MSE Pregnancy Club 21

kiraroo

congratulations sammy, lovely name!

Apricot - we get asked about the cats too. We've got seven and I've had to give up fostering kittens too since getting pregnant. I'd never give up my cats. I have to keep reassuring people that the cats and the baby aren't all going to sleep in one cot together!

Blimey bellabear, i would definitely cry if that happened to me. Is your cat ok now?

I'm off to the asthma nurse tomorrow because my asthma has got worse and worse over the last week and now I'm up to the maximum I can take with my inhalhers. I've been sneezing daily since about week 6 (now 25+3) and these sneezes have now blended into never-leaving sniffles which might also be hayfever.

Also on a completely seperate note, if things are like baby wipes/nappies are on offer, should I just stock up on loads with the view that I'll use them eventually? I've noticed Mothercare have an offer on eco/biodegradable nappies which is what i want to use but i have no idea how many packs to buy in each size!

pigpen

kiraroo wrote: »

Also on a completely seperate note, if things are like baby wipes/nappies are on offer, should I just stock up on loads with the view that I'll use them eventually? I've noticed Mothercare have an offer on eco/biodegradable nappies which is what i want to use but i have no idea how many packs to buy in each size!

I wouldn't bother.. they are always on offer somewhere so it is pointless. we used maybe 4 packs in sizes 1 2 and 3.. and she was only 6lb 14 so not a big baby... though size 4 we used 1 pack before moving to 4+ . we just opened out 6th pack of wipes and the baby is 7.5 months.

Charlie1978

Went for my final growth scan today. Bubs is measuring on the lower centile still. They aren't overly concerned and offered me another growth scan if I wanted one but i've turned it down. I was at the hospital for 3 hours this morning and I just feel like it was a complete waste of my time. Spent more time sitting around than I did in appointments. It has just worn me out. Me and hubby both had the day off in the end cos it was just exhausting!

We've had confirmation of bubs being a boy so that's a start. I can't wait for ML to start and just take a break. The stress today of thinking I had to get back to work and not wanting to really didn't do me much good.

I'm still convinced bubs is coming early. Everything feels so heavy and most days it just feels like my guts are going to fall out. Can someone fast forward the next 3 weeks so I can at least have a break please?!

Apricot

kiraroo wrote: »

Also on a completely seperate note, if things are like baby wipes/nappies are on offer, should I just stock up on loads with the view that I'll use them eventually? I've noticed Mothercare have an offer on eco/biodegradable nappies which is what i want to use but i have no idea how many packs to buy in each size!

I've bought loads of nappies and wipes - simply so that is one less expense for me when im on ML - my wages are going to have to stretch as it is and atm I've had so many vouchers and things I thought it was worth using them to stock up now when I go shopping.

OH has gone out tonight - I love having the place to myself! Just stuffed my face with mini kievs and pasta and now im going to flop on the sofa for the rest of the night!:D

wendz86

Evening everyone,

9 days left at work, single figures yay!

Looking forward to One Born Every Minute later.

iceicebaby

Evening ladies.

1st day of ML today, did some organising of baby things and some baking.

GFH that doggie is gorgeous, I want a cuddle.

Well, had MW yesterday. Baby is no longer breach and is 3/5 engaged! Am officially on countdown to D-day!

Hope everyone is OK x x

chickywiggle

hi alll........ sorry am not a cat/ dog person.

right i'm gonna have a tear stained rant so feel free to buypass this message!!


after 3 hours at the mat hospital (shoulda taken less then 1 hour..... not helped by them forgetting i was there for the first 45 mins of the appointment till i went and asked them) i am no closer to working out what is wrong with me.

they are still not 100% sure its OC but will keep me on the meds anyway...... durrr point???!!!
aparently me 'creatinne' levels were higher then expected in my last lot of bloods (and higher then they normally find in any pregnant woman).... in the midwifes words "there had to be something wrong didn't there... nothing is simple with you!" ..... now this (i am informed from my nurse friend and google is actually a KIDNEY problem and nothing to do with my liver - as OC is).

the consultant ordered MORE blood tests - for hep A, B and C, EBV (something to do with the 17-19 year olds kissing disease/ glandualar fever type thing - yea cause i feel like doing that!!) and CMV (something to do with the herpesvirus). think in all they had 7 vials of blood today!



ohh and they wat me to have a liver ultrasound..just to see if they can see anything...... well how me and the midwife laughed at that idea.... enjoy finding it behind baby!!! but ohh no mat hosp can't posibly do it i have to be referred to the main hospital and who knows how long it'll be for them to fit me in....and whats the betting they won't fit me in on a day i'm already up there!!!


they dont seem to realise babies sleep and had me drinking water like it was going out of fashion to wake him up during the fetel heart / kick monitoring test cause he wouldn't kick.... no he's been battering me for the last hour tho..... nope my word wasn't good enough!!!


DH kept getting stroppy at me the whole time cause DS kept playing up and he couldn't possibly move off HIS bum to look after him. plus he had toothache (lol i tried to get him some paracetamol from the midwifes but they watched me take it.... miraculously my heaache went away :rotfl:)

DH normally goes to the pub for pool night on a monday but told me he wasn't playing this week so not going..... he has just announced he is and gone!! I wouldn't mind but:
a) i've had a sh!!!y day and reallly don't want to be home alone
b) tis my birthday on friday.... he has made no effort to buy me a pressie yet and by going to pub today he will do what he always does and expect me to take money off the credit card to give to him to buy a pressie off a list so he doesn't even have to think about it. (tis the same every xmas/ birthday) I feel like telling him not to bother!!!!!!
c) i KNOW he spent all his 'pub' money last week yet still went out again midweek using more money from the joint account and not bothering to tell me so i don't realise until i check statement to work out why funds are low and get money in pronto for bills.
d) he has told me it is vertually MY FAULT he had to go tonight as he was supposed to be chairing a pool meeting on 18th april but now they are gonna induce me around 17th it probably means he can't do it so has to arrange someone else - and apparently can't do this NEXT MONDAY when he will see him anyway. not that it'd make a difference - he was at the pub for the entire night 2 days after DS1 was born!!!!!

oh and hes STILLLLLL smoking and has no intention of giving up despite promising me when i got pg again (yes he made same promise with DS1) he'd stop.

I want disposable income for me!!!

I want to be able to spend £120 a month on nothing (yes that is pub/ smoking money for 4 weeks) without having to worry about paying the bills. infact i'd like to be able to buy a magazine without thinking "jeez i could buy DS1 a new t-shirt/ present/ food with that money" and putting it back.

I've asked vertually everyone for money for my birthday tho i KNOW it won't get spent on me.... already had to spend £16 of it on lunch for us all today.

ohhh and apparrently his boss is being snotty about his paternity leave and saying they want a signed letter from mat hosp saying they are inducing me and the date as my MATB1 says 1st may - we have tried to tell them it makes no difference as i could go into premeture labour at any time but apparently that "would be different". anyways todays midwife basically laughed in our face when i told her and didn't do one so gonna have to ask my lovely community m/w when i see her wednesday.




sorrry for long post...... noone else to rant at!

digitalphase

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Is this Boots? I haven't had a sausage from them either.

Yeah Boots! I have ordered online from them twice as well. They are annoying. I may ring them tomorrow if I remember. More the principal of the thing really, now. Dunno why they have ignored me. I don't like being ignored :rotfl:

Your doggie is gorgeous - I want one! Got to wait until we get our own house though

supermaiden

Apricot I am also on the lookout for drawers! Am finding it very difficult so far. Have looked on Ikea and husband kind of likes the Kullen drawers but not sure about them. I just cant find anything lol. I did have my eye on this lovely wardrobe on ebay a couple weeks ago but it went above my budget. We have a big pine wardrobe but its possibly too big for the babies room so not sure what to do with it, theres so much stuff to fit in that room anyway that I dont know if it will look too cluttered!

I have been feeling a little better today, had soup and ice cream, ic3e pops and later fancied something different as was soo hungry so had some chips and beans lol, they werent too nice though so didnt eat them all. Have to eat something again now before 9pm as I have my GTT tomorrow. Not sure how that is going to turn out with not having had a proper diet for the last few days and also with morning sickness and not being able to eat anything. Im sure its going to be a nightmare! Have my Dad on hand to pick me up and take me to hospital though and bring me home so hopefully it shouldnt be too bad, at least if I need to he can pull to the side of the road and let me out LOL. :rotfl:Does anyone have any stories of the GTT? Im not looking forward to it at all and think its possibly a waste of time as if Im sick they will just have me make another appointment and if I cant do it once I dont want to try again! Oops, bit of a rant there lol! Sorry.

gfh your dog is very cute

On the subject of nappies.. how many packs do you need in each size? As like an estimate lol. I havent bought any so far and not sure how many I will need!

pigpen

Chicky.. they all have their stupidities... pub tonight was after the sitting around in hospital.. next time have him drop you off and go home with DS.. and by a magazine and sit there for an hour after they say you can go.. Men are just idiots.. some can do a pretty good act but beneath the veneer they are still idiots! Mine has 3 comic subscriptions (at 30!!!!) WoW monthly payment.. but he did stop smoking when I was pregnant with the baby which is a bonus.. not that he smoked a lot. but it all helps. He never goes out or does anything so I can allow him these couple of things I think. I wish he would speak to me sometimes.. he never says anything about how he feels and it drives me insane.. see, they are all insane! Tomorrow is a new day.. and ds doesn't need any more clothes o you can buy yourself something nice.. and your birthday money has to go on you.. I'd open a bank account just for you and maybe the bills and transfer they money over there leaving hubby a small amount in the account for him.. £80 or so... that is more than enough.. if he wants more tell him there is none... it isn't a lie is it if the bills have to be paid.