Those TTC for awhile.

[rooster100]

Thanks Moter, eveyone tells me that baby's normally kick at night but I swear that's when mine sleeps! I'm starting to think about getting the nursary started. Keep putting it off but have to believe its actually happening now! X

 

[moter98]

Yeah get on with the nursery, that's the really fun part! Have you come up with a theme?

 

[rooster100]

Well DH wants to do the nursary and if he has his way it will be 'cool and trendy'!
These long days at work are killing, just finished my 2nd 13 hr shift In a row and my stomach is killing! Think its the weight of my bump when I stand for hours at a time! X

 

[moter98]

Oh wow that's a long time to be on your feet!

If my husband planned th nursery there would be nothing in it lol

 

[sarahuk]

We are doing things a bit backwards...since baby will be in with us for a good while we are waiting to get it done when we know what sex it is..dont want -everything- to be neutral

Wow tina almsot term time! Still say hes coming early Are you all packed and ready to go?

Rach mine goes through quiet times too. Sometims I can go hours and hours without feeling anything. But cold lemonade always seems to wake him up for me and laying on my left side..as Tina says. Plus I think that the further along we get the less space they have too so..ive noticed mine isnt as active as he was weeks ago.

Hope you ladies are all good today! My birthing ball came so have been doing some bouncing..man I love that thing!!

x

 

[moter98]

I had to know the gender cause I could never wait to do the nursery or get clothes.....would literally keep me awake at night thinking about everything needing to be done.

Yep 3 more days and I am officially fully cooked!
My bags have been packed for weeks lol....I am ready.... I packed light this time... Last time I brought a whole suitcase and all the nurses commented how this must be my first baby, ha!

 

[Faythe]

I think it's always best to have LO in with you for the first few weeks atleast. Newborns need contact with Mum. And lets face it, you're just making more work for yourself if you put a NB in their own room from birth. In out, in out..... Plus, I couldn't just have plonked J in his own room even if we had two bedrooms. Just my opinion like, but just seems a bit cold to not have newborns in with parents and goes against all maternal instincts (Hope I don't upset anyone with this comment)

J is currently full time co-sleeping with us since he outgrew his moses basket. Nothing like waking up and seeing his gorgeous squishy face every morning

Plus he sleeps miles better being close to Chris and I. Just tends to wack me around the face as he stirs in the morning haha!

 

[moter98]

I have the opposite view...we did try having ds in the same room with us but did not work cause I'm such a light sleeper. I got zero sleep cause every movement woke me up. Ds only made it one night in our room, then we put him in his own room. Though the rooms are so close it wasn't a huge change. I always heard him when he woke up even without a monitor. This time I have a video and sound monitor for baby. I also don't feed in same room anyway so as not to wake dh up so it wouldn't really matter for us what room he sleeps in.

 

[Faythe]

Each to their own

I didn't sleep for the first few weeks J was in with us as I was constantly listening out for him or waking if he moved. But with time the usual turning etc doesn't wake me. I only wake now as he is waking up for a feed. Even co-sleeping, his movement doesn't wake me (unless he manages to clobber me in the face haha)

 

[moter98]

oh wow! lucky. i have been a light sleeper my whole life...never got over it. i suppose it worked out for the best for us that way since DS has to wear the ponseti shoes/bar for his clubfoot. no way you could co sleep with him unless you want a broken nose! (the metal bar is brutal) i think there is no "right" way, just whatever way works best for you

 

[Faythe]

Ouchies! That would hurt lol!

 

[moter98]

i know lol. he had a sleepover at my mom's with my 2 nephews the other week. i told my mom he cannot sleep next to the boys as he will hurt them. she didn't believe me till she went to check on them and saw ds wack my nephew in the face! poor kid was not happy. ds moves around a lot in his sleep and always ends up completely turned around.

 

[Faythe]

Proper starfisher

 

[moter98]

does Jacob sleep through the night now?

 

[sarahuk]

I had to know the gender cause I could never wait to do the nursery or get clothes.....would literally keep me awake at night thinking about everything needing to be done.

Yep 3 more days and I am officially fully cooked!
My bags have been packed for weeks lol....I am ready.... I packed light this time... Last time I brought a whole suitcase and all the nurses commented how this must be my first baby, ha!

Now only 2 more days!!

Im glad the conversation has come to hospital bags! Im in a facebook group for may mums and they are already talking about packing. Seems rather early to me! When do you recommend is a good time to be packed for?

x

 

[sarahuk]

I think it's always best to have LO in with you for the first few weeks atleast. Newborns need contact with Mum. And lets face it, you're just making more work for yourself if you put a NB in their own room from birth. In out, in out..... Plus, I couldn't just have plonked J in his own room even if we had two bedrooms. Just my opinion like, but just seems a bit cold to not have newborns in with parents and goes against all maternal instincts (Hope I don't upset anyone with this comment)

J is currently full time co-sleeping with us since he outgrew his moses basket. Nothing like waking up and seeing his gorgeous squishy face every morning

Plus he sleeps miles better being close to Chris and I. Just tends to wack me around the face as he stirs in the morning haha!

Oh bless!! What a lovely wake up call though, even if it does come with a fist attached!!

No, I do agree. Im aiming for 4-6 months in our room and then taking it from there. I did think about trying the co-sleeping too but...Matt has sleep aponea and is on a breathing machine so theres cables round him. Dont want those around the baby.

I think id be too terrified to have a newborn in its own room anyway! xx

 

[sarahuk]

I have the opposite view...we did try having ds in the same room with us but did not work cause I'm such a light sleeper. I got zero sleep cause every movement woke me up. Ds only made it one night in our room, then we put him in his own room. Though the rooms are so close it wasn't a huge change. I always heard him when he woke up even without a monitor. This time I have a video and sound monitor for baby. I also don't feed in same room anyway so as not to wake dh up so it wouldn't really matter for us what room he sleeps in.

Im a light sleeper too..Im lucky tho matt is not! He sleeps through everything so I could feed sitting ON him and he wouldnt stir!

 

[sarahuk]

oh wow! lucky. i have been a light sleeper my whole life...never got over it. i suppose it worked out for the best for us that way since DS has to wear the ponseti shoes/bar for his clubfoot. no way you could co sleep with him unless you want a broken nose! (the metal bar is brutal) i think there is no "right" way, just whatever way works best for you

Agree! No wrong or right in any of these situations! Plus, we can only plan for what we want but no guarentees it would end up that way! As you say with the metal bar..it just wouldnt have worked out

x

 

[moter98]

I had to know the gender cause I could never wait to do the nursery or get clothes.....would literally keep me awake at night thinking about everything needing to be done.

Yep 3 more days and I am officially fully cooked!
My bags have been packed for weeks lol....I am ready.... I packed light this time... Last time I brought a whole suitcase and all the nurses commented how this must be my first baby, ha!

Now only 2 more days!!

Im glad the conversation has come to hospital bags! Im in a facebook group for may mums and they are already talking about packing. Seems rather early to me! When do you recommend is a good time to be packed for?

x

most babies come between 38-42 weeks so i would be packed at 38 weeks. the only reason i packed early is because this pregnancy has been high risk and i just wasn't sure if i was gonna go early. you could always make a list of what you want to bring so you have a plan when time comes. you could even pack while in labor as first labor's usually go slower. you could have hours of labor at home before going to hospital.....as long as your pregnancy has been complication free. i don't think i packed for DS till about 39 weeks....and i packed everything but the kitchen sink.....and used like 3 things lol

 

[moter98]

I have the opposite view...we did try having ds in the same room with us but did not work cause I'm such a light sleeper. I got zero sleep cause every movement woke me up. Ds only made it one night in our room, then we put him in his own room. Though the rooms are so close it wasn't a huge change. I always heard him when he woke up even without a monitor. This time I have a video and sound monitor for baby. I also don't feed in same room anyway so as not to wake dh up so it wouldn't really matter for us what room he sleeps in.

Im a light sleeper too..Im lucky tho matt is not! He sleeps through everything so I could feed sitting ON him and he wouldnt stir!

yeah, dh is a pretty deep sleeper as well, but would still wake if i was in same room with baby. though he never hears DS those times he does wake up in the night. i always do. he fell out of bed a couple nights ago and i was awake instantly.....poor guy scared himself.....dh didn't even stir.