'December 2011' - 3 left! <dejected pompommery>

[LittleMissFlustered]

Hurrah for lmf and octoboy!
Hurrah for northern's cured mastitus!
Hurrah for missRee's pompomery!

Hip hip HURRAH for our impending postnatal status!

Btw someone was asking about Kristy. she's still posting on facebook, so I believe all is well - just busy.
I'm waiting for LO to drop off so I can make tea - steak stir fry tonight with a cheeky glass of red. Am I making a rod for my own back? Will chilli, garlic, ginger and wine affect my milk? Will Ali kick off any more than usual?

Just passing through on my way to bed been out all day shopping with SIL for something to wear to funeral as hardly anything fits me right now. Tiring for me & Rocco apparently (although he slept most of the day asleep in the moby wrap) who has been very stressy this evening :( but I am so impressed with myself for managing a successful (if v. expensive) shopping trip; still not ready to go solo though! I even managed to discreetly BF in Debenhams as DS started crying & I realised I found that more embarassing than flashing boob :)

In less good news I think I have a milk blister on my nipple :( It's v. small & white & feels like a needle is being shoved in my nipple when nursing...will it heal on it's own like a regular blister? It hurts so much more than the blister I had in the first week!

Gotta run...should've been in bed an hour ago but he only just stopped crying.

Sleeeeeep, DS, sleeeeeep....

Definitely not Oi, curry and cheeky glass away (in my entirely non professional view) !

All very positive at the moment, bar the blister which sounds ouch HLC. Now if your DS will sleep aethel we'll all be happy bunnies.

Hurrah LMF!!

Glad your mastitis is gone Northern.

Hope lack of posts means miniree is here MissRee!

Well done on shopping trip and public bf honey!

Lovely husband just did 9 to midnight shift so I got 3 hours blissful sleep. Now expressing as boobs sore and was sweating like mad as I slept, always a danger sign-I keep having sort of mini bouts of sort of pre-mastitis where I get the sweats, then the horrible shivers/shakes and sore boobs but so far expressing seems to help keep it from developing properly. Borrowed an electric pump from the bf counsellor which should help too. Doctor prescribed me antibiotics in case it gets worse.

Minimopsy is only 3.5 weeks but already seems to need more than 120ml at a feed. Should I just follow her cue? Today we did skin to skin and she seemed to feed all day for hours and hours in a row but at half six after literally being on breast for 4 hrs in a row was crying and crying and then guzzled a bottle like she was starving so clearly isn't getting enough from the breast, although I expressed just after and only got 15 ml having not expressed since night before so she clearly got something. Will continue with mixed feeding for now and keep expressing/bringing her to breast and do another day skin to skin next week and see how we get on. Not going to stress it. I am doing all I can and at least she continues to get some breast mill, at least a third of her daily milk if not a half sometimes.

Morning! Well, I got aimost 3 hours so at leadt will vaguely functiom tomorrow... DS currently polishing off his second course (right vintage house White).he seems to need tons of burping at the mo but is a lot less possetty than DD2 (a bit nervous to say that in case it provokes a giant puke!)

Tomorrow I have a little treat planned: it's DH's second last day of pat leave, so i've persuaded him to take me to a Surrey sushi restaurant I've been eyeing up for ages (my friend recommended it but we've
Never been there. Lunchtime bento boxes with raw fish sushi, here we come!) I'm hoping the prospect of a lunch date will motivate me to tackle rhe huge pile of washing that's getting large enough to develop its own centre of gravity.....

Mopsy you are doing really well! I admire your patience.
Well, look at me (early hours swagger)! LO had a grizzly evening with a last feed before 10, he went down at 10 and slept thru til 4! (he had a threatening grizzle at 2:30 but I ignored it). At 4 I picked him up whilst grizzling, didn't want to risk waiting. He's settled nicely now. Fingers crossed we get til 7:30 or later. X

Nice one Oi. mine went down at midnight & grizzled until 1, then I got to sleep, like yours she grizzled a bit at 2 so I stuck soother in, grizzled again at halfvteo, I ignored, then didn't wake me up again til 4! So I got another 3 hours. Pretty interrupted 3 hours but still. That makes 6 hours so far! And hopefully can manage another cpl after this feed.

Hi everyone. I have not posted here since I was about seven months pregnant so you probably won't remember me, but thought I would add my pennyworth for anyone that is still interested in others' birth stories.

My baby was eleven days overdue, and I was on the monitor every second day from her due date, 7 December, till then because of my age (I am 44) checking that her heart was still doing all the right stuff. I was scared enough of the threat of stillbirth to book a C-section for the day she would be fourteen days overdue. But the Saturday before then I had a rather painful sweep followed by a more painful acupuncture session, all the time having sporadic "twinges" rather than contractions per se (these had been going on for a week). My elder daughter and I queued for an hour to have our annual Father Christmas photo session - with me looking enormous - and when I got home I did some yoga. By dinnertime the twinges were starting to be suspiciously like contractions, but still too far apart, so I went to bed at ten with no real expectations of having a baby before Monday. By eleven, I was jumping out of bed with the pain, and they went from every ten minutes to every five minutes by the time we got my Mum to come over to look after my daughter. Midwife told us to wait until they had been five minutes apart for more than an hour. Ten minutes later we called her back because the contractions were literally rolling on top on each other. By 1am we were at the hospital and after what felt like about fifteen minutes I was in the pool pushing. I had no drugs, no gas and air, not to be a heroic martyr but because I was determined to remember this birth. It was worth it because after a lot of really really painful pushing, I saw her head emerge, then the arms and finally there was a lot of flailing about of limbs between my legs before a tiny perfect body glided down into the water and her eyes met mine as I lifted her up to the surface. Extraordinary.

I am sorry to say that there is a scary postcript, in that she developed a fever at three days old and we were back in hospital being treated for suspected meningitis for two weeks - thank god meningitis was eventually ruled out and I have finally brought home a healthy baby, who fought a good fight against a virus caught from someone just after she was born. Lesson: don't let visitors troop through your door as soon as you are home.

Congratulations kite! Your birth story brought a tear to my eyes!
Sorry about the virus. Scary stuff. But a happy ending.
LO made it til 7:30! He's had half a feed and is flat out again. I may sleep a bit longer too. Z z z z...

Thanks OiMissus. Forgot to mention that she was a massive 8lb 14 oz at birth, and paediatrics thought that was a probable factor in her fighting the virus so well. So, sometimes being overdue can be an advantage!

Congratulations to everyone who is holding a baby already, and best wishes to those still waiting.

Congrats kite-lovely birth story, although v scary about the virus.

Got another nearly 3 hours so I've had over 8 hours now! Admittedly very interrupted but still. Amazing. I think she was tired after not sleeping much during the day as breast feeding.

Hi all

Can't get on to stats thread so can someone please update Daniel James McMillan born 22/12/11 weighing 9lb 4oz.

Yesterday apart from a couple of 20 minute naps Danny was up from 3pm to 10.30 he cried practically non stop and did our heads in. Breast, formula, changes and the usual walking around achieved nothing but he would not sleep. Suppose some days he will be fussy and at least it meant he slept very well last night.

Congrats LMF and kite awaiting to hear from missree with excitement

Morning!

Just grabbing five minutes while getting ready to go to the museum with home ed friends...I seem to have the hang of getting them all out now, trick seems to be waking Miri for a nappy change and milk half an hour before we need to go.

Congratulations kite sounds like a great birth, I had Miri in water too - that moment when you bring them to the surface really is awesome!

Whoever was asking about milk blisters, just time to pass on the link!

Hmm thought we had managed to get a bit if a system with sleep but it all went tits up last night.

DS2 has been having a last feed at 11 and then going down beautifully. We've been waking him every 3 hours to make sure he is feeding enough after his stay in hospital and he has been hung back down like a legend until last night.

He fed constantly from 10.50 until midnight when Dh took over for an hour after he yacked twice straight down my cleavage. Think he could smell the milk in me and was being greedy shovelling it in. He was back on it for another hour until 2.40. Then his big brother got in on the act and was up for ages and ds2 was up again at 6.15.

Feels like one or the other was up all night. Dh in a strop because he did shifts with both of them and I was 'just' bf ing. Am still recovering from the cs and our hosp stay earlier in the week which he only conveniently remembers when I'm being told off for doing too much. Plus he keeps saying that he doesn't know how I'll cope when he is back at work next week which makes me feel really rubbish and incapable. Grr sorry just needed a vent.

Oh dear hawthers, here you go
I'm sure it's just sleep deprivation.

Not that this applies to you, or any of us, but I once read an interview with a family lawyer who said he wouldn't take on any divorce case where they had a baby under a year old, as experience had taught him that it was exhaustion, sleep deprivation and not having yet adjusted to their new lives that was talking, not a real desire to separate.

Do keep an eye on that mopsy, it would be rotten for you to get the full whack so to speak.

I remain totally impressed that you get anywhere other than the living room with your lovely brood msb. Think if we have any more I'm going to wait til this one's old enough to get himself dressed and off to school on his own !

Now today's aim is to walk to the post box and post a letter (mission impossible theme tune please!)

Grr hawthers is prob just sleep deprivation. Babies challenge even the most secure of relationships apparently do I am sure we will all be on here posting similar moments at various stages. Although if course it will always be our partners being unreasonable and never us :) he he

Hate the way bf is seen as 'easy' it is bloody tiring!

I have a coffee date at 2 about a mile walk away. Minimopsy fed at 12 so really hoping she'll last out until we get homegirls her next feed but will bring a bottle and carton of formula just in case. Given all the probs I am having w bf, don't feel up to trying in public just yet.

Bad day with DH here too DH is snapping at me I can't ask him a question without it being a criticism so just going to not speak to him.

After 9 months of unaffected pregnancy I thought I'd got away with my old friend sciatica but no it's hit me with a vengeance today I can't stand up straight, sit down comfortably and I'm worried about carrying LO about. He has a dr appt tomorrow for a lump on his neck (prob due to forceps and 99%better than it was but MW wanted it checked out) might have to monopolise his appt for myself not that there's much they can do.

He hasn't slept again since waking this morning apart from a quick nap and won't settle, I've put him in his basket and he's screaming how long is too long before going to him, it's now been 8 minutes. I don't want him becoming needy or to give him a dummy but the crying is getting to me a bit now (and doesn't seem to be colic or anything sinister he's just LOUD).

I have been getting a stabbing pain in my left breast, no signs of blocked duct or mastitis. Anyone any idea what it could be?

Thanks for the link msb... it was me with the milk blister; it's all but disappeared now after a very hot bath & lots of nursing :)

Had a panic this morning as I thought I might have mastitis but now I think it's probably just a cold coinciding with a plugged duct; due to the blister & DS suddenly sleeping longer.

Do any of the other first timers panic when there LOs routine suddenly changes? I noticed you mentioned Miri had stopped pooing at night msb - Rocco started doing more smaller poos throughout the day rather than his previous nightime explosions & my first thought was maybe I'm not producing enough milk (said to amused DP who pointed out my dripping boobs ) & the 1st night he didn't wake me every 1-2 hrs to nurse I kept trying to wake him & take his temp convinced that he was ill; luckily SIL convinced me that his lethargy (sleeping 3-4 hours straight ) was due to him establishing his own routine rather than a mystery illness

bee I was out all day with DS in a moby; he wore a vest, sleepsuit & hat with my cardi wrapped around us both we were both sweating...no snowsuit required! Maybe he's just a hot baby; feels that way to me but you might want to give it a try, once you're moving you get surprisingly hot. If it's warm in the house I put him in the moby wearing nothing but a nappy.

Northern I can't get on with the hug hold either as Rocco have you tried the kangaroo hold which you can introduce at 8lbs?

hawthers sounds like your DH has been taking lessons from my DP in thoughtless comments...tell him you'll cope by sitting on the sofa, eating biscuits, bfing & doing nothing else until you're fully healed from you cs!

mmcheese dull stabbing pain after you've finished feeding could be thrush?

honey DH is OCD when it comes to having the DDs wrapped up warm, he says its because they have his blood so feel the cold more... basically he's just odd and very insistent that she wear snow suits if I go anywhere near the door.

I had my 6 week check which was rubbish, dr just said if the unexplained bleeding continues (its stopped for two days so far) she will refer me for an internal check but other than that she just talked to me and didn't check my tummy or anything (I'm sure the dr checked this at my previous 6 week appointment) and just told me to keep going with the pelvic floor exercises as I hadn't needed stitches and I'm young (?!), even though I kept saying how weird it felt and how its still painful to be intimate with DH.

A great way to stop arguments between with you and your DH is for your DH to go on holiday abroad for two weeks . Has worked very well for us as he has only spoken to me for 8 minutes over the last 6 days .

Anyhoo, if you're still in this list then you have not updated yourself on the stats thread:
Bess12 DC2 EDD 1st December
MrsWitcher DC4 EDD 1st December
LadyoftheManor DC2 EDD 1st December South West Wales
LondonGirly DC1 EDD 2nd December
Ernie1 EDD 2nd December(ish)
Illanan DC1 EDD 2nd December ish
whatsoever DC1 EDD 2nd December
BluebellsintheSpring DC1 3rd December 31yo Belfast - Don't Know
IKnowanoldlady DC2 EDD 3rd December?
SweetGinger DC2 EDD 3rd December
jo87jo DC1 EDD 3rd December
jo102jo DC1 EDD 3rd December 26yo Norwich
Earwiggo DC2 EDD 5th December
Lizkin DC2 EDD 6th December
Vix1980 EDD 6th December
Googietheegg DC1 EDD 6th December
TheBightyMoosh DC2 EDD 6th December 41yo North London
wiglovessheep DC1 EDD 6th December 26yo Lincolnshire
ThePippy DC2 EDD 6th December 40yo Berkshire - Boy
Sorelip DC1 EDD 6th December 25yo London - Boy
UntamedShrew DC3 EDD 7th December
SoTiredOfTheWheelsOnTheBus DC2 EDD 7th December
Kiteflying DC2 EDD 7 December 44yo Australia - surprise boy or girl
Jan9ne DC2 EDD 8th December 39yo
hartey DC2 EDD 8th Dec
Marmite123 DC1 EDD 8th Dec 36yo South London
Toomuchpizza DC3 EDD 8th December 30 yrs Highlands, Scotland
Broody1976 DC1 EDD 9th December
ruthietoothie DC1 EDD 9th December
happytree DC2 EDD 10th Dec ish?
muskver DC1 EDD 10th December 31yo North London
Cherrypi DC1 10th December 28yo Northants - Boy
HarderToKidnap DC1 EDD 11th December
LB1982 EDD 14th December
Thinkingpositive DC1 EDD 15th December 30yo South West London
Yarnie DC2 EDD 15th December
Florizella EDD 15th December 35yo
StrawberriesAndScream DC2 EDD 15th December 30yo Angmering
ChinngisKhan DC1 EDD 16th December?
Missgiraffe1 DC2 EDD 16th December Glasgow
Poulette EDD 17th December 33yo
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Lalababy DC1 EDD 18th December 33yo London
zambooloo DC1 EDD 19th December
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Sleep deprivation is def what it is. Plus have list all confidence in my bf ing since the hospital blip. Ds2 has been feeding hourly today for around 30 mins a time. Hasn't left much time for me to do anything else particularly with ds1. Is it normal to feed so much? I keep thinking it is because my supply is knackered following the blip and ds2 is starving hungry. Need some reassurance please from experienced bf ers otherwise Dh is going to be driven nuts with my wibbling. Am trying to tell myself it could be a growth spurt...

Well, this post is being brought to you by the two-handed wonder of having baby strapped to chest, and...(drum roll please) we made it out! Shoved protesting baby into moby- eventually thought 'sod the newborn hold, it doesn't work, the other one does so use it', put dummy in to pacify and went out.
Not sure the usage of dummy is best practice but I can hear, see and feel him breathing and now he's got home he's spat it out himself.

We may have only been to the post box and the shop, but it's our first solo trip .

figgy I am so sorry to hear about the sciatica. That was the only thing I got during pregnancy, and I know how painful it is, and how the bastard thing sneaks up on you and makes you yell, etc. Apart from ensuring you're sitting properly, not carrying things badly or too things that are too heavy there's not a great deal that can be done- even pain meds don't really work . Really hope it clears up soon.

The thing I try to remind myself of HLCC is that any routine for a X week old baby is almost by definition not a routine, and that what they do will change every day. All we have to do is provide for their needs, and to try to run to their timetable.

That and staying in bed til about half 10 every day with LO has kept me sane, well rested and enjoying it so far (not an option for those who aren't first timers I know).
Really glad by the way you got the first bf'ing in public out of the way- once it's done you feel so much better, and like you I feel far more embarrassed if they're crying in public, which I know is daft but it's how we feel- sure that'll pass too!

bee that sounds a bit, um...pants? Both elements actually. Where's your DH gone?

Bee I'm cold-blooded too so I felt the same way when I first took DS out but it seems Rocco has taken after DP; it felt like I had a fleece covered hot water bottle strapped to my chest Maybe you should get your DH to give the moby a try & see if he changes his mind.