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greenman09 wrote: »Bloods done had small 3d just of the face not clear. Just done in the normal scan rooms. Baby kicked the doc while getting the scan done heart beat consistent. Heard beating a few times. Arms covering face so didn't want a photograph. Legs crossed. Loads of spins. Busy wee baby. Bloods done on Tuesday. Met the midwife. Under the combined care we could have one of 4 anytime we go in. Long but 2 hrs and we were finished. Less than 13 weeks. Baby bag nearly sorted as to be done for 30weeks and onwards. Roll on October 12th.
Really:eek: I thought the bag was to be packed from 35 weeks onwards. I don't have a single thing for either myself or the baby!!
Maybe I should do something about that soon.
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househunter wrote: »I wouldn't worry about not having anything done.
Even if you went into labour now you'd be fine
On my last i don't think i had my bag packed until the last couple of weeks
I mentioned this to my husband last night and he had a similar attitude of "sure couldn't I just get all the stuff you needed, you'd be grand..."
So while I know I'd get the stuff I needed I realised the following:
1) I want to pick out the stuff myself, certainly the things I need for me.
2) I've asked my Mam and my older sister to meet up with me for a Mammy and Baby Shopping Day in the next week or so. I think it will be a nice day for the 3 of us to spend together doing nice things in preparation for the baby and also I can have the benefit of their combined experiences as to what is and isn't worth having and what are the ABSOLUTE MUST HAVES!!
3) It would also seem that I don't trust my husband, lovely and all as he is, to actually get the right stuff for me.
At one visit to the Coombe the midwife told me about a woman who didn't bring enough stuff with her to do the full length of her stay. Her husband was sent home to get more supplies - underwear, nightwear, etc. He arrived back in with a super sexy nightie and couldn't understand why it wasn't suitable!:D0 -
I bought a nightie for labour. Ended up not wearing it as i just ended up in the vest I wore into hospital and nothing else. Didn't get time to change
But i did wear it that night after i showered. I wore pyjamas after that but i had bought a pj top that was quite clingy and made me very self conscious so if you're getting Pjs I'd get a nice loose fitting cotton top. Also make sure you get nice light nightwear. The hospitals are sooooo warm!
With regards to baby stuff, I brought in several babygros and vests, nappies etc. but left another bag of them at home as well as the clothes i would wear home and my husband brought those in as needed.
I also ended up bring loads of stuff i didn't use but sure it'll be a lighter suitcase for me this time. Travel sized toiletries are handy so you're not carrying a rucksack to the shower 0 -
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31 weeks today and month 8!!! :eek: I just don't know where the last 31 weeks have gone! Single digit count down now to being finished work (yazers!) and the baby being born (yazers again!).
Need to sort out the baby's room/ box room. Hoping I'll be gripped by a nesting instinct soon and just get stuck into that.
Exhausted today which is odd as I've had two very relaxing lovely days off work. Have a long day at work today though so that will be tough.
Did some shopping yesterday for the baby and got its first bits- vests and baby gros and sheets for the cot and all that stuff.
Feeling the baby move about loads yesterday and today. Lots and lots of movement last night- kinda freaked her Daddy out last night as we were in bed. He had his hand on my stomach and some of the kicks and movement was so strong he was convinved I must be in agony.
Hope the rest of you are doing well.:)0 -
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Ordered our buggy today and stocked up on some pampers too
My scan was fine. I really wanted to be told your baby looks perfectly healthy but the aim of the scan seemed to be just to check the growth which was fine. High side of average - better than the low side I am telling myself.
Penny, I would be a bit unsettled if I was told I needed a section, but you're right, there are advantages. There will be no rushing to the hospital for you and lots of people find the recovery quite manageable, no tears/episiotomies etc to worry about either.0 -
Ordered our buggy today and stocked up on some pampers too
My scan was fine. I really wanted to be told your baby looks perfectly healthy but the aim of the scan seemed to be just to check the growth which was fine. High side of average - better than the low side I am telling myself.
Penny, I would be a bit unsettled if I was told I needed a section, but you're right, there are advantages. There will be no rushing to the hospital for you and lots of people find the recovery quite manageable, no tears/episiotomies etc to worry about either.
The way I look at the possibility of the section is that a) it has yet to be confirmed as a need and b) it will all be planned and calm and all that business and so I'll focus on the positives of it rather than stress about it because it's pointless as there will be nothing I can do to avoid it.0 -
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Penny Dreadful wrote: »I have 7 to go and there have been times over the last little while, most especially the last two days, when the kicks came so hard it made me exclaim out loud and I was almost going to check if the skin at the top of my stomach had been broken they were so strong.
I have 4 more weeks to work (after this one) and I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to finish them out. I am exhausted and sleeping badly due to many toilet breaks during the night and pelvic pain that is bad enough to keep me awake when I turn over.
I have everything now except for a new mattress for the Moses basket and a pair of flip flops and a light dressing gown for me for the hospital. Will be 34 weeks on Wednesday and so really should pack a bag for the hospital.
The furniture has been delivered (save for the changing unit for downstairs but I think I'll get that delivered next week maybe) and assembled and the baby's room is all ready. All of the clothes have been washed too. I must get busy stocking the freezer up with dinners and soups for the first few weeks.
At every appointment the doctors have told me that the baby is very long/ big and so measuring 2 weeks and a day ahead of itself. At my last appointment the doctor said that the baby might well come a little early due to being so cramped rather than do the typical thing of going over. I'd be ok with it coming a little early but I do want a few days to myself just to chill out and relax once I've finished work before the little one arrives.
My wife was having awfully bad sleep up until about 4 weeks ago. It was improved hugely by changing one of the thingts about the way she was told to lie in bed - legs stacked with a pillow between the knees. Once she got rid of the pillow and moved one leg in front of the other she's slept so much better but she's always been bad for getting up to go to the toilet during the night so it doesn't seem out of the ordinary now.
And as for the kicking, it eases off when I put my hand on her belly and rub my thumb on her skin. I just hope that's a sign of things to come
Hope your last few weeks go smoothly and to plan!0 -
Alf Veedersane wrote: »My wife was having awfully bad sleep up until about 4 weeks ago. It was improved hugely by changing one of the thingts about the way she was told to lie in bed - legs stacked with a pillow between the knees. Once she got rid of the pillow and moved one leg in front of the other she's slept so much better but she's always been bad for getting up to go to the toilet during the night so it doesn't seem out of the ordinary now.
And as for the kicking, it eases off when I put my hand on her belly and rub my thumb on her skin. I just hope that's a sign of things to come
Hope your last few weeks go smoothly and to plan!
Best laid plans and all that jazz. I bet, just to show that I am no longer in charge of anything, the baby will decide to arrive the very day I finish work!
Had a brilliant nights sleep last night for the first time in ages so that was nice.
Did throw my breakfast up this morning though which was a lot less pleasant.
Thankfully that hasn't been too big a feature of my pregnancy- I had bad nausea for the first 14 weeks but throwing up only happened a few times and that was once I reached the third trimester.0 -
Penny Dreadful wrote: »Best laid plans and all that jazz. I bet, just to show that I am no longer in charge of anything, the baby will decide to arrive the very day I finish work!
Had a brilliant nights sleep last night for the first time in ages so that was nice.
Did throw my breakfast up this morning though which was a lot less pleasant.
Thankfully that hasn't been too big a feature of my pregnancy- I had bad nausea for the first 14 weeks but throwing up only happened a few times and that was once I reached the third trimester.
I think we've been quite lucky. There was some evening nausea in the first trimester but never any getting sick.
Did you find yourself eating differently or anything over the pregnancy?
Speaking of best laid plans, the mid-wife saidat the class yesterday that there's nothing wrong with being prepared but you'll never be prepared so to settle down on the books and all that. Music to my ears 0 -
Alf Veedersane wrote: »I think we've been quite lucky. There was some evening nausea in the first trimester but never any getting sick.
Did you find yourself eating differently or anything over the pregnancy?
Speaking of best laid plans, the mid-wife saidat the class yesterday that there's nothing wrong with being prepared but you'll never be prepared so to settle down on the books and all that. Music to my ears
My appetite has decreased massively since I got pregnant and that hasn't changed even since the nausea passed. I (usually) eat a good breakfast (porridge with nuts and seeds) and then some fruit or nuts mid morning and have a small lunch as I'm not that hungry then. Dinner- I'd eat the same type of dinner as I did before hand but since the bump has grown the space has become more limited and so my dinner is small enough.
That said the baby is growing fantastically well and my health has been fine so things are obviously ok.
Re: being prepared - my mother (who had 6 of us) and sister (has 3 of her own) said that you are never ready for the actual real impact of having the baby. I'm glad that I have the stuff ready as outlined before hand but I'm pretty much going along with them and their statement about just having to go with it once the baby arrives.
Luckily I am used to being around small babies and children a lot so its not all 100% new to me - just 99%:D
Still can't wait for it though. 34 weeks tomorrow and dying to meet my little baby.0 -
Penny Dreadful wrote: »My appetite has decreased massively since I got pregnant and that hasn't changed even since the nausea passed. I (usually) eat a good breakfast (porridge with nuts and seeds) and then some fruit or nuts mid morning and have a small lunch as I'm not that hungry then. Dinner- I'd eat the same type of dinner as I did before hand but since the bump has grown the space has become more limited and so my dinner is small enough.
That said the baby is growing fantastically well and my health has been fine so things are obviously ok.
Re: being prepared - my mother (who had 6 of us) and sister (has 3 of her own) said that you are never ready for the actual real impact of having the baby. I'm glad that I have the stuff ready as outlined before hand but I'm pretty much going along with them and their statement about just having to go with it once the baby arrives.
Luckily I am used to being around small babies and children a lot so its not all 100% new to me - just 99%:D
Still can't wait for it though. 34 weeks tomorrow and dying to meet my little baby.
My wife is the same actually. Every now and then she'll think she has a craving to eat loads and ends up eating normally. Dinners are still the same size as well.
Must start getting the bag of stuff ready though. I know it's 8 weeks to go but better to have it sitting there ready to go.
I'm 100% not ready but that's ok...no one ever is
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