Oooh, new thread! We finally all made it to postnatal ? it?s been quite a journey!
Thanks for all the comments regarding my last post. I agree that it would be good to do a shorter trial run before Saturday, but unfortunately it doesn?t look like that is going to happen as DH is away on a business trip this week and DS has come down with his first cold. It?s not anything serious as he doesn?t have a fever and he?s feeding fine, but he?s quite congested and has been sneezing fairly frequently 
Poor little guy wants to be held all the time (he?s sleeping on me right now), probably because the upright position makes it easier for him to breathe, but I?ve been having a hard time without DH here to take the baby sometimes and to help with housework and cooking. It?s been really difficult to get a shower or a hot meal this week, and I am starting to go a little stir crazy as I?ve had to forego some of my usual meet-ups with other mums and babies so as to not pass on the cold. Plus it?s a little heartbreaking to hear DS? laboured breathing when there isn?t much I can do for him Two more sleeps until DH is home...
I would really like to get a bit of a break from DS after the intensity of this week, and the wedding reception would be a great opportunity to do that, but now with DS being sick it?s looking less likely that I?ll be able to go. I?ll play it by ear depending on how he does the next couple of days, and depending on whether I?ll be able to express enough to leave for him for the evening (he?s been feeding very frequently since he?s been sick, making it difficult to find time to express, plus I want to make sure he?s getting as much of the antibodies as possible now since he needs them).
Kara, it would be great to be able to bring the baby to the reception, but DH doesn?t feel like we should ask (it?s his colleague/friend) as we are only invited to the reception, not the ceremony, and he doesn?t think it will be a kid-friendly thing (it?s at Oxford University). He doesn?t want to put them on the spot. Thanks for the reassurance that I?m not being precious; this is my PFB and I?m aware that I may react more emotionally to these things now than with later DC!
Moomin, great that DD has been so good this week! Regarding swaddling, DS doesn?t like it. He has long arms and legs and seems to enjoy having the space to stretch out after being so confined in the womb! He sleeps really well in Grobags though, as they keep him warm and snugly but give him room to move. I?ve got him in 1 tog at the moment.
It seems like quite a few people have disappeared, but then I?m not on the FB group. Has the main chat moved over there?