MSE Pregnancy Club 17

CAFCGirl

BeenieCat wrote: »

Cafc have you got a bouncer chair?

no it got knocked off my list, as a not totally necessary purchase... :rotfl:
Hows Amber doing?

We should sort out coffee and cake soon

CAFCGirl

gill_81uk wrote: »

Could I have some advice please girls?

Just doing my tesco onlineshop and they have tommee tippee closer to nature easy vent bottles 150ml half price, 2 bottle for £3.59. Is this a good price and are they worth getting?

I am planning to breastfeed but want to express so OH can feed also. I have one 150ml bottle that came with my breastpump and 2 bigger bottles that came with my steriliser.

edit they also have the 260ml bottles 3 for £5.49, also half price.

i saw them in wilkinson for £3.79 with slow flow teats and thought that was pretty good.
What teats did these ones come with?

kindofagilr

CAFCGirl wrote: »

sounds like some good forwarding planning there kindof'

would you be able to still get money toward childcare if ur mil has beany?

we dont qualify for any childcare help, the £20 for the first year (which then goes to £10 a week once they are 1) is something everyone gets if their eqarnings are under 60k

MAssive labour Vibes Brednall xxx

Aww Som we are kinda the same then, in it for a 6 year haul lol (ours is about 34k total)

Just if I save my £20 CHB and £20 tax credits a week from when beany is due till the week my SMP starts it equals £960 by the end of the the SMP we will have £1440 sorry got that the wrong way around, so the benefits will be £960 at the start lol

MMMM that sounds lush CAFc

Not much help Gill but we got both size bottles, we too want to BF but I want OH to feed as well

Twinkles08

EA I had the GTT test and was told to fast from the eve before 'cos I had a 8.30 app.I had to bring in a 500ml bottle of original lucozade to drink.They took my bloods then they measured out the drink and I had to drink it,then I was left for approx 2 hrs.Midwife then came back and took more bloods,but did get me a cup of tea and a biccie 'cos by then it was gone 10.30am and I was starving!lol.I never heard anything back from the results so I was fine.

Hello all,had dd home from pre school today as she has a bad cold and it has triggered her asthma.She's been as high as a kite today on her inhalers and steriods,so relieved that she's now tucked up in bed.:T
Hugs to cafcgirl,try to remember that baby won't care about the space around him,as long as he is fed and watered and has lots of huggles he will be a happy chappy!It's us mums/dads who worry about cots/buggys/bouncers/nursery plans etc,your little bean couldn't give a hoot
Sarah Joanne you are one lucky lady!I'm with nikkit and kindof ,it takes me hrs to fall asleep and what with the loo trips and turning over in bed being a five point turn,its broken nights central here,lol.
Labour vibes to three and brednall x

Somnium

kindofagilr wrote: »

we dont qualify for any childcare help, the £20 for the first year (which then goes to £10 a week once they are 1) is something everyone gets if their eqarnings are under 60k

MAssive labour Vibes Brednall xxx

Aww Som we are kinda the same then, in it for a 6 year haul lol (ours is about 34k total)

Just if I save my £20 CHB and £20 tax credits a week from when beany is due till the week my SMP starts it equals £960 by the end of the the SMP we will have £1440 sorry got that the wrong way around, so the benefits will be £960 at the start lol

Oh thats good to know Kindof, we wont really know what we have spare till we settle into a routine, but havent planned a huge amount with our benifits so saving what we can would be fab for when I go back to work. Our debt is around 38k so looks like we are def in the same boat, nice to know we are not alone.

Dear_Prudence

hi everyone, it has taken me ages to catch up as i was away for the weekend but i've managed it!

thanks for your comments on home births and for the websites, i am working my way through them! from what i've read it seems like the "cascade of intervention" theory is quite true.

SJ I will be interested to know how you get on with the birth pool!

I have been feeling a lot less sick :beer: and i actually managed to make tea earlier which is just as well as my DH's school found out today they have OFSTED on Wednesday and Thursday this week :eek:

feel like a beached whale now though having eaten. I have a bump already but i'm not sure how much is baby and how much is just the result of snacking, and i'm feeling really uncomfortable like my skin is really stretched already, which does not bode well for the next 6 months...

BeenieCat

CAFCGirl wrote: »

no it got knocked off my list, as a not totally necessary purchase... :rotfl:
Hows Amber doing?

We should sort out coffee and cake soon

Yeah we deffo should! Amber is good, she's a bit whiney tonight so i've just shoved some gripe water down her throat, she spits it out so i have to be rather evil and almost choke her to get it down the hatch :rotfl:

I bought one of these at Tesco for £25 yesterday (only cos it's got lights lol).

Anyway we're not really using our original one but she likes the animal noises so i'm going to hang on to it for a few weeks, but i can drop it off to you when we're done?

It's this one, and it's got a good bounce setting as opposed to vibrate, something my new one doesn't have!! Oh there's only 2 bears though i got it off ebay.

redstararnie76

Hi everyone,
Kindof - I know it's no good initially, but you may want to look into the Government grant funding for childcare. In my area, from the term after the child turns 3, we can get up to 15 hours of free childcare. I know in some areas it's only 12, but I believe that in some areas it applies from when the child turns 2. It's no good now, but it means that you may be able to enrol him in nursery in the future. You should be able to get details from your local council's website.

CAFCGirl

awwww hun, bless you thats really sweet.
If its not needed etc,am sure it would come in handy. Let us know how much you'd like for it

As for the feeling pants thing I know baby just needs love, food, and shelter rather than matching bedding etc, but its actually that part that was freaking me out a bit as well.... like just what im gonna be like, in terms of patience, how im gonna get other things done, how not to worry constantly that baby isnt goint to die/get ill etc..... Its probably just the whole being totally responsible for another life.....
I think its a by product of my personality quirks because its not something i can predict/research for..... its an on the day thing.... which freaks me...

kindofagilr

Somnium wrote: »

Oh thats good to know Kindof, we wont really know what we have spare till we settle into a routine, but havent planned a huge amount with our benifits so saving what we can would be fab for when I go back to work. Our debt is around 38k so looks like we are def in the same boat, nice to know we are not alone.

Yes it does

We will both get there I CANNOT WAIT

As soon as we are debt free I want to get married, then aim for mortgage free (we have a 99k mortgage as well lol)

Ah cool thanks redstar cos I would like him to have had some interaction with other children