April 2013 TTC girls, where we ALL get our babies!

I was going to ask what arm meant as wel! oo Tori go u! Come on baby pop out! What a lovely bday pressie that would be :)

Lill, I'm going to beg the hospital to help me bf this time as they didn't help at all with DS and I felt pressured to ff him as he wasn't eating and had blood in his nappies. And that's good to know about the not leaking before! Because i didn't with DS and didn't after he was born so I was thinking maybe I don't have milk :s lol I'll deffo ask for help then at the hospital :)

Ducky how's ur DS now? :) is he all better?

Oh of course - Artificial Rupture of Membranes!
Tori did you feel loads of pressure down below like a big poo with each contraction due to the excess fluid?

Happy birthday Tori! really hope you get your birthday baby! What's 'arm'??
Cupcake, I didn't do anything to prep for bf, but I've been told to take vitamin D tablets daily. I didn't leak at all before having DS but once he was here I started producing a bit of colostrum, but had to massage bbs a lot to help it out! The midwives at the hospital helped a lot. My milk took much longer than usual to come in due to losing so much blood during the section. It's a good idea to bf to avoid waking DS1, but hopefully you won't have such a greedy hungry baby that keeps you up all night
I went to bed at 11 last night and DS woke up at 1 and then kept me up ALL NIGHT. Literally, all night until DP took him downstairs at 7am so I could get a bit of sleep

Ducky same here! I forgot its Tuesday lol!

Happy birthday Tori!! I hope things speed up for u soon!

Just checking in for news from tori

Hope things are going well Tori!

Lill I was told if baby is finishing a bottle it means u need to up it by an ounce. That's what they taught me with DS. Obv I don't know about bf as it's just eat till he's full.
So maybe he's needing more milk?
They say if drinking from a bottle there should always be a little bit of milk left so u know baby is full.

I will have to get some bf tips off u :) I'm determined to try it this time as I think it'd help me out a lot at night as I don't want to be going off making a bottle and waking DS1 up (how weird is it writing DS1! Lol)
Lill did u do anything to prepare for bf before u gave birth? Did u leak any milk before or not?
Sorry for the questions

And I agree with Ducky! Vari flow ones are very good :)

Ooh Ducky that would be amazing! I'll pm you my address if he gets better from not having dairy I could probably get the doc to prescribe some.
He's ok with the bottle, he feeds until he's finished, it's just bf that takes him ages. That's why I was giving him bottles at night to get more sleep. I think bf just relaxes him too much
I can't believe your DS is 6 months Ducky! The time has flown by! That must mean Lulu's DS is as well. And Bears??

Tori, v excited for you! Best of luck!! Did you say you were at city or queens (if in notts). It's just because I had the best midwife ever on induction ward at city - she was called Katie and I think she had reddish hair If you don't want to say thats ok though

Ducky your bat-slap story made me I told DP and he said that he once got hit in the head by a pigeon! He said he was walking along, minding his own business, when a pigeon flew into the back of his head. He turned around and there was an old lady laughing at him!!
Well I've had another exhausting night with DS. He was starting to sleep quite well last week when I was in his room with him for four nights (there's a single bed in there). Then we spent two nights in mine and DP's room, and he slept badly again. Last night we were back in his room but he didn't sleep much. I've been bf at night apart from one bottle DP gives him when after I've gone to bed, and last week he was having a feed then going back to sleep after a change etc but last night he was feeding then falling asleep then when I put him down waking up and wanting to carry on feeding (that's what he does in the day). I was knackered!
He's out for the count now on my chest - typical!
I'm going to try and give up dairy to see if it helps his tum. We'll need to get some dairy free formula too. Ducky, what does your DS have?

Thank u Tori, they do grow out of their clothes very fast. DS was in newborn for a couple of weeks. Bless u I hope things start speeding up for u! Just think, ull have ur baby very soon no matter what :)

Lulu the wildlife sound so amazing where u are. I bet it's nice to see it all. The most I get is a fox lol. And yes he's looking quite skinny on the 3D scan lol she said he's weighing in around 5oZ!! So so tiny! :) and yes party was good thank u Lulu everyone was pleased to know DS was having a brother but rele wanted a girl! Haha. Ex was there as he came to the scan as well. We are actually getting on so well, like we did before we were a couple which is nice as there's no bitterness.

Ducky I'm sorry but that was funny I don't think I've ever been slapped in the face by a bat

Wonder how Tori is getting on. Hope she's doing well! :)