BFP wishes came true - thread 3

[RedRobin1]

A big fat welcome party for twinkle and just another thread for us all to keep in touch

Yay congrats thingy and what a birth! Lovely name.

so funny, I have a fast letdown, I remember forgetting to put my boob away until DH on the next sofa said "what's going on, why's my sleeve so wet?!" - I was spraying across the room! I'm also para about mastitis and don't find a bra comfy round the house so I constantly have a damp top at home these days. red have you tried a hooter hider for bf in public? I've got one. Although when I'm on my own in cafés or whatever, I just get my boob out discreetly, have got more relaxed the more I do it - anything to keep her happy!

She's been so lovely and chilled today, love the good times red your routine sounds good, mine is just all over the place, am going to try and get things a bit more structured although I'm just taking it as it comes at the moment!

Is the fb group private? Who set it up?

Fatas I don't feel so guilty about squirting dd up her nose with my let down! Poor thing she always gets covered in milk. I realised I missed breastfeeding her after I gave her bottles all day and I missed her suckling like an itch needing to be scratched. I will try a scarf or the hooter hider haha alex! Can't believe that's what it's called

It will take confidence and practice I guess but you guys are so right about not having the faff of sterilising and taking bottles everywhere.

A scarf is a great idea!
Alex the group is definatly private it was mrs bri who set it up but she's not been on for a while, I can check and see if we can add to it or it must be her but we can probably msg her to add you anyway if you pm her with your name, good to hear that her crying and suffering has settled, the first 3 months are the hardest with babies and learning about them, those lovely smiley days make up for it though
Think my af is returning boooooo
Dd2 is almost 9 months though so to be expected really

Congratulations thingy. I love the name and your birth story restores my faith in the wonderful process that is childbirth.

Do any of you watch One Born Every Minute? The school gates are all of a twitter at the moment as it seems everyone knows someone involved in the new series. All 3 of mine were born in southmead and it is a dump. I hope they have given it a lick of paint before they let the cameras in.

There are some right characters amongst the midwives. They will make tv gold. Bristolian is a very musical accent. Lots of intonation.

Oh and Bruce is finally back to normal. We've had a fab day. He can say dada, rara (mama) and cat.

He said cat first. (Sad that not one of my children has said me first ... Sob).

Ted I love love obem!!
And my dd1' s first words were jack jack her beloved cousin - still her favourite person and Pepsi the cat, think we had a dadad but no muma

Ahhhh...congrats Red and thingy!

I'm so sorry I missed the birth, Red. I see you had a c section too, though your recovery seems far worse than mine was. I hope you're feeling better now.

Thingy, what a great birth story. Your little boy is adorable. And so small (almost all babies are small against Amy's 9lb 7oz weight!).

Sorry I've been AWOL again. I've been busy with Amy and also exhausted as I'm almost 14 weeks' pregnant with DC2! There'll be 13 months between them so it's going to be exhausting for a while!

I'm hoping to succeed at BF this one as it didn't work with Amy, but the trauma of her birth didn't help that, or my psychological state in the first month or so. But, lessons learned for this time!

I hope everyone is well and babies are thriving. :-)

Just read back, resipsa, I'm so sorry to hear about your miscarriage and also your dog. I'd really hoped to hear that you had some good news.

Ted, anybody can add people to the Facebook group, not just me, so you could join us on there.

Winkle, you've gone from being a week ahead of me to 3 days behind me as my EDD moved from 14th to 7th August at my scan. Looks like another giant here. I hadn't mentioned my pregnancy on here under this username after being outed by an unknown friend of the MiL a while ago. But as everyone knows in RL now, I guess there's no harm in it!

I feel a bit guilty for getting pregnant twice when others are struggling with once though. :-(

Congrats nic!

thingy good meeting you on fb. S's reflux really has got better, we still have rough times and I don't know if it's reflux or wind when it happens, but we have more good times too when she's calm and happy

First day of trying to get a bedtime routine hasn't been great though! We did bath, feed, into her basket in the lounge at 7.30pm but she wouldn't settle so we let her graze/sleep on me. Then she went straight down into her basket at 10.30pm when we went to sleep but woke two hours later for a long feed and wind session. Then she slept for 2 more hours but is up again for a feed/wind session and crying more this time, bad wind maybe.

Usually when we let her have an evening of play/nap/feed before sleeping at our bedtime, she'll do a 3-5 hour run of sleep first. So I'm wondering if we lost that by trying to get her to sleep earlier and putting her straight down for the night when we went to sleep. Not sure whether to just carry on with her main bedtime being our bedtime so we get that good 'block' of sleep while we're asleep or whether to keep trying to move her bedtime earlier so we get a routine?!

Thanks, Alex!

We never did a routine with Amy. She initially slept in the Moses basket til we went to bed then came up with us.

Once her lactose intolerance was diagnosed and the food working on her she was in her own room and she gets put up there at whatever time she asks to go to bed, anywhere between 7-9.

She generally sleeps for 12 hours in 3 blocks, which is fine for us.

So what I'm saying is do what works for you rather than what you think you should be doing as it'll work out in the end.

Yeah it's up to you what you want to do Alex, mine are very much in a routine and want to go to bed at 7/7:30 the oldest can stay awake longer if necessary but the little one would be really upset and tired if she didn't but she's had the same every night, up at 6 for nappy free time and a bath then bottle in a quiet dark room bed, both of mine sleep 12 hrs and we've always done bedtime at 7 but with that when dd1 was just a newborn her block of 7 did start at 7 so well before we went to bed, it didn't bother me really because I knew shed sleep more eventually and wanted to get her to know that was bedtime from the beginning so it's really up to you, they will have a 12hour block whether broken or not so if it suits you getting up later you can start it later if you know you need her up earlier for work etc ( my dd1) is always up at 7 and needs to be when I go back to work so I fit them in the same whatever you do will take a period of adjustment though so if she only ever goes to bed at 10 she will always kick up a fuss at the beginning if you try and put her to bed earlier in the same mine would fuss if I tried to keep her up but it will alter it will just take a week or so to settle in, one of my favourite expressions I've heard which I've found true is it takes two weeks to make a routine and one day to break it lol

Congratulations mrsbri! We are due on the same day 07-08! Was this one planned (don't answer if you don't want to:))

Ah, loving thingys pictures on FB!! Cutie pie!

Ok major baby brain today - I went to the loo in a cafe and as I came out noticed a man peeing in the urinal - yes that's right I had managed to not notice AT ALL that I was in the men's! Oh the horror! I have never waddled so fast in my life!! Am so just thinking about it! I couldn't even tell my friend I was so mortified!!! What is it with me and toilets..?!

Haha fatas that made me chuckle! I did that once during a family dinner in the pub and heard BIL in the cubicle say to me "I hope you realise you walked into the men's" god I was as mortified as you if not worse as it was BIL next door!! Yikes! I think sometimes the signs are not clear

Alex yes do what works for you. I was same as kitty wanted to get her acknowledging bed time soon so started a loose routine early on and luckily for us she's slotted into it quite well. So do take her upstairs around 7/7.30...I'm dreaming of those 12hr blocks though! Lucky to get 4hrs these days!

Mrsbru a big congratulations to you! How are you feeling?

Twinkle has the nausea and tiredness eased off?

Thanks everyone!

Winkle, yes planned. :-) I'm 37 now so we didn't want to risk waiting longer. And I didn't want to be a new mum at 40. It's a killer already!

I'll probably only just make August as I'll be having an ELCS at 39 weeks. I don't see the consultant for a while to book a date though.

Red, not as sick as I was with Amy. But it comes back in waves just when I think it's done with! :-/ And exhausted. I'm sleeping badly, but hopefully that'll improve when I go back to work.

Fatas, that's hilarious! I'm sure the men didn't bat an eyelid!

Thanks Nic. Congrats (but you're mad!!!).

Feeling a bit smug as I put the (just) 3 yr old to bed now safe in the knowledge that she won't wake until 8 .

37 mrs bri? Pah, a mere whippersnapper!

40 is the age of most of the mums on their 3rd in our area. And it is far more common to have 3 than 2. A few 4s as well (bonkers).

And I am really jealous of your teeny gap. I always fancied a tiny gap but we settled at 20 months. You have made a good call there I think!

Are you going to join our fb page then ted? Would love to see Bruce! He's your third isn't he?
I want three I actually want one now but think 3 at home before school age might be just that step beyond enjoyable

Oh but just got the witch back last night havnt missed her

Congratulations thingy and lovely name too!
Nice to see you here mrsbri!! I still think you're mad
How u feeling twinks?
Over here my little one is teething and not sleeping. I am bloody knackered!! Part of the game I suppose.
Who's next on labour watch?

Thanks, Ted...I am NOT having 3. My body is safely in retirement after this one is born. I'll then be on a mission to get my figure back once I've stopped BF (I'm determined it'll work with number 2!).

Kitty, at least if AF is back you can start thinking about number 3!

Resipsa, I'm only slightly jealous of a sleeping child. DH does the getting up at night though, so it could be worse. But yes, maybe I'm insane. It gets me back working full time sooner rather than later though, which was kind of the aim.

Lol, we have teething too. It's horrendous. I'm assuming it's the top ones, but she won't let us in to look, which isn't helpful!

Right...back to sleep now. Zzzzz!

Ugh it's me lol - I'm next but I'm on not labour watch!! Feeling dreadful today - so exhausted, horrid (tmi) runs and cramps last night so am totally washed out today and due to go to pre op clinic on Friday when they will tell me exactly which day next week my cs is on- don't they realise we can't arrange childcare if they don't tell us the day?!! It's very stressful! (Whinge over!)

ooo are you sure you aren't having early labour signs? The runs and cramps always signifies labour for me. Hopefully you get the c-section date through quickly.