Curvy ladies

[cranberry987]

finally alone, looovely

sorry if ive missed out on any news, have tried to catch up a bit.

re boys names, i cant find ANY i like so I'll be no use to you. We have a girls name which I like but visitor has just spent a week saying how she doesnt like actresses called it. thanks. shes annoyed me tbh, a week is a bit long to stay rly when youre invited for 2 days...

someone has a scan tmw, hearts i think? exciting hope everything goes well and all that

Im not fussy at all about buying 2nd hand stuff, like rach says babies dont care as long as theyre not cold or wet, could dress them in a mr hanky costume and theyd probably be happy. I can understand how some ppl wouldnt want to tho, maybe your dh kinda thinks that he wants to show that he can provide for the LO?

Ive realised I actually dont need that much more stuff. Visitor is saying how much stuff shes going to get me to help out. Like shes gonna get more more bibs. She already bought me 12, seriously, how many bibs does she think Ill need? Rly I want to pick most stuff myself as altho I said to her no pukey beige, she bought me pukey beige stuff. I feel bad about not using it but Im not gonna dress my child like theyre covered in sick, itll be primary colours with actual sick on top!

With the blind, I think dark blue is a good idea too, itll block out more light than an orange one I bet, altho if you prefer the orange then wait a while, youve still got ages left really

If ours is a boy I rly dont think we'll decide on anything until hes here, I think you have 6 wks to register the baby which is actually a rly long time. Just see what comes to you. I watch the credits at the end of films/tv for names which I like, havent seen any yet.

 

[xheartsx]

I'm struggling a bit with boys names too. I like Finlay, and Layton. These are the ones me and Dougie agree on. But i also like Blake & Seth. I think if we find out tomorrow its a boy, we'll get a baby book name.

If it's a girl though i know what she will be called! Evelyn June. That's 100% definite!

Hey Helen, a week can be a bit much can't it. As much as you like the person, they probably do something to get on your wick!

I won my bargain cargo trousers on ebay. woohoo! I'll give them a good wash and they'll be as good as new!

Helen, enjoy your peace & quiet!

 

[Tizy]

Oh pooh, I've missed loads of stuff again now!

Re: DTD, Mark and I got a bit stuck about 10 days ago, trying to DTD and my bump got in the way, we totally lost the moment and just gave up, we havn't tried since, but we're going to at the weekend when we've got some time off together (if we can get a quiet minute!!) Jayne I totally know what you mean about the 'big O', I had some great ones a few weeks ago, and now since the last time we tried, I must admit I've been feeling more like I want to but then can't, even on my own!!! Very frustrating. I don't know if I've got a mental blockage or what??

Thanks for those who responded about the nursery, I think i will go with the navy, at least it won't get dirty and it'll make the room nice and dark to help baby sleep.

I've spent loads on my credit card this month, its over £700 now! But its all stuff for baby, big things like furniture and some xmas shopping for Holly, we have no savings so its our only way to get sorted, just have to pay it off a bit at a time. Booo hooo

I'm really careful about how much I spend tho and don't go over extravagent. This week i got £21 of baby clothes from the Stork Exchange, bargains, like Jayne said they're in and out of the clothes in a flash!

Xxx

Edit - things I missed - Names, I really like Zane! and Jade I love Layton!

 

[cranberry987]

ooh im gonna make a really catty comment now, lol

friend of mine is 26w preg and baby is transverse (ie lying left to right). She has no interest in doing any research of her own about preg things and just follows what the mw tells her which isnt much. There are things she can do to help baby move but shes not doing em as mw didnt tell her to. From a quick google I read that if you get to 30w and baby is still transverse then that pretty much guarantees itll stay there as everything gets used to being that shape. you obv cant push a baby out sideways so its c section time.

Here is the catty part, we're rly good friends, but if she had to have a c section and I had a natural birth Id laugh my arse off. Shes skinny perfect healthy specimin and Im the high risk fatty. Theres plenty she could do to help herself but shes just not because shes just trusting in the system.

ok catty rant over

 

[xheartsx]

She should be reading into doing what she can to get the baby in the right position! Maybe she's seen it as a good thing and would rather a c-section than to go through labour? If she asks you what she can do, just say you have no idea! Then she'll need to read up on it herself.

Can i just say btw, is anybody else LOVING the no periods lark!? It's 'mazing!!

 

[pink sparkle]

Helen i think your right he made a comment of 'were not that hard up' i think its a kinda macho thing about providing for his family. He is by no means a snob or anything like that and defo not a show off in any shape or form just think he likes to 'look after us' if that makes sense. If i see anything i will get it ...he wont even notice it lol!

Regarding your friend...its a hard one... my mw was fab and showed me lots of positions to get into to move baby out of the back to back position which i did but unfortunately didnt work. I agree that she should try but maybe baby wouldnt move anyway. do they try and turn them manually from the transverse position. My baby was laying transverse at my last two scans got another in a few weeks. Havent got a clue how baby is laying atm and mw couldnt tell at 22 week appointment either. Hope that she has moved on her own by next scan if not i will be googling and seeking your advice x Helen what is the girls name you have picked or are you keeping it secret? x

Jade i love Blake for a boy x

Han whats the stork exchange? Maybe go for an orange lamp shade? I have bright colours in ds's room and couldnt decide between blue or green blackout blind. I got blue and then got a lime green lamp shade and it looks good maybe have to dig out a pic to show you from when it was done as the rooms now more like a store room poor lil man!

 

[cranberry987]

shes not mad keen for a c section but will do whatever they tell her to. She'd prefer a natural labour if shes "allowed" and is planning to go to a MLU. Shes quite uneducated about it all. I was saying I wont agree to being induced unless theres any problems and she said 'well youll have to be if you go to 42 weeks' which is just not true at all.

I dunno, maybe Im too into it, but its my body and whatever option I take whether its hospital or c section or a Koi assisted birth (btw I think that ones a joke) I wanna know whats involved so I can make my decision.

I was thinking recently about the no periods thing, it really is lovely being able to wear white knickers again! Hope mine come back quickish after birth tho as I want to get cracking on #2. Been thinking about when Id like baby to be born tho, I think probably October, which means end of Jan conception... um. maybe not then

i finally have enough bump to wear my maternity jeans from dotty p. theyre fine when I stand up but when I sit down they cut in something chronic so theyre going on ebay. they were £3 new so I reckon I can get more than that, only wore one pair for 30 mins so Im classing that as BNWT!

 

[Cherrybinky]

wow loads has happened while I went to the shop.

Jayne, I dont think youre being picky waiting to find a name. We knew we wanted Zachary from the start but its a girl so we ditched Eliza as we went off it and we really struggled to agree on another girls name. We did a short list and still didnt like any of them then Isobel just came up with it and bingo.

My cousins little boy is called Arthur and my bump buddys little boy is called Alfie, my best friends nephew is Archie. I love all those old fashioned names but I also like very different things with a twist.

Helen, Ive gone waaaay over board with buying stuff. Im also seriously considering home birth too :s BUT at the moment its a very distant consideration but youre inspiring me.

Jade, I LOVE Evelyn June. I also think Dougie is cute, cant you name him after his Dad? lol

Han, youve spent £700 on a credit card OMG Id die LOL. I dont even have one anymore. I ran up so many thousands of debt years ago and thankfully my parents paid it all off and Im forever grateful to them. Im debt free now apart from my loan which I have a special rate on.

X

 

[xheartsx]

I really like Blake too. I might try and talk dougie into somehow liking it.

That's defo BNWT.

Ladies, i'm thinking about my scan tomorrow, and i want to see the screen the whole time so i can see my LO. At my 12 week scan i didn't see an awful lot obviously because i was laying down but Dougie saw everything. Do you think if i ask the nice lady to turn the screen enough for me to see it, she will?

I don't want to ask and then her bite my head off!

 

[Cherrybinky]

LOVE Blake for a boy or Blaine (after Blaine from Glee!)

Im loving having no periods, I was thinking about that this morning. Im NOT loving the leaking wee however!

On the way back from the shops, I saw a man on a bike and his hairy arse was showing and I suddenly had the urge to shout out "I can see your arse" but I refrained and laughed to myself instead.

I just spent £14 on magazines and feel sooo bad for wasting money. I got a knitting and crochet magazine and OK! and Mother and Baby mag :s

x

 

[xheartsx]

I don't have any credit cards either, and i am keeping it that way!

I really like Dougie too! But his dad is Dougie, and one of his nephews is dougie, well, douglas, so we're staying clear of it on this one!

 

[Cherrybinky]

Jade, they SHOULD turn the screen to you. When we went, the lady showed us straight away and asked if we wanted to know the sex. Then, she said Ill just turn the screen back while I do all the measurements. That took 20 mins and when she was done she said it was all excellent and baby was perfect then she turned the screen back and showed us the kidney, heart, liver spine etc and kept it there when she took the photos for us.
X

 

[cranberry987]

we've kinda decided on megan, like how its quite sensible but also meg is quite cheery (think meg ryan). its not 100% yet but it seems to be sticking quite well. boys names tho... everything is no no no no, maybe/no etc

They do try and move baby manually with transverse but I think the issue is that the space is already used to being side to side, with breach at least up/down are similarish positions so its more likely to stay that way. Baby might not ever move whatever you do, but i reckon a few squats and a bit of ball bouncing aint gonna be too much bother.

Hope yours has moved for the next scan, I'd have a google yourself as I literally spent about 2.5 mins looking so am no expert at all.

Oh and I had an idea for the blind, if you get the blue one could you put some orange shapes/sticker things on it? Maybe some of those iron on things?

 

[xheartsx]

LOVE Blake for a boy or Blaine (after Blaine from Glee!)

x

BIGGEST crush on him ever btw!!

 

[pink sparkle]

Of course we all want to know whats involved in procedures that are carried out on us during our pregnancy and birth.

Luckily i have never had to worry about being overdue as i have had both mine early and spontaneously. I havent done any research so cant back this up but i thought there were risks of going too far overdue more chance of baby pooing inside you and the placenta not working so well. Like i said though ive never researched just things ive heard over the years so i could be completely wrong.

 

[cranberry987]

Rach - check out https://www.babyandbump.com/home-natural-birthing/255340-home-birthers-hopefuls-822.html having a bit of a stalk and reading some of the stories might help you decide either way. Also OBEM Leeds want to film a home birth so if you signed up for that im sure youd get on the program lol!

Jade - Id ask them tbh, Im sure they get asked every time so if they were going to would angle it more down, but it nevre hurts to ask. At my 12w there was a big screen opposite and I rly hope next scan is the same. at 8w i couldnt see a bloody thing!

 

[cranberry987]

oh yea theres loads of risks of going to 42w but until they can say they apply to me they can shove off.

I think with my friend its a bit lalala i cant hear you, she actually doesnt want to know any of the details and I just cant understand it. She hasnt watched any birthing videos and has no idea of whats coming, I worry that she'll freak out when she shits the bed or something thinking that her intestines are coming out

 

[pink sparkle]

Wow in the blink of a post theres been like 10 others!

Helen - Megan is a great name - obviously iam extremely biased! I never liked Meg though and if someone called her that i told them off! She now loves being called Megs and thats what all her friends call her and her dad and his family. I defo will have a google about how to get them to move (or try at least) my mw at 22 weeks just said ahh dont worry really early she will prob move (Fingers bloody crossed!) i dont wanna be cut open! That much i know for sure! Oh and great plan about trying straight away would be so lovely having two so close in age they would be so close in age be like having twins x

Rach great news that you are thinking hb too hmmm thinking ...Eliza ...great name! x

Having no periods is great but then you get the extra discharge, leaking boobies and then after lo arrives one hell of a bleed! Specially if you cant breastfeed like i couldnt x

 

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[cranberry987]

oh i didnt mean there was anything to worry about with the transverse thing, from 22w theres a massive chance theyll move as the mw says but a few lunges and squats might just help things along. If they dont move then sobeit but youll have amazingly bendy legs by then with all the lunges

The reason I want to start ttc straight away is that it took me so long to get preg this time and apparently youre super fertile after you give birth (no idea if thats true, but you do hear it a lot) and I wouldnt want to wait a year then start because if it took ages again Id kick myself. It might have to be jizz in a softcup tho as I doubt Ill be up for sex after only a month!