MSE pregnancy club II

3KIDSNOMONEY

Curious George is right - what one person finds valuable to use others find useless.

regarding baby baths, for fourth baby i have bought a blow up baby bath, so if i want to bath baby downstairs in front of the fire i can, without having a large bath taking up lots of room. i think it cost me 2.99 from nurseryandtoys.com.

chocaholic110

Agutka wrote: »

I am getting scared now. 8 months pregnant, living on a building site, with the whole house to re-arrange when the decorating is finished. Aaarrgghhh. I will NEVER be ready.


Personally I am going to stay away from raspberry leaf tea, curries, pineapples and definitely OH!! Although I am already feeling physically pooped, I cannot be having this baby early! It would have nowhere to go...

Slightly scared by your story as think I might be in a similar situation by 8 months pregnant, although maybe with no house at all! :eek:

We live in a tiny, but nice village where the kids are happy. I moved around a lot as a child so it's important to me for them to be settled. Unfortunately though all the houses are very similar - small 3 bed terraces. We have been wanting to move for years but haven't becasue of the lack of housing / finances etc. However, a housing company has just started building a new estate with a range of houses. We invetigated, were told they would be ready in around a year but that we would have to sell our house first. We promptly did that (it's sold STC) and on re-visiting the development were told that there wasn't much interst in the 2 and 3 bed houses they were outting up so they weren't building the 4 until later...possibly 18 months from now they might start.
So we have the dilemma -do we wait and rent (My Mum has said we can go there but i don't fancy a year of it!) or do we buy elsewhere? And will we get a mortgage while on maternity leave? It's all lots of questions that I don't feel able to decide (not very rational at the moment!) and am currently doing nothing in the hope that it will resolve itself.
Henceforth why we may end up homeless and with a baby!!

daphne_descends

Agutka wrote: »

Is feeling ill not normal then? I work myself into the ground every day (takes all of two minutes) and then wonder how to carry on. It takes me hours to make a cup of tea, as I get up to put the kettle on. Then don't have the energy to get up (remember our bed is our sofa, so getting on and off is kind of an adventure) and have to re-heat the water. God help me if there are no clean cups - that's a trip to the bathroom - and of course there's all that gravity and things falling on the floor - bending down makes me pass out! Such fun! This morning I'm making a hot chocolate...

You should start crying at people Fac. That should work, right? Pregnant upset woman - they can't argue with that!



Things are underway, overway, everywhere. OH figured out this morning that we have about a month to go. I pointed out pregnancies can end between 37/8 - 42 weeks, so maybe we have just a week and a half left. That shut him up :eek:.

I love the idea of staying in hospital! How welcome would I be? How happy would I be to live there? Hmmm. Options options... Even my Mum's is no longer a viable option, as she's moving house herself...

And if one more person says - you knew this would happen, knew you were pregnant, why didn't you do this earlier blah blah, I will kill them :mad: - hormones .

PS. I've just knocked a pencil off the desk. That's staying on the floor then.

you make me feel noooormal! I went to the docs on Tues for my last blood test, and was out of the house, ooh, maybe an hour, short waddle to the bus stop, via the shop on the way home for milk, haribo, by the time I got back (10am) I was ready for a nap. How am I supposed to nest? I'm relying on instinct to kick in for that one.

Once the damp people have been I might waddle, breathlessly, down to the LA and try to get angry and cry. I just think I might be all cried out and flat. There are things we could do to make this house a little more bearable if my fate is to stay. I'm clinging to that thought, but it would mean a really horrible conversation with the prospective new LL and having to explain the whole sorry story to him, finishing with letting him down. He has asked for a small holding deposit - his words were 'I know you won't pull out but I've just had my fingers burnt before'... We're supposed to be meeting him at 4.


On another note, how is is that we count these pregnancies by the WEEK yet all of a sudden the end is in sight, seemingly without warning?

Curious_George_2

fac73 wrote: »

I went to the docs on Tues for my last blood test, and was out of the house, ooh, maybe an hour, short waddle to the bus stop, via the shop on the way home for milk, haribo, by the time I got back (10am) I was ready for a nap. How am I supposed to nest? I'm relying on instinct to kick in for that one.

my god that sounds like me! :rotfl:
i get the odd burst of energy.... like yesterday, i did the kitchen and started the front room (because i absolutely had too) and by bedtime my back hurt so much i could have cried...
WHY IS EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR! i cant bloody reach down there!

emma_b_4

:rotfl: to pick thing up off the floor i have to get down on all fours and then back up again - how i miss bending over!!:rotfl: or i leave things on the floor and when OH comes home i walk him round the house asking him to pick things up for me - he finds it highly amusing!

today im feeling like a good clean so im going to clean the bathroom floor - mum and nan keep saying get on all fours, scrub the floor and you will start off so will give it a go. if nothing else, at least ill have a clean floor

rachel, the head engaged thingy, my MW said at 3/5th that means that 3/5th of babys head is in my pelvis bit and at 5/5th your obv. fully engaged. she said it was a silly system that confused everyone !

walking up steps, i will try it but i have been walking and walking and walking loads and nothing happens except i feel like im going to wee myself might do it tomoro though when OH gets home (WALKING!! not "it":p i do keep asking him but i made the mistake of mentioning how i read about, erm, ahem, making it go down orally if you get me - sorry tmi - :eek: so now he is more keen on that idea - NOT a chance i say :eek: )

Sadie204

Hi,

Have been using MSE for a while now but never thought to look for a pregnancy related board! I am currently 27 weeks into my first pregnancy (Due 27/11/07) and have a problem! Forgive me if this is in the wrong place!

I have been working as a teaching assistant for a temp agency since Sept 06 and had been in a long term placement from Jan til July of this year. Normally through the school holidays, I worked as a nursery nurse through the same agency to earn a little extra money. When I found out I was pregnant, I let my agency know who informed me that as they only operated on a temporary contract, I would not be able to claim any maternity benefits from them. This meant I would have to claim MA through the Jobcentre.

When the schools broke up for the holidays, I had spoke to the agency regarding nursery work. As I have been having problems with my blood pressure, I was advised that they wouldn't find me any work. Spoke to my midwife and she advised me to claim Jobseekers to fill in the 6 weeks before my MA began. I contacted the Jobcentre and they began a new claim on the 23/07/07. My partner works too many hours for me to claim income-based, but does not earn enough for him to keep us both. After 3 weeks of not hearing anything, I had a letter asking for more information about the work I had been doing. I sent that off the same day. After not hearing anything for yet another week I rang the Jobcentre to be told that my claim had had to go to a decision maker as I work in a job where 'I should expect to have breaks of work'. After another phone call last week, I recieved a letter saying that although most people would be expected to provide for themselves during holidays, as I had only been in the job for less than year they would consider me for CB JSA.

Then this morning I have recieved a letter stating that I am not entitled to any JSA as I had not paid enough NI contributions in the tax year 05-06. This was because for most of this year I was at university, and although working, not earning enough to pay anything. After giving them a polite call (ahem, as you can imagine, pregnancy hormones kicked in), I was basically told that there was nothing he could do but to still go to sign at 9.00am at the office the other side of town on public transport so I would not end up short on my pension!:eek:

So now I am stuck with no money for the last 5 weeks and have got another week to wait before I hear anything regarding my MA claim. So far most places have been pretty lenient on me with my paying things late or having extensions to pay but wondering how long this will last. Really sorry for the whole 'War and Peace thing' but had to vent it out somewhere! Please move if have posted on the wrong board, just though you ladies may know a little bit about how long MA takes to be sorted out.

Congrats and good luck to all on this board and sorry for bringing down the mood! Just feeling a little depressed at the mo

Hopeless_Cook!

I've been going mad with nesting this week... surely it's too early? I've scrubbed my kitchen from top to bottom, cleaned out cupboards (including the tops!!) and drawers and scrubbed the kitchen floor. Have chucked a load of stuff away that I've been hoarding "just in case" for years! and of course I'm now suffering with awful backache!! Struggled to get out of bed this morning as it was really painful and twinging! :eek:

Oh and bending over is a nightmare.. why is it when I can't bend over I drop everything possible onto the floor.. had a real clumsy day yesterday :mad:

Had MW appt the other day and everything was good... baby is head down and I'm measuring perfectly for my weeks so YAY!

Also signed up for parentcraft classes which appears to be one afternoon for 3 hours... has anyone else been to one of these... I wouldn't have bothered as this is my third child but it's the first for my OH so I'm hoping it will help him I remember with my first child going to numerous ante-natal classes over many weeks but I assume that doesn't happen anymore? (I suppose it was 15 years ago! :eek: )

izoomzoom and CG - how are my due date buddies doing!? (I know izoomzoom is the day before but it's nearly the same surely!! )

Take care everyone

Caz xx

Curious_George_2

Hopeless_Cook! wrote: »

Iizoomzoom and CG - how are my due date buddies doing!? (I know izoomzoom is the day before but it's nearly the same surely!! )

christ dont tell her that!
that 24 hours is VERY important! :rotfl:

im ok (apart from the usual preggo niggles)
have no idea when im being seen again, I have no appointments lined up... apart from the one the consultant set up on my due date (he thinks he is so funny, i however was not amused)

I was thinking of ringing the hospital soon for a quick tour... too early?

Hi sadie, and welcome to the duck waddle bit of the board!
sorry i cant help, im currently brain dead
but someone who understands long words will be along soon to help you!

JustKeepSwimming_2

I've posted some discount codes for maternity stuff on the following thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discountfinder/ - hope it works!

Ophie - what an amazing story - enjoy the rest before your adoption! :coffee:

Hi :wave: to all the newbies & good luck to those of you due soon :T

I'll be on the TTC list for a while yet - its flag day here! :mad:

Lillian06

Hi guys, This is my first time on the site... Trying to find the list of people TTC.... It would be great to share anxieties and stuff.. and to know it isn't just me out there!

xx