MSE Pregnancy Club 28

lushlifesaver

Congratulations Crabapple! He obviously just couldn't wait any longer to get out and see the big world :-) glad to hear you're both OK and got home quickly. He sounds like a tinker already aiming at his dad ;-)

Smartcat I hope you are on the mend soon, very sorry you are unable to have the water birth you planned but very glad your little one is OK!

Samtoby and MSA how are you guys doing now? Hopefully you're feeling much better and I hope you have your meds now MSA!

AFM; no linea niagra for me but I am reasonably fair skinned, I do have a bit of downy hair on my belly but not much. A couple of spots on my chest and like a couple of others have said I like rash type thing just below my belly button.

I want to be super motivated and get dressed for work but...hardly any of my work clothes are in any way comfortable and that's putting me off. Makes me laugh as I'm by no means a shopper or fashionista but I was so down when I had to pack away my work clothes as they weren't fitting any more; I miss my little smart suit and a couple of my dresses :-( quite glad that a lot of what i have are 'classic' cuts/styles so it will always look smart and never really out of date.
Currently I have two skirts, 3 tops and two dresses which still fit, although on of the dresses is now becoming too short as bump pulls it up! That said I'm no different when it comes to casual wear; two maternity t-shirts, two maternity dresses and a pair of over bump jeans which are now increasingly uncomfortable :-\
Part of me wishes I had spent more on some maternity clothes (other than bras) just so I had options but then when I'm at home I usually in pjs of some sort and I've been wearing a lot of my pre-weightloss clothes which I hadn't gotton rid of yet!

mrshappy

Congratulations Crabapple, glad it went well for you x

marywooyeah

Congrats Crabapple! Great to hear you got to have another waterbirth too!

Smartcat I'm really sorry to hear about your ankle, I hope you're not in too much pain

Birdie85

I'm not going to congratulate you Crabapple since I said I wouldn't be impressed if anyone beat me! Just joking- congratulations! Glad you're both home and happy already! :T

Lush - it may be worth checking out somewhere like ASOS for some cheapish maternity wear whilst you'll still get your money's worth! Even some of my maternity clothes don't fit comfortable any more (mainly tops and trousers) so I'm really glad I bought some dresses, even though people were telling me not to buy too much as it would be a waste of money! Pah, it's alright for people who wear uniform to work or wear casual clothes all day but I had to be comfortable and smart at work which means I had to buy more clothes.

moonbabe58

Congratulations Crabapple!

Hope you are on the mend soon SmartCat.

chelseablue

Congratualtions Crabapple!

I have a question about scan photo's: I read that you cant laminate them but does anyone know if you can photocopy them? x

emz118

Wow! Congrats Crabapple!!!


You can indeed photocopy them! I scanned my first set at home on my cheapy HP 3 in 1 jobby, and copied one of the later ones at work on the big laser jobby at work... all fine!

BadlyWrittenPoem

smartcat04 wrote: »

Hi ladies,
Thinking of you Birdie.
For anybody who hasnt seen the FB group I fell down the stairs on friday and broke my ankle in 2 places. Im in pot and crutches at the minute but need operating on but they want baby our first so going up to the hispital for an assessment tomorrow about sweep or induction. Once baby is out I can be operated on.
Not at all what we planned. Looks like breastfeeding might not be an option due to post op painkillers and water birth no longer feasable.
Gutted to say the least. In a lot of pain but hopefully ill be seen about the ankle as well tomorrow.
Hubby being amazing, has turned into a full time carer for me.
On the topic of bras I got some sleep bras from mothercare and they have been brilliant for sleeping in with a pair of jama bottoms as I get so hot at night. They have clips on as well for folding down for feeding.

So sorry to hear that. If you do want to breastfeed, I would speak with them about it as having an operation shouldn't have to mean you can't breastfeed. I need breast surgery and unless it becomes urgent I am waiting until after breastfeeding because breastfeeding can increase the risk of complications but if I end up needing it sooner the breast surgeon doesn't see it as something that would require me to stop breastfeeding. I would imagine that if you have to take pain killers that are not breastfeeding friendly you could pump and dump until you were off them and the hospital should be able to give you the right support.

samtoby

Morning everyone! There is a boy run going on at the moment! Congratulations Crabapple!


Due date list

1. Birdie85 - 10th February 2014 :male:
2. Emz118 - 26th February 2014 ?
3. Smartcat04 - 26th February 2014 :female:
4. Becca0417 - 3rd March 2014 ?
5. Kynthia - 3rd March 2014 ?
6. SmlSave - 3rd March 2014 :female:
7. Faithhope - 3rd March 2014 :male: - Section 26th Feb
8. Sidney88 - 8th March 2014 :male:
9. bellola - 9th March 2014 ?
10. Squ1rrel5 - 14th March 2014 :female:
11. blondy24 - 15th March 2014 ?
12. LannieDuck - 17th March 2014 :female:
13. CupofTea - 17th March 2014 ?
14. Claire16c - 23rd March 2014 :female:
15. Sjlou - 26th March 2014 ?
16. LushLifesaver - 28th March 2014 :female:
17. Lulu75 - 29th March 2014 ?
18. Con1888 - 29th March 2014 ?
19. Hannah27 - 29th March 2014 :female:
20. Eiteews - 5th April 2014 :male:
21. polka_dots - 7th April 2014 :male:
22. faith2009uk - 8th April 2014 :female:
23. playtime8978 - 9th April 2014 :female:
24. Luella-14 - 10th April 2014 :male::female:
25. Twigpig - 14th April 2014 ?
26. Debs0778 - 17th April 2014 ?
27. McRach - 20th April 2014 ?
28. mancbird - 20th April 2014 ?
29. Icey77 - 21st April 2014 ?
30. Sexki11en - 5th May 2014 :female:
31. jen_1985_04 - 8th May 2014 ?
32. marywooyeah - 14th May 2014 :female:
33. VickyVics - 14th May 2014 :female:
34. 1DayATT - 17th May 2014 ?
35. Samtoby -18th May 2014 :female:
36. chelseablue - 21st May 2014 :male:
37. becsxxx - 25th May 2014 ?
38. mysecretalias - 25th May 2014 :female:
39. stsarina - 25th May 2014 :female:
40. vseviour - 26th May 2014 :male:
41. cllola - 29th May 2014 :female:
42. mrshappy - 30th May 2014 :female:
43. sophiasmum - 30th May 2014 ?
44. carmilla - 2nd June 2014 :male:
45. sunshine81 - 15th June 2014 :male:
46. moonbabe58 - 20th June 2014 ?
47. Faith2009uk - 23rd June 2014 ?
48. TigerLilley1980 - 21st July 2014 ?

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BIRTH LIST - Within the last month

: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
:female: jemb - 29th January 2014 - Imogen Louisa 5.48am
:male: Faerie - 3rd February 2014 - Jasper Logan just before 11am
8lb 5oz
:male: Fran-o - 28th January 2014 -Ewan Lucas 8lb 5oz
:male: Jenni_fer - 5th February 2014 Alexander
:male: 9ja4life - 7th February 2014 - Ethan 3.09pm
:male: Crabapple - 15th February 2014 - 11.45am 8lb 10oz


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lippy1923 - 22nd December 2013 :male:

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claire16c

Congratulations crab apple! I hope my birth goes as well as that! Glad you are home.

That's a good point about the dressing gown Kynthia, I'm definitely taking one, I want to find a thin dark coloured one. And a big dark towel. Hoping I can get them cheap in the supermarket.