The postman has just knocked on the door with a parcel for us from a supplier. It was addressed to me …. marked SANITARY PADS AND TAMPONS. Now that was embarrassing enough but the fact he said ‘I don’t usually comment on deliveries but…..’ was even worse!
How red did I go???
Anyone else have any embarrasing stories to share – I’m sure we can find a prize for the funniest one!
Planning to take a newborn to Olympics – well think again….
2012 organiser Locog has said every child, including babies carried in their parents’ arms, must have a ticket.
According to the London Evening Standard, a press spokesman said the Olympics helpline had received calls from pregnant women and expectant fathers whose babies will be a few weeks old when the Games start. They have been told they can try to buy an extra ticket for their chosen event otherwise the infant will be excluded.
Locog risks appearing anti-babies compared with other organisations. It is common practice for airlines and train companies to allow babies to travel free of charge as long as they sit on their parents’ lap.
The issue has attracted fury on the Mumsnet website. One woman said: “The whole thing is ridiculous, there are people who bought tickets before their babies were even conceived – how are they supposed to know to buy a ticket for a child that doesn’t exist yet?”
And an expectant mother wrote: “There are no children’s tickets for the horse jumping so I have to pay £95 to have a three-month-old in a sling!!!”
Another woman accused the organisers of discrimination: “It is generally accepted that a new baby is an adjunct of its mother, especially if breastfeeding.”
To brighten up this damp and dreary day (I don’t know what the weather is like where you are but it’s rubbish here in Towcester!) were offering a whopping 15% off all orders* placed today before 11pm.
Just use the code SOCIALMUM at the checkout (valid today, 24 Jan 2012 until 11pm).
So get shopping and don’t forget there is FREE delivery on all orders over £30! Spend under £30 and postage is only £1.95 and many of our small items are postage free.
*The only exclusion to the discount is the Kensington Breastfeeding Chair.
The Daily Telegraph reports today how nursing mothers in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, are being offered a service whereby they can have their breastmilk couriered to their baby whilst they are at work. Grandmothers/ carers waiting at home caring for the infants can then feed the babies with fresh mother’s milk, rather than resort to powdered milk that many, in Indonesia, feel is inferior and less healthy.
The service – which charges just £2.20 to £3 for each delivery – was set up in 2010 by Fikri Nauval, 40, who runs a cargo and document shipping business. He was inspired by his own wife who used his couriers to send her breast milk when she had to return to work.
Febby Kemala Dewi, 29, is one of the growing band of young mothers who grasped the opportunity to use Mr Nauval’s service.
The IT consultant found it difficult to pump enough milk for the whole day before she left for work in the mornings after she had to return to her central Jakarta office when her three months’ maternity was up.
Now she can pump the milk and send it home at lunchtime, which her mother uses to feed eight-month-old Ashalina Putri when the courier makes his delivery.
“I have to work, but at the same time I can feed my baby,” said Mrs Dewi.
I wonder if that will take off here…?
We love this brand new Maternity Planner – perfect for the organised (or not!) mum-to-be.
It contains lots of useful sections to keep together all your pregnancy bits and bobs such as paperwork, appointment cards and shopping lists! It also contains a pregnancy calendar so you can keep track of the whizzing weeks and lots of other very useful stuff.
It really makes a great gift idea for mum-to-be… have a look now…
A new BBC Three series is looking for couples who are expecting their first baby.
Dads ..are you going to be a first time father? Would you like to be more involved in the birth?
Mums …does the sound of your partner helping midwives deliver your baby appeal to you?
If so then please get in touch with us on….
pregnant@bbc.co.uk
0208 5761081
The BBC reports today that new research has shown that IVF babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and result in longer pregnancies than those born from fresh embryos.
A study presented at the British Fertility Society annual meeting says transferring frozen embryos may lead to healthier babies. But the reasons behind the findings are unclear, the researchers say.
The BBC report that the study, carried out at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health in London, involved measuring the weight and length of gestation of 384 babies born after fresh embryo transfer and 108 born after frozen embryo transfer.
Freezing embryos enables couples to have several cycles of IVF with eggs collected during one round of treatment. By freezing some embryos, couples can use up their fresh ones before moving on to frozen ones at a later date.
The results of the study showed that babies born from frozen embryos were, on average, 253g (0.56lb) heavier than those born from fresh embryos.
“This means that resulting babies may potentially be healthier if frozen embryos are transferred rather than fresh embryos” Suzanne Cawood Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health.
The proportion of low birthweight babies (weighing less than 2.5kg) was also lower in this group – 3.7%, compared with 10.7% of babies born from fresh embryos. Frozen embryo babies typically had a longer gestation period (an average of 0.65 weeks longer) than those born from fresh embryos, the research also found.
Please sign Group B Strep Support’s e-petition calling for every woman is routinely given accurate information about group B Streptococcus (group B Strep or GBS) during her antenatal care; every low-risk woman is offered a sensitive test for GBS, ideally at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy; and every higher-risk woman is offered antibiotics in labour.
Click here to be taken to the petition to sign it (opens in a new window). Once you’ve signed the epetition, you will be send an email asking you to click on an link within that email to confirm your signature. You need to click this link before your signature is registered.
You can share the petition directly from the epetition website via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Please sign and share the link with as many people as possible. If the petition gets 100,000 signatures, then the issue should be debated in the House of Commons and that can only be good.
The ePetition has a closing date of 15 August 2012, so there’s plenty of time to sign and share it!
If you would prefer to download a sheet to fill in (or ask your friends to), you can find one by clicking here. You can send the completed forms to GBSS (Fax: 0870 803 0024, email info@gbss.org.uk or post to GBSS, PO Box 203, Haywards Heath RH16 1GF) or you can enter the details yourself on the petition site. This is an online petition and so an email address is needed so HM Government epetition can send an email to verify the signature. Without clicking the verification link, the signature won’t be added.
Our patron, Dr Chris Steele MBE, has signed the epetition and says,
“I’ve signed the petition and would encourage anyone else to do so as well.”
Don’t forget you can get a FREE testing kit from us - you pay a fee directly to the laboratory if you decide to take the test.
Happy New Year to you all! We hope you have had a lovely festive season and wish you happiness and good health in 2012.
The office re-opened this morning and the mums are back in!
We just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Holiday and a Great New Year!!
The MumStuff Office is now closed until January 3rd 2012.
We are still taking orders but they won’t be processed until we’re back in the office 
Nicola (Mum-in-Charge!) and the MumStuff Team xxx
