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MSE Pregnancy Club 24

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  • emsbet
    emsbet Posts: 5,237 Forumite
    So far we've just got a kind of golden cream wallpaper up with mocha carpet (to hide any potential baby stains ;)) and are planning on putting some of those pretty wall stickers up and maybe a few picture. We don't really want anything too OTT. Our room is a tiny box room (going to use the "box" as a changing table, so we don't want the walls to crowded with images/patterns as it will make it look even smaller.

    xx

    ETA how's your eye?
    :A 09.06.11:A 07.10.11:A
    Gorgeous baby boy born 16.09.12 :happylove

    :kisses2:The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe :kisses2:

    Patience is a virtue I lack! :p
  • Morning all :)

    Lisa26 Sounds like a very stressful time for you all, glad you are having your mummy cuddles now and hope little Katie starts putting on weight soon :)

    Choclover We were given the Bambino Mio 'birth to potty' pack by OH's boss, basically she bought them to use herself but after breaking her leg soon after baby was born reverted to disposables due to the convenience. I used disposables with DS so this will be my first attempt with 'traditional' nappies :o We are planning to use them during the day and then maybe use disposables at night (unless they are really good in which case we will use them full time). I figure it's not cost us anything and could save us a lot of money in the long run :)

    Emsbet Yep, £33.00 lol it's a Hauck one but is in next to new condition and even if it only lasts us for six months, I will still see it as a bargain :) It came with all accessories (footmuff, rain cover etc). I LOVE both of the Silvercross ones you have picked out :D The first one is the one I fell in love with before getting the eBay bargain hehe

    Hope all ok, really need to get some bits done around house, catch up later :)

    Jovi x
  • emsbet
    emsbet Posts: 5,237 Forumite
    Wow that is a bargain!! I think we've put our sensible hats on and decided that the first one is too much money. They also do another one that is like a proper old style pram and is gorgeous but is over £1k :eek:

    xx
    :A 09.06.11:A 07.10.11:A
    Gorgeous baby boy born 16.09.12 :happylove

    :kisses2:The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe :kisses2:

    Patience is a virtue I lack! :p
  • Charli82
    Charli82 Posts: 128 Forumite
    Morning all, I'm still here and still pregnant!

    I think little one is just going to stay cosily in my tum until forcibly evicted.

    I'm struggling to get up from sitting or lying down now. SPD is agony at this stage. Hopefully that will disappear after baby is delivered.

    Amymo that massage sounds heavenly. Hubby has promised me a spa day once this is all over, although obviously it will be a while before I can take a day to myself again!

    Congratulations Lisa! I hope little Katie is doing well and you can all go home soon.

    Triangle I hope your SPD isn't too bad today, you have my sympathies.

    Hugs to everyone that needs them and good luck and labour vibes to other boldies and nearly theres

    More pineapple for breakfast for me!
  • jennynoo
    jennynoo Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    emsbet wrote: »
    Not yet no. We are definitely holding off buying anything blue until the next one but might start looking around at cots, prams etc as I haven't a clue really. We will be getting a cot rather than cotbed as there isn't much room in the nursery. I know I want a pram that looks like a pram IYSWIM. Car seats are another thing, I really wanted to get isofix as our car has the anchors but we discovered that due to the underfloor storage that is in the back you can't use them as the foot of the base would go straight through the floor in an accident!! :eek: Why they bother putting the anchors in I'm not sure?!

    xx

    Are you sure you have to have a seat with a leg to the floor? Our stage 1 isofix carseat just attaches to the hooks at the bottom of the car seats and doesn't have a foot.
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  • emsbet
    emsbet Posts: 5,237 Forumite
    Sending massive labour vibes your way Charli

    xx
    :A 09.06.11:A 07.10.11:A
    Gorgeous baby boy born 16.09.12 :happylove

    :kisses2:The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe :kisses2:

    Patience is a virtue I lack! :p
  • emsbet
    emsbet Posts: 5,237 Forumite
    jennynoo wrote: »
    Are you sure you have to have a seat with a leg to the floor? Our stage 1 isofix carseat just attaches to the hooks at the bottom of the car seats and doesn't have a foot.

    Oooo! Really? All the ones I've found have the leg. That's exactly what I'm looking for as we have the hooks in the car. Do you know what your base is called? We are going to go to somewhere like halfords and see if they can advise us. It's not something we need to rush to buy so are going to take our time looking around.

    xx
    :A 09.06.11:A 07.10.11:A
    Gorgeous baby boy born 16.09.12 :happylove

    :kisses2:The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe :kisses2:

    Patience is a virtue I lack! :p
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    Amymo wrote: »
    Pregnancy massage was amazing, thoroughly recommend it..

    Did you have to lie on your back at all? I can't spend more than a minute or so on my back because womb + bambino squashes the main vein and I feel like I can't breathe.

    I went for a head massage the other day, assuming I'd be OK and would have it sitting down. Not so; she stuck me on my back despite my saying that it made me uncomfortable and a few minutes in I had to make her stop because I went all faint and clammy. We carried on with me sitting more upright but it wasn't a very nice experience overall :(.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • durham05
    durham05 Posts: 2,019
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    hi, was on here last year now have a bouncing 6 month old, but have found some euro coupons for huggies, wipes & little swimmers (think theres 5 of each)from the starter packs if they are any good to any1 on here please pm me & will post em to you no stamp required.otherwise they may end up in recycle which would be a shame seen as tho we are all so mse.
  • Morning ladies and bumps.
    Hope everyone is ok
    Charli your womb must be super cosy, sending lots of labour vibes your way.
    Jem hope you enjoy your chilling out before baby comes, sounds lovely to me.
    BB I'll happily sample your banana cake ;) haven't have that for ages! Ohh that's made me hungry now.
    Emsbet your room does look lovely. I'm thinking a cream colour with a mural or stickers, depending on how active I am by that time. OH wants a different colour as "cream is boring" but I'm not convinced. I'm a bit envious of your round bump. I still look podgy when I'm sitting down rather than pregnant.
    Had a rough night as I had funny dream after funny dream! One was about stretch marks, maybe as I read about them here? I had a line around my lower back and they were all numbered. None on my belly tho! My work friend pointed them out. Then another was a girl from school who has turned into a psycho and the details are fuzzy but she was causing trouble of the doorstep of my childhood house with Loreal (?sp) shower gel. I don't think she's gone mad in real btw shes a lovely person. Very, very strange!

    Can I ask a question? This may sound daft now. I know the hospital where I work partner/husbands can visit 8-8 and I think my local hospital is the same. However they have a midwife led unit too which I'm unsure about. I know I'm planning a home birth, but was talking to OH about the positives of this and I told him that normally hubbies can't stay overnight and he might have to leave me and bubba there and come home alone. He was shocked by this so I just wondered if anyone else's local hospital or birthing centres allowed visitors to stay overnight?
    :j Baby boy arrived 22nd August 2012 :j
    :jSecond menace arrived safely 13th February 2014
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