MSE Pregnancy Club 17

Evansangel

I cant find the list at the moment. During OH's nesting he moved it lol.

But the two i have are increased vaginal discharge (sorry tmi) and diorrea (sp?)

I think others were more frequent BH's, having a show, nausea and vomitting and i forgot the rest lol.

conventgirl

Afternoon everyone...hope we are all ok.

Am just off to catch up on the past 5 days but i have a question....i am planning on breast feeding but want to express so OH can feed bump too. I was wondering how many bottles i should get and what sort you would recommend?

Thankyou....ill be back later once ive caught up

xx

fernliebee

conventgirl wrote: »

Afternoon everyone...hope we are all ok.

Am just off to catch up on the past 5 days but i have a question....i am planning on breast feeding but want to express so OH can feed bump too. I was wondering how many bottles i should get and what sort you would recommend?

Thankyou....ill be back later once ive caught up

xx

Hiya, I would say you prob wouldn't need too many bottles if you are only planning occasional feeds, you can always buy more if you find you are expressing more frequently. I planned on expressing and found it such a faff that I never really bothered, would just give her the breast instead.

You can get a tommee tippee steriliser set that comes with 4 bottles I think (this is what a friend has) and that would prob be plenty. Means you can have one dirty, one clean, one in use and a spare.

Someone who knows more about bottles may be along soon with a bit more info though!

Evansangel

Hey conventgirl, this is exactly what im doing to.

I have the TT closer to nature bottles and i think i have about 7 normal sized ones and 1 small one that came with the breast pump or the steriliser.
You wont need that many, in my excitement of finding them reduced in tesco i bought loads lol.

I think maybe 2/3 bottles should be fine
x

fernliebee

With the automated phone thingy on a lot of them if you hold down 0 it put's you through to an operator. Not all of them but def works for some! My home phone is broken though and for some reason although numbers work fine to dial, the automated message thingy's can't tell what numbers I'm pressing. No matter what I press it just doesn't register- strange! New phone time I think!

JoleneM

Hello All!

I am now just over 30 weeks! Had appointment with midwife on wednesday who measured me at 35! So off to see consultant on monday to have a scan to see if I have a massive baby!

Been doing some housework and clearing stuff away this weekend, must say housework is much more fun while pregnant, I get to sit down and order hubby about! hehehehehe!

Jolene

Evansangel

fernliebee wrote: »

With the automated phone thingy on a lot of them if you hold down 0 it put's you through to an operator. Not all of them but def works for some! My home phone is broken though and for some reason although numbers work fine to dial, the automated message thingy's can't tell what numbers I'm pressing. No matter what I press it just doesn't register- strange! New phone time I think!

I did that and it said i had to many trys and it cant speak to me anymore as it cant verify who i am! :rotfl::rotfl:

If it was that important a real person would call me eventually i guess

Im watching that 8 boys and wantng a girl on 4OD, its :eek:

maureenjscott

Agutka wrote: »

Am I allowed to stuff my face with double chocolate gateaux just because I am doing the glucose tolerance test from Sunday night? I'm feeling really greedy, just in case they find something wrong and I can't have chocolate anymore :rotfl::eek:

Is the glucose drink really disgusting? Any tips on drinking it?

Why do 'heavier' (how pc! I would say lardy, but I am nicely pregnant atm thank you very much) mothers need a scan at 32 weeks?

Agutka - i did the same thing before my GTT!! Had loads of junk a couple of days before in case they said 'no more'!!
I was dreading the glucose drink too, but it just tasted a bit like liquid syrup and not as sweet as i was expecting.

I'm kinda curious about the scan thing too - my BMI was around 40ish when i booked in and mw said you'll have gtt and extra scans at 32+36 weeks cos of the weight. I find this odd as i'm exactly the same size/weight/bmi as i was 4years ago with dd and had none of this! Was wondering if age was a factor too or if they've just changed guidelines again! Apparently thats the case with weighing us when we're pregnant, they will generally now only weigh us at booking appointment and dont bother the rest of the time. I stand on the scales at all my appointments anyway just for my own interest - i lost 5kg between 12 and 22 weeks! Now, at 32 weeks, i've only put the 5kg back on - hoping i wont gain too much more!


CAFC - congrats on the house! that's excellent!

Sarah Joanne - exciting stuff! My waters had be broken manually with my first two so not had that 'not knowing', hoping this time they'll go themselves!

Nikki and SJ - easy labour vibes to you both!! good luck!

conventgirl wrote: »

....i am planning on breast feeding but want to express so OH can feed bump too. I was wondering how many bottles i should get and what sort you would recommend?

I breastfed both of my previous babies and cant wait to do it again! I got the avent isis pump last time for DD and found that i could express from one side while feeding on the other and then just swapping sides each time - always offering the second side too at each feed. Found this really helped keep up the supply and meant that i had loads frozen for the occasional evening out/ hour to myself/ long lie in bed! lol

I used the breast milk freezer bags - boots own last time and i've got some freebies this time round too. The pump came with two bottles and I bought a further two. I've bought a new pump as the silicone parts were disintigrating! so i've got two bottles from that and a friend bought me a couple of bottles too, also, in my excitement at seeing a bargain, i bought 2 TT bottles so 6 altogether this time.

I did go back to work when dd was 6months tho so needed the extra bottles when she inevitably went to formula, however, not planning on working for the next couple of years while DH at uni so hoping just to BF as long as poss and not need to do formula at all.

hope my blabbering on for ages helps someone! lol
sorry for the long post!
i can smell the chicken casserole so off to prepare some brocolli and brussels sprouts... really getting into this iron thing now - even had fortified rice crispies for breakfast (puke!).,

mo x

musogirl295

Back from shopping absolutely exhausted as they've changed the location of Primark so ended up going round and round in circles! Found it eventually and it was enormous! Bought 2 x 5 packs of newborn shortsleeve bodysuits, 2 x 5 packs of 0-3 shortsleeve bodysuits (all plain white cheapies). Then pack of seven patterned bodysuits in 0-3, pack of socks and some curtains for our bedroom. I'm finding it difficult to get newborn size clothes anywhere- Primark only had plain ones that I bought and nothing else. Also, I can't find any vests anywhere. Any suggestions?

Does anybody have a suggested list of basic clothing thats needed that they can share? I'm struggling to work out how much of each thing we'll need. We're going to be using reusable nappies so will be doing washing at least every other day.

Ended up going for Wagamamas in the end which was as usual very yummy. It's nearly as quick as getting McD's or KFC but I always feel much more healthy afterwards. Would defo recommend it to anybody thats not been before.

Easy labour vibes to Nikkit and SJ!!

kindofagilr

SUPER_SAVER wrote: »

Last night OH seen bump kicking away thro my top and was amazed,first time he'd seen him do that and he's kicking away atm too,lol!

Hope you're all okie dokie xxx

Its great isnt it lol weird sometimes though lol

EA I always get really stroppy as well lol I mean why would I want beans lol, they didnt give me dipping sauce with my box!!!!!

YAY for finding your IPod as well

Your welcome Som yeah I have a wii fit and Ive got eht biggest loser game for it as well so I am hoping using that will help, plus pram walks and breast feeding and slimming world lol

I dont think I would feel comfy naked, but who knows once I am thre lol, I have a vest top or tankini top I could use

Covent - yeah I second 4 bottles, we bought far too mant lol

Jolene wow thats a big measurement what time is your scan? could they have the dates wrong?

Just been to asda to do our weekly shop, managed to spend only £33 this week, Ive done my meal plan for the week and am hopinng to stick to it, this is the first week Ive been off so hopefully I can

I have Sunday Dinner cooking at minute (chicken, mash, roast potatoes, y puddings and veg and gravy) then rest of week we are having

Chicken (leftovers from sunday) with a pasta bake pasta in saice, sweetcorn, onion and pasta

Bacon, Egg, chips and beans (home made chips)

Fish in Sauce with boiled mint potatoes and veg

Bangers, mash and tomatoes

Toad in the hole with mash, veg and gravy (ive never made this before)

Chicken Stir fry with mange tout, carrotts, baby corn, rice and pepper

Then for lunches OH takes meat sandwiches with sandwich filler on

I am going to make a big pan of quorn curry to have with rice that will do me 3 or 4 days, then I got some jacket potatoes to have for 2 days with tuna mayo

I really hope we can stick to it

Ohh and I got some fruit, I am trying to get back into eatng fruit, I havent had any for ages, so got some bananas, apples, pineapple and a melon that was reduced to 33p lol