Due July 2012 Thread

kildareash

My heartburn has also improved no end in the last week. Think it's coz I have to eat little and often.
I was going thru rennies like they were going out of fashion before then!

silly

I get heartburn fairly sporadically...so i'm not too bad.

Got some massive kicks last night, thought it was hubby prodding my stomach, was moaning at him to stop, but it wasnt him, it was junior. little fecker.
Had my "photo shoot" yesterday, my friend called and took some shots of my and my daughter, even had us out in the garden (which isnt really a garden yet, more of a load of earth with weeds...) on a blanket. They should be nice. Will post some on fb when i get them, will re create some of them in a few weeks time with a baby instead of a bump!

Mink

Will be looking forward to seeing those pics Silly!

Is it just eating little & often that sorted the heartburn Kildareash? I find this very hard to do as I'm so ravenous when I get home from work & then we get the dinner on, I just want to eat 2 dinners!

Cyning you're definitely out of the woods re this baby, can only go right from here pretty much.

I actually slept all the way through last night! Didn't have to get up to pee & not woken from heartburn. Just had to turn twice. Maybe it was the cooler weather??

javagal

Mink wrote: »

Will be looking forward to seeing those pics Silly!

Is it just eating little & often that sorted the heartburn Kildareash? I find this very hard to do as I'm so ravenous when I get home from work & then we get the dinner on, I just want to eat 2 dinners!

Cyning you're definitely out of the woods re this baby, can only go right from here pretty much.

I actually slept all the way through last night! Didn't have to get up to pee & not woken from heartburn. Just had to turn twice. Maybe it was the cooler weather??

Slept a million times better myself!! Just woke once to pee! feel awesome today!

Still have sooo much baby laundry to do, have come to the realisation we bought too much

Kash

Glad to hear you are sleeping better - I live in hope of it

I had my 34 week appointment at the hospital today, and I have to say, they were by far the nicest doctors and nurses I have dealt with so far.

The nurse who tested my urine took loads of time to answer my questions about the mild swelling in my fingers (totally fine, and nothing to worry about!) and my gigantic tankles (also fine, but keep feet up more!) and went through to double check all my old blood tests as I was woried that they might have missed GD earlier on, given the size of my baby. She also spent time reassuring me that the size of the baby often had no impact on the ease of the birth - she had seen women with 6lb babies struggle for hours and women with 10lb babies deliver in two pushes. I left feeling totally reassured.

And then, to top it all off, the doc gave me a surprise scan - I love seeing my baby! She verified eveything the nurse had said and told me that Melody is looking perfectly positioned and seems happy and healthy in there. There is a bit of extra fluid, so she also double checked the GDD test, and said it was normal. She did say that a bigger baby can put more pressure on the back/pelvis/hips, so that the pain I have is only to be expected and to take 2 paracetamol when it gets bad.

So, i've come away from the hospital feeling incredibly happy and positive about the whole thing

javagal

Aww kash sounds like a lovely hospital visit! delighted you feel all reassured!

Mink

Kash that's brilliant. All hospital visits should be like that!!

I may get a bouncer (2nd hand), anyone else getting one of these? Want to get one that can vibrate & has little toys on it. It seems to be down as an essential on a thread over on Parenting forum.

It sort of makes sense that it works as baby can still see you if you have to put him/her down for a sec, so they'll still feel secure. Apparently I loved mine as a baby. It'll be just my luck that my baby will hate it :rolleyes:

javagal

Mink wrote: »

Kash that's brilliant. All hospital visits should be like that!!

I may get a bouncer (2nd hand), anyone else getting one of these? Want to get one that can vibrate & has little toys on it. It seems to be down as an essential on a thread over on Parenting forum.

It sort of makes sense that it works as baby can still see you if you have to put him/her down for a sec, so they'll still feel secure. Apparently I loved mine as a baby. It'll be just my luck that my baby will hate it :rolleyes:

like one that vibrates? i have one of those, they are very cheap on amazon mink-babies love the vibration! my nephew Ollie loves his and i remember my brother and sister loved theirs.

my mam also went out and bought one of the swing ones that makes movements similar to the womb,wasnt a necessary buy but she can't help herself, first grand baby :-)

have my Moses basket made up and i am finishing my bag, think im nesting, doing something, watching maternity shows, crying and repeat.

kildareash

Mink, can't say for sure if eating little and often is the only reason it's not as bad. Suppose my diet has been a lot better in the last week also. It's probably a little bit of everything, but I always found that long fasts gave me a worse acidy tummy.

Kash, sounds like ur hospital visit was a dream. Great to get all the reassurance. And a surprise scan, lucky you!

Java, definitely getting a bouncer. They're so handy, compact enough that u can bring in the car for visiting grandparents or friends. Our friend's little guy is just about outgrowing his, so she told us we can have that. Dont know what it's like.
But my bro gave us one of those swing chair things, well I have the frame, I have to get the seat off him. But it can be used from birth and transforms into different things as that baby gets older. Oh god, I'm useless at all this stuff may go have another look at the instruction book!

Started iron tabs this morn and I've been feeling queasy ever since. I'll give them a couple of days to see if my tummy adjusts and if it doesn't I'll try another brand. It's not low, so they said of the tablets weren't suiting not to worry, but just be good to give it a bit of a boost for the next few weeks.

cyning

Had specialist appt today: thyroid gone overactive :rolleyes: but I'm not toxic and its better to be overactive than under (comparatively) at this stage!

I think I'm going to get the Graco Fizz: its a bouncer and a swing together: also its only €120 in my local shop but €160 on most sites. It is abit more expensive but every child I know spends a lot of time in bouncers and swings so at least ot does both... I havent totally made up my mind yet though.

I'm so jealous of ye all sleeping

kildareash

cyning wrote: »

Had specialist appt today: thyroid gone overactive :rolleyes: but I'm not toxic and its better to be overactive than under (comparatively) at this stage!

I think I'm going to get the Graco Fizz: its a bouncer and a swing together: also its only €120 in my local shop but €160 on most sites. It is abit more expensive but every child I know spends a lot of time in bouncers and swings so at least ot does both... I havent totally made up my mind yet though.

I'm so jealous of ye all sleeping

That sounds like great value, if you consider the price of buying both separately it wld be more than that. I know u can get the very basic bouncers for €25-€30 but the swings r still relatively expensive.

Can they do anything to control your thyroid at this stage?

Mink

javagal wrote: »

like one that vibrates? i have one of those, they are very cheap on amazon mink-babies love the vibration!

Someone on that other thread (might have been Neyite) said it reminds her of that episode of Sex & the City where Samantha minds Brady for a few hours for Miranda, the vibrate thingy on his bouncer stops working, he's distraught so she tucks her actual vibrator into the chair to make it vibrate for him again. Haha, I actually always think of this episode when I discuss these vibrating chairs!

kildareash wrote: »

Started iron tabs this morn and I've been feeling queasy ever since. I'll give them a couple of days to see if my tummy adjusts and if it doesn't I'll try another brand. It's not low, so they said of the tablets weren't suiting not to worry, but just be good to give it a bit of a boost for the next few weeks.

Maybe try Floradix - it's a liquid thing, like Spatone but in my head it's better, don't know why. It's kind of a tonic as well. My iron levels aren't below or anything but my midwife suggested I take a bit of Floradix now and then (like every few days) just as an extra boost. She said there were many studies showing that a lot of women were very anaemic after the birth and no one picked up on it because they don't really get tested once the baby is out. It make sense as you do lose a certain amount of blood during & right after the birth.

It could be key to fighting the baby blues & any unnecessary exhaustion post birth.

javagal

mine wasnt low either but im taking galfer once a day, think its incase ya have a bleed, my aunt didn't take iron and she had a major bleed after her son and had to get a transfusion, think that's why they make you take it.

last night i felt a definite hand and two fingers touch my hand before quickly moving away.
i have a real little person inside me wow!

cyning

Nope not now: they aren't entirely sure why it's so hard to control: I'm the 1% that's difficult Once babs is okay I'm alright with it... and hopefully she'll have no bother with her thyroid either.

I had a dream (nightmare) last night: I dreamt I had an 11 pound baby. With no pain relief. At all.

I now think I may have that epidural afterall :eek:

kildareash

Mink wrote: »

javagal wrote: »

like one that vibrates? i have one of those, they are very cheap on amazon mink-babies love the vibration!

Someone on that other thread (might have been Neyite) said it reminds her of that episode of Sex & the City where Samantha minds Brady for a few hours for Miranda, the vibrate thingy on his bouncer stops working, he's distraught so she tucks her actual vibrator into the chair to make it vibrate for him again. Haha, I actually always think of this episode when I discuss these vibrating chairs!

kildareash wrote: »

Started iron tabs this morn and I've been feeling queasy ever since. I'll give them a couple of days to see if my tummy adjusts and if it doesn't I'll try another brand. It's not low, so they said of the tablets weren't suiting not to worry, but just be good to give it a bit of a boost for the next few weeks.

Maybe try Floradix - it's a liquid thing, like Spatone but in my head it's better, don't know why. It's kind of a tonic as well. My iron levels aren't below or anything but my midwife suggested I take a bit of Floradix now and then (like every few days) just as an extra boost. She said there were many studies showing that a lot of women were very anaemic after the birth and no one picked up on it because they don't really get tested once the baby is out. It make sense as you do lose a certain amount of blood during & right after the birth.

It could be key to fighting the baby blues & any unnecessary exhaustion post birth.

Thanks mink, I'll pick that up tomorrow.
The nurse was saying I'd need it for later on, not necessarily now. I've a very busy August...so far were invited to 3 weddings and probably have the baby's christening too, so need to keep my energy up! (I won't be abandoning baby for all those weddings!)

javagal

Gals I've been getting some lower back pain today-kinda worse now, maybe i overdid it..thoughts...

silly

javagal wrote: »

Gals I've been getting some lower back pain today-kinda worse now, maybe i overdid it..thoughts...

take a bath? and take it easy!! With all that gardening etc that you are doing in the past few days, no wonder you are sore!

I'm on 2 iron tablets a day....hate taking them, makes bathroom visits quite difficult (sorry tmi!!)
Wasnt there a bottle of that floradix in the eumum bag??

I'll continue taking the iron though, my friend had to get 3 blood transfusions earlier this year after having her baby!

Mink

Java, take it easy for the rest of the day. You might not be able to do much physical tomorrow either. You're much better off making sure your back is totally fine before doing more strenuous nesting!

Even now, if I do some physical stuff, I have go rest for a bit in between & if I get achey, I call it a day.

javagal

Yeah feel better now, was just panicking I was going into labour or something lol!

Making up post its to put on my bag so OH know what to add in when the time comes..

kildareash

javagal wrote: »

Yeah feel better now, was just panicking I was going into labour or something lol!

Making up post its to put on my bag so OH know what to add in when the time comes..

If you can't manage a bath (I'd need a crane to get me out of it!) even just let the shower run over it for a few minutes, can do wonders.

I'm like Mink tho...I had to sit down to sort out laundry yesterday. Can't stand for any length of time at all.

I have to put stickers on my bags too, to remind him of the last minute things! He thinks he's real cool and calm in an emergency, but when it involves me, he goes into panic mode! It's kinda funny to watch.

Even tho I do the drive every day, we can't seem to get to the hospital on time for appointments! Even this morn for the dietician we were 10 minutes late. He's afraid now, we're going to leave it too late leaving home when I go into labour and he'll have to deliver the baby on the side of the road.

javagal

oh stood on a big nail today and i have my sore back so neither of us wanted to cook so we decide to get a Chinese.
Chinese came, delivery driver handed me ripped bag and the curry burst all over the floor and walls. driver said nothing and even when i got on my hands and knees to pick it up,he just watched.
went to kitchen to put empty cartons on counter,came back he was gone.
so i got no Chinese and my wall is stained from curry and i had to clean it on my hands and knees.
paid for it in advance with my card too Urgh i could scream

NyquistFreak

Am I the only one left with no bags packed? Last minute lassie strikes again. OH said the scariest thing to me last night right before bed: only 44 days left til due date. I think I cried. I definitely had nightmares! Back to being all uncomfortable again, was ok the last day or two, I think its when I let myself get a bit dehydrated, I'd want to cop myself on now in fairness! Still no sign of letter from the physio, was that something I was meant to sort out myself maybe? My brains are worse than a drunk child's these days, can't remember a word that's said to me, actually no use for anything, bleugh.

In other news, we got landed in our cot the other day from OH's aunt, its the same one he had as a baby (one of those passed down through the whole family dealies) it's heavy dark wood with some sort of carving on it, its actually class - still havent seen it set up, in fact I don't think I saw any screws with it...ach we still have no space for it anyhow til landlord comes to clear out the shed of all the last tenants crap (he actually rang in sick the last two days he was due to call over, ha!) and we can relocate our dumping ground out there from baby room...SO disorganised! Will one of ye useful nesting types come over and give us the kick up the ar$e we need please?! And one for the landman.

TwoMums2Be

javagal wrote: »

oh stood on a big nail today and i have my sore back so neither of us wanted to cook so we decide to get a Chinese.
Chinese came, delivery driver handed me ripped bag and the curry burst all over the floor and walls. driver said nothing and even when i got on my hands and knees to pick it up,he just watched.
went to kitchen to put empty cartons on counter,came back he was gone.
so i got no Chinese and my wall is stained from curry and i had to clean it on my hands and knees.
paid for it in advance with my card too Urgh i could scream

Ring the Chinese & complain...the least they can do is send you around a new order!

javagal

on way to a and e with himself

TwoMums2Be

javagal wrote: »

on way to a and e with himself

Hope it goes ok & doesn't take hours to get seen!

kildareash

javagal wrote: »

on way to a and e with himself

Oh no hope he's ok. Shouldnt be too busy this time of eve.

God you've had a day of it! Hope tomorrow u can put ur feet up and relax

Saurelin

NyquistFreak wrote: »

Am I the only one left with no bags packed? Last minute lassie strikes again. OH said the scariest thing to me last night right before bed: only 44 days left til due date. I think I cried. I definitely had nightmares! Back to being all uncomfortable again, was ok the last day or two, I think its when I let myself get a bit dehydrated, I'd want to cop myself on now in fairness! Still no sign of letter from the physio, was that something I was meant to sort out myself maybe? My brains are worse than a drunk child's these days, can't remember a word that's said to me, actually no use for anything, bleugh.

My bag is not packet yet, I have everything for the bag except slippers, but in so many different places...

theg81der

NyquistFreak I hav absolutely nothing done. In the middle of a hdip and have left it all till next week when i`m finished.

notsobusy

Hope everything is ok JG. ring the chinese and threaten to name and shame!!!!! I would be so angry.

notsobusy

I have most of the stuff in a bag I just cant remember whats in it now so will probably unpack and repack. still missing a few things but they are things I can get last minute!