MSE Pregnancy Club 24

MrsBryan_2

She said its incase I need an epidural or general anesthetic, they need to know how much you weigh to see how much to give to you for it to be effective? Only been weighed the twice though, first time was to see how much my BMI worked out.
I think 2 stone is the average, and tbh, I'm not too bothered either! You just hear some people say, "Ooooh I put on 5 stone with my baby," and I think jeeeez......

How you doing anyway choclover? Bet you are well and truly fed up now!! Come on baby! x

twinklie

My consultant said he'd like me to put on between 2 and 3 stone by the end.

*Nutella*

Mrs Bryan - given WW's focus on every pound, it wouldn't surprise me if their scales were more accurate than some old NHS ones! Although that's quite a significant difference!...

I think weight gain is bound to vary a lot from person to person. I put on 3.5 stone :eek: and when I weighed myself four days after giving birth, I'd lost 2 stone of that. So my weight gain was 2 stone baby, water, placenta and the like - and 1.5 stone was chocolate, ice cream and other unhealthy stuff (plus, I like to think, my boobs!) One month later I've lost a further 5 pounds through no effort whatsoever - newborn babies don't give you much time to eat, and if you breastfeed you'll lose the weight even quicker. I'm also starting a couple of mum and baby exercise classes in a few weeks' time - I figured it would be a good way too meet other new mums too.

I'm intrigued by the point about the epidural - I had one, and no one weighed me and/or asked me about my weight?.... Probably yet another example of how hospitals do things differently....

MissMonkeyMoo

Rebekah we're going for the whole Winnie the Pooh theme to (I know we're both after the same furniture from Babies R Us!) Have you seen the WTP wall stickers on amazon? Think we are going to get some of those and make a feature of one of the main walls.

Re weight, my midwife hasn't weighed me since me booking in and I am quite happy about that! I know it's silly, but I would obsess over it so I would rather not know how much I have put on! I haven't weighed myself for years cos I used to weight myself all the time when I was an overweight teenager and it just got me all negative. I'll just go by how my clothes fit after baby's born - and even then I'll be in no rush to lose it!

Hope everyone is having a good day!

ferrety

RebekahR wrote: »

Wow this is interesting! How and when did you get into that? Bet that costs a lot :eek:

Well i have allways had lots of pets as a child (dad saw to that) and as i got older friends would pass on small furrys that they didnt want anymore. Now we rescue ferrets, im 3rd gen of the family to own them as dad and grampy used them for working animals yrs ago.
I have been doing this for 5yrs and yes it does cost a fair bit but we do regain some of the cost when re homing but we do neuter all of them before they go and pay for any vet bills and lots of food ect too. I share this with dad and oh is very good at helping out too. I work pt and dad and oh work mon - fri so between us we get everything done

I also have a cat, 2 tortoise, 2 beardies and 3 rabbits and of course all the birds that visit the garden for various different foods each day.

Oh and i didnt mean to offend anyone I know that sometimes re homing is the only option and i have had some very upset owners (usually 6ft plus men in tears)having to give up their ferrets over the yrs but i must say alot of the time it is excuses to get rid of the pets that were never really loved.

I was worried about my cat too as he is old and not well but he seems to be very attached to me and will get lots of fuss when baby comes, im just not sure how i will explain to him that the moses basket is out of bounds.

well now i have bored everyone with me, How is everyone else? Had a good day i hope even if you are stuck indoors with grotty weather

MrsBryan_2

I do think it has a lot to do with different areas/hospitals. In my notes it says to be weighed at booking app, then again at 38 weeks. Didn't think much of it to be honest but when she said about the epidural/GA, it made me wonder about everyone else? I know if they put you completely out they have to know your weight to give you the correct amount so you dont wake up in the middle of the procedure, but interesting about the epidural? Maybe it will just wear off quicker if they dont give you enough for your weight? I dunno!

*Nutella*, I've heard that actually. Between the baby, waters, placenta and everything else, that does take up a lot of the weight! And I agree about the boobs too haha!
I'm not fussed, it will get lost when I lose it, I'm in no hurry either. Just wondered what everyone elses experiences were!

Plus the fact we conceived on honeymoon, so when we came back I was a stone (yes, a stone, eek!) heavier from 2 weeks in Mexico eating gourmet food and drinking cocktails! Didn't get a chance to lose it!

ferrety

MrsB - I think I have put on about 6kg so far but has taken me a long time to show and grow so expecting to put a bit more on in the next few weeks. I started at 57kg but had lost about 4kg just before pregnancy and during first 8wks wasnt trying too it just kind of happend that way. I think it was due to making a concious effort to eat and drink properly even though my general diet is good anyway.
I think its MW specific as my first one weighed me every time then i have had a new MW for last 2 check ups and no weight check at all.
I will see what happens when i get my 3rd and hopefully final MW in july

little_miss_moneysaver_3

RebekahR wrote: »

Ah made him empty the room last weekend! It's all empty now. Little lady has a winnie the pooh theme. So half will be lilac and half lemon with a border across the middle

That's sounds lovely. We're doing ours blue on the bottom and off white at the top. We've a bear theme, yet to find a nice border. Did see some on eBay but I'd like to see it in the flesh IYSWIM before I buy loads.

I've not really weighed myself either, I just don't want to be worrying about it at this stage. I had to weight myself about four weeks ago and put on 4kgs so about 8.8lbs. Not sure how much it's meant to be for this stage. The horrible stretch marks have properly started and are invading rather rapidly up my belly bit late for the old bio oil now I think. But I knew they'd appear at some point.
A few people have told me I do look very big for my weeks. I know everyone if different, but there were a lot of nurses there on Thursday and when I said I was 27 weeks they were shocked as they thought I was about to give birth in the next few weeks. It's a pretty solid bump and I don't feel I've put on lots around my hips/bum. Maybe he'll just be a big baby but the 20 weeks scan was average. The GP measured bump a couple of weeks ago, but didn't write the actual number down. Seeing the midwife and consultant a week on Tuesday so will ask them.
I know for general anaesthetics they like a weight, although if there's not one they just have to estimate.

Just went into town. Got OH a tshirt with Homer Simpson on saying sugar daddy, he's eating a doughnut lol. Very OH, we got doughnuts on the way home, but they've gone got a little daddy to be card too think he'll be chuffed tomorrow.
Bought loads of fruit, it all looks too tempting, cherries, strawberries, peaches MMM MMM MMM! Think I'll chill with my bag of cherries and watch a bit of tele whilst I recover from my wanders

*Nutella*

Mrs Bryan, I can totally see how Mexico could do that to you - the food and drinks are amazing! But hey, if you're going to put on weight, I'd say Mexican gourmet food and cocktails is a far better reason than multipacks of Toblerone...

silly_moo

At 36wks I am now ca 4kg (8.8lb) heavier than I was at 10wks.

I was woken up by a massive painful BH today. Got up for a pee, waited for the pain to disappear and went back to sleep. An hour later was woken by another painful BH. Again pee and back to bed. An hour later... another painful BH! I was starting to get worried but luckily no more BH after that. My hospital bag is not packed (don't have a bag yet and don't know what clothes to pack plus baby clothes are not washed) so it would've been pretty bad if we had to go to the hospital unprepared.

I've a question re baby clothes - when do you wash and iron them? If I do it at 36weeks will they be ok in 4-6 weeks time for the baby to wear or will I need to redo them so that they're freshly washed when the LO arrives?