Graduated elderberries - 30+ and looking forward to DC1! (Thread 6)

[HazleNutt]

Oh, looks like I wrote the last post! So new thread here where we will see more berry babies and hopefully loads more graduates as well.

It's not common hazel, but does happen, allegedly, for the lunch few. It happened this week for a friend from my NCT class whose baby is the same age as ours. She said it looks like it was a one off!

Quod - get checked out if you're unsure.

Alex - yes yes to the unsatisfying pees. One of the most enjoyable things immediately after having miles was having a proper per again!

hazle I've heard of lucky people getting nights like that, someone jammy I know has a baby who sleeps all night through like that quite often.

janey it's ridiculous isn't it, I woke up at 6am DESPERATE for a pee and what did I get - a weird-feeling trickle!

See the trickle pee is one of the things on my imaginary urine infection list! But am now working with my laptop from my doctors surgery waiting for an urgent appt. I think it will just set my mind at rest before I go away I may be here hours though

I didn't mean lunch few. I meant lucky.

As a baby I slept through from night 3 onwards apparently why can't I have one like that

And good luck quod x

For the preggers ladies, babycenter do videos of the baby in the womb at different stages, just watched the 27 weeks one. Baby looks much cuter than it would in real life, no waxy stuff etc, but it's still lovely watching it! (Warning - am in floods of tears though for some reason after watching it, crazy hormones!!) www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-images-27-weeks

Alex I saw a clip of an ultrasound image of a baby crying in the womb the other day! It actually made me a bit upset at the thought that they might be having a cry when they are wriggling about. It had never occurred to me - but then they are so good at crying when they come out it makes sense that they must have been practising.

So I finally saw the doctor and have sent off a wee sample and got some preemptive ABs in case it comes back positive. I am glad I went. Although after an hour sitting in the waiting room and drinking 2 pints of water I only managed to produce about an inch of wee which was a bit frustrating.

My GP and midwife do instant tests as well as sending it off, did they do that? Think it checks for major infection. Hope you're all clear, keep drinking loads of water.

Just watched a video of the baby crying in the womb, how funny you can't hear it on the outside making any noises?! I got really upset about a stressful situation the other day and then got worried that the baby picks up on my stress/upset and can hear everything, so determined to stay calm no matter what happens!

quod I am suffering my second bout of cystitis so I feel you're pain.

Did a sample last time at the docs and midwife and neither followed up even when I rang to query, as like you I was going away. My midwife told me 2 weeks ago that I had protein in my wee sorry TMI and that she was sending off my sample and would be in touch if they found anything. They seem to be rubbish at doing anything. I have fought it by drinking 1500ml of water a day for the last 2 days, it seems to be clearing it up for me.

On the downside I am peeing constantly, 3 times last night I also have a little boy who is playing footy with my bladder which isn't helpful. I agree with the frustration of the overwhelming urge to wee resulting in a trickly useless wee, also I discovered that when I think I'm done if I wait 30 seconds I can go again. Who'd have thought weeing could be so hard huh!!

Oh and alex I'll be checking out those videos.

Oh and I had my whooping cough jab yesterday, was fine at the time but now my arm is all bruised and I have an unattractive raised red lump where the needle went in, not nice. Did anyone else end up with a bruised arm or am I being a big baby?

Yep she did dip my wee but apparently this doesn't show up all bacteria so it's gone off for testing. I have also got (TMI) thrush from the last set of ABs so it's all just one big mess at the moment. Aghgh!

Mother you have my sympathies, cystitis is horrid.

Mother - if you had protein (I did) i presume they checked your BP too? It's just it can be an indicator of Pre eclampsia if you have both, as I did, so I had additional monitoring. Not trying to scare you obv, just something to keep an eye on (not that I don't trust midwives to do their jobs if course!)

Re whooping cough, mine was a bit sore for 24 hours but I did read on here some people saying that it was really really sore - guess everyone reacts differently? But yes, from what I've heard sounds normal.

Quod - fingers crossed the other tests come back negative.

Listening to you guys is making me so happy to be able to pee normally again. Sorry, but at least it's something to look forward to?!

Mother and Quod poor you in the wars. I am scared I will be heading for a bout of cystitis after my reoccurring batches of it just before my bfp. Hope you're both feeling better soon
I am now 'official'... Whilst my scan isn't until the 10th I am booked in and HAVE MY NOTES (can you tell how much that made me smile?). Made it feel very real. The midwife was lovely and seemed very pleased that my first choice (if possible) is a home birth (even if only because hospitals give me the fear)! She runs the local hypnobirthing classes so I got a lot of positive thinking stuff from her on the spot also a longish lecture about the fact that lots of people are now having babies too big for their pelvis because of the sugar cravings after 28 weeks, and that if I wanted to give birth at home I must not give in to the sugar monster later in pregnancy! Anyway that, plus hearing the placenta heartbeat and I'm feeling ready to come over to the dark side and drive you all mad
Anything nice planned for the weekend? How are the mums managing getting out and about with little ones now? Is it easier/harder than you expected?

I had a slight UTI early on but cleared it with water etc (the hospital messed up and didn't tell me for three weeks so by the time I found out, I head time to clear it without needing ABs whilst waiting for the next result. I remember they said UTI's are common in pregnancy so you have to drink loads, I still don't drink enough water really

Yay to being official merk! My midwife recommended hypnobirthing too but I haven't looked into it - do the NHS do free classes on it then?

I have a busy weekend as have to do shopping for our loft conversion tomorrow, then meal with friends, then I'm working long days on an event from Sunday to Weds and have the fear a bit about whether I'm going to be able to cope with the event as bump is getting heavy now, we'll see!

What a day - fed Victor at 11.30 and went to gym. He didn't take the bottle while I was there. Got back around 2 and tried to give him the bottle. No luck. The same bottle that was totally fine 2 weeks ago. But not today. I tried, DH tried, baby screamed his head off.

Read all kinds of tips, they all pretty much say that he'll take it when he's hungry - well, by 7.30 (!!) he still was not taking it and I gave up as I just felt so sorry for him, must have been starving by then. No trouble breastfeeding, of course. I'm exhausted and not really sure what to do, because I really do need him to take the bottles too..

Cheers for the heads up janey, my bp was 110/70 I think which she said was good (do the numbers even go that way round....baby brain ) I did have protein in my pee though....attractive huh.

Whoop whoop merk!!! Nice one! I am so so chuffed for you! I am actually so excited about your first scan too. Sorry, hope that doesn't sound weird.

sorry cross post hazel. Ive heard of people switching to different bottles or teats and it making a huge difference, perhaps ask in the pharmacy or something? My friend had to try a few bottles before she found one her son would take, also I think some teats are slow release which can make it hard work for baby and if he's feeling lazy he might not fancy the hard work so maybe the bigger size teat could help?

Hazle I would kill for 8 hours straight! I hope he keeps it up for you, although all the rest of will be wild with jealousy if he does.
I have heard/read loads of people saying their bottle-refusing babies would only take NUK bottles and teats so maybe worth a try if you haven't already? I think their teats are very nipple-shaped and come in latex and silicone depending on baby's preference.

Mother my Whooping Cough jab gave me a lovely dark purple bruise and a sore arm for a few days.

Whoop for officialdom Merk! I remember the day well that I went from being a total doom-monger to thinking fuck me, I am having a baby... closely followed by thinking fuck me, what am I going to do with a baby when I can barely look after myself?!
And I think your MW is talking total bollocks about the sugar thing. For a start you won't be able to control what you crave... I ate my whole bodyweight in Ben & Jerrys and Haribo Starmix and if someone had told I couldn't/shouldn't have had them I think I would have knocked them out cold on my way past to buy some. And secondly, your body surely craves things for a reason, and it presumably takes a lot of energy to grow a baby, so if that energy needs to come in the form of a flapjack then so be it which is what I always told myself when pigging out.
We are getting out and about fine, and it's about as I expected, which is that it is a right PITA because they just need so much stuff. Just going to the shops is like packing for a weekend away. I don't let it stop me though - I would go nuts if I had to stay in every day with just a baby, dog and daytime TV for company. And we have just ordered a new boring sensible family car as DH's current coupe is just not suitable for DH, me, DSD, Elodie and the dog to all cram in. DH is gutted but it should make getting out and about a bit easier.

DSD has been with us this week so we have been doing lots of child-occupying fun stuff and today we went to Drayton Manor. As expected there isn't much an 8 week old can go on at a theme park so we went in the 4D cinema as we spotted there was no height/age limit. Now it never occurred to me to wonder what the 4th dimension actually was and I had never been in one before, so I felt like the worst mother in the world when I found myself trying to BF my baby in a moving chair while water and air sprayed over us from the back of the seat in front. Oops.

oh my god I am so poorly! I have the worst diarrhea I have ever had. Sorry for TMI but its actually freaking me out a bit. Im making sure I keep drinking but just a bit worried about dehydrating.

Sorry to hear that Mother, I hope you are feeling better? Yes, make sure you drink plenty and phone your MW or GP if you are concerned in any way.

13 hour sleeping marathon last night! I did 2 x dream feeds before midnight then she slept until 04.45, she stirred, fed and went straight back off without even winding and has just woken up! Not exactly sleeping through but I am very pleased with that! I wonder if it means she will be awake all day? We are taking the dog to the beach today so the car journey could be interesting if she won't sleep

yay cavort, what a good girly. Hope it continues. Have a fab day at the beach!!!

Still a bit delicate this morning, just freaked myself out last night reading that it can bring on early labour. Not ready for that

Oh poor mother. Def def keep fluids up and as cavort said seek medical help if it gets really bad. Hope you feel better soon...

Yay cavort!! Miles appears to be sleeping a bit like that at the moment. Last night was asleep by 8pm. I woke him to feed him at 10pm and he was straight back to sleep. Awake at 3.30-4.30 for a feed and a moan. Cried so came in bed with us at 6am. Finally woke 8.15am. Awesome. And that's two nights on the trot he's slept like that...

Good luck for the journey though hopefully moving objects will keep Elodie amused?!

Hope you feel better soon mother and try not to panic - easier said than done, I know.

Bottle feeding going a bit better here, once he starts sucking then there's no problem, it's just the start..

And I was supposed to be in Zurich for trainings today, that's 1,5 hours away. Tried bottle without any success this morning, so even though Dh told me to go, I just could not leave Vic for 8 hours not knowing if he would eat or not. Perfect timing for refusing the bottle.

Poor mother glad it seems to be getting better - I had that really badly in Spain for a night and got really worried about the cramps and dehydration but all was fine, I wondered if it's because stomachs are more sensitive to bacteria when pregnant. Good you're drinking water and hope it totally passes quickly