MSE Pregnancy Club 17

kindofagilr

Evansangel wrote: »

You might be in very early labour kindof!

I hope so

ILs just been round with gifts

Kindof - Just saw about pressure in your bum...? I had that! Kept feeling like i needed to poo, but couldn't. I couldn't sit on my birth ball either, it hurt to much

I hope so! they've been going on all day!

Ive just had my 6th poop of the day :olol

Thanks DP, me too, good luck for scantomorrow

I am really tired, I am hoping I can get a good night sleep tonihgt and they wake up and be ready to go to hosp and have baby in the morni

fernliebee

Oooh just thought, can I have a question mark thingy next to my name on EDD we stayed team Yellow too!

pigpen

fernliebee wrote: »

Pigpen- I didn't realise cradlecap is caused by grease, thats interesting.

I guess what I am trying to say in a very long winded way, is you prob don't need to buy much as you get a couple of tiny testers in your bounty bag etc, and then see what you end up using most iyswim.

ETA: I do live in a hard water area though so maybe that makes a difference, not sure. I know when I lived in Devon my hair which is normally dry as a bone, became almost greasy, and my skin never seemed to feel really clean.

I'm in a really hard water area as well.. you can practically pick the bits of lime from the water!

Cradle cap is a form of seborrhoeic dermatitis.. the sebaceous glands in the scalp are overstimulated by the mothers hormones and create loads of grease which dries and cakes on the scalp.. it isn't caused by poor hygiene.. but the fact it stays there is.. it simply is that the grease isn't washed away!

One of my HV's recommended (the only half sensible one I ever had).. proper adult shampoo for shifting it.. not on one of my brood I might add!

fernliebee

pigpen wrote: »

I'm in a really hard water area as well.. you can practically pick the bits of lime from the water!

Cradle cap is a form of seborrhoeic dermatitis.. the sebaceous glands in the scalp are overstimulated by the mothers hormones and create loads of grease which dries and cakes on the scalp.. it isn't caused by poor hygiene.. but the fact it stays there is.. it simply is that the grease isn't washed away!

One of my HV's recommended (the only half sensible one I ever had).. proper adult shampoo for shifting it.. not on one of my brood I might add!

Oh I see, I never knew that. I'm glad DD never had it, the scaly lizard skin she had on her hands and feet from being overcooked was bad enough!

pigpen

mine were all early so got scaly limbs because they needed the vernix to soak in still.. they were well oiled in olive oil most days!

Fishcake_Random

Hey all,
Well I'm at home and chilling on the sofa. Still getting the occasional BH/sqeeze but they are few and far between now. OH and I wandered to mr t and back and then to the local chippy earlier but it seems to have had the opposite effect and stopped them.
I going to let my dinner settle and then try another RLT. I think I can have up to 3 a day at 37 weeks?
x x x x

xmaslolly76

i used to gently massage bubs head with his baby brush after his bath when the cradle cap is soft and it would just come away then you can brush it out of their hair if they have any of course.

Apparently massaging olive oil into can help move it if it is really stubborn but then you would need to wash their hair other wise they would be very greasy indeed.

Once he was a few weeks older i added small amounts of baby bath to his water to keep him clean. I never really had a problem with people making him greasy as he pretty much slept all the time for the first few weeks so people just left him be instead of disturbing him they were happy to coo from a distance.

With the baby powder i used to put it on after drying him down you can then see if they are still wet anywhere and wipe again it does make it easier to get them dry and although i use it im not an advocate of plastering them init and they always get another towel down after it has been applied :-)

Somnium

Feelin really rough so sorry short post from me. Im shattered seem to have an upset tummy and indegestion or something!

Am worried now about overcooked bubs skin!

EA - great Birth Story and love the pics, Lily is such a cutie x

MW tomorrow for sweep then hopefully will know more about if/when am to be induced. Think I need to try and sleep now, can hardly keep my eyes open.

xmaslolly76

Aww HUGS som hope you feel better tomorrow :-) x

CAFCGirl

GAH!!!!

Another long post lost to the ether!
Done all my cleaning so house is acceptable for visit tomorrow, puppy is coming home WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Labour vibes to all who need/want them...