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October 2013: The Fourth Trimester - the bit no one warns you about!

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roxvox · 27/10/2013 16:24

Stats sheet here

New arrivals here

Key:
SC - still cooking (pre EDD)
SFW - still f*ing waiting (post EDD)
OWT - on way to theatre (CS)
IP - induction in progress
SWIL - somewhere in labour
LIT - lost in transition

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ananikifo · 08/11/2013 22:45

Hmm we may try gripe water then.

kiwee · 08/11/2013 23:06

Yes using reusable nappies here (tots bots bamboozles) which are great - though exponentially increase amount of washing! It is coming into summer here though so probably easier drying them than would be in the uk. Have some others which don't fit very well yet but I think will be good when C's a bit chubbier.

C also loves her infacol...gets the cutest look on her face after having it and seems to know it means milk will be available soon.

Shootingstarsandcomets · 08/11/2013 23:23

I haven't had a period since November 2011!! That was when I got pregnant with ds1, breastfed him for 5 months and instantly got pregnant when I stopped. So silly of me but I thought I couldn't get pregnant as hadn't had a period but obvs I was about to have one!

ImpOfDarkness · 08/11/2013 23:45

Any thoughts on what to wear with a c-section scar? I had my stitches out three days ago so it's held together with surgical tape and it's been weeping a fair bit ever since though no signs of infection. I guess yoga pants are the way forward.

MotherOfNations · 09/11/2013 00:20

It all depends on how the shunt holds up Flyer. The surgeon had said he wants to perform the surgery between 3 and 6 months so hoping the shunt keeps doing it's job until the 6 mth mark. No sign of any blueness or tet spells so far.

JellyCurls · 09/11/2013 01:26

For mummies of FF babies, how firm is babies poo? J's poo is becoming increasingly thinner and is now very watery, does this sound right?

C-section ladies, do you have feeling in your bladder when you need to pee? I realised yesterday that I only realise I need when I am about to burst, no feelings before that. As a result if I don't remember to go it taking me all day to realise. Does this sound familiar?

Sephy · 09/11/2013 01:42

Jelly, I hadn't noticed that Bladder thing, but now you come to mention it I have done a few mad urgent loo dashes, maybe that's why. Hmm, I'll keep an eye on it and report back!

Imp, ivebeen living in maternity trousers that are over the bump for the last three weeks. Or leggings with a high enough waste, or the old faithful yoga pants. Funding mystery key tops more likely to be crossover than my usual wardrobe, so wearing a lot of them to bf as well!

Sephy · 09/11/2013 01:42

*maternity tops, not mystery key!

Flyer747 · 09/11/2013 01:52

Terrible night here Alexandra has been crying non stop from 6pm I actually can't take much more of this I'm exhausted it's hours and hours every night of solid howling, vomiting and sleep deprivation.

Shootingstarsandcomets · 09/11/2013 02:57

Hugs flyer, hope she has settled now for you. Gosh this newborn bit is hard. DH told me tonight about friends of ours who had a baby last week.....she sleeps 7 until 10 feeds at 2 then wakes at 7. Well la di da good for them just about the most unhelpful comment I have heard, make me feel even more useless why don't you?! My baby appears to be nocturnal and is currently wide awake trying to look at stuff in the pitch black. The feedings not too bad it's the stating awake for hours after every feed that is exhausting.....if he'd just go to sleep......

Flyer747 · 09/11/2013 03:03

No shooting still awake Hmm dp took her out in the car an hour ago didn't work she was like a wailing banshee.
I hope B settles back to sleep asap. Thanks

tuckingfits · 09/11/2013 03:17

Flyer,I'm sure there's a group called Cry-sis which is specifically aimed at the parents of babies with colic/reflux who cry for hours every day/night. I will have a look for the details now.

I'm sorry things are so tough,I do remember how bloody hard & awful (understatement of the century) everything was when my first child was born. I had a c section too & my son didn't like feeding,he mangled my nipples,puked after every feed,cried like a banshee. Nightmare. But I can tell you without a doubt that things improved,I can't remember when so I won't lie about it & he was a terrible sleeper until he was about 17 months old (this is not common amongst my friends' kids,so don't despair) however,he was definitely a happy baby by 3 or 4 months (I can narrow it down that far because we bought this house at auction when he was 4.5 months & I did all the ground work alone & would not have been able to do that when he was utterly miserable). He is also one of the happiest toddlers I know.

I cut out lactose from my diet when he was about 3.5months old. It made a slight difference however,under a paediatrician & a dietician it was decided that he had an allergy to cows milk protein (once he was on solids & i had stopped bfing him - he was coming up to two I'm sure.) Amyway,my point is this - don't despair. There is an end to this stage of shitness & misery.

I am falling asleep typing this so must go & look up cry-sis. Take care of yourself & your lovely girl. You'd think with a houseful of people/in laws you would feel well supported & be able to hand A over to someone for a few.hours... I know this only happens in.movies where postnatal women don't ferociously loathe their husbands & plot satisfyingly grim & painful deaths

MrsO27 · 09/11/2013 03:29

Just a check in to say hello nighttime feeders! I'm here too with a baby who won't settle. He just did a huge fart though so going to try him in his basket again in a mo! Dh snoring like a pig next to me...

Shootingstarsandcomets · 09/11/2013 03:46

Still awake........

Natalieand · 09/11/2013 03:52

Hello fellow feeders :-) I'm up feedingb too.

flyer I hope u r ok xxx

funkky · 09/11/2013 03:55

Thanks Nat. Will look at that. Will also try gripe water as DH swears that's what got him through as a baby. Shock

Flyer747 · 09/11/2013 04:11

Still awake here how can a 4 week old baby be awake for 10 hours straight without even getting tired?! I give up.

Soupqueen · 09/11/2013 04:23

Still up here too. Whoever coined the phrase "sleeping like a baby" needs to be shot!

pinkbuttons · 09/11/2013 04:45

Hope your ok flyer can someone take her for a little bit and give you some rest? did you say theyd started on ranitidine. really hope shes decided togive in and fall asleeo and you get a nice lie in xx
I think I may love the person that invented ranitidine, today Isla has slept in the day (not just on me), only had 3 changed of clothes due to vomit (normally 6/7) and only fed every 3 hours (probably because theres less vomit. still not letting my guard down but really hoping this isnt a temporary thing.

Really hope it starts working for all other refluxy baby s soon xx

and hello all night time feeders Smile

tuckingfits · 09/11/2013 05:27

www.cry-sis.org.uk

Sorry,I totally fell asleep after during my last incoherent attempt at a post.

I hope there is something there that helps. xx

MrsO27 · 09/11/2013 06:20

Well, the windy bottomed one did in fact go to sleep after my last post. Been up again now for 45 mins though. Dh still snoring, just tapped him and told him if he's going to snore to please face the other way and he said "sorry for sleeping" in a huff. He's scoring high on the dickhead rating tonight!
flyer hope you're sleeping now!

Shootingstarsandcomets · 09/11/2013 06:34

He finally fell asleep at 4 and now we're up again. Oh the joys.

Natalieand · 09/11/2013 07:26

'Hes scoring high on the dickhead rating' that made me chuckle. My dh was the same last night but I've had some words given him a kick up the arse he said 'I'll try and be more supportive' I said err no u won't try and be supportive u damn well will be supportive u have no fucking excuse not to be.

flyer sending u hugs poor U and A seem to be having such a difficult time of things. I'm not really sure what to suggest but I saw a programme once that suggested babies with reflux benefit from swaddling and not to jiggle/rock them but to rub there back with them draped over your shoulder sorry if you've tried those things but thought n e thing that could be of use Xx

Flyer747 · 09/11/2013 07:53

410am it finally fell asleep 725am it woke screaming for food. Dp slept with her in the other room. Nice to see he manned upto his responsibilities

BowlFullofJelly · 09/11/2013 08:31

[Sad] flyer, I hope you are ok, what a terrible night. I don't know if this is an option for you cost wise, but have you considered a maternity nurse? They will take Alexandra overnight between feeds, and give both of you a break. Also I would be tempted to take her to the docs if she was really inconsolable last night - I know you have been a lot for the feeding ans reflux, but have they checked for ear infections and similar?