MSE Pregnancy Club 26

Metranil_Vavin

Massive congrats Sam! Glad the labour was short

Ahh courgette - I've been wondering how you were. How annoying about your MW appointments. I love the way they just think you can 'hang about' for another 2 hours with a toddler in tow..they live on another planet!

Not much to report here. Feeling slightly less mental the last day or so which is good!

Last 2 days of work coming up for me, I start Mat Leave on Wednesday, then got OH's parents descending next weekend for a few days as my nursery is shut for the summer and childminder is on holiday so have NO CHILD CARE!!! :eek: I can't really cope with a full week with DS as he needs to get out and about, and I just can't do it.

I know I should be really grateful to them (and I am..honest) but they do drive me a bit nuts and our place really isn't big enough for 4 adults and a 2.5 year old.

Off to Homebase in a bit to get some filler and bits so OH can crack on with the decorating of the nursery. He managed to strip back the chest of drawers I am going to start painting today for the babies room (pic below)..just need to crack on with the actual decorating now!



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BeNiceToMySelf

just went a bit crazy on boots! bought the family fix base for just under £98 with £22 royal discount and 10% discount code. Then I got my footmuff and car seat adaptors for the baby jogger gt pram that I want with some hospital bag/ baby essentials with the £22 discount and £10 off code. With every baby thing I buy I feel a bit better and more prepared. OH said he'd take me to get pram in a few weeks at pramworld. Still have cotbed and mattress to get too but that can be bought anywhere - I want an east coast angelina cotbed and sprung mattress tho. 30+2

continualdiamond

Re the antenatal courses, we did the NCT one.

I didn't know about it until a friend who helps at the location it was running at let me know. We missed the 1st week but were allowed to do the rest as hadn't missed much they said. We decided to do them early due to the location being 5 mins down the road.

However it was expensive, roughly £150 for the 6 weeks, it was 2.5 hrs one night a week. We couldn't afford that and to be honest only did it because at the time my hubby was still out of work so we got it massively discounted to only £50 for the 6 weeks.

I put my name down at local hospital where I see my midwife to do the NHS ones starting in August, going on my own this time though as they run during the day and hubby is now working again.

Lola888

continualdiamond wrote: »

Re the antenatal courses, we did the NCT one.

I didn't know about it until a friend who helps at the location it was running at let me know. We missed the 1st week but were allowed to do the rest as hadn't missed much they said. We decided to do them early due to the location being 5 mins down the road.

However it was expensive, roughly £150 for the 6 weeks, it was 2.5 hrs one night a week. We couldn't afford that and to be honest only did it because at the time my hubby was still out of work so we got it massively discounted to only £50 for the 6 weeks.

I put my name down at local hospital where I see my midwife to do the NHS ones starting in August, going on my own this time though as they run during the day and hubby is now working again.

I wish I'd done the NCT one, we had one booked, but then DH's best mate decided to get married so the stag meant we would have missed week 1 and the wedding was on week 2! I wanted to do it more for the friends than the educational side. We did the NHS ones and they were rubbish (we're in South Wales).

The class numbers dwindled week by week until at the end there were only about 6 couples left from the beginning when there were closer to 20 couples.

They talked about things I had already read about and my DH knew more about the pain meds that the mw (he has had a lot of reconstructive surgery on his leg mind!)

It was more a way of promoting the local council gyms for pre and post natal exercise classes!

MIL has taken a day off to take my LO out tomorrow. She wanted to go to Bristol Zoo which I am very uncomfortable with as MIL is disabled and falls over frequently. Plus my LO is now at the stage where all she wants to do is walk everywhere which involves going in the total opposite direction to where you want to go and spontaneously running wherever she wants to go. MIL has mobility problems so can't really chase her.

Plus it is about 1 hr drive to Bristol so if anything happens it'll take a while for us to get to her. I'm hoping the rain stops her and she thinks of something closer to home.

I'm half glad I'm in work, it is bucketing it down here!

continualdiamond

LOLA - That's interesting re the NHS ones, be interesting what mine are like. The NCT one was very very small, 4 couples in total which amazed me.

However I did really enjoy it as all of us got to know one another really well. One couple even remembered when my hubby had sat his HGV test and asked how he'd got on and then were keeping an eye out for jobs for him.

The other 3 ladies and myself have kept in touch via email and hopefully are all catching up in a few weeks. 2 ladies are due in August, myself and the other lady due within 1 day of each other in September.

We all work in schools so decided to catch up in the week without the men, hahaha.

starshinning

Lola where about do you live? I am an hour from Bristol too are we neighbours??

lobey

Ahh congrats Sam!

Regarding NCT classes, we have booked ours at the immense price of £318! Luckily paying in installments so doesn't seem quite as painful. Ours are 2 Saturdays whole days and 1/2 day on bf. they aren't until I'm about 34/35 weeks though which makes me a bit nervous! Have also started nct yoga which I'm loving and have made friends with some girls locally which helps thinking that I'll have someone in the same boat on the other side!

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tiny_courageous

We have our "parenting ed" classes in September (baby due beginning of October). They're at the local children's centre and are three 2 hour sessions. Not sure OH is looking forward to them very much.

Made loads of progress on baby's room, just need carpets then we can put the furniture in. Very excited!

IHateDida

Congratulations Sam :j- wow - what a weight and quick labour! Still lurking to see how you are all getting on!!!:D

Someone was talking about baby baths - we bought this after reading the reviews http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003GBLRVG/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=baby - and I cannot recommend it to first time mums enough as it stops the baby slipping down and you only need one hand to support the baby's head - allowing you to use the other to wash with. I was really nervous about a slippery baby but I now don't worry at all - and baby loves being able to sit up! (we have the pink one!!!)

Hope everyone is getting on well. MV - the drawers will look lovely when done - will you paint mine please???!!!;)

fluffysox

Congrats Sam 9lb 11oz and a quick labour? goodness, well done you! My DS was 9lb 10oz but ended up being a c-section, he was also back to back which didn't help but you have helped me feel more positive about the chance of a vbac this time.

Just finished catching up on all the posts from past week. Had a really great family holiday, although tbh it was tiring for me and DH. We were out and about every day entertaining DS. Watched other mums with older children sunbathing on the beach while DS needed one of us to run round with him. Races through "muddy puddles" and into the sea too lol. He was nervous on the first day but after realising jumping in the water is fun he was completely fearless- so needed to keep within arms reach.
Bought 3 bottles of alcohol free wine to enjoy after his bedtime. Very nice.
Anyway returned home Saturday and DS showed interest in his potty. So nappy and shorts off and he went and sat on it. Off, on, off on again and anyway he did a wee! very pleased with himself, got a sweetie as a reward. More pleased with himself. . . since then he is literally going to the potty on his own, getting lots of sweets lol. So basically has potty trained himself all we've done is praise what he chose to do himself- I'm thrilled.
Neighbours cigarette smoke coming in bedroom window at night so having to close windows til about 1:30am in this heat not good plus DS waking lots i the night asking for a drink too so heat is not a recipe for rested pregnant lady in this house.
MW appt Tuesday and need to ring up for results of glucose test from before our hols tomorrow. Will be two months since last midwife appt and first time I've seen mine rather than going to evening clinic at hospital as I'm off work anyway.
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