TTC A 2012 BABY - THE GRADUATES PART 3!

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ROLL UP, ROLL UP! STEP RIGHT THIS WAY!

The one where Trope has her baby, possibly the rest of us too!

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I'm a bit of a shy one too!

But right now I have a real sense of achievement as I just manage to hand express a few drops of colostrum!!!!! Am properly excited about this!

38 weeks tomorrow....

Hello!!

Mamma I have been leaking for ages but never actually tried to hand express yet. Might have a go in the bath later

Had 36 week appt this morning. All fine except I haven't grown in 2 weeks. It's very strange to me as 2 weeks I was 37cm and I am still 37cm. MW says its probably nothing to worry about but I have my growth scan tomorrow so it's not a problem really.

But baby is head down finally and no long back to back. Her head is hovering above my pelvis and MW is happy with that.

Excellent news mckayz, I wouldn't worry about the growth either as the measuring tape method isn't exactly scientific is it? I've read about people getting 2cm different readings on the same day from 2 people! two of the women I've met here were going for growth scans as one was 'too big' and one 'too small' they both had 7lb9oz babies!
We went to the cinema this morning, it was brilliant, we had a great time, looking forward to next month's one already! We then went out for lunch with ten other mums and babies! sounds like a bit of a nightmare but it was just lovely!

I'm going to end up with a 7lber that is drowned by all her clothes!!

That's what gapped to the one who was measuring big! She has two other children who were quite big and this one is tiny!

Happened, not gapped!

Trouble would you reccomend more RLT tablets or stick with 3? I know I asked before but I don't remember

I stuck with 3 but would've probably increased to 4 from 37 weeks if I'd got that far!

I think I will increase them next week.

Has anyone heard from BabyBrain lately? I wonder how she's getting on.

And don't forget your evening primrose capsules mckayz!

Quick post. On way home from hospital after my growth scan.
Baby weighs 7lb 3oz now. Everyone is happy for homebirth to go ahead. They've said she's long rather than big.

hello
i am alive!just very sleep deprived thanks to squarky (aka jacob)
there is no way i can do a proper catch up but i will try!
mckayz silly physio. hope baby comes soon and all the pains vanish like magic! mine had all gone by the time the spinal wore off and have not come back, hope its the same for you. oh and if you have a tiny baby i can post you some clothes, we had to do an emergancy shop for tiny baby clothes! by we i mean everyone except me :)
trouble hope fyfe's injections went well, 2 weeks and counting till squarkys first !
davina woop for the bottle feed, squarky still doesnt like boobs, not sure how much longer i can keep expressing :(
mamma well donr for hand expressing. i was crap at it and had to be milked by the staff on the ward
bun your dress and shoes are BEAUTIFUL :o i'm very excited for you

does anyone here co sleep? someone (naming no names jacob) wont sleep in his crib, he will sleep in his buggy, car seat, moses basket in the living room but not the cot. he will go to sleep in about 2 seconds cuddled up to me in bed, even when i think he is prioperly asleep and try and put him in the crib it lasts about 2 seconds before he screams and he screams well!! i dont use the duvet and he is well below the pillows, where i imagine he would be if he was breastfeeding if that helps, and i curl up round him which i think is the safest way but i dont sleep properly cos in the back of my mind i think i shouldnt be sleeping with him like this! i really need some sleep, proper sleep!
hope everyone is well and sorry if i missed anyone. better go and investigate the farting noises coming from the pram....

cross posts mckayz WOOP :)

Fab news mckayz!
Hi ellie, second injections were much better, he was very brave! we co sleep and he is now 3 months, there's actually lots of evidence to say it is safer (as well as all the evidence to the contrary) I guess it is whatever works for you and your baby! We're going to put up Fyfe' cot this week as a bedside cot (one side left off, mattresses pushed together) so I can start shifting him in to his cot slowly to give us both more space. Is that an option for you? I can give you more detail on how to do it with the cot if you want.

Thanks trouble The crib doesn't have a side that will come off and the cot won't fit in our room am hoping once he is a bit bigger and colic/reflux is better he will sleep more on his own. Had a chat with OH and he is happy for Jacob to sleep with us for the time being
In other news I am totally gutted AF has made an appearance sigh

boo for AF!
He will start to sleep on his own more naturally as he gets older, it's amazing that I can now put Fyfe down for short periods whereas a week ago there was no chance!
Sorry to hear the bf hasn't worked our, you ought to be very proud of yourself for expressing for so long, it must be very hard work. Have you set yourself a target to get to? It would be good (if it was me) to decide a target and stop and feel that I had achieved something than to stop through exhaustion and necessity and feel I'd failed, does that make any sense?

I'm swooping by for a quick posts as the PILs are here. Sorry to be so rubbish but have been knackered due to the dreaded 4 month sleep regression... On the other hand, DD is now rolling, starting to sit, and has found her feet, which is the most adorable thing yet!

mckayz if the baby is head down and engaged you might lose a couple of cm, or equally it can be the MW's measuring.

davina so of Shibden park visit - I lived nearby and went there all the time, loved it! Take the little one on the boats for me sometime!

Hi ladies - hope you're all enjoying the sun! I've left DH holding the baby (literally), while I 'supervise' DS watering the garden .

He's mostly in the bad books at the moment (DH that is not DS). Spent too much money then decided to work from home on Friday. That in itself was not a problem but he knew I was poorly and didn't even think that it would put extra pressure on me as I had to look after DS as well as Lauren. I know that's part of neon a parent but the fact that he didn't even think to ask if I would be ok looking after DS when I was feeling so crap that made me really . Especially as his reason for wfh was that he was poorly . If I'd have had a choice I'd have asked him to take it off as I really needed the rest. But he finished at half 12 so it wasn't too bad. Sorry - bit of a rant there! And don't even get me started on the finances. I'm still trying to get through it all so I can work out how long in mat leave we can afford. So far, though it seems to be if it's not accounted for, it's for spending . Which would be fine if we didn't already have allocated spending money that we both agreed to, and we've had lots I conversations recently about all the things we need to save up for! Grrrr!

Anyway, sorry about that. I'll shut up now

7lbish on the 4th June sounds like a good plan McKayz Glad your MW app went ok.

Well done on the hand expressing Mamma. I'm not so good at hand expressing but I did find it would help me squeeze out a bit more when the pump wasn't getting any more out

Glad you had fun at the flics Trouble. I am a bit of your social life

Hi ellie - sorry squarky doesn't like boobs . That may well change as he gets to his teenage years . With your amazing super expressing you should be able to build up a good freezer stick before quitting if that's what you decide to do. Hats off to you though, you have done amazingly to get this far! Let us know if you need any encouragement to keep going or support for stopping - its hard to know what to say for best sometimes. Whatever you choose though, it is the right answer

We cosleep at night and would during the day too, if I didn't have DS to feed, entertain etc . It's not ideal as there isn't enough room for us all to be comfy, and DH said yesterday that he's desperate to have our room back to ourselves. But the good thing is that he understands that it's not down to him, as it would make it much harder for me. I think we might see how the cot works after the BH weekend as DH is off anyway, so he can help. Ours won't fit in our room either. Lauren will be 9 weeks by then. I'm not convinced we'll get anywhere though

Lauren is terrible for sleep during the day. We're lucky if we get longer than half an hour at a time! The only time we do get longer is on the walks in her car seat. And as soon as we stop, she's awake. But I don't mind so much, as we tend to get a 5-6 hour stretch most nights. It's the ones where she's up a lot during the night that we suffer during the day

And boo to AF! I think I might have got mine this week as well, although it was a bit of a half hearted attempt

Hi ghost - well didn't make it to Shibden unfortunately . We were invited to go today as well but with DH being ill, it's a no go . Although part of me is very glad as it would be packed out today I'm sure! When we go next though, I'll try to remember to post a picture Have fun with the inlaws! I remember the 4month regression! It's horrific and I'm really dreading it this time, as Lauren's so bloody fussy at the best of times

Gosh that was a bit long I must be channelling trope

Hmmm Davina i'd be very irritated with DH too... have you had a chance to chat about it? How are you feeling now? I hope less poorly?

Could someone enlighten me on this 4 month regression thing? yikes!

I've had a great weekend because on Friday DP and I had the day off work and went and bought a car! Got ourselves a Citroen Picasso - we're so cool! We're picking it up this Friday. Then on Saturday it was the wedding where DP was best man. It was such good wedding and DP did his duties so well, plus the speech was great. I'd heard it about 20 times at home, but i still cried!!

Today i'm working from home and tomorrow in the office and then i'm on maternity leave!!!!!! Today 38+4...last night was getting period pain type feelings and some big shooting feelings down there. Really hope it's all gearing up for the big day soon. Baby's allowed to come whenever it likes now that we've got the wedding out of the way.

Hope the sun is still shining for you all. London's beautiful today :)

davina men are rubbish!!as for money... cos jacob came before i started mat leave and i was off sick before i have no idea what sort of mat pay i will get, pay services were less than helpful so i have no idea what we will have to live on so i am not thinking about it at all!!! i did have a good freezer stock but my supply had really gone down recently, dont know if AF has messed things up or its just cos pumping isnt that same as feeding? or cos im very tired and not eating and drinking as i should, i know i know, or all of the above!! trouble i am hoping to keep going till he is 3 months (halfway there!) but at the minute 2 months would be great, am going to take it in 2 week chunks, that worked quite well at the end of my pregnancy, and i guess every day counts. the bit im dreading most is telling the BF support lady that im not going to keep trying to get him to feed from me
mamma how exciting a new car and mat leave! :) i want a new car but now is not really a financially sensible time, especially as there is nothing wrong with mine. i do not want to know about a 4 month regression at all. nope.
hoping we have some baby news soon:o, better go and get squarky now, my 10 min of quiet has ended!

Wohoo mamma that's come around fast, hasn't it!

The four week regression thing is when babies commonly get worse at sleeping again, just when you thought they'd started to settle! We had two nights of 12-6 sleep from Jools and then after about 15-16 weeks we've been back to every two hours .

If you get the book called 'Wonder Weeks' it explains their development in terms of 'leaps' (there's a big one at 19 weeks) and how babies lead up to them in previous weeks. J has been textbook so far and it's great to see why they're suddenly acting so differently. I recommend it!

I didn't realise I'd been gone so long. I have absolutely no chance to catch up with everyone, but a huge hurrah for Bun and Trope's scan results. Luckily, everyone's doing ok and I haven't missed any babies.

Ds currently has rotavirus so have spent much of the sunshine indoors with him. He's being a very stoic gent about it though and not complaining about staying in and not going to his little club.

Miss Fliss is going from strength to strength. She's 1 month now and the easiest child. Feeds well, sleeps loads, I can put her down anywhere, she's happy for anyone to hold her..... Ds dotes upon her. He insists she is always where he is and randomly gives her very gentle kisses and tells folk off if they kiss her 'too hard' :o

Af got me at the end of last week. This doesn't seem awful to me as I'm already thinking about the next one. Dh isn't he's too tired and grumpy but I'm sure I can talk him round :o

To whomever was having issues getting baby to sleep in the crib, ellie? I had the same problem with Felicity. We found a lovely soft fleece blanket that she loves to snuggle into, got her sleeping happily on it, then lined her crib with it. It smelled of everyone who held her and most likely had some milk on it as my boobs are missing their off switch. Still, she now sleeps wonderfully well in her crib at night.

Ok... its taken me all day to catch up and write that piddly bit of smug drivel. Sorry about that! Off to make dinner now pasta for ds and bolognaise sauce for dh and I after the exorcist extra has gone to bed. Shall endeavour to catch up on draw something now.

Oh, Trouble, you'll have to let me in on your secret for making friends, been here 4 years and have 1.... who is really only ds's friend's mum.

ghost I'm glad your DD is being super cute to make up for your sleep loss!
Hope you're feeling better davina and that your DH has grovelled sufficiently!
Yay for the car and yay for it being your last day today mamma! Well done for making it!
ellie that sounds really good taking it 2 weeks at a time with the breastfeeding. Your supply will diminish with exclusive expressing as you're not getting the hormones that a baby suckling releases. The important thing of course is that you have done a totally amazing job to get this far, I'm sure most people would've given up long ago so you should be very proud of yourself!
fools! Where've you been woman?! Sorry to hear about your poorly DS but great re angelic DD! Glad you're back on draw something too!
So mostly a shy lot on this thread then? I needed to make some friends as didn't know anyone here so threw myself in to it I guess. I'm not shy and find it easy to talk to people and having Fyfe gave me an excuse/focus so it's been nice and easy (thank goodness!) All my friends so far have been made at the children's centre I go to on a Tuesday, it is such a lovely group. It has just taken a couple of brave moves, asking a small group of pregnant women if I could sit with them on my first week with 5 day old DS in tow and a few times of asking people to join us, more recently asking for numbers and surnames for Facebook and inviting people out with us as we go out for lunch as a group every Thursday now and have done the cinema and a picnic so far too. We have a picnic planned for Tuesday as the Children's centre is shut, that was organised by the under one's group we also go to on a Tuesday and I've invited the group that I have lunch with. It was so hard to make friends when I first moved to London as you never saw the same people twice whereas here the same people go to the children's centre and post natal group every week so much easier. I have one MNer I meet up with every fortnight ish too, we met on the march thread!
We now have a bumbo for Fyfe, it is brilliant, he loves it so much, I'm going to take it out for lunch with us today and see if I can eat two handed for once!