Hey Bek!

I am only a tiny bit PG, so have nothing yet, but wanted to tell you our plans anyhow. Basically no-one will be told, nothing will be bought until i have passed 12 weeks due to my prev. m/c's. In fact i doubt i will buy much until i am starting my third tri, just becasue we only have a small flat and i can't handle having to live with a pram etc in the house we aren't using.

I am planning to ask my father to make us a cot which is adjustable to make a bedside bassinet, you know which attaches to our bed with the side down so we are in the same "bed", but we can't roll on him/her etc. You can buy them in the US but my Dad is very handy and they are very costly, so i'm going to see if he can help. My friend had one which was basically a cot with the side off and the mattress 1" below hers (so bubs couldn't roll into her bed), and a sort of flap which bridged the gap between them, she would just scooch over and undo her bra in the night for feeds, she said she could actually sleep through feeds by the time bubba was 3 months. They put the side on the cot and moved it to his own room when he was 5 months and she went to him for the one remaining night feed.

There is a really good second hand baby market near us, with reconditioned second hand everything, from prams to baby-carriers to sterilisers. I will be buying everything except the car seat and the shoes (when s/he is big enough to need shoes) second hand. The stuff is lovely, stuff worn only for a few weeks and even quite a lot of unworn things, unwanted gifts etc.

I have a good amount of baby lace weight wool, and i am slowly starting a shawl, which was going to be for a friend but between my tiredness and my new inability to do the maths necessary to make the pattern work, it is now going to be for my baby. My friend has been desperate for me to have a kid so i'm hoping my pregnancy will soften the blow of the loss of the shawl (she already has one i knitted for her 1st baby). Once i have passed 12 weeks i will begin to knit clothes for the baby too.

Also, i plan to make my own baby sling from bright fabric which i will buy probably in the 3rd tri.

As i'm sure you can tell, i am already VERY excited about all this. \/

Sorry for my ramblings...

Hana