Sneeze births! We shall BROOK NO ARGUMENT about overcoming any issues in our way! (Part 11 - blimey!)

[ScrambledSmegs]

Welcome!

Echoing bartlet (& lovely to see you bartlet!*)

No time to post, will catch up later. Just a quick one to say

Go Jen! Can't wait for your news.

Ditto - what they said.

More brooking from the biscuit tin for Jen

GO GO GO

Jen I hope you're ok. Brooking for swift labour/easy birth and newborn snuggles for you.

I'm having my roots done and hair cut. [lady of leisure emoticon]. I'm so tired I might have a nap afterwards . Think the antibiotics are working, I feel a lot better downstairs, iykwim.

D'you think the antibio's will sort the group b strep issue too? Just wondering. Would be nice if it did

I wonder Smegs - I've never know about antibios if they give universal cover or target a particular nasty. I sometimes reel at how ignorant I am. Poor you having to take the pills though I'm sure it's nice to feel better.

Please all tell me off. I am practically eating the house, brick by brick, I'm so hungry, and at 8 weeks I am pot-bellied, even though I am usually of the flat stomach persuasion. Is this second pg syndrome (ie, no stomach muscles to speak of) or just greed?

Oh and dying to hear Jen's news of course. I hope labour has really kicked in by now. xxx

Go Jen go!

Smegs, have you consulted Dr Google re the antibiotics?

tock I think everything gives up a little bit more quickly second time round, especially when you don't have a big age gap. I was pretty much showing by the end of the first trimester for the last two. I noticed at the pool yesterday that I can't hold my tummy in now, which was a bit galling. I usually have a reasonably flat tummy (I go wide rather than deep when I put on weight, if you see what i mean), but it's definitely sticking out.

I think the thing to remember, is that for many women on subsequent pgs, they didn't stop looking pregnant between!

And go jen go.

Oh tock the hunger stage is awful! I tried hard to eat healthy things as much as I could, and only as much as I needed to feel 'not starving'. Which meant I was eating constantly, but only about 1 biscuit an hour, instead of 1 a minute :)

I think I've put on about 2kg since BFP, though I do think I have a more noticeable 'pot belly' now though :( My stomach muscles are non-existent on one side of my stomach since having surgery. If I tense up my stomach (like you would trying to show a 6 pack) there's only a noticeable muscle ridge on my left side... the right stays kind of squidgy. I think I'm going to end up with an awful lop-sided bump, but all tummy exercises are a no-go right?

I've tried very, very hard with so called cravings too. I don't think anything I've had has been a craving, it's just a self-indulgent urge to eat sugar and take-away meals! Of course, I have no idea what a real craving is like, but I think I'd know it if I had one?

stacks you'd def know if you had a craving. I remember crying because I couldn't get mango. And then crying when someone brought me one.

And another time drinking hot water with slices of lime in rather than tea. Reasonable. But everytime I cut the lime, i'd have to lick it, which would make me shudder. But I couldn't not do it.

I've been eating whole fresh lemons/limes... in fact my mouth is watering just typing this! However, I've been doing this since I was a kid. I LOVE all things sour, I drench my dinner in vinegar if no one is watching, and have been known to drink it off the plate after finishing my dinner. Salt and vinegar crisps are my favourite, and any sour fruit is just wonderful. My DH HATES vinegar, he won't eat any kind of sauce or salad dressing as they all taste vinegar-y to him.

Stacks I totally agree, I love vinegar... so does my little bro, me and older bro once made him drink his left over vinegar puddle.... ahhh it's so great having siblings :)

But OH thinks vinegar is like poison, obviously he needs edjumacation!

p.s. do I need to be anything special to be able to join and brook? I just really enjoy hearing a bit more about the last bit and I'm also finding reading real people's birth stories very reassuring. :o

Ah well, you didn't tell me off ay all. I'm trying grazing too Stacks but everything is so unsatisfying! Whims my friend with 4dc runs 30 miles per week but still has post babies muffin flap at front much to her chagrin.

Stacks are you into swimming? Safest toning exercise for preggos I guess.

Xxx

I intend to swim all the time, I fail though. I was meant to go this weekend, but sat in the garden instead. I actually like swimming a lot, but am not good at motivating myself to go. Also with being hungry often I find I'm either hungry, or just eaten, so swimming seems like a bad plan :)

I wish I could just take the next 6 months off work. I'd go swimming every day, walking, tidy the house, plan the nursery... I'm sure I'd get bored eventually, but it'd take a while I think. I find it so hard planning anything around work, it takes me about an hour to get home in the evening, and even when I get in early I tend to end up leaving about 6pm. So, home at 7, dinner at 7:30... then exercising? Or exercising before dinner, that would mean no dinner till about 9... Sigh.

Nutella you can join us if you want. Traditionally I think this is a grad thread for people who were on the similarly named TTC thread, but really all you need is a positive attitude. We're all about brooking (i.e. hoping) for the best for everyone in every situation, and supporting each other if we're having trouble brooking for ourselves.

tock wonderful news, that little heartbeat at 6 weeks is just amazing isn't it?
I eat every 2 hours until about 14 weeks, appetite back to normal now am happy to report!!

jen thinking of you!

fluff I would want to know and would go for a scan but that is just me.

smegs Antibiotics are either narrow spectrum and target a certain bug- better for not wiping out all bacteria in your body and not building resistance or broad spectrum so whack the lot but much harder on the guts and ? more resistance issues (like the M-whatever it is resistant staph A, or MRSA can develop from overuse of a particular antib) So both . From what I remember after asking dh ages ago. Apparently 20% of people now resistant to the most commonly used antib for uti, trimethoprim.

Err, I read all the other posts and can't remember a single thing now...

Except ninja what were the badminton people like when you met them? How's bag packing going? And I'm totally excited about your house viewings

Dreaming thanks! It's amoxycillin as apparently trimethoprim is not considered safe for use in pregnancy. At least that's what my GP said.

Apparently pre-natal Group B Strep is treated with amoxycillin in the US (thanks Dr Google!) but there doesn't seem to be a general concensus on whether it works or not. It would be nice if it did, but I think I'm still going to have a bash at the 'garlic clove up me chuff' cure soon. When I've managed to attach some thread securely to one, there is no way I want that lost up there!

Jen, wherefore art thou? Getting a little worried about you now. Brooking hard for you, my dear.

Just a quick one. After 4 days of labour, Natasha Brooke was born 11:46 this morning weighing 8lb 5 1/4. I ended up both on a drip and having an epidural. Still can't sleep though and can't wait to get home. I know I need to be in hospital for the feeding help but am climbing the walls. Should be home tomorrow if I make it through the night

Congratulations jen! It sounds like it was pretty tough, but home tomorrow sounds wonderful.

Lovely name

Congratulations Jen! Enjoy the newborn snuggles - I never used to appreciate how wonderful they are, but they're fabulous!

Know what you mean about a night in the hospital. You'll be home soon though - and hopefully you'll receive some good support etc while there.

Wow Jen congratulations!

Gorgeous gorgeous name, and well done you with the drip and epidural. I know in the end we have to do whatever's necessary but I know that must have been a really hard thing for you to have to deal with. Brooking that you'll be home ASAP but enjoy those new born snuggles in the meantime.

Hope you're getting a little bit of rest xxxxx

congratulations Jen! welcome baby Natasha. :)

got a wee tear in my eye reading about the arrival of another wee baby!

Congratulations Jen!!! Well done for getting through both a drip and an epidural - that must have been so tough for you. Enjoy your well-earned newborn snuggles. I love the name by the way, but I can't say too much about it because I'm biased for reasons I cannot reveal...

Well done, Jen!!! Congratulations! Will look forward to seeing photos.