February 2011 - still some left to pop, surely not...

[ZeroMinusZero]

Took it upon myself to start a new thread. Everyone's popping right now!

PS: Sorry for the awful rhyme, it was all I could think of

JaneDoe I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your baby. words cant express it properly. I have been thinking of you and your family since I saw your post yesterday.

agree another thread would be a good idea.

I agree that a new thread would be a good idea too.

Congratulations to Elle and EauRouge. I meant to say congrats to Eau the other day but got distracted.

I was thinking about Jane all yesterday too. It's just so devastating. Life can be so unfair. Unfair is such an understatement. Everything seems so trivial now.

lets let everyone catch up and then get a new thred going,
knitta thanks for the idea much more appropriate.Life is so very very precious,its a great shame we all need reminding every now and then,i speak as someone who had cancer and i still forget to be gratefull

Hi all, I agree that a new thread seems like a good idea. So true ledkr that life is precious, I can (and still will) moan about lack of sleep/crying etc but need to remember to be thankful too.

My thoughts are still with janedoe and her dp.

Hey ladies, Congratulations elles. Life really is so precious, yet it is so easy to forget.

I agree, it does seem disrespectful to whinge about normal daily things here.

I hope you are all well xx

Saw my friend pipsicles yesterday who has been on and off this thread- she was due the day after me. She asked me to let you know her son Edward was born on the 12 Feb after a fairly easy labour. He weighed 7lb 6oz. She's had some troubles feeding him, as he has a slight tongue tie and terrible wind but is ploughing on with bfing.

TBH after seeing him yesterday I feel v lucky to have my quiet, placid, sleepy baby....

Anyone started the new thread in post natal yet?

Please don't think you are being disrespectful, i would be happy and honoured if you all just keep going as normal! If you dont mind i may be have a lurk around on the new thread, i would like to hear how you and your babies are.

Thank you all so much for your kind words it means a lot to myself and partner.

I hope you dont mind angels but i had a look at your daughters picture, she is beautiful!

Give your beautiful little babies huge hugs and i hope they all are well and allowing you to get some sleep! xxxxx

Congrats to you you elles x

janedoe I'm so glad you came back to read our messages. I was thinking about you all yesterday and last night and I really hope you are OK. We are all here for you if you need anything and thank you so much for your kind words for the still-currently-unnamed baby angels1.

echo that jane,can we help at all?You are being very brave Zoe would have been very proud,please share her picture if you like we would love to see her.I am glad you read all the messages on here,im sure it helps a tiny bit.There are many women on here who have been in your situation. hope you speak to them when you feel able to.

I think we should do as Jane suggests and keep this thread going until as zerominuszero so eloquently puts it in opening post, we have all "popped"!! We started this together and I think it is appropriate that we post on this thread, update stats etc especially if those who haven't been as lucky as us can find some comfort from it.

angels can I just ask - why no name yet? Can you not decide, too many choices, not enough choices, let us help

yep wiggles when you put it like that and as Jane says its ok.Maybe we should.
In was wondering about pinkiepoo wasnt Molly losing weight or not feeding?Hope they are ok.
I feel cold everytime i think of jane and her dp and baby.I really felt as if it was a close friend who had suffered,its amazing how long we have known each other and how fond of each other we are,such a personal experience shared with "strangers" i even find it a bit sad we will probably never even meet in rl.

I know ledkr I keep swinging between lets leave this thread and start a different one and lets wait until we can all move together. I was wondering how pinkiepoo was doing and how everyone else was holding up with sleepless nights, moods, feeding etc.

Anna has been quite unsettled for her the past day or so, she is feeding like an absolute monster and isn't sleeping as well as usual, she doesn't seem to be able to get into a deep enough sleep. Not sure if she's having a bit of a growth spurt or whether she's just asserting her independence

Has anyone heard from dreya? She was due for an induction on the 14th. So pleased jane came back and hope she finds the support she needs both here and in real life.

Morning all!

I know what you mean, ledkr, and we don't even know each others real names! My hart broke for jane, like you said it is like it's happened to a real close friend. :(

S woke at 5.45 this morning which I thought would be her proper wake up- but she went back to sleep after her feed. I was already resigned to getting up (DD wakes at 7.30 so not really worth going back to bed), so I had a shower- I am a filthy slattern and don't take get the chance every day- by the time both girls are asleep I want 1/2 hr to go on MN spend with DH then I'm off to bed myself. So it feels GOOD to be clean!

Shaping up to be a beautiful day today- anyone planning anything? Think I'll take the girls down to the sea- there's a lovely playground down there which DD1 loves.

PS any other bfers starving ALL the time?

debka I know I never thought I'd appreciate having 10 mins in the shower so much Anna had a much better sleep last night, she woke at 5.30 but went straight back down after a little feed. I'm taking her into work this morning, long time posters might remember my works absolute indifference to my pregnancy to the point of not following up on safe work practices etc. Well I have been inundated with "please come and visit us etc" texts and cards etc Me thinks they've discovered how good I was at my job or more likely how much the other ones skive .

I have also got my outfit for sisters wedding organised and had make-up trial yesterday which was lovely, although dd1 and dd2 wouldn't come near me "didn't look like mummy" ie couldn't see the huge black bags that live underneath my eyes and reach to my cheekbones! That should keep bridezilla and mother of bridezilla off my back for a few days

Hope we all have a good day today, thinking of those still waiting xx

Meant to say- got my dietician appointment through this week! Was referred back in October! Have rung them up to complain.

agree with all the comments re: jane etc and I too was thinking of dreya and pinkie - let's hope they're just too busy to post. It feels a bit wrong to chat on here like normal now but I am still thinking of jane alot and think the comments about starting together and having janes blessing is right on the money (so bad at wording myself well at these things)

wiggles still no name. Just can't pick. Our current thinking is Alice so we are testing it out on her for a day or two to check how it works. She's called 'turtle' for the mean time though as she does such a cute dance with her head and mouth when she's hungry and looks like a turtle .

debka i sway from not really feeling v hungry at all to ravenous and my tum is making the most odd noises too

Haven't managed to get out atg all since coming home from hospital but would really like to walk to the local shop today to get some chocolate very healthy bits. Mws have been visiting me most days since coming home as having bfing issues and it's a case of waiting in all day for them as they dont' give a time which is most frustrating. Baby angels1 being weighed again today too as lost nearly a whole pound in first 5 days . We;ve been having to feed her back up and wake her up all the time to try and feed her which has given her really bad wind/loo issues and so have been up alot with her too.

Feeling v fed up at still only managing to fit into pg clothes

Hi all
Hope all are ok. Quick question for you all. Noah's only woke twice for feeds last night which was fab but in between his 12.15am and 3.45am feed he was awake and squeaking, moaning for a bit. When will this end? I can cope with getting up for feeds but not getting back into bed trying to sleep with a noisy baby next to me. He did manage to get himself back to sleep which was fab though. Dh has suggested I sleep in the living room on an air bed when Noah's doing this which would help.
I don't remember it being this way with Ben, it must have been but I can't remember.
Anyway enough grumping.
We're off to the hospital today for Noah's hearing test as he failed his first on his right ear. Makes me laugh that the hospital letter asks fir Noah to be asleep for the test, do they know how unpredictable babies can be??
anyway have a good day xx

sorry, can't help there bensmum.

Just wanted to say since making my post can't help but think how easy it is for us to carry on as normal but how hard it must be for jane. I know there's probably nothing I can do to help her but I am really feeling for what she must be going through.

bensmum, check first if it is safe to sleep with a baby in an inflatable bed, I know water beds are a no-no, and presumably inflatable ones can slag and become dangerous?

Just a quick update from me, now I've had a whole week of falso labours (2 hours of regular contractions but then stop)... glad something is happening but worried it's going to take so long, and only have one more week until 42 .

I feel very sad for JaneD, as we all are, and have not been able to share with anyone in rl because don't want to worry them, specially DH. So if you think that you'd all rather stick to this thread forever until we've all popped that's alright by me, but if you decide to move to a baby club I'll pop in whenever and if it ever happens...

Hello girls

For what it's worth I think we should all stay put until everyone has had their turn. Now we have janes blessing, I would hate to have been left and don't want to desert anyone. We have come this far...

I agree with 40, i'm staying here until we've all deflated! knitta, your time will come soon!

been thinking about jane and ledkr is right that life is precious and it's made me feel very lucky. if you're reading this jane then i want to say that you have humbled me and oh.

angels i love the names alice and turtle, not sure which is best! please don't worry about clothing, it's only been a week! when you're well enough to get out then you'll begin to lose weight but don't push yourself.

bensmum i too have a very noisy baby, he grunts, makes guinea pig and pig noises really loudly in his sleep and it keeps me awake. not sure what the solution is but i'm gradually getting used to it.

hope everyone is well, thank you for all your kind words, it seems so stupid after what happened to little Zoe but still pretty low and anxious.

apologies for first line of message, didn't mean to shout all that...