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May 2016 Babies Club
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Which one did you get? I have the Angelcare as I said before and then when we're staying in my Mam's house I have a cheap one I got in Argos. You can get basically every single baby thing you need in Argos for way cheaper than baby shops - no good to you Wuffly I know - but for the irish-based Mums-to-be
Also Guineys is great for cheap stuff like cot mattress etc
Now you have me tempted to buy the breast pump and get my mam to bring it over....
I went with the angelcare as well, it has movement and video there wasn't much of a difference between the sound and video so said i'd go with the video. Hope it works in my parents old farm house the walls are so thick!
How are you sleep now? any better?0 -
How are you sleep now? any better?
Yeeesssss !!!! It is !!!! I'm delighted to report.
Kathy wished me that Santa would bring me some sleep and unbelievably he did
I turned a corner over the Xmas hols and am sleeping fine now. It's amazing the difference it makes to your energy levels. I was able to carry my daughter home from the child minder in my arms yesterday in the rain. Usually I have to take the buggy even though it's (Always) raining and buggy gets wet as I leave it on the street while I climb the 3 flights of stairs to collect her so I have to sit her into a wet buggy (yes we've lost the rain cover!) so in my arms is way better while holding an umbrella but I simply didn't have the energy for that before Xmas!
Also since we got back have ''stayed up'' til 11 watching box sets with hubby. Before Xmas I had to go bed when dd went to bed (8 or 9) as I was too exhuasted by then to stay up anymore. It's nice to have a few hours together after she goes to bed.
Feel like I'm only entering my 2nd trimester purple patch in the last week! And 3 weeks to go til 3rd trim ha!0 -
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Well our scan went well today. I am so over the moon, baby stuck its tongue out at us during the scan, very funny. The sonographer also pointed out it was due a pee as it had a full bladder...LOL! Literally the best feeling and experience in my life so far, cried when I saw and heard the heart beating at the same time. Hard to believe the next scan is not until 28 weeks! We didn't find out the sex, although I have an inkling its a boy.
Wuffly you are so organised. We need to start thinking about things properly and get our asses in gear. We bought two lovely blankets after the scan, starting small, LOL!
Cloud13 we have looked at a few buggies and had pretty much decided on the Bugaboo Cameleon but a close friend of mine has been talking about hers which I think was the city select baby jogger. We also looked at the Quinny. There doesn't seem to be a huge difference in price so just need to decide which is best. I hope you feel better soon, I had a Kidney infection a while back and the nausea and body aches were the worst. Keep an eye on your temperature as if high it can be bad for you and the baby. Hopefully with the antibiotics it clears in a few days. My doctor also mentioned they are more common in pregnancy. Look after yourself.
Lucuma, delighted to hear your sleep is getting better. I was terrible over the holidays, staying up late each night till 1am, back to work tomorrow ... eeek need to get back into a routine. Bad form on the breast pump, not fair at all you never got to use it new. Hope you can get it fixed.
Teggers best of luck with your scan on Thursday.
Well off to bed now, time to get back into work mode (for 4 more months) 0 -
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Thanks for the list Lucuma, good list to have in general! She said she has a bouncer bought, so i might just ask for a baby carrier and leave it at that. Any recommendations?
Oh everyone clubs together to get you 1 or 2 big things? I assumed everyone would get you something little my list was more geared towards that! That's a good idea actually to get people to club together for something big, although isn't the whole point of a baby shower to open little gift after little gift and ooh and aah over them? (I didn't have one so I'm not 100% on the etiquette!)
I used a few different slings. For breastfeeding a newborn and getting stuff done around the house I found the ring sling great (that's not a model that''s a type of sling - like a hammock around your chest). I coudl BF bubs inside it, she'd nod off, delatch and hey presto I could get up and eat, drink, go to toilet, wash clothes, get bits and bobs done around the house. I even BF her inside it walking down the main street in Cork once and no-one can see
It only goes across one shoulder though so I wouldn't use it as the babies get heavier as the weight isn't evenly distributed. I kept swapping which side it was on all the time so there'd be pain inflicted equally on each shoulder!
Then I moved onto one like those in the links you've shown. The Boba, Ergo and Beco all look like the same basic type of sling from those links? i.e. a structured non-wrap one. Oh I also tried the wrap one for a newborn - NOT for me. Baby felt totally unsecured in it. I'm sure they're great if they suit you, I rather something that doesn't rely on my wrapping technique being correct every time to Ensure bub's safety.
Another one i hear mentioned a lot is the Connecta?
I have the Ergo and stopped using it before dd was 1, but I was pregnant by the time she was 1 and 1st trimester nausea etc meant I just didn't have the energy to keep carrying her. She needed to go from being worn on the front (facing me) to being worn on the back at age 1 and I found it difficult enough to mount her on my back on my own, plus the waist strap gave an awful muffin top when she was on my back ha!
I might have to get the newborn insert for the Ergo alright for next May coz I don't have that as she was a few months old when I got it.
Teggars what a bummer about your scan!!! God we spend so long counting down to the scans that having to wait an extra week must be excruciating!0 -
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Only a few days to go now Teggers. Hope the wait hasn't been too long for you! Well we finally started getting our ass in gear and went looking at buggies. We had it down to the Quinny buzz and the Bugaboo Cameleon and also looked at a few others. Think we are pretty set on the Cameleon and going to order online as my husband can get a discount through his company. We went out to Tony Kealys and the woman who showed us a few of them was pretty good. We picked up some vests and basics in Mothercare and also got a Tommee Tippee Feeding and Sterilisation Set for half price. We also got a really nice moses basket for half price in Eurobaby, when we brought it to the till it turns out it was marked wrong but they gave it to us at that price anyway. Feeling a little more organised and getting excited, just over 4 months to go! Hope everyone is having a good weekend 0
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Have to say the past few days have flown by. Kept busy all weekend by painting the nursery and yesterday I picked up a moses basket from adverts. Its like new so we're thrilled with it. Just need to get a new mattress for it.
After lots of buggy test driving we've both decided on the bugaboo cameleon. They're crazy expensive new so we're having a look at a second hand one during the week. Hopefully by the end of the week we'll have that sorted too. Both our families have decided to club together and get us the car seat and steriliser set so that's a huge help! Getting so so excited now 0 -
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You might have to start taking an iron supplement. A gentle one to start off with is the Spatone sachets. You should take them with a citrus drink like orange juice or you can get ones with the fruit juice already mixed in. If they're not strong enough you could take Floradix or if you need the heavy hitting one: Galfer. There's also iron in Pregnacare, that's all i'm taking so far so hopefully it's enough. I also eat red meat at every opportunity.
Problem with iron supplements is they can cause constipation so that's why it's good to take the lightest one you can get away with, if the Spatone is enough for you, happy days. Of course you can take something OTC for the constipation if you do need to take one of the stronger iron supplements.
Movement outside the body, I'm really not sure. My OH has zero interest in that, and he couldn't care less about it on no.1 either.
I'm getting loads of kicks now this weather, little kung fu fighter in there!
Thanks Lucuma. I don't eat red meat so try and get iron from other sources but have in the past had low iron. I used to take Spatone as my body had difficulty absorbing iron and the liquid format worked better for me. I am taking pregnacare but i may need an added boost. Hopefully my doctor can do bloods this week. I had low B12 early in pregnancy which had me super tired but I have had 2 injections so should be feeling a little less tired. I literally feel like I could remain asleep for an entire day and still not feel fully refreshed!!!
I am having a few movements but they are not regular and definitely not felt from the outside. It makes me nervous but the sonographer and my doctor were not concerned as the baby was moving during the scan but I could not feel a whole lot. My husband keeps touching my belly when he sees me feeling their movements and I know he is dying to feel it himself.0 -
Best of luck with your scan today Teggers. Hope it goes great and you guys have a lovely day.
Thanks so much. It was perfect. We have a beautiful baby boy on the way! Could have stayed watching it all day
Can I ask when people first started to feel movement from outside? My husband is eager to feel movement and can't wait till he can.
Im 22w3d now and my husband still hasn't felt baby move. He's getting impatient too lol0 -
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Another week almost over. So that's week 10 down....9 to go to til mat leave!
You must be so excited to finish up. I am 14 weeks or so until maternity leave and counting. Cannot wait!
Got my bloods done so just need to wait for results. Also got an antibiotic for my chest infection which has been lingering for weeks at this stage. I had a big list for my doctor yesterday as find he is much more open to my worries than my consultant who thinks everything is all grand and probably thinks I'm too much of a worrier. Got to hear the babies heartbeat again which was nice, they are moving a lot more these days. I just love the feeling when they are moving about, makes it all so much more real! Happy Friday guys 0 -
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You must be so excited to finish up. I am 14 weeks or so until maternity leave and counting. Cannot wait!
Got my bloods done so just need to wait for results. Also got an antibiotic for my chest infection which has been lingering for weeks at this stage. I had a big list for my doctor yesterday as find he is much more open to my worries than my consultant who thinks everything is all grand and probably thinks I'm too much of a worrier. Got to hear the babies heartbeat again which was nice, they are moving a lot more these days. I just love the feeling when they are moving about, makes it all so much more real! Happy Friday guys
Yeah I can't flipping wait to get out of here. My eyes are KILLING me every day at the computer. In my job I could have various types of roles but the one I'm in at the moment is 100% desk work so I'm sitting at the computer all day long. I don't even have meetings to break it up, just 1 team meeting every fortnight, that's it!
I had this dry eyes thing in the last pregnancy as well but I think it's worse this time coz of the type of work I'm doing. It's exacerbated by not getting as much sleep as normal -although I won't complain about sleep as it has improved alot from when I was only getting 2-3 hours a night, getting 4 or 5 consistently now. I'm tryign to drink gallons of water to help my eyes (it's a form of dehydration I think) but by the evening my eyes are hanging out of my head. It was so great at Xmas to get 11 days not in front of the computer!
25 weeks now and am starting to get that feeling like my tummy is full and I can't eat as much as normal. Hurrah for small mercies!!! The scales was getting scary.....0
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