MSE Pregnancy Club XIII

aless02

ml - I think we can safely say she's going to be one gorgeous baby! what a cutie - those pics are amazing and she's so adorable! Love the playful 'cub' spirit she's inherited too

tinkerbelluk

Jvic28 wrote: »

Are the rules about partners visiting times the same on all consultant led wards? How many women will be on your ward? I don't think it helped that I was in for just over a week with no sleep before the birth. Hopefully if it did happen again I wouldn't have to be in for so long.

Yeap the rules about partners are the same. As for the number of women on the ward, no idea - will let you know in a few weeks

tinkerbelluk

mollythewestie wrote: »

Tinkerbell - I also have slippers on my list, apparently hard bottom ones are best, as the floors in some labour ward bathrooms are pretty disgusting _pale_
Also a mini fan, or a water spray to keep you cool if its a hot day.

Oh, and a hat for baby to go home in, perhaps a light cotton sun hat.

EDIT: I have also bought one of those mini travel deodorants in Tesco for DH, in case I am in labour a while!

Thanks molly - will update my list now, funny enough I've bought slippers (don't use them in the house) so I'll remember to add them. Also forgot totally about the hat

mountainlioness

Aw, thanks Aless - sweet of you!

yes she was v amusing to watch, almost wish we'd splashed out on the movie rather than just pics. I think she was just in the mood today and feeling playful (the cord got a chomp as well). Her dad and mum are v playful (I suspect she will find this totally embarrassing when older heh heh and pretend she's not with us) - the looks we have got when we out, like when we took the frisbee out to the park and invented various frisbee challenges that involved catching it on the head, doing commando rolls and various other stupid things. DH recently did his shoulder in diving and rolling down the little hill in the garden under the washing line - doh! I love him to bits though for being so willing to give almost anything a try once the idea's been put in his head. He's determined to do everything with her so I suspect we'll have the washing machine on every day after they come back covered in mud or grass yet again (although I'll probably be part of the mischief too )

lou66_2

Ml
How cute you now have me thinking about getting a 3d scan done when far along enough too. It's so hot out there just had a lady in who's due in Aug and she is so big and i felt so sorry for her in this weather at least if i get that big it will be quite cold outside hopefully. Also she said some 13 year old girl would not give up her seat for her on the bus :mad:

Have friends coming over for a wii night thats if oh is talking to me after whipping his butt on bowling (The only game i can play well ) last night, and i have to cook but it's too hot !!!!

Nicki

lou66 wrote: »

Ml
How cute you now have me thinking about getting a 3d scan done when far along enough too. It's so hot out there just had a lady in who's due in Aug and she is so big and i felt so sorry for her in this weather at least if i get that big it will be quite cold outside hopefully. Also she said some 13 year old girl would not give up her seat for her on the bus :mad:

I live in Central London, and on the whole people are great about giving me a seat on the tube, and very poor about doing so on the bus. I think its because the tube has a lot more professional 20-40 year olds of both sexes, whereas where I live the buses have lots of teenagers, old people (who I obviously wouldn't expect to offer their seat) and men from cultures where the women have lots of babies starting young and continuing until they are as old as me , and are just expected to get on with it without complaining. Ironically, its far easier to stand on a tube than those horrible bendy buses, and I regularly almost fall on my tail if I travel on the bus at a busy time.

Glamazon

ML - she is sooooooooooooo cute!! I want one - oh I forgot I got one too!

I actually get annoyed when people offer me seats it's because I am independent and stubborn! I was at a Christening and people were rushing to get me a chair in the church and I was like 'I'm fine I'll stand' - I regretted it 10 mins later but my fault!

I went on the Wii Fit last night - for the first time in 299 days!
Apparently, I've put 1st 12lb on but at least a stone of that is bubs.
Hula Hooping hurts after a while and after doing that and the ski-ing I felt like I'd run a marathon!:rotfl:

Nicki

Glamazon wrote: »

I actually get annoyed when people offer me seats

Your spd isn't as bad as mine then! When people don't offer me a seat, I feel like my spine is cracking after about 10 minutes, and when I get to my destination I can barely walk off the bus or tube .

I'm independent and feisty too in general terms, but when I'm pregnant I am grateful for any offer of kindness which comes my way.

mountainlioness

No-one's offered me a seat on the tube yet but then again I have probably been in that 'danger zone' of possibly just being lardy The bump has def exploded in the last week or so so hopefully on my next trip into London (Fri) I won't have to stand.

Glam - I know a bit what you mean. Not so much with seats (which I don't mind being offered) but with the general fuss and that look of sympathy - head on one side - when people are about to ask how you are in that way that indicates how hard it all must be/they're about to tell you about their terrible experiences. Nodding, smiling and saying you're fine 20 times a day gets a bit waring (and no-one really wants to know if you're actually doing OK!!) It's like no-one wants to talk to me about anything else now - once you are a PG woman, you stop being anything else. Even my own (professional) mother introduced me at a work-related event as 'the daughter who is going to make me a grandmother!

Glamazon

Nicki wrote: »

Your spd isn't as bad as mine then! When people don't offer me a seat, I feel like my spine is cracking after about 10 minutes, and when I get to my destination I can barely walk off the bus or tube .

I'm independent and feisty too in general terms, but when I'm pregnant I am grateful for any offer of kindness which comes my way.

It's def not! I know mine is quite mild - althou I've been limping a lot today!

ML - People always looked shocked when they say 'How are you?' in that - 'oh it must be a struggle' way and I say - 'Great thanks, I love being pregnant! Can't wait for the next one'
However, the last week I have noticed I am slowing down a bit and feeling a lot more tired.

I think I'm going to book the 4 weeks before ML off now so that work expect me to go off then, if I stay on a bit longer then it's a bonus. It's not like anyone's going to be covering my job whilst I'm off.