MSE Pregnancy Club V

ChasingButterflies

elle - maternity jeans (comfy) white t-shirt (ditto) red and white scarf tied round waist/bump with eye patch and/or hat? My thinking being over the course of the night you can lose the accessories (but then again I am not much fun!:D)

Triggles

Aw, just shock them all. Stay with the Planet Hollywood theme - and be Demi Moore in her infamous "naked and pregnant" photo shoot!:rotfl:

Sorry I've been MIA for over a week. FIL collapsed last week and has been in hospital. He's finally started to get better the last couple days - they initially told us they didn't think he'd make it. Such a relief to see him making progress. But it's been a long stressful week.

On the flip side of that, in order to relieve a little stress and give ourseles a break, we took one afternoon and did a little baby shopping - we bought a moses basket and stand at Mothercare. And we dug out all the baby clothing that we had packed up that DS has outgrown - and sorted it by size. Wow. There is a lot there! I have a huge box overflowing with 0-6mos sizes that I'm going to organise tonight. Then put aside to wash and dry this summer so it's fresh and ready yto go.

Hope everyone has been doing well. I'm going to have to read back some pages.

astonsmummy

This thread in DT has been an eye opener, it's about reducing the number of elective C sections, now i'm $hitting myself about going overdue!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1491621

Nicki

I see lots of you are thinking of/or have bought already the IKEA cots. Has anyone actually used them with another baby though? I'm a bit wary of them as I bought a wooden highchair from IKEA for DD2, which looked fine and sturdy, but which literally collapsed like matchsticks after about 6 months use. Are the cots and changing tables more hardwearing? I wouldn't fancy my little one being able to remove the struts from the cot and escape in the night...

elle_gee

Nicki wrote: »

... I wouldn't fancy my little one being able to remove the struts from the cot and escape in the night...

There was a thread a while ago about a little one doing that to a Mothercare crib too.. will see if I can find it..

ETA: Found it - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1322989&highlight=mothercare

Triggles

We bought our cotbed for DS from ToysRUs - silly thing is obviously incredibly sturdy to still be lasting through the "incredible jumping boy" that is DS!

Sami_Bee

astonsmummy wrote: »

This thread in DT has been an eye opener, it's about reducing the number of elective C sections, now i'm $hitting myself about going overdue!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1491621

You'll be fine AM induction for a VBAC isn't massively risky they just have to monitor your scar don't let people scare you


Ps. The article is about my PCT - good job I'm not "too posh to push" :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

Nicki wrote: »

I see lots of you are thinking of/or have bought already the IKEA cots. Has anyone actually used them with another baby though? I'm a bit wary of them as I bought a wooden highchair from IKEA for DD2, which looked fine and sturdy, but which literally collapsed like matchsticks after about 6 months use. Are the cots and changing tables more hardwearing? I wouldn't fancy my little one being able to remove the struts from the cot and escape in the night...

I haven't used a cot although I'm considering a jnr bed.
I do however have the sniglar (sp??) changing table and have used it solidly for 2yrs (even tho it says to use for under 12mths) It has been fantastic and would be still going strong if i hadn't replaced it for something a bit posh looking:D

I have had the plastic high chair recommended to me a few times and I have to say we go to ikea often and Chris really likes sitting in those and he's a bit fussy about highchairs now he's older.

I certainly think that expensive high chairs are a waste of money - don't even bring up the sudject around my OH he's still p'ed off about me buying the Chicco Polly and hardly using it oh well hopefully I'll get something for it after bump has used it

chalky_bertie

Can someone tell me where I can get a seat-belt thingy that you use on a normal car seat-belt for preganant women that makes the belt go lower down ( i think).

Thanks

Sami_Bee

chalky_bertie wrote: »

Can someone tell me where I can get a seat-belt thingy that you use on a normal car seat-belt for preganant women that makes the belt go lower down ( i think).

Thanks

Ta da! http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=11051&productId=12264
that's the one I have and I got it from boots with my points at the time :cool: