August '14 Sunflowers. 27 angels. 48 pink, 28 blue. 74 HERE!!

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I nearly ended up in hospital last night, was getting regular pains and severe nausea. Was starting to panic making it worse. OH managed to calm me down and I managed to drop off to sleep and when I woke they were to mild to notice. Thankfully they fully went but was scared that he was coming early :-(
 
Tracie, glad you are feeling better!

I was a bit crampy last night and ended up getting sick this morning. I thought I would be past this once I left the first tri!!

Grows = Sleepers Vests = Onesies :thumbup:

I will do my bag in the next few weeks....always worried about not being prepared if I happened to go early.
 
Tracie I am glad you are feeling better!


Question for everyone... How many diapers are you buying ahead of time/ what sizes? So far I have like 40-something newborn size, like 158 size 1-2, and a few small packs of size 2. I have no idea if I need to get more newborn?? I think at least another big pack probably, but I don't want to end up accidentally buying too many. People tell me they grow out of newborn size (up to 8 lbs) so quickly.. But then I found out from my friend who just had her baby that she goes through like 40 diapers a week or something? So in THAT case I only have enough for one week in newborn size. I think I will get another big pack of newborn size, and maybe 2 more big packs of size 1 to get me started.
 
If you're getting brand name diapers you can exhange them at target for different size if you have too many of one size (this is what I was told by someone who has babies already)

Glad you're feeling better Tracie!


I'm not even close to having anything baby related done. I have my baby shower the 28th-hoping to get what I'm missing after that, and work on the nursery!
 
My girls were both in newborn diapers for about 4 weeks. They were both small. I have two newborn packs. I probably won't buy anymore right now, and will just wait and see. This will be my first boy, so I am not sure how big or small he will be.
 
Good to know Miranda! I do my shopping at target. :)

I was 8.5lbs and OH was 9.5 lbs so I am wondering if LO will be a big baby... so far I am measuring average though.
 
HWPG - That's good everything was fine with your baby. I was measuring 1.5 weeks ahead at my last appointment but my dr wasn't concerned. That makes sense if baby was pushed up against you that you would measure a bit bigger!

Clynn - Good luck at the doctor! I hate the weigh-in. My body seems to sense that I'm going to the doctor and automatically puts on an extra lb or 2 of water weight right before my visit so it looks like I've gained more than I have. Then as soon as the appointment is over I lose it. :p

Tracie - Sorry about your scare! I'm glad you're feeling better now.

Emi - I'm not even buying newborn size as I'm almost completely certain our baby will be over 8 lbs. I have 2 boxes of size 1 diapers so far. Not sure how long they'll last me (and I'm too lazy to check how many is in a box right now).

Miranda - I hope you enjoy your shower!

Is everyone having their showers before the baby is born? I'm not having mine until after.
 
My friend gave me a bunch of newborn and size 1 diapers her daughter grew out of. DD was 9 lbs 4 oz and was in newborn diapers for one week before we moved to size 1. We used one small bag that the hospital gave us and one box of 96 and that was it. Then she moved pretty quickly through the sizes and by 6 months she was in size 4. Now at 18 months she's STILL in size 4. But she's always had super chunk thighs so the bigger sizes worked better for containing blowouts and leaks for us.

So I've bought some 2's have the smaller sizes given by a friend covered. You can always return to Walmart as well if you are in the US. Target won't accept packages they don't sell, but Walmart does. I returned about $100 worth of newborn diapers and some of the packages they didn't carry but they still looked up the value and gave me store credit back.

As far as showers go, I'm not having one with friends and family as I just had one less than 2 years ago for DD and it's another girl. However, my work does a small shower for every baby, so I've just registered for some small things that if people don't know what to get they can buy. Honestly we don't need anything, but my work isn't going to not throw one just because I say so.
 
Thanks so much ladies! That gives me some insight :) I have no idea how big LO will be but when they measure my stomach they say she is "average" lol all of my newborn size diapers were given to me from someone who didn't use them and they are not packaged so hopefully she will go through them all!
 
Nappies I have bought a box of 74 in size 1 (pampers, really good offer on amazon!) then two packs of 40 size 1 (little angels)
Then I have two packs of 42 in size 2 (little angels)
Bought the little angels while we were in uk to try out as we don't get those over here. But if they work out aldi do similar over here so will prob try those out too.
 
Yeah, aim for 10-12 nappies a day at times in those first days, and you'll be fine. Get enough to last the first week and play it by ear from there; hubby or someone can pop out and grab more if needed!!!

I only have a handful of newborn disposables left over from Monster, so I'll use them up but hoping to just go straight to cloth on this bub, cos I hate throwing that money away so easily on disposables! Lol.

I had a scan and obstetrician appointment this week; baby is measuring on the 67th percentile (so, bigger than 'average' but not huge) and with my glucose levels continuing to be maintained by diet, my ob has said that as long as I continue this path, then I won't be any different to a normal pregnant mamma and I can have a normal birth here at my local birthing centre! Yay! Screw you GD, I WILL still get my natural local birth! Lol.

On the scan we got to see baby yawning and screwing up it's face! Omg, total heart-melting cuteness!!! Can't wait to meet my bubba!


With my gestational diabetes I have swung from being utterly sick of the clock-watching and finger pricking, plus the limited diet and having to eat by the damned clock so much... But other days I am fine, I enjoy seeing my numbers stay where they should, and I am loosing weight despite growing a big baby which is a bit of a bonus! Lol!!

Only 7ish more weeks to go. Hopefully a little less!
 
Really starting to struggle. My parents took DD yesterday so I could have some time for myself so I chose to walk to the local carnival with OH on his lunch break. I was in so much pain when I got back I seriously thought this baby was gunna come. Thankfully it went once I sat down and relaxed. Last night I struggled to sleep because my bump and pelvis were so painful :-( my bump is so low now :-( I'm really struggling to do anything :-( getting me seriously down
 
Flyingduster... that is great news about you being able to have baby at your local birthing centre :)
Tracie... I am sorry you are having such a hard time, I can relate to the not being able to sleep, my back aches as soon as I lay down and I wake up every hour for a wee so not getting much sleep right now and it's making me misserable because I just have no energy to do anything through the day with my dd so I feel guilty for that as these are our last few weeks together just us :(
 
WanaBaba said:
Flyingduster... that is great news about you being able to have baby at your local birthing centre :)
Tracie... I am sorry you are having such a hard time, I can relate to the not being able to sleep, my back aches as soon as I lay down and I wake up every hour for a wee so not getting much sleep right now and it's making me misserable because I just have no energy to do anything through the day with my dd so I feel guilty for that as these are our last few weeks together just us :(
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That's exactly how I feel, she asks me to go places n do things but I can't drive ATM because my spd kicks off sciatica when I drive, I can't walk far because of my spd, so have to rely on others and my OHs days off. Luckily it's been nice on his days off recently so had really nice days out having picnics and "adventures" as she calls them lol. It's our anniversary next week so hopefully it'll be nice again.
I loved being pregnant with my daughter, she was a breeze, but this time I really feel down and want time to speed up :-( and that makes me feel bad because this is the last baby il have
 
It is tough to be in so much pain. I am up every hour or two because I have to shift to the other side. My hip pain wakes me up, so then I go to the bathroom while I am up. I am up 3-4 times a night. So annoying.

I have one more week of work, then I start summer holidays. Hoping to have more energy to spend with my girls. Will also be nice to lay down when DD2 is napping:) She still has 2-3 hour naps every afternoon. I can put on a movie for my oldest and enjoy some quiet time!
 
I hear you all on struggling to sleep and being uncomfortable. It is getting difficult! I'm not ready to throw the towel in quite yet, but I do wonder how I'm supposed to last another 7 weeks (or longer if I go overdue)! I hope we all have better sleeps tonight.
 
I know what u mean about the sleeping ladies but my 2 main problems at the moment with sleep is the heat, it's just too hot and 2nd is we put DD in her cot bed (with the sides off) so she wakes up in the night walking round shouting 'Daddy' and then climbs in our bed to be with her daddy but then that's more body heat so I get even hotter!

Anyone else find being pregnant in the summer sucks? I was such a b***h yesterday as I was too hot and DD was hot as well and she was really grumpy. But DH has put the paddling pool up so I sat in there most the afternoon x
 
Really not a good day today! I started getting pains today and lost a small amount of fluid. Really thought he was coming. Luckily I was at my mums so right next to the hospital, but after a few hours of on off pains it fizzled out and now I feel fine! Really struggling now! It's mine and OHs anniversary tomorrow, I don't fancy spending it in hospital lol.
 
I gotta say, I'm glad its winter here now, cos I'm keeping quite nicely warm with the internal heating of baby!!! Lol. It'd totally suck being preg in summer I reckon...

I'm surprised we haven't had an early baby in here yet!!! Another due Aug group I'm on had the first born spontaneously last week at 6 weeks early! Makes it all very real...

So keen to have my baby soon. I wasn't at all impatient with Monster (just as well seeing how long past due date he went!) But this time I'm soooooo wanting my baby!
 
Its getting really hard to sleep with the heat on top of getting up to pee a million times, not being able to breathe well laying down, SPD pains, and getting anxious about the baby. I remember people asking me if I am getting sick of the heat yet when it just started getting warm and I slept like a rock then. Now I caught myself thinking yeah I'm getting sick of the heat...oh wait summer JUST started lol

I don't know why I just have a feeling LO will come earlier than 40 weeks. Hopefully she makes it until full term!
 
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