Any other October mummies?

[Blessedbaby]

oh gosh I forgot about a baby bath LOL ... thanks Emicakes

My next appointment is 1 August and then I think I will be seen every 3 weeks

 

[blablamana]

Hi!

Although I'm technically not in third trimester yet, I think (some sites say 26+4, others say 27 and others say 28... so yeah somewhere close to/in the third trimester lol).

Baby boy is due October 19th and our first baby. He's doing amazing and that has been such a relief.

We have almost all the stuff now, but the nursery furniture will be delivered around the 15th of August.. We are now currently painting the nursery. I feel a bit behind on all of that, but I'm sure we'll make it in time. We still need to buy a crib mattress and a baby bath.. and some toiletries.

O and I think I'll start packing the hospital bag at 35 weeks or something.

 

[Blessedbaby]

welcome and congrats on your little boy ...

 

[KatO79]

Hoping it's ok for me to join the party

Quickie about me: I'm 37, DH is very soon turning 39 (on July 29th) and I'm currently expecting baby #1. DH and I went through 2 years (+ 3-4 months) of infertility that included 6 failed medicated IUIs and 1 IVF that ended in a CP while IVF #2 worked My EDD is October 9th and we're Team all the way so will first know the gender when baby comes

As for hospital bags, I'm still busy buying all the stuff we need for baby (still missing some clothes, mattress for the cradle we're borrowing from DH's big brother, baby alarm ect. ect.) so can't even think about that yet I'll probably get around to it around 2-2½ weeks or so before my EDD though and just hope that isn't too late.

BTW does anyone have any recommendations for a really good baby alarm? DH and I have been reading about different ones but there are so many to choose from I'd really like one that has talk-back function and measures temperature but doesn't cost a fortune

 

[Blessedbaby]

welcome Kat ...

 

[blablamana]

Kat: We have a Philips Avent one that is pretty high-rated here in the Netherlands. It's
a "Philips Avent SCD570/00 - DECT". Does temp, talk-back and has a lot of nursery rhymes to choose from.

We found all of them very expensive, this one is around 100 euros here in the Netherlands.

 

[JCh]

Hi Ladies!

I'm 28 + 1 with my second, due October 13th. This will be a girl, I have a 3.5 yr old son. Will be doing this as a single mom, but excited to be able to not be undermined. Definitely a bit worried about when contractions start as I'll need to do a bit of arranging to get my son to a relatives house or he may be with his dad.

I did the 3D scan a few weeks back and it was really awesome, especially because I have an anterior placenta so movements have been much less overall from with my son. I am anemic so taking iron which causes horrible heartburn... and heat is causing some swelling in my feet... I was doing so awesome until about 1.5 weeks ago.

 

[FaithyJ]

Kat! You found it!! Welcome

 

[emicakess]

Anyone else extremely tired every day lately?? I'm so tired I can barely function! zzzzzzz

 

[bcos21]

Anyone else extremely tired every day lately?? I'm so tired I can barely function! zzzzzzz

Yessss. Doing the smallest task is like a marathon lol

 

[wish4baby]

Yes, I am so unbelievably tired all the time! After my shower & morning get-ready routine, I feel like I need a rest lol

I see my specialist Wed, I'll decide when I am packing my hospital bag based on what she sees/says. Hopefully I'll have more than 4 weeks left.

My to-do list now is really revolving around my older ones - getting school clothes, shoes, and supplies. Of course, they need all this top dollar, name brand stuff, so that's gonna be a fortune and now they'll be at 3 different schools, in a new district, so getting their schedules finalized...ugh

Luckily there's not too much to do for baby, and that's the fun stuff!

Buy:
Baby toiletries & bath
Car seat/infant carrier
Rock n' play
Swaddle blankets, bamboo
Diapers - newborn disposable, more cloth??? (Boy patterns)
Wash everything
Set up / organize baby stuff

 

[Smille24]

Anyone else extremely tired every day lately?? I'm so tired I can barely function! zzzzzzz

Yes! I have been so full of energry until the past week or so. I was running around doing outside work and very active and BAM...now I need a nap after doing housework.

 

[smileyfaces]

Yes constantly exhausted!

 

[MissCassie]

Yes! Constantly tired and becoming moody! Which i havent been the entire pregnancy...

 

[blablamana]

Utterly exhausted but haven't had energy the whole second trimester either. Right now I'm sleeping about 4 hours max a night. Just simply can't sleep.

 

[Lollipopbop]

I am so tired. I don't know if it's because I'm having twins or its because I have ds this time but I've just taken a months annual leave and will go on maternity straight after so hoping to get some energy back.

I need to sort out my hospital bag, not just yet but a little earlier than most as I know I'll go early.

 

[KatO79]

Thanks for the welcome guys

Kat: We have a Philips Avent one that is pretty high-rated here in the Netherlands. It's
a "Philips Avent SCD570/00 - DECT". Does temp, talk-back and has a lot of nursery rhymes to choose from.

We found all of them very expensive, this one is around 100 euros here in the Netherlands.

Thanks blablamana, I'll definitely take a look at that one as it sounds very promising Love that it also does nursery rhymes

As for being tired, I mostly just seem to be having sleep issues. A couple of nigts ago, I woke up at 4 AM and couldn't sleep so was cruising the internet on my phone to entertain myself. Plus baby was being very active in there so that wasn't helping things either

 

[ashknowsbest]

I don't know if I'm already in third trimester or if I have to wait until I hit 28 weeks but I thought I'd join.

I know most of you already but for those of you I don't know, Hi! And I'm expecting boy/girl twins. I have 11 weeks at most to go and getting really excited, but also extremely uncomfortable, tired, and moody.

 

[wish4baby]

I don't know if I'm already in third trimester or if I have to wait until I hit 28 weeks but I thought I'd join.

I know most of you already but for those of you I don't know, Hi! And I'm expecting boy/girl twins. I have 11 weeks at most to go and getting really excited, but also extremely uncomfortable, tired, and moody.

Hi! Welcome and Congrats on your twins

I'm also expecting a little early...I can't go past 36 weeks, but the specialist is saying even earlier. Everything is great with baby boy but there's some rupture issues/concerns related to this being my 6th c/s. Everything was fine with #5 so this was quite unexpected!

So what are everyone's Holiday plans this winter? I know it's a bit early, but since we will all have newborns during Thanksgiving & Christmas - and Flu season how are you planning on handling visitors and traveling, etc?

 

[Blessedbaby]

hi ladies

im also very tired lately ... I actually mentioned it to my OBGYN at my last visit 2 weeks ago ... feels like first tri fatigue

how many sets of twins do we have in our October group now? so exciting ...

I started buying diapers over the weekend ... and hoping to get a few more packs ...

Im also experiencing Charlie horses I think that's what they call it and my leg is still stiff and I have been eating some bananas to help with it although Im scared it will constipate me ...

mommies that will be using your cot/crib from previous kids why is it so important to buy a new mattress? Scotlynn hardly slept in her cot and probably only slept 5 nights in it and some days during the day as we co-slept with her but seeing that my new baby is coming when we have summer and I think we going to have a hot one I was thinking of letting her sleep in the cot from the start ...