Hi Wendy
What great news! Continue to jiayou and just enjoy the rest while you can! When the bb's out, you won't have time to rest le!!
Bb essentials
Are you sure you need so many items? Blender and steamer, you have in the kitchen then don't need le. When they start solids you don't need to sterilise everything anyway.
Teats and bottles
I don't mean to be wet blanket but you might not want to get them so early? First your bb might not need them eventually. I rem I used only one medicine shop teat for the time I want to go out wo bb. The rest of the teats , after storing for a few months (maybe I didn't store them properly), they all melted... Or kinda grew sticky.
My children hardly used the bottle. I used glass bottles and any kind of teats (mainly for in laws when I go out). They transit from breast to cup by the time they are 7 mths or so, so even when they transit to fm, they drink from cup.
So watch and wait a bit, see what your bb likes. bottles and teats are cheap so don't need to stock up.
Breastfeeding
We can all read a lot of positive stories on BFg to psy ourselves up. It's very important. Tell yourself it's the best, it's ok, slight initial pain will pass then it's a breeze. Imagine don't have to get up at night to make milk!
There was someone who told me she got depressed coz she felt like milk cow. Only there to feed the child and don't get to play with child. My hb has a simple calculation for bfg mums. If you spend half hour feeding every cycle and feed 6-8 times a day, you are spending 3-4 hours bonding with your child wo even having to move from the sofa!! Watch tv, read books, watch DVD, and you're still bonding!
So must tell ourselves, we can do it!
Bloated tummy
Thought I ate too much that's why I feel bloated
