10/10-sunny days and sleepless nights; third trimester here we come

[nymphadora]

And off we go again

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Been to cinema this morning then asda & tesco for kids uniform which neither had the right sizes for dd1

Hit a snag with the pram, carry cot isnt proper carry cot so its no good for going in & out of house if baby is asleep. Back to square one. Checking out baby shop near work tomorrow. Fingers crossed for there being something out there!

My parents have just been round. The sheepskin feels nice- its too wide and the slots for the straps are in the wrong place, but its good quality.

My dad sniggered at me. He finds my shape amusing. I do not find his sniggering amusing. Then my mum said 'is it me or are you getting bigger?'. I'm not feeling massively confident as it is and their comments/laughing did not help much. Of course I'm getting bigger, I've got another 10 weeks to go, but the way its said is like I'm abnormally huge. I'm 5ft 4 a size 8 and I have a bump. Whats the big deal?!

Rant over. hope you're all well x x x x

Anyone know about mountain buggies? Just had that suggested on another thread

Nymph Have you looked at the Phil and Teds? Mountain buggies are supposed to be really good though. What about a Britax with a safe sleeper? That has a carry cot you can use in the car.

Those car seat/ carry cot things don't last long do they? and there is 5 of us so no space.
Looking at Phil & Teds now

Phil and Teds fold up small as well and you can fit a maxi cosi car seat on them with an adapter. Pretty much most of my friends have one, I'm looking at getting a cheapy second hand one for when we go further afield.

Do they have Phil & Teds in the shop near you? going there tomorrow to look at prams.

Yeah they do, they have the Sport and the Vobe versions.

I meant Vibe.

Evening ,

DD's are away staying with grandparents and my house is all quiet and miserable without them .

We looked at prams again yesterday and have had a complete change of heart. We are buying a Mamas & Papas Sola. We tried all of their prams out in the store and definatly like this one the best. We've also decided to go for black although I prefer the purply one. We might, perhaps, have another baby and I didn't want a boy in a purple pram! I really really like it and it is much cheaper than other's that we have looked at. Might be worth a look Nymph? It has pretty good looking wheels and folds small enough. It's not very heavy either.

We are also going to buy the rest of our baby purchases this week - it's much easier to choose things with DD's elsewhere! I wanted to have everything in the house before I go back to school in September and didn't want to leave it until I was on maternity leave. It's quite exciting....

I'm glad everyone is well, I am enormous and putting significant weight on at the moment. I reckon I will exceed my target end of pregnancy weight by at least half a stone . I love my pregnant tummy but the other side...oof.

We tried a MAmas and Papas, got as far as my purse leaving the bag then it didn't fit in the car, not sure which one. Will google it.

Wish there was a website to compare ALL prams am dependant on other peoples recommendations!

I think the Phil and Teds folds up as small as a Quinny, we have a Micra and our Quinny fits in there.

You would think it wouldn't be that hard to find a decent pram really would you .

Apparantly I should have two, one for pushing round town and one for in the car. Dh actually suggested this until I pointed out the big town one still has to get into our house (8 steps).

Two??? Who suggested that? If you want a small lightwight pushchair though, Quinny have brought out the Zapp Extra which folds down extra teeny and now reclines. I'm not sure how it is on cobbles though.

Could you build some sort of buggy shelter at the bottom of your steps? Or employ some sort of burly good looking type to carry the buggy up the steps for you?

Actually come to think of it, the Phil and Teds might be just the thing you're looking for. My friends live in the middle of nowheresville and they have an E3 and that thing is still going strong even after being second hand and being used by two children.

Steps straight onto pavement which is v narrowfor them. Also have steps down to cellar & down from garden at the back so no avoiding it! Last time I had a garage which I just dumped the pram in on the way in, much easier especially with a double

DillyDora, your colleague is right through the crazy woods into hilariousville. Is Tobias a name you're thinking of? It's one of my "if onlys" that just wouldn't really work with our name ... of course, after too much NCIS, I did threaten my husband with Jethro and Tobias if we ever had twin boys. I still like both of them but they'd never fly.

Elsa, maybe it's a backwards compliment? That they're used to you being small and perfectly in shape and the bump throws them? I started with a, um, rather womanly figure, so I mostly have people commenting quite tactfully on my weight gain...

Argh, prams, sigh. Is there anywhere that gives you an actual range of prams to try out? I tried Mothercare and it was just their own stuff plus one lonely Silver Cross. I spend a lot of time staring at prams in the street!

I have done it. I bought the pram. Phew. What a bloody relief. It's a minefield out there. Agree with everything everyone has said. We should all go into business and set up a pram store chain that sells ALL of the brands and styles for people to try and compare.

Nymph You will find the right thing, it's just going to take a bit of trawling shops. Better to be sure than to end up with something that you don't need or that isn't quite right.

Bluewater tomorrow for the rest of the stuff...nearly there!

Hello ladies,

Have had quick scan of last couple of pages - you all talk far too much for me to keep up! Have been away for a few days to visit friends.

Was blissful to get away and be thoroughly spoilt by friends who refused to let me do any cooking and fed us and... I think DH is getting a bump to match mine!

Wriggly Bump is growing and seems to vary his wriggling from one day to the next.

Also seem to be rather gassy in the evenings but hey ho better out than in as they say!

Have yet to find that 2nd burst of energy and most days still need to have a cat nap in the arrvo or feel very crabby as the day goes on.

Finding bump is getting heavy and go "Oooft!" a lot when bending down to pick things up... which is quite a lot when have a small child and DH who seem to drop a lot of things around the house! Anyone else experiencing the "Oooft!" or is it just me?

Finding it harder to walk for long without weight of bump feeling heavy and having to hold onto it.

As we still have a lot of stuff left over from DD haven't needed to buy much new stuff, and friends seem to be lending anything we're short on.

Ok a query for those of you who already have children - did you buy a new Moses basket mattress or not? Am undecided whether I really need to buy one or not - so would appreciate some feedback from those in the know. Will be buying a new cotbed mattress as that is worn out, but Moses I'm kinda undecided as was only used for 6mths by DD, was a wipe down one from Mothercare and well doesn't look like it is worn out.

Right well I shall stop my ramblings now as suspect I shall take up a whole page otherwise and you'll all be chuckling at me after my earlier comment of saying you all talk too much, when clearly I am the same!

Blinking work! I was told to go work at a different office today which I was really really looking forward to as it's not a busy place and I would have a chance to have a bit of down/catch up time. I showed up there this morning and low and behold they no longer need me. They could have told me before I drove all the way there, I hate being messed around like this. Plus I've lost my down time now. [Sad]

elsa some people are so rude aren't they. I hope you glared at him!

Morning all! Nice to have you back ;0) Elsa so rude of people to be rude about your bump. The only only thing I can say in yr Dad's defence is that perhaps he just feels odd about his little girl being pregnant?

bionic I struggle a bit more with bending now, and am rather .. ahem..gassy too! I don't have a big bump at all (topic of much, much comment among everyone i meet - you should have been at the baby shower I was at yesterday, if I said 'yes, well I'm quite tall' once i said it 20 times in response to '7 months? But you're tiiiiiiiiiiiny!' FYI I'm 5'6", just can't think of another excuse) Anyhoo, yes, I just don't bend in the middle like I used to Also Elsa I agree- the weight gain on bum and thighs is less welcome, isn't it?!

Good luck w prams Nymph

Fiona yes we're calling the baby Tobias Johannes (my dh is German so it needs to work in both languages) so he'll be known as Toby - what could be cuter? (and less likely to cause mental illness?!)

Sorry about work Hermya annoying

I'm off this week but mad busy...hmmm...

Morning all- thank you for your supportive messages. My DH is very much looking forward to having a baby and thought he would be fine with my pregnant state and was until he saw the baby at the 12 week scan. Now, the fact that I have a living growing human inside of me freaks him out. Its not a total suprise as he can't even feel a pulse without feeling dodgy. So it means he eyes my bump a lot and can't quite believe it getting bigger and on the rare occasion that he touches it, he leaps away as if scolded when the baby kicks. As a result, he genuinely appears more comfortable around me if I wear baggy stuff and don't look as pregnant. So, although I know its the bump he finds specifically off putting, it does very little for my overall self esteem and I thus don't feel that attractive although the rational part of my brain knows I look normal.

He's normally quite tocuhy feely, but markedly less so. I actually felt jealous of one of the dogs the other night when my DH suggested we cuddle up on the sofa, but the cuddle amounted to nothing more than me leaning against him, him not actually touching me. The dog clambered up and got some lovely relaxing attention rather than me.

Add to that my dad sniggering at me and my mum's random comment and other asides of how much bigger I am than she was, phrased in a one upmanship kind of way, I was tipped over the edge yesterday.

And yes, when I felt upset and told my DH, he was lovely, and said some nice things, but I wanted to hear more reassuring stuff that I don't look like a freak and he actually finds me attractive, but I didn't get this and I'm not going to ask for it!

Harumph. Feeling rubbish (mentally, not physically) and I'm only going to get bigger, well for the next 9 weeks anyway.

Bionic yes, I'm making oomph noises too, sometimes unknowingly...

Thats more than annoying about work Hermya- stuff em.

Good point about the Phil and Teds Hermya for Nymph a friend of mine swears by his. I'm not sure how small they fold down though.

Elsa ooh sorry babe I hadn't realised it was so...global, I thought it was just your dad being daft. Course you don't look like a freak, I think pg women look glorious! Sorry your DH is being funny, it sounds like he's really squeamish. My Dad can't look at the scan pictures, they really turn him over, it's nothing personal, just squeamish (he's like it about everything - hopeless!).

Anyway - we're supposed to be getting bigger ffs! What do people think? We're going to start shrinking now?! Bah.

Thanks Dilly- I'm not being critical of my DH as he can't help feeling squeamish I just miss contact. I can deal with it fine, but was totally tipped over the edge by the comments of my adoring parents...

Oh well.

Anyway!

I'm convinced my baby is lying obliquely as I'm getting simultaneous poking deep into the right hip bone area and up into the left hand side of my rib cage. When I put one hand on one bit and the other down by my hip bone, I cannot believe how long this baby must be and how much room it is taking up!!

Fiona Kiddicare has quite a range you can try out and I would recommend going on a weekday. But it is only one store in Peterborough, which may not be that convenient? Also, Halfords often have quite a few in that you can try out. The ones I saw recently were all black and rather manly, but then Halfords does like to appeal to the manly market....although the one near me does have a whole aisle marked 'Pink Car Accessories'....

Anyone else developed sudden onset pregnancy brain? I've lost my immediate short term memory, to the point where I don't want to ask DH if he's going to be away on Tuesday or Wednesday night as I know I've already asked him several times and I cannot remember the answer! I also lost the car keys the other day and after a lot of fruitless and increasingly panicked looking which involved me crawling through the boot (past 2 dogs, a holdall and several sets of Ikea wardrobe parts) of our audi TT (I state the car make so you can imagine the tight squeeze and the angle I had to be at) into the front seat area, thinking I'd managed to lock them in there. I eventually found them, one slightly pulled tummy muscle later, tucked neatly into the groove where the boot door would come down....

Um ok, so this odd, has anyone else got flaky nipples? It's like they've suddenly both turned dark brown and the skin in the aureola is flaking, both sides.... They don't itch....anyone else?