July 2011 - the final push!

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I'm not going to do the stats as it took up so much of every page! Welcome, everyone!

oh jimmy yes very sad.

sorry eglu forgot to say, yes thats quite some acheivement well done and deffo deserves the CAPS!!

Anyone used or planning to use swaddling blankets? I think i need to have this baby soon as keep finding more 'must have' products. I never could get hang of swaddling with sheets so thought i might try before moving onto sleeping bags.

I have bought one of the gro bag ones to give it a go and see how get on...got plenty of blankets to try and swaddle with mind!

i've just counted up my pram blankets have a bit of an addiction going on i think!!

I just wrote a really long message and its vanished. My ds2 (4yo) has been admitted to hospital cos hes wheezing non stop and can't catch his breath, he prob has asthma but not officially been diagnosed yet as only started in last few months. But hospital ward full of sick kids is not really best place for me to be with a newborn baby and as said newborn is breastfeeding almost constantly I can't leave him so have had to leave ds2 in hospital with his daddy Went back for visit and to take overnight bag in and was just in time to help physically restrain him while he had an absolute melt down about having nebuliser (despite having it twice without a fuss whilst in a&e) which was awful, have never seen him so distraught and now have scratches up my arm! And then when it was time to leave he decided he didn't want daddy to stay after all he wanted mummy and didn't want me to leave him. He was ok in the end but I felt like shit. Then decided to go Macdonalds drive through to get teea as was 8pm by then, queued for ages then when we got to the window they decided that was the time to tell me they could only take cash not cards tonight, I didn't have cash but I did have a newborn baby screaming blue murder in the back of the car. And then of course I have to queue just to get out of there at which point I cracked and had a little cry, silently of course so older 2 dc didn't notice.

And ds2 was supposed to have 2 parties to go to tomorrow, the first parties outside of family that he's ever been invited to and he has been sooooo unbelievably excited about annd is now going to miss them both and I'm so upset about that for him too.

And from a purely selfish point of view I could really do with dp around to help me manage things, ds3 feeds every hour or 2, he sleeps fine in between if hes held or on bed next to me but the minute I try and put him down he wakes up and cries. I wanted to have a bath tonight but no chance of that now.

But it just feels so wrong that my little boy is in the hospital and I am not there. I know hes fine with dp there, ds2 adores his daddy and calls out for daddy in the night if he wakes up more often than he calls out for me but I want to be there for him and I want to know how he is and hear what the drs say.

Sorry for self absorbed moaning post, just needed to get it out!

Nicola everyone seems to have bought me blankets! it's silly how many I have...

Just joined the group supporting Claire I really didn't realise how serious things were. (probably didn't read the thread well at the time) still don't get full story but what a journey she is on!

Just copied this from other thread as thought was very freaky!

Am feeling a little scared this evening...sent message ti friend this morning as dreamt she had gone into labour but took up the hospital gear with her and I went into labour straiht after and couldn't go in because of her (you know how these things make sense in your sleep!) anyway...back to real life...she text back and she had gone into labour during the night!!!

So with my new found psychic ability now...I'm wondering whether I'm about to pop! She had her girl about an hour or so ago now.

Even worse....she stole my girl name! Grrrrr!

Scary to think can go at any moment.

For those of u have birthed already.....will you have had some pre warning before the major birth things happen? (waters, contractions etc)

pesha things will get better, I promise. I'm sorry it's so shit for you just now, but it will get better. I hope ds is up and about again soon. Reading your thread makes me realise days like I had Tuesday are best had with baby inside...

Nicola I've always swaddled with a thin jersey blanket but someone has given me a light jersey swaddle cloth this time - am quite looking forward to using it! I'm a big swaddler. All of mine were swaddled til 6 months - couldn't sleep without.

Finally packed my bag for the hospital yesterday with the girls. Then set up carry cot in my room. I'm borrowing a moses basket from my sister but she won't be able to come til baby is 3/4 days old so the carry cot will do til then. Don't think I'll be needing it out and about before then

button what would u have baby dressed in under swaddle at this time of the year?

Whinge alert.....woke up really fancying some pub grub....realising that eating in pub with a baby will be harder than without, I thought today me and hubby go for lunch child free and scoff steak and waffles. No washing up and we rarely do it. Hubby thinks worst idea ever due to money. Now ok I know we should be saving but I've been saving for months, bargain hunted every baby item whereas he wouldn't think twice about splashing out on booze.....I should add that I checked an old lottery ticket and found I had won! not loads but enough to splurge on a meal (the rest is going on our baby account)

He is now tucking into pate on toast (yep that was a kick in the teeth to see and smell) whilst I'm feeling way too pissed off about not going out. Is it sad to go to a pub and eat on your own?? That's my plans for tommorow now :)

I know this is not serious but have to say I'm well pissed off! Would it wrong of me to ram the toast down his throat????

Hee hee know that I'm being irrational and looking above at you ladies with serious worries i am just whnging....but trying to make hubby realise I just want out of the house for something that not be as easy with a child in tow - did not work!

Rant over...but will remind him of this when he wants to escape in a few weeks....

Thats for the info - checked with DH and apparently I did ring the hospital but must have forgotten in the pain!!

Oh well doesn't look like LO is going to arrive on their due date - had some pains last night in bed and thought it was the start but nothing more today

Jimmy probably just a vest. And no, not wrong at all! Stuff that toast down his throat now! And go out for a sneaky pub lunch tomorrow...

I'm having constant BH but they're not getting stronger or more regular. Just more annoying!

Be going yo the pub right now alone!! Suvived ds3s party am now shattered sh v grumpy at doing tidying up but sod him I need to think of no.1 now !!

I'm actually considering going for dinner there now considering the temper tantrums he's had this afternoon about f-all! At least I can blame being pregnant..... Mind u I have 2 concerns about going there alone, 1 being waters deciding to go....and 2 I have plans to devour garlic bread....poor midwives if I do go in to labour, I don't think they'll be asking me to pant or breath

Baby's head has popped out of position...again! When bubs starts to put head right into place feels like something's about to drop out the front of my pubic bone and got help me when I squat to pee feels like I'm about to drop more off than I bargained for! But no...baby is back out and attempting mission escape out of my windpipe again....

Oh well....got vouchers for some feet fish nibbling so will book that in morning.

I bet there is someone deflating on the thread right now....it's a little too quiet

jimmy you go for it. DH seemed a bit put out that i needed a lie down just now. He darent say he's tired. Next time he tries being 39w pg he can moan!! Enjoy your dinner

Just found vouchers which means half price food!!! The best part being I can add waffles with melted choc on or a glass of wine for £1!!! You can guess which one I'm going for I can't get dressed quick enough :) is there a pig emoticon on here? No? Oh well oink oink oink.....

button thanks for info, I guess layering is going to be the way depending on what blanket I'm using. The grobags are actualswaddles which r quite thin but ive got cellular blankets, knitted blankets, fleeces, jerseys etc.... Am guessing the quilt that came with the Moses basket is just for show!

Oooh waffles with melted chocolate - can I come?!

I got some £2 Haagen-Daaz, thanks for the tip Button

I've resigned myself to the baby not arriving today as only 5% come on their due date, so I'm watching crap TV and feeling sorry for myself. I feel guilty for moaning all the time but I'm just generally irritable with everything and everyone at the moment.

Pesha hope your DS2 is home ASAP - don't worry about the moaning, it sounds like you've got a lot on at the moment even without having just had a baby!

oooh enjoy jimmy! Wish i was coming too.

Hi, my little bit late BA.
Thomas Daniel was born at 11.57 on 5.7.11 (love numbers so think its great the time is the date backwards in US terms). Obviously born by C-section but went very well and ive recovered better than the first ELCS i had. Thomas weighed in at 6lb 12 oz and MW came today and he now weighs 6lb 6oz so not too bad, thought it sounded like a big loss but way less than 10% so ok. Was meant to come home thursday but Thomas was slightly jaundice and needed a blood test and also he has something called cordee, basically his willy bends at the end and looks sore but is fine and doesnt hurt him. but had childrens Dr check him over, she referred him to the neo-natal dr and she checked him and sais shed go speak to the surgical team, so i was very upset to think Thomas would be having surgery at 2 days old. Anyway she later said that the surgery team didnt want to see him and would just see him as an outpatient. On Friday Morning a peadiatrician came to look at him and said that it wasnt half as bad as what had been describe to him so that was a relief but had been in floods of tears on the Thursday night as Thomas was upset from the blood test and all the examinations and i was tired from 3 nights without sleep, my milk coming in and not being allowed to BF (due to meds) on top of thinking there was something wrong with my beautiful little boy.
anyway hes fine and is feeding every 2 hours and sleeping well in between. Been either loosley swaddling him or fully swaddling him but check his back or chest to make sure hes not too hot and has so far been perfect.

Great news on the 3 little girls that were born while i was in hospital. Congratulations Fraochsmums, Highheels and wanttobe.
Hope things get better soon for you Pesha

Hi ladies, is there a separate thread for Confuddled (Claire)? Xxx

Lolita don't think so but she has a support group page on f book.

Reading it I have to admit I am a little lost as to what she's supposed to have done wrong and why she is being investigated? Can anyone elaborate? Have i missed something and shes actually an Axe murderer? Fromm what i can tell shes just trying to do right by her kids?...Can't believe our first July mum is being treated the way she is.

Update on food.....I went. I ate. I now stuffed :-)

Bliss.....

Didn't get my waffles tho...way too stuffed....I have plans to correct this in the week with a fellow weeble :)

Pesha sorry to hear about your DS. I know what you mean about wanting to be there for your child, even if they are fine with their Dad.

Jimmy good for you having the meal you want. It is very important when pg to eat what you want I think.

I have some swaddling wraps, but DD seems to prefer being free atm. DS2 was swaddled until 4 months though, and it was a godsend. I got my swaddle wraps from TK Maxx, and they were a real bargain.

Sues congratulations.

Can I ask everyone who has had a c section or an epidural/spinal how they felt with numb legs. It completely freaked me out and added to the shakes that I had. I remember it from DS1 too, but fell asleep quite quickly after my spinal then, so didn't have to suffer that wierd feeling.

I had a an epidural with ds3 but couldn't care less about my legs!! I was just so relieved no more pain and that the birth was sooo much easier, didn't mind at all being stuck in bed for hours after, catheter not nice tho having removed!!

I will have to look in tkmaxx not thought of that thanks Eglu x