MSE Pregnancy Club 17

sonee2405

Hi ladies-Labour vibes to those that need them and good luck to nikkit.
I haven't read all the posts yet so sorry if I've missed something out.

Freebiequennie- Thats a great price for a breast pump.I used points for the tommie tippie bottle warmer and some avent anti-colic bottles aswell as a gorgeous winnie the pooh bottle .
If you manage to get the baby&you mag it has £3 of mini mode-I used it for a mini mode knit style blanket for baby but can be used on any £15 spend on mini mode clothing.

Advice please-Is it worth buying those maternity support cushions-I have severe back pain and coccyx paiin and need one.They are pricey though at £30ish -just wondering if they are worth trying or will a pillow do?

kindofagilr

Evansangel wrote: »

We used to buy so much crap if we shopped instore. By doing it online i tend not to get much. But we're spending about £40 a week so far! Eeek!

I do buy him a cheesecake every week though cause he loves them

I got 36p back from quidco for doing my asda shop Woohoo! lol

We are the opposite, we'd spend a fortune doing it online cos we'd get amonthly one in (as the free delivery vouchers you have to spend more than £50)

We spend about £25-£35 a week when we go shopping, cos I am good at stoping him buying crap but its a chore lol

AWWW EA EWWWWW thats gross lol but class lol I check my toilet roll everytime I wipe lol, I dont have any mucas just normal discharge, I am going to have baby last aren I *pout*

Som cool, it could still be plug, or you may even go into labour without plug

Yeah xmas its annoying isnt it when you are trying to think of ways to be nice to them but then they kinda blow it by being pricky to you, I wondered cos i read somwhere once that you had to return to work for a period before yuou could have mat leave again?I dont know anything about it or if tht is in fact true lol

Esio we got kids hangers from asda, it was a pack of likr 12 maybe, they are green, whoite, purple, blue.

EA your birth plan is cool I Am scared about the sweep, do they do it at the MWs? I just have so much bother getting up on the high bed as it is (it has steps) I cant imagine I am going to look dignied climbing up the bed with no pants on while she does the sweep and NO I NEVER wear skirts? what would I do?

Do I have to do a birth plan?

OH is off to Mcdonalds, I am getting large big mac meal with wedges instead of chips and chocolate milkshake and 6 nuggetss nom nom lol

xmaslolly76

Sonee i always made do with pillows until my OH bought me a body pillow and boy did it make a difference i wouldnt be without now and you can still get use out of it after when feeding the bubs :-)

Evansangel

Haha yeah i did, i still have the 4 page one. I called it 'Birth plan in detail' but i might just not bring it with me. I was going to bring both and see which one they wanted to read

To keep it on one page its currently font size 10

Good idea about the cord, i completly forgot about that. OH doesn't want to cut it either so i'll add that it

And i didn't realise about the 5cm thing. I'll ask MW tomorrow, thanks:)
Sonee - I have the V shaped one, i got it fro simply be for £12, but i've seen some chemists have them to for a similar price. And IL's got me one from argos for xmas, cant remember the price though.
But its been a god send, the v-shaped one i take to bed, i put one side between my legs and then hug the other side

Link for V shaped one


OH just came home for dinner, he's gone back to work now

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

EA this might just be nit picking about your birth plan but you state you don't want to be attached to a monitor - it may be necessary at some point

Otherwise very well stated

xmaslolly76

Yeah you do kindof for at least one day but seeing as i am using holiday entitlement i am thoretically going back to work so it still counts :-)

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

Re hangers have you a local £ shop, poundland etc or maybe try asking in NEXT the next time your buying something if they have any going spare ( everytime I buy stuff they seem to want to give me a load of hangers !)

I can recommend NEXT clearance for maternity wear - can be a bit hit and miss but it's local to me so always worth a look - best time to go is when regular NEXT stores are having a sale ( as the clearance store gets all the sale stuff the following week from the retail stores so they need to clear out ) I've had jeans £3 tops £2 vest tops £1

HTH

Evansangel

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA wrote: »

EA this might just be nit picking about your birth plan but you state you don't want to be attached to a monitor - it may be necessary at some point

Otherwise very well stated

Good idea, i'll add onto the end 'unless it is necessary to do so'.

I only stated it because i dont want to be forced to lay in bed throughout the labouring and want to be active, which i heard isn't possible when your strapped to a machine.

Thank you

JoleneM

esio_trot wrote: »

Thanks, but unfortunately, that chain doesn't exist in Scotland

Where abouts in Scotland are you esio? I am in scotland.

Jolene

ethelsmum

rach wrote: »

Hi all

Thanks for the TKMaxx and Debenhams tip offs, I am going to go to TKmaxx tomorrow and see if they have anything in store as I don't really want to pay the delivery for just one thing.

I'm off work today sick, was rather sick last night about 9.30pm, and am just so so tired and icky so I have told work I have a tummy bug. No way I'd have managed the journey.

In terms of age I am 32 now and will be when I (abw) have the baby, it's my first.

We've been to TK Maxx today - ours had a lot of the stuff in that was on offer online but wasn't as cheap (the moses basket mattress was £7.99 I think - it was £3 online). Was going to get a changing mat but didn't in the end.