MSE Pregnancy Club 17

LITTLEMISSFLOWER

Good luck with MW today som.x

Kelinik

pigpen wrote: »

I gave up bothering with birth plans.. noone ever read them anyway.

Same here. First time round I put lots of thought into exactly what I did and didn't want and wrote it all neatly as bullet points in my notes. I put a lot of emphasis on not wanting to be cut - guess who got cut! The second time I just scribbled a couple of things down on a piece of paper but nobody read it. This time I've told hubby not to let them give me pethidine as it made me really ill but other than that I just want bub out of me safely.

nikkit72 wrote: »

Hi,,

From the delivery suite . Baby thomas andrew john was born at 5:10pm; weighing 7lb 9oz xx

Going home at 9pm will update more tomorrow xx

Awww congrats. :beer:

maureenjscott wrote: »

Had another scan today - the mw was concerned the baby would be huge but consultant said no issues and that i could cancel the scan if i wanted to... figured i'd go anyway and hope for a glimpse so i'd know what we're having (they dont tell you at my hosp!). Turns out baby's fine size wise but on the 95th percentile - 7lb3 already with 5 weeks to go!!! gearing up to be bigger than my first two... Argh! Looks like i wont be needing the newborn stuff for long, if at all!

DD2 went straight into 0-3 months at birth and was in 3-6 months at 6 weeks so I've not bothered with any newborn stuff this time. If he stuns everyone by being under 10lb I'll just have to roll his sleeves up I guess LOL!

neneromanova wrote: »

We Haven't had one of these for a while. Who've I missed and who's dropped that i haven't seen...mumslave - 20th February 2010 :male:

Mumslave has a congrats thread in the arms though I can't remember which day she had him without going to check.

Kelinik

rach wrote: »

morning all

have any of you joined things like the tesco and Sainsburys baby & toddler clubs?

I joined Sainsbugs about a month ago and got my welcome pack yesterday. Picked up my mum and bump box thingy already and really pleased with it!

kindofagilr

neneromanova wrote: »

Congrats to Nikki. I bet you're glad it's all over now and you can finally enjoy him.

I keep having the weirdest dreams. Last night I dreamt I was someone special with special powers, escaped from a lab somewhere and had hugh Jackman as wolverine chasing me!!! I will admit it was quite entertaining though.

Pregnancy dreams are awesome arent they lol, sooooo messed up lol

Maureen - that sounds like me now lol I just had a nap on sofa and can I be arsed to do anythuing NO lol

OMG Cant believe I am 7th on list holy !!!!

We're having chinese tonight, so not good for the purse strings lol it means that OH is going to his friends again, well the sooner beany is here the better to stop all that too lol

I really wanted to go out for a walk to the shops today but its !!!!ing it down

Thanks for that SJ, I will go and get his vests/bodysuites and do them first, I am not looking forward to washing it all cos there is loads lol I am so scared or ruining them

Som oh god your right, that means I am 6th !!!!

Ok next time I get up I am getting the clothes to wash

neneromanova

kindofagilr wrote: »

We're having chinese tonight, so not good for the purse strings lol it means that OH is going to his friends again, well the sooner beany is here the better to stop all that too lol

Surely a hot curry is better Help things move along :beer:

kindofagilr

neneromanova wrote: »

Surely a hot curry is better Help things move along :beer:

Totally would be but stupid OH doesnt like curry lol and I am kinda scared of givng myself the runs

I have been to loo 3 times already and have some cramps so I am silently crossing my fingers someting is happening lol

Guinea_2

Oh well. Baby still not here. We went for a long walk with the dogs this morning but nothing happening I'm afraid. Am trying to now get myself washed and dressed but am so tired. Maybe another half an hour and then we're off to the shops!

esio_trot

kindofagilr wrote: »

Are people washing brand new baby clohtes? I am scared they will bobble straight away and ruin before bean has had a chance to wear them

yup I've got a load on the clothes horse just now, no fabric softener (apparently it can be irritating to baby skin) and washed in Fairy at 40 degrees and no bobbling so far.

I washed them to get the new "crispiness" off them so that they're softer and to get any yucky chemicals and stuff off them as you have no idea how many people's grubby paws they've been through before getting to the shop - let alone any dust and bugs from a shop's store room and people browsing them. Then again, I also wash my own new clothes for this reason.

fernliebee

redstar- try not to worry as the midwives in my area don't even bother measuring as it has been proven to be fairly innaccurate. For example with DD I got a bump really early (about 7 weeks) then didn't seem to grow very much at all until the third trimester when I got absolutely huge, other people tend to grow more steadily, and others grow in spurts etc. All mum's and babies are different so they will just be sending you for a scan as a precaution, I'm sure once you get back all will be fine.

re birth plans- I had a birth plan with DD, it didn't include much for the actual labour as I wanted to see how things went, however it had quite a bit for after the birth ie skin to skin, straight to breast, leave cord pulsating, natural delivery of placenta etc. All of this bar skin to skin was ignored, and I didn't notice until too late that they had stuck me with a needle and cut the cord! Grrr! For the labour I also asked not to be asked about pain relief as I knew what was on offer and would ask if I felt I needed it- sure enough the horrible midwife kept constantly asking me "Do you want an injection now?" I was cross with her but luckily for her I couldn't really speak during labour just went silent. This time I am writing an essay for DH and Mum so they can make my decisions for me kind of a contingency plan - if x happens I would prefer y, if y happens I would prefer x, kind of thing but I'm not going to bother letting midwife see it, as I felt the other one tried her hardest to go against it, I wouldn't of minded if there was a reason and it was explained to me, I'm not naive enough to think you can actually plan exactly how it is going to go.

I'm sat here bouncing on my ball and it is really helping my hip pain- this is my new chair for the next 16 weeks

kindofagilr

esio_trot wrote: »

yup I've got a load on the clothes horse just now, no fabric softener (apparently it can be irritating to baby skin) and washed in Fairy at 40 degrees and no bobbling so far.

I washed them to get the new "crispiness" off them so that they're softer and to get any yucky chemicals and stuff off them as you have no idea how many people's grubby paws they've been through before getting to the shop - let alone any dust and bugs from a shop's store room and people browsing them. Then again, I also wash my own new clothes for this reason.

Thanks

I remember the no softner debate from last discussion of washing clothes

I use asda own fabric softner but its for babies? so surely that means I can use it lol

This one http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/catalog/sectionpagecontainer.jsp?departmentid=1214921923725