MSE Pregnancy Club 24

MissMonkeyMoo

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

It is amazing how much you can save without thinking about it. My wage has gone down by £1200 a month and I was barely getting by but once you have to it is surprising how much you spend without realising.

It's always true that you spend within your means! Although I try to be careful and I do save well, I know that i still waste a lot of money (well, not as much since I found out I was pregnant!) I am already looking at diff means of employement, something that i could do from home or do part time. But I'm in the same boat as LittleMoog that I have worked hard to get where I am and it;s a v. good job to just walk away from. I always thought that i would be a SAHM - at least until they went to school - but circumstances being what they are, I just don't know!

Rups will defr post the details later hun, then I'll race you to find the best MSE price for it on the web! Lol. I've already been looking at frugal websites and I am def going to give soapnuts a try as I like the sound of them (both the lack of chemicals and the cost saving!)

Just won an auction on ebay too for a bumper lot of Little Lamb nappies, liners and boosters - all brand new! Was going to wait for the sale via facebook tomorrow, but I know that I have got this lot at a really good price and that I would have spent at least £80 more on the exact same stuff on LL website (even at sale prices!) really chuffed, it has made my day!

Off to pick OH up and then home for dinner and then bed, I am shattered today.

Hugs LMM, hope you feel better soon.

Rups32

ooohh i need to join these sites and try and win stuff too.. i dont know if can be bothered taking my laptop home though. gets too heavy and i am sure DH will hog his all weekend.

nearly home time. will log on from home when i get a chance. meanwhile everyone have a lovely evening. xxx

Kitten_Pie

Congrats MMM nice win.

jediquigley

i work for the NHS so get a good maternity pay deal. i plan to stay off for 11 months might increase this to 12 months depending how money is going. i will definately be going back to work i am thinking 3 days a week as a secretary but also have my nutritional therapy business to work on, thats what i am really passionate about. we could never survive on OH salary he earns less than me.

re when to go on mat leave, i start mine at 38 weeks weeks but i have made sure the last few weeks were part time to make it more manageable. i am waking every 2 hours at night so tiredness is my main problem. i have just a 3 day week next week then i am off:) hope baby doesnt come too soon and i actually get some mat leave.

its my birthday tomorrow and i was spoilt at work today. especially pleased with a baby changing bag which one of the doctors brought me, its great.

off to get something to eat as starving!!

Laura

Kitten_Pie

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Laura.

I would leave it until tomorrow but baby brain means I will forget in minutes.

Enjoy yourself. Do you have a picture of the changing bag?

Kitten_Pie

Moneypenny not sure but I think vitamin A is in lots of things that we consume however there is much more in Liver and obviously vitamins so these are to be avoided so we don't get too much.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/Vitamin-A.aspx

RebekahR

OMG Murray's done it and now I wanna cry ... right whole house tidy ... time for a 20 min rest on sofa

twinklie

Well birthday was spent in hospital getting cardio tests done. And since I've had this monitor fitted I've not had any palpitations.

Sods law. Any other day I get loads, but not today....oooooh no. Grrr. Still off out for tea with DH shortly! Yey.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Evening all!

Well OH got home about 7 and woke me up, feeling a bit fuzzy and headachey but hopefully no more sicky sick. Thank you for all the hugs and lovely messages.
Moneypenny baby does seem to look more like OH as a baby. I'm not really sure tbh he just looks babyish to me lol.
MMM I'm also dreading the drop in pay, even though I know the NHS offers a generous maternity package so I'll be better off than a lot of people. That book sounds really good too. There used to be a thread on here by a lady called Weezl who was her, OH and baby and they lived on 90p a day. I know prices etc are a lot more now, but it's still on here somewhere I think. I'm doing the grocery challenge over on old style thread to. It back a bit. The debt free/mortgage free threads have some good ideas on cutting back or making money.
KittenWhen I qualified three years ago I thought I would be able to save so much as I'd managed on a lower wage for so long, but it's true you spend what you have. So now I'm really trying to cut back in preparation.
SAHM I'd love too but I've kind of worked hard to get my job, although I have to go back after maternity leave. I'm hoping to go back part time. I can't afford to give up work at this time. We just bought our house last summer and probably stretched ourselves a bit to get our house thinking we'd have a couple of years to try and over pay etc.also I do earn a bit more than OH so we would struggle. my sister will help out with child are too so I'm very lucky
Rups tbh I also get confused. I thought these were 3d scans. But they are often referred to as 4d so I now call them that.
Have you tried looking at doing online surveys? I used to do more a couple of years ago. Also I do shop and scan where I just scan my shopping each week, I get vouchers for that. But some surveys you can get PayPal money. Some pay a lot better than others and it's not a guaranteed income. There's a thread on here about upping income. Also there's a comp thread where people post all the latest comps. If you've got a spare ten minutes one day maybe take a look. I set up another email address as I find they can sell your email etc and you get a lot of spam.
Twinklie happy birthday! How annoyed your heart is behaving since you've had the monitor, just typical. Enjoy your tea!
Jedi happy birthday for tomorrow, hope you enjoy your weekend.
RJH I think it's a combination of being 34 weeks, anaemic and the heat! Glad you managed a nap. Try and take it easy if you can.

Well OH has had a good week at work and got some good news so has suggested a takeout for tea. Going back to my post earlier about not wanting me to cook, but also not fancying cooking lol. So trying to think of something light to munch. He came in, put on the tv onto embarrassing bodies which was all about willies and has wandered off! So I've been left with it lol.

Bye for now xx

iluvfreebies

RebekahR wrote: »

Oh my dayz. That was scary. HV asked about abuse issues, previous depression, if drugs, alcohol etc. Didn't know whether to lie about abuse issues and previous depression but thought that if owt ever did happen would make it worse so divulged. So now I guess we are labled as at risk as the abuser was my dad and he would see little lady. Made if very clear though that he is in no state to do anything as he has parkinsons disease and is somewhat decrepid! She asked if he would ever be alone with her and I said no. Bet she thinks i'm going to go mad after the birth as I have no support network either. Ah well. At least she isn't worrying about me and hubby as we are sound but wanted to know if he had previous abuse issues etc as well...

I had this yesterday with the HV as well - i was really shocked at some of the questions she was asking - i wasnt sure what to say to some of them at all. Glad this seems to be a routine thing and not something she had made just for me.
I hate the thoughts of people interfering in our lives - am so not a fan of the authorities