12-24 weeks pregnant (part2)

claire16c

twigpig wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: The nhs at it's finest!



Yes! Walkers cheese & onion, I've already gone through a 20 pack in about a week......! AND I bought myself another pack! :rotfl: Told hubby not to let me but anymore after this lot are gone..... :rotfl:

I know it made me laugh!

Last time I just asked the receptionist for some and she handed me a few, so might do that again if I don't want to wash it out although I guess that would be a bit lazy!

I remember about 3-4 weeks back when I was starting to be able to eat some savoury foods, I ate 2 packets of crisps in a row. Ive never done that in my entire life. I felt like I was some kind of crisp monster :rotfl:

Bizarrely I can eat tons of chocolate and cake and feel no guilt at all!

babysaver2013

Hello all!

I'm a newbie here, 14w pg today and now we're in tri 2, we're sort of in panic mode to save save save for the arrival of our little one (our first!) and to find as many ways to save some extra cash on baby purchases, and after baby is born, coupled with any moneysaving tips you all have!

I think we're pretty sold on cloth nappies but not sure if anyone has any advice or recommendations in that area? We're lucky to have lots of LOs in the family, so, when we tell people our news (haven't had chance yet to do face to face so will be this weekend!!!!) no doubt we'll be inundated with hand-me-downs which we'll be delighted with, but as Tri 1 had FLOWN by, I am anxious that April will be here before I know it and we'll be thoroughly unprepared!

Looking forward to chatting with you all and just wanted to dip in and say hi!

Love, Lou xxxxxxx

TeamLowe

Welcome babysaver, I'd try asking on the mum's board about cloth nappies of there's not already a thread, but also have you checked with your council? Quite a few have discount schemes/free trials for them

Sjlou I didn't need a sample for my scan but saw the consultant and midwife after and they wanted one, which I didn't realise so weed straight after scan as I was bursting, then had to try really hard to get them a sample, in a way it was good they were running late lol and eww, they gave me the sample back to dispose of and on the way out I saw someone had left theirs on the windowsill in the stairway!

In laws (grandad, mum and her boyfriend) coming round for a brew tonight to see the house and I know it sounds awful but I'm regretting not buying air freshener- they're heavy smokers and I can't stand the smell atm.
Also wondering when the appropriate time for the 'baby isn't coming in your house because you smoke in it' chat. DH agrees and will be the one laying down the rules, just don't want to upset them. Although our hope is it'll be the push they need to quit but then again, watching his grandma die quickly and painfully of lung cancer didn't put them off

claire16c

TeamLowe wrote: »

Welcome babysaver, I'd try asking on the mum's board about cloth nappies of there's not already a thread, but also have you checked with your council? Quite a few have discount schemes/free trials for them

Sjlou I didn't need a sample for my scan but saw the consultant and midwife after and they wanted one, which I didn't realise so weed straight after scan as I was bursting, then had to try really hard to get them a sample, in a way it was good they were running late lol and eww, they gave me the sample back to dispose of and on the way out I saw someone had left theirs on the windowsill in the stairway!

In laws (grandad, mum and her boyfriend) coming round for a brew tonight to see the house and I know it sounds awful but I'm regretting not buying air freshener- they're heavy smokers and I can't stand the smell atm.
Also wondering when the appropriate time for the 'baby isn't coming in your house because you smoke in it' chat. DH agrees and will be the one laying down the rules, just don't want to upset them. Although our hope is it'll be the push they need to quit but then again, watching his grandma die quickly and painfully of lung cancer didn't put them off

DHs brother smokes and he obviously isn't allowed to smoke in our house but he sticks of it so much he leaves a smell behind him so I know what you mean.

His mums side of the family - who same thing all watched their nan get lung cancer, go blind from it & then die, half of them smoke so I've made DH well aware if his grandad wants to see the baby he will have to come to us. If he wont well then he doesn't see the baby. His loss.

His brother knows I hate smoking but he lives miles away so don't need to worry about him. It's just really DHs granddad but in my opinion if you can't stop for a couple of hours to see your great grand child then that's your fault, plus I don't want someone who stinks of it all over their clothes holding the baby as I remember watching a programme before where they said you need to change & shower or the particles can raise the risk of cot death.

So I'll be leaving it to DH to tell his granddad that! Will probably just do it once the baby arrives & they start asking when they can see him or her.

squ1rrel5

I'm having the same problem with my parents - they are heavy smokers too and I really don't want baby spending time in their house. However they are our only nearby relatives and I love them to bits so would want them to be really involved. I had to ask my dad to stop lighting up whenever I went round after I became pg and he was really shocked! My mum always regales the story that she smoked all through both her pregnancies as nothing was said back then, and that all the mums smoked on the ward!! Not sure how ill get them to stop!

Birdie85

We're so lucky in that none of our families smoke, apart from a couple of aunts on OH's side and they're only the kind of aunts you see at big family gatherings, so we don't really have to worry about them. It'll be an awkward conversation no doubt, but if they've any sense they'll understand. I hate to see babies being smoked over and would never willingly expose my LO to that.

That is so grim about being given your samples back to dispose of! That's what they've got the medical waste bins for, surely?! My MWs have just poured the leftovers down the sink and binned the bottle.

Welcome Babysaver! :wave:

lushlifesaver

Welcome Babysaver

I was given my sample back to dispose of yesterday but I was given a new pot too. In the midwife's words 'I figure it costs the NHS about 5p so...plus who really wants to reuse one?!' haha

My dad smokes but not heavily (well not in our opinions, he has cut down vastly since a heart attack and price rises haha) and bf's dad and brothers smoke. Dad doesn't smoke near children anyway so that's no problem and their house doesn't reek of it or anything. Bf's lot are made to smoke outside by his mum come rain or shine so again, not too many issues

claire16c

My mw poured it down the sink then I got the pot back with er drips in it lol

I may have then forgotten about it for a day or two so was in my handbag for a bit until I cleaned it!

twigpig

TeamLowe wrote: »

...... they're heavy smokers and I can't stand the smell atm.
Also wondering when the appropriate time for the 'baby isn't coming in your house because you smoke in it' chat. DH agrees and will be the one laying down the rules, just don't want to upset them. Although our hope is it'll be the push they need to quit but then again, watching his grandma die quickly and painfully of lung cancer didn't put them off

Well, I have first hand experience of this one. Visiting my mum 150 miles away, the smoke always bothered me and mum knew that. Before we had the LO, we always stayed overnight with mum. When my LO arrives, I told her that we just wouldn't be able to stay overnight there as I didn't want the little one amongst all the smoke and that it really isn't good for little lungs. Better to tell them sooner than later so they get used to the idea. We obviously still visit staying in a cheap local hotel and mum and father in law smoke outside when we visit their house They're both trying (not very hard at times, lol) to quit.

I'm sad that we don't stay there and not just for the cost but it means we get less time them, as if we could stay, we'd have all the evening when LO goes to sleep. It's hard but I just can't put my LO amongst all that smoke. If they can stop, it would be great. You can tell that they're trying to stop too, as the house is SO much better smelling etc......

And before LO, absolutely everything stank like an ashtray after our visit when we got home. We used to try and leave some things in the car, as even just being in the upstairs of the home, where they don't even smoke, everything wreaked of smoke! So gross (sorry to any smokers )

twigpig

claire16c wrote: »

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I may have then forgotten about it for a day or two so was in my handbag for a bit until I cleaned it!

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