MSE Pregnancy Club XVI

kindofagilr

Hey all

I am 16 weeks today EEK lol

I'm at midwife tomorrow, where I presume I get to hear the heartbeat?

I am going to try B as well but I want some forumla in the house just in case I cant BF or something

FYI I thought follow on milk was for babies when they are 6 months + I prob have that totally wrong lol

Hello Hammy well done on baby bean

I go 7p over the pound on ebay

Awww JAM Charlotte is gorgeous, is the suit with the ears on from mothercare?

Congrats Fitzio and welcome baby Holly

I anyone wants to add me on facebook feel free, I posted in the MSE group I'm RM

Harley - when you due again? I am too lazy to look for the list lol

IS anyone elses back sore? My back is killing me at the base, like just above the bum? I know backs can hurt but I didnt think so at 16 weeks? is it worthwhile mentioning it to midwife tomorrow?

Did anyone else watch The Living Body? my god there was a birth at the start and me and OH watched it and I was like OH MY GOD NO, I dont want to do that, I dont want to do that, help lol

How do you stop MIL touching your bump? she is the only one so far who thinks its ok to touch my bump and its driving me crazy! all OH says when I whinge to him is "oh well we cant ask her to stop" why the flip not!!!!!!

Congrats - Jillie I think I missed your birth, congrats and welcome Kian

About shortening names, I dont really care about that, I think kids shorten their friends names or make up random nicknames for them anyway, but MIL my !!!!ing god all she ever says to us is "when you think of names, think hard and pick a one that cant be shortened, you dont want a name that can be shortened" and I am like AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!! woman

Nightmare, I was off work last week ill and I was trying my work tops on with my new maternity trouswer and !!!!!!! hell I only have 3 tops that I can wear!!! eek I need to go shopping again!

I went back to ASDA to get the box of baby wipes and they had sold out we are going to try a bigger ASDA later this week

Congrats Jjadee its great isnt it

I am off to bed, I am staf training all week and it has my head battered, its so hard learning how to calculate state pensions!

BeenieCat

tis no fun on eBay when you've got no money!!

I was looking at prams, that gave me a headache, so moved on to fire surrounds now lol.

Want this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290351735136&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

fattybooboo

Hi everyone, just caught up finally.

I am tired tonight as started training my job to the lady who is taking over today, cant say I like training people but she is ever so nice so cant complain.

My bump has felt much harder and stretched and 'stuck out' today and I get a sore area near my belly button too sometimes lately but only when im prodding around. I guess as time goes on bump will feel like this more of the time?

Lol Kindof, I have only had 1 person touch my bump without being offered so far, its one of DH mates (so yes a male!!) and it totally weirds me out. Ive no problem if my girl friends wanna touch and I invite them too, but for a bloke to do it seems odd, hes done it twice on 2 seperate occasions now!! Good luck at the midwife btw, yes they listened to the heartbeat on my 16wk appt so hopefully they should for u too.

Bear_family

One thing nobody told me.

Along with the bleeding after birth I would pass what looked like my own lung but was actually part of the placenta that hadn't come away. If this happens to you, save it for the MW and show her just to be sure.

In my hospital they also gave me pads.

Bearx

BeenieCat

Just wondered what you all thought of this btw... My sis gave me some baby stuff and i told her when i get my surestart grant i will give her money for them, as it's all brand new or hardly used and she could have easily sold it all on eBay.

• Mamas & Papas Moses Basket with wooden rocking stand (link)
• Lindam Bottle Warmer (think it's like this one)
• Avent Express Steam Steriliser (link)
• Phillips Baby Monitors (link)
• Pack of 2 Mothercare bottles
• Baby bath
• Breastmilk freezer bags

How much should i give?! I wouldn't have bought any of this at the full prices, i'll be getting everything from boot sales so don't want to spend too much still

harley1

Kindof, probably missed you now but due tomorrow. (Tuesday). I also had issues with the cleaner at work touching my bump - I hated it (mostly cos she didn't ask, just lunged at me, and 2ndly she'd just finished cleaning the loo, EEEK) I just used to avoid her but that's not so easy with MIL I guess. Think you need to say something though cos she wont just suddenly stop she'll do it more and more

Beenie, love that fireplace. And seems a real bargain too.

Bear, thanks for that, I do remember reading it now but had forgotten. Probably would have completely freaked out if I had found that sometime next week so thanks again for the reminder. How are you and baby Nathaniel doing?

xxxxx

BeenieCat

Bear_family wrote: »

One thing nobody told me.

Along with the bleeding after birth I would pass what looked like my own lung but was actually part of the placenta that hadn't come away. If this happens to you, save it for the MW and show her just to be sure.

In my hospital they also gave me pads.

Bearx

Lol Bear This happened to me too, i posted about it a while back http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=24100825#post24100825

Was very strange!

Bear_family

harley1 wrote: »

Bear, thanks for that, I do remember reading it now but had forgotten. Probably would have completely freaked out if I had found that sometime next week so thanks again for the reminder. How are you and baby Nathaniel doing?

xxxxx

We are doing very well, thank you. Had issue with him not sucking enough in the beginning so he had slight jaundice and I wasn't producing enough colostrum, coupled with him being early meant he was very small and tired so he didn't want to breast feed, so Nathaniel is on the bottle. Not what I thought would happen but he is thriving now.

I can't believe how much he sleeps and he hardly ever cries. He's very good. He has still turned our world upside down!

I will post a pic when I can get OH to show me how!

Bx

harley1

Glad to hear he is settling now Bear, even if it is not quite the way you had in mind. And if he is sleeping and not crying loads then he must be a very contented little lad, well done.

Love to see pics when you know how. Hopefully I'll have one of my own to post soon. I'm tempted to go and steal my friends trampoline. Just need to get rid of this cold first then I will start on the curry and pineapple and stuff.

xxxxxx

three2be

Evening all, quiet night again then!

Well i gutted all the fish and filleted them managed to off load some onto a neighbor who loves fresh fish but cant stand filleting them and i gave my mum some as a thank you for the car today. The rest is bagged and in the freezer.

Managed to reprogram the keys for the car so that's money saved. It is just me and OH tonight the kids went to mums just in case they keys fail in the morning. DS is very happy he loves to walk to school but he cant from here as theirs a main road and i wont let him cross it, mums is only five minutes from his school.

The dog is looking so much better tonight, very little scratching and so far the tablets haven't given him the runs so fingers crossed on that one, i have beige carpets:eek:

Hope everyone is well and has a good night.
Appropriate vibes to everyone.