Pregnancy

[Cristiana]

ASSALAMU ALEYKUM,

I'd post this in the sisters forum but I haven't had my access back yet :(
Besides, maybe brothers that had pregnant wives can help too.

Today my sister called me after her first scan. Her baby is 1mm long and still its heart is beating. Masha'Allah, isn't that just AMAZING?! (please make du'a for her).

Soon the whole village is going to shower her with the cutest baby clothes and I want to get her a more original present, something for herself.

I was thinking to get her some cosmetics/creams/... to alleviate the "side-effects" of pregnancy, but, besides stretch marks i don't know anything you may want to fix or prevent.

SISTERS, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY?

(BROTHERS, WHAT DID YOUR WIFE USE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT?)

thanks

[Eemaan]

walaik um as salaam sis

first of all congratumalations!!!!

second of all i dont have a clue :eek3: bout changes and what not, try google :o ?


oh she'll have sore feet, one of those foot spa things would be nice :up:

[Ebony]

Bio oil perhaps - for stretch marks? Maybe some of the mothers will be able to help.

[ummbilal]

ASSALAMU ALEYKUM,

I'd post this in the sisters forum but I haven't had my access back yet :(
Besides, maybe brothers that had pregnant wives can help too.

Today my sister called me after her first scan. Her baby is 1mm long and still its heart is beating. Masha'Allah, isn't that just AMAZING?! (please make du'a for her).

Soon the whole village is going to shower her with the cutest baby clothes and I want to get her a more original present, something for herself.

I was thinking to get her some cosmetics/creams/... to alleviate the "side-effects" of pregnancy, but, besides stretch marks i don't know anything you may want to fix or prevent.

SISTERS, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY?

(BROTHERS, WHAT DID YOUR WIFE USE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT?)

thanks

cocoa butter is good for her growing belly, peppermint gel for her swollen feet, but how about a beautiful book to record all her feel9ings about being pregnant, when she first feels the baby move and when it gets hiccups etc..it'll make beautiful reading when baby is older inshaallah.hth x

[Ceren]

cocoa butter is good for her growing belly, peppermint gel for her swollen feet, but how about a beautiful book to record all her feel9ings about being pregnant, when she first feels the baby move and when it gets hiccups etc..it'll make beautiful reading when baby is older inshaallah.hth x

:salams

These are amazing suggestions. Also, you might consider giving her a couple of books on pregnancy, childbirth and after the baby is born.

There are some goods on how to communicate with your baby once it's born and also a massage book for the baby (eg. massages for when he has colics, hard time breathing, etc.).

[bint]

congratualations..i wud know what to do..but..thats really nice..

just pamper her..and she'll love it..:)

[umm_huraiyrah]

ASSALAMU ALEYKUM,

I'd post this in the sisters forum but I haven't had my access back yet :(
Besides, maybe brothers that had pregnant wives can help too.

Today my sister called me after her first scan. Her baby is 1mm long and still its heart is beating. Masha'Allah, isn't that just AMAZING?! (please make du'a for her).

Soon the whole village is going to shower her with the cutest baby clothes and I want to get her a more original present, something for herself.

I was thinking to get her some cosmetics/creams/... to alleviate the "side-effects" of pregnancy, but, besides stretch marks i don't know anything you may want to fix or prevent.

SISTERS, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY?

(BROTHERS, WHAT DID YOUR WIFE USE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT?)

thanks


Mashallah!!

I have to get a baby shower gift too and as gonna get something just for mom too. Was thinking maybe some bath and body products or something like that. Something she can pamper herself with. Any Ideas? Also need ideas on baby shower gifts cause she's not gonna know if it's m or f until it makes it's grand entrence in this world! Mashallah. I have till first week of Febuary. So give me some good ideas Inshallah.

Salams
Habiba

[Hayati]

Wa aleikum assalaam

Dont buy anything for stretch marks. Theres nothing u can do. If ur supposed to get them, u get them. I hope she doesnt though :D

[Mr_Jailer]

An unusual reason to give gifts.

Didn't know sisters announce to other community sisters they're expectin' a child masha'allah.

Is this a recommended Islamic practise or one that sisters feel necessary in order to cope with the demands of pregnancy?

Should not hayaa be applied at such an early stage even between sisters?

[Te'oma]

The one thing that my wife always complained about, especially in the second and third trimester was backaches and leg pains and sore feet. A nice lavender or patchouli/citrus massage oil was greatly appreciated.(This is for the relief of pain and not something sexual)

[Tahiyah]

support hose, comfortable slippers, herbal teas, rolaids or anything else for heartburn, a therapeutic massage, creams and oils, any books on pregnacy and childbirth, a nice pillow wedge to place between her knees when she sleeps on her side, gift certificate to a hair salon, (hair grows fast during pregnacy) you sleep more during pregnacy, especially that 1st and 2nd trimester, so just offering to help her around the house is a HUGE gift. something crafty that she can make herself for baby's room, like needlepoint?

(that salon or spa gift certificate is something she may want to save and use after she has the baby, something to help her feel more like herself again..)

[.: Anna :.]

An unusual reason to give gifts.

Didn't know sisters announce to other community sisters they're expectin' a child masha'allah.

Is this a recommended Islamic practise or one that sisters feel necessary in order to cope with the demands of pregnancy?

Should not hayaa be applied at such an early stage even between sisters?
what do u mean, that ppl shud not tell others that they are pregnant because of haya :s
erm... but ppl will know it neway once u have a baby, no need 2 b excessive like that imo
if u tell ppl then they can make dua for u insha allah, theres nothing wrong with it.


sis cristiana, i wnt 2 approve ur sis forum access bt cd u pm me ur fone number? or if u got msn pm me ur msn address cos we hav2 do the voice thing

[Hafsah]

like mentioned get her something for sore feet, the body shop have these lovely mint foot sets, which comes with a cream/scrub etc etc

also maybe get her some nice clothes..so she doesnt feel all pregnant and frumpy :p

if shes got space for it, you could get her a really comfy chair for her bedroom...not one of those nursing chairs...but just somewhere she can sit and relax even after the babies born :)

p.s. congratulations :D

[nomadicfoodie]

Vitamin E oil, lanolin to help w nursing.
http://tinyurl.com/2684q2 (sisters only link)

One of the BEST gifts I got was some lullaby tapes, oh how I appreciated them, they lowered MY stress and babies responded better to me getting them off to sleep because I was "lullaby-ed" myself!

[umm_huraiyrah]

Wa aleikum assalaam

Dont buy anything for stretch marks. Theres nothing u can do. If ur supposed to get them, u get them. I hope she doesnt though :D


I had a friend who used vitamin e oil for stretch marks and if you start it before the marks start it will actually work. But you have to start before the stretch marks start and use it everyday twice a day morning and evening. It gets em gone it really does. Seen it with my own eyes. Yeah anti stretch mark cream or oil won't be a good gift :rotfl:

Habiba

[ze leetle elper]

Offer to cook some meals for her? :) If she is in the early stages, she will most likely have morning sickness (although I don't know why they call it morning sickness cos you get it at any time :confused: ) And will feel sick cooking, or smelling any strong smells!

Offer to do some chores for her, she may feel tired often and need to keep her feet up as her bump gets bigger!

Maybe the best gift would be an ongoing gift, until she has the baby? I know that offering to help her would mean more to her than any material gift, because in the last stages she may feel completely useless...even struggling to put her own socks on cos of her growing bump!

[ze leetle elper]

An unusual reason to give gifts.

Didn't know sisters announce to other community sisters they're expectin' a child masha'allah.

Is this a recommended Islamic practise or one that sisters feel necessary in order to cope with the demands of pregnancy?

Should not hayaa be applied at such an early stage even between sisters?

Not unusual really? After all, you give gifts on happy occasions and what more can be a cause for happiness than to know that a beautiful soul is to be sent into your care :inlove:

As a brother I doubt you can ever fully understand what a pregnant woman feels, and as an unmarried brother I doubt you can fully understand what a woman feels :D (no offence :p )

As far as I am aware it is not a 'practise' to tell others nor do sisters tell others to 'cope.' If I tell another sister I am pregnant, I am telling her because it is good news, I may recieve dua from that person, they may have invaluable advice they can give me, etc etc etc.

I don't see your point about hayaa though, I mean telling a few select people is up to the sister, there is nothing immodest about this.

[Um Abdullah]

best gift in my opinion is to get her pregnency books, also tell her to do exercises that are suitable for pregnant women.
having weak low back muscles will just make birth pain more (because she will have the back pain added to the normal birth pain.
so tell her to strengthen her lower back muscles.

[ze leetle elper]

^^ And also to strengthen her pelvic floor muscles! The most important to do for during the 1st trimester, many women need to go pass water often so she needs a bladder that can hold it!

Also for the actual giving birth, this is crucial, as well as after birth! Tell her to ask her midwife to show her and talk to her about them.

[.: Anna :.]

Offer to cook some meals for her? :) If she is in the early stages, she will most likely have morning sickness (although I don't know why they call it morning sickness cos you get it at any time :confused: ) And will feel sick cooking, or smelling any strong smells!

Offer to do some chores for her, she may feel tired often and need to keep her feet up as her bump gets bigger!

Maybe the best gift would be an ongoing gift, until she has the baby? I know that offering to help her would mean more to her than any material gift, because in the last stages she may feel completely useless...even struggling to put her own socks on cos of her growing bump!

thats true i think offer of helping out regularly like cooking food n bringing it etc would b prob worth more than a gift :D