MSE pregnancy club II

carol9uk

congratulations to everyone and thanks for all the great support. feeling better now the 48 hours hav gone, thinking postive and looking forward to find the sex of the baby in three days.

JoJoB

congratulations 3kids! :j

dougggie

yay 3kids, you must be so relieved it's all over now and you have a chance to get back to normality (is it easier with 4? ). Glad all your worries were unfounded

Pollyanna, haven't done the caribbean while pregnant, but i certainly didn't bother having any injections for it, they're only "recommended" and the chances of picking anything up there are fairly slim.... just take lots of that antiseptic hand gel stuff!

BP was down to normal today after my 2nd trip to hospital yesterday for monitoring, so got tomorrow free of checkups. Sunday I'm 40+7 so the m/w's coming round again to double check bp still ok and to try another sweep since there was no access yesterday!:rotfl: Really need to keep bp down so they have no excuse to deny the homebirth option....have bumped into some very unsympathetic m/ws in the last week which has upset me a bit since it was all going so well until Tuesday.

Pink_Princess_1

Just updating the list as alison seemed to be missing:p

EDD

Loopy-loo73 - 21 Feb 08
PiscesPrincess - 24th February 2008
Ella29 - 27th February 08
Dougggie - 2 March 08
Doobees - 4th March 08
svmitche - 4th March 2008
Purplegirluk1 - 6th March 2008
Elliesmum - 8 March 08
mandy2383 - 9th march 2008
Samantham06 - 14th March 2008
Heavenleigh - 24th march 08
Melg1973 - 24th march 08
Newleafer - 27th march 08
stepneythebluebellengine - 28th March 2008
Pink Princess 1 - 29th March 08
tranquil - 2 April 2008
Girl And The City - 5 April 2008
redflame705 - 8th April 08
snugglepuss - 9th April 08
gemsygem (Sheel's daughter) 19th April 08
MonkeyLady - 20th April 08
JojoB - 20th April 2008
PinkPrincess 21st April 2008
machairs - 24th April 2008 (may change after scan)
cluuuuur - 25th April 2008
debecca - 26th April 2008
Kelsi-Blu - 27th April 08
Katgoddess - 29th April 2008
mandycutiepie - 1st May 2008
lostbuckaroos - 2 May 2008 (although doc thinks that could be 2 weeks out!)
rjh090384 -3rd May 2008 (changed at 12 week scan)
Traveller -May 3rd 2008 (but probably 10th as always a week late!!!
Knotty29 - 16th May 2008
magan- 18th May 2008
destiny_star2006 - 22 May 2008 (or could be 2 June!)
jb - 27th May 2008
clarkey1000 - May 31st 2008
Harding 1985 - 9 June
nik2108 - 11th June 2008
Nicifer_noonoo - 13th June 2008
Chicken1902 - 15th June 2008
Tinka21 - 24 June 2008
aggiev - 1st July 2008
honeybe21 - 2nd/3rd july 2008
sunday_girl - 6th July 2008
skyeandeviesmummy - 13th July 2008
LilacPixie - 14th July 2008
I love my Pomeranian - 15th July 2008
Jak - 18th July 2008
bethom - 20th July 2008
skintnutta - 21st July 2008
Warburton100 - 25th July
HStef81 - 29th July 2008
Blink_Blink - 3rd August 2008
ParadiseKidd - 6th August 2008
Carol9uk - 6 August 2008
grad_gal25 - 11 August(My Birthday This was so not planned!)
miss-piggin- 11 August 2008
Sarahrey1 - 20th August 2008
handbagqueen - 20th August 2008
LindseyandMatthew 23rd August!
wotnext - 27 August 2008
Linzm - 28 August 2008
Scottish-Diva- ? August 2008
Emjem - 6th September 2008
Chutzpah - 8th September 2008 (we haven't had a dating scan yet)
Keelykat - 19th September 2008
JPWhittle - 24th September 2008
foreversomeday - 27 September 2008 (May change after scan)
BargainAholic - 27th September 2008 (may change after scan)
CJ2405 - 2 October 2008
heather38 - 4 october 2008 (may change after scan)
pollyanna24 - 8th october 2008
slscarborough - 20th October 2008
rachelleblondel - 7th November 2008

TTC LIST
Daisykate124
Cookiesncream
witchyroo
sjm
Fishcake_random
Lesleydejager
jo_jo
picklesmum
durham_girl
likabu
Pooky
emptypocketz
Miss_pink & Mr Pink
Boobylou
lilmrsmullen
jiblets1
Lillian06
ginvzt
Uisge10
CHARLIE54
jpwhittle
lwcus78
bloomin freezing
Andrea78
AnnieM
Wondermum07
Melvis

BIRTH LIST
Bun - Annabeth Charlotte arrived 2 1/2 weeks early at 3.44am on 7th February, weighing 5lb 9oz.
Cathie - Alice arrived 17 February at 1700 weighing 7lb 5oz
Melly74 - Daisy Hannah arrived 19 February at 1822 weighing 7lb 14oz
ukbandit - Sara arrived 28/02 @ 12.26 weighing 7lb 9oz
Bailey - Molly Louisa 26/02 @ 8.31 weighing 8lb 1 oz
miss_Be - Ember Thomasin Abbie arrived 00.18 2nd March 'Mummy's Day' 7lb 12oz, 10 days late but not overcooked
nicci985 - Ozzie Joe arrived 29th february at 15.56 weighing 8lb 4oz!
alison6692 - Daisy Pamela Smith - February 29th weighing 9lb 11oz!
3KIDSNOMONEY - Ben Daniel arrived 6th March, 7 days late 8lb 11oz.

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
Usually allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list...
Marvalous - 12th February 08

rocketdog_2

Hi,

I'm new to posting, but have been lurking around for a very long time now. This site is brilliant.

My husband and I had a lovely (unexpected) surprise a couple of weeks ago when we found out I was pregnant. :T It's still early days but I like to be prepared, and would appreciate any advice.

What will we need to buy in the up and coming months? This is our first baby so will need everything! I don't want to waste money on un-necessary stuff or things that people have tried and would recommend or avoid.

We don't sell or buy from ebay. I will be buying new. I'll also be looking out for BOGOF offers on toiletries - what should I keep an eye out for?

We'll probably start buying in the next cople of months. So please steer us throught this crazy new world of bottle warmers and car seats, please!

Thank you :hello:

tieg3

Firstly congratulations to you both!!
Avoid bottle warmers they are a waste of money(imho) all you need is a plastic jug (NOT glass). If you need to warm milk up during the night invest in a cheap kettle to keep upstairs (£5 from tesco or asda)
When choosing a carseat you need to consider if you want it to fit on a puchchair to use as a travel system, if you do then you'll need to chose a pushchair first and make sure you go to a reputable shop and get the carseat fitted properly before you set your heart on it.
You will always find offers on wipes etc and never think you have too many you won't believe how quick you get through them!

rosie-lee

congratulations - the only advice I would ever pass on is DON'T LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLES LABOUR STORIES. Put your hands over your ears and sing as loud as you can. I ended up having nightmares, really. I found that some people take great delight in putting the fear of God into you when your pregnant with their, longest, most painful, most complicated labour stories. The worst are the new Dads who actually haven't had much of a clue whats going on but still feel able to tell the tale minute by minute. In our NCT classes, a bloke actually came 2 days after his wife gave birth to tell a story Steven Spielburgh would've been proud of - honestly, we rather thought he should have been at home.

Enjoy YOUR pregnancy, take all the advice you like the sound of and ignore the rest. If you have any concerns at any time, speak to your midwife - don't worry if you feel stupid, that is what she is there for and anything you ask she WILL have heard before, i promise.

lots of luck x

penguin83

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

My tips are:

Sign up to all the baby clubs such as boots, sainsburys, tesco, bounty etc for freebies and vouchers as well as loads of advice and ideas.

Dont buy cute expensive newborn clothes like I did (£35.00 for a babygro from GAP that was worn once and then stained with baby sick!) Ethels and Primark do packs of vests and babygros for a few quid and they grow out of them so quick they dont need to be long lasting.

If family and friends are likely to buy you things tell them what you want otherwise everyone buys newborn baby clothes that they never get chance to wear. I asked for bigger sized clothes with my second baby.

Get stuff for the following year in the sales - i am currently buying next years winter coats!

Contrary to popular belief babies dont have to be expensive! x x

lostbuckaroos

Congratulations 3kids

Becles

Congratulations :beer:

Firstly bin the Mothercare catalogue as you don't need half the things they say you need!

Think about baby's basic needs first and how you are going to meet them, such as where is baby sleeping, how will you feed, where would you bath baby etc. Then look for products that will meet your needs.

You'll find that baby never has a need for things like nappy disposal systems and co-ordinating lampshades and stuff like that