MSE Pregnancy Club 24

rjh090384

THANKS BCS but u havent met my mum lol - she was pregnant with me when she was 17 and was the wonderful housewife she can cook clean and multitask - i am the opposite - depsite being a single parent to a gorgeous 4 year old i just cant seem to keep on top of things
the last time she came to visit and stayed at mine was a year ago and we had a huge blowout - she criticised my whole life nad and we didnt talk for 3 months. whilst i think i am in a different place now and she sees that i am stil messy and disorganised as ever and i know this drives her nuts - when i make the effort to get things ready for her which will probalby be two days of straight cleaning she will still complain and make me feel inadequate

Kitten_Pie

My mum has a way of making me feel inadequate. She phones me and asks me what I am making OH for dinner etc. When I said soup I get told that it won't feed him I should make something more filling and do this that and the other.

I conquered it by saying that it is good luck if I actually get out of bed of a day anything else is a bonus. It seems to have stopped her moaning at me quite as much

rjh090384

lol kitten thats a good comeback

i think my mum also forgets that i am an actual full time student - not one of these dossy two lectures a week types - i am in uni most days 8.30-5.00 - then im looking after my daughter until bed - attempting to do work - at weekends i feel so guilty for not seeing daugehter much during week that i feel bad leaving her in fornt of tv to do housework so it just doesnt get done! i look around in despair not know where to start!

Kitten_Pie

I want to do houswork but just don't have the motivation to start. It tends to get left and then I will blitz the place. Thankfully I got the motivation this week (can't remember what day) but should hopefully keep us going a while.

OH is great though. He does most of the washing and cooking etc so I just have the guilt to do

Miss_Money

I'm so glad it isnt just me with a messy house i look at the disorganised mess and think I WILL tackle this today.. I manage to get one thing done and it kills me so noting else gets done and then the oh has the nerve to have a go with me... I tell you what when ive had this baby he can do the looking after while i do the housework and that will be wrong too!! cannot win!! i need a house cleaning fairy! or failing that a nice naked male cleaner would do nicely

sexymouse

My Mum was playing squash up until her last week of pregnancy with both of us - she keeps on going on at me about how I need to be doing more exercise, and that I must be really unfit (been complaining about the ligament pains and also hips hurting at night). I just told her that I wouldn't have been doing that pre-pregnancy anyway, and that if I was so unfit, then why is it that every time they check my blood pressure, they say it's "perfect". I also told her that they recommend gentle exercise in pregnancy, such as walking, swimming and pregnancy yoga, and as I have no intention of spending £6 a time to go to our local swimming pool or joining a yoga class, that the walking I'm doing will have to do.

rjh090384

thanks lol - with my ex he would have been the same - the house is a tip whilst im working full time looking after baby and he comes home form work and sits on his expert.

my boyfriend is amazing and i know he would do it if i asked him but hes only round here twice a week maximum and i would feeel bad asking him we only been together seven months lol he is fantabulous tho - he makes me feel lovely and beautiful even tho im a whale and have never ever felt beautiful lol

MummyOfTwo

my lot are the opposite - telling me to stop doing things all the time! have to point out im preggers, not terminally ill, and ive done this twice before with no disasters! they had fits when i told them we just took on an allotment as well:rotfl:

miss_money - you made me laugh with the bin bags, one of our #1 tactics! hunny calls them ET's - empty threats. thing is, kids know with me its not an ET;)

spent today looking through my sons baby clothes and working out what i want for this baby. washed it all and put into plastic boxes with lids, by size, so they are scarily organised. most unlike me.

rjh090384

oh i love baby organising few people have given us bags of free stuff so its all in bags ready to be washed closer to time

im gonna pack the babys hospital bag tonight cos im sad like that lol
wil lget mine done this week as im waiting on marternity nighty from ebay

oh yeah and the loks i get form the other half if he comes to mine and notices i been lifting or using cleaning products are hilarious

Gillyx

sexymouse wrote: »

My Mum was playing squash up until her last week of pregnancy with both of us - she keeps on going on at me about how I need to be doing more exercise, and that I must be really unfit (been complaining about the ligament pains and also hips hurting at night). I just told her that I wouldn't have been doing that pre-pregnancy anyway, and that if I was so unfit, then why is it that every time they check my blood pressure, they say it's "perfect". I also told her that they recommend gentle exercise in pregnancy, such as walking, swimming and pregnancy yoga, and as I have no intention of spending £6 a time to go to our local swimming pool or joining a yoga class, that the walking I'm doing will have to do.

You're not actually supposed to do anything more vigorous than what you did pre-pregnancy, which was a great excuse for me walking and the fresh air will be doing you the power of good