MSE Pregnancy Club XV

kindofagilr

Aww lol, hows the angry cat by the way (who I noticed isnt as angry anymore)

PrincessPlaty

Not seen him since this morning im guessing he must be inside nextdoors house again!! I dont know whether you saw my last update on him i get the feeling that next door is enticing all the local cats in :eek:

JAM1376

Hi all

For those having a home birth - my pack just arrived. I'm sure they are all different but here is what it contains (roughly):

Gloves
Wipes
Maternity mats (like those Sami mentioned and I have some of upstairs!)
Nappies/wipes
Emergency box for if the cord prolapses
Knitting needle to break waters (I assume - not a knitting needle but you know what I mean)
Needles/bits to sew me up if needed
Jab to speed up placenta if I want it
Vit K jab for little one
Infant resuscitation kit
Plastic speculum (nice)
Paper trays and bits for placenta I assume
Plastic sheets
Various bags/tubes
Mask for G&A (but midwife will bring cannister when she comes)
Clamps and scisors for cord
Sharps box
Some literature for me (aftercare etc).

My pool also arrived this am (am 37 weeks today so its all happening).

Expected it to make me feel scared but I just a bit excited (I think!!)

HTH somebody! xxx

kindofagilr

Ive just been and read it

Oh that !!!!es me off soo much when people steal other peoples cats! I hope he and the other cats are ok!!!

And it upsets me that you think she might have that other persons cat in there

lou66_2

Aless bet u cant wait !!! on countdown down till 5pm back is killing me

PrincessPlaty

kindofagilr wrote: »

Ive just been and read it

Oh that !!!!es me off soo much when people steal other peoples cats! I hope he and the other cats are ok!!!

And it upsets me that you think she might have that other persons cat in there

Have just done another update there are more missing cats in the area now too and i have noticed several new cats hanging around this morning too :eek:

PrincessPlaty

JAM out of interest where did you get your home birth kit from hun? and what made you decide to go for that one? I have looked at several online recently and they all seem to vary so much it confused me some what!!

always29

Nancmat - found this calculator which might help with maternity pay - the only thing I can't get it to do is put in the actual weeks when you start maternity leave only from the earliest you can start maternity leave (for me this is 13 Sept even though I am not starting until later) but it should give you an indication, just shunt the dates forward for when you are starting your leave for when you might get what. I put in a random figure of £500 for normal weekly pay and it gives this £450.00 per week 13 Sep 2009 to 24 Oct 2009, £123.06 per week 25 Oct 2009 to 12 Jun 2010


http://tiger.direct.gov.uk/cgi-bin/maternity.cgi

lou66_2

Found this earlier on and it's been quite helpfull to me www.pregnology.com/ - on my countdown, also this one http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/pregnancycalendar/l/blpregcalc.htm?p=1 these were posted by someone ages ago. thought it might be handy for newbies

BeenieCat

You know when you make a reeeeeeeeeeeeally nice cup of tea, and you can't seem to make the next one as nice?

I dropped my choc muffin in the first one, and didn't manage to recreate it the next time.

So sad.