Curvy ladies

[cranberry987]

bath salts are great! cost a bit more than i thought, £3 or so each, but theyre nicer than bought.

found a cot on freecycle so gonna get that to have a look about strapping it to the side of the bed, if it works then will buy a mattress and if not then ill refreecycle it and ive lost nothing. lovely

 

[sunshine623]

Thanks girls! I'm feeling better tonight, but still hurt at him. We've had this discussion a hundred times, but with the pregnancy hormones it's just more than I'm willing to take. He's always like that, like if I start something he has to be goofy or say something stupid so I just say nevermind. It's like if he isn't the one to start things, he's not interested or has say some stupid remark like "no don't touch me", joking around, and he still doesn't realize it hurts my feelings. I'm guessing it might be something like you were saying Helen, but I keep asking him what's wrong and he won't tell me. If he'd at least give me some answers I might not feel so rejected, but he's too stubborn for that! Anyway, I'm just gonna keep making fun of him for being a girl now until he gets pissed off enough to tell me the truth. I usually have to make him mad before he'll really tell me how he feels about sex stuff. It's completely ridiculous.

Anywho, welcome to the group Rachael! We're on the facebook page a lot more than on here now, so I'll look forward to seeing you on there!

Helen, you're already making Christmas presents? You're so far ahead of me! We've told everyone we won't be able to buy them anything this year since I won't be working at Christmas and we'll be broke. I guess I could start making some things like that though. Are you making bath salts? How do you do it?

 

[Rees]

I loved Paradise park went there last year the indoor playbarn was great...Riley was a bit young for it then ...must go back when i go to cornwall again x

You'll have to let me know if you do Tegan and Riley would probably love each other Especially with their age gap so close!

Amy - Do you think Nick might just be worried about hurting Gus? Luke keeps pushing and I woke up yesterday morning an hour before my alarm and was horny so he enjoyed the wake-up call, although I ended up being awake for 20 hours yesterday!

Have you tried speaking to him about it and saying that you have needs too and that oiled up men fighting each other just don't do it for you?

Helen - Luke apologised to Jago afterwards He was more worried the first time around about denting Tegan's head etc... We know this time round that baby is well protected

Rachael - You're due about the time I conceived I got my BFP 6th May, 11DPO

Helen - that sounds like a good idea Let us know if it works! and ooooh, bath salts! I love them, need to go and find some now that I have a bath

Amy - Tegs has just been pointing at your pic and saying mummy when pointing at you and daddy when pointing at Nick I hope that making him mad works hun


I weighed myself at my mum's the other day 109kg Booking in weight was 111kg! So I'm rather amazed that I've managed to keep off the weight i lost during chicken pox Especially now that I'm 20 weeks and half way there! But I will now balloon, especially since I seem to have a craving for curry! We'll see though! With Tegs a week after I gave birth I was a lot lighter than before I was pregnant but then my weight just crept up from there, although I was only 109kg at booking with her! So my body hasn't changed too much, but bring on the diet from Feb unless I am successful at breast feeding, in which case that'll help a lot

 

[Mrs B mum2b]

hello!! gosh I have had a manic few days at work and no time to do anything other than glance at there and see all is ok!
Amy, my DH went through a stage a little while ago where we would start DTD and then ... well it all collapsed if you get what I mean!! he told me he was worried he would hurt Beanie and after I assured him he wouldn't he was ok... I think there is an element of this fear in all the guys from what friends have said in the past and some didn't seem to realise they even felt this way until questioned - I hope Nick opens up to yuo soon as I would almost be certain this is his "problem". It's hard cos we need re-assuring that they still want us! Hope it works out for you soon!

Rachael - hello!!
Helen - too organised for my liking (and yes I am jealous!) NOt even thought about Christmas pressies. I usually go waaaay OTT with gifts but it won't happen this yr!!

Rees - Well done on weight! Funnily enough I have gone totally OFF curry and as it's DH's favourite I can sense problems. It was his b'day yesterday amd I succumed though....

So, I had the re-scan of Beanie's heart yesterday and pleased tro say all looks good. They also confirmed it's a girl so I can oifficially join team PINK!!! (anyone know how to add the stork thing???!!!)

Have requested FB group finally - not sure if I have been accepted yet

T x

 

[cranberry987]

The bath salts thing is super easy. Guide on here https://uktv.co.uk/home/item/aid/578441/displayVideo/hi

There's loads of things on there. Lush website.

 

[Tizy]

Hello everyone,

I've written out a post for here several times and then deleated, been in a bit of a funny way with myself, poorly and hormonal I think.

Sorry, I feel like I've totally neglected everyone but I really don't think I would have been much use to you.

Anyway, just had a bath, more paracetamol and rest and starting to feel much better.

Work has been stressing me out too as my boss has said that there was a mistake made with the June/July wages (the wages they'll be basing my SMP on) and therefore I'm now likely to get less SMP from the two jobs I work at the Estate and Letting Agents. Its just totally stressed me on top of feeling ill etc. I feel like ever since I told work I am pregnant i've had nothing but hassle re: my wages and payments, threat of redundancy and having to take reduced hours. Its like she thinks its not fair that i'm gonna get to have time off paid after bubba is born. She's like that tho, hates anyone who she considers 'sponges off the state' and can be so discriminatory towards people. I guess the 4 years hard work I've put into my job there don't count for much, all in all I feel really hurt. Anyway its obviously gonna be time for a change for me, so I just have to get through 4 days next week,sort this mess with my SMP out and then I'm outta there for a while. I only have a 16 hour job to go back to afterwards (agreement made instead of being made redundant) anyway, maybe I won't go back at all.

Racheal,don't know if I said hello on here, but HELLOOOOO, lovely to have another member. If you want any help with anything just ask.

Helen, the cot idea sounds good and like you said,you're not loosing out at all so worth giving it a try. I'm already making bits and bobs for xmas, gonna start making xmas cards as soon as I go on maternity.

Amy, huggles for the hurt feelings you've been having re: DTD. I think the other girls are right, men can be funny about sex when pregnant.Like you said tho a bit unfair that he's not willing to communicate about it, like you said,you'll have to beat it out of him (of a sort).

Leigh, thats great news about your weight, well done hunni. I'm up quite a lot now 2 stone and about 96kg, I'm resigned to dealing with it afterwards now.

Tanya, yey for joining our fb group- at last! Lovely to hear your scan went well and everything is ok with baby.Yippppeeeee a GIRL, congrats. Which stork thing are you on about??

Sorry if i've missed anyone, I'll catch up next time.

I went to Asda yesterday and bought about 600 nappies, bit mental but will save me a fortune in the long run.

I also went to Holland and Barratt and bought 4 packs of Raspberry Leaf tea and some tablets, but I've had varying advice about when to start drinking the tea, I thought it was ok once you're into third tri and then I'll start the tablets at about 36 weeks. Meant to be a great tonic for the uterus and help with a short and successful labour. Does anyone have any advice about this?

Thanks Xxx

 

[cranberry987]

its so sad how so many ppl have problems with work once they say theyre preggers :/ If you feel theyre treating you unfairly because of it then Id go to the CAB. would they really be cutting your hours etc if you werent preg?

 

[sunshine623]

Thanks for the comments girls! Han, you made me laugh out loud when you said "beat it out of him", and you too Leigh about the oiled up men! lol I guess I'll have to remind him that he's not gonna poke Gus in the head or anything! At least it appears they all go through this stage. It's been 3 weeks since we DTD so surely his horniness will get the better of him soon enough! lol

Leigh, great job on the weight! I'm up about 9 lbs according to the doctor, but I know it's really more like 14 lbs. Guess that's not too bad for almost 28 weeks, though.

Helen, thanks for the site! I'll have to check it out and see what my non-artsy self can manage to do.

MrsB, omg, your poor hubby! Glad that hasn't happened to Nick yet, because that would really end up hurting my feelings! It is kinda funny though, to think that the idea of the baby being in there can mess them up that bad.

Han, sorry to hear they're giving you such a hard time at work. I'm so glad my boss is being good about my time off. They've arranged for a retired lady to fill in for me while I'm off, so now I'm not gonna worry the whole time that they're gonna replace me. If you've been there for 4 years and they're being that crappy about you taking some time off to have your baby, it sounds like a good time to look for another job (after baby comes).

The doctor told me today that I should make sure I feel Gus move every couple of hours. He said if I didn't feel him for 3 or 4 hours to give them a call to check him. That makes sense, but now I feel like I should be watching the clock! lol Guess as long as I'm feeling him pretty regularly, it's all good. Made me really think about the fact that I'm responsible for this little person now! OMG I'm a mom!!!

 

[Rees]

Tanya - this stork thing? all you gotta do is type pink surrouded by : so, without the spaces, : pink:

Han - it sounds like too much hassle to go back once Roscoe is born, I certainly wouldn't want to if my place treated me like that

As for RLT and the capsules *shudders* I think you can start taking it at around 34 weeks although my midwife last time said 36 weeks but the box of tea said 34 weeks? I can't stand the taste of the tea so I'll just be taking the capsules!

Amy - awwwww! I wouldn't watch the clock too closely or you'll start stressing out which will make Gus go quieter, so long as he's active that's all that matters


I can't believe how much more expensive things have got in the past 2 years! I was looking at formula the other day, 2 years ago a tin of SMA cost £7.29. Now it'll set you back £8.99! I don't understand how that is justifiable? Child benefit hasn't gone up, we don't get milk tokens as we get Working Tax Credits so I really don't understand how they've gone up so fast! Normal milk hasn't jumped that much!

I guess it'll be something to do with encouraging breast feeding as I know it's illegal to get Boots points (Amy - loyalty points in a shop ) on formula that's for babies under 6 months and now Boots even have that sign up!

I won't be using as much formula as I did with Tegs because of the hope to combination feed so a tin should last longer, but still!!! Have decided to use Aptamil, Tegs was on SMA Gold, followed by SMA Staydown (sicky baby and it still didn't stay down!) followed by Cow and Gate! She was fine on C&G but I've gone for Aptamil as it's meant to be the closest to breast milk and even says on the packaging that it's suitable for combination feeding! (Woohoo!)

I feel so bored and restless today, I really can't be arsed to go and read anything else on here! But if I don't Luke will nick the internet dongle off me and carry on using it up!

 

[cranberry987]

I should probably get some formula in just in case i cant feed him enough after the birth, better than him being on a drip at least :/ The MW said I should express pre birth but ive asked others whove done it and it sounds like a total waste of time. You get like 1ml per day if youre lucky...

soooo tired. had my 'rents here and rich has been attacking the garden with my dad. my mum cleaned the house and I was just sociable and generally did stuff. Shes a nightmare, like we go to tesco and use the self service till. She doesnt know how to use this as shes old so I tell her just not to touch anything. So she touches every single thing I put on the scales and I have to wait each time for her to stop faffing or the till doesnt let me scan the next thing. every single thing she does is like that, its such hard work. She was poking her fingers into a WORKING mulcher. I suggested to her that it wasnt such a great idea to put her fingers into a mass of grinding blades...

gonna veg on the sofa now, havent even got the energy to knit

 

[Rees]

You can get little bottles of I think 6 that are pre-filled, think both SMA and Cow and Gate do them. I've never heard of trying express before baby is here! Ouch! Lol.

I bought some new bottles today for Jago, I wasn't going to get Tommee Tippee because that's what Tegs had and she still has one at night and didn't want her thinking that we were giving Jago her bottles, but I couldn't resist the price at ASDA! 6 bottles for £10! I was going to get the Avent newborn starter set which was £12 but looked like it's only 4 bottles and a bottle brush with the bottles being different sized, but £10 is much better value and I know they'll fit into out Tommee Tippee steraliser! (Must dig it out and clean it! Hopefully it still works!)

Friday is payday and Boots have a 3 for 2 offer on all baby items, going to get Tegs 3 packs of nappies and Jago a big pack of each of the newborn size

Jago behaved today in the scan for his chin/face, he actually turned and looked at the sonographer although they had to shake my belly to get him to move a little bit so the could check one side! Little bugger....

Growth scan on 6th Oct just to make sure he is growing properly but everything looks fine and the consultant said that in all her years he's never come across a baby with foetal varicella syndrome and he thinks that the 1% chance is a bit too high! His consultant friends have never seen it either! So everything's looking good

 

[sunshine623]

Helen, you're cracking me up talking about your mom! Our mom's sound a lot alike. Mine's on her way over to see the nursery since we painted it. Then she's going with me tomorrow for my 3D scan, so I get 2 days in a row! lol I'm sure there's no way in the world she'll ever use the self-checkout because that would be too complicated for her. She even gets literally offended if someone sends her a text! Like it's beneath her or something! lol Once when she was sick and missed work a girl she works with sent her a text saying get well soon. Like 3 weeks later she asked me to figure out what the message was on her phone, and once I read it to her she was so offended. Kept saying stuff like "why would she send me a text!?!" lol "She should know I don't read those things! People are going to forget other people's voices with all this texting!" lol

Leigh, I've calmed down about the movements a little. I think it just sort of freaked me out because it's making everything so real now. Saturday I was in the car a lot and didn't feel him much, but once I poked around on him a little he woke right up.

I found Gus the cutest shoes at a discount store, but I didn't get them because even marked down they were $29.99! They were the cutest little brown boots! Think I'll have to check out ebay for some baby shoes. I've looked at lots of outlet stores and most of the good types are still over $20. They're shoes for babies who will hardly wear them! It's crazy! Anyway, back to work tomorrow. I've been so tired the last few days so I'm not looking forward to going back.

 

[sunshine623]

Leigh, congrats on the great scan! And on the low chances of Jago having it! Great deals on the bottles, too. Here everything has gone way up, too. When I do the grocery shopping I get the same sort of things every week, but lately I've been spending about $20 more a week! I'm most likely going to formula feed, too, so the cost of formula will bump that up even more. Think I'll start buying some now. I've been afraid to get too much in case he can't tolerate one or the other, but it's so expensive I better at least have a few cans on hand.

 

[Mrs B mum2b]

hi all!
helen - expressing BEFORE???? Why would they suggest that? I though it has a short Shelf life anyway. Is it in case too tired after labour or something?
Leigh - Yay for the great scan! and the good news too! And thatnks for stork info, will try here INK: (hope it works....)

Reading what you are all buying makes me panic a bit as still haven't bought anything! (apart from 2 v cute cleep suits and a teddy!)
I am trying to get the nursery finished (well, started actually!) before buying as although I have a house, I have very little storage so no-where to store anything eg nappies etc... I think I may have to bite the bullet soon though otherswise will have to spend a £1m in once go (or it will feel like it!)
The convo we had on FB re freebies - I have the Bounty pack vouchers saved up for when I am ready but again some of you seem to get tons more. Can you recommend a website or something I should be keeping my eye on??

My cold is even worse today acoompanied by painful ears and sinuses. Sitting in office wishing I was in bed.... I think I will try and canel my meeting later and slope off...

Txx

 

[Tizy]

Hello girls,

Just read through the last few posts.

Leigh, congrats again on the scan, would be nice to see some pics if you had them?? I got Tommie Tipee stuff for my baby too Great offers on stuff at the Asda baby and toddler event, might be cheaper there for nappies rather than Boots.

Helen, no chance you'll get me even attempting to express that miniscule amount before the baby is here!! Breastfeeding is hard enough without making it harder even before the baby comes! Lol!

Amy, hello, haha that story about the older generation and texting is so funny! I can just imagine that! Getting offended about it! I'm not gonna pre-buy any formula,i'll just send Mark out for it if necessary, really wanna give breastfeeding the best chance before giving in to formula. Its soooo much cheaper to bf and hopefully it'll help us to lose weight and give the baby everything it needs too!

Tanya, I feel you hunni, I have the worst cold, i've had it for about a week now, constant snot, blowing my nose, can't breathe properly at night and a stye! God I hate those things! Hope you feel better soon, I guess I'm lucky that i'm off work now, poor you suffering inthe office! Looking forward to seeing the results of your hard work on the nursery etc, when your done.

Like I said, I'm feeling so rotton but not gonna moan about that anymore.....INSTEAD....I might moan about my OH!! We've had a tough week! To say the least! We get on great usually, very loving and supportive of each other but when we're put in stressful situations we generally don't handle things very well! We've been dealing with several things this week....was meant to be a nice 10 days off together but then Mark got offered an interview for a job and needed help planning a presentation, that took us a couple of days, we stressed at each other about that, then my boss went and underpaid me and said there were probs with my SMP calcs so we've spent another couple of days sending back and forth emails to her about that, then the lodger didn't want to pay the rent!!!! Ugh, I just don't know what it is, maybe becuase we both like things done in our own way, we get annoyed at the other person for doing something different.....anyway its just been one MASSIVE week of stress. Culminating in a huge row this morning. I feel slightly dead inside, I don't know what to think and have no motivation for anything! The only godsend in all this is that Holly has been at her dads, but then again maybe it wouldn't have happened if she was here, cos we'd be better behaved with each other!??? I'm worried about the stress a baby will bring and whether we'll cope???

Oh joy.....signing off for another cry Xxx

 

[pink sparkle]

Oh han massive hugs huni, me and hubby been through a bit of a rough patch lately, cant particularly say theres one incident that has caused it but we had just been at each others throats and i was starting to really worry about the strain of a baby on our relationship, things have got better though ....as they do....it happens every now and then but i think the hormones make it seem a million times worse for me. Main thing is were back on track and im sure you and mark will be soon too hun xxx

 

[cranberry987]

the expressing before birth is for the diabetes in case baby has a hypo. apparently you collect the milk in a syringe and freeze it then youve got extra to suppliment your breastfed milk. i cant see how it will help if you get so little, but Ill try it in case it makes a difference as its better than the alternatives. Im not worried about him having a hypo tho as the only way that would happen is if my levels were too high. it sounds like something they say but not sure if they would actually push it if i was having problems. sounds bloody painful at best.

leigh - great news about the scan and the next one in a month! I always think that boots is rly expensive but maybe its worth it with 3 for 2

amy - thats ridiculous about your mum, why have a phone if shes so offended by it. imagine if she was sent a mms! I wouldnt bother with shoes tbh for baby, i mean theyre cute but their feet wont actually need covering that much as they have babygrows/snowsuits/etc for ages. save your money for when hes needing proper shoes every 3 months!

mrsb - re freebies, i just googled baby club and joined all the supermarket ones, they mostly have some freebie for joining. also google free baby stuff and you might find a few bits. theres not loads tho really, its mostly samples of washing powder and fabric conditioner, theres a few which giveyou free packs of nappies but not that many
hope the cold gets better

hannah - sorry you and dh are rowing. we row all the time and its just second nature now, im sure its just a blip and when baby is here youll just get on with things as you just have to dont you

i cant remember if i gave an update since my appt on monday, ill do it again anyway.

my pelvis has been feeling quite achey, consultant says its pgp after a fall at that festival and unlikely to resolve, but im sure theres something which can be done to contain it at least, so got the drs and osteopath today.
saw the mw and consultant on monday and both went scarily well. i think it was because i demonstrated my compliance and my sugar levels were good. she said that baby is unlikely to be overgrown so i think ill meet less resistance tbh now theyve seen i can control it well. she said that a large baby would be considered as over 9lbs, doesnt sound that big to me, i mean 10 or 11 lbs id say thats big but still managable, but 9lbs seems fine. have growth scan booked in two weeks tho, still cant decide on it but i think we're just gonna see how we feel as theres arguments for either side and we're totally on the fence as in not really bothered either way rather than unsure. its quite nice to see baby but the scans arent really that pleasant so will leave it to rich rly, hes the one who wants to see him.

going to a wedding on friday and i bought a new dress in the end, wasnt expensive, £30 from m&p and its not massively wedding-y so i can wear it for other things and have that mad bird hairclip too! gonna get dolled up so I look amazing, or as amazing as is possible

then the nct sales are starting up again this week so going to one saturday. plan is to get a baby bath and a baby gym, maybe a bouncy seat if we see one. also need a blanket or two, i looked in mothercare and they were either horrible and scratchy or expensive.

anyway, have a good day.

x

 

[Mrs B mum2b]

Hi all
Helen, that's odd that they haven't mentioned the expressing to me then - I will try and remember to ask on Friday. Thanks for the tips re google - will try now. My cold is now bronchitis and I feel awful tbh. Got antibiotics and inhaler so hopefully will kick in soon.

Han - hope things have calmed down at home? From what you have said, your work stuff has caused huge stress and I reckon once you recover from that things will get back on an even keel. Me and DH never usually argue but 2 weekends ago had a huge row over.... nothing! I think there's a lot of change going on for us all - emotionally and phsysically (even though you have been there before, things are still changing) so we need to give ourselves a break and take a step back from it all. I just know I am not reacting to certain things in my usual way so I 'm sure I'm not alone there.
Does that make any sense? Have a fever so may be talking crap but I know what I mean! Hope I am not talking out of turn anyway...

back to the sofa now
Txx

 

[cranberry987]

Tbh the expressing sounds like a total waste of time so maybe your team are just more sensible than mine

Just went to gp and have a referral to physio for pelvis pain. Good good

 

[sunshine623]

MrsB, don't stress over not buying too much yet. You've still got plenty of time! Remember you're 4 weeks behind a lot of us. I've only done most of my buying in the last few weeks. You'll get it all done!

Han, sorry you're having such a rough time! I'm sure you and Mark will be able to handle baby just fine. Hormones are ruling our emotions right now, so I'm sure it will get better once we're back to our more normal selves. Nick and I rarely fight either, but we've definitely had our moments while I've been prego. I'm blaming it all on hormones!

Helen, I hope your hip is ok! Sucks that when your pelvis is already stretching out, and you've injured it, too. Hope the therapy helps it!

It's finally cooled off here for a week or so! It's been in the low 70s all week and mostly kinda dreary and rainy, but I've been loving it! I have been burning up so much lately that the clouds are a welcome sight! It's supposed to heat back up next week, so I guess we still have a little summer left but I can finally imagine it being fall! Autumn is my favorite time of the year anyway, and this is gonna be the best fall ever!