MSE Pregnancy Club 20

Apricot

Lablover I couldn't cope with a suprise - Im such an impatient person am absolutely dying to know what we're having! I was thinking of not telling anybody else though so only OH and I know what it is we're having and it's a suprise to everyone else - OH thinks that's cruel though!

LabLover

cant keep away...just snuck on to say that my mums mother was horrid to my mum , was a bad parent but my mum still tried to please her all the time,my mum knew deep down that she was being used but wanted her mum to want her if you know what I mean. Then one day when she was dragging me and my brother and sister up to see her (all of us under 5,and my gran lived a good 45 min walk away) and my gran told her she couldnt come in because she was making steak for my mums step father and he would be annoyed at the interruption , my mum finally realised that she was wasting her time , and now only sees her every couple of months and sends the odd card. My gran has no idea what me and my sister look like and came to my brothers funeral and cried buckets even tho she didnt know him either :mad: One day your OH will realise what shes doing, but hats off to you for staying so calm!

galvanizersbaby

Charlie1978 wrote: »

I understand about money worries. And to be fair, the problem isn't with OH. It's with me. I'm used to having my own money and not have to ask for it. OH pretty much pays for everything and I pay a set amount every week. It's certainly not much in comparison to what he pays and i'm really lucky that he pays it without quibble every month and happily looks after our family. I worry that because i'm self employed that I won't be earning anything at all during maternity leave and will have no money at all. It is an unnecessary worry because I know he will look after us and he gets angry with me for worrying about this stuff when he has told me this time and time again. I still worry

Anyhow... for those mentioning Asda and stuff on offer - just another thought. We were in mothercare last week. Everything Advent is pretty much half price. So for those who wanted a bottle warmer and was umming and ahhing cos of £40 - The Advent one (or Tommee Tippee - can't remember lol) was £13 in mothercare. I wasn't going to bother but for that price I figured why not lol.

I got the Newborn Avent kit for £11 and the Avent Microwave Steraliser for £12. Worth popping in there ladies as lots of that area of stuff is half price. Didn't get many clothes though as I found their prices quite steep. Although they do have a buy one get one half price on all vest and sleepsuit packs but I think still with that Asda may be a little cheaper.

Oooo forgot the soothers lol! They have some bargains on some special TT soothers in there. Special orthadontic ones which were a little over £2 and should have been closer to £5 each. I got one in 0-3 and one in 6-9. Naughty mommy I know but if bubs not interested it's not costing much to chuck out!

Thanks so much Charlie - I just popped back to Tesco's in my lunch break where I saw them half price the other day and they have been removed from sale - I asked at CS and they didn't seem to know much so will be heading to Mothercare tomorrow

galvanizersbaby

Apricot wrote: »

Lablover I couldn't cope with a suprise - Im such an impatient person am absolutely dying to know what we're having! I was thinking of not telling anybody else though so only OH and I know what it is we're having and it's a suprise to everyone else - OH thinks that's cruel though!

I did this with both of my previous pregnancies - found out the sex early on (luck as the baby was in the right position and bits could be seen)
We didn't tell anybody else and some people did get a bit funny about it - at the end of the day it's up to you who you tell if you do find out.

Princess_Coupon

Apricot wrote: »

Lablover I couldn't cope with a suprise - Im such an impatient person am absolutely dying to know what we're having! I was thinking of not telling anybody else though so only OH and I know what it is we're having and it's a suprise to everyone else - OH thinks that's cruel though!

me neither the way I see it I'd waited 35 years to find out there was no way I was gong to prolong it another 5 months:rotfl:

LabLover

Obviously your reward at the end of labour is your little baby , but for me I will have my little surprise to focus on and hopefully the excitment will keep me in a good frame of mind. Not like the screamer on OBEM , Lol

sarahangel

Blimey, you lot have been chatty today!

Been trying to keep up but haven't been in so it's not been easy! Just wanted to say hi to all ladies, just in case I forget someone.

I really expected to hear an annoucement by now, hopefully all mummies and babies are doing really well xx

Hugs to Dustystar x

Fairy - my little fella goes bonkers after OJ, but I had a very similar episode at 30 weeks when I spent a whole Sunday in triage only to find he had moved into funny position. If it continues get in touch with the hospital, they will more than happy to put your mind at rest x

Well, I have a repaired cooker - yay. It was a loose connection.

Doppler scan was good, blood flow is good and fluid level is good. Next appointment is Tuesday but the midwife said "That's if you haven't had him by then!" Which has totally freaked OH out, he is up the loft getting the crib, baby bath and moses basket out as we speak! He was even asking how long we have to get to hospital if something does happen. Bless him, I think he has just twigged how near the actual birth could be.
It has made me wonder if the midwife knows something I don't though.
The little tinker has his back pushing up my stomach and is lying on my bowel so no wonder I was struggling with my stomach through the night.

HV has been and she seems really nice, gave me another load of bumf to read through and lo and behold the breastfeeding DVD that Teenie told me about the other day! She did give me some pointers but nothing that hasn't been discussed on here.

Going to try and put my head down for an hour or so, catch you later, hugs to all in need x

Rockinbikergal

ok lady bumps please ignore the following email as I need to rant and get out of this mood before I sit here and just cry my lamps out.....although I might just do that too

RANT ALERT RANT ALERT RANT ALERT

ok the insomnia I can deal with especially now I am finished work so I am fine with that but I am just having the day from hell and I think bump knows this and keeps giving me wee small reassuring kicks and punches just to let me know he's still int here but he's not going to be as active as normal....he's being nice today lol

firstly my mother phoned in an absolute state to tell me my father has been taken into hospital again ( he has emphysema and cancer and is basically a walking time bomb :S) I told her to try and calm herself as he was in the best place to be looked after so she immediately, and I say immediately, stopped crying then started complaining about her modem being broken and how she can't get on to the internet....told her to phone the company

Then just after I had hung up my best friend texts me to tell me she is in hospital in Manchester having been rushed in last night with stomach pains.....can't do much about that as I am in Belfast but hey ho.......

I was already grumpy and had sent of that lovely email to the 'UK' website :S

Now my estate agent phones and tells me that he wants me to drop the price of the house another £20,000 (we have had it on the market for just over a year and dropped the price twice already)....we really can't afford to sell the house for less than it is on the market as is so have no idea how the heck we are going to get it sold........

I went to lift something out for dinner yesterday and hubby had left he freezer door open so all the food in my freezer is ruined......was going to go and do some shopping tonight to get stuff in but I am sore and I have a lesion on the inside of my groin that was to be removed in a procedure I was going for before I got PG so was postponed and now with the shape of my belly etc its rubbing on stuff and really hurting

I just want to cry girlies....

sorry for the long rant but I really needed to get that out coz I can't actually get the hold of hubby on the phone atm

ema_o

I wanted to find out but not tell anyone we'd found out, that wasn't really an option with OH as I knew he wouldn't be able to resist telling people.

We agreed not to tell people names, but just last night he was telling his dad one of the names we liked, I could happily have throttled him!! I think he was cross cos I was talking about baby_o not baby his name

ema_o

((hugs)) RBG xx