MSE Pregnancy Club XIII

jillie1974

if ds gets the 'pox' i would buy camomile lotion and db it on at night time or after a bath etc it certainly helps relieve the itching. my mum used it on me and i have no scars at all from the pox. oh mum didnt use any and he has some small scars,. (though he may have been naughty and picked at them...)

jillie1974

searching_me wrote: »

look at these ladies ... yummmmmmmmmmmmm...
http://www.thorntons.co.uk/ThorntonsSite/category/Ice_Cream/ x

right thats it, heartburn now so getting the rocky road out!!

elastigirl

I think i prefer it to be called a sweep than a cervical scrap around _pale_
I asked my mother in law how sister in law was as she is 7 days over due and she replied she was having the above term. Yuk it made me shudder, She then wanted details of what they did to me in hospital :eek: Not something i wanted to talk about really. Hubby said put it this way the MW was up to her elbow _pale_

nessquic80

searching_me wrote: »

look at these ladies ... yummmmmmmmmmmmm...
http://www.thorntons.co.uk/ThorntonsSite/category/Ice_Cream/ x

£25 it got to be good!!!

skintchick

jillie1974 wrote: »

i wish we qualified for it...

the classes that NCT do near us are £120

that buys us a cot, mattress, bedding and lots of nappies.

will i miss out on something if i/we dont go??

That depends. I'm doing private classes (not NCT) and so far haven;t learned anything I didn't know already.

BUT, I have read eight books, researched everything on the internet, talked to other women about births, gone on forums (not just this one) and basically armed myself with loads of information. I also have a doula and have talked to her about lots of things and she has researched things for me.

The other people on my course seem not to have read anything and everything we are being told is new to them.

So, if you have or are able to read lots of books and get yourself full of information then you could get away without doing the classes, but if like most people you don;t have the time to do that, then I'd say you do need the classes.

Also, they are good for meeting people and showing up any gaps in your knowledge - I have some still to go and it's possible that something will crop up that I haven;t covered already (actually I think it's unlikely but I have an open mind!).

If you want to go down the book route, I'd personally recommend:

Childbirth Without Fear by Grantley !!!!!!-Read
Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

as the two essential reads. I found them invaluable in terms of finding out about labour rather than pregnancy.

searching_me

jillie1974 wrote: »

if ds gets the 'pox' i would buy camomile lotion and db it on at night time or after a bath etc it certainly helps relieve the itching. my mum used it on me and i have no scars at all from the pox. oh mum didnt use any and he has some small scars,. (though he may have been naughty and picked at them...)

i used camomile lotion on zoe when she got them but she still got scars x

SugarSpun

OK. Dishes are done, laundry is in, I'm only missing one more phone number (if one of you wants to be on our text list to be first to pass on the exciting news shout up), labour bag is just awaiting the baby clothes so all that's left is the bedroom. Vague tidying, bedmaking and vacuuming are all that's required.

I can do that before 1pm and perhaps sit back with a book this afternoon. Or do some more householdy stuff. My list for tomorrow has something I can't do today on it, so I could clean the bathroom/toilet/kitchen from the weekend list instead.

Edit: oh no, shingles? *hugs*

searching_me

nessquic80 wrote: »

£25 it got to be good!!!

theres 3.5litres of it x

nessquic80

so im 31+4, has anyone around this stage packed a bag??
Oh, last sunday i dragged myself to Quorn carboot and found a loola footmuff with the pushchair and car seat, looked ok for £50 all i wanted was the muff cus i got the pushchair a few weeks ago from the grabbit on here, i asked her how much for just the muff and she told me £10 cus is nearly new, only used a few times, i snapped her hand off, have you seen how much these things go for on ebay??

nessquic80

searching_me wrote: »

theres 3.5litres of it x

ok, i suppose, but i dont really do ice cream, im a wine gum/haribo kin da girl!!:D:D