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MSE Pregnancy Club VIII

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  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    ender4 wrote: »
    Hi, wife is in week 5, and we haven't a clue whats going to happen.

    has anyone got a sort of checklist/calendar of pregnancy?
    ie: what you should do? and when?
    week x - 1st scan
    week x - apply for xx
    week x - 2nd scan

    Also, can my wife get free prescriptions now? Does she need to prove she is pregnant?

    Finally, at what point should you let people know you are pregnant?
    like parents? friends? work? i'm bursting to start telling people.

    i'm excited & scared at the same time!!

    shoudl i like buy a book about pregnancy? or just be more relaxed about it all, and go with the flow?

    I got my husband a book called The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy by I think it was Jon Henley, and I read it too and thought it was good.
    emlou2009 wrote: »
    actually scrap that, my OH bought me a Rough Guides book called pregnancy and birth by kaz cooke, its factual but funny cos its got her week by week diary in it too and we read it LOTS, would recommend it to anyone!

    I got that book and early on I thought it was quite good although I hated the diary bits which I didn;t think were funny, and now i'm further on I don;t think it's very good at all. It's OK for a laugh at the start but the info in it isn;t that great and it's very random which week it puts it in.
    HypnoNu wrote: »
    Hi funky_snow, not sure how much you were looking to spend but what about a doppler to let her hear little ones heartbeat inbetween scans and appointments, or maybe something to pamper herself like a voucher for pregnancy massage, i'd kill for one of those right now!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Both of these are great ideas! I have a doppler I've used loads, and OH is buying me a preggie lady health special from the local salon for later on as it looks fab.
    Evening ladies. Midwife appointment went well and everything is fine. Apparently policy here is stretch and sweep at term + 7 days then again at term + 9 days and if all else fails induction at term + 12 days. I have decided to opt out of the stretch and sweep all together so have an antenatal appointment on 17th April to arrange induction for 20th April. It hopefully will not get to that though.

    Just so you know - they cannot make you be induced or have a sweep at any point - it's totally up to you. So if you don;t want it, just decline :)

    Nikabella - I'm so sorry :A

    I have nothing to report today. Baby is quite quiet butprobably just growing at the moment. I went to Space NK to get another tube of the stretch mark cream my friend got me from there for my birthday but it was £23 :eek: I think I'll get some Bio oil instead.
    :cool: DFW Nerd Club member 023...DFD 9.2.2007 :cool:
    :heartpuls married 21 6 08 :A Angel babies' birth dates 3.10.08 * 4.3.11 * 11.11.11 * 17.3.12 * 2.7.12 :heart2: My live baby's birth date 22 7 09 :heart2: I'm due another baby at the end of July 2014! :j
  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Eurgh! Smilie faces and fish fingers are not kids food!!! Party food, treat food, but no staple diet!

    Some folk just aint got a clue. My friends SIL feeds her brood junk, like jelly for breakfast and chocolate mouse for dinner (the cheap asda price ones). And friend and her OH ALWAYS come home ill after vistiting!
  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
    MM, I have a wriggler tonight too! Only started after tea.. had pasta in tomato sauce with sausage, onion, mushroom and soy sauce and garlic bread - baby rocket fuel?! :confused: The garlic bread was very yummy - harvester baguette, two for £1 from Morrisons :)
  • money_maker_3
    money_maker_3 Posts: 9,591 Forumite
    Stoptober Survivor
    Might be sausages that do it then as that is what I had for tea too !!!!!!!!!!!
    The two best things I have done with my life
    :TDD 5/11/02 :j DS 17/6/09 :T
    STOPTOBER CHALLANGE ... here we go !!
  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    my gay husbands soon to be ex is trying to drag info out of me about him ... i dont do he said she said and what ever friends tell me is in confidence so just had to ring my GH and tell him this of course its not his fault he didnt make him ring me at 10:45pm but still dont like being dragged in to things that have nowt to do with me ... grrrrrr x
    :)Still searching .....:)
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    edited 8 April 2009 at 11:00PM
    Random I now BUT how weird does Jodie Marsh look???
    (you thought it couldn't get any weirder :p)
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/pictures/2009/04/08/jodie-marsh-for-playboy-co-uk-115875-21263671/

    Personally loving the description by Polly Hudson "Michael Jackson + Claudia Winkleman = Jodie’s new look"
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • money_maker_3
    money_maker_3 Posts: 9,591 Forumite
    Stoptober Survivor
    searching, I didnt know your husband was gay:rotfl:
    The two best things I have done with my life
    :TDD 5/11/02 :j DS 17/6/09 :T
    STOPTOBER CHALLANGE ... here we go !!
  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    sami cant decide if she looks better or worse :rotfl: x
    :)Still searching .....:)
  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    searching, I didnt know your husband was gay:rotfl:

    oh yer best relationship ... great to go shopping with and were both quite happy to cheat on each other :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: x
    :)Still searching .....:)
  • Hello ladies, I can't keep up with you all this week but I have been reading though at my own pace and I have laughed, cried and congratulated you all but haven't had time to post!

    xx
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