MSE Pregnancy Club 25

pigpen

I'd be wary about getting any pushchair online that I was not familiar with the brand.. there are a lot of horror stories about fakes and non-EU standard etc.

neneromanova

Damn, I hadn't thought about that. I've seen a few reviews about the junior pushchair above on babycenter and mumsnet but didn't think about it being fake or anything. balls

pigpen

Sorry... I'm sure most are perfectly fine.. I'm just bit of a nutter about such things.

Edited to explain my neurotic behaviour..

When I had DS2 I got an Emmaljunga with toddler seat.. when he was 3 months old I tipped it to go up a step and the rear suspension collapsed very nearly depositing him on his head on a concrete floor.. When I rang the manufacturers they said it was because he was 'too heavy' combining his weight with DD1 in the toddler seat.. The toddler seat was meant to be safe up to age 4 ish.. she weighed 19lb and he weighed 8lb at this point!!!

I did get a brand new pushchair out of them which I immediately sold and bought something else..

But anyway.. I am since a little nutty about pushchair safety.. to go with my car seat nuttiness and my properly fitted shoes nuttiness

Toothfairy4

Ordered the Mamas and Papas Sola in Denim £284, seems a good price i thought? Boots had it for £230 odd - got all excited then realised it was sold out lol!

23+4

amus

Yes round here they wont allow anything but gas and air for waterbirths. They also wont allow waterbirths for VBACs as I found out when having DS2. No birth plan here for me, will be having an elective section so no point really.

When having my boys from what I remember the midwives did read them to find out what pain relief I was considering, who was cutting the cord, whether baby was going straight on my chest etc. Neither went to plan in terms of pain relief to be honest, with DS1 I ended up with a section and with DS2 I dilated a lot quicker than they were expecting and it ended up being too late for an epidural. Bit annoying when I had to have one after the birth anyway, but I suppose thats the nature of childbirth!

I have a few names, but I also have some 'fake' names for when people ask, after many pulled faces when discussing names we had for DS1 we decided not to disclose name choices as it gets really annoying, even if somebody doesnt say anything, you can just tell what their opinion is by their face!

amus

Toothfairy4 wrote: »

Ordered the Mamas and Papas Sola in Denim £284, seems a good price i thought? Boots had it for £230 odd - got all excited then realised it was sold out lol!

23+4

Aww thats where I was looking! Hopefully will find an outlet bargain!

amus

On the subject of McDonalds - Absolutely addicted to their mango and pineapple smoothies! And obviously cannot resist a double cheeseburger once there!

Lola888

amus wrote: »

On the subject of McDonalds - Absolutely addicted to their mango and pineapple smoothies! And obviously cannot resist a double cheeseburger once there!

OMG I want one now and a quarter pounder with cheese! Oh well I'll just have to satisfy myself with some chocolate

pigpen

Is it a bit scary that there are people on the less than 12 weeks with due dates in February!!! Makes my September feel very very close!!!

I don't want to eat anything.. and am permanently hungry

kerri_dfw

Did anybody elses OH suddenly decide he knew what was best for you to eat? I've just been told off for refusing to eat dinner because it smelt really strongly and was making me convulse, and then told off again for going and eating a Wham bar... the Wham bar didn't make me wretch at all I did eat my broccoli though.