Mother of all conception months Graduates

[loopylollipop]

Really like the pram Ozzi, its similar to one we are looking at.

 

[PeanutBean]

Sorry in the women's rights heat of the moment I forgot the rights of the grads. Congrats on your boy Sofie!

Gem this time I'm not really buying anything as I have most things. Last time I think I mostly waiting until after the 20 week scan. We had a lot of stuff passed down to us but did need to buy extra newborn as Byron was a tiddler. We got the pram when I was about 6 months I think.

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Really like the pram Ozzi, its similar to one we are looking at.

Can't go wrong with a £400 pram for £200! Free shipping too.

 

[molly85]

lol I got stuff from 6 weeks once we saw that heart beat then have gradually added more.
I got my sencible brain out and had a think. on getting slightly older clothes to as 3-6 mnths is during mat leave and if your statutory mat pay you will feel the pinch so have loads of lovely pre used items winging their way to my door.

we now just have smaller essentials to buy with the impending doom this suits our bank balances.

Oh and remember christamas tooo.scary being 11 mnths away but must plan ahead.

 

[madcatwoman]

Is anyone else reaaaaalllllyyy hungry these days??

 

[pinkclaire]

I can't stop eating!!!


We haven't got anything yet, oh wait that's a lie I bought a swing a couple of days ago from a women off here as it was a bargain but DH doesn't know about that lol.

We're moving a week today so need to get stuff for the house first. I'm going to do bit their rooms at some point then don't really need much just clothes (yay pretty dresses!) and some newborn nappies!

 

[Sofiekirsten]

Thanks Everyone!

Ok so this is what happened at our scan!

So we got there for 5:15 and the appointment was at 5:30 so brilliant timing!
I had started drinking my water on the way down there and could feel my bladder filling up nicely.....

Then the receptionist told us they were bloody behind on scans! So I was bursting to pee and the receptionist then suggested 'Why don't you go and let a little bit out?' I was like what are you crazy what pregnant woman can only let a little bit out....

So I eventually thought sod it I am going for a wee so as soon as I got back I filled up my bladder again and then we were asked to come in...

There he was posing nicely for us...the top half not the bottom he decided he really didn't want to show us his bits! so after 20 mins of trying she asked us to go for a walk and have some cold water and see if that would wake the bugger up.....

When we got called back in again and she put the probe on my belly I saw it! His little widgy! She made sure we saw it as many times as possible to make sure it wasn't the cord and low and behold we have a baby boy cooking!

Soooo happy!

So we are expecting Jacob David Nigel Hartley on the 28th June 2011

 

[madcatwoman]

Morning all
congrats on your boy sofie!!

i had a rubbish nights sleep..woke up a few times with baby B wrigging around (1st time ive woken up in the night due to movement it has to be said), then i lie there thinking how hungry i was 'again'

then early morning my right hip was aching, then i turned to my left handside which made my bump ache,neither side were any use, from about 4am onwards i more or less sat nearly upright. watched TV for a bit and got up!

PS- i see the BF police are out in full force, riot gear inc on second Tri !

 

[gilz82]

Thanks for the head up Madcat, will give second tri a miss for while. I so can't be bothered with the whole BF debate anymore, i don't understand why people can't be tolerant of everyones views.

I'm really not sleeping well either, the past two nights i've woken up with really bad leg cramps, do any of you know if this is also a weird pregnancy thing?

I'm so peeved at work, think it must be that week for us all, I've asked twice this week to get a date set for the meeting about my fleixble working application and i'm just getting fobbed off

 

[madcatwoman]

gilz, yes cramps are another symptom!, ive been on my way to having some but just bent my leg to avoid them in time!!, not nice.

yep im sick of people having little or no respect on the FF/BF issue, they go and on like a broken record. i cant be bothered with 2nd tri anymore....so ive started on 3rd........well, im as good as!.

gawd, ive just had a big bowl of cornflakes and two thick peices of toast in the hope i can satisfy my hunger....................................what if i cant stop eating, im going to get fat!!!?(-er)

gilz, when are you able to go on mat leave?

 

[madcatwoman]

the latest ebay bargins

 

[gilz82]

Aww Madcat they are so cute I tried looking on ebay last night but ended up getting frustrated trying to find good bargains. I'll definitley need to have another look.

I could technically go on maternity leave as of the 3rd of March, which is my birthday but then it would mean i'd need to go back to work before christmas which i don't want to do. I'm just getting so annoyed with my work now, i really do knock my pan in for them. I've been working an extra hour a day unpaid for over a year, i always work from home when i'm sick and now they are just being petulant about things. Plus they know we needed to get a nursey place reserved before the end of January which i can't do until this is sorted!

Ok deep breaths new plan, i've decided i'm going to win the lotto on saturday instead

 

[babybefore30]

Hi ladies, a bit late to come over here but madcatwoman has kindly invited me, it is really nice to see a group where are due around the same time very reassuring.
A bit about myself as I have missed the few months of getting to know each other. I am due on 22nd April it is my first baby, we tried desparetly to stay on team yellow but I fall down at the last hurdle and found we are having a boy we are however being very restrained and told all our friends and family that we did not find out so it is quite nice to keep it between me and OH.

A question for all you lovely ladies, how much does your baby move, I have an anterior placenta, he was going mental a few days ago but to be honest I have hardly felt him the last day or so except for a kick her and there do you think it is normal.

 

[gilz82]

Welcome Babybefore30

You and I are in quite similar situations.

This is our first baby, we found out we are having a boy but other than you girls only my OH and me know. I also have an anterior placenta and so far have felt nothing at all. I'm sure i'll start feeling him in the next few weeks

 

[PeanutBean]

Morning all. Gilz, if you give them an inch they take a mile! Does your charity have Investors in People? Ours does and I do think it helps a bit. I think charities are prone to expect too much for too little pay, taking advantage because generally we are generous, passionate people. It is that week, at 10 I have a phone meeting with my manager during which I shall have to challenge this requirement she's invented for us all to write all the strategies instead of doing them herself, as she is paid to do.

I slept ok but didn't manage to get to sleep til pretty late. My head was spinning with group B strep stuff and I found I had to do a bit more research on some things that had come into my head before I could relax.

Got Byron hear watching Kiki. Should be an interesting phone call...

 

[madcatwoman]

Gilz, ive had trouble finding bargains & the ones ive found ive missed out on with bids. one set of the clothes ended durring the day time(when people are out at work) so there werent many bidders, i paid £1.40!!!!!!, and the other set were buy it now- but still cheaper than if id bought from asda!.
i dont know whats wrong with companies these days, its all take take take but never take into account their good employees like yourself,BMW were the same when i worked for them(possibly the worst comany ive ever worked for actually).

nice to see you on here 'Baby'... this group was started by peanut, obviously we all got our BFPs within weeks of each other,but we found 1st tri forum too depressing, so this group was started, and then a few more joined us, we're all a small group of friends, serious talks, daft talks, anything goes on here!, nice to have another August graduate again!!.
there are as far as i know 2 with an anterior placenta hun, i think Vbaby has one and i think Gilz has one, im not sure either have felt much in the way of movement- but i'll let them clarify that one with you!.
ive felt movement from about 17 weeks, very regular,nearly all day every day and obviously getting stronger by the day but since hitting 25 weeks i have noticed a small difference, i can have at least 2 days where movements are just here and there, now and then and have been reasured its normal, and then a few busy days again!

 

[madcatwoman]

Morning all. Gilz, if you give them an inch they take a mile! Does your charity have Investors in People? Ours does and I do think it helps a bit. I think charities are prone to expect too much for too little pay, taking advantage because generally we are generous, passionate people. It is that week, at 10 I have a phone meeting with my manager during which I shall have to challenge this requirement she's invented for us all to write all the strategies instead of doing them herself, as she is paid to do.

I slept ok but didn't manage to get to sleep til pretty late. My head was spinning with group B strep stuff and I found I had to do a bit more research on some things that had come into my head before I could relax.

Got Byron hear watching Kiki. Should be an interesting phone call...

peanut, im going to bring this strep b thing up again with my midwife before too late, im just not happy being told that 'because id never heard of it, i wont have it'. i dont really want to be swabbed for it, but ive read a bit about it and id like to know if i have it or not.

 

[PeanutBean]

Madcat, I started a group B strep support thread in the home and natural birthing section, there are some links in the first post you might find interesting. Obviously it's from a homebirth perspective but the statistics are the same with regards to incidence, guidelines and treatment.
https://www.babyandbump.com/home-natural-birthing/504819-group-b-strep-support-thread.html

If you choose to be checked you are best doing it privately. The NHS only offer a proper culture to women who have come up positive on a swab during pregnancy. Those swabs are done by some other method I'm yet to identify and have a very high false negative rate. The kit you buy online (someone's linked somewhere, I will see if I can dig it out later) you swab yourself and send it off for culture. It has to be done between 35 and 37 weeks to give a good enough indication of whether or not you will be carrying it during labour as it is a transient thing.

 

[PeanutBean]

Oh and welcome babybefore! I added you to the first post but forgot to say hello!

 

[molly85]

me too madly, i have yet to have a smear being due it now so will be a good prep for that.
welcome babybefore30.
Minor update, my manager didnt put it was pregnancy related anxiety and depression and my return to work problems are my SPD. dear god bend over and i'll wipe your arses to. lol. waiting for HR to get back to me in the mean time.

Come on Posty with my ebay and bnb item,s. our washing machine has died with a load of clothes in it. Im the household plumber so if it needs replacing it has to be done today so matts here to lug and i can do the technical bit.