MSE Pregnancy Club 24

Rups32

ohh the choices of birth..:) i was reading through my notes and am not even sure at this stage.. the waterbirth does sound good but i dont know. am such a wimp when it comes to pain.:(

bikelesschick

jediquigley wrote: »

bikelesschic - re prams/pushchairs - i felt lost with the amount of choice - i signed up to £1 Which trial for a month (make sure you cancel it afterwards) to get some info. main things which will help narrow things down is your budget, decide on it and size of your boot. i have a corsa and they arent many models which will fit in a 100cm boot. i found kiddicare a great place to shop, they have a really big one in peterborough where i live.

Thanks for that and all the other suggestions (e.g. ebay). Unfortuanely DH doesn't want to buy a second hand pram/car seat - I think he'd be ok if it was someone we know but no one has offered so far.

I'll probably have a quick look at which. I'd seen the £1 trial thing but have just been looking for free reviews on the internet. That's a good idea though!

Unfortunately no kiddicare nearby but I think I found an independent retailer that may be helpful (they don't open on Sundays so I'll try Tuesday after work).

I was quite keen on one of the graco travel systems from babiesrus that's currently on offer but DH kindly reminded that we need a 3 wheeler for offroad walks with the dog. Someone recommended the phil & teds classic but the reviews are not amazing so our best bet to far is the m&p sport 03. Size isn't really an issue so it's more about reliability I think... the search continues! Anyone on here has any 3 wheelers? Apart from quinnys (DH not keen on them!).

Welcome KatyLiz and SamW :wave: I'm doubly glad that you joined us as it pushes me down a couple of places on the list;) it's just been moving way too quickly recently!

KatyLiz

Hi bikelesschick - I had a 3 wheeler with my daughter, no idea what the current models are like, but the one we had drove us crazy. It was so hard to push! I liked to be able to push one handed so I could carry an umbrella etc and it just couldn't be steered that way. I ended up getting annoyed and buying a Maclaren as soon as she was 6 months. They don't look as good, but I found them so much more practical, and I could push it through anything. I haven't given any thought to what I'll get this time, we don't intend to buy anything until after the kids are back at school in September.

jediquigley - I second your recommendation of kiddicare. We live 25 minutes away, and we'll be heading to buy all the big bits there. Although the shop is in Peterborough I think the online store is pretty good now, so it could be worth ordering for anyone who lives further out. My sister got the dream weavers car seat for her baby and she says it is far better than any of the expensive ones she's had in the past, so hopefully it should be a good buy.

ikkle87

Bikeless chick we've got a Hauck Viper Trio which is a 3 wheeler, we got the car seat and carry cot with it too and I have to say I love it. I tested it out with my friends baby the other week and she's gone on to buy one lol.

rjh090384

I tred several three wheelers and they evil to push lol.

ikkle87

Rups there is plenty of time to think about your birth hun, if you like the idea of waterbirth though you need to look into whether your local hospital offers them, how many pools they have etc, if there are any factors which suggest you can't have a water birth.

Due to being a high risk pregnancy and having a few health problems as well my labour choices are quite limited. I can't have a water birth, epidural or spinal block which means if I need a c-section I will need to have general anesthetic which I don't want. I also don't want pethidine for personal reasons and I can't take codeine lol.

That's why we are looking for books on hypnobirthing as although some people might think it's all mumbo jumbo and not real techniques I've heard a lot of really positive feedback and so want to try it.

ikkle87

rjh090384 wrote: »

I tred several three wheelers and they evil to push lol.

I thought that about the Quinny it seemed a bit rickety to me too but the 3 wheeler we've got is really sturdy and easy to push, it's got a fixable front wheel so can be fixed for rough terrain or on full 360 swivel. x

*Nutella*

bikelesschick wrote: »

I was quite keen on one of the graco travel systems from babiesrus that's currently on offer but DH kindly reminded that we need a 3 wheeler for offroad walks with the dog. Someone recommended the phil & teds classic but the reviews are not amazing so our best bet to far is the m&p sport 03. Size isn't really an issue so it's more about reliability I think... the search continues! Anyone on here has any 3 wheelers? Apart from quinnys (DH not keen on them!).

We have the Mothercare Xtreme travel system - it's a bit bulky and heavy, so not ideal if you need to fold and lift it a lot, but it's very sturdy whilst being perfectly pushable (is that a word?!...) with one hand if you're carrying an umbrella or supermarket basket. It's also comfortable for my DH to use - he's quite tall and some prams are very low. Like you, I wanted a 3 wheeler as I do a lot of walking, but I also use London buses and taking the pram on the bus is OK. It's currently on offer at £200 minus 10% if you use the code on their homepage: www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Xtreme-Pushchair-Travel-System---Grey-Mist/327323,default,pd.html.

MrsBryan_2

Evening everyone!

Hope everyone has had a nice weekend.

We've spent the day at OH nan's care home, was lovely sitting in the lounge with her and her friends drinking tea and eating cake and them telling us their life stories! I find old people fascinating, I love listening to them! Will go back in a few weeks with baby as they all want cuddles


I second that about Kiddiecare, we're down in Essex so unfortunately Peterbourough is too far for us to drive but we got the Obaby Zezu Dotty from the website and got such a good deal. We'd been looking at it for ages, liked the red but wanted to find out the sex first as OH thought it was too girly for a boy. So when we found out its team blue, we got the lime colour. I noticed that the price kept going up and down, and the offers kept changing so we held out and got the whole travel system plus a FREE car seat for £239! We already had a MaxiCosi Cabriofix car seat so we're going to put the free Obaby one on Ebay! (Its only £59 to buy new but the reviews arent great on the car seat).

Apparantly, when BestBuy went bust, Kiddiecare bought all of the units they were in so we're going to have a big Kiddiecare open up in Lakeside in the Autumn which will be great!

*Nutella*

Rups32 wrote: »

ohh the choices of birth..:) i was reading through my notes and am not even sure at this stage.. the waterbirth does sound good but i dont know. am such a wimp when it comes to pain.:(

Try not to worry at this stage - you still have plenty of time to explore your different options, and you will be able to talk through them with your midwife and/or in your antenatal classes (which your midwife can tell you about if she hasn't already). One thing I would say though is to remain open-minded about your choices even when you do have all the information at hand. It's definitely good to have an idea of what you would like and the pros and cons of different interventions, but ultimately it comes down to what is best for you and your baby. I thought I wanted a waterbirth, but ended up with induction, pethidine, epidural (best thing in the world - although if you'd asked me beforehand I'd have said I didn't want one!) and eventually a c-section. None of it was in my birth plan, but it was what needed to happen and/or felt right once I was in the middle of it all... And remember that whatever's in your birth plan, you can always change your mind - e.g. if you're in a birthing pool and you're finding the pain unbearable, there's nothing stopping you from getting out of the pool and having an epidural (assuming, of course, that there's no medical reason preventing this).