April 2015 Thread 15: Babies galore!

[BrixtonBunny]

Babies are now coming thick and fast... Let's see how many will come on this thread!

Thanks Brixton. I'm reading along but barely have the energy to post at the moment!

How are you getting on with feeding now Penguin?

The Stats are here stats and the spreadsheet is here spreadsheet

I did my best to encourage dd2 along this morning by climbing around in soft play and bumping down the slide. doesn't seem to have worked!

DH is grumpy after the cricket (and the early start to watch it) so we've all had naps. hoping this afternoon will be more cheery.

I'm the same nighttime heatwave as others mentioned. Cannot sleep with a duvet any more. All windows wide open, a light fleece blanket and no PJs and that's me. Or I get so hot I can't sleep. DH is bemused as normally I'm a cold person!

wow new thread already?!

no news here, cot is built, buggies will be brought down from spare room today (double, and a single for when we're both going somewhere)

realised that the old cot was a different size than the new one so none of my cot sheets will fit...

Hello! Thanks BrixtonBunny.

Home with the boys now and what do they want to do? Play minecraft!! Not spend time with mummy

stuntnun it was going ok but for the last 24h she has been unsettled and fussy making it very hard again. I have someone coming out tomorrow to check latch etc. so will try and battle on until then. DH is going to give her some expressed milk to give me a break. I can't even express much takes all day to get 1-2oz!

Sorry everyone I'm all moan moan at the moment!!

Place marking. Have been reading along but nothing interesting to add and too knackered to reply to anyone today - will be more fun tomorrow I promise!

Snap ebwy. Pram brought back from parents where I've been storing it and fitted my new snuggle newborn head support to the car seat we've been lent from friends.

Was hoping to keep it permanently in the car using the seat belt but it goes across the car seat. Boo. I don't know if its worth spending £100 on an isofix base. I don't plan on leaving bump in car seat as spent loads on the pram/pushchair plus heard it's not good for posture etc if in car seat too long. Is it really worth having an isofix base? Got a maxi cosi cabriofix seat.

Have you tried different times of day and places to express PenguinPoser? Sounds daft but I got more in ds1's room than in the living room. I also recommend a drink and bring as relaxed as you can, comfy chair and something on tv and radio so you're not tensely watching the milk coming. Do you feel a let down when you express? Some people recommend a piece of baby's clothing or photo but I just found being more relaxed really helped. Some women just find they came express, I could get 6oz no probs on a 5-10 sitting with ds1 sometimes 8oz if he hasn't fed for a bit but with ds2 I was lucky to get 2-3oz, luckily I didn't have to leave him anywhere as I did with ds1 so if I didn't have enough milk for a feed I just didn't go out.

Another new thread?! Haha, we'll be in the twenties by the time my bambino is here.

I'm the same as others reporting getting all hot and bothered in the night. I'm regularly waking up with my bum and legs sticking out from beneath the duvet!

Bambino has located my ribs and is kicking them to buggery at the moment. Last night was particularly painful and my poor OH looked all panicked with every 'ooooh' and wince!

Sorry to hear you're finding things tough penguin, fingers crossed you get the help you need tomorrow.

My word thread 15!! Marking place..this baby does not want to budge!

I managed to express more if I had DD on one boob and was expressing from the other...

I wonder how many threads other antenatal clubs generally get through before all the babies have been born?!

Brummagem I bought an Isofix base a few weeks ago (£125 eek!).
I was debating whether to or not but my other half talked me round in the end as for him it's such a faff to do the good old seatbelt way (when his daughter was younger).
I must say it's very easy to click the seat on and off and there are green and red buttons to show whether it's in correctly or not.
However the main reason for me getting one is because we are currently living in a first floor flat, so I will be lifting car seat around a lot for a while so I want to be able to do it fairly quickly.

Oh no Banana hope you're ok

So u comfy today - do I ever say anything else!
Load of pressure in a do/pelvis/back
Maybe baby's dropping?

Just watched an old OBEM - now put of childbirth but I think it's too late!

Back from the tour, I don't know about the MLU. It has only 4 rooms, one has no bed but the sex swing and a stool, 2 have pools and bean bags and 1 has a bed but it's pretty much a standard room like on delivery suite. Only thing I could see as being a plus is you don't get turfed out onto ward straight away and the lights dim. Other than that I'm not sold on it. I mean if you don't want to birth in the pool, you do it on a bean bag, stool or the floor? Not sure how that would work. DH is worried he would be that guy off peep show sat at the side with a net. I really don't have a preference either way but I just think when it comes to it I'll know but until then I have no idea if I want to be on delivery suite or MLU. Apparently they frown on you changing your mind halfway through.

Well done on the car boot cinnamon. Makes it worth it to get that much!

Had an unexpected visit from my best friend who Is down visiting her mum in hospital and she bought baby presents. Made me really teary her going again although she is back in a couple of weeks.

Haha ivegotacavetroll - that's why I have not and will not watch OBEM!

Squatting you have now made me hungry for a McDonalds, thanks!
Although I definitely can't be bothered to go there.
I'm absolutely shattered from colouring and drying my hair, and colouring my mums hair. My arm is aching whilst I'm writing this yawn .
I haven't even left the house today!

Brummagem I heartily recommend getting a base, it's so much easier to just click the seat in and out every time. They didn't have such things when my DS1 and DS2 were babies so I appreciate them all the more now.

It can be really tough Penguin. My DS1 was a lousy breastfeeder and I ended up feeding him with nipple shields as he just wouldn't latch on. This LO is feeding like a pro but I'm sure it's only because I've fed before and I know exactly what I'm doing. If I had been a FTM then I'm sure we would be on to bottles by now except that I'm exceptionally stubborn. Kellymom is a good website for help and La Leche League may have breastfeeding supporters in your area or there may be other support groups - your health visitors should have a list. What specific problems are you having with feeding?

Off subject sorry.
Isn't pregnancy supposed to be a time when you feel closer to your other half?
Feeling like were drifting further and further apart and I don't actually think he's bothered

RL I think that's normal. Unless u have an unusually empathic partner. At the end of the day we r going through all the discomfort etc for 9months and they are a bit on the outside.
I keep moaning that OH doesn't hug me enough etc but at the same time I don't like being touched etc.
We have these idealistic views but in reality a relationship has to be ok to survive pregnancy and a new baby. This is y bandaid baby's fail miserably probably.

RL don't worry. My DH he's a proper man type man he can't really understand the experiences I am going through. I've happily spent and pottered about buying stuff for bump without him. If it was up to him we'd only just be starting to buy stuff whereas we're ready now. Sometimes the only thing he's close to is being buried under the patio especially when he starts saying things about not feeding or changing nappies. However he shuts up when I retort if he earned more and was the proper stereorypical bread winner I'd happily be the stereotypical stay at home mum and he best shut up. Haha.

Punch out from the shoulder don't hold back.