MSE Pregnancy Club 21

Alfalfa · 13 April 2011 at 8:51AM

Thanks for the kind words ladies- made me a bit weepy!

Bella2121, I've said exactly the same to my OH, I just keep saying that I don't think the baby wants to come out so i'll just keep my legs crossed so it can't!

Koalamummy, thanks for the reassurance, my sister and mam just laughed at me when I started panicking about embarrassing myself, they said exactly the same- the midwives will have seen it hundreds of times and won't bat an eyelid at anything.

Vroombroom- yay for 39 weeks! Let's hope mini vroom decides to make an appearance soon x

vroombroom · 13 April 2011 at 8:54AM

hopefully soon. Hopefully once he is here me, you and Princess C can meet up with all the new babes. We're not far from each other x

Alfalfa · 13 April 2011 at 8:54AM

Thanks Teenie! I just keep thinking that this time tomorrow I might already have my healthy happy baby so it'll be all worth it x

Lirin · 13 April 2011 at 8:54AM

digitalphase wrote: »

Awesome! What do you keep in it and what are the dimensions?
It's my dream to have a 10ft tank one day, but will have to wait until we own our own house. I was very tempted to get a 7ft but got to be realistic about moving, a 6ft is more sensible.

There's no danger cleaning fish tanks out when pregnant so don't worry. However I haven't done mine for a while - my OH has taken on that job and in turn he has become much more enthusiastic about the fish and easier to convince on bigger tanks

TBH hun a bigger tank is so much easier to look after than a smaller tank. Because of the higher volume of water, the water conditions are more stable, and better for the fish. I don't know what you keep in your biorb but they must be fairly small fish? I agree it must be a nightmare to clean the curved sides lol.

We have a long scraper just to clean the sides, and a long gravel vac which we do at the same time as a waterchange. Very easy and doesn't take long.

We do 50% waterchanges on all the tanks once a week, and over filter all the tanks as well. This is mainly because we keep large cichlids and plecs and they are very messy and poop machines

Cant remember dimensions properly- think it's something like 5ft x4ftx4ft.... It's my partners- I acquired a liking for fish when I met him. (The grumpy mutts are mine, so we compromise!) Gravel base with a couple of big rocks and couple of small plastic plants so babies can hide. Real plants turned out to be a pain, continually cleaning them. Have fighting fish (he preens all day at himself), several variations of guppys and gouramis, neons, cardinals, minnows, mickey mouse platys, mollies, and one with huge eyes that's black- I can't remember the breed. They seem to get along okay- had a few problems with scissortails hassling some of the smaller ones in the past.
Tank was built for the house, and rests on 2 inch polysyrene block, with veneer around to hide it. Big tank very easy to look after- we don't need to clean frequently, a few big cleans a year. Mainly just time-consuming! Two Eheim external filters are in a box beside the tank. Red lights as well as standard. Have a few goldfish in a separate tank also.

Back to baby stuff now. Was working yestarday (am now, but fairly boring quiet job!), and then college, and finally got home at 2330. My partner had made me curried potatoes, which came straight back up. First time that's happened- think it was probably due to tiredness and the time of night. I had been snacking and taking water all day.
Feeling very tight across my stomach all day, and cramping a bit.

Alfalfa · 13 April 2011 at 9:02AM

vroombroom wrote: »

hopefully soon. Hopefully once he is here me, you and Princess C can meet up with all the new babes. We're not far from each other x

That'd be nice, I'm the first of my friends to have a baby so have no other new Mama's around me apart from my sister who's kids are 4 and 2. We'll have to meet up in the nice weather and go for an ice cream!x

bella2121 · 13 April 2011 at 9:10AM

Alfalfa - once your in labour nothing will embarrass you, thinking about it you'll never be embarrassed about anything again! I used to be terrible, I was so bad before I had LO I wouldnt go and buy sanitary towels myself! but since having LO i'm not bothered about nothing

talking of pooping, my friend did when she was in labour she didnt know til her OH told her like a week later he said the midwife just scooped it up and didnt bat an eyelid so dont worry

and again good luck xx

Major labour vibes to all the boldies! there are loads of you! lol xxxx

nic2075 · 13 April 2011 at 9:16AM

Goodluck today Alfalfa. As Bella said there will be offers of painkillers to help. Hopefully this time tomorrow you'll be having mummy cuddles and all your labour worries will have vanished