[Open] 'Older Mums' buddies thread!

Course you can!! I am due 7th August but joined in cos I am 39! Is this your first?

Good luck polaris with your mw appointment - let us know how it goes! The scan did make it a bit more 'real' especially for OH who I don't think really believed it before! My parents were actually fine about it and seemed a bit shocked but pleased!

I think I have put on about a stone this year I was just about to consider a diet when I got my bfp ... have been eating loads more since giving up alcohol ... not feeling too bad about getting bigger and buying bigger clothes, not yet anyway. golcarlilly i have been buying up cheap maternity clothes off ebay but in a size or two bigger, what kind of trousers are you wearing? is it the ones with adjustable buttons or the stretchy bump ones?

and welcome avabear73 - viability how exciting!

The ones i have on today are JoJo Maman Bebe ones, they have a stretchy band which goes mid-bump, I think that is the problem, the under bump jeans I have are much comfier, I think I am going to see if I can remove the elastic in the waist band and just have the stretchy tshirt bit instead - I think they will still hold up cos they have lycra in the trousers themselves?

Well the appointment with the midwife went well. She was really nice and informative too. Although she was saying don't overload yourself with information - maybe just buy one book and read that. Yeah right!! I still feel that it's all a bit unreal though, less than two weeks to my scan though - can't wait!!

Glad it went well, 2 weeks is not long at all it will fly by!!

yay 2 weeks - it'll be here before you know it - can't wait to see pics

i haven't got any pregnancy books apart from 'the gentle birth method' that my sil loaned me ages ago - all mine are about conceiving! wonder if i should get one? and if so which one? anyone got any?

Hi ladies

Thanks for the welcomes

Yep this is my first .. and I also initially thought it'd be my last but I'm slowly mellowing to the idea of 2 ... never thought I'd be writing that!!!

I didn't buy any books because I didn't want to freak myself out. For me there is comfort in my (not inconsiderable!) ignorance . I'm half dreading ante-natal classes because my little bubble is about to be burst .

As for maternity clothes - it's so hard to get decent stuff. I'm going (at some point this week) to buy one of those bump support band things (technical and knowledgeable, that's me LOL) because sometimes I feel like the bump is heavy and it would be really good to have a bit more support.

On the subject of support, hubby bought me a body pillow a while back and it's great if I'm in bed on my own (nap for example) but I find I get tangled in it or get the covers tangled in it if we're both in bed (and we have a kingsize). Any tips for using it a bit more successfully?

I wondered about getting a bump support too, my bump is killing me by the end of the day, I dread to think how heavy it will be by the end!!

It's not too bad if I'm not doing much through the day, but if I'm working and on my feet a lot, it's really tiring. We're going to have fun come summer eh?!

Looking at your ticker, are you viable today gocarlilly?

Well I have it all ahead of me I can tell! And here was me saying I can't wait to have a bump, I hadn't really considered the weight of lugging it around all day!