MSE Pregnancy Club 24

lovecrafting

i hope the call went ok for you, if you cant do it you cant do it simple as.

lovecrafting

just phoned tax credits to change my circumstances. omg they need to close down my claim then i need to re apply !!!!!! like i can afford to go for weeks with no payment

dizziblonde

Ok work phonecall done - I'm now officially inactive on their supply register... so will expect a phonecall in about 4 days time at 8.45 asking me if I'm free for work if it's anything like normal!

About to start tackling the hospital bag packing (yes it's early - I'm organised)... baby one's done at least, husband has been firmly told where things like spare nappies and clothes in newborn and next size up are kept in case I stay in longer than anticipated... just mine to work on now.

The major annoyance is nursing bras - I'm really not going to be physically up to getting into town to go to anywhere obscure soon - which means it's retail park fodder (ie Mothercare or possibly Mamas and Papas) or having to order early online... yet I know I need to wait to much later to get a better fit. I'm large, so tend to take a 38/40 backsize anyway (and probably should go larger if I actually got measured properly) so no idea if I'm going to be able to pick up on the highstreet to start with... this one's really being a bugbear to sort out! Anyone any ideas - not sure how large Mothercare will go in their in-store range.

lovecrafting

i dont use them hun so i cant help sorry, i just use non underwired bras that i use wilst pregnant and then go back to my old bras.

Gillyx

Im sure Ive seen 42's in Mothercare. I got my nursing bras from there and loved them. They were colourful and snazzy, all the midwives complimented me on them :rotfl:

dizziblonde

I'll leave it a few more weeks and then have a look there then - still probably too early to go shopping for that particular stuff anyway.

I'm a naughty girl and still using the same underwired but very soft and expandy bras I was before getting pregnant... my chest hasn't really inflated all that much at all really! Actually getting rather concerned I don't have any sign whatsoever of leaky nipples on the horizon when it comes to being able to breastfeed...

Lola888

Don't worry I'm 40+4 and haven't had an leaky nipples, much to the relief of my OH!

Sammie_03

Morning all,
Just back from the midwife. She said she will do a sweep next week if I'm still here but baby is 2/5 engaged and I'm having regular braxton hicks so she doesn't think I will see her before baby gets here. Probably just jinxed myself by saying that!!
Hope everyone is ok and labour vibes to boldies and anyone else who wants them. Xx

Crabapple

Dizziblonde - some people leak during pg and some don't. I had none, and am breastfeeding fine. I had the same worry as you but milk came in normally after the birth.

I only started having trouble with leakage later as early on you are feeding often and don't build up so much backlog. Again, this is a personal thing and some women leak more than others. Now my little girl is 9 weeks so can sleep for longer than my boobs will allow!

snoopytweety

Hi everyone,

Huge congrats to Ravenlady! Lovely name too!

Been to see consultant this morning, expected a firm date to be induced, but consultant wasn't there, just a registrar, so now got my scan (was a week on Thursday) brought forward to a week today, and promised a decision for a date then! So just going to update the list and push myself back a week! I want her fully cooked, but at the same time, I want a decision, it is so unsettling.

Had a trip yesterday and really hurt my pelvis, mentioned it this morning, and now have a physio appointment on Wednesday afternoon!

My lovely DH organised flowers, a little teddy and a Happy Mummy's day card for me yesterday from bump - made me cry. I have 3 step children, but they havn't once got meanything,so it was a first for me and lovely!

What are we all up to today? x x