Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[ttc_lolly]

I agree, definitely don't mind sharing TMI with you ladies! Is it even possible to have TMI when discussing ttc, pregnancy and birth anyway!?

Hahaha Inoue, he probably will! Bless his little heart maybe if I go over and am absolutely desperate... MAYBE! Until then, I'd rather not!

Pumping doesn't hurt, it's just a weird sensation that's hard to explain!

 

[Inoue]

Pump still grosses me out . I really need to grow up! Lol

I think im alone in this but the top of my bump hurts at random times . I think Reimi has dropped abit as i cant feel her botty under my ribs anymore, now its hurting the skin about 3 inches from under boob. Dont think I can grow anymore or ill blow! X

 

[Sarahcake]

Bahahahaha your poor OH Lauryn, you know what he's expecting now right? Hence why I am not mentioning this to Neil. If he cant man up, then why should I do that haha!

Kellie, I would defo say that sounds like thrush. Canastan or the actual medication Clotrimazole is safe to use in pregnancy, so long as it is the 1% strength. It doesn't have to be the Canastan brand you use, both Asda and Tesco do their own brand at their pharmacy's. Just make sure you say you are pregnant and need the 1% strength and hopefully that should get cleared up nice and quick, its no fun is it

Inoue, that does sound a lot like the stretching pains I was getting up there a few weeks back, especially if she has dropped down as your putting more pressure on the skin up there I guess.

Ive been tempted to get the pump out myself actually as I find it a little bit wierd sat at home casually playing with my nipples :S Think id sooner use the pump haha!

 

[time]

Good luck at the hospital today Kellie my wisdom teeth started coming through last year and were agony! Seems to have settled now but I do hate teeth they give me nothing but trouble!!

Definitely won't be telling my husband that little nugget of info... Still not feeling well so no chance that's happening I think I'd rather be induced haha!!

Baby has moved back down today and I don't know how she can bury herself further than 0/5 but she seems to have managed it!! I can barely move and I just had to lift my own leg up to get up a step haha there is so much pressure down there!!

 

[Sarahcake]

Oh god! Ive had to do that once myself Time and im only 2/5! lol Hopefully she makes an appearance soon and stops the discomfort for you

Ooo Kellie, I managed to totally miss about your appointment today, really hope it goes well. x

 

[kellie_w]

Lauren, I have to get the crushed stuff too! I nearly cried in rage one day in asda when they had run out, I hate having to buy the big cubes and hammer then with a rolling pin! It's when we got out and they put big cubes in your drink that you still just HAVE to eat them! The same with me, it lasted until a few months after birth then I couldn't stand to eat anymore. Ohhh and milk with ice before bed is a fantastic heartburn cure!

I have been waiting over two years to have this tooth out! It's my last wisdom one, each time I have been referred I either haven't received a letter, so had to wait another 6 months on the list, or have been pregnant so can't have it done. Apparently it's so bad it's like a egg shell and will just shatter when they go to pull it so needs surgery to remove all of it. It's been filled both times I have been pregnant to get rid of the pain. Can't wait to get it gone!

Thanks for all the thrush advice. I will bring it up with my midwife on Friday, I wonder if that's what caused the leu.... (I really can't remember how to spell it at all!) in my wee last time? I had a trace of protein too, but that was put down to discharge.

Ohh time! I wonder how much longer you will go with baby so low!

When is your next appointment inoue? Hurray if reimi has dropped! X

 

[Sarahcake]

Ahhhh have you got a plan to have it out when you have had him Kellie? That sounds horrific for you Im such a huge wuss when it comes to teeth pains. I can take most things but that makes be a proper baby.

Just got a gift through the post from a couple of our friends living over in LA (lucky buggers...) how lovely is this? I had no idea that such schemes ran, I have a lot of happy memories of sitting and reading with my mum when I was very little so I consider this to be very thoughtful indeed.

Just got my pram all up and sorted Its now sat in my front room with the raincover over it so that my cats dont decide to make themselves comfortable in it lol

 

[Inoue]

Kellie, my next mw appt is next Tue (13th) then hopefully it will be weekly appts after that. Ive got all crossed that she says im at least 4/5th engaged . Sorry to hear about your wisdom tooth, im a dental nurse and seen many pts who's wisdoms are v broken down and come out in shards. You'll be fine once all numbed up, bet you'l just be relieved to finally get it done! .

Sarah, that is so cute from your LA friends!! . Nice to know there thinking of you and little Logan xx

 

[time]

Aww what a lovely present sarah!! So cute of them!

Quick Q ladies, we are having good wren in with us for the first few months but then she will be going into her nursery while it's still cold.. We put the thermometer up a few weeks ago and the temperature in there is always between 16 and 23 c, I think this is about right isn't it? But then I looked how many blankets you need to match the temp and it says between 1 and 4 blankets.. But what if the temp is 23 so I put 1 blanket on, then it goes down to say 16 c while I'm asleep? Won't she be freezing cold? Only starting to think about this now but it's all very confusing.. I know overheating is really bad too so don't want to end up putting too many blankets on!

 

[ttc_lolly]

I'd recommend getting a sleeping bag time. They are a godsend during the colder months and you don't have to worry about baby wriggling out of them and getting too cold. We had a winter tog size for when it was winter (obvs!) and as Amber's room would get quite cold I'd usually also put a cellular blanket over her too.


That's such a lovely gift Sarah, how thoughtful of your friends

 

[Sarahcake]

Im actually really interested to know the same Time and been meaning to ask for a while.
Our room thermometer says that 19 degrees is the ideal, which we get but when the heating goes on, that obviously goes up and then when the heating knocks off it goes to about 16-17 degrees. Ive been massively confused as to what we should be putting Logan in to sleep :S Im leaning more towards the less blankets option, like vest, sleep suit and blanket as ive heard that a baby that is too warm is actually the more dangerous of the two :S

So confusing!

Edit: Just seen Lauryns post lol We have a few sleeping bags so I think I may use them, are they ok to use from birth? Mine are all 0-3 months so im assuming so?

 

[Scally]

Sarah- such a lovely thoughtful present.

Time- I would recommend sleeping bags aswell- we always used them with Izzy and they were great.

We set our thermometer on our heating to 18 degrees so it never gets very cold or too hot, and then use a 2.5 tog sleeping bag.

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Ooo ill have to ask Neil if we can actually set the temperature on our heating. I suspect not as its just your basic boiler + radiator set up but its worth an ask. That would make things tones easier.

If I use a sleeping bag, (we actually have like 8 2.5 tog ones here lol) what would I put on him underneath? still the same vest and sleep suit combo - assuming I can regulate it to as close as 18 degrees as humanly possible lol

 

[time]

I did buy 2 sleeping bags (1 2.5 tog and 1 1 tog for summer) but my niece absolutely hated being in her sleeping bag so I did want another option just incase she hates it too!

Think you still put vest and sleepsuits on under them sarah.

I think only one blanket would be too cold if it were to be 16c during the night so I just don't know!

 

[time]

Ooh and also most of the sleeping bags are over 8lbs or something I think so will fit most newborns.. Or after a few weeks at least!

 

[Sarahcake]

It just seems like a complete minefield doesnt it! I panic about things like this too, probably wont sleep a wink between feeding him and checking to see if he is too hot/too cold lol

 

[Scally]

Time- if it got down to 16 degrees i dont think one blanket would be enough, but your baby will wake up and let you know if they are cold so you can stick another one on.

vest and sleepsuit underneath is the norm for the sleeping bags- there is a chart with the grobag ones to explain what the baby would wear according to the temperature.

Most can be used with newborns

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

They usually recommend you don't use them from newborn, but I think this is mainly for low birth weight and prem babies. We didn't put Amber in one for a month or so as we swaddled mainly to start off with. The earlier you put them in one the more they can get used to it

Baby being too hot is obviously a lot more dangerous than her/him being a bit cold. You worry so much now but trust me, once baby is here everything will fall into place and you'll all be experts!

 

[Sarahcake]

Thank you muchly ladies That does help a great deal! Why are these things so complicated eh? lol

 

[time]

Here's where I got the info sarahhttp://help.mothercare.com/help/products/bedding