*July 2018 Mummies*

[Shepherdess]

Random question; has anyone used a baby carrier? If so which ones?

I am looking at the babybjorn carrier one but it's so expensive that even though it gets amazing reviews Im still struggling to justify the price haha

I am also trying to find a baby monitor with movement sensor and a moses basket stand- full scale research mode here haha xx

I was given a babybjorn when I had my DD, I used it for a while but actaully a lot of the babybjorn ones are not very good for baby's hips so make sure you look into that properly before you buy. also Google TICKS for good advice on carrying or look up sling library's in your area. Not saying don't buy a baby born though

I've bought a close caboo, managed to get a second hand one from eBay but it hadn't been used and I'm thrilled it was only £15.

sorry you've had a rough night GG, i really feel for you. I spend two or three evenings a week sat on the toilet atm regardless of what I eat it sucks but there's nothing I can do about it. just a few weeks left

shanivy sorry you've been feeling so down, definitely mention it to a gp or midwife and keep talking to your oh

I understand those struggling to shower it's a right pain. last pregnancy I used hair removal cream on my bits right until the end but I really struggle to now. think I'm going to wait a week then do it once more. I'll be hairy for Labour this time haha. I've been loving the sunshine but it's frustrating that I have to shave my legs all the time to wear pretty dresses, kind of wish it was cooler so I could wrap up and not shave. I know it's supposed to be a good thing to have rapid hair and nail growth in pregnancy but I find it a pain

 

[_GG_]

Morning guys.

Better this morning KH thanks. Hoping it all flies by now, lol.

Shep, thanks for the baby carrier info.x

 

[LuckyLaura]

Random question; has anyone used a baby carrier? If so which ones?

I am looking at the babybjorn carrier one but it's so expensive that even though it gets amazing reviews Im still struggling to justify the price haha

I am also trying to find a baby monitor with movement sensor and a moses basket stand- full scale research mode here haha xx

I was given a babybjorn when I had my DD, I used it for a while but actaully a lot of the babybjorn ones are not very good for baby's hips so make sure you look into that properly before you buy. also Google TICKS for good advice on carrying or look up sling library's in your area. Not saying don't buy a baby born though

I've bought a close caboo, managed to get a second hand one from eBay but it hadn't been used and I'm thrilled it was only £15.

sorry you've had a rough night GG, i really feel for you. I spend two or three evenings a week sat on the toilet atm regardless of what I eat it sucks but there's nothing I can do about it. just a few weeks left

shanivy sorry you've been feeling so down, definitely mention it to a gp or midwife and keep talking to your oh

I understand those struggling to shower it's a right pain. last pregnancy I used hair removal cream on my bits right until the end but I really struggle to now. think I'm going to wait a week then do it once more. I'll be hairy for Labour this time haha. I've been loving the sunshine but it's frustrating that I have to shave my legs all the time to wear pretty dresses, kind of wish it was cooler so I could wrap up and not shave. I know it's supposed to be a good thing to have rapid hair and nail growth in pregnancy but I find it a pain

ooh I never even thought about that with the hips- I swear every day I learn something completely new and it doesn't matter how much research I am doing I feel like there's so much I have no idea about. Still feels like I don't even know what I don't know - I guess Ill find out when she's here and we are buying it in a last min panic haha

I double checked the specific carrier, its called the "Babybjorn Carrier One" and under product specs it shows "Acknowledged as a hip-healthy baby carrier according to IHDI" so I think it is okay. However my investigative psychologist side is like...acknowledged...how? like in passing? Mentioned over a coffee or actually attributed with hip-healthy status officially? where is the source hahaha

I did look at the close caboo and it looks good, the reviews look good too but I feel like its not maybe right for me personally. It looks like it covers a lot of your body and I overheat really fast. I imagine being wrapped up like that and then having a hot little body clamped to your front too might cause me to want to rip off my own skin. I generally prefer to be quite cool and can't stand overheating.

We did make some progress with the online shopping, ordered a clair de lune moses basket stand in white so it's arriving tomorrow! We also debated about whether to get the all-singing-all-dancing Angelcare monitor or just get one with the movement and sound as I don't think we will need the video but that's just the circumstances in this house and obviously we want to move at some point so the video might be good and then we can also use it for future kids if we are lucky enough to get more haha the husband informed me last night he now wants 12...so he'll be pushing out at least 10 of those by himself haha

I'm sure the midwives have seen it all and it wont even bother them what level of hairy is going on haha Funny you should mention that kinda thing, I totally hacked my legs apart last night trying to shave them so I might just go yeti-style for the summer. Terrible razor, terrible angles and my hips hurt so much after and I did a terrible job of it and had blood running down my leg xx

 

[LuckyLaura]

I just went onto the IHDI website and read that its about having the baby's legs spread in the carrier in a squat position around your waist. So if the carrier "seat" for the baby's bum is too narrow their legs might just hang straight down but if its wider it kinda holds their hips and top of their thighs so they can't hang straight down like dead weight. I looked at all the photos of the carrier about correct placement of the baby in it and this carrier has a wide "seat" so the babies in the pictures all look like they should do in the pictures on the IHDI website. This has made me even keener on this carrier cuz I am worried that some of the less sturdy, less supportive ones might not hold so much of their body and maybe their hips will be all wrong..hmm.

Just got a call from the hospital there as I was typing this- I've been referred to a doctor about the GD and they want to see me tomorrow at 10. x

 

[malagueta]

Morning! Hope you're feeling better today GG. I had about 4 days where I hadn't been to the bathroom to poop and yesterday I was the same and couldn't stop. The joys!

Ahhh shaving. I look like a yeti already. I've kind of given up and am stubbornly sticking to my jeans but I'm definitely going to have to work something out for when I'm into dresses and shorts.

Last night I had a hormonal meltdown. Hubby was trying to calm me down so we ended up buying some baby clothes online haha. Feeling a bit more prepared now. I still need to buy some nightwear stuff for baby, a monitor of some sort and a baby carrier/sling. As I'm self employed and work from home on the computer I thought a sling might be a handy way of keeping my hands free to type if baby is also in need of attention.

I guess I'll also have to start thinking about what to put in/get for my own hospital bag too. So far I have some of those discs you put in maternity bras as they were on offer and that's it!

 

[malagueta]

Just saw your post Laura. At least you get the first GD appointment out of the way quickly so you're not going over and over it too much beforehand.

 

[LuckyLaura]

Just saw your post Laura. At least you get the first GD appointment out of the way quickly so you're not going over and over it too much beforehand.

I've already had a few mental breakdowns about it tbh. I dont like how they did it. For someone who has been very fortunate and never really had anything medically wrong with them its very daunting to suddenly be having to deal with referrals for GD and hospital appointments outside of the normal maternity check ups.

The way they broke the news too was awful literally a phone call, hi its such and such from the Ulster Hospital...I'm sorry but you have gestational diabetes, someone will call you on Tuesday. K bye" ...they were off the phone before I could even find a word and they didn't wait for me to even answer really I was like "uh okay"...*click* To make it worse which isnt anything to do with the hospital I was completely alone too cuz hubby was at work and mum went out to meet a friend for coffee so I just cried a river haha

Then I freaked out cuz I had no idea what GD really was, or what it means, or what effect it has on the baby so in the hours alone I had before hubby was out of work I decided to google it and oh boy that was traumatising to say the least. All the worst case scenarios but I didnt know what else to do, they literally didn't tell me anything or explain anything

I ended up so upset that I actually left the house and drove to my husbands work really early and sat outside and just waited for him and cried in the car loads

 

[PeanutButter]

Laura, GD isn't bad if you control it. I had it with my daughter. Just need to check your blood sugar levels before and after food, stop eating bad stuff (they will tell you what to avoid). If your unable to control it, you'll get put on medication.
They won't let you go to 40 weeks, you'll probably be induced at 38 weeks. They will check baby blood sugar levels after birth for a few days to.

 

[LuckyLaura]

Laura, GD isn't bad if you control it. I had it with my daughter. Just need to check your blood sugar levels before and after food, stop eating bad stuff (they will tell you what to avoid). If your unable to control it, you'll get put on medication.
They won't let you go to 40 weeks, you'll probably be induced at 38 weeks. They will check baby blood sugar levels after birth for a few days to.

Thanks PB, I think I am probably just being dramatic to be honest haha I am sure everything will be okay, and it couldn't have been that bad if they rang me to tell me they'd see me in 3 days- I mean hardly on deaths door if they can wait 3 days. The clinic runs on a weds so it isn't even an urgent appointment, they just slotted me in the next available appointment.

The worst thing is I haven't really been eating bad stuff so now I'm super paranoid about eveything I thought I was eating pretty healthily anyway and now its summer we have been cracking into salads and fresh salad sandwiches.

I hadn't even thought about the fact they might choose to induce labour ..I did read that the risks of giving birth prematurely from about 37 weeks are higher with GD so I have been trying to prepare myself mentally that she might come early by herself but haven't even thought they might choose to bring her out. I think I might organise my hospital bag this week just so I know its all ready to go whenever xx

 

[malagueta]

Just saw your post Laura. At least you get the first GD appointment out of the way quickly so you're not going over and over it too much beforehand.

I've already had a few mental breakdowns about it tbh. I dont like how they did it. For someone who has been very fortunate and never really had anything medically wrong with them its very daunting to suddenly be having to deal with referrals for GD and hospital appointments outside of the normal maternity check ups.

The way they broke the news too was awful literally a phone call, hi its such and such from the Ulster Hospital...I'm sorry but you have gestational diabetes, someone will call you on Tuesday. K bye" ...they were off the phone before I could even find a word and they didn't wait for me to even answer really I was like "uh okay"...*click* To make it worse which isnt anything to do with the hospital I was completely alone too cuz hubby was at work and mum went out to meet a friend for coffee so I just cried a river haha

Then I freaked out cuz I had no idea what GD really was, or what it means, or what effect it has on the baby so in the hours alone I had before hubby was out of work I decided to google it and oh boy that was traumatising to say the least. All the worst case scenarios but I didnt know what else to do, they literally didn't tell me anything or explain anything

I ended up so upset that I actually left the house and drove to my husbands work really early and sat outside and just waited for him and cried in the car loads

That sounds really shitty. Sorry you're going through this. They really need to think about how they inform people about these things. Maybe for your appointment tomorrow you could write down a list of questions you want to ask and just say you'd have liked to ask the person who phoned or would have appreciated a bit more information you but they were so abrupt that you didn't get the chance.

 

[LuckyLaura]

Just saw your post Laura. At least you get the first GD appointment out of the way quickly so you're not going over and over it too much beforehand.

I've already had a few mental breakdowns about it tbh. I dont like how they did it. For someone who has been very fortunate and never really had anything medically wrong with them its very daunting to suddenly be having to deal with referrals for GD and hospital appointments outside of the normal maternity check ups.

The way they broke the news too was awful literally a phone call, hi its such and such from the Ulster Hospital...I'm sorry but you have gestational diabetes, someone will call you on Tuesday. K bye" ...they were off the phone before I could even find a word and they didn't wait for me to even answer really I was like "uh okay"...*click* To make it worse which isnt anything to do with the hospital I was completely alone too cuz hubby was at work and mum went out to meet a friend for coffee so I just cried a river haha

Then I freaked out cuz I had no idea what GD really was, or what it means, or what effect it has on the baby so in the hours alone I had before hubby was out of work I decided to google it and oh boy that was traumatising to say the least. All the worst case scenarios but I didnt know what else to do, they literally didn't tell me anything or explain anything

I ended up so upset that I actually left the house and drove to my husbands work really early and sat outside and just waited for him and cried in the car loads

That sounds really shitty. Sorry you're going through this. They really need to think about how they inform people about these things. Maybe for your appointment tomorrow you could write down a list of questions you want to ask and just say you'd have liked to ask the person who phoned or would have appreciated a bit more information you but they were so abrupt that you didn't get the chance.

definitely going to make a list, i have a hundred questions already swirling around in my mind and i know ill forget them all when im there and ask nothing haha xx

 

[KHTW]

Good luck with the appointment Laura, I'm sure everything will be fine xx Ask your questions, that should make you feel a bit calmer x

 

[_GG_]

Good luck Laura. Definitely take all your questions.

Well, I called the midwife line this morning as I had the dots moving in my eyes thing again and the mw at hospital said I needed to let them know I've had discomfort under my right boob which is apparently right upper quadrant pain and needs to be disclosed.

Just took my blood pressure, have been sat quietly for an hour relaxed and it was 113/108. The 113 is fab, but the 108 is a stage 2 hypertension number!

I didn't get even an attempt at a call back today so hoping I get to speak to someone tomorrow. I'm not getting more than 4 bh an hour and can go a few hours without them, but when they come, they last about 3 minutes, sometimes longer and don't go away if I move or walk around. Not painful at all, so I'm not worried but I am a bit annoyed at not getting a call back.

 

[PeanutButter]

GG, I would call about your blood pressure right away. Baby moving OK? X

 

[_GG_]

GG, I would call about your blood pressure right away. Baby moving OK? X

Baby is moving fine and bp is now 128/86 so that's okay. I feel absolutely fine in myself. Baby is great as well, after Sunday it has been so nice to have all the strong movements back around the clock.

Spent the afternoon at that planning offices to hear a decision on plans that our landlords have had going on for 2.5 years now. It's to turn the farm into a full/part livery that I will keep managing. We have put so much bloody work into it and so there was a lot riding on today.
Baby broke the tension by moving so quickly and powerfully that Ralph and Sam the landlords who were sat next to me both got a shock from it. I just giggled and we all got looked at with stern faces. I stood up and said, "sorry, I'm not far off and baby just gave us all a bit of a shock kick.
Everyone laughed and then was asking if I needed anything. I said, "to keep my blood pressure low...granting our application would help". More laughter and an hour later, it was granted. Good baby!

 

[PeanutButter]

Haha, helping you out already
Glad baby is back moving usual.

 

[_GG_]

Haha, helping you out already
Glad baby is back moving usual.

I know. Good baby. I'll call my surgery in the morning and see if I can get in.

 

[KHTW]

Good baby! Well done on getting the permission and good luck with the project.

Keep us posted on your blood pressure. I am alway very nerverous about BP.... a week before DD was due mine went sky high for no reason what so ever and I ened up in hospital for a few days resulting in induction x

 

[KHTW]

Happy 32 weeks GG and Shan!!!! x

 

[PeanutButter]

Let us know how you get on gg x

IDK why but having horrible pains in my bump again.. Ugh. I think they have to be BH. Come and go a few times. No idea what else it could be.