MSE pregnancy club II

keelykat

m_dorph wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for all the good advice I have already picked up on this thread!

I am now 35 weeks and starting to get a bit stressed about getting things ready for the new arrival!

Do anyone have any advice on types of mattress to buy for Moses basket and pram? We got a little-used Moses basket from a friend. It has a 2 cm thick foam mattress with a plastic cover. I guess that is not the best quality for the little one but will it be good enough for the short time that baby will fit in the basket or should we get a new thicker one? We have a cot and new mattress ready for a bit later.

Stay well everyone!
:-)

My sister has given me her moses basket-but kindly brought us anew mattress ive heard you should get a new one for each baby?

MRS_TO_BE_2

Re: Mattress and moses basket

Its recommended you buy a new one for each baby. They cost around the £10 mark.

lwcus78

I'm getting a green mattress from www.naturalhome-products.co.uk. My husband has asthma so we want something hypoallergenic. I'm going for one with natural coconut fibres in the middle, surrounded by latex and cotton. They are more expensive, but we're trying to be as green as possible. I've heard that thicker ones are more comfy. Kiddicare has a range of mattressess, have you had a look on their website? xx

sismith42

EDD
Blink_Blink - 3rd August 2008
ParadiseKidd - 6th August 2008
HelenD - 7th August 2008
Chelltune - planned c-sec 7th August, EDD 17th August.
Janegresty - 8th August 2008
grad_gal25 - 11 August(My Birthday This was so not planned!)
miss-piggin- 11 August 2008
Saver Raver - 16th 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
Mrs dj_jenns - 2nd September
Trish 123-sept 6th
Chutzpah - 8th September 2008 (we haven't had a dating scan yet)
jessbrown100- 10th september 2008
gyinnit - 12 September 2008
LolaManCity - 16th September 2008
Orange29 - 18th September
Keelykat - 19th September 2008
m_dorph - 20th September 2008
Emjem - 21st September 2008
JPWhittle - 24th September 2008
Superjules- 24th September 2008
Fritha - 26th September
foreversomeday - 29 September 2008
CJ2405 - 2 October 2008
Jmarko's wifey - 4 October 2008
Mell242 - 7 October 2007
heather38 - 11th october 2008 changed after scan!
BargainAholic - 14th October 2008
Danielle_Kenzies-Mum - 20th October 2008
Pisces - 20th October 2008
Doodledoodle24 - 22nd October 2008
pollyanna24 - 22nd October 2008 - changed my date
Daisykate124 - 28 October 2008 - C-section booked
sarahriley53-1st November 2008
sarahh112 - 6th November 2008
Sammie0782 - 6th November 2008
rachelleblondel - 7th November 2008
levers81 - 9th November 2008
emmaBZ - 10th November 2008
icklepiggle - 12th November 2008
kaza - 13th November 2008
MrsY - 18th November 2008
Lwcus78 - 19th November 2008
redballoon - 21st November 2008
rosies_mum - 21st November 2008
Ladyra - 21st November
Toto - 24th November 2008
Poppyjoe - 3rd December 2008
LashyLashla - 4th December 2008
Avfcforever - 7th December 2008
Paddington- 9th December 2008
miss_corerupted - 10th December 2008
giger - 5th December 2008
Skylight - 14th December 2008 - Whey-hey its not Xmas Day!
SeptemberBaby - 17 December 2008 (boy!)
Bonniethemadcat - 22nd December 2008 (this may change at dating scan)
Rara32 - 22nd December 2008 (this may change at dating scan)
sooz - 5th Jan 2009 30th December 2008
Spendaholic13 - 31st December 2008
Flipper_72 - 8th January 2009
Madmoobag - 10th January 2009
Bekkki1 - 12th January 2009
r.mac - 24th January 2009
3onitsway - 9 February 2009
sampainter - 11th february 2009
lucifa73 - 11th February 2009
durham05 - 17 February 2009
happytails - 3rd March 2009
carrieparkinson - 4th March 2009 (ish)
My Fathers Daughter - 6th March 2009
Millie's Mum - 7 March 2009
new mum again - 10 March 2009
Redmel1621 - 12th March 2009
angelfairy - 13 March 2009 - Fri 13th it is so NOT happening on that day :mad:
Snuffilin - 15 March 2009
olliesmummy06 - 16 march 2009
Cookiesncream/cookie304 - 19th March 2009 (could change though!!)
JanineGr - 19th March 2009 (by my reckoning)
taney-19th March 2009
candygirl's daughter - 26th March 2009
CAFCGirl - 29th March 2009
bloomin freezing - 2nd April 2009
jakesmummy - 4th April 2009
slscarborough - 13th April 2009
xredwebx - 22nd April 2009
sparkle03 - 22nd April 2009
mrsctobe! - prob march 2009 but having a little confusion over due date!
sismith42- 15 April 2009
TTC LIST
witchyroo
sjm
Fishcake_random
Lesleydejager
jo_jo
picklesmum
durham_girl
likabu
Pooky
emptypocketz
Miss_pink & Mr Pink
Boobylou
lilmrsmullen
jiblets1
Lillian06
Uisge10
CHARLIE54
Andrea78
AnnieM
Wondermum07
Melvis
Kathy72
Janec08
Lday77
Helen79
Claire Jones

BIRTH LIST
Clarkey1000 - Baby Boy Oliver James arrived 7th June - 7lbs- Water birth
skyeandeviesmummy - Baby boy Jake Harrison 25th June - 5lb 15 oz at 5 am
honeybe21-baby riley born june 28th-8lb14 at 2.35pm
sunday_girl - Baby Girl - Seren Elizabeth - 10th July 2008 @ 11.33pm - 7lb 2.5oz
LilacPixie - Baby Girl - 11 July 2008 at 7.12pm - 8lb 4oz
bethom - Baby Girl - 15th July at 12.47am - 6lb6ozs
Mrs_Pepperpot - Baby Boy - James Dominic - 16 July 2008 - 6lb 4oz
carol9uk - baby boy 24th july (38 weeks plus 1) James alexander 6LB 11 0z
skintnutta - baby boy - 28 July 2008 at 8.33pm - Alexander - 7lb 7oz
Gem_ - baby Boy 30th July - Alex arrived 6 weeks early at 34+2 weighing 4lb 3oz
Anm - Baby Girl - 6th August at 12pm - Madison arried 11 days early 6lb 4oz

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
Usually allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list...
aggiev - 1st July 2008
sugababesfan - 10th July 2008
shazzany - 13th July 2008
I love my Pomeranian - 15th July 2008
Jak - 18th July 2008
EmiliaAndBentley- 20th July 2008
Warburton100 - 25th July
HStef81 - 29th July 2008

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mrsctobe!

hi everyone,

I glad some poeple are completely sure of their due date either - I just felt a little daft not knowing. Cos this is my first I think I am worring about EVERYTHING!

shopaholic13

angelfairy wrote: »

hi all,

just wondering what people's thoughts are on materinty bras and when you should start wearing them (not the nursing ones).

i am, shall we say, well blessed in that department, probably an E cup. i of course want to look after my boobs while i am pregnant so have been looking at the M & S maternity bras. They all seem to be non wired ones. I know I have read somewhere about the wires affecting breast tissue, but i am now not sure what to do.

i want the support (obviously) and this is why i like wired bras, but can i have this option when looking at maternity bras. the M & S ones are cotton which i know breathes better.

would love your thoughts/advice/experiences/suggestions.

thanks
xxx

I have been wearing shock absorber sports bras (with underwire and flexi foam) as I seem to have grown to an enourmous F cup :eek: and am only 20 weeks. It has a 2 seperate fastners at the back which I find really help support me, although i do have to get OH to do it up if I have back ache, lol!
A friend recommended Bravissimo to me tho so i'll be trying them when i grow out of these. :T

sparkle03

Morning Ladies.

Hope everyone is well, Just been back reading through this thread and finding it all very helpful.

I honestly cant believe how pregnant I feel and its so early on, (only found out this week) I have been up since about 4am. Was soundly sleeping and woke with the urge to throw up everywhere Sorry if its a bit early and TMI hehe! Im really struggling with the nausea at the moment, the only thing that seems to make to go away is polos and yesterday I went through four tubes, which cant be good for me!? The thing is I have this phobia of being sick, please dont laugh:o I can see how silly it sounds but instead of rushing to the toilet and letting myself get it up I tend to breathe through it if you know what I mean until it passes, but it comes back within ten minutes. I have it in my head that if I just throw up Ill feel better but I cant let myself do it and its just horrible. Sorry for moaning I know some of you ladies have it tens times worse than me at the moment.... OH is being brilliant but Im worried hes going to get bored of it all before too long hehe. I think im being very hormonal over everything and i just cant help it, I couldnt find my mobile on Friday and after only about 3 minutes of not being able to find it I was almost in tears... But to be honest it had been a very trying day. We had taken DS and his best friend out to a theme park they are both 5 and with not seeing each other for the whole of the summer holidays they were a bit hypo together and its always harder when your looking after someone elses! - Thats my excuse and Im sticking to it anyway :rotfl:

Thanks for reading / listening, its really nice to know there are people in the same position who will understand what Im saying, Ill probably find the whole thing easier when I have told everyone...

Hugs to you all
x x x

CAFCGirl

Hi Sparkle,

Sorry to hear you are feeling so rough. Polos definitely do help. Are you ok with liquid? When I first got it and felt really really bad, I was sipping at cup a soups to try and get something more "food" like in coz I found liquids didnt make me feel that bad.
It does pass and you have good days and bad days, yesterday I ate like a trooper, but the day before i was being really picky.
How far gone are you?
P.S I know how you feel about being sick.... im exactly the same, will do everything i can to avoid physically allowing it to happen, which 9 times out of 10 makes it worse...

r.mac_2

candygirl wrote: »

I told her Vitamin A was a no no.Does the pregnacare not have enough folic acid in for you just to take that?

I've had really bad morningsickness all the way through so far, although it's trailed off a bit now. I couldn't stomache the pregnacare on bad days so took just the folic acid as they were very small and easier on the stomach - i figured at least I was getting a little bit of goodness as often as possible, but there was about 10 days where I couldn't take either :eek:

Hope your DD is feeling a bit brighter

r.mac_2

just been reading about the maternity bra dilemmas - I'm a 30 F normally and still am at 18 wks!!! No growth in that region at all. I'm not unhappy about it I have to confess. It's hard enough finding nice bras as it is

I'm gong to continue with uderwire until I feel uncomfortable. In bed I normally wear camisole style tops with a 'bra shelf' and they are fine at the moment too.