Due March 06' - time for a new one!

[munz]

right then, here goes with the new thread,

stats so far (I think are!)

Rosieposie - aged 30 - due 28th Feb with #3

Frizbe - aged 30, DH 40 - due either 28th Feb, 2nd March or 4th March with #2

Toothyboy - aged 34, DP 36 - due 1st March with #2

Ags ? 6+5 weeks with #2

Poppyh - aged? due 3rd March with #3

anchovies - aged 25, DH 26 - due 4th March with #2

Lizzylou - due 6th March with #2

oneofeach - aged 35 - due 6th March with #3

Chamomile - aged 41 - due 7th March with #3

Starryeyed - due 7th March

BibiTwo - aged ? due 8th March with #2

Daisy20 - aged? due 9th March with #?

expressmummy - due 10th March with #3

Cadmum - aged 34, due 10th March with #4 ( 3 previous missed m/c )

Jackstini - aged 33, due 10th March with #1

Oldfool - aged 42 - due 11th March

munz - aged 23 - due 11th March with #1 (2 prev m/c incl one last cycle)

Desperatehousewife - aged 34, 5+2 weeks with #2

marne - aged ? due March ? with # 2

Mojomummy - age ? due ? with #?

catj - aged 34 due 21st March with #4

coppertop- aged ? due 22nd March with #3

madrush - aged 31 due 25th March with # 2 (1 previous mc)

Newgirl - ??

Swiperfox - aged 28 #2 due end march.

Honery Members who's beanies sadly didn't make it.
majormoo
auntynon
Mum to someone

I would like another girl for the practical reason they would have to share a room.Im sure its a boy at the mo.(Have to think of another name instead of Jude!!)
Quite like Noah and William.

congrats poppy - what great news!

Phewie - well done everyone on their good scan experiences.

I'm desperate for a girl - that's terrible to admit that isn't it? Just not sure how I'd cope with two boys!

There's going to be a 3 and 3 quarter year age gap between mine - am considering them sharing a room once the baby is sleeping through. Am I mad?

Love the name Noah poppy - bit biblical though! William is lovely as it can be Billy/Will etc...

I'm really stuck on boys names.

Im the opposite.I have loads of pretty girls names and hardly any boys names!!
I too want a girl but really wouldnt mind either!

Sorry realise you meant youre stuck on boys names too!For some reason its harder to choose boys names isnt it?!

we have jacob for a boy. I'm swaying for a girl but would prefer a boy, DH is tellin me he se the bub move his legs yesterday on the scan

I have a boy and girl, so it really shouldn't matter. . .but I secretly would prefer another girl. Reason being I'm the middle child with two brothers, and if it's a boy, dd will be in the same situation I was in! I would love her to have a sister. But of course, it really doesn't matter. Two of mine are going to have to share a room, as our house isn't big enough - not sure which two though! Still, I shared with my brother until I was 12, so I'm sure it will work out. Was listening to the baby's heart earlier, and pressing down quite hard - he/she kicked back at me! Very lovely feeling.

Hi to all, just been catching up on the new thread, look what happens when I go away for a bit!

Old fool, I'm so sorry best wishes for the future.....

Glad to see the rest of you are ok and the scans are going well

Munz, just for the record, my scan dated me at 27th Feb! so I'm defo crashing on here! although sure it'll be late like dd was, so probably will arive on your due date!

We're still bickering over names, although the girls are coming on better than the boys ones, so ?

Had my 14 wk apptm with midwife yesterday, tried to find heatbeat but couldn't although she swore a pop we heard was a kick! have to go back for more bloods (for downs etc testing) in two weeks.

Oh forgot to tell you that bump now appears to be growing, so I've invested in one pair of maternity joggers from mothercare today, who actually have a nice fall maternity collection in for a change! (as just know I'll wake up one am and find out nothing fits!)

Hi Frizbe, I'm gatecrashing here too - my scan moved me forward to 26th feb, but I'm convinced I'm going to go atleast 8 days late, like my other two. Midwife wrote down due date of 3rd March in my notes anyway ( to give me a few days grace in case they chase me for induction ) - so I'm kind of sticking with that one for the time being. Glad your well.

you are, not your . . .doh!

I wish they'd do that for me RP, as I just know when I go over dates I'll be getting really ratty (again!)

ah girls we don't mind u gate crashin - i'm actually after pickin all ur brains! - again! lol, I don't want to ask in the breat/bottle section cos I don't want to start any fighting, but i've really thought about it, and if I can I wanted to brest feed, however I also want DH to do some work - don't think it's fair I do it all, and I want him to bond as well, any how I wanted to express it (again if I can) anyhow, one of his mate's has just had a baby and his DW's been told expressed milk can only last for 2 hours max, - but I wanted to express (for example enough for the night feeds esp) - well from when DH ocmess home, but if it woun't keep theres no point, althou i've read it keeps in the fridge for 24 hrs so which is right? and failing thaht I was considering bottle feeding with formula in the evenings but a) not sure what that would do to my milk and b) the whole point of BF was to save us some money, as I say thou it does all depend on if I can manage it or not - what do u guys recon?

Hey Munz - I finally tracked you down and am delighted to find out where you are. Many congratulations honey, you toally deserve it after so many months ttc.

Wishing you, hubby and your little beanie a beautiful and healthy pregnancy and birth,

BL

oh thanks BL - how r u getting on?

i thought breast milk lasted longer in the fridge too. You can freeze it though can't you.

It's such a ridiculously contentious subject isn't it - I can't bear it. I tried BF with DS and it didn't work - got myself terribly stressed about it and tried expressing for 5 weeks which was exhausting and degrading! Then went for bottle. If i had my time again, I'd go straight for bottle and not worry about it.

I think whatever plan you have, give it a go and see what happens. Your midwife will be able to tell you if breast feeding during the day and bottle at night will work in terms of your milk supply...

Have given up!

oh bella (((hugs))) well with thaht in fnd, xena also gave up - and then low and behold a few cycles later she was PG - so hopefully will be the same for u honney - I do hope so u really deserve it (((hugs)))

DHW - yes, that's why I didn't want to start the thread in the BF section cos I thought ppl would start fighting about it. I mena if I can't BF I can't and will ahve to bottle feed - main thing is baby's happy i'm happy and LO is putting on weight I think - might be wrong thou? might mention it to m/w at next apt it's 20th sept can someone remind me - don't wanna go a day early again! lol.

that in mind* I should really preview!

Hi Munz - very contentious subject ( eyes rolling ), I can only tell you my experience. DS, I didn't bf for long, mix fed for four months. DD, it all just seemed to click into place and I ended up breastfeeding her for 18 months. You can express and mix feed, but for some women - if you start doing this too early it can badly effect your supply and put an end to breastfeeding, something you should be aware of. Not all women find this, but I did. They say to only breastfeed for the first month, to establish a good supply, and then you can easily start mix feeding then. Even expressing in the early days can effect your supply, because baby's milk you more efficiently than pumps do. Basically, the more you give formula or express, the less milk you make, so if you want to breastfeed beyond a few weeks you should just be aware of this. A month seems like a long time, but it flies by. If you are breastfeeding though, in the early weeks you should expect to do little more than sit on the sofa feeding - they do it very frequently to begin with, even every one or two hours, but if you are prepared for it, it's easier to accept and get on with and it doesn't last for long. I found it quite nice actually, but I'm a lazy mare who likes watching day time tv!

Expressed milk can be kept for 24 hour or even more in the fridge and 3-6 months in the freezer - to defrost, you just run it under a warm tap. I didn't express much, too much hassle!

Of course there is engorgement, positioning, latching on etc to contend with - my advice is to read a good book on the subject before hand and if you are really serious about bf, get the number of a breastfeeding counsillor ( from NCT or similar ) so that if you run into any difficulties, help is at hand. Lansinoh nipple cream was a godsend in the early days - it's highly recommended stuff.

Having done both before, I am probably going to mainly bottlefeed this time. I'm very glad I bf Rosie for as long as I did, but I'm just not sure I can do it all again so soon. This baby was unplanned and I'm having trouble getting my head around the prospect of having three kids! Not sure I have the energy to bf like I did before - because it does take a lot of commitment and perseverence.

thanks RP - don't want to upset anyone here, or start any fights on this thread, it's just me looking at all the options and as u guys (mostly) already have experience thought i'd ask u lot first. as u say it does depend on if I can even feed. (hate the term being milked - cunders images of a loads of cows in the milkin parlour!) can u tell I work on a farm! he he. I guess for now we'll see how it works out - don't mind day time tv thou - 1-2 hours in the first weeks - god how do u cope?

Good info RP - it is so nice to read something just informational and non-biased!

Munz, like you it's my first & I would like to BF but have it it my head that if I can't, I can't.

LL & Poppy - great news re your scans.
I am (irrationally I know as it's not their fault) falling out with our scan dept (only in my head) as everyone I meet can now see I am obviously pregnant and I still have not had my scan as they are so busy. I just wanted the option to keep it a secret from some people until then & feel annoyed this has been taken away from me. Only 6 days to go but am convinced I will not sleep til then!

Thats just how I felt jackstini.At least you have a scan date to look forward to.It will be worth the wait of a few more days.
RP, I know what you mean about BF.Dh and I were talking about it last night.Had a nightmare with it last time and it made me really unhappy.Ive got to have a c section so have decided just to BF whilst in hospital.That why baby will get colostrum it needs and when I get home going straght on bottle.I too am finding it a strange concept of having 3 children!!

as I say as long as bub's is puting on weight it doesn't matter to me as much just curious - althou short of being really nosey, how does BF actually feel? - feel free not to answer that thou if u don't want to, I'd love to do it, but not sure ont he idea of how it will feel - DH recon's dream feeding's would be a good dream for a little boy!

It bloody hurts TBH!!!If this is your first Munz then Id say definately do it.Its a great bonding experience.I found it really hard as DD wanted feeding every ten minutes and my breasts became very engorged!(I made Pamela anderson look flat chested!
But its a very personal thing.But very precious too.

lol@pammie boobs - DH will like that then! seriously thou, are u all feeling the 'oh my god reality hits u check' this is really gonna happen or is it just me?

anyhow how r u girls doing today? any plans for the w/e?