Due April 2007 - Pregnant women aren't just walking wombs on legs

[Ellieump]

We all seem to be having a tough time of it in one way or another so this seemed quite appropriate somehow!

ooh maybe that could be our new name - weebles on gaviscon!

just PMSL at your comments about sucking at the sink, norks oh God, have to leave my desk and howl with laughter in the corridor!

What a fun bunch.

I can't write for a while, I'm just howling with laughter..all the guys in the office are looking at me, thinking I'm crying!

having now read about weebles on gaviscon, I really am going to wet myself laughing..

i am one cheesed off weeble now - that Goddam bloody curry has a lot to answer for, I've just blocked the downstairs loo [urgh emoticon]. Apologies to anyone eating. Have a friend about to turn up for cofee so need to get the rubber gloves on & try to unblock it - eeeuw!!!!

WO, hope all is OK at the hospital - thinking of you!

Hope all is well with 1b3 & ooggs too.

liath! Dont mean to laugh at you but your post made funny reading. Have mental picture of boiled egg on legs complete with rubber gloves and head down toilet pan!!LOL

MMk, you are looking gorgeous today then!? Kids have a lot to answer for. Cheap way of getting a tattoo I suppose!

Norks at the sink, not for me thanks!

oh no Liath, if it was a best freind, maybe you could ask her to do it??? only joking...

Does anyone know how to start a new thread- I suggest Breast feeding - supporting eachoher

I felt really miserable this morning for no apparent reason but coming on here has made me laugh so much! Really dont mean to laugh at anyone but thankyou for cheering me up as have vile headache today too.

Morning all,
Please don't think I'm setting myself up as any sort of expert , but I have a few specific questions to answer:
Liath - curry and bf is fine (think India...), unless your baby has really bad reflux or something else that seems to react to very strong food. Mostly, you eat normally, just avoiding a couple of things.
Mammyjo - I think this has already been answered, but basically, it's a soft sling suitable for newborns, and apparently you can feed very easily while wearing one (feed your baby, that is; though come to think, you would have a free hand to stuff the odd Yum Yum in your gob at the same time). I didn't use one last time, but I am going to give it a go this time, mostly because of DS and needing hands.
mmk no one will tell you off! That might happen elsewhere on Mumsnet, but no one here would dream of it. Horses for courses and all that! Plus we are absolutely not used to seeing extended bf in this country so of course it looks weird. Even I, fan of bf though I am, didn't really want to go on much beyond a year and I expect to feel the same this time (all being well). Plus I really think that anyone who feels nervous about bf - for whatever reason, from having not been able to before to being a first timer - would do well to avoid possible confrontation. I'm comfy with bf among other mums, but if I wasn't, I simply wouldn't do it iyswim. The most important thing is not to put added pressure on yourself!

After all this, it'll probably be me with the tongue tied baby or whatever, having problems this time! But what I will say is that if I do have problems, I will know that for SOME things there are solutions. Please don't be put off by horrid folk. The night nurse in the ward when I had DS was a Vile Monster From Hell, telling me my baby's cry wasn't 'normal', that I didn't have enough milk and he should have a top-up bottle right away, and that there was no one to help me pick up the baby for a feed anyway (I'd had an emergency C-section after a long labour). This, ladies, was less than 24 hours after having my son Thankfully, I knew from the NCT that this was crap, crap, crap 'advice' (aka bullying), but if I'd been younger, less informed, more out-of-it on painkillers, I might have believed the witch.

Bugmum slopes off her soapbox and goes back to wondering how on earth she'll get any bigger without toppling over...

liath - Just read your post and I take it back: for some people, curry is best avoided while...well, just in general

Morning all//Glad to see you are all in fine form
Have purchased Arnica tabs[30cc]It says to take 2..so is that what you people are going to do?I have been told to start taking it a week or 2 before the c/section.Just aint sure whether to take one or 2.
I have texted Weeonion as i am her buddy.I really hope she is ok.I keep feeling anxious when i can't feel baby since i read a post on our threads sometime ago..i can't remember who posted it but has made me prob bean more than i perhaps would have which i suppose is a good thing.
I have 26 days till c/section...[3weeks and 5 days]
Have a good day all.

whendooby
I'm having a csection on 10th April, so I'm keen to know what Arnica is for.

Prod bean!
Off to do battle with the Irish Nursing Board.They are as incompetent as the UK nursing board.You would never think there was a shortage of nurses in Ireland.They are going to feel the full force of my raging pregnancy hormones

There were some posts earlier i think on this thread about Arnica.It helps with bruising and swelling and healing which would be jolly helpful after a c/section wouldn't it?
You can get tabs and weleda do a cream and there is also a bath oil out which would be ok to use when the wound has healed.It is just the tab dose i mam unsure about.It says for adults to take 2 but someone on here said take 1.I think i will take 2 statrting a week before i am due the op.Hope that helps abit.I will have a quick look on the internet too.

bugmaum
I for one am glad to hear your thoughts, I'm sure others are too.

I just assumed bf would work out, and didn't do any more than read leaflets about why BF is good.
They told me to feed him formula on the first night, so I just went with it. It was only when we thought we'd have to have a surrogate that I found out that a woman can breastfeed even if she has never been pregnant. That got me thinking. When I then read the top ten list of things not to do if you want to bf, everything i had been advised to do was on there. Eg, 'no Mrs D, don't wake the baby, it's fine for him to sleep 4 hours at a stretch.....' well that was the biggest mistake.

Ah well, we didn't need a surrogate, and I have lots of info this time, and hopefully some practical tips

Wouldnt want to be them today then! Mmk, arnica is a homeopathic remedy known to be good for reducing bruising (ie post section) as far as I know. I have 6c tabs and it says to take two of them four times a day for not more than four or five days. I am not having a section but was planning to give them a try post birth if my nether regions get wripped to bloody shreds like last time! I am sure someone else will be along later who can shed some more light on the dose. Cant do a link or new thread mmk as I just dont seem to get it right but ellie can do it and so I am sure she will be happy to sort it when she is back on here.

sorry x posted then!

Hello all, I'm back had a lovely evening in the hospital, had to wait hours for my bloods to come back.
They were a bit worried about the swelling, my blood pressure being high and the fact that there was traces of protein in my wee, but the a lovely doctor who I couldn't understand came by and said I was free to go, or at least I think that was what he said.

I did ask the MW who was looking after me and she said that because I have an appointment with my consultant today they would let him decide what was going to happen, which is good because if it was bad then they would have kept me in.

The MW was very as when they were monitoring me I was having 5 contractions every 10 mins, she thought it was early labour but I told her it wasn't that sort of pain so was only BH.

Hope everyone else is good esspecially oooggs, WO and GMM, will be think of you lot today [[[hugs]]]

Oh and thanks for the text last night SOSPL,I was a bit feeling a bit out of it last night what with all the excitement so I'm not sure if what I texted back made much sense.

Welcome back 1b3, glad everything was ok last night. Hope it goes ok with consultant today too xxx

Hello 1B3 - good news

I have been busy grappling with my new car seat - have eventually figured it out!

My form for private physio came through today so am off to give in the form - allowed 8 sessions in 5 weeks - so that will take me up to the birth

Have stuffed 100 goody bags for the pamper evening but have no ribbon to tie so off into town to do some jobs.

1b3 - glad is all ok

WO and OOGS - hope everything is ok, am thinking of you both.

I took arnica pillules (or whatever they call them, its something like that isnt it?) after giving birth both times previously. seem to remember the dose being higher for the first 12 or 24 hours and then reducing but cant remember anymore than that. Also i think i remember my sister starting taking hers whilst in labour so you get the benefits that bit sooner. Pretty sure she got her info from mumsnet so prob worth doing a search, ill do one later if noone else has when i have more time.

Was so much i wanted to say but promised ds id get his bike out for him after lunch so his eaten super speedily and is now hassling me! And while he's playing im planing on de-dog-pooing the lawn which has been left alot longer than is nice to think about and then may mow the lawn if i can keep myself going. So expect some serious moaning later when i come back!! Im hating not being able to do what i want at the mo, ive got all the motivation (finally) but my huge knackered old body keeps letting me down!

Hello all,

Ok have tried my best to play catch up with all the posts...

MMK - I'm sorry but i pmsl at your felt tip tattoo provided by your lo Oh and am with you on feeling uncomfortable watching ppl bf older children..

Actually i feel uncomfortable to bf in public anyway.... which leads me to my question for Bugmum..

BUGMUM - I'm def one of those ppl who feels uncomfortable whipping out my norks to feed in public and would be very put off if anyone looked or commented, but I don't want to be issolated... do you have any tips for me pls? I have a pump and tommee tippee closer to nature bottles that are meant to replicate the naturatal shape of a breast etc, but when would I express and how often? Sorry long I know.

OOOGGS - GOOD LUCK!! Fingers crossed for you and your lo's

1B3 - Glad everything went ok and that they didn't keep you in. Hopefully consultant will give you good news.

Errm can't think of anything else

Oh apart from having a dip in blood pressure and blood sugar last thursday (very scary) and being told by midwife that i need to take it easy, (like that can happen when im looking after a 3yr old and trying to get everything prepared for dday) I'm ok. Uncomfortable, fat, tired, and feeling like I need to wee all the time but ok.

Oh well only 4weeks and 4days till Dday!![worried]
xzx

thank you for your support bubblez, it made me feel so much better. I have never felt safe to comment before.

I'm terrified of bf in public, I'm 45, and a bit overweight, with some grey hairs. Some might think I'm bf my grandchild!..

however here is my plan
I have purchased 3 different sorts of bf tops, with slots and slashes so noone can see what I'm up to. last time, it was awful, I just ended up exposing acres of flesh, and almost died of embarrassement

I'm going to practice positions, and then bf initially in the nursery until I feel confident (got too stressed last time, about being watched)

got some natural henna to hide the grey hair

Good luck with consultant 1b3.and to OOgs and i hope Weeonion is ok.I can't relax till i hear from her.
I admire all you breastfeeders hugely.
Afterallit is what they are for but i am with you on the embarrassesment front[eek spelling].It is mad really.I am bottle feeding and receive tons of negative comments from people.It is amazing that people critisise no matter what.
i AM GOING TO HOOVER MY SPD WILL PLAY UP LATER BUT I AM LIKE THE REST OF YOU FED UP WITH HAVING THE NEED TO DO STUFF BUT BEING LET DOWN BY MY VAST BULK!All worth it tho

I know what you mean about being fearful to comment. But that is the beauty of this ante natal thread, unlike some of the other threads on here you won't have ppl jumping down your throat.

Impressed with the practicing different positions idea though, might have to do that myself...might help with the whole 'everyone's looking at me' paranoia.