MSE Pregnancy Club 24

moneypuddle

Gillyx wrote: »

We've not got the stuff for A's room yet but im leaning towards the olive and henry range. They have an offer with a cotbed so going to get that i think. its so cute moneypuddle x

Ahh you should it looks lovely. I was leaning towwards the Jungle Fun theme but then changed my mind at the last minute and went for Olive and Henri instead and it does look great!

Their 20% is until Tuesday and you can still get the 20% off multideals so it would be a good time to get it today or tomorrow for maximum discount!

GRIGGSY

RJH I hope your exam goes well. I had to sit my exam when I was about 10 weeks pregnant and having really bad dizzy spells and feeling sick. I made sure my tutor knew and that I could eat in the exam hall etc to help with my blood sugar. Thankfully my tutor has been really understanding and accommodating which I am so grateful for. Re: extenuating circumstances I think you can normally hand one in after the exam so that they can take into consideration your performance etc so it might be worth looking into. Good luck with it all. I'm currently having to do my dissertation for my masters just now which is a bit of a nightmare.

Made the mistake of letting baby girl listen to music before going to bed last night and all I can say is never again. Got about 4 hours sleep between her playing, the husband and cat snoring and pain in my shoulders.

I was wondering if anyone on here has made their cot bedding? I cant find anything I really want and have considered getting my mum to make me some but dont know how this would work. Any thoughts?

Also I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice regarding my cat. For the last 13 years he has been my baby (10 of those shared with the husband) and I really dont want him to 'hate' the baby when she comes due to changes we will need to make. At the minute he sleeps in our room on our bed but the DH has read that we need to lock him out when the baby comes due to the fact that she will be sleeping in the room with us - only have one bedroom just now. I know that there are some cat owners on here and I was wondering what precautions/changes you will be making if any? My cat is really sensitive and he is a mummas boy and I just want to make the transition as smoothly as possible without any major issues (yes I am a crazy cat woman)

Kitten_Pie

I am crazy cat lady too (ish) We will start to kick him out of the room when we get a bit closer but last time he didn't even care about the cot. Liked to sleep under it but wasn't even interested in getting in.

We adopted him so know that he is used to change, prepared that he will hate us for a few weeks but will hopefully get over it. Discussed it with the vet and she seemed happy that he will cope.

I think he will treat baby like a cat another animal which cries when it wants to be fed and sleeps a lot.

some use feliway (sp?) to calm cats down a few weeks before baby and for a while after and it seems to work.

GRIGGSY

Just found what I think is a bit of a bargain which sadly I cant use as already ordered my car seat, but for those of you thinking about getting the maxi cosi pebble Boots have it online for £130 just now. If you go through quidco there is a 10% off code which brings the price down to £117 and you get boots points worth about £20 plus possibly 8% quidco. They also have other car seats but I'm not too sure about the prices as I came across this when looking for reviews etc on the pebble but you can still use the 10% off code.

Hope this is useful to someone.

Kitten_pie I personally think he will run a mile from the baby as he hates the noises they make - even if they are on tv. He did used to sleep in my nephews pram when he was about 2 (the cat) and allowed people to wheel him around the house. Since then he hasn't come across any prams etc so I have no idea if he will want to go into one. Think I will speak to the vet as well as he needs to have keyhole surgery in the next couple of weeks to make sure his kidneys are still working and the vet knows his 'personality' so to speak.

Chrissy1981

Hi everyone, am having a well deserved rest today! We went to OH's cousin's wedding on Saturday and I'd booked Friday off work for preparation so I wouldn't end up rushing around. So what did I do? I invited my mum, auntie and uncle round for lunch so spent the whole of Friday morning rushing around cleaning and preparing lunch. Then they stayed longer than I thought they would and I ended up rushing around late afternoon getting my nails done.

I'm 30 weeks now and was dreading looking like a big fat elephant at the wedding so I came to the conclusion that if I threw enough money at myself I would look good. Spray tan, mani and pedi, hair done by the hairdresser and stupidly expensive dress. By the time I'd done full make up (including false eyelashes) and put my sparkly heels on I felt really good so it worked! Proud to say I lasted the whole day and night in my 3 inch heels and even managed some dancing! Could barely walk by the end of the night though and yesterday I was good for nothing, although ended up going pub with OH and his friends for a few hours and stopped for an Indian on the way home.

Had a big emotional cry yesterday as well. I was having a (pre-pub) nap and felt baby move so started talking to it, saying how I was looking forward to meeting it, then I realised that I'm going to be a mummy. Then I thought how amazing my mum is and how I'm never going to match up to her. That of course led on to how I'm going to be a terrible mother. Tears, tears tears. Had to call OH upstairs for a cuddle.

Today I am thinking the baby has moved position as I'm getting kicks and punches in different places. The MW had shown me how the baby was lying which made me feel closer to it, and now I don't know what way it is in there and I don't like it!

Hope everyone's doing well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend x

ikkle87

GRIGGSY your not actually supposed to use quilts in cots with young babies, just blankets so you could just buy sheets and a few blankets x

rjh090384

Argh damn depression and tesco. Went to tesco to buy bread came out with another baby mobile. Yes ANOTHER mobile. Why does ring cranky make me buy baby things. So I was temporarily cheered up then I felt faint and had to sit down. Queue me feeling like an !!! with everyone asking if I was ok. Back home in bed now.

sexymouse

Griggsy I'm worried about how my Mummy's boy cat is going to take the baby too - he is a real scaredy cat, and if any of our friends have come over with their babies, he's hidden upstairs or outside, and refused to come in til they're gone. He'd been guarding me in bed up until recently, but seems to prefer being outside now - don't know if it's purely cos of the hot weather or because I started leaking at around the same time. I'm hoping to get the nursery furniture bought and put up soon though so he has time to get used to that being in "his room" - he goes on the spare room bed when we're out. I'm more worried he'll run away when Bean arrives rather than that he'll do anything to the baby. I'm hoping that if I continue to spoil him rotten that he'll be ok though. We'll ask our vet when he goes for his vaccinations this month for some advice too.

BB1984

Re cats.

I have two that have def been my surrogate babies over the years! I am a bit worried that they're going to be jealous, so I took a book called The Cat Whisperer out of the library.

It recommended making as few changes as possible after baby is born - i.e. bring in changes beforehand if possible. For example, we stopped letting our cats sleep in our room a couple of months back, so that they don't associate the baby with them being kicked out. I do miss them though! Also recommended was to withdraw some fuss beforehand, then make an extra effort to give them more fuss and treats etc when baby arrives. That way they associate baby with good things!

No idea if it'll work, but we'll see...!

BB x

BB1984

On another note, I am having quite nasty period-type pain right now... Intermingled with Braxton Hicks, not fun. I'm sure it's not anything exciting, this'll prob continue for the next 3 weeks...!

Not sure what to do with myself though. DH has gone to a birthday party (I was supposed to go too, but went for a nap and didn't wake up in time to go...! He did wake me up but I fell asleep again and he obviously thought I needed the rest...all well and good but that means I don't get any cake!!!)

BB x