[Maverick&Goose]

Purp - i didnt have a choice. My mum ignored my request to stay away - but i am kind of looking forward to being around my type of people.

Ards - the o.ly issue is my step dad being here for the early stages of labour. Hopefully he has a thick skin to absorb the insults that may fly his way. Btw - i love christmas too 6 weeks and 3 days until the tree can go up.

[Happy_daisy]

I'm so looking forward to Christmas this year...was a bit of a blur last year with a 4 week old Looking forward to watching DD's face this year as she opens her presents!!

Mav: I'm highly recommend going to the movies...gold class or something you wont be able to see/do when bubs is here I did less than a week before giving birth, it was great! Sitting in a comfy chair, being served food and watching a movie with a friend...bliss! I even took a towel to sit on in case my waters broke

Hi everyone else!! hope you're all doing well! Belly rubs to all


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[ema78]

Gold class sounds like an awesome idea! Will have to keep that one up my sleeve too! DH is already giving me grief about what I"m going to do in December when I finish work.

Ards did I see you write in the previous thread you are up to 18 weeks today?? I can't believe you are almost halfway already! Not long to go until your big US!!!!!!!!

Purple it was kinda funny to think there was another EB person at the BF class on the weekend and I didn't even realise. Adelaide is pretty small so I think the ABA only run classes in one place, it would have been nice to go to one closer to home for me.

Welcome to all the other new people in the group - I'm loving hearing all your excitement about getting to twelve weeks!

AFM plodding along ever so slowly at 28 weeks. Not much happening baby wise. Actually the past couple of weeks have been a hard slog, I am so tired all the time and struggling as I seem to not be able to get as much done as I used to (this frustrates the bejeepers out of me). Have had a couple of big cries too. DH is starting to get worried that there is something wrong, I'm not sure if its just the hormones or if there is something more to it. So today I've decided to start taking more pressure off myself. I've only got another 6 and 1/2 weeks of work left, and have put in a heap of flexi time lately so that I can try and only work 4 or 4 and 1/2 days in a week, see if that helps. I'm also trying to get DH to help more with the cooking (some success) and cleaning (not as much success yet) around the house, so I am less stressed about doing things when I get home from work. Hopefull it will help and I can get my stuff back together. Today was a better day, and I am feeling a lot more relaxed about things, hopefully thats the way things will stay.

[*Minnie*]

ugh Christmas. I'm not sure how i feel about it this year. Most years I feel its very overrated and always thought it'll be great when we have kids who are old enough to enjoy it.
This year we'll have a tiny baby which I am very excited about but I'm worried about having to travel to my parents and stay there at least one night when all the baby stuff will still be brand new. My parents and grandparents live in two houses on the same block so its a full on time visiting them. No doubt they'll have people pop over to see our baby (the whole country town knows i'm pregnant!).
Hopefully it'll just be for one night so we'll survive but I can see it being a stressful time. They only live 2.5hours away too so its not a ridiculous drive.
Speaking of which, I'm meant to go stay the night at my parents place when i'm 37wks and 3days.... Is it too far to travel do you think? I'm leaning towards telling mum I cant go just in case i go into labour and she has to drive me back, in a hurry!

enough about me though! I hope all is well with everyone

Mav - not long now hunni. Thinking of you!

[Ards]

hi all. sorry about the christmas outburst, I realise some people don't celebrate christmas or get into it like others, didnt mean to bring it up....sorry just got excited as its a big thing for our family

Ards we are boycotting christmas this year....sorry to disappoint you lol - 8 weeks till my due date, I think that's a good enough reason!

Purple - totally understandable!!! I find anything close to my due date is not even on the radar - my birthday, a few friends birthdays and easter is kinda close to my March EDD and I dont care about any of them (not in a bad way, just over excited about my baby - you get what I mean). Just think this will be your first christmas as a family of 3

Ards - the o.ly issue is my step dad being here for the early stages of labour. Hopefully he has a thick skin to absorb the insults that may fly his way. Btw - i love christmas too 6 weeks and 3 days until the tree can go up.

Mav - I get ya! to be honest I reckon if certain ppl are there and you cant handle it or find labour is too full on, tell them to leave, you need space to get thought it...your hubby should be able to read your 'mood' signs so ask him to help you out there. Your parents should understand, its a huge thing for you to go through.

YES I love putting our tree up and buying gifts/wrapping them...this year I'm making santa sacks for Mr A, me and the little one - cant wait!

AFM - plod plod

[Lupes]

Heyo everyone!

Christmas! I usually love christmas, but this year, I can look at it two ways.. The scariest christmas ever, cause we'll have a little one and just be finding our feet, or it'll be the best christmas present ever, with the little one just arrived. I'm gonna try and lean towards the more positive side. And I'll just have to be extra organised to make sure I don't have anything to worry about except csring for the little bundle. We normally put the tree up end of November, I've got the cards sorted, making a start on the pressies I need to buy, and thankfully christmas lunch/dinner is at my mum's house. So we'll only have to turn up to eat! ( and mum's place is only 15 minutes away ) it will likely be our first trip as a family out of the house, too. Just hoping little man comes on time-ish, if we go 10 days over, like they say most first timers do, 3 days before christmas will be a bit more of a worry.

Good luck Mav, hope she's not a stubborn lass and pops out sooner rather than later!

AFM - travelling along fine, feeling huge like, and so glad I finish up work in 2 weeks, even though I've already cut back my hours to 2 days a week, 10 hrs on my feet all day on those two days I'm starting to feel it, getting tired and cranky by the time I finish, poor DP, having to put up with it, too, lucky he loves me!

Big hello's to Purple, Ema, GGM, Ards, Minnie, CBear, P Sound, C Lever, Ash, Scout, Nets, Hazely, and everyone else!

Hope all our most recent new mummy's are doing well with their bubs, too.

[*Minnie*]

Ards you dont have to apologise for getting excited about Christmas! I think it's great you're so excited about it

Afm- have been looking in the shops for clothes I can wear post baby and easily/discreetly breast feed in when out and about. I went to Kmart only to discover they no longer sell maternity/nursing wear!! How ridiculous. Target didn't have much and big W only really have the bonds feeding singlets and maternity wear not nursing too. Grr! Ive been looking online for nursing tops and they are either ugly or way expensive. I won't be out and about feeding heaps so I should be fine with a couple of tops with buttons but it's still annoying.
Ah well.

[Happy_daisy]

Afm- have been looking in the shops for clothes I can wear post baby and easily/discreetly breast feed in when out and about. I went to Kmart only to discover they no longer sell maternity/nursing wear!! How ridiculous. Target didn't have much and big W only really have the bonds feeding singlets and maternity wear not nursing too. Grr! Ive been looking online for nursing tops and they are either ugly or way expensive. I won't be out and about feeding heaps so I should be fine with a couple of tops with buttons but it's still annoying.
Ah well.

Minnie To solve the BFing in public problem I just wear a tank top under everything now. Easy to BF'd in, I just pull my tshirt up and the top of the tank top down. Discreet and much cheaper, comfier and more fashionable than most BF'ing tops I've seen

[PurpleNess]

Minnie To solve the BFing in public problem I just wear a tank top under everything now. Easy to BF'd in, I just pull my tshirt up and the top of the tank top down. Discreet and much cheaper, comfier and more fashionable than most BF'ing tops I've seen

Good Tip Happy - Minnie I'm in the same boat, all the BF tops I've seen just look like hard work, too many folds & bits. I bought a BF singlet from Target last week but it's not really ideal given the inbuilt bra...I'l need a proper bf feeding bra ( 14E currently!). Be good for around home but not really in public.
If I see anything around I'll holler, I want short sleeved / cross over type Tshirts given it'll be hotting up very soon.
Happy Hunting!

[*Minnie*]

Thanks heapsHappy - The couple of tops i did buy are strange - some new kind of fashion i'm not up with- but they're great cause they are short at the front and long at the back, so i figured i'd wear a tank top underneath and it'll be all good

For the most part i'll be at home anyway, but it'd be nice to have something os standby so i dont advertise the goods tot he world.