June 2023 Babies ☀️ (Thread Five)

[firsttimelondonmummy]

Hey all,
Starting a new thread as 4 is getting full and updated due dates below as requested 😊

1/6 @Zaalfruit
2/6 @thedust
3/6 @Gemmms00 @B1993 @Fredthespider @AstroH
4/6 @Okapi99
5/6 @SleepingJane
6/6 @RedRose36
7/6 @Katie2021
8/6 @pinkindigoviolet
9/6 @Belami @hannahplym @Funfamilytimes @dresslol @Hankatherine01
10/6 @pippabg
11/6 @BellaTheDarkOverlord @Babybaby66 girl
12/6 @DrinkingAllTheGin, @PurBal boy
13/6 @Kladebs
14/6 @Givealittlebit, @Texasholdem20
15/6 @ManedWolf
16/6 @Mistymeow
17/6 @Mayfield87
19/6 @ladydorito
20/6 @professionalnomad @SR2811 @toomanysausages girl
21/6 @positivethoughts1 girl
22/6 @C1umsyGiraffe, @justbelieve boy, @firsttimelondonmummy boy,
23/6 @Hlc86
24/6 @Kelvie103
25/6 @ELW2006@theblueflowers @CatsCoffeeChocolate @Lilyp88, @BobbySD345
26/6 @Bparb
27/6
28/6 @ScrantonDunderMifflin, @BathshebaEverdeen
29/6 @HasHus86, @Domary
30/6

@Funfamilytimes I think that’ll be the same with him 🤣 due on June 22nd, how about you? 😊

@rllrsk8 @C1umsyGiraffe a super special pregnancy for you both then 🥹💖
so nice to hear you are both well too.
Don’t get me wrong I can’t wait for a drink 😂 but other than missing some foods and alcohol I’ve enjoyed pregnancy 🤞🏻

Apart from the pre eclampsia and the iron infusion I feel OK this pregnancy, it's been harder than my first, which I breezed through and wouldn't even know I was pregnant apart from the odd kick, this one has been harder but I think that's cause I'm older and have a physical job. The birth part I'm looking forward to cause (touch wood) I'm guessing it will be easier than my first which lasted 36 hours 😅. I'm definitely not having a baby shower as that is so not me and would hate the idea 😂 hence why I keep putting off walking down the aisle as hate the thought of people looking at me. Still amazes me how quickly the time has gone, was reading back on our first thread the other day and it seems like yesterday 😍 our bubba will be here soon enough then we can all moan how we aren't getting any sleep 😂

Oooh! 9th of June!! @firsttimelondonmummy

Does anyone have any recommendations on pregnancy pillows? Mine is awful and had enough of it now! Maybe one that could be a feeding pillow too?

Overall, I’ve really not enjoyed pregnancy until quite recently. I’ve found the anxiety brutal and all of the medical appointments pretty tough. Since about 16 weeks I’ve had chronic rib pain, which has made sitting down for long periods of time painful and is only solved by lying flat on my back.

I have loved seeing my body change and the baby grow though. The third trimester has been the best without a doubt. I am beyond excited to meet them and for us to get to know them. I also know I will miss being pregnant 😂particularly my bump, which I love, and feeling them moving around. This will be my last pregnancy so I’m going to try to savour these final few weeks (34 weeks today!)

Hi Ladies, I have just read your whole thread and hoping to join you all, I'm currently in the July baby thread as we originally thought that was our due date until our first scan when we found out I was actually 16 weeks 🙈
This is our 3rd baby but our girls are now 10&7 we had them early 20s and I never expected another after DH insisted 2 was enough so I was shocked when he asked for another and here we are currently 30weeks and loving every second of something I never saw coming 🥰 it's been lovely reading all your comments/ tips and advice!
I'm due 28th June and not found out the sex, I'll be working right up I'm a hairdresser so don't want to loose my clients and I'll be going back pretty fast but baby will come too. Do you ladies have a Facebook group aswell as this thread?

Hi @Mummy2Girls22 welcome 🙂no FB group yet, I’d like one though as my March 2017 one is great still 👍

One really positive symptom of pregnancy for me has been my emotions! I don't know if it's because I'm not PMSing every month haha but I'm way more steady and clear minded. I've even noticed it at work, I can focus more 🤓

We've started our NCT now & they recommended doing a 'practice' so dh put loads of fairy lights around the living room and loads of pillows and blankets on the floor last night and we practiced some hypnobirthing breathing and some massage techniques , it was really lovely 💕

My sister really wanted to plan me a baby shower so I agreed, although she’s been secretive about the whole thing! I think my partner has helped her plan quite a bit as she’s only 18.

I don’t have a registry and really not bothered about gifts (of course any we do receive will be appreciated!), but I just love the idea of spending some time with all of the amazing women in my life, with some afternoon tea and games - so I think that’s what she’s gone for. I’ll find out this Saturday!

We’re also hoping to host a Sip and See or BBQ this summer where people can come over and meet baby boy!

My work count down is in single figures now..definitely feeling it at the end of the day now. However I actually got a full night's sleep for the last 3 night. This is progress!

@DrinkingAllTheGin Yay not long to go ! Do you work full time? You're due date is before mine and I finish tomorrow so I am definitely leaving earlier than most but I had quite a bit of annual leave to take and I am struggling with PGP now. Just want to be able to get the house sorted, do some baby shopping, rest a bit and see some friends before the little one arrives !

@BobbySD345 I am full time but using annual leave to take one day per week. Add that to the bank holidays and then I finish on 12th May.

Slightly jealous of you finishing tomorrow. Enjoy your leave. I hope it helps your PGP

Really jealous of you guys finishing so soon! I still have 7 and a half weeks to go, but I know that's my fault so I don't deserve any sympathy 😂

My husband installed a dishwasher at the weekend and I am obsessed! My kitchen hasn't stayed this clean for this long before 😂

I just brought my mat leave forward. Was going to leave 2 days before due date because I'm able to wfh and can take it easy (big diff to my other 2 kids when I used to be on my feet 8hrs a day). I decided I want a week off to sort baby things and just relax and not worry, obvs baby could come earlier which for some reason I feel like s/he will.
I'm saving my annual leave for the end of mat leave to let it accumulate. But I'm also taking a career break after, not decided how long - maybe 6 months or 1 year. Just wanna spend time and enjoy my baby.

Realistically speaking I only have 3 weeks left, the next 2 weeks will be 3 day working days for me due to the bank hol and then my last working week will be my usual 4 day week but it's my last week so it's fine!

@tigerlily0 I’m the same as you and just taking a week and then I’m just taking 6 months off (that’s what I get full pay so may as well).

I’m weirdly not looking forward to finishing work though as I’m really going to miss it.
Obviously so so so excited to meet little man but it’s like going from one full time job to an even harder one 😂
I find it really strange when people ask me ‘are you looking forward to maternity leave?’.
I’m excited to be a mum and to meet my son but not to leave the job I love for 6 months to feed and change nappies all day 🙈

To those mums who’ve done it before and love their jobs how did you find the adjustment?
I am really worried the loneliness is going to get to me and half tempted to get my partner to go down to part time and fund his missing wage so that I’m not so lonely all week.

@firsttimelondonmummy aww u will love it trust me. Ngl it is hard adjusting as a first time mum but once u get the swing of things u will enjoy being in ur newborn bubble and just try to really enjoy it. And take the time to just relax and slow it down. I had 2 very close together so pretty much had a career break for 3 years- used to work self employed some days/evenings to keep my clinical knowledge Uptodate- and also was a nice break and good to have adult convo! When I look back now and see pics from that time, I looked so happy compared to now, even though I was running around after 2 under 2 year old babies.

I know at the end of my 12 month Mat leave il probably wana go back to some kind of work routine and have some adult convo. But as this is my last baby i really wana spend time with baby and soak it all in and take my time. Because once im back at work it will be nursery for baby, school runs for kids, after school classes etcetc with added stress of work. Hence the career break.

@firsttimelondonmummy I think if you fill your weeks with lots of baby classes and swimming with your little one and plonk a holiday in the middle with your OH, it will fly by and you will thrive !

@C1umsyGiraffe so jealous of the dishwasher ! God send with a baby. We have a really big kitchen diner but the way the cupboards were installed by the previous owners mean we can't have one. I mean who does a big kitchen extension and doesn't install a dishwasher ! So annoying.

@BobbySD345 I'm so so happy we have one! I hate washing up so it just piles up until we have to do it 😂 that's so bizarre! If you were putting in a kitchen you think you'd make that a priority!

@C1umsyGiraffe it's all the plastic sippys and bottles that are so annoying to wash I'd love a dishwasher for ! Plus you know it's all properly washed in a dishwasher don't you. Enjoy ! I'm very jealous.

I for one cant wait to go on leave I go on the 20th and due the 23rd, it's getting harder though as the 5am starts are a killer then on my feet for 12 hours a day I do feel it come the end of the week, but I would rather more time with baby at the end and I know I will lend up decorating the house again for the 100th time if I go on leave to early as I can never just relax 😂. I only get 6 weeks full pay then it goes to smp which is crap so adding on holiday and will go back after 7 months

@BobbySD345 thank you! I'll try not to take it for granted in the future 😂

@Hlc86 I feel the same, I can't wait 😂 I got straight on maternity allowance as I haven't worked in my current job long enough (missed out by a matter of a couple weeks!) so I'm trying to maximise time after birth as well. Really looking forward to it! Even if it will be the hardest thing I've ever done!

I love my job, but I can’t wait to start maternity leave 🤣 I’m struggling a little at the moment as there’s lots of exciting projects and portfolios I’m working on that I’m handing over to my replacement and I have no idea what stage they’ll be at when I’m back and I wish I was the one getting to develop those - however, I’ve always dreamed of being a mum and I’m really grateful that I’ll get to spend (hopefully) 12 months with baby boy 💙 I just know it’s going to be such a special time that I won’t get back so really going to make the most of it!

I think maybe I am just lazy or maybe because we already have a 3 year old who is hard work and this pregnancy has been tough. But I for one cannot wait to finish work and have tagged on leave so I can have the whole of May off 😅 I start mat leave on 5th. Not due until 25th but I gave birth early to my Son and I am absolutely enormous and feeling like she is already quite low at 32 weeks so I'm not sure I will last beyond about 37 weeks. We shall see ! I have had it agreed that I will get paid the remaining leave in leiu in December (6 days I think) which will help as we only get 6 weeks at 90% here and then statutory through to the 9 month mark. Bit of extra cash in time for Xmas! I only do 3 days since having our Son so I was able to spread the leave out nicely across May with the 3 bank hols.

@BobbySD345 we have already booked Paris and I think we will go to the Mediterranean with my parents too.
I think I’m just worried about how lonely it is going to be when my job is so social.
This is going to sound awful but the thought of having to hold real life chat with loads of random mums and their babies is my idea of a nightmare 😭😂
I think we will instead try and spend more time up north with my friends who have little ones.
How easy is it though to travel with them when they are super small?

@tigerlily0 I hope so 🤞🏻

@firsttimelondonmummy - have you done NCT or similar? I found that it was a good way of meeting other people who were going through the same thing at the same time. I'm not sure who I would have hung out with otherwise! I work as a solicitor in London and thought I would miss adult chat and work last time - which I did to a degree - but once the baby arrives your perspective shifts and you end up desperate to chat to other people going through the same thing! You will find that you automatically have lots to chat about with other mums with similar aged babies so it's not too bad, and you still have your "real life" friends to catch up with when you fancy non-baby chat :-) I definitely recommend getting out of the house with the baby and going along to baby groups/meeting other mums for coffee/walks in the park etc. My first baby was born in lockdown so I had periods where this wasn't possible and my husband was back to work after 2 weeks - once restrictions lifted and I could get out and about things were much more enjoyable. Having said that, don't beat yourself up if you don't love mat leave as much as others do. I personally found having a baby a massive adjustment and wouldn't necessarily say that I "loved" mat leave. It was nice and I am about to do the same again as I think it was 100% worth it, but having spent many years building up my career, I wouldn't say that I am naturally suited to being a SAHM and going back to work 4 days a week has proved to be the right thing for me and my family. I'm looking forward to trying to make the most of this mat leave now that there are no covid restrictions, albeit without my NCT mum crew as they are all back at work. Determined to find some mum mates locally through baby groups etc as mat leave is definitely more fun when you can meet up with people.