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Does anyone else have a constant dead arm with pins and needles? It is driving me loopy: get it down my leg too.
Hubbie got €400 in tax back today: kinda a good few days really
I bought a gorgeous cream cardigan with matching baby mittens today... was going to get a pink one but the 80% was playing on my mind... we haven't told anyone its a girl yet so I think my mother thought i was a bit mental when i started laughing looking at baby cardigans! I really love Guiney's for baby clothes/blankets/towels!0 -
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TwoMums2Be wrote: »Mmmn Chicken don't worry about it
you are not alone in not knowing the lack of rights gay people have in this country & indeed throughout the world!
Many many people think it was all sorted out with civil partnerships & although it was a big step for this country it's far from perfect & a long way off equal
The church can do what they like...to me every religion is bizarre in its own way but the government needs to realise its a seperate institution & what a single religion thinks has nothing to do with the law of the land
Its my life so I can't let it stress me or I would be dead years ago
I am me & legality won't change that - nor will it stop me living my peaceful little life with my partner, our dog & our soon to be little girl. We face what we need to together & on we go
Don't get me wrong I do get mad about it all at times but you can't let it drag you down
"We face what we need to together & on we go "
what a lovely way to view it all....ill be keeping that in mind for future when i get stressed. half yer sense and patience and id be sorted:)0 -
They don't like to give 100% Cyning unless it's a boy showing his wears
We went from 80% to over 90% with consultant & then the 3D scan woman confirmed she was a girl...we seen her labia
You really are having a good few days nice after being sick all this time! 0 -
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I think depression is vastly misunderstood - the number of people who think you can just 'snap out of it' is shocking.
There have been loads of posts since I was last on, and my baby brain has meant that I am going to forget loads of things - but here goes:
Saurelin, my cat does the same - he loves fluffy things, and will knead away on them for hours, purring away to himself. He often nuzzles his nose into me while he is doing it too. I love my cat
TwoMums, I thinnk you have the right way of it - the country is backward, and legislation is a joke, but you can't spend your life dwelling on it either, or you'd go mad! You're both happy, and bringing your daughter into a loving and happy family environment will be all that they need. Begrudgers and naysayers be damned.
Silly - love, love, love the photos. Hubby is a keen photographer, and I expect we will have a few like that. Can't wait
Cyning! Yay! That's great news! Well done to your hubby - delighted for your both.
I had my hospital appointment today, and the first nurse told me my bump was way too big for 28 weeks. She said she would bring it up with the doctor. So cue me feeling awful and on the verge of tears for two hours in the waiting room thinking something was wrong. The nurse who took my bloods said that I looked normal to her, and the doctor said absolutely nothing about the size - just said that it was a fine heartbeat. I googled 28 week bumps when I came home, and I am in no way excessively big - bigger than some, smaller than others. I can't believe how insensitive some medical staff are... stupid wagon, i hope she steps on a plug in the dark.
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oh for god's sake...i hate that!! the amount of people who tell me i am huge! i just want to tell them to feck off!! I am small, and i havent really put on any weight elsewhere, so my bump is protuding something fierce!
I had my hospital appointment today, and the first nurse told me my bump was way too big for 28 weeks. She said she would bring it up with the doctor. So cue me feeling awful and on the verge of tears for two hours in the waiting room thinking something was wrong. The nurse who took my bloods said that I looked normal to her, and the doctor said absolutely nothing about the size - just said that it was a fine heartbeat. I googled 28 week bumps when I came home, and I am in no way excessively big - bigger than some, smaller than others. I can't believe how insensitive some medical staff are... stupid wagon, i hope she steps on a plug in the dark.
But everyone is different, it was very insensitive of that nurse to make such a throw away comment like that, she should know better.0 -
Well I've panicked and changed my mind again about the buggy!!! I was looking at reviews on the Jane etc etc and it's seems to be quite awkard. So going to go with the Mothercare Xtreme but going to order it online as it's a different colour that is 100euro cheaper 0
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Does anyone else have a constant dead arm with pins and needles? It is driving me loopy: get it down my leg too.
Hubbie got €400 in tax back today: kinda a good few days really
I bought a gorgeous cream cardigan with matching baby mittens today... was going to get a pink one but the 80% was playing on my mind... we haven't told anyone its a girl yet so I think my mother thought i was a bit mental when i started laughing looking at baby cardigans! I really love Guiney's for baby clothes/blankets/towels!
Yeah for Cyning and her hubby...ye guys really deserve good fortune after the last few months.
It's so frustrating when they can't be more certain, but you're right to air on the side of caution. I know two couples who were told the wrong sex...luckily one couple found out before baby was born...but they had bought everything in pink and had a boy. The other couple only discovered their daughter was in fact a boy when he was born!Aww cyning thats so frustrating, wish they had of told you 90percent sure!!
I am not buying another single item of clothes.
SIL dropped over loads of stuff, so much so that my baby wardrobe is now bursting
Lucky you...Zoe will have a different outfit everydayI had my hospital appointment today, and the first nurse told me my bump was way too big for 28 weeks. She said she would bring it up with the doctor. So cue me feeling awful and on the verge of tears for two hours in the waiting room thinking something was wrong. The nurse who took my bloods said that I looked normal to her, and the doctor said absolutely nothing about the size - just said that it was a fine heartbeat. I googled 28 week bumps when I came home, and I am in no way excessively big - bigger than some, smaller than others. I can't believe how insensitive some medical staff are... stupid wagon, i hope she steps on a plug in the dark.
What a wagon...you think they would be more sensitive to hormonal, emotional woman's feelings. Write it in code on the chart or something if they have a concern for the doc to check and not stress the mother unnecessarily.
I think I'm having a little freak out at being off work for so long...sounds like there is going to be a lot of changes in my work later in the year. I don't even know if I'll be around for the training. It's wierd thinking I'll come back to a completely different working environment.
Our regional director was giving us some info on different workshops that the company are going to run and as he handed it to me he was like oh sure you'll hardly worry about this you'll be off having a baby! [EMAIL="A@#hole"]A@#hole[/EMAIL]!0 -
Well I've panicked and changed my mind again about the buggy!!! I was looking at reviews on the Jane etc etc and it's seems to be quite awkard. So going to go with the Mothercare Xtreme but going to order it online as it's a different colour that is 100euro cheaper
Reviews are great for getting a real idea of how the buggy works or not as the case may be. Last thing you want is an awkward pram as you will only end up buying something else 0 -
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Saurelin, my cat does the same - he loves fluffy things, and will knead away on them for hours, purring away to himself. He often nuzzles his nose into me while he is doing it too. I love my cat
Yay another cat lover! I've two little females and I swear they are our hairy babies. Wouldn't be without them. We (as well as any other moggy owners on here) will have to swap tips for getting them adjusted to babs & also the cat net for the cot.
I love dogs too but we've never been at home enough for them. OH insisting we get a dog when have kids, I just hope he doesn't come home with a puppy the day of the baby's birth! It will all be too much.kildareash wrote: »It's so frustrating when they can't be more certain, but you're right to air on the side of caution. I know two couples who were told the wrong sex...luckily one couple found out before baby was born...but they had bought everything in pink and had a boy. The other couple only discovered their daughter was in fact a boy when he was born!
I agree with this. When they say it's a girl, I still wouldn't buy girl stuff. My sister got told at 5/6 mths by 3d sonographer that he was "almost certain" it was a girl. So we bought girl stuff & referred to baby by her new name "Ava". About 2 wks before "she" was born a scan revealed it was in fact a boy. Now my sister wasn't bothered, she found it funny more than anything else but I would have been very frustrated if had bought loads of stuff!
Boys are much easier to spot, like mine - no mistaking his little meat & 2 veg.0 -
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Consultant was looking for "dangly" bits: said it was much easier to tell a boy from a girl cuz dangly bits don't fall off!! He then told me a girl was the next best thing to a boy... can I just say at this stage I know him but god you wouldn't want to be of a sensitive sort he's always coming out with stuff like that he makes me laugh: now. I remember been highly unimpressed when he was referring to my baby as a parsite!
For anyone going with the Avent bottles/steriliser Smyths have them half price: so €12.49 for the microwave steriliser and €11.99 for the newborn starter kit.0 -
For those of you in Munster http://www.thebabymarketireland.com/event-dates.html, I'll be checking it out in Limerick tomorrow with my mother, will report back. Its on in a few more spots over the next few months too 0
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NyquistFreak wrote: »For those of you in Munster http://www.thebabymarketireland.com/event-dates.html, I'll be checking it out in Limerick tomorrow with my mother, will report back. Its on in a few more spots over the next few months too
This was on in Cork a while back, but it was far too early in my pregnancy to be buying stuff, It says the next one isnt on until July 22...hopefully, i will be at home, with my newborn by then!
One of the girls that i work with has been to it during both pregancy's and found it great for lots of things, like even stair gates etc, that you wont need for a while, but handy to get if they are cheap as chips.0 -
NyquistFreak wrote: »For those of you in Munster http://www.thebabymarketireland.com/event-dates.html, I'll be checking it out in Limerick tomorrow with my mother, will report back. Its on in a few more spots over the next few months too
Hubby and I are going to go tomorrow too - thanks for letting us know! I must print out my mega list 0 -
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NyquistFreak wrote: »For those of you in Munster http://www.thebabymarketireland.com/event-dates.html, I'll be checking it out in Limerick tomorrow with my mother, will report back. Its on in a few more spots over the next few months too
Just texted hubbie to see can we go tomorrow: I'm waiting for a phonecall now asking me what planet am I on and do I realise I'm preganant and sick and blah blah blaaah he not working tomorrow! I really want to go: it on in Tralee in June but that ages away plus I might have a baby at that stage!!! 0 -
Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »Thank god it's Friday,what a long week!!
My ds's communion is 2 weeks tomorrow,we were planning on going for a meal after it but I'm not sure now.ds wants to go to Dublin for the day so I'm thinking we might go straight up after the mass. Does anyone know what time the open air bus tours of the city finish? Or anything else we could do with him?my house is tiny so wouldn't fit everyone in it!!
Bump is getting big,and im doing ok.dh has told me I need to stop worrying about money and stuff coz its really not fair on the boys.im back to the hospital on Monday so I'll prob have a scan then.
Not worrying...it's easier said than done!
Maybe look up the Dublin Tourism website...I'm sure there loads you can do.
The Viking Splash Tours look like fun. They're pretty active on facebook and regularly do special offers. I think their 'facebook friends' get a 10% discount...worth checking out.
We were in the Wax museum a while ago and I wasn't that impressed by it, but kids might be different.Just texted hubbie to see can we go tomorrow: I'm waiting for a phonecall now asking me what planet am I on and do I realise I'm preganant and sick and blah blah blaaah he not working tomorrow! I really want to go: it on in Tralee in June but that ages away plus I might have a baby at that stage!!!
EEEk....that's crazy when you say things like that! Hope hubby brings you! Maybe see if you can get like a wheelchair or one of those motorised thingys you see in supermarket. Might make going around a bit easier.
Back in work after scan...baby looks good. Wouldn't turn and face the camera tho...even put his/her hands over his face at one point. We were hoping we might be able to get a nice pic of the face to send to boyfriend's sis, coz she's upset she's not around for all this stuff and won't see the baby until it's a few weeks old.
Anyway, don't have GD...absolutely delighted about that! Bloods are normal. Nurse said if I was feeling tired to take an iron supplement, doc said even tho my iron level is fine i could take one a day. So I think I'll start taking one.
Baby is measuring right for the dates, so all is good and we get to go back in four weeks time and see baby again. Was surprised they were bring me back so soon, as my friend, who is due in June was at the clinic a couple of weeks ago (around Easter) and she is not back till sometime in May. But I won't be complaining. Love seeing baby. 0 -
Hope you get to go Cyning! sure its on in a hotel, im sure they'll have plenty of seating available! Its mad this time last year I was going down to the same place to register for the great limerick run...bahahahaaa! And Kash, good idea about the list! they have a few items for sale posted already on one of the tabs on that site, wishlist growing already! Sure give a wave if ye spot me, I've really really long hair (think rapunzel in a hippy skirt- MIL keeps slaggin me about baby using it as a rope ladder eventually!) and an orbiting planet, you can't miss me really! 0
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On another note, my braxton hicks are getting stronger, I get them every couple of hours and sometimes every hour. But they seem to grow stronger as by belly grows. Anyone else get this? Midwife coming tomorrow so I'll definitely be bringing this up, I'm still not comfortable with the fact that I'm having them!
I asked in hosp on Tuesday was told that it is perfectly normal. Certain things make mine worse: not drinking enough, up and walking about: they weren't worried at all. I know I hate getting them too: they really worry me: even though I've been told not to worry!
Conversation with hubby went like I thought: except with him promising to buy me new shoes if I stopped asking him to drive for over an hour when I get so sick and to please remember that I'm supposed to be taking it easy: so he's going to bring me shoe shopping and macdonalds instead 0 -
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Silly, you can print off the MB10 form from the net, fill it & send it.
Just got confirmation that I will get my maternity benefit after all! I was sure that I had worked tons in both jobs but that the weeks overlapped most weeks so I wasn't sure if I'd get anything. And I started my PhD after 23 so the last 4 years in college don't count for credit so I was worried! And because I'm such a fusspot I have been emailing them since I sent it in last week & he told me that I'd get something & confirmation in the post next week (even though it shouldn't have been processed till end of May). Delighted ;-)
Cyning - lucky you, new shoes & lunch out - seems like a better deal all round. Spoiled 0
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