MSE Pregnancy Club IX

searching_me

chopsticks wrote: »

Are we talking chocolate eggs or egg thermometers?

eggs thermometer but if theres a nice lovely easter egg might get that to :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sami_Bee

astonsmummy wrote: »

Oh yeah, I never thought of that, I'm sure them mixed with Stella and rum didnt help the situation.
They are called Isobelle and Abigail.
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Aww nice names, thank god she has some class in there

money_maker wrote: »

Would it be really bad if I were to take one of the bars of chocolate from Jasmines egg??????????

I've already eaten one of Chris's and the 2 tubes of smarties from another he's too young to know tho...

chopsticks wrote: »

The very last line on that page is interesting - for babies born at 33-36 weeks, the chance of being "normal" at two years old is 83%. I was surprised at that - I thought it would be higher. As 37 weeks is considered term, I would have thought at 36 weeks, the chance would have been higher than 83%. Although, I suppose that is an average for 33-36 weeks and there is quite a difference between 33 and 36 weeks.

It does say "normal" not "still alive" I mean how many people in general are "normal":rotfl:
just for example; My dad is circumcised for medical reasons, I wear glasses for an astigmatism, my sister wears glasses & was born with hip dysplasia and my mum had to have her hand in a cast from birth - 6weeks as she was born with a slightly disfigured thumb so I suppose all 4 of us would fall into the "not normal" category :D

PS all of us were born post 40 weeks too at varying amounts

chopsticks

searching_me wrote: »

eggs thermometer but if theres a nice lovely easter egg might get that to :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl:

I just wanted to make sure before I replied

I wanted to get an egg (thermometer ) too but my friend who has one said she's not sure how accurate it is. When the room feels cold, the egg says it's OK but when the room feels warm, the egg says the room's a bit cold. Maybe she's got a faulty one

I do the shopandscan thing, so was going to pick a £10 Amazon voucher next time I'm due to receive a voucher and and get it for £6 (I think they were about £16 last time I looked) but now I'm not so sure about it.

tiamai_d

chopsticks wrote: »

I should have read a couple of posts further down before replying to Krystal's post straight away.

Thank for that, it's just what I wanted.

The very last line on that page is interesting - for babies born at 33-36 weeks, the chance of being "normal" at two years old is 83%. I was surprised at that - I thought it would be higher. As 37 weeks is considered term, I would have thought at 36 weeks, the chance would have been higher than 83%. Although, I suppose that is an average for 33-36 weeks and there is quite a difference between 33 and 36 weeks.

Depends on the situation of the birth. DS1 was 35 weeks gestation, induction, 5lb5oz, 2 weeks SCBU for jaundice and is 'normal'. DS2 was 33 weeks gestation, em c section due to placentral abruption, 5lb12oz, 1 week NICU breathing and keeping temperature/feeding issues 1 week SCBU mild jaundice and has mild Cerbral Palsy due to the abruption.

If your baby is born before 37 weeks, every time you speak to a doctor or nurse, the 'prematurity' is mentioned. Babies born before 37 weeks do have higher rates of needing glasses and 'small things' like speech therapy (DS1 had 2 years of glasses from 4-6years and speech therapy) so it can affect the rates, but generally after 28 weeks there is only a very small risk of long term effects. Unless of course there was something else that happened, oxygen starvation, a bleed on the brain, baby needing a lot of help breathing due to whatever, severe jaundice etc.

It's good to know all the facts and figures, but basically, you never can tell.

That's why my fingers are crossed for 28 weeks (guess who has had discussions with her consultant?)

ETA, so DS1 is not 'normal' as he has needed glasses and speech therapy, yet I would not class him as having long term effects from his prematurity. There we go, I have proven some point or other!

chopsticks

Sami_Bee wrote: »

It does say "normal" not "still alive" I mean how many people in general are "normal":rotfl:
just for example; My dad is circumcised for medical reasons, I wear glasses for an astigmatism, my sister wears glasses & was born with hip dysplasia and my mum had to have her hand in a cast from birth - 6weeks as she was born with a slightly disfigured thumb so I suppose all 4 of us would fall into the "not normal" category :D

PS all of us were born post 40 weeks too at varying amounts

Yeh, I think I was reading waaaay to much into that one sentence

Thankfully I have you lovely level-headed ladies to open my eyes and stop my worry levels from going off the scale!

Sami_Bee

oh and here's my list
Nappies, Wipes, vaseline, sudacrem, talc (not recommended these days but hey!) nappy sacks, bin for nappies, place to change bubs('dresser').
cotton wool balls, cotton buds(I like the special baby safe ones from asda).
Clothing: Vests, sleepsuits, scratch mits, socks, hat, jacket, 2 'nice' unisex outfits
Big stuff - pram, carseat, crib, moses basket, travel cot, bouncy chair
Ring Sling, Wrap Sling
blankets, sheets, sleeping bag
Cot mobile – pretty useless IMHO
Muslins
Shawl
bibs
Steriliser, manual breast pump, electric breast pump (from Chris)
baby bath (and a top n tail bowl that I used about 3 times! So deff don't recomend)
bath thermometer
Me: Maternity/birthing/Bfing nighties, maternity pads, boob pads, mats for waters, bio-oil for stretch marks, Bfing pillow, body pillow
Need/want: swaddle blanket, monitor, cot/cotbed, BFing PJs, BFing bras and last put not least an actual nursery!!!

Sami_Bee

chopsticks wrote: »

Yeh, I think I was reading waaaay to much into that one sentence

Thankfully I have you lovely level-headed ladies to open my eyes and stop my worry levels from going off the scale!

:cool: its funny after I wrote that I though, god sound's like I come from a family of freaks :rotfl:Thankfully Chris has got past 2yrs and I think he'd be classed as "normal" :T (unless they class eczema as not normal and he was referred with possible squint but got all clear and although they are monitoring him, his eye sight is way beyond 'normal' but he refuses to wear the patch so they can check the eyes separately)

money_maker_3

Instead of the cot mobile, I had one of the light shows instead and Jasmine absolutely loved it, and also when she was a little bit older we got one of the kick pianos that you put at the bottom of the cot and when they kick it lights and sounds play

Sami_Bee

money_maker wrote: »

Instead of the cot mobile, I had one of the light shows instead and Jasmine absolutely loved it, and also when she was a little bit older we got one of the kick pianos that you put at the bottom of the cot and when they kick it lights and sounds play

I thought about those and the remote control winnie the pooh that has a light up tummy and plays tunes but I found with Chris if he woke at night it was for one of 3 reasons, hunger, nappy or hugs.
i got my mobile for free anyway so no loss for me and I won't be buying anything for this bubba like that unless he seams to want/need it

chopsticks

I'm off to bed now but wanted to say thank you for all the reassuring stories about "normal" (whatever that is) children.

At work, I can be the most calm, level-headed person in the world but when I think about things going wrong with the baby, all sense of reason disappears, so thank you to you all

xxxxx