April TTC girls zoom into August - Roll Up Roll Up Get Your BFP HERE!

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Apparently we have an anusually high number of BFPs

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Success Stories (so far...)
Ducky23 TTC#2, cycle 1 BFP on April 17th EDD 25/12/14
Cupcake92 TTC #2 Cycle 4 BFP on July 22nd 2014 EDD 05/04/14
LuluJakey1 Age 35 TTC#1 Cycle1 BFP Late May?? EDD 04/01/15
bearsinmotion ttc#2, BFP 26 June, EDD 25/02/15

Still waiting (and temping, and humping)
iamdivergent ttc #3, heading into cycle 8 (BFP/AF around about 22/08)
MrsPopple29 ttc #1, cycle 4 (?)
Me624 cycle 4 (?)

Sorry, I've probs forgotten loads - but hey, new thread! [tea]

Just had a mw appt, he's still in there

Ohh cupcake it's booking day tomorrow

With buying things we started after 20 wk scan so we could spread the cost, wanted to be prepared

No, it's not the money Iam, it's excitement

I have agreed we can go on Friday and buy some stuff but only sleep suits qnd things like that, and look at some furniture and cots. He is online at John Lewis as we speak looking at furniture and doing research on 'travel systems' whatever that means.

Mine is a 'travel system' and tbh I'm not too sure what it means haha

I started buying at about 10 weeks lol. Only because we had come into some money then and thought its best to use it on baby stuff, so we got bottles baby bath things nappies wipes a steriliser and a set of plastic drawers to put them all in. Haha we were too eager! Then at our 16 week gender scan we then started buying clothes :) the last couple of months were when we brought the big things like a cot, Moses basket and all that.

Let us know how the scan is Michelle

And lilla sorry to hear ur feeling bad :( :( I expect also that ill have a uti as I get them through pregnancy. Horrible aren't they :( hope u recover very soon!!

Aw bless Ducky! :) I love mw appointments!! I find them exciting :)

I had a Winnie the Pooh Hauck travel system!

Hated it hahaa!

I then brought my Quinny and LOVE IT!! :D best pram EVER! But they don't so doubles :( :( :( so going to have to find a double pram that's just as nice. Then buy a car seat separate

I was a pram slut fanatic; I had about 15 different ones I think?

The ones I can remember are 2 Gracco travel systems (a basic one and a deluxe one), a chicco pushchair, 2 mothercare jives, a maclaren xlr, a maclaren quest and more lol. I love prams! I have my next one picked out already for the first year then I know I will get another maclaren when the baby is older as they are amazing and so compact and lightweight!

Cupcake what about a phil and teds - they do the doubles pack and they are fab. My friend swore by hers. They are expensive but worth the money in her opinion. Hers lasted 3 kids and 6yrs!

Obviously I need to get pregnant first though!

Ooo ill have to check phill and teds out! Thanks Iam! :D
I Love prams too :) I've seen an Oyster but can't make my mind up about them

I've know what travel system I want before I got my BFP too, Stokke Xplory! With all the extras lol. I love their whole range really and also Bloom high chairs. Can't wait for all that, just fx I get there with this bean.

I've never had a high chair for DS lol! Bad mom!
I fed him in a bumbo with a tray. Then he has a booster high chair with a tray that u attach to a normal chair.
Aw I can't wait to clothes shop tho :')
I deffo want a new Moses basket as DS's one was rele wide and he struggled to sleep in it. I want one that's snug. Ooo and a swaddle blanket!

We have family moses basket and cot (we are 4th generation to use the cot!) and did the booster seat on chair as no space for high chair

Dh has made a list and I am shocked at how much stuff and how much money it is potentially.

Travel system
Car seat
Baby bouncer
Cot
Mattress
Duvet
Bedding sets x 4
Cot bumpers x 2
Nursery lights
Nursing chair
Wardrobe
Changing chest
Bookcase/shelf unit
Changing mat
Moses basket
Travel cot
Baby monitor
Baby bath support
bath robe
Play mat
Baby gym
Mobiles
towels
high chair
Clothes
Sterilizer
Bottles
Bottle brushes
Changing bag
Muslin squares
Toiletries
Nappies

It is a fortune and where does it all go? Where do you keep the buggy, carry cot/pram thing? We don't have anywhere to put it.

Do babies need all of these things?

I'm pretty sure that the travel system should include a car seat? Mine did, maybe have a look for one that includes it. And my baby gym I clips and becomes a play mat (it's a hello earnest one in blue and I love it!)

With the cot bedding, can you do with less bedding/bumpers? It shocked me how expensive that is!!!

But the rest of it I think you will probably need, that's why we started at 20 weeks so we could spread it out.

we got the cot off e bay, it was hardly used and looks lovely, a right bargain! Dm got the travel system (it was on sale from £600 to £150 ) and the Moses basket was v cheap from asda.

And a lot of it is stuff that friends have handed down. Do you know anyone who has recently had a baby? Maybe you could grab some bits from them?

Ohh and instead of a changing unit (which can be very pricey) we got a chest of drawers with a changing mat on top. I have all my nappies/creams and thigs in the top draw where thy would be easy to grab

Oh gosh lulu! I didn't have half of that stuff lol!
I hat a changing mat and just changed on the floor or sofa.
I never had cot bumpers. Just sheets and a sleeping bag/grow bag.
I never ended up breast feeding but I had a nursing pillow. Then there's no need for the nursing chair :)
And literally!! Only just today right now I have brought a bookcase/shelving unit for DS! Haha!
I only ever used the Moses basket, bouncer and baby gym when DS was newborn.

Oooooooo I do recommend a jumperoo for when they are able to hold their head up. BEST buy in the world!!! Babies love it! So great for them. They are £100 brand new but I got mine 2nd hand for £40 and it looks brand new!

Do they need a 'travel system' or just a buggy? Is the pram thing really necessary?

John Lewis has some pretty bedding in the sale at the moment.

Do they need a moses basket, my friend says she never used it - she sold it?

I just think we will move an armchair into the nursery- there is one downstairs that is a pretty off white mock suede that my mum bought last year.

Sounds like the rest is pretty much there or thereabouts. PIL have asked if they can buy the 'travel system' but I wouldn't be comfortable with them spending so much money. The ones that get the best reviews are £600 and upwards. DH says we should let them - says they know what they cost and want to do it.

Grandmas want to buy the bedding sets and cot bumpers.

SIL has asked if she can buy the cot and paint murals on the nursery wall- she does illustrations for children's books as a sideline.

DH is of the view that if we get the important bits right now, we can use them again.

So we are off to John Lewis on Friday to do some choosing and ordering of bigger things. They have some very expensive ranges but some that are nice but. more reasonably priced. I am still in shock!

U sound very organised lulu :)
Baby things are very expensive and it's surprising how much stuff u actually really need.
U need a pram that says u can use it from birth. Travel systems are handy as the car seat just clips onto the pram :)

Mine wasn't too expensive and I love it

Wouldn't swap it for a fancy one

Oh god havnt got anything !! When do you get your maternity certificate thing ?! I know anything ! I've had my 16 week appointment today and got my 20 week scan but probably wont see the midwife then. I then have a dr appointment at 24 weeks with the gp so dont see midwife again until 27/28 ?!

20 weeks I think poppet

What maternity certificate thing is this?

A matb1, you need it to finalise maternity leave

Cupcake I have talked to a couple of friends on the. phone and one of them has a Quinny travel system and loves it. The other one had a Britfix(?) and said it was awful to keep clean.

They think we will need the carry cot/pram bit with it being winter.

There is a pram centre apparently which is really good so we will go and have a look. Then we can try them out- apparently heights vary and DH is 6ft 1 so it needs to be tall enough for him. I see him pushing it for miles in the winter along to sea front and me snoozing at home

Oh right, I won't get any mat leave so I guess I won't need that. An important piece of paper though! :D