MSE Pregnancy Club 24

LadyMorticia

LittleMoog wrote: »

Nope, after all you've got 25 weeks to go! We're trying not to buy too much stuff now, as we've got nowhere to store it until we sort out the furniture in the spare room!

We only live in a one bedroom flat so storage is a problem! We're on the waiting list for a bigger property (not the reason I got pregnant, honest!) but not sure how long that could take. We're trying to sort out the dynamics of having the cot in our room but our room isn't that big!

We want to wait until the 20 week scan just to make sure everything is okay. I'm a worrier!

jediquigley wrote: »

theres nothing wrong with this - we brought just a few odd things, waited till our 20 week scan then went out buying

Laura

We're waiting until the 20 week scan too.

cali77

Oooh forgot to add my due date. At the mo it's the 19th January

fluffnutter

LadyMorticia wrote: »

Is it wrong that I'm 15 weeks and we haven't bought anything for the baby yet?

Nope, not at all. It's worth remembering though, that if you want to shop in store as opposed to online, leave it too late (i.e. 34 or so weeks onwards) and you'll be too knackered to shop! Even more of an issue for you, LM, I'd have thought. Best do it all online. More relaxing, plus if you don't like something you can send it back under the Distance Selling Regulations

LadyMorticia

fluffnutter wrote: »

Nope, not at all. It's worth remembering though, that if you want to shop in store as opposed to online, leave it too late (i.e. 34 or so weeks onwards) and you'll be too knackered to shop! Even more of an issue for you, LM, I'd have thought. Best do it all online. More relaxing, plus if you don't like something you can send it back under the Distance Selling Regulations

Online is definitely the way to go for me! lol. I do have my wheelchair when I'm out and DH just loads everything up top of me. The cheek!

I prefer online. I find that there's a bigger variety and I can use cashback websites (ever the MSE'r).:p

mishkanorman

I took small size for my second as well as newborn (i think thats around 7lb ?) but only because I was given some - i wouldnt head out and buy many but they fit so much better than the newborn and i didnt like the way the clothes were hanging off my ds1 in his first ever picture !

ive replied to all the pms and friend requests and have hopefully added everyone to the new group, if you havent been added but have sent me a pm please send me another as I may well have missed you

jediquigley

its taken me about an hour to read through all those pages argh! well theres only footy on tv so not missing much

sorry to hear you had a bad day bellola. even though plenty of people around me are sympathetic to my pregnancy i find it extremely useful talking about things on here, its a good place to chat.

i had a crappy day yesterday, one of those "how will i last another 6 weeks days" i had back, hip bumb ache and was tired. anyway today was better, it does make be think about changing my plans of working up to 38 weeks though. i think next time i have a rough day i will take a day of sick, because i ahve only been in my job 4 months i feel guilty taking time of due to preg but i know i must look after myself more, i dot want baby coming early because i havent rested enough.

number 22 on the list!! woo hoo!

some interesting things said at my antenatal clinic yesterday - dont use baby wipes till baby is 4 - 6 months old because they are harsh on their skin. you wonder why you get all these freebie wipes from baby clubs when midwife says this. also said in safety booklet dont buy a baby walker as they can cause accidents.

i have not watched any of one born every minute - i think it would scare me to death and give me negative thoughts about labour - it is true that they show the most dramatic cases as straight forward labours would not be interesting enough.

really enjoyed my daisy birthing class last night, it makes me feel more positive abour labour and birth. learnt about how important it is to breath well during labour so oxygen gets to muscles so that contractions continue to be strong. have just learnt deep breathing at moment, going on to escalation breathing next week and then another type of breathing for when you are pushing.

ok enough said by me today........

congrats to all the new mummies and daddies,

Laura

rjh090384

im starting a daisy labour course in a few weeks - did u like it - any advice?

ikkle87

I think I only have about 5 or 6 newborn vests and the same in sleepsuits. Everyone keeps saying I won't need them because I will have a big/tall baby. Think I might buy another pack of each just incase. Got loads of 0-3 months lol x

silly_moo

jediquigley wrote: »

some interesting things said at my antenatal clinic yesterday - dont use baby wipes till baby is 4 - 6 months old because they are harsh on their skin. you wonder why you get all these freebie wipes from baby clubs when midwife says this.

At our antenatal classes we were also told baby wipes are unsuitable for newborns, no matter what the manufacturers claim. The MW didn't actually say when it's safe to start using them though so it's good to know some people think it's 4-6 months.

mishkanorman

jediquigley wrote: »

its taken me about an hour to read through all those pages argh! well theres only footy on tv so not missing much


some interesting things said at my antenatal clinic yesterday - dont use baby wipes till baby is 4 - 6 months old because they are harsh on their skin. you wonder why you get all these freebie wipes from baby clubs when midwife says this. also said in safety booklet dont buy a baby walker as they can cause accidents.

i have not watched any of one born every minute - i think it would scare me to death and give me negative thoughts about labour - it is true that they show the most dramatic cases as straight forward labours would not be interesting enough.




Laura

On our first night i had one of the midwives on the ward show me how to clean baby using cotton balls and warm water, it looked super easy and to be honest hadnt occured to me not to use baby wipes at all however when we got home and were faced with uBer poo that would ride up the back in a funnel we ditched the tiny little balls of hell and used baby wipes !

this time round ive got some top n tail cloths that came in the Huggies newborn starter pack so will use those and maybe some homemade washables