The final December 2016 thread?

[StubbleTurnips]

Old thread was full, so I'm setting up grumpy corner over here

nurse, we have the tiniest grobag which can be used to swaddled the arms and is v safe. I think it's called the gro snug. It definitely stops DD waking herself up with the startled arms. How big is your baby though? It's not that easy to get it fastened around tiny DD in the swaddle mode, so I'm not sure I would get it for a big baby.

I've tried two types of easy swaddle blanket/sac. First one from mamas and papas that was like a stretchy sac with a zip up the front. That wasn't tight enough so he just startled inside it. The other was one with flaps you fold over so could make nice and tight which was much better.

Hope your okay tiny.

Will be 40 weeks tomorrow. Ate an entire pineapple this evening with a little help from DP (not all at once), walked to the shops and back and just splurged on a Sleepyhead (DP about fainted at the price), so take the hint baby and arrive soon - I really want cuddles now!

Sol not sure if you have a home bargains near you but they have some wrap type cotton ones for 2.99 each - worth a try for the price.

duxb I hear you on the bad nights 😥 It's so hard. We've a couple of techniques to getting small boy down in his basket which seem to work a little (rolled up blanket around the bottom in a U shape to make it snug, and we pop a hot water bottle in there to keep it warm). But settling him to sleep at2am in the first place feels nigh on impossible. Lots of snot and tears here. But we ended up with him down for over 5 hours last night.

Day 5 midwife visit today. He's lost 9% of his birth weight and was "shouted at" for letting him sleep so long and not be fed, so he's being weighed again on Monday. My dressing has been taken off. Still not looked at wound 🙁 Also feel a bit poorly. Small boy is currently asleep in the basket downstairs under the supervision of my trooper of a DP (he really ha been marvellous) and I'm about to catch some kip before starting the whole night routine again.

Place marking. Good luck to all those still waiting. I hope those babies come soon :)

Thanks for the advice. I've ordered some Velcro swaddle wraps from amazon.
I'm also trying Euan the sleep sheep though I hope to get used to the white noise it makes.

Hello ladies, sorry for those of you waiting impatiently and struggling, that was me just a day ago!

My little boy finally decided to arrive last night Sat at 6pm at 40+ 5. I woke up with v mild contractions at 7Am Sat morning, they continued through the day but with 20-30 mins in between and were quite irregular and not that strong. So just potted around the house and at 3 pm felt they were tapering off and was getting restless so went for a little walk in a nearby park. Still had contractions during the walk but didn't feel so bad. Once I got home at 3.30 contraction a suddenly got much stronger and more frequent, waters broke at 4.50 and at 5.10 DH and I were in a taxi, at this point I was screaming in pain at the contractions and on all fours (black cab) got to hospital at 6.30 and baby was born at 6.10! Was so shocked how quickly I progressed, was fully dilated by the time I was in. I know they say second time is quicker(first time 26 hrs!) but wasn't expecting that much quicker! Poor taxi driver got a fright he'd have a baby born on his car . It now so relieved it all went well and bubba is here!

To those of you still waiting, I know how miserable it is, yesterday I was crying so much at night because I was so fed up! But the babies will come out! What I will really recommend and helped me relax, is that after two days of being miserable when nothing happened around due date was to just continue living. That is, of course, easier if you're fairly mobile, though. forced myself the last three days to be out and about visiting friends, playgroups and park with DD etc. At least I felt better and distracted when I wasn't at home waiting. Also helped me to do relaxation exercises and some positve birth affirmations from hypnobirthing type websites. Never believed much in it in my first pregnancy but it really helped me this time.

Sorry meant got to hospital at 5.30

Congratulations nurse good advice too for us still waiting. I hope your first night is going well and baby is relaxed.

I think I've overdone it today, caught the train to Leicester and walked around the city all day, now feeling headachy and a bit 'distant' woke up at 1am feeling ill and now it's only 2:50 and I'm wide awake again.I didn't realise this last few weeks were going to be full of so much anxiety.,, every twinge, head ache, heart palpitation becomes more of a cause for concern.

I mean london

Congratulations london that was quick once it started properly!
5yo dd2 said baby smells horrible, I explained that it's the 'newborn' smell and that I love it, now she just keeps sniffing hr and saying "awww you just smell like a baby"
nurse I've got a white noise app on my phone and you do get used to the sound. (I actually sleep better with it on) baby seems to settle well with it too!

Congrats london what a birth story! Glad you made it in time

bonkers DS1 lost 12% or something, my milk was delayed a bit and he'd poo'd twice as much as they say a newborn does! My milk arrived and he guzzled, soon put it back on. Hope you're feeling ok feeling a bit poorly do you mean just a bit tired or poorly as in fever? Take care of yourself too!

How you doing duxb? I had a 2hr stint last night of pacing/feeding. The first few weeks are tough! Thinking of you

bigfam it's so awesome seeing them with their big brother/sisters isn't it! I swear DS would nab him if he could, I let him have a cuddle yesterday and he tried to walk off with him so he could show him his tractors obvs he didn't have him to himself so it was cute rather than 'oh shit!'

OMG London, congratulations. I bet the poor taxi man didn't know what to do, he's got a right story to tell the wife when he gets home. Hope you and baby are well. Very quick in the end.
Bigfam, I too have had the experience of little ones not being sure about baby. My niece asked what was wrong with him when he was new born, her daddy explained he had just been born but she still thought he was broken. Now she loves him. She's taking him for a walk in the pram at Christmas and I can come too if I like. She is 3, haha.
We have had a really good night. Fed at 11.30, then 2.30 and feeding now, that's a good 4 hours though I did fall asleep cuddling so thats prob why x

These little people are funny. All my dc say they're "smoothing" the baby as well, she's not a cat!! 😁
She's peeling like mad and has so far managed to projectile pooh on me twice, literally a shit fountain!!
Baby goes from 10pm-12.30 then 1am-4am then till about 7. She's had a few nights where she's slept 10pm til 2am then gone back down from 3am till 7am, which is bloody good going, I get so tired when she wakes the first time though I literally can't stay awake.

Congrats london!

Bumble.. I heard Leicester town centre was packed yesterday, don't think I could have faced it! Where are you based? I'm in Loughborough :)

I don't feel fevery dartmoor, just a bit sick and gripey. I'm hoping it's after effects from the laxatives (bad constipation!) rather than anything more sinister related to the surgery.

Congratulations, London!

Have been to the midwife. She tried to do a sweep but cervix is still too high up. Didn't work. Induction is now booked for the 23rd. This boy is already causing trouble and he's not even born, yet. I do hope he'll get his arse into gear before Friday.

Wow london super quick!! Hope you're all ok and not too shocked by the speed of your little boy's arrival.

bonkers so sorry to hear the midwife ticked you off! Very uncherishing, so harsh. All babies lose a bit of weight and the advice to wake/not wake to feed varies so much! Hope you're ok, those night time stints are horrid sometimes. Each week gets better.

Congrats London.

Still struggling here - between 10.30pm last night and 3.30am this morning we've had breast feeding on four occasions for at least twenty minutes at a time. 3oz of formula (to allow me to finish expressing) and 2 x 3oz bottles of expressed breast milk.

Got to the stage she was snoring on me and even then, putting her down was like raising holy hell. I changed five nappies, moved her from swaddling, into a gro-bag, back into pjs and "tucked in" blankets then back into the gro-bag. She was winded countless times and wound up eating that much she had hiccups.

I'm really at the end of my tether. I'm not sure how she can need that much food at night, unless she isn't getting enough in the day. Midwife is back for a visit tomorrow so will see what she says - I'm not getting any rest during the day with the breast feeding and expressing and cannot carry on until 6-8 weeks until everything is more settled. I physically wouldn't be able to cope so we need a plan. Stressed mum and baby is not a good thing and although we've been very lucky and my husband will have had a month off work when he goes back in the new year, i can't be feeling this tired when that happens, nor can the baby and I be up every night from 11pm-3.30am, he gets up at 4.30am to go work and does 13 hour days. The good of the family is really important.

Duxb is she maybe suckling for comfort? If so would you consider a dummy?

Sorry to hear that minispring at least you have a date to be induced if needed. Hopefully you won't and hopefully baby will be here before Christmas.

dux I have no advice, DD was exactly as you describe and had really strong Moro reflex! We ended up cosleeping and learning to feeding on our sides. It's not for everyone so do what you need too. The kellymom website is great for info if it hasn't already been linked.

I'm still a grumpy and pregnant. DH has made a delish roast beef dinner though which has helped slightly