November 2010 - From Flump to Bump!

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This is the new discussion thread .
Stats thread here

Vix is the 2010 Bee model the Bee+?
If so, buying it and the separate sun canopy from mothercare with the 20% off voucher works out at £368 I think?

Hey there everyone - finally ordered by buggy & car seat today.. delighted. knocking things off the list every few days :)

Sabie irish girls names: Niamh, Maeve, Saoirse(always like but DH thinks too hard to say and wont go with italian surname), Sorcha, Caoimhe, Aoife, Aisling (on my list), Roisin, Aine, Ailish...

p.s. I like Ruairi ;)

Anyone got any italian name suggestions for boy or girl??

Support pillows -- any recommendations? need something to help me sleep that ideally can use after for breastfeeding? tks

I like Francesca of Guilia for a girl and Luca for a boy.

tiany, how do you pronounce Saoirse? I read a novel a while back with a character of that name and found it most irritating that I didn't know how to pronounce it in my head!

Italian names I like Rosa, Maria and Luisa.

Hi ladies...

Tiany I love Saoirse (Sorcha *hmm) it is so pretty. Aisling is lovely too. I've got big square continental pillows anyway, whihc are proving brilliant (much better than the geni thingy) - one under my head and one between legs and bump. I'm going to get a V shaped one too though for back support later on whilst BF and I've got a widgey pillow to go under the baby.

Hope you are all feeling well. Can't believe only 12 weeks to go now! Bump is getting massive and I can really feel his kicks and punches to the point that they are quite scary at times!

Still can't decide between home birth and MW led centre... who knows maybe the decision will ultimately be made for us.

28 week midwife appointment this week... praying my iron lvels have risen otherwise I'm for the hossie tabs. Is anyone else on those?

shoppingstar You asked me ages ago which books I had ordered, I bought one called 'Your Baby Week by Week' which at a first glance read seems quite good to a novice like me, gives a rough idea of what to expect in term of hours sleeping/crying and when to bath etc. The other book I got was 'Babies: The Mumsnet guide', someone lent me the pregancy one and I really enjoyed it. Haven't looked at this one yet.

Started looking at nursery ranges etc now. For those more organised, what colours are you going for? We don't know what LO is. Thinking of a pale yellow.

Bought a ticket for the car wash the other day that expired on my due date - felt quite close all of a sudden!

Hey everyone what did I miss?
Been busy with being free of DD for 2 weeks and getting the baby room done.
We now have painted walls, carpet, blinds and shelves up and DP put the cotbed up afew nights ago tho lots more to do.
Just to give you a idea
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Cant believe I am 27 weeks tomorrow, officially in my 7th month (so the sites tell me) tho my mum saw me after 2 weeks and said I have gotten bigger already and last night LO found my ribs and his movements hurt BIG time :(

Can't sleeeeeeeep....anyone else struggling with nighttime waking?

I'm definitely struggling with night time waking- once i get up to go to the toilet it's taking me an hour to get back to sleep. I'm starting to really feel tired now. Can't believe I've still got 14 weeks to go....

LO's kicks are getting so strong they actually hurt as well now, and it feels like he's active all of the time. I'm hoping this doesn't mean I'm going to have a non-sleeping baby

And to top all of my moaning off, saw some pics of me someone took a week or so ago and my face looks really fat

Think I need to go away andv cheer up a bit

Hello all

Been an age since I've been on but lovely to read back through the posts and see how everyone is getting on. Am 28 weeks today and also struggling with sleep. Woke at 3am this morning and didn't settle again till about 20 minutes before my alarm went off, typical.

Interesting to see how all the list making and preparations are progressing. Here we have bought pram, car seat, breast pump, tummy tub (I just think they're so cute...), have taken a free cot donation from a friend and that's about it. All second hand so far. Still want to get a Moby wrap, car seat base thingy, and all the bedding and clothing that the LO will need as well. Also looking at a few things for labour (ball, hypnotherapy CDs).

Still pretty sure we want to try for a home birth but was slightly scared by visit from solicitor cousin this weekend who specialises in medical negligence law and has seen a lot of birth injury cases (not HB-related but still). I should not have asked any questions!

Have a scan tomorrow as part of a Tommy's study that I'm part of. Looking fwd to seeing what's going on in there again. Also have routine MW appt so it'll be a day of antenatal fun.

Question for those of you who have been setting up cots in preparation - is it quite normal to put the newborn directly into a cot? Only ask as we have been offered a loan of a crib by inlaws and given that we already have the cot I'm not sure if it's worth taking the crib as well? I know we would only use the crib for the first few months but thought it might be cosier for the LO/if they would be a bit lost in the middle of a proper cot to start off with. Interested in your thoughts.

Ten weeks of work left until mat leave - woohoo! I so cannot be bothered anymore.....!

Have a good week all.

Morning all! and welcome to new people.

Kyuri we are going to use a Moses basket (which is being lent by a friend) for the first few weeks. I think we'll probably get the cot set up anyway and see how it goes - it's a bedsie cot so it might be handier for night feeding and so on. I haven't seen our cot yet but I know what you mean about it looking a bit big for a tiny newborn! Hope your scan and appointment go well.

Bunny my face looks fat too, if it's any consolation - I was bridesmaid for a friend a couple of weeks back and there are about 40 pics of me on the photographer's website looking (to me anyway) like I have big hamster cheeks. Never mind - it will all go away soon! (And I bet you look lovely anyway.)

FHTMaternity - sorry to hear about your disrupted sleep - is it problems getting off to sleep, or waking in the night? Like others I find it hard to go back to sleep once I've got up to go to the loo - this means I try to ignore needing the loo in the night, and wake up with an incredibly painful bladder at 5am! Nice! It seems really unfair that our bodies should stop us sleeping during these last few weeks when we need all the rest we can get.

Rinny your cot looks lovely, I like the paint colours too. I picked up a new lot of testers this weekend so we have a patchwork wall but still no closer to doing the actual painting...

All well with me, although I am starting to feel really unfit, lugging myself around ... am determined to go swimming today so that I can feel a bit of weightlessness! Which means I need to do lots of work so no more MN for me (maybe)...

Kyuri, I only used a cot once I'd moved my dcs into their own room at around 6 months. This was more to do with the fact a cot wouldn't have fit in our room, and it was easier to lift them out of a moses basket or crib next to bed for all those night time feeds. They do look very tiny in cots to begin with too.

I'm shattered all the time at the moment, getting plenty of sleep, went to bed at 10pm then didn't get up until 9.30am Saturday and Sunday! Prompted by honeymoo I might ask the midwife to check my iron levels at my appointment on Thursday,(when I'll be 29 weeks ).

I couldn't sleep three nights ago and was knackered, so spent all night crying because I couldn't sleep (ridiculous, I know )

Night after that, couldn't sleep, was too tired to cry about it.

Night after that, dh went out with his mate, promising to be home at 10. He left me in bed all propped up on pillows, thinking I would sleep immediately as was so tired. Couldn't sleep and then it hit 11 and he still wasn't home, so panicked until he did get home at half 11. He was full of apologies and claimed he stayed out ater because he thought I'd be asleep anyway. We had a wedding to go to the next day too where I was supposed to be singing and was nervous about it so my head was ful of worst-ase-scenarios where I forgot all my words and missed my cues.....urgh....

Dh had of course been drinking when he was out and promptly fell asleep next to me, mouth wide open, beer breath everywhere.

Think was worse because I knew was an all day function and would feel crap if had no sleep!!

SO....went to wedding yesterday, got through day, did the singing thing (nothing like feeling like a total whale and adding a mic to it), promptly sat down and was utterly exhausted!!! Nervous energy plus crazy big wedding, plus 3 nights no sleep - guaranteed sleep right??

Nope. 3 a.m this morning, can't sleep. Small tears of annoyance as dh is working today and am left with very energetic 22 month old and annoying dog who missed me yesterday so is also very energetic.

I feel utterly ruined.

Plus, I have physio tomorrow for stupid sore hips/back combo which is making me even more angry and annoyed and tired.

Sorry for ramble. It's kinda nice to get it all out though.

So very tired and angry today.....grumble.

ducks god that sounds rubbish... poor you. You deserve some serious afternoon sleepage.

I can definitely add to the not sleeping from about 4am most nights which is doing my head in. Feel wretched and no energy at all. The only time I feel ok is when I manage to have a nap in the day. Which obviously can't do at work...

hmm I'm amazed they haven't checked your levels yet. Are you due a blood test soon? I've had mine checked twice now and got a stern telling off last time.

Kyuri will be interested to hear how you get on with homebirth decision making... we are much the same really. You can't be far away from me in SW london. We are using a cot which expands from small to a normal sized cot later on. It can then go next to our bed and into his own room when he's ready to move. That said I'm getting a moses basket so he can have naps in his own room in the day from word go and we can always carry him from one room to another if he's asleep in it. I'm basically covering all bases!!!

Hello all,

Had an eventful day yesterday where I could hardly walk! For about a week I've not been able to lie on my back (apart from it making me feel sick) as I get shooting pains down my legs, well now my whole lower back seems to have seized up! Does this sound like some sort of pelvic disfunction? I did some stretches last night which seem to have helped but my hips feel bruised. Anyone else have this?

Also I was wondering if about now, 26 weeks, is when the baby moves a bit less because of the amount of space it has? I do feel movements pretty frequently but he tends to stop for a couple of hours at a time. I've read alot of comments about babies moving all the time and mine doesn't. It freaks me out a little.

Oh yeah, I also have a fat face but a friend of mine said to me at the weekend that I look like I haven't put any weight on. So I clearly had a fat face before

Aww Smithy, I feel your pain.

Been getting pain like that for a couple of weeks now and it's not nice. Going to physio tomorrow at hospital for it. Told mw at last appointment and she referred me.

One thing which has totally helped in the meantime are back pads that heat up. I find if I place them at the base of my spine (they stick on) then it really helps. Came across a theremed one for yesterday which saw me through a wedding. It wrapped around the bottom of my bump nd around my back with heat spots at the back. It was roasty toasty, but do really believe I would be feeling a lot worse today if I hadn't had it on. Lasts 8 hours too.
Also, try sleeping with pillows between the knees - supposed to ease pressure on pelvis.

Morning all,

Sorry not to have checked in for ages. All is well, apart from the back ache, lack of sleep, mild stress incontience, braxton hicks, inability to do very much. I could go on..........

smithy sounds like you have sciatica if pain going down your legs. Get your GP to refer you for physio or find a private one to avoid a wait. A pg massage may help too!

I've another scan this week to check on the twins growth and positioning. I think my mum will come with me as she really is super excited about them and it would be lovely for her to see them on the scan. They are both active little things (add to list of moans) which is great as it is reassuring, but one seems def more of a kicker than the other - thats assuming they are still both head down. I'll know for sure on Thursday!

As for names, I guess we ought to start thinking about them as we have 4 to come up with. So far the only one on my list is a boys name - Tobias. Thats it. I love Tess for a girl but if we have b/g twins, not sure Tobias and Tess go. Too many Ts and Ss. So many things to think about. But its still not tempting me to find out!!!

Sorry not to name check but its been so long since my last post, there is too much to comment on but lcving the buggy, name and shopping chat! Please continue.....

honeymoo, I haven't even seen a midwife since I was 16 weeks (12+ wks ago!, saw consultant at 20 wks) and no bloods taken since my first 12 week appointment. Think they must leave you too it a bit more by pg3, have been feeling a bit abandoned.

Smithy, I hardly feel any movement during the day at all, think I just have a lazy one in there. It wriggles a bit more in the evening, especially after I've eaten, but I can go all day, 7am - 7pm without feeling a thing, maybe I'm just not very observant.

Love Tobias and Tess smokey.

Thanks Smokeybacon and Threelittleducks, I think I'll see how it is tonight and then speak to the docs tomorrow. I know my posture isn't helping but I'm trying to imagine a piece of string pulling my head up (or something like that!). Doesn't help that my office chair is very hard. Must remember to get up and walk around plenty, and remember to do up my trousers before I stand up!!!

hmmsleep, thanks for the reassurance. I think he may have changed position or something as I get kicks low down at the mo rather than above my belly button. Must stop obssessing (and do some work)!

Smokey those are lovely names. You could always go for Theresa or Tessa as a longer version of Tess to prevent the beginning-and-ending-with-the-same-letter thing? Or Toby? (I think Tobias is nicer though!)

Smithy that does sound like sciatica, can be horribly painful I know. Hope you can get a referral for physio. On the movement front, my baby is often quiet for long periods - evenings are his most active time, but he's often quiet for at least a couple of hours at a time in the day, especially if I am moving around. If I think he's been quiet for ages, I have a cold drink, lie down and poke my bump until he responds!

ducks that sleeplessness sounds awful, what a nightmare. I am so impressed that you managed the wedding!

I am having an afternoon nap most days, when I can manage it. I've also been listening to Maggie Howell's Natal Hypnotherapy CD which really helps me relax - it's also really good at getting me off to sleep (not foolproof mind you...).

hmmsleep yes I know what you mean about feeling a little abandoned by pg3, I also haven't seen anyone since 16wks (apart from scan) and not likely to until after the summer hols when the kids go back.

Glad to hear people have good things to say about Maggie Howells CD. Mine should arrive tomorrow from Amazon and I have visions of me giggling all the way through if it is remotely cheesy!

Good day today, someone has lent us a lovely crib (not something I would have bought but it is v v sweet) and my new pram has been delivered to MILs - yay!!

smokey loving those names by the way. Not quite the same but Toby was a favourite of ours til we found out we were team pink.

And on baby movement.. I normally feel her having a wriggle 1st thing before I get up and nearly always between 9pm and 10pm at night - really not much at all in the day but that may just be because I am so busy with little ones

smokey, i think tobias and tessa sound good together if that helps.

had an appt today to see the doc to get a fit to fly letter as im flying off on wed for a short break. the doc looks are me goggled eyed when i tell her my flight date and says i should have come last week cos it takes SEVEN days to dictate to the practice secretary and print out the letter!!!!

at no point in time when making the appt did the receptionist tell me it took THAT long! just for a miserable letter! and in any case certain low cost carriers will need a letter dated

It's not too cheesy balijay although she does say '3 - 2 - 1, Relaaaaaaaaaax' quite a lot. On the whole it is really nice to have a regular half an hour to relax in, although I keep falling asleep to mine, not sure if that counts - v deep hypnosis maybe?!