Oooh, forgot to say hello to Munx! Hello Munx, come on in and grab your sparkly vom bucket. Have a lovely trip away - where are you going?
Jaggy, hurray for your last day! I found my aches and pains got magically better once I didn't have to go to work and sit at a desk. I hope yours do too, even with a toddler in the mix.
People can be so weird about bf. I don't understand it. A friend told me that when she bf, some of her mates actually said they found it creepy because boobs were sexual objects (that's not how they put it, but that's what they meant). Wtaf? My boobs can multi-task, thank you very much. For women to think that means there's something very wrong with our society. I am very lucky that DM, MIL, stepmum and my grandmothers bf (well, one grandmother bf for a couple of months against the advice in the 60s and gave up in the end, but the other fed 5 babies herself) so I don't have any peer pressure to contend with.
Pomme, you can do it, yes you can! You're about 5 weeks in, aren't you? It's great that you got that far - you did it and you can keep on doing it! And it is great being able to calm a crying baby instantly. The only times Maia really cries are when her nappy gets changed or when I can't respond to her immediately, like when we're in the car or when I lie in bed hoping that if I ignore her grunts and huffles she'll go back to sleep. And think about the money you'll save if you don't buy formula. And you won't have to get out of bed at 3 am to make up bottles and make sure they're the right temperature and so on. Are your nipples sore? Mine start to feel bruised after the marathon feeds - not raw like they were in the first week from a bad latch, but just a bit overused, I think. Lansinoh helps a bit, and a warm bath if you have time. 
for you, and a big 
to keep your eyes open. Ignore people who want a turn feeding - no one else deserves a shot of your baby! She's not a possession to be shared, she's a little person who needs her mother.
Dream, Brooking for your DD's cold to vanish very swiftly and for you to get some sleep.
Hawthers, have put a blanket in the Moses basket for Maia to lie on, but haven't done the hot water bottle thing yet. Will hunt out my hot water bottle and give it a try. Swaddling is one of those things that the hospital encouraged but then the community MW said not to do as it caused cot death 
. She said to swaddle from under the arms, although she did say that if Maia was agitated and waving around while feeding, to swaddle her properly then, while I was awake and watching her, but not when I was planning on sleeping myself. She was better last night and mostly went to sleep reasonably well when I put her down, but she didn't sleep for longer than an hour, hour and a half max, and sometimes for only 45 minutes. She also peed up her back and had to have a full clothes change at 5 in the morning.
Scarlet, ouch at the curry! No cx sparked off, I hope?
Scream, those sound suspiciously like cx to me, if they hurt! Still, I had cx for days before going into proper labour and still had to have syntocin to speed things up when I stalled at 4cm. If it sent your sciatica crazy then I imagine BabyScream must have been descending further. It will be interesting to hear what your consultant thinks about it. Do you have an appt tomorrow or is it Wed? I'm confused now.
Question: people keep telling me that as Bean suckles, I'll be able to feel my uterus contracting. What does that feel like? Is it sore? I haven't felt anything definite so far that I could say yes, that's my womb contracting.