MSE Pregnancy Club 24

RebekahR

moneypuddle wrote: »

Quick question about money - it is child benefit and child tax credit that EVERYONE can claim? Are these dependent on income? Any idea how much they would be?

Prob too late in answering this but Benefit for all and Tax credit only for those low incomes etc etc - check the terms to see.

RebekahR

moneypuddle wrote: »

Aw thanks hun. That was 5 weeks ago. I'm looking more like a weeble now At least it means he's growing big and healthy - I have to keep reminding myself

Hate you ... You have the perfect body ...:rotfl::D xx

RebekahR

moneypuddle wrote: »

Thats what I found too, so hopefully thats right LM! £80ish a month would help

How is everyone bellybutton looking? I thought they were supposed to pop out. Mine has kind of done the opposite, disappeared into itself - kind of just looks like a thin line, like a stingray's mouth

Yea mine did that and sort of stretched across instead. I am 38 weeks almost and it still hasn't popped. The skin all around has stretched and is bruised looking though.

Rups32

i just feel chubby with my belly. hope my bump gets pretty and round too. unfortunately i am blessed with stretch marks as they are in my family plus from weight gain, loss, gain i have stretch marks so i think they are my friends for life. lol.

i want to change my lotion as i use baby oil and was wondering what E45 is like?

RebekahR

moneypuddle wrote: »

I've had a bump since about 13 weeks so think I was an early bloomer I think it just looks bigger every day now. OH measures me, not because we are worried about my size but because I'm doing a scrapbook for my baby and we keeps record of everything for it.

In fact, I'm a tad bored, so here are some pics. I do a double page spread for each couple of weeks, so here are some of the pages I've done! Running out of space in the book though now!

That is a fantastic idea!! I absolutely love it!!:T Wish I had done thing like that Bit late now only got 1-2 weeks left! lol

RebekahR

You are a star! Thank you very much for all this. Interesting!!

olgadapolga wrote: »

De-lurks again (maybe I should just join in being as I am 15 weeks now ).

Seriously. You do not have to accept their OFFERS of services. Some like to have a health visitor, some don't. They cannot force you to accept, nor can they "report" you for not accepting.

I also have to say that I believe your sister is wrong about health visitors "delving into your medical records". They don't usually have access to them and very few are now based with GPs surgeries. Those that I have known who are based with GPs are not given access to your records, unlike the midwives.

Your midwife would have passed the information along to them, BUT your midwife should have at the very least told you that s/he was going to pass your details to the health visitor, and actually should have asked for your permission to give your information to the health visitor.

Health visitors can offer some useful services. In some areas they carry out the newborn hearing screening and will give info re baby clinics/childrens centres.

The reason I know about this is because I have friends at the end of their health visitor training and I ask lots of questions as I don't want anything to do with them.

RebekahR

LadyMorticia wrote: »

Can I ask a question? (okay, two questions including that one!). When did your boobs start to get bigger? At 18 weeks, I'm still a AA.

Mostly this is when your milk comes in. I was a 34B and went up to a 36C though around hmmm 20+ weeks I sort of noticed it more but it was a gradual process. And tbh I think since I hit 30 weeks I kinda decreased back to a B cup but had gone up to 36-38 under the bust. But as babe moves down this should go. Used to be in the AA camp myself in my teens. Only went up when I got fat! :eek: Bet decrease back to that post breastfeeding

Rups32

moneypuddle that is an amazing scrap book. i used to write a diary before and then after the 1st miscarriage i gave up. i have seen my friend's peter the rabbit book and wish i had started something, but me being anxious and worrying about this pregnancy just made me not to. i could still do it i suppose, esp once i am very calm after my 20 week scan.

LadyMorticia

RebekahR wrote: »

Mostly this is when your milk comes in. I was a 34B and went up to a 36C though around hmmm 20+ weeks I sort of noticed it more but it was a gradual process. And tbh I think since I hit 30 weeks I kinda decreased back to a B cup but had gone up to 36-38 under the bust. But as babe moves down this should go. Used to be in the AA camp myself in my teens. Only went up when I got fat! :eek: Bet decrease back to that post breastfeeding

Thanks Rebekah.

I've always been a AA, no matter how much I've weighed, although the heaviest I've ever been is 9st and I'm 5ft2". .

Pre-pregnancy I was 7 and a half stone but my midwife didn't want to weigh me due to my long history with Eating Disorders. I think that she thought that it might affect me negatively. My DH won't let me have scales in the house because I obsess over my weight enough as it is. The only way I know how much I weighed is because my psych used to weigh me before I got pregnant to keep an eye on me.:o

KatyLiz

Another early morning for me, 4am today. I wish I could manage a good nights sleep, I am so tired. I've got to make the effort to perk up a bit as we're off to see the Olympic torch relay going past my parents house today.

Boobs - mine get bigger straight away, to the extent that DH noticed the last two pregnancies before I had even done a test. They had gone up a cup size by 8 weeks, and have grown a couple more times since. With both my kids my boobs were massive when I was pregnant, but once baby was born they shrank back to a cup size smaller than they were to start with :eek:

moneypuddle - the scrapbook is great. I do scrapbooking, but I hadn't even thought of doing pregnancy pages. What a lovely record it is. And the wardrobe is great too.