MSE Pregnancy Club 19

spaghetti_monster

Hi Ladies,

Just thought I'd tell you I'm sitting here feeling young, glamourous and sexy (NOT!) in my varicose vein support tights....

As I'm in Holland (health insurance system, no NHS), the insurance only covers one pair of tights. I have to go back in 3 months to get reassessed and get a 2nd pair.

So I thought I'd just buy a 2nd pair out of my own money....

I thought again when they told me they're €109.50 :eek::eek::eek:

Don't know if I'll be able to stick with them - they're pretty hardcore and take about 10 mins to put on! The best way is to use rubber gloves with knobbly bits on....:eek::rotfl::eek:

Ahhhh the glamour of pregnancy.......:cool:

Krystaltips

2girlsforme wrote: »

Happy Birthday Krystal - hope you get the righ cake:T:rotfl::rotfl:

Thank you

And I didn't get my Morrisons Cake... He had a toadette (Mario) one made especially for me! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7488189&l=90b5b8e078&id=540180659

I can forgive him for that lol

2girlsforme

Krystaltips wrote: »

Thank you

And I didn't get my Morrisons Cake... He had a toadette (Mario) one made especially for me! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7488189&l=90b5b8e078&id=540180659

I can forgive him for that lol

Oh now that is cool!!!! want to say waaay better than my homemade one - but better not in case my bakers find out :rotfl::rotfl:


Names ......... oh I think we may never decide on one!!! suggested calling it Cloud the other day - just for the laugh

**confuzzled**

gizmodo wrote: »

Hmmm...Baby monitors...are you getting one?

Nope:D and Yay for bargainous quotes and speedy service:T:T

FairyShazza wrote: »

Just been watching Extreme Breastfeeding on Sky :eek: :eek: :eek:

There is no way I will be BF'ing a 7 year old!!!!!!

So wrong isn't it?!?! I watched about 10mins and had to turn it over:o and talk about favouritism, the 7yr old was allowed but not the 5yr old coz she was too old!! *confused* go figure huh??

spaghetti_monster wrote: »

Hi Ladies,

Just thought I'd tell you I'm sitting here feeling young, glamourous and sexy (NOT!) in my varicose vein support tights....

As I'm in Holland (health insurance system, no NHS), the insurance only covers one pair of tights. I have to go back in 3 months to get reassessed and get a 2nd pair.

So I thought I'd just buy a 2nd pair out of my own money....

I thought again when they told me they're €109.50 :eek::eek::eek:

Don't know if I'll be able to stick with them - they're pretty hardcore and take about 10 mins to put on! The best way is to use rubber gloves with knobbly bits on....:eek::rotfl::eek:

Ahhhh the glamour of pregnancy.......:cool:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Tres sexy:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

so shattered today:( but only 2 more get ups before ML commences:cool::j

ladylegs

gizmodo wrote: »

You edited your post! See, I agree with this. I think all these buzz words are used to try and get parents to assume things are safer or whatever and therefore spend more money. But then I do have quite different views from other people about babies, what items are necessary and how to bring them up I've already had some friends disapprove at my opinions, so I try and keep my mouth shut now. But I do like to get other peoples opinions so I can make my own mind up.

Well here is mine.
I bought a gorgeous second-hand cot with used mattress - a bargain but reminded at every turn to get new mattress (esp off GP sis-in-law) so I researched into it a lot, taking into account the advertising blurb and pseudoscience. We bought an organic mattress from cotmattress.com with free waterproof protector for £130. Slightly more - okay a lot more - than I'd wanted but if it means baby might sleep better than it is priceless! The reason I did this is because I had a vile experience with a foam mattress we bought for ourselves last year which made me wheeze and feel ill as soon as we got it so I was determined to get a mattress with natural fibres for baby. With OH's sensitive skin and reoccurring eczema at the slightest cheap detergent, I thought I'd push the boat out...even buying bamboo sheets!!!:p (for baby, not him)

Krystal That cake is ace. Lucky you.:)

Krystaltips

On the subject of new mattresses to prevent sids etc... Has anyone here heard of matress wrapping?

http://www.stopsidsnow.com/SuccessOfMattressWrapping.html

It's practised in New Zealand and they claim that no baby has died of sids from a wrapped mattress... You can buy them over here and I don't think they're that expensive...

lilian1977

Metranil_Vavin wrote: »

I was baffled when I went for my dating scan as I knew for a fact that I was exactly 12 weeks and 1 day, however she put me a whole week further on..how does that work then????

I was the same - my private scan put me at exactly the same day that I'd got to but my dating scan and subsequent 20 week scan have put me at 4 days further gone. Which means I conceived 2 days before we DTD. Try explaining that to OH..

Shattered already today - train was 25 minutes late so had to stand on a freezing platform for ages after rushing to make sure I got there in time, and then sit (thankfully) on a boiling train full of two trains worth of commuters. Bah.

ladylegs

Krystaltips wrote: »

On the subject of new mattresses to prevent sids etc... Has anyone here heard of matress wrapping?

http://www.stopsidsnow.com/SuccessOfMattressWrapping.html

It's practised in New Zealand and they claim that no baby has died of sids from a wrapped mattress... You can buy them over here and I don't think they're that expensive...

Thanks, Krystal.. I have now. It's interesting why we don't actually know about it...all comes down to funding:mad:. There is a good article here that explains cot death theories and mattress wrapping has a 100% success rate in preventing SIDS.

http://www.childalert.co.uk/article.php?articles_id=374

(Although on balance - Dr Sprott, the guy whose research it is based on has invented the Babesafe mattress wrapper so....hmm!!!!!He's raking it in!)

CrazyTink

Still here....still pregnant...3 days over now and nothing happening!

Got midwife in an hour for my sweep and prob get a date to get booked in to be induced, getting nervous now, 1 because why would you look forward to that and 2 i started the same night with ds2 and labour is SORE why am i in a rush to do it lol

ps- not happy skin has broken out just in time for any pics to be taken and i dont wear make up so cant cover it, think i might start now
will pop in later x

ladylegs

CrazyTink wrote: »

Still here....still pregnant...3 days over now and nothing happening!

Got midwife in an hour for my sweep and prob get a date to get booked in to be induced, getting nervous now, 1 because why would you look forward to that and 2 i started the same night with ds2 and labour is SORE why am i in a rush to do it lol

ps- not happy skin has broken out just in time for any pics to be taken and i dont wear make up so cant cover it, think i might start now
will pop in later x

Best of luck. I can feel your nerves but you'll be okay, chick.x Get whoever is taking the pictures to stand up and take them looking down at the top of your head iyswim - so baby is in full view and mummy is looking intently at baby.;)