MSE Pregnancy Club V

ticklepenny_2

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Happy Birthday Feelie

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:bdaycake: I hope your day gets better and so ....happy birthday for the rest of today!:bdaycake:

ticklepenny_2

jacksons_mum wrote: »

the doctor has given me a prescription for folic acid, im guessing i will have to pay for it as i dont have a maternity exemption cert yet? is it cheaper to buy it in boots?

I am at 26 weeks and still no exemption certificate..... any one know who I should chase for this?But I have just said to pharmacist that I am pregnant and they give me the prescriptions for free anyway.

EDIT: I have just found it lol



Pregnant women and those who have had a baby in the last 12 months get free:

NHS prescriptions, and
NHS dental treatment if you're pregnant when accepted for the course of treatment, or if you've had a baby up to 12 months before the treatment.
To entitle you to free prescriptions you must complete application form FW8 to get a Maternity Exemption Certificate. The form is available from your GP, midwife or health visitor. You can apply once your pregnancy has been certified by a GP or midwife, or any time during the 12 months following the birth of your baby.

The certificate will be valid from the first day of the month when the application is received until:

12 months after the expected date of the baby's birth, or
12 months after the baby's date of birth (if the baby's already been born).
If you need to pay for any prescriptions before you receive your certificate you may be able to claim a refund. Make sure you ask your pharmacist for the official NHS receipt, form FP57 (WP57 in Wales) when you pay.

Nicki

Can I have some ideas for what to drink instead of wine on Monday night when OH is taking me out for a meal in a nice restaurant? I'm going to feel about 2 years old if I have a glass of lemonade or coke with my meal! What do other people do on special occasions? I'm only going to be 7+3 so don't want to risk a small amount of wine yet (if I ever do, the guidelines for my last 2 pregnancies were no alcohol at all so I've always stayed dry throughout though I know they've now changed to allow the odd glass of wine in the last two tris

searching_me

nicki you could ask for soda water or see there non alcholic section .. nicer then saying pop :rotfl: x

My_Fathers_Daughter

Nicki - I drink sparkling water when I'm out. With ice and a slice it is the only thing that makes me feel like I have got a 'grown up' drink!!
If I have coke or anything like that I drink it far too quickly, but I will sip at a sparkling water for ages.
Also, if you are in a nice restaurant you can often get a bigger bottle which will last you the night.

ticklepenny_2

I like orange juice with lemonade to go with a meal, OH likes his cranberry juice.:D :beer:

Millie's_Mum

Grapefruit and soda

Nicki

I like the sound of grapefruit and soda - never heard of that before. We would usually order a bottle of sparkling water with a bottle of wine when we go out, so I think I might feel a bit deprived if that's all I could have with the meal! Am happy to have a mixer with nothing mixed for a pre-dinner drink though

searching_me

actuallly mmmmm i like the sound of grapefruit and soda ... might make that one at home ... now when you say soda it that soda water or lemonade because it depends where you go x

Krystaltips

tarajayne wrote: »

Why didn't he run?

Oops. gotta go school, back in a bit!

Cos he's an ar5e.. Was too busy laughing at me... She was ok BTW... Got her foot stuck thnakfully so just dangled upside down for a min until I got to her...

Searching, my lips have been dry pretty much the whole way through, gets on my wick too... Especially when I wake up in the morning and they're split right down the middle!

Nicki, I like a J2O mixed with soda... Find them too sweet on their own but a dash of soda makes them just right...