MSE Pregnancy Club 19

moneysaver12

Charlie1978 wrote: »

MS - thought i'd pop in and share my input as my husband has been in your predicament. He's the middle child and as such was always the 'less important' one. Well, he grew up thinking it anyhow. He did write it all down in a long letter to his mother but she, always being right chose to ignore it and say he was being silly. It caused a huge rift. Now he only speaks to her for the sake of his daughter (not mine from previous). I don't speak to them at all after they completely alienated me from the family. Apparently that was the norm whenever he had a girlfriend and to be quite frank, I was of the opinion that life was far too short for that bull!

So... now that I am preggers it's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out. I don't want to know them at all. In fact, he's not interested in them, just remaining polite for his daughters sake. They won't even hear the news about the pregnancy from us. Probably from Hubby's ex who will I imagine be on the phone straight after he talks to her about it!

I guess my point is... You have a family of your own now. And whilst your mother/father/sisters/brother whoever may not like you to be important you'll always be important to your OH and your child. It was important to me that my children didn't feel the 'second best' feeling that my hubby had with the grandparents and was a major factor in us deciding they wouldn't get any babysitting privelidges. I do think you ought to consider this too.

Above and beyond though, this is YOUR time. Don't let anyone else ruin this for you. Your beautiful baby will be with you tomorrow and you know what? You'll see there isn't another person on the planet whom you could love more and everything else will fade into oblivion.

I wish you all the best honey. xx

Thankyou Charlie. I can't wait to meet our baby. I am lucky that i have a very supportive dh who is always there for me.

MERFE wrote: »

moneysaver it does sound like your mum is making excuses not to see you rather than sorting out your brother or his wife watching their own children at her house for a bit, it would upset me too but like others have said you need to realise its her loss and you are important. I completely understand you not wanting the nieces round until you have settled a bit with the baby. All the best for tomorrow hope it goes really smoothly for you and remember OH is there for you, you don't need anyone else xxxx

I really don't want anyone coming to visit us but MIL is going to be staying with us and watching DD and DS for us so OH can visit me, since she is doing us a massive favour coming up from plymouth to babysit it is only fair she is the first person to see the baby.

Thankyou Merfe. I think that you are right about her making excuses. It feels like with my mum that its got to be her way or no way.

moneysaver12

CrazyTink wrote: »

Also forgot to say has anyone heard of the full moon thing?? apparently when their is a full moon maternity units bring in extra staff as their is an increase in women going into labour with their waters breaking, something to do with the tide and atmosphere making ladies pop!
So the full moon is tonight at 3:09am and you are meant to face the moon and rub your belly in a clockwise motion :rotfl: to increase the chances

Will be checking back tomorrow to see if its had an affect on anyone fingers crossed ladies! x

Not heard of this before. I now have an image of lots of pregnant ladies who are due rubbing their tummys whilst looking out of the window lol

MERFE

me too, I might go for a walk later and see if I can spot any stood on their front steps lol that is really funny but then if you are overdue anything is worth a try lol

gizmodo_2

I'm on holiday and I'm ill Just typical.

Claire - yay for OH feeling baby.

Rach - glad you're getting things sorted.

I can't remember anything else I am reading - just not posting so much - busy diy-ing.

Ooh I finally got my Boots voucher for the changing bag...thanks to who ever mentioned the £3 off voucher, as I used that as well. I got size 2 nappies (thanks to whoever that was pointing out I didn't need to buy more size 1's). They cost more, but I think I might already have enough size 1s. So for £3.50 ish I got nappies and a changing bag :T

gizmodo_2

Oops forgot to add - anyone seen Special Deliveries? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tqnr0/Special_Deliveries_Episode_1/ It's northern ireland BBC1, so I've been watching it on iplayer. It's not as graphic as other programmes, but still good. I cried my eyes out watching them!!

ClareEmily

Well have nabbed my hubby's laptop, i am so bored, baby due this Sunday, had some aches and pains but nothing so far.

Having a sweep tomorrow as BP high, so hoping that will hurry things along.

Clare xx

Sammy_Girl

Evening Ladies,

Tesco offers link:

http://www.tesco.com/babyclub/offers_and_shopping/index.page?


Does anyone have any experience of NCT sales? There is one in my area this Saturday. Is it worth going?

Hope all bumps are progressing nicely and appropriate vibes to all

gizmodo_2

Sammy_Girl wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of NCT sales? There is one in my area this Saturday. Is it worth going?

I went last Saturday. It seems that they are all run differently so I would say it's worth going once to see what it's like. I would say be there for the minute it opens.

Ours wasn't separate stalls like a boot sale, everything was organised into sections/sizes/sex and you grabbed what you wanted and paid for the lot at the end (so no bargaining). It was definitely worth it though. We paid £1 each to get in, then £6.50 on "what to expect: the first year", about 4 winnie baby grows, hat, cardi, 4 bibs, vests. It would have been better if we knew the sex as the clothes were excellent and really reasonably priced. We'll definitely go again when baby is born.

rach

I'm just watching cherry has a baby on iplayer....well worth a watch if you haven't already!

haven't finished it yet as DH came home and we started chatting, but you may not know that the first mum (15 year old in east london) and the career woman estate agent only live about 2 miles apart, in the same borough (where I work)...such a contrast in the area.

gizmodo_2

rach wrote: »

I'm just watching cherry has a baby on iplayer....well worth a watch if you haven't already!

Agreed. Have your tissues handy.