April 2015 Babies Club

Ms2011

angeldelight wrote: »

Aww congrats :-) you have a boy already don't you?

Yeah we have a little boy.
'Gentleman's Family' is all I've been hearing all day:p

Bit nervous of the whole girl thing as I've only ever pictured myself with boys but I guess I'll learn:)

Baby4

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Ms2011

21w3d now & hubby was able to feel babs for the first time last night, this little maggot is definately a mover:D

bp

Ms2011 wrote: »

21w3d now & hubby was able to feel babs for the first time last night, this little maggot is definately a mover:D

Oh it is lovely when daddy gets to feel movement - makes it more real for them I think

Ms2011

bp wrote: »

Oh it is lovely when daddy gets to feel movement - makes it more real for them I think

Yeah instead of having to hear about nausea, tiredness & all the aches & pains all the time lol:D

bp

I would love for them to be pregnant for a day :-)

Ms2011

bp wrote: »

I would love for them to be pregnant for a day :-)

I'd give them until dinner time before they threw the towel in

spottybananas

Most of the symptoms I have (heartburn, bloating, indigestion, constipation and a blocked nose) my husband has most of the time, so he'd be fine!! I've gotten very little sympathy for the bloating and burpies that genuinely upset me, I've never had to deal with these things in my life, he has them 80% of the time, I never realised how awful it must be until now!

Ms2011

Aaaahhhhh stretch marks have started to appear :eek::eek::eek:

Painted the nursery over the weekend, if this baby ends up being a boy it's his own tough cos he's going in a pink & purple room:P

Leinster1980

I've had heartburn for about 13 weeks now, 21 weeks in. Indegestion is so bad at the moment I feel horrible. Anyone have any tips that might have helped them? I've been on galviscon and rennie. Tried ginger ale and milk with ice. Would appreciate any help.

angeldelight

Leinster1980 wrote: »

I've had heartburn for about 13 weeks now, 21 weeks in. Indegestion is so bad at the moment I feel horrible. Anyone have any tips that might have helped them? I've been on galviscon and rennie. Tried ginger ale and milk with ice. Would appreciate any help.

If it's really bad your doctor can prescribe something for you

Leinster1980

He said he wouldn't feel comfortable prescribing anything as prescription meds can pass through the placenta, which made me nervous. I'd have to ask the doctor in the hospital if I wanted a prescription. Next visit isn't until after Christmas.

angeldelight wrote: »

If it's really bad your doctor can prescribe something for you

bp

So are our bumps all set to decorate Christmas trees?

Ms2011

Leinster my friend was prescribed something for heartburn (something begining with Z, can't remember the exact name) so I'd definately ask further about it.

I've held off putting the Christmas tree off but it's going up on Friday, can't wait to see the little fella's face, it's the first year he'll really know what's going on!

sinead30

Hi Leinster, I suffered a fair bit with it last week and was told to try almond milk. I'm having a big glass of it everyday and no heart burn at all since. I can't say for defo that it's all down to the almond milk though but as it's apparently good for you anyway I would just give it a go. Avoid oranges/orange juice or anything really acidic as this will add to it- just think alkaline foods or drinks to neutralise that acid. Best of luck, I now know just how horrible heart burn can be.

spottybananas

Our decorations are up, no bump helping them out though really! I love Christmas decorations so they always go up the night of the Toy Show.

Baby4

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bp

I found my first one a a lot easier but it will be worth it

Ms2011

Yeah I found no.1 easier too though I've hit a good patch of eating & sleeping well at the moment I so can't complain too much.

Ms2011

23+2 today, just back from the midwives & all is good. Baby is transverse now as opposed to breech so hopefully she's going in the right direction for a VBAC.

I've just exploded in the last week, there is no hiding my bump anymore & OMG my boobs are huge!!!:P

Hope everyone is feeling well x

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Nicolaforest

That's great news Baby4! It's such a relief isn't it? My bump has gotten huge lately too, just over the last two weeks or so. Have to start buying things for baby in the New Year, can't wait!

bp

I get my big scan next week - so excited! Great Christmas present alright

Ms2011

I don't get to see babs again until she's born, 16 weeks is too long to wait!!

SIL gave me some newborn babygros & vests, I'd totally forgotten how teeny they are ♡

Baby4

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spottybananas

I had a public scan at 12 weeks, repeat of it at 16 weeks, and not back again until 26 weeks for the next one. We've had private ones in between which is good because the 12 & 16 week public scans were such poor quality, seeing a head was doing well.

Ms2011

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On my last baby I got another scan 5 weeks after my 20 week one because baby had his hands up over his face & they couldn't check for cleft palate.
Did they not give you a reason for the scan??

Baby4

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Ms2011

I've been lucky not to have had hip problems with either pregnancy so no real advice to give other than maybe mention it to your midwife.
I have a rotten head cold courtesy of my 2.5 yr old atm & if that wasn't enough the Gods have seen fit to also bestow the vomiting bug on me too
Babs doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that mammy is not well & has been twice as active than usual. Usually I love the kicks but being kicked from the inside while feeling like death warmed up is no fun:(

bp

Oh you poor thing MS2011:-(

I get my scan today and finish for Christmas tomorrow - cannot wait for the break.... Have been sick all months with sore throats etc

Ms2011

Fit to burst, not enoough room in this body for Christmas dinner & a half baked human :P

Nicolaforest

This is the year our babies will be born ladies, it's getting close now! Everyone keeps telling me it'll fly in now so I better get my act in gear and pick out a buggy and start picking up the essentials. Hope everyone had a good Christmas x

Ms2011

Made a start today, OH put together the cot & the nursery's decorated, I took down & washed all the neutrel clothes I had from my son, bought some new pink babygros for the hospital & put together some bits for my hospital bag. Bouncy chair, play gym & travel system I will be reusing from my son as they are unisex. Bought the Angelcare monitors last week & I'll pick up a few bits each week for my hospital bag. Other than that I've not too much to buy as I'm reusing as much as I can, can't believe I've only 13 weeks to go:eek:

spottybananas

We haven't a thing done, won't be making a start until Feb/March, youve just made me count up how many weeks I've left and its 16, argh!!! You're so organised!

Ms2011

spottybananas wrote: »

We haven't a thing done, won't be making a start until Feb/March, youve just made me count up how many weeks I've left and its 16, argh!!! You're so organised!

On my son I had everything bought & the nursery decorated by 16 weeks, so I'm running late on this one

spottybananas

Ms2011 wrote: »

On my son I had everything bought & the nursery decorated by 16 weeks, so I'm running late on this one

Wow. I'd just be too conscious that if something went wrong we'd have to deal with removing it all again, but I know my attitude is coloured by people close to me having late/very late losses. We'll have everything ready at about 36 weeks I'd say.

bp

Wow you are all so organised! I feel bad now that I didn't start over Christmas but have most of what we need from the first one. Plan to start preparing in February :-)

And happy New year all

nirvana78

Hi Ladies, can I join you? I'm booked in on 23rd April for c-section in Mullingar on my third. I have two boys aged 10 and 15 months, a big gap I know but I wasn't ready. I guess I'm making up for it now. Since there's only a short time since I was pregnant last I have almost everything there, I'm sure I'll find something I've left out. right now I've the cough from hell, the mother of all head colds, baby is kicking like mad and toddler is refusing to sleep argh.......

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Gonzp

Hi ladies, I have all the stuff from my first baby girl who is 13 months old today. Im due on the 3rd of April with another little woman... Busy house for us... I haven't touched the other nursery yet, am thinking of doing it the same as the other one, what do ye think of that??? Should I go with something else... I love the first one that I did....

Ms2011

I only re-decorated because I'm having a girl this time round, if I were having another boy I'd probably just leave it as is, just freshen it up a bit.

Gonzp

Well this is a new room altogether, my little one is still in her room....

spottybananas

Yeah I suppose we're not doing up any room for it, we don't have a "nursery", it's just going into the spare room so no painting or decorating to be done for it, if we were doing up a lovely room for it then I'd probably start this month or next month.

angeldelight

I'm torn as to whether to spend the money doing up our spare room to make it a nursery... I'm assuming babs will be in with us for the first six months anyway? They do look so nice though! We got a changing table to put in spare room and will have their clothes in there but naps will be initially in bassinet of pram and then cot in our room so not sure when it would be used?

spottybananas

Yeah exactly, it'll be in with us for at least 6 months, friends of mine with a MASSIVE house and ample space still have their baby in with them at 13 months, their nursery is completely decorated since before he was born and completely unused!

Gonzp

This is a picture of out first nursery....The bab has been in there since she was four and a half months old. (she was a very light sleeper).. We were thinking of doing the same again for number two, or changing the colours maybe.. Any suggestions???

spottybananas

Ooh I love your decal, we have a few of them around the house I'd do something very similar but different colours, I wouldn't do two rooms exactly the same, bit of a waste of a whole new room to decorate..!

Ms2011

Our son got evicted from our room at 11 weeks, he kept us awake & OH kept waking him up snoring.
I can see this baby going into the nursery even earlier as OH has to be up v.early in the mornings for work so it wouldn't be fair to be keeping him awake with night feeds etc. That's why I invested in the Angelcare monitors for peace of mind.

spottybananas

For some mad reason I weighed myself today, bad idea. I've put on just under 1.5 stone, I can't even believe it. I googled it (another bad idea) and it says I've gone slightly above the ideal weight gain for my height and this stage, hmm. Hoping it evens out, was not a pleasant surprise to see the scales so close to 12 stone! :eek: I think it was just such a shock because I'm in the same bras, same size clothes and some smaller ones actually (except for needing maternity jeans/bump band because normal ones are uncomfortable), it's not even noticeable on me anywhere really. Must be a very heavy baby

Gonzp

spottybananas wrote: »

Ooh I love your decal, we have a few of them around the house I'd do something very similar but different colours, I wouldn't do two rooms exactly the same, bit of a waste of a whole new room to decorate..!

Thank you, I was thinking the same, do the panelling and maybe use different colours on the top...and a nice vibrant blind...