MSE Pregnancy Club 24

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EDD

1. jem2 - 5th May 2012 :female:
   
2. Magicboo-18th May 2012 (twins!) ? ?
   
3. Kabie - 18th May 2012 ?
   
4. Doodlebug86-19th May 2012 ?
5. Teerah - 20th May 2012 ?
6. Princess Fairy Sparkle - 21st May 2012 ?
7. Miss_Money - 21st May 2012 :female:
8. LegalBlonde - 22nd May 2012 ?
9. Wiccanlou - 26th May 2012 ?(waiting for dating scan)
10. Pistachio - 26th May 2012 ?
11. MrsH...2B - 29th May 2012 ?
12. Norabatty - 2nd June 2012 ?
13. choclover - 5th June 2012?
14. Jovichick123 - 6th June 2012 :male:
15. MrsManda - 8th June 2012 :male:
16. kelda_shelton - 10th June 2012 :male:
17. monks - 10th June 2012 :male:
18. Thrifty-gal26 - 13th June 2012 :male:
19. BB1984 - 14th June 2012 ?
20. Ladylegs -14th June 2012 :male:
21. AmyP1985 - 14th June 2012 ?
22. Weekendpants - 14th June 2012 ?
23. SallyCinnamon - 15th June 2012 :female:
24. Lixi - 20th June 2012 :male:
25. Triangle - 22nd June 2012 :male:
26. museumworker - 22nd June 2012 ? Going for a surprise
27. Cheetara - 24th June 2012 :female:
28. fluffnutter - 27th June 2011?
29. nikkikayj - 28th June 2012 ?
30. MrsBryan - 28th June 2012 :male:
31. whowants2brich- 3rd July 2012 ? Going for a suprise
32. rakkibeth - 8th July 2012 ? Going for a suprise
33. silly moo - 12th July 2012 :male:
34. Robyn - 20th July 2012 :male:
35. Clarissa62 - 20th July 2012 :male:
36. AMC1979- 20th July 2012 :male:
37. Rebekah - 23rd July 2012 :female:
38. stephimoon - 27th July 2012
39. jediquigley - 30th July 2012 ?
40. MrsExcited - 3rd August 2012 ?
41. Gillybean - 5th August 2012 :female:
42. Agscully-11th August 2012 ?
43. GemmaE-11th August 2012 ?
44. Chrissy1981-11th August 2012 ?
45. jen77 - 14th August 2012 ?
46. rjh090384 - 15th August 2012 :male:
47. betty101 - 16th August 2012 ?
48. Student_Mrs - 22nd August 2012 :male:
49. happy8178 - 27th August 2012 :female:
50. Bellola - 7th September 2012 ?
51. Elelyn - 8th September 2012 :male:
52. Breast Cancer Survivor - 8th September 2012 :male:
53. twinklie - 10th September 2012 :male:
54. emsbet - 11th September 2012 :male:
55. The Next Verse - 12th September 2012 ?
56. MissMonkeyMoo - 12th September 2012 ?
57. Little miss moneysaver - 14th September 2012 :male:
58. kittycat1977 - 16th September 2012 :male:
59. MummyOfTwo - 17th September 2012
60. Mishkanorman - 19th September 2012 :male:
61. sexymouse - 23rd September 2012 :male:
62. milliebob - 24th September 2012 :male:
63. tigerwhite - 26th September 2012 ?
64. fozpot - 27th September 2012 ?
65. ikkle87 - 3rd October 2012 :male:
66. Twinkle - 31st October 2012 ?
67. Dribblekitten 5th November 2012 ?
68. Maddie - 12th November 2012 ?
69. catbag - 12th November 2012 ?? (twins)
70. LittleMoog - 13th November 2012 ?
71. kavics17 - 23rd November 2012 ?
72. jonno7 - 3rd December 2012 ?

Hospital Bag list here

Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST

:male: Sammie - 20th March 2012 - Noah, 7lb 9oz
:female: VikkiKawaii - 22nd March 2012, 11:20am - Tehya
:female: Lola888 - 25th March 2012 - Isabella 8lb 5oz - 13.48pm
:female: Dinah93 - 26th March 2012, 12:45 - Grace Nancy Alison 1lb 15oz
:female: Lovecrafting - 30th March 2012- Isla Allison 4lb 8oz
:male: camNolliesMUMMY - 3rd April 2012, 1:59pm - Oliver 8lb 8.5oz
:female: Snoopytweety - 4th April 2012, 10:02pm - Isabella Harriet Clarice 6lbs 5.5oz
:female: Goppers - 6th April 2012, 6:25pm - 5lbs 5oz
:female: flutterby_lil - 7th April 2012, 13:07 - Maisie Elizabeth 8lbs 9oz
:female: Dizziblonde - 9th April 2012, 22:41 - Erin 4.99lbs
:male: happydays77 - 11th April 2012, 15:05 - Tristan Leonard 8lbs 7oz
:male: Safesound - 11th April 2012 - Jake 10lbs
:male: glimmerofhope - 14th April 2012 3pm - Leo
:male: 2522laura - 19th April 2012, 11:05am - Charlie Eric 6lbs 4oz
:female: lisa26 - 19th April 2012 3.39pm - Katie Elizabeth - 4lb 7oz
:female::female: (twins) Dashikii - 21st April 2012, 5:55 & 5:56am - Names TBD, 5lb 10oz and 5lb 2oz
:female: natwesty - 23rd April 2012 - Megan
:male: :female: (twins) ginvzt - 24th April 2012, 9:35 & 9:55am - Emilio (4lbs 5 oz) and Maya (4lbs 1 oz)
:male: jennynoo - 30th April 2012
:male: Charli - 1st May 2012 - Harry - 8lbs 9oz
:female: amymo - 6th May 2012 - 7lbs 8oz
:female: Nutella - 11th May 2012 - 8lbs 6oz
:female: alizee - 12th May 2012 - Isabel 8lbs 7oz
:female: gtothec - 14th May 2012, 11:15pm - Riohgnach, 8lbs

PROBABLY GIVEN
BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list

RLV-88 - 23rd February 2012
xcurlyluciex - 11th March 2012
emmigrant-immigrant - 20th March 2012 (date tbc at scan)
Phunkles - 27th March 2012 ?
Henry_Hoover - 28th March 2012 :male:
emilyxxx8 - 14th April 2012 ?
Bianx - 20th April 2012 ?
AmySquash - 23rd April 2012 ?
hannah27 - 3rd May 2012 :female:

CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

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little_miss_moneysaver_3

Twinklie I took advantage of the vouchers yday. I'm sure there's another one normally in the summer, but just incase there's not I went yday. The way I think of it is that it's all free as I didn't pay with money Mainly bought nappies as we have most "big" things. I'll be 24 weeks on Wednesday

Why don't you share your list with us? Then maybe we can suggest things, or you might have something one of us haven't thought of?

Welcome Kavics and congratulations.

Morning, well afternoon to everyone else. Hope you're having a good weekend. OH hasn't felt the baby move since he thought he did the other day, but this morning baby was bouncing around and he felt loads of moving/kicking so we're both happy today.

jediquigley

Afternoon ladies

not much to say today just dropping in, 30 weeks on monday! woohoo!
sister gave me her half moon cushion yesterday for when feeding baby. babies room looks a bit of a mess stuff everywhere, cant wait for ikea trip in a few weeks to get some storage stuff sorted.

8 weeks left at work, luckily only 4 off those are a 5 day week as its getting different with back pain and tiredness.

very drab weather here today:(

Laura

twinklie

little_miss_moneysaver wrote: »

Twinklie I took advantage of the vouchers yday. I'm sure there's another one normally in the summer, but just incase there's not I went yday. The way I think of it is that it's all free as I didn't pay with money Mainly bought nappies as we have most "big" things. I'll be 24 weeks on Wednesday
QUOTE]

Thanks honey. I have nappies and wipes (bought), moses basket and stand - and bedding (gift), bouncer (borrowed), bath (borrowed), seat for when a little bigger (borrowed), mobile (bought).

Think that's all I have so far. :rotfl:

LittleMoog

Afternoon ladies

We went to the baby show at the NEC this morning, it was really good. We've ordered our travel system, the Uppababy Vista :j Was really good to be able to compare all the ones on our shortlist in the same place Won't be delivered til 1st October though. Bought a widgey BF cushion/babynest as well, and a MAM starter set of bottles (plus 2 free small bottles , and a manual breastpump, both half price. Not planning on regular expressing, but may want to for the odd occasion, so thought a manual one compatible with the bottles was the way to go. It was getting super busy when we left at lunchtime, if you're going to one make sure to get there when it opens so you can look around before the rush! I'm knackered now though, so quiet afternoon/evening for us

norabatty_2

Hey everyone!

38 weeks today - the end is in sight!! Starting to get a bit excited now! Our Totsbots Teenyfit nappies turned up yesterday - they are just so adorable. We went to visit the in-laws last night and DH insisted on bringing a nappy along to show his mother! They were both ooh-ing and aaagh-ing over it, very amusing. No smart remarks or laughing or anything! It literally is the size of my hand, and my hands are small! DH very impressed with the quality so seems to be much more onboard than when I first mentioned the idea and he dismissed it outright! Incase any of you are buying off thenappylady.com, all of the nappies I ordered (6 Teenyfits and 1 Little Lamb onesize) came with at least 1 if not 2 boosters, so in hindsight there was no need for me to order additional boosters which I did. Still, I'm sure I'll find some use for them!

Not overly convinced about the quality of the Little Lamb onesize, but I guess you can't expect too much when you pay £6.50 for a birth-to-potty pocket nappy. It came with 2 huge boosters though.

Just wondering if anybody can suggest something I've forgotten about in terms of what I need for the baby? So far I have:

• travel system including car seat
• baby bath and top and tail thingy
• 2 changing mats
• nappies
• wipes
• cotton wool
• nappy cream
• baby wash
• moses basket (stand borrowed)
• cot, changer and wardrobe ordered but not delivered until early June
• video monitor
• 3 blankets/shawls
• a ridiculous amount of bibs (gifted)
• muslin thingys for throwing over shoulder (gifted)
• sister buying me bouncer
• 2 sleepsuits
• 7 short-sleeved vests

(sister had baby 2 weeks ago so when our baby turns up, she is sending all 0-1month clothes with my parents who will visit the day after the baby is born)

• cardigan
• baby going home outfit including hat and mits
• breast pads
• maternity pads
• lots of bottles of water/small cartons of juice/cereal bars for labour
• sister sending me nipple cream
• a few bottles (borrowed) incase the breastfeeding doesn't work out

Am I missing out on anything?

ikkle87

Does your cot come with a mattress or do you need to buy that separately? Sheets and blankets for the cot/moses basket etc? Maybe buy a couple of 0-3 month things just incase baby is long etc and the clothes you have don't fit? raincover for your travel system? baby towels/cuddle robes or will you use your own towels?


I daredn't even put a post up of what we have as I think I may have gone slightly ott lol.

norabatty_2

ikkle87 wrote: »

Does your cot come with a mattress or do you need to buy that separately? Sheets and blankets for the cot/moses basket etc? Maybe buy a couple of 0-3 month things just incase baby is long etc and the clothes you have don't fit? raincover for your travel system? baby towels/cuddle robes or will you use your own towels?


I daredn't even put a post up of what we have as I think I may have gone slightly ott lol.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I have most of them covered.

• Cot bed comes with mattress.
• Also have 3 sheets for moses basket (borrowed)
• Overall, have 3 blankets so thinking this is enough for moses basket/cot/car seat????
• Baby is currently measuring long and heavy so have some up to 3 months boys clothes I borrowed from my sister but need to put them through the wash to freshen them up - please note I don't know if I'm having a boy or a girl!!
• the travel system included raincover
• no baby towels (although sister included 2 blue hooded ones in the bag of 0-3 month boys clothes she lent me)

I have a feeling I'm having a boy. As well as my 2 week old niece, I have 3 nephews (so plenty of potential hand-me-downs) so am pretty sure that I'd be wasting money buying clothes if I do have a boy so I'm trying not to buy anything unnecessary until the baby turns up and we know for sure. But maybe I should get a neutral starter outfit is size 0-3 months just incase baby weighs more than 9 pounds?

Gillyx

I have about 15 blankets and probably use a good chunk of them.

Pram, car seat, cuddling on the couch, cot, moses basket. Some blankets will take a while to dry, and with sick, milk etc landing on them often, I'd say get a couple more. You will more than likely get loads as gifts.

*Nutella*

Hello all

Hope everyone's well - I've finally managed to read through the 40 or so pages that I'd missed; I was only 10 days behind...

Thanks to everyone for all your good wishes and congratulatory messages

Big congratulations to Alizee and gtothec - hope you're enjoying your mummy cuddles.

Emsbet, I remember you asking about baby books a while back. I can't recommend the Babycare Bible highly enough: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1904760511/ref=asc_df_19047605117939841?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&!!!!!hydra0b-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=1904760511&hvpos=1o1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4454100521831399329&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt= It's not the cheapest option, but it's worth every penny - it has lots of photos of practical hands-on stuff like 'how to' baby basics like bathing, swaddling, holding and handling etc. There's stuff on first aid and chapters on feeding, sleeping, crying and responding, baby month by month, caring for and interacting with older babies, keeping baby healthy etc. So it would also be useful when baby is a bit older - there are receipes and ideas for weaning, toodler-proofing your house etc. Although I agree that 'Your baby week by week' is useful, I find it harder to dip in and out of.

Our little girl was one week old yesterday, so we marked the occasion at 7.47pm (the time when she was born) with milk for her, beer for the OH and water for me :beer: (hmmm.... am thinking I got a raw deal there...) We're really enjoying getting to know her and all her little facial expressions, and although I'm veeeery tired I wouldn't change a thing I'll be moving over to the newborn thread, but will no doubt lurk and sometimes post here too - I'll want to know how everyone's getting on!

Labour vibes to those who want them and hugs to those who need them x

PS: Forgot to mention that my overexcited friend, who I told you about a couple of weeks ago, texted me the morning after my c-section asking if I was home yet and when she could come and visit! Ahem, still unable to get out of bed, still attached to a catheter... not quite ready for visitors yet...