12-24 weeks pregnant (part 4)

southoftheriver

Hello everyone, I've been a bit quiet recently! I'm 21+4 today and itching to get to 24 weeks. My hyperemesis is better but I'm still nauseous everyday which is difficult. Am back to working full time and have done extra hours in the past few weeks as in the NHS your average maternity pay is worked out from weeks 17-25 so the more I earn the more I'll have when I'm off. Am going to have to come off long days/nights soon though as I am struggling.

Had our anomaly scan last week and it was all good which is such a relief. We're team yellow which is really difficult for me because I am learning how to scan so I know what to look for! I thought I saw but then am second guessing myself so am none the wiser which is good.

Hope everyone is well.

pink_petal

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Prams... Think of where you will use it (countryside? Towns?) how big is your car boot, do you want a travel system which will last longer, inflatable or solid wheels? What sort of price range are you looking at? Will you have a second child soon, maybe one that converts easily to a double?

We live in a town, car boot is a reasonable size but not huge, I have no idea what a travel system is - is that where I can attach a car seat too? I'm torn on that as it would be convenient if baby falls asleep but then it means not having a fixed car seat. No idea which is better/safer!

No idea about the wheels. Didn't even know you could get different kinds! My mum is paying and has given me a budget of £1k but I'd like to spend less than that as I feel guilty. Second child, again no idea.....need to see how I cope with one first!

After our browse we went for food and sat watching other people push prams around the shopping centre, taking note of ones we liked. Our fav seemed to be Stokke but I looked them up and they are pricey- not sure if they are worth it!

pigpen

pink.. yes the stokke are worth it.. we just got the Joolz geo which is amazing.. cheapest place to buy is Oxford Pram Centre and they are fabulous! .. It is recommended bot to use the car seat unless in the car .. such as don't leave them sleeping in it once you are where you are going.. I hate seeing poor little babies screwed up in car seats when they should be laid flat.. some car seat are worse than others and heads loll forwards and the babies look so uncomfy.

Tinks05

Still having a really hard time with sickness here. Threw up in Tesco car park yesterday and then spent the night crying on the bathroom floor with my head in the toilet. Not one of my finest days. 13+4 now, really hoped it would have worn off by now but it's still bad from morning til night. I'm considering ringing my GP tomorrow to see if there's anything I can do but I feel like I've just got to get on with it and stop moaning.

psychopathbabble

Tinks hope you feel better soon

Pink, we were between the cosatto giggle 2 and the silver cross wayfarer. It ticked our boxes... Fit in my car, more urban than country suited, OH liked the colour (this was not the deciding factor!) and my friend has a car seat that we can get adaptors for to fit the chassis. The basket is also a decent size.n we ask needed one that had a high handle for DH as he is so tall. Wouldn't recommend air tyres as if you get a puncture it would be a nightmare!

The giggle 2 has good reviews and won the gold mother and baby award this year. My only issue was the basket size. I have seen it online with a free car seat and something else saving £185.

Regarding car seats, you can get bases they clip into in the car so they are still safe. A few people said to me if you have a baby that has trouble sleeping and they have fallen asleep in the car, it's good to be able to take them out of the car without taking them out of the seat. Remember the rule of them not being in the car seat for any more than 90-120 minutes it without at least a 20 minute break, as its not very good for them. It's also handy being able to strap them into the seat in the house while getting ready... But it's also a personal choice.

Maybe go to a few big shops and ask their advice? I warn you it left my head in a bit of a spin but after a bit of research and looking around, it seemed the wayfarer ticked all our boxes and wasn't ridiculously priced. Good luck!!

Kynthia

Pink Petal I went off chocolate last time and was more into savoury snacks and I had a girl. To be fair though I think it's more relevant after the nausea has worn off as everyone wants carbs when feeling yukky.

Creating a new person is tiring plus you've got 50% more blood and other stuff going on. So you will get more tired than pre-pregnancy but it does improve into the 2nd trimester. However if you are realky struggling get checked for anaemia as it's incredibly common in pregnancy and I was already borderline at 13 weeks. So taking an iron supplement a day at my midwife's recommendation. Last time I was put on 3 tablets a day at about 26 weeks as I was having to drag myself out of bed each day.

Southoftheriver I'm glad your sickness is improving. I don't know how you've coped as I couldn't take the nausea anymore and i had it daily for 11 weeks (5-16). Both my mum and sister thought they saw something on her scan years ago and so named the bump 'baby max'. When she had a girl she couldn't think of a name for 2 weeks.

Tinks if it's bad then see your GP. However I found my nausea started to ease at 15/16 weeks and now I get really hungry instead. Hopefully yours will improve really quickly.

pink_petal

Thanks ladies. I'll have a wee look at some of those pram suggestions!

Hubby informed me this morning that our car has isofix fittings. I know as much about cars as I do about prams so not sure what this means! DO we not need one of the base thingies if we go for an isofix carseat?

I absolutely didn't mean I'd leave the baby in the carseat for walking around...just if it (hate saying 'it') fell asleep in the car I could then just take it from car to house in the seat, less faffing around with keys and bags and whatever else. I definitely wouldn't go shopping or walk around for a prolonged period of time!

So confused! I think I'll definitely have to go to a big pram shop for some advice and to play around with them. The girls in Mamas and Papas were good but seemed to be quite sales orientated rather than offering advice.

psychopathbabble

pink_petal wrote: »

Hubby informed me this morning that our car has isofix fittings. I know as much about cars as I do about prams so not sure what this means! DO we not need one of the base thingies if we go for an isofix carseat?

Some car seats can go in to the car and you just pop the seatbelt around them to secure. Some you can buy an isofix base which clips into your car securely (somehow, haven't looked at it myself yet) and the car seat then clips into the base. The talk at mothercare suggested the bases will tilt the infant too far in some cars which restricts their breathing, so look into it first

I went in to two mothercares and they were very different experiences... in good ways. Definitely try a couple of big shops, or if you are anywhere near peterborough I've heard good things about kiddicare... a huge store and they even have a track you can push the prams round on to test!

pigpen

pink.. if you have isofix in the car you can get one of the bases which clips to the fixings in the car and the car seat just attaches on the top.. but they really don't look stable enough to me.. we used one for a short time and it was easier to just strap the seat in with the seatbelt. Our bigger seats clip directly to the isofix and have a bar from the seat to the floor of the car to stabilise it which is much more secure. But if you get the isofix car seat you do not need the base.. that is correct.

Depending on the angle of the seats in your car you may need to look at different seats for the baby.. our seats are really flat but in my mothers volvo they slope backwards so the baby would be more upright resulting in the head lolling forwards and restricting breathing. There are a couple of seats which do lay flat.. our Besafe Go is quite laid back too.. it works ok in the volvo too which our britax one didnt, that was unusable in it.

MancMama4

Hi All, 12+3 and dipping my little toe in... our scan today went well. E.D.D 6th Jan 17

Prams, buggies, car seats... its a minefield this 12-24 thread!!!! A whole new world awaits...

Hope everyone is well Xx