MSE Pregnancy Club 24

emsbet

Congratulations and welcome SaliMali :wave: I've added you to the list

Happy due date missmoney, I hope things started moving for you last night.

BB, try not to over do it. I know it's difficult though, I'm still getting used to my changing limitations. How much have you got left to do to the house? Is it mostly cosmetic now?

Im going to get dressed soon and waddle down to the sorting office to collect a parcel. It could one of four things, it feels like Christmas

xx

Triangle

Morning all :hello:

Hope you all had a good weekend - welcome to all new ladies and yay for BB and MrsBryan for being on maternity leave, I love it so much! A while ago someone posted on here that they tried to do errands, chores, meetings with friends etc in the mornings and rest in the afternoons. I followed that as much as possible last week and it really did help pace myself Can't believe I'm 35+3 today - how quickly is time flying?!

Had a manic weekend, on Saturday me and DH went to the NHS parentcraft workshop. It really was fantastic - very informative, actually fun for us both, met some lovely people and it included tour of maternity ward and the midwife led unit next door. Really hoping for a water birth now

Did a car boot yesterday morning and made £65, which I'm pleased with and, added to my ebay sales of the last fortnight of £107, isn't bad going! :money:

I have overdone things a bit though so lots of rest for me over the next few days. Taking little dog to the vets in a bit for his annual booster jabs and then its back to bed for me!

Take care all - huge huge labour vibes to those boldies

Txx

MrsManda

Good morning
Bit of a soppy comment but I LOVE my husband I declared this morning that I was going to try to do something useful as I feel like all I've done for the last week is sleep and moan - feel tired and achy all the time, don't think nesting energy is going to happen
His response: you are doing something useful, you're carrying our child

Welcome to the newbies

BB try not to overdo it. Your friends will have been happy to do the painting while you put your feet up - that's what they're there for Enjoy your first day of maternity leave and get some rest

Good luck to all the boldies. I can't wait to be the top of the list - in fact I'd really like to be a queue jumper as I've had enough of being pregnant and want to be a mum having cuddles instead.
My OH think baby is going to turn up on the 10th because his brother was born 1982 on 10th and this is year 2012 so both end in a 2
My comment was that was fine providing he turned up before 7pm so my OH can be there otherwise baby isn't allowed to turn up until the evening of the 12th.

Washing machine has finish so better go sort that out and then I need to call the hospital - got a letter saying the lab wanted another urine sample after receiving the one on the 11th but as the sample from the 18th also got sent to the lab I'm thinking that it's probably pointless to send another especially as I'm going to have to give one to the midwife tomorrow but want to check.
Rest of the day = studying and buying my OH's birthday presents before baby turns up and I get distracted. Though I'll probably end up falling asleep by the afternoon

Have a good day everyone.

Miss_Money

Hello everyone Well my due date is here and i'm still pregnant She decided she didn't want to make an apperance! She is going to be a stubborn diva!!! I'm so tired!!! xxx

LittleMoog

Morning ladies

sending labour vibes to Miss Money and Teerah, hope you'll be getting mummy cuddles soon

Had a horrendous head/neck ache all day yesterday, drank tons of liquids and took paracetamol but it just kept coming back meh! sometimes I really miss ibuprofen, I've never found paracetamol much use for headaches/migraines. meant I didn't do anything useful all day, and our house is such a tip. Really need to get off my bum and do something about it this evening

Caught DH in the spare room yesterday evening looking at the baby stuff and grinning to himself - i thought he was being soppy, but turns out that he just thinks the breast pump is really funny :rotfl: sometimes I think he has the mental age of a ten year old

Hope everyone else has a good day

BB1984

Welcome salimali! :wave: How quick was quick, dare I ask?!

Ladies, I need some help/advice/words of wisdom (or even just a sympathetic ear whilst I witter away for a bit), if I may?

I'm 36w+4 and increasingly anxious about everything (baby). I don't feel like there's anyone I can really talk to about how I feel because I'm worried that they'll think there's something wrong with me

Everyone keeps saying to me "oh I bet you're so excited about the baby arriving", and "oh I bet you can't wait for the baby" etc etc and of course I say yes I am, but to be honest with you I don't actually feel that excited...and clearly I should be! This baby was planned and long-awaited, and I love it so much already, but I can't help feeling more a sense of impending doom rather than excitement...!

I can't exactly put my finger on what it is that's bothering me. There's a few things I guess - the birth itself scares me (although not excessively, I don't think) as I hate not knowing what to expect. I think most of my "issue" with the birth was that for much of my later pregnancy, until very recently, I was convinced I was going to have to have a caesarean. Whilst that came with its own anxieties, I'd reconciled it in my mind and was fine with it - and at least I would have a date etc! Because of that, I don't feel mentally prepared for a natural birth - I haven't done any of the things I thought that I'd have done, little things like taking raspberry leaf capsules, perineal massage(!), getting a hypnobirthing CD etc. And I keep having random panics about what to do when my waters break, where to go, etc, even though I've been to ante-natal classes and everything. It's like I've blocked out the fact that I'm going to actually have to give birth at some point!

I also don't feel prepared from an organisational point of view, which I guess is mostly due to the work we've been doing to the house. We're nearly there now, almost finished all the painting and hopefully by the end of the week will have carpets and can start moving furniture upstairs etc.. But because the house is in chaos, with all the baby stuff all over the place and packed up in boxes etc, I haven't really got a sense of what we've got, what we need to get etc - and I'm aware that I'm running out of time fast! I think we've got all if not most of the essentials, but I just want to be able to wash everything and put it all into the baby's rooms nicely so that everything feels "right", ITMS? What makes it even worse is that normally I would do loads of the DIY myself rather than waiting for others to do it, but because I'm so huge and heavy I can't do very much, so feel useless.

And then there's the whole thing about taking care of an actual brand new human being... :eek: I'm not an idiot, I understood that getting pregnant would have that end result, and I do have a vague idea of how to hold a baby, change a nappy etc! But reality is hitting me and I'm just so worried that I won't know what to do I just feel so clueless. Plus - and I know I've mentioned this before and it probably still sounds silly - but I'm REALLY going to miss my bump! I just love feeling my baby move inside me and knowing that it's safe and warm in there, and I love being pregnant, despite the swollen ankles and the backache and the tiredness. The rational part of me knows that having the baby out in the world with me will be even better, watching him/her grow and develop, but the stupid irrational part of my brain keeps wondering otherwise. And that makes me feel really guilty for not being as excited as I should be about meeting my LO face to face.

LOL, if you knew me in real life you would be amazed at this post, because it is so unlike me! I am normally such an organised yet calm person, totally sensible and logical. Despite feeling completely not like a real grown-up, I'm not too young, I have a wonderful supportive husband who will be a great dad, we're ok money-wise - struggling a bit due to the building project - but we're not too bad. There's no reason for me to feel any of this. Maybe it's just the hormones, I don't know.

I also don't really know what the point of this post was, because it hasn't really made me feel any better writing it all down, in fact it makes me feel worse by acknowledging my fears/feelings! I suppose I'm just wondering if anyone else has ever felt anything like how I feel, and looking for some reassurance that everything will be ok...

Sorry guys, that was a mega-rant, but thanks for reading, if you made it to the end! I think I'll just go and find a tissue and make a cup of tea to cheer myself up...and there's some cake with my name on it too (never too early!)

BB x

Miss_Money

BB what you are feeling is perfectly natural! with my 1st I was apprehensive about the birth but you sort of just go with it! And whn i actually gave birth and the midwives said they were leaving after making sure we were both ok etc... I actually said to them" you can't leave! I don't know how to look after a baby!!" they replied "you will be fine " and i was. The next day my midwife came back and said my reaction was the same as many new mums she attends! It's such a life changing experience! With my second baby, I was excited and yet apprehensive as it meant my 1st born would maybe feel left out a little... she of course wasn't left out and it's all good.
With this baby, who I really really want (and wish she would bloody well hurry up) I STILL feel apprehensive about the birth (it's gonna hurt lol) about the kids feeling left out! About me having sleepless nights and feeding issues and every thing you can imagine. I'm most worried about it changing the family dynamic (it probably wont!) When Baby does arrive none of what I've listed will be in my mind at all. Its a bit like worrying about a wedding, when it happens you just enjoy it.
I hope this post made SOME kind of sense! Ive been a bit rambly! xxxx(huge hugs) xxx

mr_parsnip_features

Would you kind ladies mind advising me on the baby-club deals that I've seen mentioned a few times on this site?

For example, the Asd@ club offers of nappies and wipes, and the best way to claim these?

The B00ts club and the bag they're offering?

We sent of for the @rgos vouchers from the Bounty pack, but don't seem to have received them. Anyone else had problems with this?

Also - would be grateful for any recommendations for:
1) Ear thermometer.
2) Monitor
3) bouncer
4) travel cot/playpen

fluffnutter

BB, you sound totally normal to me. In fact, if you weren't apprehensive, it would be weird (and perhaps a little worrying).

My OH just says three little words to me when I get in a flap - We.Will.Cope.

And so will you x

ikkle87

Asda Club - sign up in yours and your partners name so you can then print a voucher off each. You then go to Asda and get a Huggies starter pack. This contains a hat, a pack of nappies and a pack of wipes as well as £5 off Huggies products. Some people use the vouchers towards another pack, I saved mine until there was some offers in other stores.

Boots Parent Club - register online as being expectant and they will send you some vouchers. You will get 10 points per £1 instead of 4 on all baby items. The vouchers include the free changing bag when you buy pampers nappies, and then the rest vary, I got one for a free Avent bottle, Free mums essential toiletries set if spending £xx on Avent products. Then a few more like points on shampoo's etc. If you wait till Boots have a 342 on like they do at the moment you can combine deals and it works out much better! I got with mine the changing bag, a large pack of Pampers nappies, a body suit, the mums essentials kit, an Avent bottle and 2 Avent teats and it cost me approx £5.

Sainsbury's also do a baby club how ever it's not amazing, just a few small samples, a travel changing mat and a pack of Huggies wipes. You do have to buy a pack of Huggies nappies. You register for this online.

You can also sign up to the Huggies club online, they regularly do vouchers which you can print out to use towards nappies/wipes/little swimmers. They change regularly so there is always something different.

You can download and print out the Argos vouchers on the Emmas Diary website http://www.emmasdiary.co.uk/voucher.aspx?type=1 tbh though they aren't much cop.