Mother of all conception months Graduates

[pinkclaire]

Madly wow on the win! That's great! Peanut I read it has to be your first child to get the sure start grant anyway?

What's this duvet trick? I need to know! My spd/sciatica is awful at the moment!

Getting settled in thanks, will feel more like home when all our furniture gets delivered and we get the internet! We also don't have tv as we have no aerial at the moment so I feel very isolated! X

 

[sequeena]

I bought size 20/22 as I am generally a size 20 and my regular ones are lose but the ones I bought draw string in and I go figure am going to get bigger in the next 3mths plenty of space to lounge in cause I cant stand anything to be tight I`m 5`9

We're about the same size but I'm 5'8

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

pink hon put a spare duvet under the bottom sheet on your bed....its lush to lay on and ever since Peanut suggested it I have slept well most nights with the exception of the ones when DH feels the need to keep me awake snoring or pulling my hair

 

[gilz82]

Pink it's where you put a duvet underneath your fitted bedsheet and lie on top of that. I haven't tried it yet but a lot of the girls are swearing it's helping with spd, hip pain and sciatica.

Oops madly just beat me to it

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

I bought size 20/22 as I am generally a size 20 and my regular ones are lose but the ones I bought draw string in and I go figure am going to get bigger in the next 3mths plenty of space to lounge in cause I cant stand anything to be tight I`m 5`9

We're about the same size but I'm 5'8

I reckon cause we have similar body shapes/sizes hon your baby bump will be as big as mine was at 15wks I too have lost weight and my wedding ring is getting so loose am considering getting one of those sizer things you clip into the inner side to stop me losing it cause it would break my heart if I did

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Gilz it really does work Its lovely to lay on and the only support pillow I now use is one between my legs to sort of keep them in line iykwim!

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

DH is making me a cup of tea which I`m going to have with some lovely choccie biscuits might help cure this headache mmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[sequeena]

I bought size 20/22 as I am generally a size 20 and my regular ones are lose but the ones I bought draw string in and I go figure am going to get bigger in the next 3mths plenty of space to lounge in cause I cant stand anything to be tight I`m 5`9

We're about the same size but I'm 5'8

I reckon cause we have similar body shapes/sizes hon your baby bump will be as big as mine was at 15wks I too have lost weight and my wedding ring is getting so loose am considering getting one of those sizer things you clip into the inner side to stop me losing it cause it would break my heart if I did

I reckon so madly, Sean reckons I'll be a monster sized preggo lady within a few weeks ooh yes where do I get those? I lost mine once and freaked out, can't bear to lose it again!

 

[gilz82]

I'm going to try it tonight Madly just with our king size duvet in half since my OH isn't here. If its brilliant I'll get a cheap duvet at the weekend so my OH can have some duvet when he's home

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

I think they can be bought from most jewellers...I meant to pop into hsamuel cause I think they do them today but forgot

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

The duvet I bought was kingsize cause I didnt have a full size spare and that was the only size the shop had at sort notice. Its massive but I folded it in half and laid it under the bottom sheet on my half of the bed...well its my half when DH doesnt invade it ....its great So soft and lovely to lay on!

 

[molly85]

i'v been doing the quilt thing for ages hence the only being woken by bladder and night sweats. I have 2 single 13 togs, and a 4 tog kingsize folded duvet plus huge pillows under there


we've just put up the asda travel cot molly liked it and it fits back in its bag

 

[PeanutBean]

On the grants:
Madly, with edd of 16th you DO qualify! Madcat has already had hers. You need to insist on that form.
Molly, the sure start had very specific criteria and most people aren't eligible with their first child. Child tax credit is on there which would be the most common benefit for second children. It's all a special con.
Pink, they announced that after april we wouldn't get it for subsequent children (it used to be for all children) and this was taken to be reaching your 29tu week, when you can apply from, before April. A thread was made in third tri yesterday after Gemie discovered that direct.gov now says you have to give birth or have edd before 11th. NOWHERE else says this and lots of calls to various lines and things show no staff are aware of the change either. But two people have just received rejection letters based on already having a child and their edd. It's a f***ing joke. We've all be going through our pregnancies expecting to receive it then the rules have been changed just as we become eligible. People are appealing. Dunno whether anything will come of it. If i've not heard anything I might apply next week anyway.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

molly how on earth does your bottom sheet fit over that little lot

 

[PeanutBean]

I always felt like princess and the pea last preg! DH couldn't get best me for the ledge up to where I lay!

 

[sequeena]

We won't get the surestart grant, I don't get any benefits and neither does Sean. I actually just got turned down from DLA because I'm not enough of a nutcase *sigh* even if I had DLA I still couldn't claim it.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Thanks Peanut I did tell my MW about madcat (well I explained a friend has recieved who due 21st April!) but she said she has queried many a time with the advice line etc and ifs def 15th cut off so with my EDD of 16th I still miss out. She said she tried to swing it for one or two of her other ladies in similar boat and apparently they got rejection letters so assures me I will not get it and she has had a slap on the wrists for doing it

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

ugh I feel self inflicted I just ate a whole packet of 8 foxs choccie biscuits with my cup of tea

 

[molly85]

Sequeea you should be able to get the sickness elliment of esa which i think counts for surestart. I have done esa or my clients who have Mental health issues ( I was on anti d's til i got pg) they all get esa as they can't work, if your still on meds and pg i'd say u qualify for not working.

it's a stretch on the bottom sheet i may get a king size or usea king size flat if it annoys me to much. i can do very good hospital bed corners, got matt stuck in bed a few weeks ago

 

[sequeena]

They won't let me have ESA either, how nuts is that? OH earns too much