Due July 2012 Thread

silly · 26-04-2012 4:27pm

28+1

mamaheidi · 26-04-2012 4:41pm

Mink, love the name Leon - it's lovely.

We liked Rueben for a boy but got a few funny looks when we said it - though if she comes out a boy we don't really agree on any other names so Rueben it will be!

I love Eliza too. And Jane - that's always been my favourite girls name but OH isn't too keen - he promises though the next one can be Jane if we have another girl...hmmm

About the surname thing - I'm happy to have the baby's name the same as my OH's, doesn't bother me at all. We're planning to get married but I probably won't take his surname anyway. My OH has an unusual surname and if we double barrelled it with mine it would sound just awful so not doing that!

Girls your bumps look great!

javagal · 26-04-2012 5:06pm

silly wrote: »

28+1

Silly, You look brilliant!!!

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mamaheidi · 26-04-2012 5:18pm

Not really a pregnancy topic but anybody know of any good websites to get a cheap hotel break - groupon have loads but they haven't had many lately and OH and I would love a couple of days away before baby arrives. Did I mention it needs to be cheap!? A hotel in the middle of nowhere with a pool would be perfect for me

Mink · 26-04-2012 5:30pm

Looking gorgeous ladies, beautiful bumps! Love that cartoon Java, I may steal that.

javagal wrote: »

silly we.re set on spelling it zoe now, much more lady like for when she.s older!
i loved olivia,elena and Eliza for girls too but oh loves zoe so well go with that!
for boys we had, elijah,rueben and Jonah!

I like Zoe. I was 99% going to call baby Olivia if it was a girl! I also really like Elijah & Reuben... crap now I'm not sure re Leon haha.

Kash wrote: »

We had a lot of friends laughing their ass off at 'Melody' but at teh same time, they love it. There have already been lots of jokes about what we will do if she is tone deaf Our surnname begins with B, so there have been quite a few Mel B/Spice Girl jokes too. To be honest, I don't care - we both love it, and we're pretty sure she won't hate us in 15 years because of it.

When you first said Melody (several threads back) I thought it was really nice. It's unique but not too out there at all. Lovely!

Kash · 26-04-2012 5:45pm

silly wrote: »

28+1

Silly, I am a very similar size, i'll see if i can get a pic up later.

Loving all the bump pics, as usual

silly · 26-04-2012 6:37pm

mamaheidi wrote: »

Not really a pregnancy topic but anybody know of any good websites to get a cheap hotel break - groupon have loads but they haven't had many lately and OH and I would love a couple of days away before baby arrives. Did I mention it needs to be cheap!? A hotel in the middle of nowhere with a pool would be perfect for me

I heard that todayfm breaks are meant to be quite good.

javagal · 26-04-2012 6:48pm

mamaheidi wrote: »

Not really a pregnancy topic but anybody know of any good websites to get a cheap hotel break - groupon have loads but they haven't had many lately and OH and I would love a couple of days away before baby arrives. Did I mention it needs to be cheap!? A hotel in the middle of nowhere with a pool would be perfect for me

Boardsdeals have you at the moment for a place in clare, looks fab and has pool..

http://www.fallshotel.ie/accommodation.html
Thats the hotel,
Think it's 99e for 2 nights on boards

kildareash · 26-04-2012 7:27pm

mamaheidi wrote: »

Not really a pregnancy topic but anybody know of any good websites to get a cheap hotel break - groupon have loads but they haven't had many lately and OH and I would love a couple of days away before baby arrives. Did I mention it needs to be cheap!? A hotel in the middle of nowhere with a pool would be perfect for me

The lidl breaks can be quiet good value too. We got a nice hotel in Waterford a few weeks ago for €39 each b&b.

javagal · 26-04-2012 8:57pm

I wish a few of you ladies lived near me , kinda feel a bit alone as far as friends go and stuff, my best friend doesn't even visit me most the time.

mamaheidi · 26-04-2012 9:43pm

Thanks ladies, will check them out!

Same here Java, all I seem to do is work, phd, work, sleep, worry lately

Maybe you could arrange a lunch or dinner out with your best friend and explain things?

silly · 26-04-2012 10:23pm

I hear you java. My best friend "dumped " me a year ago. My sister lives at the other side of the world. All my other friends are busy with their own families ( 3 with small babies) my husband is my best friend these days, and he's only in from work with about half an hour. Gone since 6.30. My other best friend is my 11 yr old daughter. Can't really bitch with her though can I?

Got really upset earlier. Hubby is normally home for 9, or just before it. By half 9 there was no sign of him and no call or txt to say he'd be late, which is unlike him. My husband is a farmer and a local lad died in a farm accident 2 weeks ago. So I freaked out when I rang my husband and he didn't answer. I was wondering if I should go up to the farm, but my daughter was in bed so I couldn't leave her. All things went through my head. He rang me 5 mins later to say he was on his way. I just bawled after I hung up, and pulled myself together before he got here.

Emotional or what!!!!

javagal · 26-04-2012 10:39pm

silly wrote: »

I hear you java. My best friend "dumped " me a year ago. My sister lives at the other side of the world. All my other friends are busy with their own families ( 3 with small babies) my husband is my best friend these days, and he's only in from work with about half an hour. Gone since 6.30. My other best friend is my 11 yr old daughter. Can't really bitch with her though can I?

Got really upset earlier. Hubby is normally home for 9, or just before it. By half 9 there was no sign of him and no call or txt to say he'd be late, which is unlike him. My husband is a farmer and a local lad died in a farm accident 2 weeks ago. So I freaked out when I rang my husband and he didn't answer. I was wondering if I should go up to the farm, but my daughter was in bed so I couldn't leave her. All things went through my head. He rang me 5 mins later to say he was on his way. I just bawled after I hung up, and pulled myself together before he got here.

Emotional or what!!!!

Aww silly this very much could be me!
my bestie texts me All the time but never comes and sees me, she is also my ohs sister (met her first). i asked her over tonight and id buy her chips but she didn't text back and went shopping with my two sister in laws,in my town, and didn't invite me.
i know its prob me being jealous but i feel left out.

theg81der · 27-04-2012 7:21am

Agh poor you Java. I notice one friend has fecked off but she had a miscarriage not that long ago and her relationship broke down so I think thats why. My best friend has a 1 year old and new baby I usually go to her because the logistics of her coming to me just don`t work!

kildareash · 27-04-2012 9:24am

Aw Java, that's cruel. Are u going to say something to them? That's very childish behaviour.

There is a bit of distance between me and my best friend, but I think I might have created it because all she wanted to talk about was baby and I just felt like screaming at her I'm still here! She works away during the week and we might only get to catch up every two or three weeks anyway.
My other close friend has been great, her sis just recently had a baby so I suppose she kinda has a better understanding of where I'm at right now.

When baby comes, if u have time it would be worth joining a parent and toddler group, but I know that's a long term solution.

Hope ur feeling better today, plan a nice Friday treat for yourself x

Mink · 27-04-2012 10:10am

Again... this is why I'm thankful for this thread, I'd literally crack up otherwise. I'd feel left out too Java, sometimes people just don't think about including others which is sad.

My OH is my best friend but as in the next two weekends with all his gigs, I'll barely see him and when I do we'll both be trying to get the housework/shopping done. I'm good friends with the girl in his band but I never see her either as she's gigging too, aaarrggghh.

My best friend from since I was 13 isn't in touch much but I'm not much with her either. She's really concentrating on her career & immigrating soon and she has lots of friends who live close by that she goes out with (I'm out in the sticks compared to her). I certainly don't hold it against her, I think we've just grown apart for years.

I like hanging out with & chatting my sisters but they are both in UK. So glad I get to go see one of them next weekend.

I think I'm definitely going to join up with a mother/baby group but... it won't be the same. I'll have to make the effort I guess.

Also, I think when I get a new car (whenever the feck that will be) and I can get in and out of town easier or go visit people/meet up, that will help. My car has been dying a slow death over the past year and it's really put me off going to see people. Although, don't think I can afford the petrol now!

Mink · 27-04-2012 10:13am

As an aside, I went to see GP last night to get him to sign my "fit to fly" letter for airline. I'd not seen this GP before and he didn't check anything, just signed it off.

I asked him if it was okay if I put him down as my GP on the HSE form for the homebirth grant and he was fine with that. But then he says to me that if I go into labour on the weekend or evenings, he won't be able to attend the birth, only the on-call emergency doctor will.

I didn't say anything but I was thinking "eh, I'm not asking you to be at the birth, that's why I have a midwife and if there was any complications then straight off to the hospital for me". He must have thought this is the 40's and 50's when the local doctor attended births in the rural villages or something.

silly · 27-04-2012 10:28am

javagal wrote: »

Aww silly this very much could be me!
my bestie texts me All the time but never comes and sees me, she is also my ohs sister (met her first). i asked her over tonight and id buy her chips but she didn't text back and went shopping with my two sister in laws,in my town, and didn't invite me.
i know its prob me being jealous but i feel left out.

aw, that sucks Java.
I think some people just think that because you are pregnant that you can't do normal things!!
i dont even get invited to the cinema anymore!!

Kash · 27-04-2012 10:38am

How do you go about finding a mother and baby group?

I am really out in the sticks, so I'm a little bit concerned - I don't think any of my friends are really baby ready despite their intense enthusiasm :rolleyes:

My OH is definitely my best friend, and we do everything together, but I have told him that I want to do something social/active/inetersting that involves other people - because I work from home, and work when the rest of my team is asleep (they're all Oz based) he is often the only person I really talk to for weeks on end - sometimes I have the poor post-womans ear chewed off just because she is someone else to talk to!

kildareash · 27-04-2012 10:57am

Kash, check the local paper or your parish newsletter, sometimes they will have details. If there is like a community centre or something like that it might be worth giving them a call to find out if there is any groups meeting there.

Another thing that OH's cousins were telling me about at the weekend is Gaelic for mums...they had never had any interest in playing before but they said its great fun, way to get fit and a night off from putting the kids to bed. Its a newish initiative from the gaa. The cousins r based in a few different parts of the country and have organised a weekend "blitz" between their teams next month.

Mink, a car is really important if your in the country and can afford it. My sis found it very difficult to adjust when she have up work after having her 3rd. She was in the middle of nowhere and was stuck at home all day with the kids. It wasn't that she wanted to go anywhere but I think it was more the feeling of isolation that she had because the option to go out during the day wasn't there.

TwoMums2Be · 27-04-2012 11:08am

Javagal it can be hard...most of our friends live miles away or in other countries! We have moved around over the years & it's harder to make new friends as you get older

it must have hurt to not be invited out & was probably down to thoughtlessness than anything else :rolleyes:

My partner is absolutely my best friend

& Kash we sound very like you & your other half

I think we might live in roughly the same area

I think mother & baby classes are advertised locally...they also have musical classes for babies & the likes. I want to get involved in such things also but have the added issue of explaining to other mums that my little girl has two mums

just something I have to get used too :rolleyes:

silly · 27-04-2012 11:31am

Quick question girls. Need to get 2 mattresses. One for crib one for Moses basket..anyone know where the best deals are?

javagal · 27-04-2012 11:53am

silly wrote: »

Quick question girls. Need to get 2 mattresses. One for crib one for Moses basket..anyone know where the best deals are?

got both mine in argos

Kash · 27-04-2012 12:18pm

I have just signed up for the parish newsletter! No mother and baby activities that I could see, but plenty of masses and even a bake sale

Hubby is talking babies with everyone he meets, so work colleagues of his are bringing him in a pile of baby clothes, a high chair, travel cot and pram - plus a bunch of other small bits and bobs. He's over the moon with himself

kildareash · 27-04-2012 12:33pm

Sure at least you know what time mass is at and where the bake sale is!

Never thought of checking Argos for mattresses, I was just going to order it from the m&p website. Must compare the prices.

Gosh, it only seems like yesterday we were comparing waiting times for first scans in the different hospitals. Now we're talking mattresses and hospital bags!eek!

Kash · 27-04-2012 12:41pm

I know, it's pretty mental how fast the last few weeks have gone.

I have to say, I was dreading the third trimester, especially as I was getting next to no sleep with the pain in my hips recently - and being a right moody b1tch because of it! I had visions of being like that for the next 11 weeks!

But yesterday I slept like a log, and only got up once to pee - so I feel fabulous today

kildareash · 27-04-2012 12:48pm

I'm not overly in love with the third trimester. The thoughts that this back pain is only going to get worse is making me dread the next couple of months.
I'm hoping to be able to go back to work next week and even just keep going for another three or four weeks and then take a few days sick leave if I need it.

fitzcoff · 27-04-2012 1:18pm

silly wrote: »

Quick question girls. Need to get 2 mattresses. One for crib one for Moses basket..anyone know where the best deals are?

I got mine in guineys, found that they were the best price at the time

cyning · 27-04-2012 1:32pm

Third trimester sucks!!

kildareash · 27-04-2012 2:28pm

Seen as ye were posting your bump pics yesterday, I decided to take one this morn.

28+6...79days to go! (Fingers crossed it's around that anyway!)

silly · 27-04-2012 3:21pm

kildareash wrote: »

Seen as ye were posting your bump pics yesterday, I decided to take one this morn.

28+6...79days to go! (Fingers crossed it's around that anyway!)

you look great!

notsobusy · 27-04-2012 6:12pm

silly wrote: »

Quick question girls. Need to get 2 mattresses. One for crib one for Moses basket..anyone know where the best deals are?

I got mine for the cot in Smyths Toys. It was a hypo allergenic one and it was 60euro!

Was in Mothercare and the price of the cellular blankets nearly made me collapse. Someone else mentioned this before so going to order from Guineys online.

What about nursing bras? Anyone know where they can be bought cheaper than Mothercare?

javagal · 27-04-2012 6:15pm

kildareash wrote: »

Seen as ye were posting your bump pics yesterday, I decided to take one this morn.

28+6...79days to go! (Fingers crossed it's around that anyway!)

You look great!!

Where are you all from if ya's dont mind me asking?

notsobusy · 27-04-2012 6:28pm

Co.Louth Hey!

silly · 27-04-2012 6:43pm

The rebel county here!

kildareash · 27-04-2012 7:11pm

Thanks girls, I had a bit of extra padding before I got pregnant trying to be conscious that I don't put on loads of weight.

I'm live in Carlow, but obviously as my username suggests I'm from Kildare.

javagal · 27-04-2012 7:23pm

kildareash wrote: »

Thanks girls, I had a bit of extra padding before I got pregnant trying to be conscious that I don't put on loads of weight.

I'm live in Carlow, but obviously as my username suggests I'm from Kildare.

I am also from Kildare,living in portlaoise...

TwoMums2Be · 27-04-2012 7:54pm

From - Dublin
Living - Clare

Kiwi2011 · 27-04-2012 8:03pm

County Clare too!

Oh 2Mums - my linen trousers from seraphine are on the long side but im just over 5'7 so doesnt bother me.... better than too short!!

Kiwi2011 · 27-04-2012 8:06pm

Anyone else wrecked tired these days, this entire week by 7.30pm I am like a walking / sleeping zombie!

In fairness I do run around all day 100 miles an hour but Im just so tired!! Not taking iron tablets except for whats in the pregnancy vitamins??

tinkerbell79 · 27-04-2012 8:19pm

Im from Dublin and still here:D

Yeh Kiwi I'm constantly tired I feel like I look tired to.... 1 of the girls in work told me I looked wrecked!!! I said thanks very much:) I'm not sleeping great though so I presume this is the cause!!!

Anyone else having pressure pains in frount and lower back pain... Im really sore, even waddling:rolleyes: said it to doc at this weeks app and she said it may be pubis disfor (not really sure of pronunciation) but its now in my hips too:(

Hope its true wat they say and i have a really good baby as its giving me enough trouble now:D:D

TwoMums2Be · 27-04-2012 8:20pm

Kiwi2011 wrote: »

County Clare too!

Oh 2Mums - my linen trousers from seraphine are on the long side but im just over 5'7 so doesnt bother me.... better than too short!!

Now imagine them on me...I'm only 5'4"

My mam is going to rescue me & turn them up

cyning · 27-04-2012 8:22pm

From and living in Kerry

Notsobusy: Penney's and Heatons do nursing bras sometimes. Other than that there's InHealth, McCabes or ebay have them too

I really don't want to spend much on them because they might be too big/small afterwards!

Kiwi2011 · 27-04-2012 8:23pm

TwoMums2Be wrote: »

Now imagine them on me...I'm only 5'4" My mam is going to rescue me & turn them up

They are the best and just about only dressy pants I own that fit at the moment! best money I spent alongside my maternity jeans!:)

kildareash · 27-04-2012 8:26pm

javagal wrote: »

I am also from Kildare,living in portlaoise...

No way...I work in Portlaoise!

TwoMums2Be · 27-04-2012 8:30pm

Kiwi2011 wrote: »

They are the best and just about only dressy pants I own that fit at the moment! best money I spent alongside my maternity jeans!:)

They are very comfy & a nice fit...best linen trousers I tried on

I love that big band...it's really cosy! If only they did a short ass length

javagal · 27-04-2012 8:32pm

kildareash wrote: »

No way...I work in Portlaoise!

Small world!! Prob seen you somewhere before lol!

kildareash · 27-04-2012 8:35pm

javagal wrote: »

Small world!! Prob seen you somewhere before lol!

Isn't is just! Although i always think Kildare is like three different worlds...north kildare, central kildare and south kildare!

How are the wedding plans coming along Twomums? Not long left now...

Tinkerbell4484 · 27-04-2012 8:36pm

From Cavan,and still here
Scan is Sunday,nervous as hell

TwoMums2Be · 27-04-2012 8:45pm

Kiwi are you going to limerick or Galway maternity?

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