pregnancy buddies due in June 2009!

[mrsholmes]

defo! last thing I wasnt is a dodgy machine and dirty baby clothes!!

That sounds productive to me serina!! I love illy it was on my list too!

I had my bath panel off freeecyle saved me about 40 quid, I love it!

 

[ClaireyF]

Gail, it was a really hard decision to chose a boys name, we knew what we were having for a girl. the way we chose a boys was printing out the top 100 list and we both had a copy and crossed off the names we didnt like, compared lists and ended with about 5/6 names we both liked. We knew what middle names we wanted, Raymond (pauls dad) and Paul, so we wrote the 5/6 names out with the middle names and then crossed them off again and ended up with Joshua Paul Raymond Flemington (i think thats the right way round lol)...if that all makes sense!

Oh dear Cath, atleast your washing machine is old anyway! hope you manage to find a decnet one thats not too expensive! our has a digital timer on the front that shows how long is left, i find that really handy!

Serina, i love freecycle, i have got some good stuff off there!

 

[mrsholmes]

thats a good idea! OH didnt want anything in the top 100 so it was out for us! we like isabella untill he realised it was popular!

im going to get a silver one! only thing is will have to dipinto savings gutted!

has anyone looked into hypobirthing?

 

[Rosella]

it's a good way of doing it!
we did something similar - each prepared lists and then saw where there was common ground.

I have heard really good stuff about it Cath - a friend of mine bought some of the CD's and she said they were great for the early stages of labour.

 

[ClaireyF]

ours is silver too we bought the one on display and got a big discount so were really happy with it. atleast its broken now and not in 6months time! PMA lol

never heard of hypobirthing....x

 

[mrsholmes]

its suppose to be 'pain free' natural experience of childbirth it teaches u to not panic and control it, my book got delievered this morning!!

theres loads on google

 

[kittiekat]

Hi all,

Quick question for anyone who has had or has wooden floors......are you keeping them down when baby arrives or going back to carpet for a while? I can't decide whether to get a carpet back in the living room as the floor can get quite cold sometimes and once baby is crawling not really ideal to have wooden floors (or is it??).

I also need to top up the paint in there and get started on the nursery. Think I am actually starting to feel like I NEED to nest lol!

Hope everyone is ok.......

 

[kittiekat]

We bought my foster daughters prom dress yesterday off ebay she will look stunning...I will post a pic of it on here after.

 

[mrsholmes]

oh theres lush! bet she cant wait!!!!

I have carpet in the living room, then tile in the hall, kitchen and conservatory and block wood flooring in the dining room. Im keeping it! cant afford to change it! Im sure she will get used to the cold floor....................

 

[ClaireyF]

hiya kittikat we had laminate everywhere in our house (it was down when we moved in) we have put carpet in the living room now just to make it warmer and LO will probably be in there the most when learning to crawl etc. looking forward to seeing your foster daughters prom dress!! xx

 

[Jkelmum]

Kat i had wood floor when katie was a baby it was great easy to clean but slippy if she sprayed her juice and i didnt notice lol ...carpet is much better for baby i think

After 3 births ive given up on what i want from it as long as end result is a healthy baby and me thats all i care about ....My advice it try not to stress about the perfect birth as things never go to plan ive known a few people that have been quite upset about there birth as its not gone how theyve wanted ...xxx

 

[Baci]

Hi everyone,

me again, lots to catch up on and I was only here this morning!

Violet has a stairgate on her room Cath, so when she wakes up she either calls "mama mama" or cries. I think if she didnt have the gate on her room she'd be trying to climb into bed with me each night.

I think I've worked out why she's been waking so much - she's just cut/cutting another tooth, so I'm guessing that's why.

Violet's never been a good sleeper, I'm just hoping the situation improves before bump arrives otherwise I'll hardly be getting any sleep!

 

[ClaireyF]

Carol i bet it is more difficult when your DH is not there, does he get up with her sometimes or at weekends? x

 

[Rosella]

Didn't have such a good mw appointment
I'm measuring small for 28 weeks - only 25cm. She had a good old prod around and did her best to try and stretch that tape measure out but i think no matter what it was the same. Have an appointment with the consultant a week on Tues.
Claire - do you think it could be because of being tall????

 

[ClaireyF]

Gail, i measured 30w at 29w5d, it could be the way the baby is lay, i don't know much about the fundal height thing. but i have heard that it is common to meausure differently. Jue knows alot about this sort of stuff if the mw was really worried then you would have been seeing a consultant ASAP and not leaving it 10 days dont be worried, everything will be fine xxx

I'm setting off home now, probably be on at 6ish when i get home xxx

 

[Jkelmum]

I wouldnt worry too much about measuring thing mine was 25 last wk too x

 

[Baci]

Carol i bet it is more difficult when your DH is not there, does he get up with her sometimes or at weekends? x

As DH works during the week I've always gotten up in the night on "school nights". Problem has Violet's gotten used to that so if he goes to her at the weekend she doesnt settle back to sleep for him

 

[ClaireyF]

oh dear, so you can't win then x

just wondering, at what stage do the mw check to see if the baby is engaging? and how do they check?? i assume it is not until near the due date .... x

 

[tricky nicky]

im getting the oxygen black loola, i like quite plain stuff and will jazz it up with toys!!!!
i think they mite start checking for head being engaged nearer to birth date but dont know, alfie was head down at last midwife app!!!

 

[mrsholmes]

im going to flip!!!!

just put the changing table up and there stickers all over if, they are warnings but I cant get them off!!!!!!!!