MSE Pregnancy Club VI

weezl74

molly what a great day you had! :T:T:T:T:T:T truly a money saving mum to be!

Anyone know where I can get hold of some very cheap tennis balls for labour?

tiamai_d

weezl74 wrote: »

Anyone know where I can get hold of some very cheap tennis balls for labour?

What for? All I can think is for throwing at hubby/the stoopid mw/doc who tries to tell you you're not 'in labour' or to turn the telly back on when they turn it off! :rotfl: Sorry, I honestly don't know... Cheap tenny balls, I'd try your pound shop if you have one or good old ebay. If nothing else a petshop should have some too.

redmel1621

weezl74 wrote: »

molly what a great day you had! :T:T:T:T:T:T truly a money saving mum to be!

Anyone know where I can get hold of some very cheap tennis balls for labour?

Dare I ask what for:p

Possibly pound shops? I think ours had a pack of 3/4 for £1

Weezl, I don't suppose in your lovely journals it says whether you can have a sweep before your due date...I know MFD wasn't given one 5 days before, but I am seeing the midwife 2 days before my due date, so if it usually takes 2 days to work maybe they will do it then???

Mel x

tarajayne

Can't stay on tonight, got friends for dinner. Sorry but I came on to post an hour ago but fell asleep. Been busier today than I have been at work all week. Really wanted to catch up with you all, been missing the chat being back at work. Omg I sound like a right whinger, feel a bit rough though, hope your all enjoying your weekends.

Mel, I'm curious too! I read through all todays posts before now I've forgotton!

weezl74

LOL Tia, great ideas, I'll use them for those reasons too I'm sure! :rotfl:

Actually, it's a bit duller than that, but if you stuff an old sock with tennis balls you get a cheap, but good massager for lower back pain during contractions, and hubby/birth partner is less likely to get tired hands and give up just when you need them most!:mad:

Either that or I'll get DH to try to push one out of his penis, so he can totally empathise with my experience!!!!!:o

Mel, I'll see what I can find re: preterm sweeps, my suspicion would be not, cos they'd be scared to make you early in case bubs wasn't ready, lest you sued them, but I'll have a looky!!

p.s eta, Mel, I think it differs according to where you live and each NHS trust's policy, according to this link: http://community.babycentre.co.uk/talk/a506645/stretch_and_sweep_booked_cringe

But one link I found reckoned people could do it themselves! I guess the danger would be of forcing labour before you and baby are ready and then having a long painful labour....?

My_Fathers_Daughter

I have been pondering whether you can do a self-sweep (or whether hubby could do one) for a few days now Weezl...but not really knowing in detail what is involved I kind of ground to a halt!


My hubby has been lovely today - he had worked his little socks off to get things done for Bubba and then went and bought me some Raspberry Leaf Tea (which I better get drinking now!). I love him loads today

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redmel1621 wrote: »

I do this too! It actually annoys me if people touch me or talk to me too much while I am in pain. I had Gall Stones a few years back and used to wake up in the middle of the night in agony...I thought I was going to die some nights! I didn't ever wake dh though as he would of kept asking me if I was ok etc and trying to help me. To anyone who hasn't had Gall Stones, I would rather give birth to 20 kids than ever have those again, the pain was immense.

Mel x

Yep. I have had both too. Gall stones and baby. I would give birth again in a heartbeat rather than have that pain again. WORST pain ever. My stones moved and got stuck in my ducts and caused obstructive jaundice so I was as yellow as Marge Simpson!:rotfl: thankfully won't happen again as I have had my gall bladder removed now. Wouldn't wish that pain on my worst enemy though.

DS is a bit better but not much. Had really bad night with him bless.

searching_me

hello chicks im a bad mum im ordering takeaway for the second night :rotfl:...
ive had a great weekend all problems been talked out and sorted with friend and i feel soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better im glad we got things all out and she was listening to me and everything :rotfl: we did some clothes shopping and went the coffee shop then sat in a department store and sat on the sofa on show for an hour and talked again :rotfl:.... im a happy bunny hope your all well x

Krystaltips

My big shop just came too... Lots of veggies for the slow cooker... And they made a mistake with the catsan.. Sent bob martin stuff instead so I rang and we're getting refunded.... I'm not that bothered really considering what the cats do to it... But it's £17 going back in the bank

Molly, well done on the freebies! I took out a subscription when I went to the babyshow for the freebies too... Think it was Mother and Baby magazine though... Can't remember really... Only signed up for the freebies then cancelled it...

I really really do hope this baby comes early so I can go to the Birmingham baby show!

weezl74

glad you feel better searching me, and well done on the refund kristal:money:

just popped back to say to redmel that there are some quite interesting stories here about women who've had sweeps, which you might be interested in!