March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[sportysgirl]

Yay well done on finding the hb! It gets easier finding it once you've done it a few times, my LO is usually in the same sort of place and I can usually find a HB within about 10 or 20 seconds. Found it this morning quickly before I came to work

Got a midwife appointment tomorrow morning, what is usually done at 16 weeks is it just bloods blood pressure etc?

Hey Rose, hope all goes well at your scan appointment. I have my 16 week appointment today too!

 

[rose.]

Thank you! It's just a midwife appt my scan isn't for another 4 weeks! But thanks anyway

 

[anna1986]

Hey ladies
Hope ur all well
Off into town to buy more maternity stuff as am getting quite an impressive bump now!
Will post a pic later on
Found baby straight away on doppler this morning n my little girl was going baby to it lol was so cute!
X

 

[Lou1234]

Hi all.

I haven't popped onto this thread for a while so just had a catch up. Hope everyone is well.

In the last few days I feel like I'm feeling little prods every now and then. Only a few prods at a time and only about twice a day. I'm assuming it is baby but as this is number one for me I've no idea! I'm getting a bump now which I love looking at. Next appointment for me is in just under 2 weeks and I can't wait!

 

[baby_maybe]

Awww jealous of all your bumps, I do have a kind of bump but being a little on the bigger side it still just looks like I've eaten too much I know in the next few weeks it will start looking like a proper baby bump though I'm definitely getting more movement now, felt quite a lot yesterday and also not just little kicks, but also some wriggling too I think my body has tuned into it more now and I recognise it more when it happens.

Anna - we let the girls listen to our peanut's hb last night and they were all fascinated by it, they've never heard one before as I've never taken any of them to an antenatal appointment before!

 

[baby_bray]

I love the names going around! Violet is adorable! I like Maya and Zoey too! Brielle is really pretty! And it's one I've never heard before! It'd have quite a few cute nicknames Bri or Elle/Elli/Ella would all work!
I have a 3 cousins, sisters, that all have beautiful names, Ellian, Najet and Melana...I've always thought they were so exotic and different.

I love Lila and Caroline, I knew little girls named both of those growing up, but they can be easily confused, "Lee-la/Lie-la" and "Carol-IN/ Carol-LINE".

 

[sportysgirl]

Thank you! It's just a midwife appt my scan isn't for another 4 weeks! But thanks anyway

Sorry Rose I meant midwife, must be baby brain! lol

How did it go? Mine was great all ok, heard the heartbeat for the first time too!

 

[rose.]

Yeah went well thanks, glad yours did too! I have a home Doppler so had heard mine before but the midwifes machine was much more powerful so sounded much more impressive she said baby has a nice strong heartbeat, and my blood results from last time were good too!

 

[sportysgirl]

Yeah went well thanks, glad yours did too! I have a home Doppler so had heard mine before but the midwifes machine was much more powerful so sounded much more impressive she said baby has a nice strong heartbeat, and my blood results from last time were good too!

Excellent glad all is good!

 

[MrsChezek]

bkay - I like Lila!! And Noelle is very pretty

Athena - yeah the shortening for Aspen is a bit painful But one of our good friends already has an Aspen so that's taken care of either way for us!

Congrats on all the good midwife appointments of today! I get to see my doc for a routine check (HB, urine, BP, weight) in a week when I get back home. I think he'll be happy with my weight gain since I did nothing but lose in the first tri!

RE: feeling the lo move. When I lie down every night now, I hear all kind of gurgles and squeaks from my belly area and I feel them too. They feel like bubbles - which I've never felt or heard before. I assume I simply never listened before being pg but I'm wondering if there is any sound when you girls experience your kicks and flutters. I feel stuff fairly regularly now (I'm definitely all ears and listening) but they all usually come with a sound I assume that's just digestion, right? I did feel one flutterlike bubble thing the other night and there was no sound…perhaps that was my lo This first time mom thing is hard!!!

Speaking of which, I've started researching baby gear and I'm totally overwhelmed…there is SO much stuff and so many Brands and options for each thing that I feel like I need a college degree in child development with a minor in product design to figure out what I need!!!!! I have a 20% off coupon for Amazon that expires soon and I really want to use it…I think I might just get a high chair I think like. I want to test drive the strollers in person before buying as well as the car seats. Have you all started shopping?

 

[baby_bray]

Speaking of which, I've started researching baby gear and I'm totally overwhelmed…there is SO much stuff and so many Brands and options for each thing that I feel like I need a college degree in child development with a minor in product design to figure out what I need!!!!! I have a 20% off coupon for Amazon that expires soon and I really want to use it…I think I might just get a high chair I think like. I want to test drive the strollers in person before buying as well as the car seats. Have you all started shopping?

I know exactly how you feel!!!! LOL! That's the perfect way to put it! I've started putting together an Amazon Baby Registry and that actually seemed to really help things fall into place when it came to planning. We really haven't bought anything yet, but we've got most of the stuff "laid out" to buy. I used a ton of online reviews/Amazon reviews/ and a few mom's advice for some of the bigger stuff. I ended up picking out a cute Graco, one hand fold stroller with a carrier/carseat combo. That was my toughest all around decision.
I thought about the Graco Snugride 35 seat thinking it'd be the best since it would hold baby for longer, but someone said "are you really going to be carrying around a carrier at 30/35lbs?" and it made more sense to stick with the smaller Snugride Infant, 25lb limit carrier/seat and then upgrade to the bigger convertible car seat like a Britax (5-40lb rear facing and 20-70lbs forward facing) but they're definitely pricey.

 

[Lou1234]

We got our travel system a few weeks ago as it was on a double sale.

At the weekend I was looking at the Tommee Tippee newborn starter kit (I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to breast feed due to a reduction many years ago) and it was £65 down from £99. While shopping online I added a few babygros as well.

I also found the monitor I want at £65 down from £99 so got that ordered!

Next on the list is a cot but we'll be waiting until 24-30 weeks before getting that.

 

[skeet9924]

Omg!! I know the feeling.. I started my registry and was very overwhelmed!! I'm going to get my friend with 4 kids to help me!!

 

[baby_maybe]

I don't think the shopping is so bad once you get a list together of what you want to buy and what you think you'll need. Some stuff like highchairs etc I wouldn't buy until I actually needed one (when LO is about 6 months old), I like to see what kind of baby I have on my hands before deciding on that kind of thing, also why spend out for one unless you need it?

The last baby we had was over 5 years ago and we didn't think we would be planning another, so quite a few of large baby items have been sold and the smaller ones given away to friends/family along the way. Which basically means we need to start from the beginning again! I don't really mind too much, I like baby shopping On my list will be a pushchair, car seat, cot and eventually a high chair. But we also need things like clothes (all those went too!), a baby bath, nappies, bibs, bottles, steriliser etc etc, pretty much everything lol

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Although it's fun to go to the store and do the point and shoot registry, I actually really preferred doing ours at home! I like to read the reviews, and they saved me from putting a lot of pure crap on the registry!

Question: is there a website you can go to that ranks safety in carseats?

 

[Mrs. AJ]

I agree with baby_maybe regarding just waiting on a lot of things. Of course there are some things that you need right away - like a car seat! But others you can wait and see. You don't need a high chair until 5-6 months, and we didn't use our crib until 6 months either because Connor was in our room. We bought a pack n play that we never used because Connor refused to sleep in the bassinet - he ended up sleeping in a rock n play sleeper - https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price...F8&qid=1348787978&sr=8-1&keywords=rock+n+play - until 6 months. It was a godsend for us, but I'm sure other people would have gotten no use out of it. And there are lots of little things you end up needing as you go that you just don't think about at the time and get when the time comes and that's fine. So I guess at this point, just focus on the big things like the car seat/stroller and baby carrier if you are thinking you want to babywear (which I highly reccomend!)

I think I'm going to go test drive a few double strollers this weekend myself

Oh and baby_bray you are definitey NOT going to be carrying around a 35 baby so good decision there! lol Our carseat goes to 35 lbs, but we are planning to buy a convertible one this weekend. Connor is about 21 pounds and it is already way too cumbersome.

 

[rose.]

I'm feeling really happy as one of the girls in my TTC thread has finally got her bfp after 15 cycles of trying! I had a weird feeling it was her month

Friday again yippee and my bump seems to be forming, feeling happy today even though I'm really tired! Grow bump grow!

 

[baby_maybe]

Oh one thing I forgot to mention in my shopping list was a baby swing. Now I never used one of these with any of my girls until the last one, when my sis recommend I try one. So to the shop we went and bought one and it was heavenly, especially while she was very little at meal times when she would fuss and we wanted to sit down and eat we would bring the swing close to the table switch it on and bingo! peaceful meal time. Granted it won't work for all, but for us it was great just to able to get that 10-15 minutes to sit down and eat without holding a baby. I actually still have the swing, it's one of the very few things that didn't get sold for some reason Anyway I'll definitely be trying it out again this time round and of it doesn't work I'll sell it then. Oh and they also make really good early chairs for feeding a LO in before they can sit up in a highchair

I'm off to my 16 week midwife appointment shortly (I know a week late!), but we made it early on before my dating scan and I never got round to changing it!

 

[Kte]

Baby_maybe: totally agree on the baby swing! I was given one and it was the only time I could have my hands free with her settled. I gave mine away but thankfully my sister has one from my nephew who is now almost 2, she was literally about to get rid when we shared our news so thankfully it's coming our way!

MrsChezek: I've never had noises BUT when my sister was pg she was lying down and baby started moving and there was a huge gurgling noise, freaked me out at the time as I've never heard / seen it before. So I guess it can happen.

Thankfully we did keep some things, so only need a few items, a few new clothes, a new pram a car seat, a changing mat . . I did write a list somewhere as I keep forgetting!

Good luck for everyone having appointments x

 

[baby_maybe]

I've yet to write a list, but I keep meaning to start looking and make one. Have a feeling that I'll end up being a third tri shopper

Had my appointment this morning and everything looked fine. She couldn't find the hb originally so I told her where it normally is and she found it straight away was about 150bpm.