MSE Pregnancy Club 27

samtoby

Thanks for updating the list! Sorry for the delay I have had a mental day at work and this has been my first chance - Fran-o your now a boldie yay!

Hello VickyVics again lol - I think the last 12 weeks have flown.

Due date list

1. jemb - 23rd January 2014 :female:
2. Fran-o - 28th January 2014 :male:
3. Faerie - 5th February 2014 :male:
4. 9ja4life - 6th February 2014 :male:
5. Birdie85 - 10th February 2014 :male:
6. Jenni_fer - 25th February 2014 ?
7. Emz118 - 26th February 2014 ?
8. Smartcat04 - 26th February 2014 :female:
9. Crabapple - 26th February 2014 :male:
10. Becca0417 - 3rd March 2014 ?
11. Kynthia - 3rd March 2014 ?
12. SmlSave - 3rd March 2014 :female:
13. Faithhope - 3rd March 2014 :male:
14. Sidney88 - 8th March 2014 :male:
15. Squ1rrel5 - 14th March 2014 :female:
16. blondy24 - 15th March 2014 ?
17. LannieDuck - 17th March 2014 :female:
18. CupofTea - 17th March 2014 ?
19. Claire16c - 23rd March 2014 :female:
20. Sjlou - 26th March 2014 ?
21. LushLifesaver - 28th March 2014 :female:
22. Lulu75 - 29th March 2014 ?
23. Con1888 - 29th March 2014 ?
24. Hannah27 - 29th March 2014 :female:
25. Eiteews - 5th April 2014 :male:
26. polka_dots - 7th April 2014 :male:
27. faith2009uk - 8th April 2014 :female:
28. Luella-14 - 10th April 2014 :male::female:
29. Twigpig - 14th April 2014 ?
30. Debs0778 - 17th April 2014 ?
31. McRach - 20th April 2014 ?
32. mancbird - 20th April 2014 ?
33. Sexki11en - 5th May 2014 :female:
34. jen_1985_04 - 8th May 2014 ?
35. marywooyeah - 14th May 2014 :female:
36. VickyVics - 14th May 2014 :female:
37. 1DayATT - 17th May 2014 ?
38. Samtoby -18th May 2014 :female:
39. mysecretalias - 25th May 2014 :female:
40. stsarina - 25th May 2014 :female:
41. cllola - 29th May 2014 :female:
42. mrshappy - 30th May 2014 :female:
43. sophiasmum - 30th May 2014 ?
44. sunshine81 - 15th June 2014 ?
45. moonbabe58 - 20th June 2014 ?
46. Faith2009uk - 23rd June 2014 ?
47. TigerLilley1980 - 21st July 2014 ?

Hospital Bag List here

Supplement List and Dosage here

BIRTH LIST - Within the last month

:male:Ellie3009 - 1st January 2014 05:32
:male:Rummer - 2nd(?) January 2014
:male:Jox - 8th January 2014 12:49 Mason 3lbs 14oz
:male:TeamLowe - 11th January 2014 19:26 Thomas Andrew 6lbs 9oz
:female:kerri_dfw - 11th January 2014 21:47 Isabella Antoinette
:female:nickit1978 - 13th January 2014 16:27 Paige Georgia 8lbs 5oz
:male:firefly369 - 15th January 2014 2.87kg
:male:bigzippy - 18th January 2014 9lbs
:female:mincepiemonster - 24th January 2014 20:32 8lbs 4oz
:female:durham_girl - 24th January 2014 - Hallie Lauren, 6lb 11oz
:female:Bambisbelle - 26th January 2014 - Ellie Shannon, 6lb 1oz
:male: Mrs Bunny - 27th January 2014 - Charlie Paul, 7lb 11oz

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list (Max 6 weeks)

lippy1923 - 22nd December 2013 :male:

CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

Please post your birth stories here when you have time/energy

jemb

Sweep in the am, I really don't want to sit at the top of that list for too long or get overtaken too much more either! Good look Fran-o hope something happens for you soon too x

squ1rrel5

I've been getting quite a lot of Braxton hicks today... Does anyone know if that's normal at this stage... I've had them regularly for a while but definitely getting them more often now!

33 + 4

claire16c

Just back from our nct class. We spent about 1.5 hours looking at pain relief and even though I've read a lot about it I still discovered stuff I didn't know & it was really useful. I found out my hospital doesn't offer pethadine but has diamorphine which is supposed to be very slightly better in terms of drowsiness affecting the baby but still likely to make you feel really sick so I'm not to keen on it as had enough of being sick!

Faerie my friend was quite shy about breast feeding at first, she said she hated doing it in front of any men etc however after literally 24 hours of me, DH and my parents visiting her & her family she totally relaxed and seem to forget it I think she surprised herself! Later on she got the confidence to do it out & about & she doesn't even use a cover up or anything, but her babies head covers anything it really just looks like they're having a cuddle I was quite impressed! My other friend uses a shawl thing.

Our next nct class is all about breast feeding but they said to go if you're not sure or planning on bottle feeding as lots of the info will cover general stuff about feeding and babies development etc which is relevant wherever the milk comes from.

BabaMoose

Hi everyone,

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good luck to current boldies and congrats to recent poppers xx

Kynthia

Aargh! I'm only 11th on the list, but if you factor in duplicate due dates I'm joint 8th with three others. 26th Feb and 3rd March are popular days.


Smartcat, I'm glad your SPD was a lot better today. It's amazing how good it feels to have a day where you just feel well and normal. I remember my first day without indigestion or nausea after I'd had them solidly for 2 months. My PGP is getting so bad that I get terrible sharp pains in my buttocks even when doing nothing, and relaxing on the sofa just isn't relaxing. I'd been really lucky up until now with it not affecting me in bed, but it's been getting worse and I woke after a few hours sleep to agony from my bump down to my thighs. I'm concerned whether sitting on my ball makes me worse the next day. I wonder how soon after the birth we'll feel better?


Squ1rrel, I've been told our uterus is always contracting and we don't often feel it. Also that it's possible to feel Braxton Hicks from 16 weeks. Therefore I don't even know for sure whether I've had any, as I've often felt my bump go hard and there have been times when I thought the baby was in an uncomfortable position causing me some pain and later thought it might have been that. So I think you're not unusual to be feeling them now.


I ordered my EPO, Arnica tablets and raspberry leaf tea capsules off Amazon last night. That's more money spent which is making me feel uncomfortable. I guess if I realise that I'm unlikely to have a foreign holiday this year then that more than offsets the baby spend so far. Then I ordered a half price Pink Lining changing bag to make my self feel better, even adding a half price Mum on the Run bag to make me feel REALLY better. :rotfl:

claire16c

Kynthia I've read the same. I think I started to feel them around 20 weeks.

I can tell the difference because normally only my right side is hard as that's where the baby lays, but when I get a BH it goes hard on both and recently has started to feel a bit uncomfortable.

It normally happens when I'm in bed on my side or back. If I move it tends to go away fairly soon. I don't really like it it's kind of a stretchy feeling.

fran-o

Good luck for your sweep today jemb

I've had a long sleep, then going into town to send my nieces birthday gifts to Australia and pick up some last minute bits, witch hazel gel as recommended here (thanks) and extra maternity pads as friends have said its amazing how many you get through post birth. A little walk will do me good, hoping I don't get rained on as coat no longer does up.

SmlSave

Faerie wrote: »

SmlSave, would you be expressing or using formula with the bottle? Last night the midwife was even against expressing milk

I'm going to try expressing to start with and see how it goes. I'm hoping I can hire an electric pump to try out before buying one - I already have a manual.

I'm afraid I found the midwives/hv's pretty much useless with bf in my area. To 'help' they'd just grab my breast and DS and bash us together :mad: Thankfully I had the NCT breastfeeding consultants number and she got us sorted. :A I will support the NCT forever because of her help. (and she makes amazing cakes)

I hope the sofa comes tomorrow safely Faerie

(although he did genuinely ask me a few days before she was born how long it would be before her eyes opened as his only experience was of kittens and puppies...)

:rotfl:

Birdie85

Good luck with the sweep Jemb! Trying not to freak out that I'm #5 on the list!

I wonder how long SPD pains will carry on after birth too... hoping it won't be long as I'm hobbling everywhere now!

Kynthia, I wish I hadn't looked at what a 'Mum on the run' bag was- so cute!

Re: Arnica tablets, do we start taking them before birth or just start afterwards? I'm getting such a stash of tablets to take now!

Slept really well last night and feel so much better today for it! Amazing the difference it makes! OH slept well too (he's been really bad recently, think he's constantly worrying about me going into labour!) so we're both happy!

I can't decide if I've been having some BH or if it's just baby moving! Sometimes I feel a tightening feeling, but it's always followed by a cross feeling wriggle so kind of just feels like big movements whenever it happens.