MSE Pregnancy Club 25

Sparkles87

Has anyone been on holiday past 24 weeks? I've decided to get extra travel insurance and found that Debenhams offer travel insurance that cover pregnancy-related health issues, and then my bank account cover will cover any cancellations of flights etc. HUGE RELIEF!

misstamsilakanwal_2

hi Every one new here well my EDD is 18-06-2013 copping with loss of my 4 years son who passed away on 3-01-2012 and then again complications with this pregnancy. #:(

mrsj28

Welcome misstamsilakanwal

So sorry to hear about the loss of your son, and the complications with this pregnancy. My EDD is 17-06-13 so we are just one day apart!

I've got two random questions for all you lovely ladies

1. Glucose tolerance test - I've been booked in for this due to PCOS. Has anybody has this done and is there anything useful I should know? I'm having it done at 30 weeks (the earliest appointment they could fit me in for!)

2. Cots... for anybody who has had a baby.. is it worth getting a dropside cot? I'm quite short and like the idea of having a dropside for when the baby's bigger and heavier, but I've read that they were banned in the US for safety reasons, and was just wondering if anybody knows anything about them?!

Had 25 week midwife appointment today, all nice and normal and heard the baby's heartbeat again which was lovely.

neneromanova

1. Sarahs999 - 21st February 2013 :male: (scheduled c-section)
2. Queen_B - 22nd February 2013 ?
3. MrsDL - 22nd February 2013 ?
4. carrie78 - 26th February 2013 :female:
5. ellie1788 - 1st March 2013 ?
6. Mrshaworth2b - 11 March 2013 :male:
7. Miltarytwins - 13th March (twins) ? ?
8. findingmyownway - 15th March 2013 :male:
9. lkmc01 - 15th March 2013 ?
10. 2ba3c -17th March 2013 :female:
11. Jewels1207-18th March 2013 ?
12. penguin83 - 23 March 2013 ?
13. abbeybryan1982 - 28th March 2013 ?
14. jaibaby - 29th March 2013 :male:
15. SpiderWestCider - 30th March :male:
16. dundeediva - 31st March 2013 :female:
17. missty25 - 4th April 2013 :male: (scheduled c-section)
18. big5 - 11th April 2013 :male:
19. chonorla - 13th April 2013 :male:
20. dizziblonde - 16th April 2013:female:
21. Saffagal - 20th April 2013 ?
22. Just Want a House - 23rd April 2013 ?
23. helen4891 - 27th April 2013 :male:
24. lazywife - 29th April 2013 ?
25. HighlandLass - 1st May 2013 ?
26. nomorespending - 4th May 2013 :male:
27. The_Bride - 6th May 2013 :female:
28. claretsgirl - 11th May 2013 ?
29. lolamancity - 1st June 2013 ?
30. Snozberry- 3rd June 2013 :male:
31. IHateDida - 10th June 2013 :female:
32. mogwai - 11th June 2013 :male:
33. *BigBird* - 13th June 2013 :male:
34. mrsj28 - 17th June 2013 ?
35. misstamsilakanwal - 18th June 2013 ?
36. dippydooda - 22nd June 2013 ?
37. Sparkles87 - 30th June 2013 :female:
38. conventgirl - 7th July 2013 (twins) ? ?
39. anderson8 - 23rd July 2013 ?
40. triangle - 27th July 2013 ?
41. elliegibbo - 30th July 2013?
42. BeNiceToMySelf - 9th October 2013 ?
43. myangels - 9th October 2013 ?
44. neneromanova - 23rd October 2013 ?

Hospital Bag list here

Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST - Within the last month

:male: babymonster2 - 7th February 2013 11lb 6oz
:male: mrs_B - 11th February 2013 04:43 8lb 6oz
:female: msnigella - 21st February 2013 8:53pm 7lb 7oz
:female: JT100 - 22nd February 2013 8lb 12oz


PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list

Babynumber4 - 2nd November 2012 :female:
Myatt - 1st December 2012 ?
mayforher - 4th January 2013 :male:
Missus Aka- 15th January 2013 ?
mountainmum - 16th January 2013?
cali77 - 19th January 2013 ?
mintedby30? - 24th January 2013 :male:
zcrat41 - 30th January 2013 :male:
ellionic - 30th January 2013 ?
b_girl - 11th February 2013?
countrybum - 12th February 2013?
tattoo - 13th February 2013 ?
earring - 17th February 2013 :female:
jwil - 20th February 2013 ?

CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

Please post your birth stories here when you have time/energy

pigpen

mrsj28 wrote: »

1. Glucose tolerance test - I've been booked in for this due to PCOS. Has anybody has this done and is there anything useful I should know? I'm having it done at 30 weeks (the earliest appointment they could fit me in for!)

2. Cots... for anybody who has had a baby.. is it worth getting a dropside cot? I'm quite short and like the idea of having a dropside for when the baby's bigger and heavier, but I've read that they were banned in the US for safety reasons, and was just wondering if anybody knows anything about them?!

Had 25 week midwife appointment today, all nice and normal and heard the baby's heartbeat again which was lovely.

GTT.. is their latest fad.. they want to subject everyone to it regardless of whether they show symptoms or not... if you don't want it, refuse it is within your rights.

cots.. personally I wouldn't have a fixed side cot. I am too little to lift a child over the side without it being lowered. Most accidents that happen are not down to shoddy goods but down to the parents being stupid and not using them properly or paying attention. I'd be more bothered about having to drop a sleeping child from a height to get them in the cot than being too dim to remember to slide the side back up once they were in.. which I have never done in 22 years of being a parent.

mrsj28

pigpen wrote: »

GTT.. is their latest fad.. they want to subject everyone to it regardless of whether they show symptoms or not... if you don't want it, refuse it is within your rights.

cots.. personally I wouldn't have a fixed side cot. I am too little to lift a child over the side without it being lowered. Most accidents that happen are not down to shoddy goods but down to the parents being stupid and not using them properly or paying attention. I'd be more bothered about having to drop a sleeping child from a height to get them in the cot than being too dim to remember to slide the side back up once they were in.. which I have never done in 22 years of being a parent.

Thanks PP - I don't mind having the GTT done so will go ahead with it.

That was my thinking about dropside cots, I'd rather be able to get the child in and out safely and not damage my back/the baby in the process!

dizziblonde

GTT - they're annoying but relatively OK - go in, get initial bloods done, down the allocated amount of Lucozade (worst bit of the whole thing) and then sit there for a couple of hours before getting more bloods done. Last pregnancy I got hit at 18 and 28 weeks because of my BMI, this pregnancy I just got hit at 28 weeks - take a decent book (and a cushion since the waiting room chairs hurt your butt after hour number 1)!

Week 34 today - further than I got last time, so I feel a bit like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders in terms of knowing that whatever happens it should be easier going than last time... may also have a buyer for my old pushchair (my beloved iCandy... sniffle) albeit at a lower price than I wanted but I'd like it sold and out of the way before I go into labour this time.

Am somewhat cheesed off though - my mum KNEW from week 8 that I was relying on her to be available to watch our daughter when I went into hospital - I now find out she's booked a trade mission to Bulgaria when I'd be about 38 weeks gone! Not happy! Do NOT want to have to have MIL down to stay then after her disgusting comments about me causing the prematurity issue last time and her general awful behaviour in the past bodily shoving me out of the way so she could get at the baby (she's done this several times).

mogwai

thanks for that dizziblonde - i wasnt told there was a 2 hour wait as well! Will be taking my DH in with me as I have my whooping cough injection at the same time - gawd, 3 lots of needles in the space of 2 hours

Dizzi is your MIL the only other choice to watch your daughter? Sounds like she'd cause more trouble than she'd save!

I was planning on my sister being in with me as my other birth partner but she will be 7 months herself then so not sure what will happen with that..nervous about DH being the only one there

dizziblonde

If I deliver before/after my mum vanishes off to Bulgaria - my mum will do it. MIL I really really do not want to do it since last birth she showed up at the hospital to get a set of keys off hubby - and proceeded to make herself comfortable sat in the delivery room mid-pushing! No doubt she'll announce in a few weeks that she's booked a hotel for the fortnight around my due date without me being asked anyway - I've said she's not welcome until we've got life on an even keel because of how she behaved last time... she can come earlier if and when I get the apology for all the accusations I caused the prematurity thing.

Other plans are ringing my brother to come down - he's pretty clueless though, and usually incredibly busy with the endless stream of women in his life... or hubby's going to have to stay at home and I'll go it alone. I don't think I'll go anywhere near full-term though - gut instinct is that if I make it to late 35 weeks I'll be lucky.

big5

How did I get to 18th on the list - I'm sure I was about 40th... :shocked:

I had the GTT at 28 weeks - didn't get Lucozade at my hospital, I'm not sure what the drink was but it was horrible. Waiting around for 2 hours for the second bloods to be done was pretty boring, so take a book or something and don't make same mistake as me and sit by the hospital cafe feeling jealous of people eating and drinking! :rotfl: