April TTC girls! Where there's a new baby! Tons of BFP's! And lots more to come!

I can't wait for it to arrive but it says up to 4 working days which will be delayed due to new year

Am currently making up a couple in advance, I know they advise not to but midwife said she knows loads of people who do it and they used to advise that, there's no way ds would wait for kettle to cool then bottle to be made and cooled more!

We havebeen using our TT Perfect Prep Ducky, it is great. Really eay.

DS seems very content. He is lying in his baby rocker watching the coloured icicle lights we forgot to take down. No idea if he can see them but he is looking at them and wiggling his fingers. He looks so small.

DH thinks he saw him smile. I have told him he didn't but he says he is a very advanced baby and he definitely did.

Bleeding not too bad, like a heavy but not awful period. I expected worse.

I bought a microwave steriliser in a sale, but DD had no problems with bf and it's still in it's box on the shelf! Might need it for DS, otherwise it'll be going to the charity shop!

Siarie I've really struggled with ligament pain this time round :(. Although I'm the other way round, it's worse if I don't walk anywhere.

Have been at MILs for three days now and done very little! Getting a bit too used to it - don't know how I'll cope with another 6 weeks back at work

Thought you might break Ducky , let me know how you find it when I comes. Ours is just sat on the the work top waiting now along with the steriliser.

I like to be prepared so I don't mind that it's a little early (due end of April) but the times been going so quickly!

Hope ds is feeling better cupcake

Glad your home lulu and ds is sleeping well in my book!

After one night of making up powder formula I have finally cracked and brought a perfect prep machine with my last pennies haha. Can't wait for it to come it will be amazing!

We have been out for a walk to the village to pick up some odds and ends and get some fresh air. He slept all the way through it like a little Michelin man.

The power of paracetemol - hardly achey at all. I have managed to fit ito a stretchy pinafore and nice thick control tights and feel 'held in place'.

DH is now doing bottle while I watch 'Death Comes to Pemberly'. I have said I will do nappy change.

Cats have had a look at him and are uninterested.

Must be a great feeling lulu to have him here. I'm kind of done with pregnancy now (I know early right?). I'm starting to have problems with my round ligaments now which is annoying and painful!

Really uncomfortable to walk unless I don't walk the day before and rest then it's ok. Literally feels like when you pull a muscle or tear one

Oh and sorry about your DS being poirly. Hope he is OK now. That is something I am not looking forward to - vomit! I am usually sick myself if someone is sick.

Ds woke us 3 times last night between 11.00 and 5.30. He went to sleep at 11, woke about 1, had a feed, woke about half 3, had a feed and woke about half 5 again. He didn't go straight back to sleep either. DH was explaining life to him for quite a while after the 1 oclock feed. I just want to go home. We are exhausted and he hasn't been here a day yet.

He makes very cute little snuffley noises and wiggles his fingers and feet a lot.(DS not DH) Midwife says he is glad to have a bit of space. She says he will 'unpack' a bit yet like clothes afer they come out of a suitcase- some of the wrinkles will fall out. I do like her. She is funny and very nice and kept me really focussed.

DH thinks he is the 'prettiest baby here'. He hasn't even seen the others . He is DH's double. MIL showed me a couple of photos last night of DH when he was a few days old and he is his double. We have got his things out ready to get him dressed to go home and DH has brought the car seat up so it can warm up a bit. It is freezing here today. He is putting his owl sleep suit on and a cardigan his GG knitted him with a snowsuit thing over the top and a hat and mitts. DH has slipped his Bradford City sleepsuit and hat into the bag but said he didn't really think I would let him wear them home.

I asked DH to do it Cupcake, he didn't do it off his own bat. But he's good like that. He is genuinely nice and thoughtful.

We can go home soon. They are expecting a busy night so will be glad to have the room back I think.

Will check in later if we cope when we get home.

aw poor ds cupcake hope he picks up soon

Yes, not looking forward to the hospital food! Hope you get to go home soon Lulu!

I hated the meals! But I did loose weight there

Haha cupcake my best meal ever was the meal I had when in hospital with hg at 7 wks pg with dd2, had lost over a stone in weight, couldn't keep anything down - I got two anti sickness jabs and was able to eat my first meal in about 11 days without throwing it back up! was roast chicken, potatoes and veg with loads gravy then apple pie and custard for afters - amazing haha.

I was on the anti sickness tablets 6 times a day for the rest of my pregnancy, that's my only issue really about getting pregnant again, I work somewhere that I don't have easy access to a bathroom so ms will not be fun! will need to get on a docs asap if I start to feel sick!

Lulu the contraction type feeling is your womb shrinking basically. It does that for a few days at least. If you can, get a jug of warm water and pour over your bits when you pee, it helps with the stinging just make sure you take it easy lovely

Cupcake- I wouldn't have described it as lovely exactly but I know it could have been a lot worse. All worth it for my precious little boy.
PIL have been- lots of tears and hugs and smiles and photos/ videos. DS has been held and passed round and seemed quite happy about it. Has had a poopy nappy which I dealt with very efficiently I thought. Not much to it really because he has not had much to eat yet.
DH has walked them to the station- he needs the fresh air and a bit of time to himself I think. He is very emotional. So am I. I so want my mum to be here- I just well up thinking about it. MIL gave me big hug and said 'I wish your mum was here with us all Lulu but I am sure she is and she is very proud of you and DS'. That made me cry.
Anyway, just me and DS, who is lying wiggling his fingers and looking quite puzzled and perplexed. He smells so lovely and he sort of snuggles into me. He made little whingey noises when he wanted his feed and I spotted a huffy lip I think. I am so glad he is here and he is safe. I was really worried something would go wrong.
DH is going to get us some nice food on the way back. The hospital stuff is yucky and they don't feed him anyway. So we are getting a chinese takeaway from Newcastle's China Town which is near the hospital.
I am aching and very stingy down below. Have had some painkillers and I suppose it is normal but really achey and still having contraction things. Weeing on a tear is not nice- ouch!

We had a room when DD was born, it was bliss! It was such a relief as well to know she was safe. Make the most of the newborn snuggles, seems like yesterday that DD was born and now she's nearly 3!

congratulations lulu - great news!! Pleased everything went well