The MSE Pregnancy Club

Becles

Glad to hear you have a date Gingham - not long till the little man arrives now

janinegr

Just added my due date


EDD
Madam Broke - 11th Jan 2007
Andrea - 13 Jan 2007
Lucyeff - 14 Jan 2007 (daughter number two, yippee!!!!!!!!)
Bev Lewis - 20 Jan 2007 (3rd baby, 1st for husband, it's a boy!)
Immoral_angeluk - 22nd Jan 2007 (2nd baby girl!)
samarnesen-23 jan 2007 girl (no7)
Jibbajabbas - 30 jan 2007
Erinath - 31 Jan 2007
Lucycat - 2 Feb 2007 - BOY! :O)
Hampshirebabe - 5th feb 2007
Leilasmum - 8th Feb 2007, later than ithought, doh...Another GIRL!!!
Teerah - 11 Feb 2007
Gingham Ribbon 13th february (section booked)
sleepyclaire - 13 Feb 2007
Murphy The Cat - Valentines Day (aaaahhhhh)
Loopy Lobes - 15th February
logiebear - 15th February
Musey - 19th February 2007
moo842 - 24 Feb 2007 - 10 march 2007 (theres always one)!
Davina_M - 27th Feb 2007 (Snap Moohound! but will be earlier cos of medical complication)
Charlotte664 - 1st March 2007 - date changed at scan, I'm a week further on than originally thought!
Victoria1972 - 2 March 2007
Broomey - 2 March 2007
Mrs_Monkey_Boy - 7 March 2007
Halfangelhalftart - 8th March 2007
Cathys1 - 14/03/2007
Suey64 – 15 March 2007
mrsbez - 16 March 2007
mummyto4and1onway(sharon)- 19th March 2007(I have a 5,4,3,1 yr old already)
Rebekah - 22nd March - moved forward!
Mrs asandwhen - 28th March 07 - date changed to 28th march after dating scan.
worto03 - 3rd April 2007
Bargain Babe-a-Licious! - 3rd April 2007
austmanic - 7th April 2007
Persontypething- 11th April 2007
Money_Maker_Shaker - 16th April 2007 BOY!
LillieFlower - 20th April 2007
babitee - 20th April 2007
Anya - 21st April 2007
debtfreehopeful - 21st April 2007
moohound - 27th April 2007
SusanCarter - 27th April 2007
India - 29th April 2007
Flea72 - 30th April 2007
sampainter - 3 May 2007
Bronzesurfer - 08 May 2007
Snaggles - 12th May 2007
Bump – 13 May 2007
dm72 - 14th May 2007
tequilla_slammer2002 - 14th May 2007
Banana1975 - 14th May 2007 - BOY
abijanzo - 20th May 2007
mrsrsp - 28th May 2007
jocymru- 28th May
George's Mum - 29th May 2007 (according to the scan anyway!)
Becles - 31 May 2007
Cheapskate - 5 June 2007
Karma67 - 5th June 2007 - had amnio..everything ok and having a BOY!!
Sophiedb – 8 June 2007
Elliot's mum - 16th June 2007 (No 1 is now 3 and No 2 is now 1- are we mad??!)
Katyag - 17th June (2 days after my bday, and the day after our wedding anni!)
famood - 21 June 2007
Chubacheroo - 24th June 2007 (changed from the 23rd)
noodlebutty, (Tricia) - 27th June 2007
Raybells - 28 June 2007
Mrs Steveeeee - 28 June 2007
Lotta Littlies - 29 June 2007
Lisamiddle - 2nd July 2007
Sam0mule - 5th July 2007
Bargainbabe - 6th July 2007
Twirlypen - 7th July 2007
jo_b - 14th July 2007
janinegr - 15th July 2007
*Louise* - 19th July
Valentine x - 20th July 2007
mercurystar999 - 24th July 2007
Welshlassie - 29 July 2007
Eels100 - 26th July 2007
Terminally Short Of Cash - 31st July 2007
Kimmy310 - 1 August 2007
Katym79 - August???
Simone2697 - 2 August 2007 (subject to change - scan 11/01/07)
LoopyLouLou - 8 August 2007
Punky - 11 August 2007 (2 days after DS 4th bday)
Caleo - 12 August
Libert23 - 16 August 2007
Claire Jones - 21 August 2007 (by my Mum's calculations, will check with doctor in next few days!)
catalepticdru - 17 August 2007 using Naegele's formula. Though it'll be guaranteed I'll give birth on any day but this one!!
Justie - 25th August (or 28th depending on which way you calculate it)
lou031205 - 8th September 2007
rachelja - 9th September 2007 (2 wks before dd 4th b'day)
skintio (kate) 16th september 2007
Almost-skint (sammie) - 16th september 2007 - same as you Kate!!


TTC LIST

Daisykate124
Agutka
Dougggie
Cookiesncream
suzukibabe
witchyroo
sjm
fac73
Fishcake_random
Lesleydejager
jo_jo
picklesmum

BIRTH LIST

Winnie81 - Evie Grace - 28 July
Essexhoney - Rubie - 1 August
bella121984- 15/8/2006- BOY!
Andycarmi 30th August - Girl
sooz - 13th August - boy
oueyouey - 27th September Libby Rose
Sazere - 17th October 2006 Elise (plus DS5, DS4, DD3 all 4 by CS)
cha97michelle - 18th October - Boy
purplepatch - 30th October - Girl
brummiebabe - 3rd November - Grace
Jane - 6th November - Susannah
Dondo's Other Half- 7th November- Neive
rchddap1 - 14th November - Lily Marie
Downsizing - 14th Nov - Beth 8lb 12.5
Bailey - 17th November - Jack William 7lb 1 oz at 37+1
2Princess Mum - Boy 7lb 13oz at 39+2 1hr 49min labour, gave birth in bath at home (unplanned but Bliss!!)
Ziggy2004(Anne)-30th November Boy Ruben 9lbs 7 12:55
benmollymoo (Jane) - 1st December -Boy 7lbs 12 oz, Home VBAC at 39+6 (but only by 25 minutes!) Still no name!
Phatmouse - Baby Daisy, Born 09/12/06, 9.46am, 7lbs 10oz.
Modgit - Joel Benjamin, born 12/12/06 2.03 pm, 9lb 8oz 8 days late, but worth it!
maow425 - Boy! 13/12-06 0259, 8lbs 13 oz Name: Viking
allroundgoodguy 15th Dec -Boy 6lbs 8oz 10.09am. Not born Xmas Day in the end! Names, are a bit of a problem!
Hennypenny - 19th December Girl No 2, child no3 - Kira, born 19-12-06, 8lb 15.5oz, 9 days early. Middle name giving us a bit of a problem, but sure it will come to us eventually - really like Holly, but surname is Woods so would be a bit unfair!
J's_Other_Half - William Robert 7lb 5oz C Section (labour never started, never mind progressed!) 21st December.
Lu T - Imogen Beth, born after 5 days of contractions at 23.15 on 26 Dec 06 by c-section, 8lb 10oz
JULIE-mr boy 4 born 13 days late on 2nd jan at 20.12

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Tazandtommy - 21 October 2006 - BOY!
bex06 - 6th November 2006
RozeePozee - 7th November 2006 - BOY
Beks - 10th November - Girl!
aimo - due 6 December 2006
Lyndsey - 22nd December
Jude123 - 27th December, boy or girl
funky- 01 January 2007 - ???
Loobyloose - 3rd january 2007 - boy!
Peanutpie05 - 5th Jan 2007 (which prob means dd will arrive 19th Jan)
Strontium - 5th Jan 2007 - our first daughter!

janinegr

Has anyone been suffering with headaches? Have had one for past couple of days on and off. I'm 14 weeks and 3 days. Don't think its caffeine or sugar withdrawal as not changed how much I take.

Thanks
J

moohound

Hi rachaelja

I had D&V late last week and spent the night in hospital being rehydrated. My nausea and vomiting in pregnancy had eased off but came back with gusto on Thursday.

4 other pregnant ladies were admitted the same night with the same symptoms, so I think it must have been a bug.

I believe constipation is more usual in pregnancy, this has been my experience up to last week. diarrhoea is common before delivery though.

I am pleased to hear you had sucess with the inexpensive ovulation sticks, I had a look on the boots website and some of the test kits were £100!!!

* * * * * *

My baby is stamping on my bladder, I think it will be born with hob nail boots on!

On another note, does anyone know how child tax credit works? I had a look on 2 websites and put our income details in the calculators and got 2 totally different figures

kimmy310

janinegr wrote:

Has anyone been suffering with headaches? Have had one for past couple of days on and off. I'm 14 weeks and 3 days. Don't think its caffeine or sugar withdrawal as not changed how much I take.

Thanks
J

Hi I'm 12 weeks pregnant and just started suffering from the same complaint and was a bit worried. I read somewhere though that it's normal at this stage to get headaches because of the increase in blood volume putting on extra pressure in the arteries. If they get really bad (migraines with white spots etc) probably best to get it checked out but otherwise nothing to worry about. Another symptom of pregnancy that we have to bare

I just had my first scan yesterday and it was so amazing! It makes it so much more real now to see it moving around, there were a few tears of joy from both happy parents to be

janinegr

Thanks kimmy310, that sounds about right, they're not migraines just annoying, I did have a bit of a nose bleed yesterday so maybe it is all the added blood pressure!!!

ta
J

SusanCarter

moohound wrote:

On another note, does anyone know how child tax credit works? I had a look on 2 websites and put our income details in the calculators and got 2 totally different figures

There are three elements which you should get when your baby is born:
- family element £545
- baby addition £545
- child element £1765

This gives a total of £2855/year for the first year after which you would not get the baby addition element (unless you have another baby). It is reduced according to any income you have above about £15k/year by 37% of any income above that threshold.

This means if you had income of £20k they would give you £1850 less as this is 37% of £5k. There is an upper threshold where they stop reducing it and you get the flat rate of the family element up to an income of around £60k when you don't get anything at all.

There's probably a tax credits website somewhere which can give you more detailed information. I think if you request a claim pack it will come with a leaflet which tells you about the exact figures as they change slightly each financial year.

If your baby is born part way through the financial year (as most are) then they scale the payment down according to the number of days left in the financial year. I think that you can get your claim backdated to when they baby was born unless you take more than three months to claim in which case it goes from the date you claim.

Hope that's helpful, I'll see if I can find my leaflets later and post a url if there is one.

Valentine_x

Hi,

Re. tax credits - I use the excellent factsheets on the Working Families website.

emma_b - I'm thinking of you. Let us know how you get on.

Valentine xxx

daisykate124

I spotted a bargin in my local lloyds chemist today, Baby monitors for £9.99 reduced from £34.99 (i think) They looked as good as the one i already have which was much more expensive.

Hope this helps somebody

Daisykate

worto03

Hi I'm Worto's better half!

Our little one's due on 3rd April and I've recently started swimming and aqua natal. Does anyone else just feel absolutley exhausted afterwards? I feel wiped out and good for nothing the same evening.....

Also - does anyone know if nectar points are worth double at Adams Kids, they used to be?

thanks
Fee