MSE Pregnancy Club IX

jillie1974

thats how i feel scared. daft isnt it.

thanks for the info re scan. just hadnt been mentioned to me that i would or wouldnt see mw. i presumed (daft i know) i wouldnt see her!!
oh well...
night night

Sami_Bee

night night, sleep tight

The skin on my bump feels like its going to rip open any second now :shocked: ouchy!

tiamai_d

Sami_Bee wrote: »

_pale_ what did he put up there?????

A gogo. Then ran downstairs screaming that it was bleeding.... like duh! :rolleyes: I have always told him not to play with it cos it'll fall off.... but do they listen? :rotfl:

Tara, nice healing vibes for your DD.

Just had a bath and while I was in there I was poking my belly. I found a weird lump which I am assuming is just a fatty deposit or strange bit of ligament (it had no pulse so not an artery) but it was about 2cm long and felt very much like a tube.... I wonder if my minera has turned up? *shudder* doubt it, but still, that's what popped into my head!

On the other hand if you mix some bio oil into a bottle of sanctuary moisture spray it goes even more lush!

elle_gee

Just popping back in again.. Grr, hate not being able to keep up with everyone properly, but I feel I have to give my laptop to OH as he's doing so well with staying with my parents! Using my mum's now..

Hugs to all who need or want them xx

Just remembered I've got an app with midwife tomorrow :eek: First AntiD jab (of this pregnancy anyway) and blood tests for iron levels, I think. What else do they do at the 28wk app?

searching_me

sami thats exactly how my bump feels... like one more kick and its gonna be a scene out of alien :eek: x

elle_gee

Oh, just found this again - explains what happens when. Shelvis very usefully posted it a while ago

Tonight's question from me.. what other kit do I need for breastfeeding/expressing, assuming I can do it? I only have the TT CTN micro steriliser (and the bottles which came free with it) and breast pump so far. What do I need in the way of teats and for storing expressed milk?

Also, how long between birth / establishing breastfeeding and being able to give expressed milk from a bottle? I think I've read somewhere about leaving it a few weeks so baby doesn't get confused.. I realise I'm just looking for the textbook answer and I'm sure it's different for everyone.. All advice and help (and links to read later!) gratefully appreciated!

Right, I'd best be off to bed.. back to work tomorrow Night night all xx

Sami_Bee

elle_gee wrote: »

Oh, just found this again - explains what happens when. Shelvis very usefully posted it a while ago

Tonight's question from me.. what other kit do I need for breastfeeding/expressing, assuming I can do it? I only have the TT CTN micro steriliser (and the bottles which came free with it) and breast pump so far. What do I need in the way of teats and for storing expressed milk?

Also, how long between birth / establishing breastfeeding and being able to give expressed milk from a bottle? I think I've read somewhere about leaving it a few weeks so baby doesn't get confused.. I realise I'm just looking for the textbook answer and I'm sure it's different for everyone.. All advice and help (and links to read later!) gratefully appreciated!

Right, I'd best be off to bed.. back to work tomorrow Night night all xx

Elle - there is a more official list on page 4 of this :cool: NICE guidlines for Antenatal care

and next bit you don't really need anything else to start off
not essential for a while but if you wanted to you could get some milk storage thingys like these
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10052&productId=12592&callingViewName=&langId=-1&catalogId=11051
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10052&productId=857078&callingViewName=&langId=-1&catalogId=11051
or you could get lids for your bottles (you get 1 of these with the breast pump) http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/closer_to_nature_milk_storage_lids_pack_of_3_/

General guide I think is 6weeks to get BFing established before a bottle but I think some have managed earlier than that - Krystal???

The teats that ur bottles have come with will be fine

Sami_Bee

searching_me wrote: »

sami thats exactly how my bump feels... like one more kick and its gonna be a scene out of alien :eek: x

the only time my bump doesn't feel tight n sore is if I lie back but that makes me feel a bit sick after a few mins:rolleyes:

Did u see that comp I linked before to win a years supply of jelly belly beans?

EDIT: what's worse ur neighbours of these; http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090427/tuk-wife-faces-trial-over-noisy-sex-dba1618.html

code-a-holic

Im being induced today!

I havnt posted very much recently but been following you all. Hoping that when im checking back on the thread once baby is here some more of you would have popped!

jacksons_mum

Glamazon wrote: »

so 3 scans tomorrow then.

keep us posted and I'll pop on with my flavour (hopefully)

ive got mine too, at 9am so best make a move, im still not sure if we are going to find out the flavour or not, im 99% sure its a boy!