The PESH are getting busy and looking out for a cluster diff!!

[pinkr]

blonderthanred, boy, born 26th October 2012.
FriendofDorothy, boy, born 14th December 2012.
QueenRollo, boy, born 21st January 2013.

Need dates:

Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 2012
IveBeenExpectingYou (CockDodger), A very active baby girl, due March 28th 2012
Silver, hoping for an easier sneeze, due mid-July 2012
Starryeyedmole, regretting recently investing in scales
cakeandcava approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12

LazyMachine (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
CamelKnees (34) fat and fatigued DC2 EDD 22/04/2013
HaveALittleFaith (31), Faithlet arrived 14.04.13
fertilityFTW (34) date needed.
pinkr, (33), any day now!!, DC1 due 22/08/2013
Jethro (36) head in the sand Edd 071013
Frankel (32) nauseous and knackered Edd 4/3/14
Noks - info needed
Sinky - info needed

Done my best - apologies for any misinformation or omissions!

Blimey Pink sounds like you had it tough! Glad you are both ok & being looked after now. She is a beauty!

Oh the staff here are amazing...two midwives told me to go for and hour or at two after a few hopes constant boob...i've just woken up twenty mins ago feeling more human than days. The wee one slept fine with them and had had a feed now from me and is back over. I keep looking at her and amazed I made her!

Oh gosh pink! That sounds intense. My sympathies with a b2b baby (ouch). Sounds like they radiated calm though and she's out safely, that's the main thing! Have you been able to BF?

Wow pink, that sounds epic . But worth it in the end, yes? Right?!

So PESH talk to me about bloating. My stomach is horrifically distended. It's not bump as I can suck it in if I breathe in deep enough, but it's uncomfortable. I feel like I need a good trump, but everything in that department seems regular . Any ideas? Recommendations?

How much are you drinking Frank? Lots of water and probiotics should help.

I was having this conversation just yesterday frank. Except things are a bit sluggish over here .

Dunno though. I'm so thirsty I'm drinking 2 litres + each day. I can't drink more- I'll never be off the loo!

yes feeding fine...in fact she's getting what the midwife called gallons of colostrum just now, lots of yellow sick! The medical staff were never worries or flustered so it seemed pretty calm...I wasn't calm though especially when they quickly ran through risks etc.

I've upped my water intake to counter the headaches and they have definitely lessened. Perhaps it's still not enough though.

I shall invest in some probiotics? Any particular brands recommended? I'm off yoghurt so am probably looking at the drinks or pills!

I went off yoghurt! In fact, am still off it! I had yakult (not too yoghurty) but you can get tablets from places like Holland and Barrett. Oh also what supplements are you on? Pregnacare contain a lot of iron which can make things worse. I preferred sanatogen.

Ah great news Pink! Not long til your milk will come in (Jordan eat your heart out!). I'm started to understand why some women get pregnant again so fast - I realise how big Faithlet is now (compared to miniPink) and wonder where my tiny baybee had gone?! :)

:) we're pretty certain she's going to be our only so i'm savouring every minute. Finances but also the birth etc plus age means i'm quite happy with one...for now anyway haha.
Any of you pregnant ones fancy a natal hypnotherapy DVD? I used it and it did relax me in the run up to birth....did nothing during birth but that was because I got thrown into instant labour with no build up etc. more then happy to post top the first claimant!

Faith, correct me if I'm wrong, but is faithlet not a weany 4 months old?!

Well done pinkr - sounds like you've got this breast feeding malarkey sorted.

For supplements, I've changed to loyds (chemist a work - therefore easy to get to) pregnancy ones- no iron. But still... Think I might move back to the tiny individual folic acid and vit d. Bloated.com

Does anyone remember my monumentally insensitive friend? Prob not, but she's the one who told me I was no friend if I couldn't get over myself to be happy for her when pregnant with her first and after the birth told me both that I could have no opinion as a barren (she didn't say barren, but...) (NB, I only suggested we took her screaming baby out for a walk in a pram to try and calm her down) and also that I was lucky I couldn't have kids.. Well. She's now 3 weeks preggers (yes - it's her that has already bought £400 worth of matty clothes) and has told me that it's a shame I'm not a natural at being pregnant like her, because she's not bloated or had any morning sickness....

Breath. She is v funny, and lots of fun. I think it fair to say however, that she's not someone you would turn to in times of stress...

Why is she a friend sinks?! She sounds like a PITA! Do you ever call her on it? If she's lots of fun, be light hearted but just say the classic Did you mean to be so rude?. She probably doesn't realise how offensive she is!

Yes Faithlet is still just 4 months old and only 9th centile so not big! But she is definitely not a teeny newborn any more!

You must know the sort of person who seems to be entirely lacking any form of social filter? That's her.

I have a tough hide (and perhaps, can be a little spectrum myself) so all good. It is cathartic to moan about it though!

I have been on Pregnacare but am due to run out at the end of the week so have bought some Sanatogen on your recommendation Nurse Faith
As far as probiotic tablets go are they ok for us preggos or are their ingredients/herbal things we should avoid?

Probiotics themselves are fine Frank. I would just check there's no added nasties (cant really think what that would be, vit a? Surely not iron!). Vsl3 is the stuff we use in hospital, but don't know how available it is.

Last day at work today.

Ooo Jeff, enjoy it!

Are you done jeff?! :)

Finished!! Had a lovely day, spent most of it eating . Have been summoned back next Thursday as my boss had planned to take me out for afternoon tea & apparently people have gifts planned too! Brilliant.

Aww how nice Jeff.

I got my results from the nuchal scan/blood test back today: 1 in 9,200 so I'm very happy with that!

Hope you're getting lots of snuggles pinkr

Yes...I officially love being a mum! Had a bit of a meltdown when we got home yesterday it was bit overwhelming but fine now. Midwife removed staples this morning and weighed baby...even though I was worried she's lost less than 10% of birth weight so feeding fine really! Milk started coming in last night as well!

Ah that's great news Pinky! This is when your breast pads become essential

Frank that's good odds :)

Congratulations jeff.

That's a lovely post to read Pink. Glad you're loving every minute

First day of mat leave & I've cleaned the whole house, walked the dog, done the shopping, done 2 lots of washing, ironed all the baby stuff and made the Moses basket up. Phew, I'm having a cup of tea now, won't be able to keep this pace up!!

Ah that's great news Pinky! This is when your breast pads become essential

Frank that's good odds :)

Congratulations jeff.

Oh Jeff you're nesting! ! Kept me busy doing all the cleaning...I was trimming hedges the day I was induced.
Great news frank!
I'll let you ladies in on a secret...labour is a breeze compared to the fear of finally using the toilet after a week of bring unable to go
I dread to imagine how someone with a tear etc manages...I was in there an hour and mr df said the moaning and grunting was charming