@BostonFern Such great news your midwife is on it all with the mental health team! Great to hear. Not long to go now! I hope you’re able to just enjoy these last few weeks :)
@Larrydavid Oh fun, my BIL is a producer! He mostly films commercials/ads though. But fun for us when they use all new stuff on set that then can’t be sold - I’ve had some serious freebies sent my way over the years!! Shame he can’t be in film/fashion though so I could be nabbing clothes rather than BBQs... Yeah defo mention it to the midwife but try and keep snacking for now and try not to overdo it. The earlier weeks are honestly so rough!
@LindyMoe You’re not a bad person for having any gender disappointment I can assure you. As @purplefig says it’s a very real thing, but often comes from a stereotype or even just a long held wish for one or the other. I have to admit, knowing we’re having two boys I do sometimes sit and think ‘I’ll never know what my daughter may have been like’ (there’s no way we’ll try for more with the issues etc we have) but it quickly passes. I think however if I’d been dead set on a daughter, it could mess with my head a bit. Try and focus on the fact your baby is healthy, and will be their own fabulous little human.
@TrashKitten10 Oh man what a Pallava! Glad you’re in now but I hope it goes nice and quickly for you. Good point, the wards are so warm. When I was in for a day-case op I took slippers and a dressing gown and they never left my bag! Perhaps the fan is the way to go :)
@ELW85 Glad you had a fab weekend, you could have a little thespian in there!!
@purplefig I slept terribly!! Sods bloody law, you’d think a cracking nights sleep after all the fun and the extra hour would be a shoe in. PGP had other ideas!
Car seats - so, I’ve done my extensive research here! We’re going for the ones with handles, that we’ll have to replace after a year. I honestly agonised over it but for DH he said it was a no-brainer (we hope to gift them to my sis with her second or friends, so they don’t go to waste). Reasons we want handles:
If they fall asleep in the car I don’t want to have to faff getting two babies out of them, back in to a double pram, just to get them in to the house. Ain’t nobody got time for that.
Very handy when visiting family - can just grab them both and carry in to the house and not bother with the pram at all
Easier for attending play groups etc - as above, leave the pram in the car and just carry them in
We’re going for car seats with a lie-flat option so when they do fall asleep in them I can let them stretch out.
FYI - I am sure there are just as many great reasons to get a 0-4years car seat that stays in your car too, but my research all pointed me to handles in the end. Especially with two of them to navigate around!
Oh man, is this extra hour messing with anyone else?! I’ve had to have a long nap to get me through to dinner! Pelvic pain is dreadful today, I woke 3 time’s in the night and really struggled with the car. We’ve had a busy day though; picked up two nearly-new Moses baskets and a baby backpack/carrier for next to nothing on a local twin group. Still not sure where babies will nap in the day but at least we have them now! Then got the nursery painted. Pausing for dinner before we get the last coat on. It’s a very boring white so feels totally thankless when all you’re doing is freshening up the walls but at least then we can start building furniture and adding all the pics etc!
Happy Sunday folks and here’s hoping everyone has a fab week ahead x