November 2012 - counting down the weeks

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I went to the GP this morning and the receptionist looked at me like I was stupid when I mentioned whooping cough vaccine. They have heard nothing. Different in England she said. So much for national health service. I will ask a the MW next week. My practice only has one flu jab clinic 10 days before my due date. I might get in touch with occ health to see if I could get both sooner via them.

peaky you simply MUST use the wipes as soon as the meconium is passed. It is THE LAW so long as you can cope with the washing. I personally do not like cotton wool, but similarly would not use wipes on a newborn. I clearly need some cheeky wipes, or get my finger out and make some. I would however just use water for the first few days.

fatima as you are pg, you should automatically be called as are in a high risk group. I would call them and ask.

Hope all is well nervous thinking of you honey x

Some are getting the vaccinations in on Tuesday Peaky, have a read of the pregnancy thread. It really is a serious illness and if baby gets it they could well end up in hospital in an incubator, it may be a bit of scare mongering at the moment but is it worth the risk? Baby will be sick inbetween bouts of severe coughing and will have a blue tinge due to lack of oxygen if they get it. A mum has just told her story of it with her newborn and how (surprise, surprise) it went undiagnosed for 2 weeks. Her's lost a lot of weight and couldn't keep feeds down.

That is disgusting advise Horsey, it's routinely used in America for pregnant women and other countries. I'm giving my surgery 1 week then I'm going to start hassling my PCT as there is NO WAY I'm putting my baby at risk!

Lol VQ I must have missed that law. It's probably cheaper to make your own as I forked out about £50 for my set but, just like with nappies, they're there to last you and save you money eventually. I liked the whole cost and environment-saving side of it but also the fact that there are plastic boxes and bags etc for ease of storage. I'm sure you would come up with something just as useful Blue Peter style!

I skipped over most of the nappy chat in earlier months as I got so lost on the different types that my brain would shut down. I'm now considering getting myself started with disposables and when I'm a bit more confident with it all then look to reusable nappies. I guess I need to get my butt on nappy threads.

horsey I would actually report her for that. But I am a bitch. But seriously, that could result in a death potentially if you were to listen to her. She is not medically trained and should not be voicing an opinion on something she knows fuck all about. Highly unprofessional.

It really is, I was when I read that.

Shelley I totally agree as a paeds health prof myself but I'm just trying not to have my very first parental flap. I'll be on to the surgery first thing next week as there isn't likely to be any changes today re: clinic set ups if my surgery haven't had anything official yet. Plus I have my MW appointment on Thursday and a home visit to assess my inflatable birth pool at some point in the week too. I'm hoping our MWs will be able to administer it as well as the GPs as they're bound to get hammered for appointments.

peaky I would advise you to have a read if you are bored, but not to put another pressure on yourself. Both mine will be in disposables until I am recovered from the section, as having a newborn is hard enough without adding more pressure. It is worth waiting until baby is here to see what suits him/her. The eBay cheapies (Alva baby 3) are very good value, and funky, but resale may be poor. There are so many to choose from, so it can be a bit baffling, and IS ADDICTIVE.

Haha I bet it is! It was the £30 offer mentioned earlier that got me thinking about it again. I guess until the baby has them on it's pretty difficult to tell what will suit. I need to research trials maybe and have the info ready for when I need it as I'll probably be a bit busy by then!

Okay so DH has suddenly thrown Zane into the mix as a baby name. I kind of like the sound iyswim, but not sure about the connotations...is it a bit, ooh look at us how zany are we? And One Direction ish...?! Views?

I've just logged into my NHS mail and there was a core brief stating that pregnant woman will be offered the vaccination against whopping cough to protect unborn babies. Vaccination programme in Scotland will start in October and run for 6 months. So looks like the midwives etc will only just be being informed of this in Scotland. May explain lack of knowledge at present.

Sorry Dixie this is just my opinion but I think it'll date really badly and be of an era / celebrity. I.e. all the poor Jades out there just make me think of Jade Goody, Jordans of Jordan etc and all make me feel really sorry for them as they have a name with duff connotations that was cool for a brief period. IMHO Zane is trying to be too cool - imagine an 80 year old called Zane? Or a barrister? I can't... But I get what you mean about the phonetics - I like the sound of it.

I like Zane, but it is a bit too cool, like YW says, and very One Direction.

I am awaiting a call from Occ health. They have the vaccine, so just waiting on an appointment hopefully. No doubt I will have a fight though, like I did with the SF vaccine. Thanks for that info izzy

I'm glad my dad insisted on Alexa rather than Alexis and only then as a middle name only. I was an early 80s baby and DM loved Dynasty.

Ah occy health?! Can we get it through them or are you talking flu? To be honest, my surgery is bloody awful!! I see little point in complaining now....

horsey I am talking flu vaccine and whooping cough. Worth a try. They may say no. They have been vaccinating staff in high risk areas already, and my work is classed as high risk, so as I am not technically on mat leave yet... There are very few perks with working with the NHS so if there is a possibility of one, I will take it.

Good shout with Occy Health. If I get nowhere with GP next week then I'll turn to them (or maybe just hassle them both at the same time)

Yeah I always get flu through work, but they don't tend to start vaccines till nov!!

Managed to get a flu jab appt on the 10th october now instead of 24th, gonna ring midwife about the whooping cough one now. No doubt nothing will have been sorted out yet, shouldn't they already have stocks of this vaccine as its one they give to school children?!

DD got hit again today, on the head, in class, while the teacher was holding the boys hand!!! Livid does not describe adequately how I feel about this. No note or communication from school either. I will explore over the weekend to make sure it did really happen but initial feeling is she is telling the truth. Again they came out together, but DD was doing a fine job of ignoring him and walking zig zag with him following. DH will hit the roof. She mentioned it like it was such a normal thing too.

Oh no VQ I would be demanding the boy is moved class immediately. They are obviously not handling it as they should. Your poor DD.

I agree with apple VQ time to go batshit, you've tried to be reasonable and go along with the school and his parents.

His parents might not worry about violence against themselves from him (more fool them), or god forbid try to curb his behaviour, but he can't go through life like this damaging other folks' lives. It isn't fair. Imagine, as I think it was Detective said upthread how he's going to be as a teenager if he doesn't get taught to temper his actions now. Also as you say - your daughter doesn't need to associate being kind to people = attracting negative attention and violence - that's a horrible lesson for her to learn.

It's obvious he has problems but if he is going to be in mainstream school then political correctness shouldn't be at the price of other kid's safety. Time to go full on mumpy I reckon.

Eegad has pregnancy made me go all Daily Mail?

I think DD might be having a day off on Monday until this is sorted. I need to be absolutely sure she is not fabricating, and the school had promised they would contact me before I collected her if anything else happened so I did not doubt her. The last thing she wants is mummy not believing her, but this is serious shit now.

Thank you for your support and advice - I know this is not really the place for this, but as I said before I would not be brave enough for an AIBU and I would hate for his mum to see this, as she might be a regular. I do feel for her, and am all for inclusion, but perhaps this little fella is not actually able to be in mainstream. I know she fought tooth and nail to get him in, and had to agree to him being held back a year also.

VQ that is awful, the school really need to step up and sort this once and for all. Your DD is handling it fabulously but it's sad that she's having too. on behalf of all of you.

I'm in a pissy moo again, DP hasn't materialised from work tonight so far, no message to say he's going to be late, it's not a huge problem but I really don't see it's a big deal to fire off a text so I know what's going on, I could of had plans, been still poorly or I could be worrying he's had an accident or something.
I know he'll be here soon and I hate him
Coming into me in a foul mood everyday because he never 'gets' it.

I have both kids to sort for bed, I have cooked dinner, cleaned the whole house again. Man do I hate being a sahm sometimes especially when I get zilch in the way of recognition ever. sorry I'm always fed up and whinging on here, this is getting tedious now.

he's jus called to say he was in a minor accident in the car and was with the police, not his fault and no one is hurt. Now I just feel bad for moaning

The main thing is he's alright tits. Don't be hard on yourself - you weren't to know.