October 2013 - Scans, re-scans and anterior placentas!

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New thread :)

Thanks Orange. Might have missed this one otherwise!

It says 2wheels for snow and sand......how's that supposed to work?

I think you're meant to pull it behind you on two wheels. Not that anyone would bother.

That makes sense Natalieand. Friend's hubby told me it was to check that the skin under the nail didn't start turning blue, as that was a sign of something (can't remember what) but the monitor thing seems to make more sense!
I have a friend who would fit in well in Spain umlauf. Her motto is "I tell it like it is" but in actual fact, she's just rude a lot of the time and says things most people would keep to themselves. We're not that close anymore but I'm seeing her on Saturday for the first time since i've been pregnant so will see if I can get through lunch without being offended by her!
Started reading a parenting guide by an author we're not allowed to mention on mumsnet (she famously promises to have babies sleeping through the night at 8-12weeks if you use her routine). If you know who I'm speaking about would be interesting to hear of your experiences!

I was wondering if anyone could help me, I keep getting joint pain in my knee. The only way I can describe it is it feeling like a tiny needle in the centre of my knee (and like I am truly truly exhausted - just in the one knee). This then makes the whole leg from crotch to toe feel like it has pins and needles, the numb part not the sharp tingles. I had the same pain, but no numbness, in my elbow the other day it lasted all day.

I spoke to my doctor about the knee pain and she examined me, said that it could be a trapped nerve but I'm not convinced Esp . Since it appeared in my elbow.

Does this sound familiar? Or does anyone have any ideas of what it could be.

mrso27 I had that book when my dd was born. Prior to her birth, I thought GF sounded fab, but the book had me in tears within a few days and me and dh ceremoniously binned it. I think it is probably fine for babies who would have slept well anyway.
Once I got rid of it, I went by my instincts and was much more relaxed x

Slippy- can't help with your knee pain, maybe speak to your midwife as is could be a common in pg type thing. It was me who had the dream about the hand, glad it brought you reassurance I think I was a bit freaked out! I dream so much these days I forget most of them.

Umlauf your friend (using the term loosely) sounds like a twat. I second GTbabys reaction. Cut down on sweet and fatty stuff by all means but don't be guilt tripped into dieting. I've put on around 2st and trying to cut down the rubbish and eat more veg but defo won't go crazy with it, vent here!

Falcon, sorry your dr was an idiot I hope your midwife is more helpful and understanding.

Sold our 3 door Audi A3 today... Sad times. Will hopefully have a 5 door car by the end of the week. Eeek!!

Did anyone scan today?

Natalie- you need one of these to change a boys nappy

Ohhh she who must not been named ! Well my LO at 7 months sleeps 8-8. Started at 2months(11-7). We then hiccuped due to sickness and traveling. But then used her tips to get us bk on track.
If you try and follow her to the letter it may drive u crazy. I hate getting up before 7 so wasn't able to follow it to the T.
But I liked her tips and general structure of the day. I read it at this point in last pregnancy. But re (skim) read when LO was about 3weeks.

For eg. LO in first week was waking every 1.5 or 2 hours at night. But has a 5hour long nap in afternoon. So from 7am I made sure LO had a full feed every three hours, the first night he increased his feeds times and soon dropped the 1am feed which I found the hardest.

However I agree with general comments that it depends on your baby!

Little I was tempted to buy them for LO. Lol. However we just used a wet wipe in a similar way. Also meant no extra washing. Also used large cotton pads. Just as effective.

'GF' definitely didn't fit in with my 'high needs' DS (neither however did the baby whisperer, the no cry sleep solution, etc .......)
I don't think any routine would have helped him, and after trying multiple different structures, I found just feeding on demand and sleeping when he slept was all that worked for us.
I am however so well read, I am now an oracle for my friends if they have a baby problem!

Have any of you ladies on here who are mums taken your babies on a long flight and if so at what age? We have been invited to Oz to visit friends next year and then from Oz onto bali with our Oz friends (who is having a baby in sept 5 weeks before me) not sure how easy it would be to do a 26 hour flight with a small baby in tow....

I haven't done a long flight, but several short ones. Without question, like eating out, going for coffee etc - it will be easier with a small baby than with a toddler - so go sooner rather than later! Just take plenty of nappies and wipes etc on the flight....

I took dd on a 2 .5 hour flight when she was 18months old and it was the most stressful 2 hours of my life

But my sister little girl was 2.4 years on the same flight and was well behaved so think it depends on the child's temperament as well.

My dd hated the seat belt and was used to falling asleep in her own bed in her own time (self sooth kind of thing) but I had to try and get her to sleep on me on the flight

Our outgoing flight was 4.30pm and our flight home was 8.30 pm

Thanks, she does seem to really divide opinion but I like the idea of following her routine loosely GTbaby. A friend of a friend followed it recently and her baby was sleeping through at 8 weeks, but yeah, that could just be a "good" baby anyway! Some of the stuff she says goes against what the midwife has already told me (e.g. She advises expressing milk straight away, mw says not in the first 4 weeks). Just so much differing advice isn't there, not sure who to listen to!

Any idea I had of following that routine went out of the window as soon as DS fell asleep after a feed! I pretty quickly learnt not to wake him up for 'activity' :o

I've read her but never liked the idea of such strict routine so didn't do it. Some of my friends did and ended up really stressed, some thought it worked though. Very mixed feedback.
One thing though... how can you continue to breastfeed of the baby sleeps through the night? you lose your milk if you drop the night feed. It happened to me when DS was 2 months old. He started sleeping through the night, 8 hours, and I lost my milk after a few days. Called NCT and they explained it was because I dropped the night feed. It was so stressful and took so much work to get my milk back. So how can you do this routine and continue to breastfeed? I just wonder!

PS. my DS started sleeping through when he was 2 months - without me doing anything! so it must depend on the baby. I actually ended up feeding him in the night as he was asleep from 2 months on.

ps2. flyer, my friend emigrated to New Zealand recently and did this flight with a 2 months old baby. She said he was easy as he slept most of the time. Her 3 year old daughter, however, was a nightmare. As pseudo says - babies are easy! you think they are difficult until you have a toddler :-)

I was a first time mum to dd and didn't read one single book, for the first few weeks I took it all in my stride went at dd's pace put her in a cot in my room at 8 weeks and started her routine then. I used to feed her every 3 hours from 7am so like 7-10-1-4-7 then and would go to bed and I would dream feed her at 10-11 (my usual bed time) then she would wake at 4-7-10-1-4-7 for her usual 3 hourly feeds until she was like 5-6 months old then I stopped the 4 am feed and done controlled crying I no it sounds mean to some but it worked for myself dh and dd and she's basically slept all night since then with the odd phase as to be expected with children. I always had a strict bedtime routine so she would know bedtime meant bedtime and I used to get worked up if I wasn't doing certain things by certain times

I hope to be more relaxed this time. I guess I need to be with 2 dc's needs to be accommodated for.

I'm so worried that dd is gunna feel pushed out, I remember a girl on my Facebook had her 2 daughters with the exact same age gap I'm going to have and her daughter would say things to her mum like 'I hate the baby' 'i hate you' just nasty things and it makes me feel a bit panicky cos the girl in question is atchly a very lovely patient woman.

How have other experience mums dealt with sibling jealously to begin with ?

SO sorry for the marathon post it didn't seem like I had written that much lol x

Natalie I know my sister was really worried about dc2 coming along cos her son is very attention seeking, she didn't think he would cope well, but he has honestly adored his little sister from day one. we've all been really surprised. she found helping him feel responsible for helping with her really useful, he's totally her protector now. there's a 2.5 y age gap between them. I don't have any experience myself but just thougt u might like to hear sometimes it works out really well.

natalie I also let dd cry it out. She was waking at the same time very night but not taking any milk so I put it down to habit. Since 9 weeks (except periods of teething/illness) she has been a fab sleeper. Like you I didn't read anything. Just did what I felt was right.

9/10 I am strict on bedtimes but my sis let her nap today and with dh working late I let her stay up till 9:30 to see him. It is half term after all :-)

falcon so sorry to hear your gp being an arse. Definitely talk to your mw and in the meantime you can rant away to us.

mrsO interesting that you should mention that on expressing. I'm extremely keen to express or Mix feed if it doesn't work and I'm conscious there's a good time to start expressing and introducing bottle to baby. That's something ill definitely have to read up on although I'm fairly sure my cousins dw expressed as well as bf so may be worth a chat to her.

Coming round quickly to the fact there's going to be another boy in the house. Quicker than I thought tbh. Feeling rough today so not looking forward to work fri/sat/sun :-(

Sounds similar to me hayle first of all I started offering water in the night incase it was thirst but she didn't want that either.

What works for one is sometimes completely wrongn for another family. I like dd to be in bed at 7 on MoN-fri as she had play school and if she doesn't get her 11-12 hours a night sometimes 13 hours she's too tired to function without being an emotional wreck lol. But like I say half term is different plus dh doesn't get in from work till 6.30 so I let her stay up later in the holiday like 8pm so she can see him for a good 1-1.5 hours
I'm glad I stuck to my guns on routine as I'm currently in bed listening too next doors 15 month old son scream and scream and I often hear him several times in the night I can't imagen still being up and down at night

Is anyone scanning tommorow???