MSE Pregnancy Club 24

MrsBryan_2

missmonkeymoo I was exactly the same regarding antenatal classes! My MIL is a HV and my best friend has just given birth and has given me so much great advice I felt I didnt really want/need to go.
So I boycotted the ones that the hospital put on and thought I'd got away with it! Then my midwife said she was doing an antenatal class and that I should go as I didn't attend the hospital ones.
So I begrudgingly attended and found it SO helpful!

From talking about the types of pain relief pros and cons, demonstrations of a doll coming through a model of a pelvis, to how it feels when a baby is crowning (put your fingers either side inside your mouth and pull sideways!!!). I'm really glad I went. Even if you go to one and dont enjoy it, you don't have to go again?

MrsBryan_2

Good luck fluffnutter! Are you going to mention that you don't know the sex of bubba when you get in there? Ahhh its so nice seeing baby again, although they are huge and take up the whole screen! Or is that just my pie-eating baby?

dizziblonde

So much been given to me in the last few days I need to sort through - got my cloth nappies from Freecycle at the weekend and now a huge mountain of really lovely girls' clothes to wash... iron (wozza iron) and sort out in various sizes!

fluffnutter

MrsBryan wrote: »

Good luck fluffnutter! Are you going to mention that you don't know the sex of bubba when you get in there? Ahhh its so nice seeing baby again, although they are huge and take up the whole screen! Or is that just my pie-eating baby?

Yeah definitely! It will be the first thing I say... "please don't say 'he' or 'she' or show us its botty!'

I think mine's enormous too. It seems to live under my ribs these days whilst simultaneously grinding into my pelvis so I've a feeling it's about 4 feet long. That's what a diet of cornettos and gherkins does.

fluffnutter

dizziblonde wrote: »

So much been given to me in the last few days I need to sort through - got my cloth nappies from Freecycle at the weekend and now a huge mountain of really lovely girls' clothes to wash... iron (wozza iron) and sort out in various sizes!

My pact with myself... I will never, ever iron the baby's clothes. Keep repeating

dizziblonde

fluffnutter wrote: »

My pact with myself... I will never, ever iron the baby's clothes. Keep repeating

Only ironing these because they've been stored and some are slightly rumpled - ironing is against my religion as a general rule!

Got my new baby carrier the other day as well - picked a Connecta for my birthday and I loooooooveee it - she gets dead snuggly in there without the fighting with tails of fabric that there is with my Moby wrap.

RebekahR

All this antenatal stuff is really playing on my mind today. As I can just see myself being the sobbing mess and having tons of bad days and nights. The irony is ... I am now a sobbing mess over being a sobbing mess. That is actually worth laughing over lol. I think what makes it worse is that I know I have no close by physical support network. Yes I have family in the same town but they arn't close and don't actually really care. Asked my mum today if she will come and help me in the garden and she didn't want to. Happy to want to be there at the birth - she wishes. She is too childish. I am the adult in our "relationship" - She is all take, no give. I guess I am just terrified that its just me and the baby really. Hubby will be good with the practical stuff but everyone wants their mum don't they. We'll be fine - have to be.

MrsBryan_2

oooooh gherkins........

Kitten_Pie

http://www.mummyandlittleme.co.uk/

Just been informed of a sale, might be useful for some.

LittleMoog

Afternoon ladies
Back at work after a hectic week and a bit off, and I feel like I've not had a break I'm exhausted at the moment, think maybe the baby is having a growth spurt or something. I just can't sleep enough!

Lots of weird stretchy pains today, radiating out from pubic bone and around hips. Really hope this isn't the start of SPD, 2 of my sisters have had it and suffered really badly