Helen GV

i'll go anyway as well, need to get out and if it rains will head home :o)

try bananas, rice, apples (grated) and dry toast?

our changing mat has a cover plus removable towels, looks very nice when clean but i haven't used the cover for a VERY LONG TIME as it just kept getting wee-d or poo-ed on. The mat itself is wipe clean and i just cover it with a terry nappy/ towel/muslin which can be easily cleaned. Don't worry about getting the right one as you will probably find early on that there's no such thing! For my changing bag i use a back pack, or just bung stuff in plastic bags and stuff them under the buggy. not very glam i know but i gave up on that a wee while ago too.... :o)

I would second keeping her in the buggy if you can, I've flown with Swiss, Easyjet, Royal Brunei and Emirates this way and it has never been a problem. Otherwise perhaps you could get a soft carrier like an ergo or patapum, they fold up fairly small when not in use... Have a good trip!

Great, thanks edanna. Emski, I'm pretty sure it is in addition to the usual times..

Does anyone know if it is on? or whether it will be closing early?

We'll be there too

Hmm, wonder how the stress of being publicly attacked is affecting the heavily pregnant woman?

would be up for a weekly meet at the horniman/ one o'clock club/ park..

Also just wanted to add that one reason I was so determined not to need insulin was that I thought that if I didn't need it during pregnancy then I would not have to have the glucose/insulin drip during labour. It turned out that I needed it anyway! I know that it's more complicated if you need to have insulin, as they need to get your dosage right, but if you do need it it won't be the end of the world, and it should all go away as soon as the baby and placenta are out so it's not forever.

I had GD during my first pregnancy, and I managed to control it with just diet but only just! I found that I couldn't eat bread at all (or rice or pasta or oats/cereal, no matter how wholegrain is was!), used to have unsweetened yoghurt or soy milk with nuts at breakfast, or a couple of boiled eggs, salad with chicken/fish/chickpeas/beans/omelette/meatballs made without breadcrumbs for lunch, and similar things for dinner. I found that I could have grilled fish with mushy peas and about 5 chips and still be well under 7mmols. Also used to get chicken breasts, grill them or fry them and eat with salad and seeds. Also there's no reason (apart from time and expense, of course) that you couldn't have steak for breakfast with some veg, or leftovers from the night before. hummus and vege sticks should be ok too... Fruit is tricky but I think berries are a very good option, and full of good things for you. you could have (unsweetened)greek yoghurt and blueberries for dessert or a snack perhaps, or even try it sprinkled with assorted seeds (food doctor for eg) for breakfast. looking back it was quite atkins-like! Have to be careful not to go the other way and have too little carbs as then you can get ketones, which are not good for bubs, but might be worth experimenting with tiny amounts of things like baby potatoes. I found I got used to things fairly quickly and didn't miss sweets as much as i thought i would. As well as looking at the GI values of food it might be useful to look at the GL (glycemic load) values too. These values are basically GI values but take into account the actual amount of a certain food you would realistically eat as a portion. GI testing is done on a standard amount, regardless of the food being tested, can't for the life of me remember what it is but I remember reading that to get the high GI reaction from carrots, for example, which have a high GI, you'd have to eat a kilo or so at once. The load on your body when you eat one carrot is actually very low and therefore so is the effect on your blood sugar. Hope that made sense... There are loads of books available on the subject and probably plenty of information online too. Also, do as much exercise as you can. A walk after breakfast if possible might help. I remember crying in the nutritionists office just after being diagnosed, i was so so upset. but in the end it meant that I lost a bit of weight in the last few weeks of pregnancy (was worried about this but the specialists at Kings were fab and assured me it was fine and normal and not affecting the baby) also felt much better while eating so well, and during labour i was looked after by the ruskin midwives who were fantastic. If I think of anything else that worked for me I'll let you know! Best of luck in the meantime x

Has anyone bought the dash model?

asked a similar question myself, link here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,352952,353920#msg-353920 sometimes he still bites me or hits me with something, usually i just say NO but once he hit me quite hard with a wooden drumstick and i pretended to cry, but then he got so upset as he thought he had hurt me that he required a LOT of cuddles to calm him down, and I felt so guilty that I haven't tried that one again. Although, he has never tried to hit me like that again either so...

My guess is that when he arrives you will just see him as your baby, rather than BOY NOT GIRL! The little boys that you are seeing around the place didn't arrive that way, and you won't have to deal with any 'boy' behaviour for a while after he arrives, by which time you will know him so much better! I was a bit worried about how I would cope with having a boy, but he's the best thing that ever happened to me. And he is SO the mummy's boy at the moment :o) Now I am pregnant with a girl, and THAT feels strange! Best of luck with everything x

scary! glad it's all ok :o)

will do :o)

just to say that a couple of us are meeting tomorrow at the Peckham Rye one o'clock club. The more the merrier of course so if anyone feels like joining us let me know and i'll pm you my number.

have you tried reverse psychology? We get quite far with 'for baby? no no no, for daddy/mummy, not for baby, nooooo, oh ok, just this once..' doesnt always work but making a little game might ease the frustration for you at the very least!

i think you have the lead so far, candj... :o)

its good for the arms... not so much for the back though... also just remembered standing in the middle of masses of people in montmatre (sp?) as i couldnt find a bit of wall

on the tube, standing up! was one way to clear a space on carriage with standing room only... plus my husband had to help me get bubs latched on due to the amount of layers i had on so it must have been quite a spectacle.

mine just woke up all sweaty so i've had to change him into a different vest, remove the pillow as it was damp, decrease the blankets, also open the window... how has he survived this long??

just a long shot really, but if there is anyone who will be around the next couple of months and has a spare room, the school I work at is in need of good host families to take students, especially over the summer period. The students come from all over- South Korea, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, China, Taiwan, South America, Turkey, can't think where else but all over! They range in age from 16 upwards, though most are over 18 and the vast majority in their 20's/30's, the oldest I have met was a 75 year old Japanese man! There are two schools, one in Central London near Victoria Station and one in Lee Green. They have been around for many years and have a good reputation, and the students tend to be a very decent bunch of people. Please pm me for more info or you can call the schools directly: Eurocentres London Victoria 020 78344155 Eurocentres Lee Green 020 83185633 and ask to speak to someone about becoming a host family. Cheers! Helen edited to say that 'family' is meant in the broadest sense, hosts can be single men or women, with or without children, pets/no pets etc...

i'll probably cave straight away and head for the one o'clock club. perhaps as craigy suggested we could meet there and then move to the cafe if time permits? Have pm'd those who said they could make it to give my number :o)

yes it's fine for me too, though i suspect baby gv will have me running after him as he tries to scale the fence to get into the 1 o'clock club which runs until 4