MSE Pregnancy Club 20

Make-it-3

Good morning ladies, I had almost five hours uninterrupted sleep last night and I seem to be conquering this virus, I feel almost human today! If you are offered a flu jab do consider it, being ill when you're heavily pregnant is really not nice.

So operation Christmas must begin, please can you let me know of any good daddy-to-be stocking fillers you have purchased.

Coops, sounds like you might have PGP, very common but unpleasant, the Pelvic Partnership website has some good tips to try to help.

MV, hope you're enjoying your first day of maternity leave

Metranil_Vavin

Good morning all.

coops I so sympathise with how you are feeling. I feel like an old woman hobbling about first thing in the morning too, and like you am finding sleeping difficult as whichever side I lie on after a while aches so I have to keep swapping over, and just the act of doing that really hurts When I get up in the mornings too my lower back aches and it takes about 10 mins to loosen up..I find a hot shower helps.

Mit3 - thanks hon. I must say it all feels a bit strange. Felt like I should have been getting myself ready this morning, but hopefully I'll get over that and enjoy my ML. One of the guys I work with has already called me this morning to see how I am!! I think he is missing me as the other girl in our team and him have had a falling out!

Off to the hospital today for my 36 week MW check. I've got a list of questions as the MW I've been seeing at the GP the last few visits has been vile and I don't like to ask her anything. Wish I'd had someone supportive and nice up till now

Then got my first lunch with the NCT girls I've met tomorrow, yoga on Wednesday, OH's parents coming for their Xmas visit on Thursday..by Friday I'm going to be exhausted! Probably good I have lots planned for my first week though or I may go slightly mad.

Have intentions of getting loads sorted..hospital bag packed, baby clothes washed, batch cooking and freezing meals (did a huge shop yesterday!), finishing off bits in the babys room..should keep me busy anyway

When does your ML start Mit3? Can't be long now!

Make-it-3

I've been on ML for the last eight months MV, thanks to a lack of work coming my way! Although official started last week, so just waiting for my first maternity allowance payment to come through.

lilian1977

coops - I definitely echo what everyone else has said - get yourself to the Pelvic Partnership website and to a physio - I had it around 20 weeks and the midwife managed to manoveur everything back into place, it's only recently flared up again but because I knew the exercises and what not to do it seems to have calmed down again now. Also it's really important that the doctors know about it when you're in labour so you need to get it on your notes.

11 more days at my desk (and seven and a half days working from home) - I can't wait until this commute is over!

Go Matt - so pleased he won, I did the same and said he'd win when I saw his first audition! Love him.

ETA - MV - I will be reading your posts with interest now to see what I can do to keep me occupied on my mat leave, here's my list in case it's any use to you (this doesn't include fun things like coffee mornings!):

• Sort out freezer and make room for batch cooking - meal plan with freezer contents
• Batch cook curries, sauces etc
• Prepare birth announcement cards (address and stamp)
• Look at the Surestart classes for Feb onwards
• Sort out CDs, put some into storage and sell some.
• Babyproofing - it's never too early!
• Wrap up all purchased birthday presents for 2011 and put away
• Try and find time for a night away before the baby?
• Make a will - think about who we would want to take the baby if anything happened.
• Boiler service
• Research child savings accounts
• Sort out budget
• Sort out tax credits and CB (can't do this until baby born but make sure we have all necessary paperwork in advance)

Any other ideas gladly welcomed!

iceicebaby

Make-it-3 wrote: »

Good morning ladies, I had almost five hours uninterrupted sleep last night and I seem to be conquering this virus, I feel almost human today! If you are offered a flu jab do consider it, being ill when you're heavily pregnant is really not nice.

So operation Christmas must begin, please can you let me know of any good daddy-to-be stocking fillers you have purchased.

Coops, sounds like you might have PGP, very common but unpleasant, the Pelvic Partnership website has some good tips to try to help.

MV, hope you're enjoying your first day of maternity leave

MI3, I'm currently off work with a nasty beasty virus, it's not nice hun is it.

I have bought my OH this for Xmas from Ebay. It's yet to arrive so I will let you know when it comes

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mug-GOING-DADDY-pregnancy-new-baby-maternity-/390271190309?pt=UK_HG_Crockery_RL&hash=item5addf9c525

Hope the linky works!

Metranil_Vavin

Doh sorry Mit3, I'm sure I knew that already, baby-brain has well and truely taken over!

Thanks for the list lilian. You sound very organised!

lilian1977

Metranil_Vavin wrote: »

Thanks for the list lilian. You sound very organised!

I sound it yes...but whether I am or not is a different matter, I'll probably spend the entire month catching up on Desperate Housewives, Glee, Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill, 24 and all the other series' I've been saving for this time!

babyboysmommy

I had the flu jab this morning. I had flu last winter & it knocked me for 6 for just over a month & took a few more weeks to really get back to normal . I was extremely poorly. I don't know what kind of flu it was as they stopped testing everyone for swine flu at the time I got ill & the GP's only had phone contact with us as they didn't want to come to the house, understandable. There was no way I was going to take any chances this winter knowing how ill I was last time & I dread to think how a baby would have survived it.

I'm 15 weeks today Still struggling with 24/7 nausea & the SPD has really kicked in. I have a midwife appointment this week & one to see the GP, hopefully they can get me a physio referral ASAP. I had a strap etc before but I'm a lot thinner now so need to be seen again.

Hope everyone is keeping warm, it's rather chilly here

hngrymummy

Woke up this morning, had a bath and went to put my Boots bio oil on, and there grinning at me on my belly was a stretch mark. It starts at my belly button and runs upwards

I'm going to be putting on twice as much oil from now on to try and stop the rest of them from appearing. I can see areas where a stretch mark looks imminent, so hopefully I can catch them in time.

I know it sounds vain, and lots of people get stretch marks, but I'm just worried that I'll come out of this and I won't look like me any more.

Metranil_Vavin

I've been using Bio Oil all the way through too, and so far seem to have avoided the dreaded stretchies, but think they can unfortunately appear anytime right up to the very end

I don't know if B.Oil can actually stop them, more it helps them to fade.