September 2014

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My verrrrrry faint line earlier gives me an edd of 27 august so I'm going to straddle the two threads providing I get a strong bfp tomorrow (which I should do!!)

Happy Christmas everyone!!!

Yeah if I can't cope with the pain at least an epidural might be an option. I plan on really trying to go without though but who knows!

I've been hanging about on the pregnancy threads wondering where all the girls from the Christmas bfp thread had gone. Feel like such a dummy missing the ante-natal thread! Silly silly me!

Going to spend couple of pleasurable hours going back through everyone's old posts.

Due Sept 4th. Ridiculously excited but dh & I are trying keep the exuberance under wraps till the elusive 12 weeks!

Topmammy - te yoga I did was specifically pregnancy yoga. Nothing strenuous or anything, designed especially for pregnant women, so would definitely advise looking into if you've a class nr you.

Official Sept 2014 resident midwife is Waffles1990

Normalisavariantofcrazy - EDD 27th Aug Team Yellow
missingmargarita - EDD 1st Sept Team Yellow
Hubbythecatandme - EDD 2nd Sept Team Yellow
Belinky - EDD 2nd Sept Team Yellow
topmammy - EDD 3rd Sept Team Yellow
noitsachicken - EDD 3rd Sept Team Yellow
Laura2611 - EDD 3rd Sept Team Yellow
CheddarG - EDD 4th Sept Team Yellow
reidy32 - EDD 4th Sept Team Yellow
kmini - EDD 4th Sept Team Yellow
bluehearted - EDD 5th Sept Team Yellow
Newlywed2013 -EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
bugoven - EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
DearDinah - EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
Nocturne123 - EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
waffles1990 - EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
nataaaaliee - EDD 6th Sept Team Yellow
BexBoo12 - EDD 7th Sept Team Yellow
Jamess2 - EDD 7th Sept Team Yellow
dubaipieeye - EDD 7th Sept Team Yellow
whiteblossom - EDD 8th Sept Team Yellow
Twizzletoes - EDD 9th Sept Team Yellow
Metalhead - EDD 10th Sept Team Yellow
PunkyPod - EDD 12th Sept Team Yellow
broodylicious - EDD 12th Sept Team Yellow
Purple37 - EDD 17th Sept Team Yellow

Justpenny EDD ? Team Yellow
isitme1 - EDD ? Team Yellow
tutti - EDD ? Team Yellow
Universalis - EDD ? Team Yellow
whiteblossom - EDD ? Team Yellow

Thanks for updating the stats Newly. So many babies due on 6th & 7th!

Can I join too? EDD 1st Sep I think...
Found out on Christmas Day and gave stick to DH as a bonus present...it made his eyes well up, hopefully for all the right reasons!
We have two DS already, DS1 who's nearly 5yo and DS2 who's 2yo. I also had a MMC at 7 weeks in between my DC so I'm not counting any chickens just yet...
Not told anyone yet and don't plan to until the scan is out of the way.
Now, I just need to get round to making that GP appt. Does anyone know if you can self-refer or does it depend on where you live?

Thanks for updating newly :D

Welcome way :) congrats, I'm the same I had a m\c in August and it's hard to get exited when your constantly worried! let's hope we have sticky beans :) & as for the midwife appt I'm in Scotland and you just refer yourself :) congrats again!

OM goodness, hubby has just used a dettol wipe downstairs and I feel like he has squirted dettol in the entire house yuck, it feels like it's been squirted right under my nose!!!!

I have my docs app on Tues. What happens? Poas again & then refer you to midwife?

Kmini - not sure if they're all the same but with my first, it was about five mins of just form filling and working out date. The next appt with the mw (booking appt) is much more exciting!

Eeeek. So symptoms for me are a very short temper apparently. Dd has pushed my buttons all day, stropping and shouting (she's not normally quite as stroppy but we are getting towards 2yrs old so guessing she may be hitting her terrible 2s a tad early!) and then refused to eat her tea in her high chair. I was so cross with her and when normally I'd have just said "ok, banana now?" and let it slide, tonight I pulled her out of her high chair, put her on the floor and let her scream and stamp her feet by my side as I kept eating. We are attachment parenting fans so that's not the kind of thing I'd normally do but I had just had enough.... Anyway, she came back to get her plate and took her tea to her play table and then walked up and asked for a "cuggle" when she'd finished. Bless her. So sorry for the ramble, DH on lates and no one to talk to!

What's attachment parenting broody. This is my first being preg so sorry if that's a silly q!

Not a silly question at all kmini It's all about instinctive parenting and reacting to your child's needs really, so we are anti cry it out/controlled crying/baby training, pro co-sleeping, we believe that baby's cries are communication not because they're testing you/being manipulative, we like baby wearing (slings etc) and generally just follow our instincts. My family think we are hippies and I'm quite happy with that It just feels right for us anyway.
Peaches Geldof is a big fan and was on This Morning a few months back extolling the virtues of this style of parenting - it was this tv appearance that made us realise what we do actually has a name!!

Midwives and health visitors are not very clued up on this style of parenting and ime do not offer support for those who don't want to do cry it out etc (sorry waffles, I'm sure you are much more professional and knowledgable than those I've come across ) so if you are interested, definitely start reading up about it. There's loads of websites and books about xxx

yay I'm happy to be the official Midwife haha thanks Newlywed!!

broodylicious tbh I've not been taught any parenting styles as a Midwife, its more a health visitor role. I think Midwives just give out their own opinions when you have an unhappy baby on the postnatal ward lol, though my style isn't to leave them either - theyre after something. Toddlers are a different kettle of fish, I couldn't comment!

Told my immediate family tonight (Mum, Dad, Brother, Sister) they're all very shocked but happy!! SO glad thats all the important people out of the way now, phew. Enough adrenaline for one day for sure.

I'm the same re: knicker checking every 2 seconds!! especially now I've told people. It'd be a bit embarrassing to go to the toilet and have to be like "oh.... a bit of a late period really"

Thanks broody I might email the yoga teacher and see if she thinks I'd be ok to do it. It is a pregnancy yoga class specifically after all.

I've been to the cinema tonight but was getting waves of nausea throughout the entire 2 and a bit hours film. NOT fun. Didn't help that I found the film boring too (American Hustle) and was trapped in the middle of the row lol. Deary me!

Yeah definitely worth a try, topmammmy. I hadn't done any yoga before and thought it was all going to heavy breathing, bending over farting in the process and talking spiritual stuff but actually it was just a great way of relaxing in the run up to the birth and then when it came to D Day, zoning into what I'd learnt. I'm such a hippy, lol!

Hello, I'm a refugee from the other September thread, can I join please?

EDD is 1st September so I'm just under 6 weeks now. Hardly any symptoms so far so am POAS far too often but it's my third (hello other third timers!) so I'm wondering if my body is just adjusting to the hormones by now? Though am currently feeling very slightly nauseous, so maybe it's all about to start ...

Am hoping for a September baby as I was a summer one and hated being young for my year. Previous DC were both late so stand a good chance. Will be nice hoping I go overdue rather than being desperate for labour to start for a change!

Am totally paranoid about twins, despite my lack of symptoms so far - I have most of the things that make them more likely (fairly old, overweight, been pg before, twins in family, still bfing) plus know a few people who decided to have a third DC and had 3 + 4 instead. Eep! Pretty sure I couldn't cope with four, am nervous enough about having three!

Have skimmed the thread so will add in my stats. Am 37, will be 38 when baby is born (if it sticks) so feeling very elderly. Other DC are 5 and 2.

Dubai I also have arthritis in my hip and would love love a replacement but just haven't found time in my schedule with TTC etc. It's got a lot worse recently and I'm a bit nervous about how I'll cope in this pregnancy (had mild SPD last time so likely to be worse this time).

Dinah I did Lazy Daisy classes (weekly not workshop) last time and absolutely loved them. I did four terms and had such an amazing birth, it was fantastic :) Found the breathing and relaxation brilliant. Tutti was going to suggest them for you actually, they're really good for anxious second time mums. I'll definitely be going again this time once I get past the first trimester.

haha topmammy!!!

Oh gawd. Am now totally paranoid about twins! Fairly old? 35 so check. Overweight? Yea, check. Twins in family? Both sides. Preggo before? Yep. Breastfeeding? Still, yes. Crikey, I just couldn't cope with twins as well as my gorgeous but stroppy toddler!!

Can I join please? I'm 30 and EDD is 13th September and will be our 1st. I'm a bit scared as I had a chemical last month. This month the tests are getting stronger but I'm still nervous. I'm not going to phone the midwife for 2 or 3 weeks as it was awful having to untell her only 4 weeks ago. Is that ok do you think?

Hee hee sorry Broody!

Hi Possum and congrats. Sorry to hear about the chemical pregnancy. It's fine to wait a few weeks before you tell your MW, plenty of people don't find out their pregnant for a while and in my limited experience nothing really happens for the first 8-10 weeks anyway :) Hope it's a sticky one.

Broody, we do attachment parenting too. Especially Babywearing. I'm a bit obsessed with slings really and on a lot of Facebook groups! We cloth nappy, blw too. BF for 8 weeks but it was pretty much a disaster from the start (I won't go into details, but we'll try again this time). We didn't co sleep though, just not something I felt comfortable doing. I think AP is just about going with your instincts rather than from a book.

Preggo yoga was really good, I think I'll go and do those classes again this time. Was a lovely relax and I used the techniques well in labour.

Twins!!! Yikes. Just 1 at a time for me please!

On co-sleeping:

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2399238/Co-sleeping-new-parenting-fad-experts-fear-KILL-baby.html#ixzz2pTPee6lw

Good old Daily Mail :) I wonder which study they mean? There's no mention of it on the ISIS site, which is a more reliable source of stats.

I'm also from the crunchy school of parenting - cloth nappies, extended bfing, cosleeping, BLW etc. (In fact I tick way too many boxes on the Crappy Mama scale of crunchiness ). I've been lurking on some FB sling groups this evening wondering if I should get a stretchy for the new baby, but since I am pretty rubbish at carrying my current children (in my defence, my bad hip and the fact they're made of lead makes it difficult), I probably shouldn't be spending any money right now. Did buy a few maternity clothes in the sales though ...

Yikes, just noticed my terrible typo in my prev post *they're! I do know grammar really, honest!

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Yeh there are risks which is why I guess this suits some people and not others. For example making sure the duvet is tucked around each parent so baby can't go under it and sleeping facing the baby. But it can be a wonderful way of bonding and getting more sleep and generally parents (mothers?) have a second sense when they are co sleeping and very aware of where their baby is. I think some of these articles with those type of titles are quite damaging. Another article will say that SIDS risk is lower when co seeping because baby's body temp and breathing is regulated by being so close to their parent.

We co slept for the first week out of necessity. Otherwise she did not sleep! But then we started swaddling and it changed everything :)