MSE Pregnancy Club 25

pigpen

I don't see how mould spores can be harmless to any baby whether it has grown on their own dribble or not. I would immediately bin any mouldy mattress.

Helen.. you are insane waiting 1.5 hours for an appointment.. I refuse to wait more than 30 minutes without a darn good explanation.

helen4891

pigpen, i did feel abit peed off, but its life, no point in moaning just take it on the chin and get on with it as it will soon be my turn..
but that what im like, very relaxed about everything and take things how they come:)

penguin83

1. Mrshaworth2b - 11 March 2013 :male:
2. Miltarytwins - 13th March (twins) ? ?
3. missty25 - 14th April 2013 :male: (scheduled c-section)
4. findingmyownway - 15th March 2013 :male:
5. lkmc01 - 15th March 2013 ?
6. 2ba3c -17th March 2013 :female:
7. Jewels1207-18th March 2013 ?
8. penguin83 - 23 March 2013 :male:
9. abbeybryan1982 - 28th March 2013 ?
10. jaibaby - 29th March 2013 :male:
11. SpiderWestCider - 30th March :male:
12. dundeediva - 31st March 2013 :female:
13. big5 - 11th April 2013 :male:
14. chonorla - 13th April 2013 :male:
15. Saffagal - 20th April 2013 ?
16. Just Want a House - 23rd April 2013 ?
17. helen4891 - 27th April 2013 :male:
18. lazywife - 29th April 2013 ?
19. HighlandLass - 1st May 2013 ?
20. nomorespending - 4th May 2013 :male:
21. The_Bride - 6th May 2013 :female:
22. claretsgirl - 11th May 2013 ?
23. lolamancity - 1st June 2013 ?
24. Snozberry- 3rd June 2013 :male:
25. IHateDida - 10th June 2013 :female:
26. mogwai - 11th June 2013 :male:
27. *BigBird* - 13th June 2013 :male:
28. mrsj28 - 17th June 2013 ?
29. misstamsilakanwal - 18th June 2013 ?
30. bluebellbunny- 18th June 2013 :male::male:
31. dippydooda - 22nd June 2013 ?
32. minimuffin12 - 26th June 2013 ?
33. Sparkles87 - 30th June 2013 :female:
34. NikkiAnn- 2nd July 2013 :male:
35. Lovecake - 6th July 2013 :male:
36. conventgirl - 7th July 2013 (twins) ? ?
37. anderson8 - 23rd July 2013 ?
38. triangle - 27th July 2013 ?
39. elliegibbo - 30th July 2013?
40. gizmodo - 12th August 2013?
41. Courgette- 15th August 2013?
42. Metranil Vavin - 22nd August 2013 :female:
43. Claree__x - 27th August 2013?
44. BeNiceToMySelf - 9th October 2013 ?
45. myangels - 9th October 2013 ?
46. neneromanova - 23rd October 2013 ?

Hospital Bag list here


Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST - Within the last month

:female: msnigella - 21st February 2013 8:53pm 7lb 7oz
:male: Sarahs999 - 21st February 2013 Inigo Henry 6lb 4oz
:female: JT100 - 22nd February 2013 8lb 12oz
? jwil - 27th February 2013
:female: Queen_B - 7th March 2013
:female: dizziblonde - 19th March 2013 Robyn Isabelle 7lb

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list (Max 6 weeks)

b_girl - 11th February 2013?
countrybum - 12th February 2013?
earring - 17th February 2013 :female:
MrsDL - 22nd February 2013 ?
carrie78 - 26th February 2013 :female:
ellie1788 - 1st March 2013 ?


CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

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

penguin83

Just reposting the list so I could make myself a boldie! Hope everyone is staying safe and warm in the snow. Quite happy for baby to stay put for a couple of days until the snow has cleared!! x

IHateDida

penguin83 wrote: »

Just reposting the list so I could make myself a boldie! Hope everyone is staying safe and warm in the snow. Quite happy for baby to stay put for a couple of days until the snow has cleared!! x

OMG Penguin! Good luck :j - I have my fingers crossed that snow will clear in time for you! I look forward to hearing the imminent good news!

I have felt like a pin cushion this week - anti-D jab, blood tests and whooping cough jab! I have bought one of those long body pillows from Argos (half price) and it has been a godsend to help with my pelvic pain! Also just bought some bits and pieces from Jojo Maman Bebe as they have a sale on.

Anyone else got swollen ankles yet? My left ankle is starting to look like a tree trunk (!) and I am worried about what on earth I am going to wear on my feet for a wedding next week!:eek:

Hope everyone else is keeping well - we don't have much snow here thankfully - just a dusting!

pigpen

helen4891 wrote: »

pigpen, i did feel abit peed off, but its life, no point in moaning just take it on the chin and get on with it as it will soon be my turn..
but that what im like, very relaxed about everything and take things how they come:)

I simply don't think they are worthy of my time lol.. The issue I have is if you were 1.5 hours late they would refuse to see you yet they think it is ok to keep you sat there for that amount of time with no explanation or apology or anything.. I am so laid back it is often questioned whether I am breathing or not but my time is too precious to waste.

I have decided on my new car seat.. and once I have finished decorating I will sort baby clothes and see what we need.. just sleepsuits and bodysuits I think.

waspsandjam

Hi (mostly i'm guessing) ladies,

I'm after a bit of advice and having lurked around here while trying to conceive for a while, i'm hoping to get some of the great responses i've seen here before.

My wife is in hospital. She is 28+5. She has been in antenatal for the last 3 weeks and has been down to the labour ward hdu once for a couple of days in that time. She has choleostasis (which isnt causing a problem at the moment) but has placenta previa fully covering the os so is prone to bleeds as the baby and uterus grow (or anything general disruption in that area). Our old due date was 11 June, our new elective c-section date is now 21 May and have fingers crossed we make it that far.

Anyway, thats the background. The advice i am after is, as my wife wont be leaving hospital until the baby is born:

1) what do you suggest i do to keep her sane and calm?

2) what do you suggest she should do to kill time / keep her interested etc for the next (hopefully) 8 weeks?

Please bear in mind, i work full time and visit from 7-9 straight after work every night and for about 7 hours a day on the weekend. + Baby seems fine at the moment.

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I guess the question goes out to (at east) 2nd timers so might not be the right thread.

Thanks in advance

fluffnutter

Sorry to hear about your wife's problems with placenta previa, wasps, but good to know that baby's doing fine.

Are there other people who could visit occasionally? Perhaps pop in for a short time in the day? Hospital is very dull and visitors really break up the monotony. As you can't visit during the day (understandably) it might be nice for her to still see a friendly face now and then. Is she essentially on bedrest or can she leave the hospital at all? I know they'll have her up and about as much as possible to reduce the chances of DVT/lung problems but can she actually leave the ward? If so, encourage her to do this as much as possible.

What hobbies does she have? Now's the time to master a skill that she's never had the time to do before. It might be old-fashioned but sewing/knitting/crocheting/patchwork etc. is really absorbing and good fun plus she could make something for the baby. Books are a godsend, obviously.

Another tip from my OH (who's unfortunately had to spend a fair bit of time in hospital recently)... if you can afford it buy some noise cancelling headphones. Or better still, your own room!

Good luck. All will be well.

dizziblonde

I had my laptop, a tonne of dvds and an internet dongle last time when I was in for a while with a preemie - saved my sanity somewhat and cost less than those bedside tvs where the good channels didn't work anyway. I even did a lot of baby shopping retail therapy online as well.

And regular food mercy runs as the hospital food ws so awful the state of it made me sob on occasions!

Billi levels dropped under the lights and have stayed down when she came off so no rebound jaundice so we've just been cleared by the doctor to go home today whenever the endless paperwork is done. This side room is lovely (seem to be loads of them in this hospital and I got moved to do the phototherapy lights) but it's freezing as the windows are crud!

waspsandjam

Thanks for the quick responses. :T She does have some other people who visit throughout the week and during the day which helps a lot.

She isnt bed-bound but the risk of another big bleed is so high she dosent go off the ward unless accompanied.

I'll look into getting some decent headphones. The £85 a night side room for the next 8 weeks (approx £4500) isnt an option for financial reasons! :eek:
Neither is retail therapy!

I'll talk to her about anything she may have always wanted to learn and go and drag some books out of the library for her on sewing etc if she fancies it.

Congratulations on getting to go home today dizzi.

Off to the hospital now... thanks again.