October 2014 - Thread 14 They`ve started arriving!

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Arrivals

Fedupofrainydays Baby Boy Rory 16th September
Slidein Baby boy Alexander 15th September
Troubleandfyfe Baby Girl Lumen born 31st August 8lb 5oz
Vicky123uk Baby girl Edith born sleeping

Boys 2 Girls 2

Overdue

None (for ages)

Week beginning 15th September

ExcitedCJ DC2 (boy) EDD 18th October CS booked 18th Sept

Week beginning 22nd September

Gunwalloe DC5 (girl) EDD 30th Sept C-section booked on 23rd
CaptainMcgraw DC2 (boy) EDD 30th Sept C-section booked on 23rd
Takingchances DC1 (girl) EDD 26th Sep by c-section
Kirstipops DC1 (unknown) EDD 27th September
Mrsbadcrumble74 DC2 (boy) EDD 28th September
MundayCakes85 DC1 (unknown) EDD 28th September
ohthegoats DC1 (unknown) EDD 28th September

Week beginning 29th September

hefner DC2 (boy) EDD 29th September
mrsb87 dc1 EDD 29th September
Pinkfizzsparkles DC3 (girl) EDD 30th September
Annoyedbyalfiebear DC2 (girl) EDD 9th oct c-s booked 2nd oct
Bumpbangbump DC2 (girl) EDD 2nd October
Clops2000 DC1 (boy) EDD 2nd October - homebirth (fingers crossed!)
Porcito DC1 (girl) EDD 3rd October (C-section before then likely)
Badgerinbury DC1 (girl) EDD 4th October
Georgebythesea DC1 (boy) EDD 4th October

Week beginning 6th October

CellyD DC2 (unknown) October 6th
Queensanti3 DC2 (unknown) October 6th
Flipfantasia DC3 (unknown) edd 7 October
Cabster DC2 (boy) EDD 8 October
Londonjen DC1 (unknown) EDD 8th October
SummerDreams13 DC1 (unknown - even to us!) EDD 9th Oct
Ldt87 DC3 (boy) EDD 9th October
HazzaB89 DC1 (unknown) EDD 9th October
Binkybunny DC1 (girl) EDD 10th October
Fatpony DC1 (boy) EDD 16 October, c-section booked 10 October
Fedupofrainydays, DC2, (unknown), EDD 10 October
Yellowwellies DC2 (unknown) EDD 25th Oct CS/Induction 11th Oct
Me23 DC3 (girl) EDD 11th October
Bumpforme2014 DC1 (girl) EDD 11th October
Sweetpeapods DC2 (boy) edd 11th Oct.
Kittyvet DC1 (unknown) EDD 12th October
Madamweasel DC2 (girl) EDD 12th October

Week beginning 13th October

Pregnantagain7 DC4 (unknown) EDD 13th October
JellyBeans (team yellow) EDD 13th October, home birth
Mum2kiss dc2 edd 13th October
Happytimes31 DC1, surprise! EDD 15th October
Clairemiss79 DC4 girl EDD 15th October
Mamami DC1 (girl) EDD 15th of October
Mrsandpuppythedog DC1 (team green?) EDD 16th October
Grannyapple DC3 (boy) EDD 16th October
PunkyBubba DC2 (boy) EDD 16th October
Shirehobbit DC2 (unknown) EDD 17th October

Week beginning 20th October

Loulou888 DC3 (unknown) EDD 20th October
Pusscous (girl) edd 20 October
FrauEnglischLehrerinDC2 (boy) EDD 22nd October
BingoBango85 DC1 (unknown) EDD 23rd October
STIGZ dc2 (girl) EDD 23 october (likely c/section)
FatFlashingLazer DC1 (surprise) EDD 23rd October
Magichandles DC3 (girl) EDD 24th October (likely to be induced 10/11 Oct)
Weeonion DC2 (secret) EDD 25th Oct
Pinkie2103 DC2 (unknown) EDD 26th October (HBAC)

Week beginning 27th October

Lily31 DC1 (unknown) EDD 27th October
Lulu298 DC1 (surprise) EDD 27 October
Missus2ndwife DC1 Edd 28th October
Bumpandbaby2014 DC1 (unknown) EDD 29th October

Good luck tak1ng!

And congratulations, porcito on your safe arrival!

goats you made a quilt in a day how? I am putting together the top of a patchwork quilt for the baby, but I'd be doing extremely well if I get the whole thing finished by the end of next week.

Should really go and get on with it, particularly as the dr said this morning that they won't let me go overdue waiting for my vbac. I have an appt on Mon with a consultant, so will ask him what that actually means - whether they attempt induction, or simply book me in for a cs. Anyway, no November baby for me and I probably need to start upping the quantity of chilli powder in any curries I make from now on!

Ooh good luck with your cs Taking!!
I had to ask DH last night if it was him who was farting, I wasn't sure if all my downward pressure was making me let em go unknowingly haha!
Stigz how awful and tragic :(
I went through a phase of "loose" bowel movements but they seem to be more um, fully formed again these days facepalm, very thorough evacuations tho .
DH has decided his lurgy is now symptomatic of norovirus, the boy is worse for Dr Google than any pregnant person!

Good luck Tak1ng how exciting you're meeting your little one today!

Goats DH had me in stitches the other night in his sleep he kept lifting up and letting one off then with a big smile and sigh roll over. Thankfully I'd resigned myself to not sleeping so I wasn't feeling too murderous!

My sleep patterns feel like they are getting ready for night feeds, I sleep for about an hour when I first go to bed, then I'm awake until around 2am, get another hour or two then I'm awake til DH goes to work at 6am after which I'll fall asleep again for anywhere between an hour and three. I'm making the most of enjoying some good reading and have got through all my old Chalet School books, Ben Foyle book, War of the Worlds, The Great Gatsby and just started on Northanger Abbey. I should really be doing reading off my uni book list but I'm planning that for night time feeds!

I actually did have the classic loose bowel clear out the night before my waters went BTW. Soooo.......

Stigz that's so sad we lost a young friend in July its very hard. Be gentle with yourself.

Am typing this with the wee Miss crooked in one arm. She's so light! And I'd forgotten how lush newborn squeaks and snuffles are. She passed her hearing test this morn, also (touch wood, so far) is keeping jaundice at bay. Her blood sugars keep lurking round 2.6 - the threshold at which the docs worry so I'm happy for her to have FF top ups until her tongue tie is cut as FF is more carb dense. Fingers crossed we can move to EBF over the weekend once she's out of the woods.

She has tongue tie and a double crown - but not a sacral dimple or cleft chin, and a possible faint stork mark so that's enough midline indicators to suggest CMPI so I'll be going dairy free when home. Boo! But I'd rather avoid than face full on CMPI hell!

goats I was told cocodamol is fine but your baby can get dependent on it and be born with withdrawal symptoms so I have avoided it apart from once or twice when I literally couldn't move with back pain. I have been advised to get some for early labour though as paracetamol doesn't really touch the pain, I'm going to check with my mw first though.

Apologys as ive only skim read so will probably have missed lots of news.
Congrats to all the new mummys so many babys coming thick and fast! Sorry some of you are having a tough time. I got home last nt baby is fab and breast feeding well one of my nipples is a state my own fault though for not latching properly ive send hubby out for cream.
My CS wasn't straight forward so not sure if I should do my story what happened was solely due to my body and the 3 cs and something I didn't know about my last CS so don't worry anyone due a CS. All the other ladies that had there sections were all up and bouncing around the day after making me look like a wimp.

There's cocodamol in the house, but the last time I took it I fell asleep at the pharmacy counter in Boots. Maybe I'll save it for tonight if I don't manage to get some sleep on the sofa today.

This baby is still going mad. Moving ALL THE TIME - big sweepy movements rather than small kicks and tickles. Do they do that to help get themselves into the right position, or to move down or something?

frau - my quilt is only little - 1m by 1m ish because that was the size of the backing material I had. I started using this fabric for a hand patchwork quilt in 3d block pattern, but I know it's going to sit unfinished for probably the next 3 years, so I chopped the rest up yesterday and used the sewing machine to do a straight forward square quilt. Did diagonal machine stitch quilting lines on it and just wrapped the backing over the edge to finish it. Probably took me about 10 hours (with a lot of faffing/chatting to builders/reading the internet in between).

Binky I was given cocodamol after my waters went to help me sleep thru contractions so I was rested for my 10am CS.

Gun I'm only just up and about after mine yesterday. Big mission is to put on clean pants!

Cocodamol it is at bedtime tonight then. Yay.

How are you feeling yellow? Hubby had the pleasure of putting my knickers on yesterday :)
They've removed your catheter quickly! I was stuck with myn for ages only had my drain and catheter out a few hours before they let me go.
Did any of the csec ladies end up with a drain?

Ok adding a pack to my hospital bag final bits and pieces shopping list!

Yellow I've just Googled those markers for CMPI. I so wish I'd known about them last time around! My daughter had a stork mark across her nose at birth, I'm pretty sure she had a double crown but he hair was so long and thick I can't quite remember! I think I recall the sacral dimple too! She made a clicking noise when breast feeding which I was told was just her being too lazy to latch properly! My milk supply was never great and I'm start to wonder if that was down to a possible tongue tie (hence the clicking!). She had what the doc said was colic and basically screamed every evening and clearly had tummy issues because her knees would always shoot up to her chest and she appeared to be in pain.

She self weaned at 5.5mths as soon as I started her on solids and reflux and eczema immediately cleared up! That was when I discovered that if I gave her dairy she would puke.

I will be keeping an eye out for all these markers this time around!!

Yellow what is CMPI?? And why should I know about it?
*panics at being FTM

Interesting read. My boyfriend is dairy intolerant, so is his dad. Fair chance that small will be too. Also both nephews had colic problems and were on gaviscon very young. They both have double crowns. I need to do some more reading....

I however have some wheat issues, so let's hope that doesn't pass on too.

I've developed a lactose intolerance during pregnancy, it's such a Pita, hoping it goes away along with my meat aversion after birth!

I've got rid of my wheat problems - I've been eating so much bread! I can already feel it starting to ramp up again though as I get nearer the end. My rashes have started coming back. I must cut it out actually.. one more brioche Suisse from the amazing farmer's market tomorrow.

It's good to know though that if this baby is colicky, then my first thing to try will be cutting out dairy (for me if I'm breast feeding I mean). Easy to do in my house!!

Strange... My dd has double crown, stork mark & eczema .,, was told she had reflux and was put on baby gaviscon?? She was always crying & never slept ... Doesnt really eat much dairy now at four, thanks yellow i will be keeping this in mind.

Can you get away with goats milk/cheese or sheep milk/cheese with it?

Boyfriend can get away with small amounts of sheep cheese, and even less goats cheese. But some cheese. Milk, spread for bread etc he does soy.. which I can't stand.

goats totally agree with what binky said re cocodamol. You can take it but should be taken if things are really bad not as a regular thing as she rightly said the baby can become dependant but once in a blue moon is fine.
I was prescribed it last time for crippling spd and was amazing just to get a couple hours of relief when things were really bad. This time when I had a really bad uti the midwife gave me some and suggested having some at home in case I had anymore problems and as someone else said it's very good for early labour.

stigz so sorry to hear your awful news what a shock and his poor family

gun totally mis-read your post wondered why on earth your husband was wearing your knickers thought that you had made a very quick recovery!!

CMPI is an intolerance and difficulty digesting the protein in cows milk which affects between 33 and 40% of babies. Some CMPI folk (approx 40%) can have problems with soy too as the protein is a similar size and shape; about 10% can tolerate sheep and goat proteins. Sadly Jonas had issues with both - though can handle trace soy now.

In a newborn alongside the physical midline defects I mentioned before, other symptoms include breast refusal (if dairy is in your diet), colic, reflux, eczema, loose nappies, vomiting, silent reflux, blood in spit-up and / or poo and being inconsolable especially when laid flat after a feed. Few babies will have all of these traits. A classic CMPI trait is only being able to sleep upright i.e. on you and dreadful sleep patterns. Its also known as delayed milk allergy as it may only be symptomatic after 4-6 weeks. I'm pretty sure that its no coincidence so many Mums give up BF at this point and that it is because the undiagnosed symptoms of CMPI kick in and very much mimic baby not getting enough or wanting Mum's milk. After a few nights of being screamed at all night lots of folk see FF as the only answer.

I'm cutting dairy out as soon as we are home as she has enough physical indicators to suggest it'll come along in 4-6 weeks. Sadly the hospitals attempt at a dairy free menu wouldn't sustain BF.

Boo her billirubin levels are borderline for jaundice so looks like it'll be photo therapy this afternoon. She is determined to copy her brother

Thank you Yellow!! That is very helpful to know

Nurse has just wheeled her away for her tongue tie snip

I'm having such a bad 24 hours in the 'wish I wasn't pregnant anymore' department. I've just eaten 'lunch' - a tiny bit of left over pasta with one floret of broccoli from last night (although only left overs from boyfriend's dinner, because I can't really eat past 5pm), and now I can't breath properly. The minute there is something in my stomach I'm incredibly uncomfortable. In about an hour the heartburn will start, and the drugs aren't even touching it anymore.

And people wondered why I was living on jelly and icelollies... they are the only things that give me some sugar/calories, but don't actually fill my stomach properly, or give me heartburn. I'm going back to the jelly.. even though I'm so hungry it's nowhere near enough.

I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to actually 'do' labour on no calories, not being able to breath properly, raging heartburn and no sleep in 48 hours due to the above things. I actually found myself day dreaming about a C-section under general anaesthetic this morning... then I'd be 'asleep' for the first time in ages, would have a catheter so wouldn't have to worry about needing the loo the whole goddamn time, and would wake up NOT FUCKING PREGNANT ANYMORE. Notice no interest at all in the big positive thing that I'd get out of being not pregnant, just the loss of the negative things. Sounds like a blissful hour or two - wonder how much it costs to go private?

Aww yellow it must be heartbreaking seeing that, but I guess when she returns bf will (hopefully) be a lot easier?
First proper month of mat leave and work have cocked up my money already. I should have had 3 weeks normal pay+2 wks holiday pay, it worked out to be a 5 week month for us and I have been pain nowhere near what I should have been. We were banking on 1 more month of decent money to sort a few last minute things out but I don't even think I've been pain what I'll get on my first months maternity pay. To top it off its Friday so I can guarantee I wont hear anything from head office til next week. Just what I need to be worrying about with my due date on Monday!