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Love the dress! Yep, you look a bit higher than me. I do think mine has dropped slightly in the last few days. Baby's head feels lower anyway on my ladyparts. I'm 30 weeks + 3. Got told again today by my dentist I was very neat but I think judging by my antenatal classes I look similar enough to everyone else there!
We had Aisling picked for a girl. My husband had a sister who was sadly killed in a car accident when he was young. Her name began with Ash and he used to call her Ashy so it was a way to combine my Irish side and to remember her. If we have a girl next time she'll be Aisling
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I bought this for the baby earlier
http://www.nextdirect.com/ie/en/shot/G88/3324/4?pid=794390&curr=eur&&country=us&curr=usd&returnurl=%2fsearch%3fp%3dQ%26lbc%3dnextdirect%26uid%3d865402575%26ts%3dcustom%26w%3djacket%26af%3dgatt2%3a6%26isort%3dbst%26method%3dand%26view%3dgrid%26nxtv%3d000%26nxti%3d0%26lang%3den%26country%3die%26curr%3dEUR&bct=%26quot%3bjacket%26quot%3b%26nbsp%3b%26gt%3b%26nbsp%3bUnisex
I realised I've only babygros, nothing warmer for the outside so needed something for taking him home from the hospital etc. You never know how nippy it could be. It doesn't look a bit girly does it? It says it's unisex and I figure white would be ok.
Also bought these because they are too cute:
http://www.nextdirect.com/ie/en/shopping/newborn/boys-sweet-dreams/1/2?pid=796110&curr=eur&&country=us&curr=usd&returnurl=%2fsearch%3fp%3dQ%26lbc%3dnextdirect%26uid%3d868384504%26ts%3dcustom%26w%3dgiraffe%26af%3d%26isort%3dbst%26method%3dand%26view%3dgrid%26nxtv%3d000%26nxti%3d0%26lang%3den%26country%3die%26curr%3dEUR&bct=%26quot%3bgiraffe%26quot%3b
I don't need them, it was naughty
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Aww, those are so cute. Love the giraffe motif! The white jacket is fine, it'll look cute on the little one.
Also love the little robot quilts you have for the cot- where did you get them?
Of course you'll need the clothes....think how big of a shock it is for baby to go from your warm innards to the cold and blustery Irish weather! I feel sorry for them, really, but fortunately they won't remember it.
Andrew is lovely- I really like the nickname Andy (guess what though, husband vetoed it). He seems to like Rían though, hooray! It'd be pronounced Ree-in, but my american family think it sounds like a girl's name. NOOOO!0 -
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paperclipgrad wrote: »Aww, those are so cute. Love the giraffe motif! The white jacket is fine, it'll look cute on the little one.
Also love the little robot quilts you have for the cot- where did you get them?
Of course you'll need the clothes....think how big of a shock it is for baby to go from your warm innards to the cold and blustery Irish weather! I feel sorry for them, really, but fortunately they won't remember it.
Andrew is lovely- I really like the nickname Andy (guess what though, husband vetoed it). He seems to like Rían though, hooray! It'd be pronounced Ree-in, but my american family think it sounds like a girl's name. NOOOO!
Americans turn loads of names into girls names though! I like Rian for a boy and that it comes from your maiden name. My brother is called Rhys and I've met so many girls called Reece, they don't like it when you say it's a boys name
Got the quilt set in TK Maxx for 13EUR - reduced from about 60! The baby won't actually be able to use it until he's a year old but it was too much of a bargain to pass up, my hubby is big into robots 0 -
That's a great bargain! I'll have to have a look in TKMaxx myself next time I'm near there. It'll be fun having someone else to buy things for. The girl outfits in the shops look really cute! Don't they say a higher bump means more likelihood of having a girl? Hmmmm....
Has anyone else checked out all the gender tests? I think I've done most of them myself- the placenta test (in early scans, a placenta on the right side of the uterus is said to indicate a female), the skull test and even the baking soda test! lol!
They've all indicated female so far.....
Americans have this really weird thing about naming girls after boy's names- Jamie, Madison just to name a couple. Also they seem to be really into giving babies 'unique' names, which often just means spelling a 'normal' name with a lot of Zs and Ys....0 -
paperclipgrad wrote: »That's a great bargain! I'll have to have a look in TKMaxx myself next time I'm near there. It'll be fun having someone else to buy things for. The girl outfits in the shops look really cute! Don't they say a higher bump means more likelihood of having a girl? Hmmmm....
Has anyone else checked out all the gender tests? I think I've done most of them myself- the placenta test (in early scans, a placenta on the right side of the uterus is said to indicate a female), the skull test and even the baking soda test! lol!
They've all indicated female so far.....
Americans have this really weird thing about naming girls after boy's names- Jamie, Madison just to name a couple. Also they seem to be really into giving babies 'unique' names, which often just means spelling a 'normal' name with a lot of Zs and Ys....
Apparently if your baby's heart rate is a bit higher it means a girl too. 55% of women with hyperemesis have girls so there was a higher chance of me having a girl but we had two detailed scans and although it's never 100% I'd be very surprised if it was a girl from what we saw on the scan! Also, have you put your wedding ring on a chain and dangled it over your bump? Apparently the direction it goes in can tell you. I think all those old wives tales are sweet!
I had to get a lot of work done on my teeth as the baby was leeching all the minerals etc out of them and from being so sick. The dentist told me that in his experience boys are more likely to do that! How are your teeth?
TK Maxx have some good bargains but you do have to search and check in there every so often. The baby clothes were a bit expensive because they were quite fancy. They have lovely Stella McCartney clothes that were gorgeous but I think that's the kind of thing you buy as a present for someone else, not for your own baby. They weren't super cheap 0 -
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Love the bumps girls mine is like Murdy alot lower but I hav gone so broad on shoulders ! Yes I felt same as class aswel more less wen i went last Monday.
I am thinking Ryan for boy
Ella for girl
How everyone feeling I feel alot better today with heat not As heavy !0 -
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I love Abbey! So pretty would you have her name officially as abbey or Abigail? Rambo is a cool middle name! We're going with a Hindu middle name for ours, for my husband's side of the family. It'll mean a lot to them although culturally they don't have middle names!
Interesting bout baby's head dropping earlier for first time mums! I can definitely feel a lot more pressure down below and am not as breathless.0 -
paperclipgrad wrote: »Blueskye, I really want to see your bump (PICS!), can't imagine having ANOTHER baby in there, one is enough for me, lol. It must be really uncomfortable trying to sleep/turn over at night?
Baba seems to have its feet in my diaphragm and to be massaging my bladder on the other end...not a pleasant sensation!
Last scan is next Monday! Really looking forward to it- should be able to see the face better this time, people are telling me?
Anyone else having problems picking out names? Husband seems to like a total of 3 names....argh!
I have no idea how to put up a picture on here
ya, pretty uncomfortable at night, I'm like one of those walruses trying to turn in bed. I had to kick out poor OH to spare room a few months ago because I need so much room in the bed and am so restless at night. It means we both get some sleep.
We picked a name each, Alex and Joshua. We've been calling them their names for a few months now which feels nice. And we'll give them each one of their grandfather's names as a middle name.
Looks like my delivery date is going to be even closer. Was with doc today for ultrasound and there is less fluid around one baby and my placenta is looking 'grainy'. Have to go in to hospital Sat morn to monitor babies movements and have another ultrasound on Monday. But they are good weights, 4lb 6oz and 5lb so they should be ok even if they come a bit early.
The theory about heart rate is interesting paperclipgrad. We're having boys and one heart rate today was 149 so that would back up the theory of girls having higher heart rates.0 -
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Love the names Blueskye! Joshua is the name at the top of our list too so we'll probably have two in our little group in the end I just want to see him first to make sure. my mum loves Alex as well, keeps pushing it as a name, it is on our short list exciting your boys could be here so soon!
I don't like Gail either, I had a crazy boss called that once!
DoubleB - tonight's antenatal class was about labour breathing etc. we got quite a good hand out (incl some good advice on perineal massage). Would you like me to send it to you? Hubby can take it to work and scan it0 -
They're identical Aknitter, they could tell us that at the 12 week scan - sharing one placenta. Hence higher risks but luckily I've been fine until now.
No, not gone on Gail either. It reminds me of Gail from Coronation Street. Funny the associations you make with names. But Abbey is really sweet.
I think just Alex rather than Alexander. My OH loved Alexandra for a girl but I wasn't keen. That's gas Murdy, maybe two Joshuas so 0 -
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Loads to catch up on here! Loving your bump photos. I'll have to take one of mine and post it up (the ones I already have are in my PJ's lol and they're going nowhere near teh interwebs!). It's gone really big in the last week or two but I don't find it that cumbersome. Turning in bed/moving etc is more trouble from my dodgy pelvis and back than anything else. 34 weeks today, hard to believe..
The names you're all thinking of are gorgeous, I had Alex on my list (girl's version) but I liked it a lot more for a boy. Abbey was on my girls list too, love it! We have our name picked out but we are a bit superstitious about telling anyone before she arrives. Thought I would have cracked by now and told mother or besties but have managed to keep it to ourselves! It's fairly unusual but not out there, if you know what I mean. Have been calling her it since about 25 weeks so I guess it's stuck now
Murdy, your cat is adorable! He knows he's your first baby getting into the cot! He will probably be a little suspicious of the baby at first but I'm sure they'll be best pals.
Blueskye, hope your placenta is OK and all goes well at the check on Saturday.. Your two little guys are thriving though, that's some weight the pair of them are! Can't imagine how tired you must be feeling.
Paperclip - I am having girl according to the scan, and the heartbeat was 170.. Also, I was quite sick at the start, though not as bad as poor Murdy.
Aknitter - I never knew that about the first timers dropping earlier. I only had breathlessness for a day or so there when the baby was moving around (was breech up to 33 weeks, then started moving around a lot and now I don't know what way up) but I'm fine now. Would that suggest back to breech, do you think? I only occasionally am over-urinating as well. My bump just looks all out in front as opposed to being up/down, I think!!0 -
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That's brilliant the twins such good weight u won't mind when hav go now that was great news. I got my ball and just sitting on it it's good for relieving back and making baby kick since sitting
They all lovely names.
Girl In work was talking bout breastfeeding and it seems very hard at start but be great. Think only problem will be trying manage all visitors that want to call and the feeding without offending. This is first baby in both families and everyone so excited ! Great to hav such good family bit we will need our space aswel0 -
MurdyWurdy wrote: »I think that us true about breech babies. I think in holles st if your baby is breech you get a scheduled c section at 37 weeks. In a way it'd be nice to have a date like that but probably better not to have to get one
Hope ye dont mind me gate crashing from the may thread
Just wanted to say- my little one was breech last time - she only flipped breech at 37 weeks- i was with holles st - but they section you at 39 weeks. they are happy that the risk of you going into labour before that is low and at 39 weeksthe baby is fully mature and its lungs have had enough time to make sure there shouldnt be any probs - while 37 weeks is term - they babies can sometimes struggle with the breathing a little then so they try to keep them in as long as possible!
With the breech baby i never got a huge amount of pressure down low - i kinda felt the same at 39 weeks as i did at 35 etc - except fatter
this time around its mad different cos of the pressure - im 38 weeks now and wondering about the baby engaging - but they say second and subsequest babies mostly dont drop until your actually in labour! Whereas first babies tend to drop 2-4 weeks before the birth. but in mycase as she was breech she never dropped - just hung around my ribs until she was rudely evicted I should have known then she was gonna be a trouble maker!! hehe!
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Thanks for the info! I was sure it was 37 weeks so interesting that it's 39 weeks. My lil one has been head down for a while but there has been a serious amount of squirming this evening and something very hard at the top of the bump so now I'm worried he's turned around. Oh well, I'll find out at my next appointment. I really don't want a c section if possible 0
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Breastfeeding is ok at the start and once you and the babs get the hang of latching on its a breeze. But I found it weird with my first, I mean it is odd having them used for feeding when thats not what they've been used for up to now! It can feel strange and no one mentions that to you either. I'll admit with the first for a bit I found it confusing when she was feeding but you get over it.
DoubleB I think that's the best way for everyone to approach it, had to give into my second and give him a bottle cause at one point he was feeding every hour :O, not sleeping and did not have the patience to take from the boob. I was disappointed but boss man was happy so who cares - he also then went on solids then and sleep became (a little) less of an issue.0 -
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