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[pinkclaire]

Im not having a scan until 12 weeks, it's killing me because I almost can't believe until I've had the baby!

Also my me time consists of a 5 min shower my hubby sometimes let's me have in the mornings! Although after reporting how awful he was last week, he seems to have finally realised I'm more tired than normal and has been like the perfect hubby since than! Yay xx

 

[pinkclaire]

Just saw all the posts on cloth nappies and bf.

I do both with James and happy to answer any questions you might have! If you'd rather do it privately just PM me I'd be happy to help!
There is lots of cheap ways to start up cloth nappies without the initial cost, not all nappies cost a lot, in fact the best ones for newborns are some of the cheapest! And then once your done with them you can sell them on on here and get some money back! In fact I bought nearly all james' nappies from other people on here and have fantastic things to say about them! Also eBay cheapies are a great way to bulk out, mine cost £3 a nappy and are some of my favourites! There's loads of info in natural parenting on cloth nappies xx

 

[mummy3]

Afternoon ladies

Ive had an interesting couple of days, went to docs yesterday about my chest and the cough Ive had for the last couple of weeks, cos im driving hubby mad hacking at night she thinks I have whooping cough got antibiotics now and cough syrup which is gross!

My kids are vaccinated so they ok, I guess I wasnt as a kid

Is great excuse for laying on the couch all day

As for me time, whats that? I havent had a shower by myself in months, LO follows me to the toilet and by the time they in bed I am too!

 

[lisaf]

Whooping cough has to be renewed... its not a lifetime vaccination.
They actually include a whooping cough booster in your tdap (tetanus booster).

Whooping cough does seem to be a problem in California lately.
I almost kissed my GP when she told me that I'd just had my boost 3 years ago.. I didn't know the tetanus booster was the whooping cough too.

 

[hopefulmama]

So tonight was the first time i've done my hair, put make up on or wore heels and normal clothes and went out with some friends for dinner. I can honestly say, it did wonders for my self esteem to look in the mirror and see pretty vs the last few weeks looking like crap and putting zero effort into anything. Tonight was everything I needed, I feel so much better and sad to say but it felt good to get checked out and hit on and get sent a drink (that i gave to my friend). I actually felt normal, though after sitting there for 3 hours in my regular size 25 jeans was a MESS, i felt like my mid section was losing blood haha, now i have this big red mark under my belly button where the button was, by the end of dinner i had to un button the top so i could feel more comfortable.

Also I feel like an idiot, my friend used to work as a nurse in a pediatricians office and told me about all these things i had NO CLUE about, really made me feel like a moron. So many things I need to learn....

I already hired a baby nurse and a live in nanny, who is actually the daughter of the nanny my husband grew up with...hopefully they will be a lot of help with this 1st time mother.... I'm only going the nanny route because my husband travels a lot and can be gone at weeks at a time.

 

[lisaf]

I have no problems with a nanny! I just can't afford one

You need to check out bella bands... you can wear your jeans but leave them unbuttoned and it just looks like you are wearing layers.
I've been wearing mine for a week now... I accidentally went to button my jeans today after peeing and I could have closed it but YIKES it was tight and uncomfortable!

 

[hopefulmama]

Ya I am lucky to be able to have one... Are you going to get a baby nurse?

 

[lisaf]

nope... can't afford much extra stuff like that to be honest. I might try to find a doula who needs training hours so will do it for cheap or free.

I'm having a bit of a panic about my childcare situation after the birth. We thought we had it all sorted out but its kind of falling apart now and daycare is too expensive and I have to go back to work (we both make too much money to make the cost of daycare a wash.. and we have some debt which got worse due to fertility treatments etc)

 

[hopefulmama]

Ya I am having a bit of a panic about how people tend to bring the baby every 2 weeks to the dr for the first few months and how expensive it is, and a lot of pediatricians in nyc dont accept insurance for it and they charge a lot because they can. Wait, whats a doula?

 

[lisaf]

a doula is a pregnancy/labor/infant coach... they help you after the birth with breastfeeding etc and can be a support for you during labor too etc... but are not a midwife or a nurse

Wow that stinks about the doctors.. does insurance reimburse you? What a pain though! I had a doctor who switched to that and I had to find a new doctor.
Here we have a huge medical group that takes almost all insurances... its all coordinated together and is kind of neat but limits your choices on doctors.

 

[hopefulmama]

well I know what a doula is but you can get them for a lower cost or for free? what???/

 

[lisaf]

oh, lol... if you find one that is in training and trying to complete their hours they usually take on people for cheap or free to meet their minimum training hours. Can't always do it, but often they are even more up-to-date on stuff because they're new and eager etc!

 

[hopefulmama]

No insurance doesn't do much, my insurance doesn't cover any of my pregnancy stuff, I am paying it all out of pocket. It became a law in the US like 1 yr ago that for the first yr of your plan it can not cover any prenatal or post natal care. and lucky for me we switched plans in june... go figure. So yea this entire pregnancy is going to be a bundle of money.

 

[lisaf]

I'm guessing you have insurance privately and not through an employer then? Because if its through an employer they can't treat it as a pre-existing condition etc.

 

[hopefulmama]

Well we own our company, and switched it all over, so it's a bit different. yes it sucks

 

[wild2011]

Going through these posts I am noticing how much later they do the scan in the UK than they do in the US. I am getting my 1st scan on Monday and my dr's consider this extremely late and i will only be 8 weeks 3 days then, yet my parents who are both dr's think that seems very early ( they are also both european ). Also reading through stuff online a lot of people don't do their first scan till 11-13 weeks, i guess that the US trying to take all insurance or personal monies from people.

Here, its standard between 11-13 weeks, unless multiple miscarry's etc in which case they do early scans. this is my 4th and i had scans earlier on 2 of them due to irregular cycles just to check i wasnt further along. one was at 6 weeks other 8 weeks, and then it was to soon to record everything they need and they make you re-schedule it wen ur 12 weeks. i guess the plus side for me was getting an extra scan

 

[stardust22]

Morning ladies,

Wow I want a nanny/doula/night nurse THE WORKS!!! but as I am too poor its just me and hubby LOL!! I am far too much of a control freak to let anyone else in on the action anyway. My hubby keeps joking that he might struggle to get a cuddle.

Hope you are all well today.

 

[Wiggler]

Morning ladies!

Hope you all are well.

I somehow managed to hurt my knee yesterday, i'm not sure how as i spent most of the day sat down as i was really tired. Its still really sore when i straighten it out and it keeps clicking ruined my plans to get out for some fresh air today. anyone know how i can make it feel a bit better?

xxxxxxxx

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Ugh, I have huge assignment due today that is worth fifty per cent of my final grade and my laptop keyboard is all screwed up. If you're wondering why I am typing fifty rather than the number, it is because when I hit my number keys in sequence, I get 1234466880 Yup..no five, no seven, no nine. I also have to slam my A key about seven times before the A will show up. I cannot afford to fix this, or get a new computer and this is the one I use to take all my notes at school. Ugh.

Thank goodness I have the same program at my ex's house. I can just thumb drive the assignment over and finish it there. Silly husband's...if you don't want your ex's at your house, remember to take back the house key, lol.

Rant over.

Speaking of his house, I'll also be scanning my ultrasound picture for you lovely ladies to see. It's not even 6:00am yet, so look for it in the next few hours.

 

[twinmummy06]

woohoo, clicked onto the third box on my ticker today can you tell im bored?