ended up at Mothercare, which was a vast improvement, but still not gorgeous! Noticed that they had some nice feeding bras though. The home visit lady sounds great though...

Andif they may try and 'aim' them at teenage mums, but they can't have researched very well, i've not worn a strappy top since feb and that was before i found out i was pregnant!

not with you on the M&S bra, i bought months ago that were 34DD and were really comfy, went back the other week got measured again in the same bra gone to 36FF and they're still the most comfortable i've tried (not that they're all that comfortable)

Going to have another rant about maternity clothes though, why they don't they do maternity t-shirts that are mid-way bwtween normal and absolutely humungus? My boss told me off for showing a bit of flesh! how rude...not my fault that my maternity t-shirts are too big atm and my normal ones ride up a little bit....he's a bloke so i best let him off