Expecting baby

GwylimT

arbrighton wrote: »

no, actually Vit D is recommended for all pregnant women with good foundation.

And at three quid for 180, far more mse than the horse pill pregnancy vitamins which ARE generally unnecessary

It isn't, we have had two babies in two different trusts, both had the intelligence to realise that unless you have a deficiency a synthesized vitamin is of zero use. Vitamins are only useful if you chose not to give your baby a good start by having a crap diet, or if you are one of the very few who are deficient due to a medical issue. Most people need no supplements during pregnancy.

splishsplash

GwylimT wrote: »

It isn't, we have had two babies in two different trusts, both had the intelligence to realise that unless you have a deficiency a synthesized vitamin is of zero use. Vitamins are only useful if you chose not to give your baby a good start by having a crap diet, or if you are one of the very few who are deficient due to a medical issue. Most people need no supplements during pregnancy.

There are some excellent emerging studies that show vitamin d supplements in pregnancy lower the risk of premature birth, lower maternal blood pressure and increase baby length and head circumference at birth (Vitamin D plus calcium has been shown to increase the risk of premature birth => never buy vit d + calcium).

As we live so far north, it is a given we are vit d deficient unless we supplement. It is highly unlikely we get enough from diet alone, no matter how good that diet is; and adequate exposure to sufficient sunlight just doesn't happen apart from a month or two of the year.

Sorry, OP, didn't mean to derail your lovely happy thread. You've had some excellent advice, make the most of your lovely baby and don't get caught up in the competitive consumerism that some people get obsessed with.

Just one word of advice: start saving and make it a way of life - they tend to cost more as they get older :eek:

GwylimT

splishsplash wrote: »

There are some excellent emerging studies that show vitamin d supplements in pregnancy lower the risk of premature birth, lower maternal blood pressure and increase baby length and head circumference at birth (Vitamin D plus calcium has been shown to increase the risk of premature birth => never buy vit d + calcium).

As we live so far north, it is a given we are vit d deficient unless we supplement. It is highly unlikely we get enough from diet alone, no matter how good that diet is; and adequate exposure to sufficient sunlight just doesn't happen apart from a month or two of the year.

Sorry, OP, didn't mean to derail your lovely happy thread. You've had some excellent advice, make the most of your lovely baby and don't get caught up in the competitive consumerism that some people get obsessed with.

Just one word of advice: start saving and make it a way of life - they tend to cost more as they get older :eek:

Apart from me (due to a medical condition), my family are not Vit D deficient, it is very easy to get in your diet, even if you lived in a cave.

Haha yes thats true, the awful day when they're no longer happy to wear clothes from george, or the dreaded desire for the latest £80 trainer!

Bluebell1000

splishsplash wrote: »

There are some excellent emerging studies that show vitamin d supplements in pregnancy lower the risk of premature birth, lower maternal blood pressure and increase baby length and head circumference at birth (Vitamin D plus calcium has been shown to increase the risk of premature birth => never buy vit d + calcium).

Bigger head circumference? Ouch! :eek: :rotfl:

Anyway, we've found ebay very useful, as well as charity shops and car boot sales. Also buy in bulk things like nappies whenever there's an offer on, and batch cooking meals for the freezer makes it easier for the first few weeks once baby's arrived. Young children rarely wear shoes out, so you can usually find decent ones second hand (we got a Clarks foot measurer and then buy Clarks second hand).

Finally, if you're thinking of having more than one, keep everything ready for baby number 2 - vacuum bags are very handy for clothes storage!

Childcare is probably the biggest cost initially, though now DS1 is a bit older he's having dance lessons and swimming lessons, which is about £40 a month.

Batman2017

thanks for all the replies. would anyone recommend getting the loft boarded to put all the stuff in, incase a baby number two comes along in the future?

penguingirl

DAVID_WARKS wrote: »

thanks for all the replies. would anyone recommend getting the loft boarded to put all the stuff in, incase a baby number two comes along in the future?

Even if it doesn't, having a boarded loft is incredibly useful! And not that hard to diy

SmlSave

DAVID_WARKS wrote: »

thanks for all the replies. would anyone recommend getting the loft boarded to put all the stuff in, incase a baby number two comes along in the future?

Yes. I love hiding stuff in the loft.
I had a girl second time round and basically swapped my 'boy' boxes for a friend's 'girl' boxes. Saved money and time shopping!

Kynthia

DAVID_WARKS wrote: »

thanks for all the replies. would anyone recommend getting the loft boarded to put all the stuff in, incase a baby number two comes along in the future?

Yes over half the stuff we put in our loft was baby and toddler related. We're now gradually bringing it all down due to having a second baby 3 months ago and it saves a fortune. Everything goes up there for future use such as clothes, coats, pram, moses basket, crib, baby toys/books, play mat, bouncer, bumbo, high chair, car seat, jumperoo, carrier, cot mobile, steriliser, Perfect Prep, cot mobile, swing, feeding pillow, play table, etc.

We just got ours part boarded and a half decent ladder attached.

retepetsir

To reinforce the above, we've just had our second and my partner was also given Vitamin D supplements (even though her levels were not low). The latest NICE guidelines suggest this - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph56. This wasn't the case with our first in 2013!

For the OP - you don't need much to get started so don't panic buy yet. As long as they are fed, kept warm and have a place to sleep you will be fine

Toooldforthisagain

My son is 2 years old and I was given Vit D

Hopefully your wife will be able to breastfeed ok if that's what she chooses to do, I unfortunately wasn't able to and I would have not been without the Perfect Prep machine it was an absolute brilliant buy

I have 16 years between my two youngest children ! and I realised very quickly that nothing has changed and as a previous poster has said they don't need half as much as you think

My house looks like Toys R US on a bad day and my son plays with 4 Marvel characters and dressing up outfits the rest is gathering dust along with the 10 brand new box sets of Thomas that is in the loft (His birthday is just before Christmas so we put most of it in the loft and was going to bring down during the year but so far he hasn't been interested at all!!)