September 2014- will there be any babies yet??

[ilovemonstersInc]

Last thread nearly full.

Will we get to meet any of these babies soon?

Love the idea of a water birth but my births are too high risk to even think of 1.
I will be stuck to a bed with drips on.

I bought my fan 2 years ago from argos during spring I think. Was cheaper then too.
my local shop is selling them for 25. I paid 12 lol

That fan looks amazing! No wilko near me though...booo Its mega hot here too, the hottest so far.

Ive had a bit of a teary morning today. DH had a bit of a go chat with me over my weight watching. He thinks Im obsessed and hes concerned that Ill do something daft after the baby is born, ie do a mega work out as soon as ive popped. He thinks I should eat cake if I want it and don't worry. Hes also worried that Ill get depressed about weight after baby is born and I just need to "let it go".

Im no more obsessed now than I was pre pg in fact way less so. Yes Im keeping an eye on the scales as I know how hard it is to lose weight with a new baby and sleepless nights. If I can avoid gaining where I can then I will. I am keen to get back in my old clothes, Ive worked hard to lose weight and maintain it, I really don't want to have to go back to square one with it all.

It left me feeling a bit down to be honest as if I just have to accept all my hard work will go to pot and Ill have to do it all over again. Does anyone relate to this at all?

Also to add insult to injury I feel like a hippo in the bedroom if you get my drift. Not sexy.

sorry for the moan

"It's no fun trying to get it off after having a baby so trying to limit the damage can't be a bad thing"

yes ella this ^^^^^^and its bloody hard saying no to cake at the best of times let alone pg!

Off to listen to Hypno CD now, try and relax..

white I feel the same. I lost 2 1/2 stone with Slimming World before conceiving and was still nearly 2st from my target. I have now gained around 2st in pregnancy at 34 weeks and although I would loved to have gained less I cam honestly say I have been just eating what I need and a few treats. Lots of people (including doctor, MW and HV) have said I am retaining a lot of water and I will "pee this out" after giving birth. Still feel ashamed of how heavy I am and am trying to limit my gain. Hoping that breast feeding is successful and that it helps me lose the weight again after. I will also be rejoining SW group to try to get closer to target before conceiving again. For me limiting weight gain is 90% about having a healthy pregnancy and birth and 10% about worrying that I have become a giant gastropod =/

Why oh why?!?!? Just weighed myself - make that nearly 2 1/2 stone gained =(

I'm the same too white, i had lost 4 stone total before falling pregnant by accident (although we are obviously very pleased about it!) and was just starting to feel good about how I looked in clothes, buy myself a nice wardrobe etc and feel like that has all gone down the pan now. I have tried to keep my eating habits similar to how I was eating on weight watchers but allow myself treats when I want them and having bigger evening meals etc.

It doesn't help that some of the ladies at work don't consider salad (a huge one with chicken and grated cheese and other nice things, so not exactly a diet one!) as a proper lunch for a pregnant woman so are always going on at me about not eating enough, I'm just trying to still eat healthily which i think is important for the baby as well as me! It also doesn't help that my slight wheat intolerance pre pregnancy seems to have got worse, so a big sandwich (which seems to be what they think I should be eating) would just make me bloated and uncomfortable so isn't even an option!

We are moving house next week, so I have packed the scales, and I'm going to try and not get them out until after I have the baby, I know I will be trying to shift some weight as soon as I can after he/she is born as I want to get back on my horse as soon as I physically can, but this will be subject to me being a sensible weight for her to carry, she's not doing much at the moment now I have stopped riding so it's not fair to squash her when she's unfit.

Moan over anyway, our squidgy babies will be worth the effort to get back into our jeans

I meant my moan by the way , just read that back and realised it sounded like an instruction not a statement - which is not what I intended

Morning all, it seams there are a few of us feeling this way! At least I know that Ive not lost the plot. Ive noticed a difference since I cut out the junk so that's def' the way forward. DH has been manning the BBQ the last few days so lots of steak & salad. yum.

I do think my dh has a point as to how I will feel about myself once baby is born but that's precisely why Im trying to be careful now. I also have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the two stone mark. Because that's what they recommend and that was my aim and my mum has gone on about the two stone mark, Im worried how I will react if I go over that.

misog I thought packing the scales was a good idea then I realise that would panic with out them well done on your intial weight loss by the way, that's fantastic!

Bug well done on your intial weight loss too, Ive done it myself and I know how it is. I BF my ds and it really did help with weight loss and I only did it for 6 weeks.

Does anyone like the idea of a post baby weight loss thread?? Or is it a bit soon for some to be even thinking about this

Hopefully its a bit cooler today, yesterday was a joke.

Blossom I think the idea is brilliant esp as we all 'know' each other iyswim.

I plan on bf too. Exclusively rather than mix like ds2.

Yes a weight loss thread sounds good =)

I'd defiantly join a post-baby weight loss thread. I've already gained 2 stone at 32 weeks and definitely not happy about it. Looking like total weight gain this pregnancy is going to be about 2 and a half / 3 stone. I've been very overweight before (had to lose 4 stone previously which I managed) but I know how bloody hard it is so I was determined not to gain too much this pregnancy but looks like I'm definitely going to have some weight to shift post-baby (presumably about 1-2 stone post birth, blood loss etc). I'm hoping I'll be able to breast feed as planned because I've been told that helps shift quite a few calories each week. I'm trying to be realistic as to a time frame but I'd like to be back to my pre-baby weight of about 10 stone within 6 months. Is this realistic? Does anyone know roughly how many calories they advise a breast-feeding woman to eat a day if you want a steady weight-loss (say of a pound a week)? x

Well that's a plan then. Whats nice is that we will all be in the same position and going through the same phase with a new baby so we can all help boost each other along .

There is a weight loss thread on MN so I guess we just set it up on there, same as on here.

I know I've definitely put on weight but I'm just in denial really as I don't even want to weigh myself. Just noticed this morning how my knees look chunkier than I've ever seen before and asked DH if he could see it too and he replied yes you've put on weight. I know this is true but now I just feel upset.

Really wish I hadn't agreed to be a bridesmaid at my friend's wedding at the end of October as I think I will feel added pressure to start losing weight in case I don't fit into my dress!

Also apologies for my moanyness lol. I feel in a dangerous mood regarding food at the moment I.e. I feel fat and upset so I may as well go and pig out anyway. Not the best combination I know!

On a brighter note it is a bit cooler here today thankfully.

I haven't bf before Ella as this is my first but i'm hoping to as well, and also to share the feeds by expressing once breastfeeding is established. From what I've read it should be possible but wouldn't attempt it until probably at least 6 weeks in, assuming bf'ing is going smoothly then. And i have read that when expressing you should do before or after a baby feed when your milk is still flowing and then that should be able to be used. I've no idea how well the theory works in practice though i'm afraid!

Ah weight loss. It has been nice being excused from the constant female plight of dieting and weight watching for a few months. I'm planning to get married next year though, so i'd be on board with a weight loss thread too! I haven't weighed myself at all through pregnancy (I don't own scales, I think they are bad for my mental health!) but I am having to buy size 16 knickers now, which i'm not pleased with!

Really pleased with DP this weekend - he has built the changing unit/dresser and wardrobe for baby's room. They look really nice and means I can start getting stuff put away which will make me feel a lot more prepared. Just the cot bed to go now - it's going to be a tight squeeze in that little room though!

I tried bf with 1st but he had other problems gastric wise and ds2 was bf partially for 3months. Ds3 will hopefully be fully bf

I stink of breastmilk! Ds2 has been trying to get me all day!! I can smell it myself!

A bf woman needs around 500 extra calories a day - a friend who recently tried to diet while BFing found the only person who lost weight when she reduced calories was her baby! Although most of my friends found BFing helped them to lose weight.
With DS I gained just over 2 stone, by 10 days post partum I was only 1/2 stone over my starting weight, but I didn't lose that until I finished BFing.
This time round I have been a lot more relaxed about what I eat (whatever gets me through the day!) and I've put on almost 2 1/2 stone already. I'm definitely bigger, but it think this baby will be big (DS was 8lb 11oz). I am hoping that all the fat I've added to my hips and arse are going to be essential reserves that help me with breastfeeding this time around! I also think have a much more relaxed attitude to food/my body now (my sis was treated in hospital for an eating distorted during my last pregnancy, and family therapy helped me to also address some of my food issues), so I'm less stressed about it - even though I had to buy bigger knickers today! Putting the scales away is a good plan!
ella breastfeeding books that are really good are 'the food of love' and 'the womanly art of breastfeeding'. lilone's advice to wait til 6 weeks to establish BF is good, as skipping night feeds before then will likely have a detrimental affect on your supply in the long term. You can also get excellent advice from your local BF support group - and you can go along before the baby arrives :)
For anyone who found BF last time didn't go as planned, I can also recommend 'breastfeeding take two'.

Anyone watching 9 months later on sky Living?
One mum gained 6 stone when pg and lost a stone after giving birth.

I figured a stone after birth sounds about right. I can face losing a stone afterwards, hopefully back to normal by xmas (me deluded...?!)

I'm up for the weight loss thread too.

Had a long day today, totally non pregnancy related, just made harder by being so round! I'm looking after a friends horse as well as my own while she's on holiday and he is the most accident prone creature ever. Got him in tonight to find a big hole in his leg, right down to the bone, emergency vet, possible surgery, stitches the works! Fortunately the vet has decided to wait a few days before taking him into the surgery to x-Ray and possibly operate so I haven't ended up sitting at the vets all night, I've just now got a horse that needs mucking out twice a day and lots of extra looking after, plus the worry of what his leg will look like on Wednesday when we take the bandage off! Argh it always happens when she's away!

Hope you all had a more relaxing Sunday than I have, only 6 more weeks at work now, can't come soon enough.

I too am up for the weight loss thread!

I joined slimming world before I had my last baby and reached my target of 4st 4lb lost. I did keep weighing in during pregnancy, but I'm fuzzy on how much I gained - I think it was almost 3st.
I had my baby on a Thursday and weighed in as normal the next Tuesday. I lost 17.5lbs the first week and another 3.5lbs the next week. So 1.5st in 2 weeks - my baby weighed 8lb 5oz.

I got back to my target weight when he was 7 months old and I was breast feeding the whole time.

I'm haven't weighed in for a few weeks now, but I think I've gained more than 3st so far. Too much ice cream I think!
Never mind, only 4 weeks to go for me.

Pains started again yesterday.

Every 7mins then every 5 mins most if the night then nothing

Started again this morning then stopped. Wtaf is going on

ILove this little one is certainly putting you through the mill isnt it!

Sat in waiting for the cot to be delivered. MIL has bought it for us, and ordered it last week, and it was supposed to be delivered on Friday. But we were going up to my parents for the weekend, and when I left at 2.30 there was no sign of it. Got back yesterday and they had tried to deliver at 9.45pm! They are supposed to be trying again today, but no sign so far! Hope it isnt as late tonight. DH is on lates, and I would normally be going out to pick him up at 8.30. He might be on the bus at this rate!

ilove, I don't know what to recommend, its really terrible that they have just left you to it. I'd be in hospital stamping my foot!

Cumbrian, sods law you stay in and it wont turn up! Can you leave a note on the door to ask them to deliver to a neighbour? Is there anyway of tracking it?

Ive gotten to know all the delivery guys faces quite well now. The UPS guy is miserable though! I got my cocoonababy delivered today and we have been and bought a new mattress for ds and for me-in the nursery, so those should be here in a few weeks. (hilarious for the shop assistant watching me try and lie down and get up repeatedly, I got very grumpy because it was very hard!)

DH said he would take his turn sleeping in the nursery to give me a break, I was really happy about that (most unexpected) Some people think its weird that Im planning on sleeping in the nursery but having done it before, I know that the baby sleeping in our room dosent work for us. No point us both being too knackered to function and Im concerned for dh safety as he does a lot of driving, plus my family will happily pitch in so I can catch up on forty winks.

What snacks are you all thinking of putting in hospital bag..?

My belly button is fit to burst now, it really cant take anymore, Ive had stinging sharp pains this evening and I had to dash upstairs and shovel on some shea butter, which has actually helped.

opps sorry for the ramble