Due May 2008 - the floodgates have opened!!!

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Pleased to be able to start the new thread with our birth announcement!

Samuel arrived at 1923 on thursday 20th March, weighing in at 4lb 10oz! After a fraught day of trying to find a hospital with a NNU with a cot (our hospital NNU was closed just as we were about to go to theatre), we finally ended up at Epsom General!

Sam is still in NNU but should be coming off his last little bit of oxygen this evening, is off CPAP, and having a go at bf'ing whenever he can (he's being fed by a tube).

I'm home and feeling a whole lot better than I did last time around, although very sore - TAKE THE PAINKILLERS THEY OFFER!!!!!

Jacob not sure about the new arrival although is smitten with his new scooter

will catch up with posts later but thanks for all your thoughts, prayers and good wishes over the last few days

xxx

Conratulations Indiechick and hello Sophie!! Wow, what a great bit of news. Sophie is a super weight and hopefully she'll be home soon. That's you definitely off on maternity leave then!!

Hi Girls

Have to confess to NOT reading everyones post for the first time since ive been on mums net !!so im really sorry if ive missed anyone or if there's anything vital which i haven't commented on !!sorry!!!

Just quickly wanted to say

Pinacolad82 Thanks for thinking of me babe that really means a lot !! im so sorry that you have had such a crap time and that you to suffer from the dreaded depression i have to confess that over the last two weeks ive been feling pretty terrible and totally understand about the black thoughts altho mine are more to do with self harm i feel so crappy that i don't even have the energy to caht on MN today and my DD is driving me potty aloth im sure is mainly me just not feeling like i can cope with anything that makes it seem worse. Anyway darling i just wanted to tell you that you are by no means alone as babylove21 said and thank god for MN. my anti d went fine XXX

Well im of to stop bringing the rest of you down! im sure i will feel a lot less bleak tommorrow by for now girls xxxxx

Indiechick

Was just having a quick scroll throw and saw your wonderful news congratulations babe!!!!

welcome Sophie xxxxxxxxxxxx

im 32 wks tommorrow and you have given me hope that the end might not be as far away as i think ! xxxxxxxxx

pinicolada82 Thanks hun ive usual got it pretty much under control(have had depression since i was 15) but just feel rubbish at the moment. take care babe and thanks again for thinking of me !!!!!! xxxxx

Hi again,

Just wanted to say that I am thinking of all of you poor girlies who are suffering with depression and dark thoughts, at least there are a few of you on here who understand and can talk to each other. There is such a thing as ante-natal depression I believe??? (i.e. depression during pregnancy). I don't really have any words od advice as it's not an area I have any experience in, but thinking of you all, it must be very tough. I get a bit low sometimes, due to feeling tired, and heavy and uncomfortable etc, so I can't imagine how you must be feeling. Please take care all of you.

GCG XXX

Congratulations on baby Sophie Indiechick!

wow congratulations indiechick, good to hear that all is going well with sophie and shes a good size. However am now slightly worried that i havent packed my bag yet and have been told that I have a big bump as a result of the gestational diabeties (plus too much sodding fluid...)

sweetbean - I cant say i know how you feel but big hugs and i hope you feel better soon

babylove21 - aw honey you seem to have gone through the mill a bit this last few days - big hugs. Sometimes men seem to think this pregnancy lark is a walk in the park... Im sure he is up for a thoughtless git of the month award... oooo dont get me started on doctors receptionists... theres one at my doctors who has alwasy been downright horrible to me... treating me like a naughty schoolgirl when i go in. she stopped that when i went in with my older friend to pick up a repeat prescription who happened to mention my OH in passing... suddenly she now approved, patronising cow....

azadhui - Smear when pregnant in front of your LO? some people.. grrrrr...

I cant believe how tired Ive become since starting mat leave... not sure if its just the diabeties & polyhydramnios but i could sleep for england i popped into leeds today on the train (15 minute journey) was in for an hour (OH b'day coming up) and was so exausted when i got back i havent moved hardly since.. also last night a huge row ensued at half 3 in the morning, re OH taking too much space in the bed, trying to cuddle me (in my mind crowding me) and generally p*ssing me off... he did deal with it very well by going to the spare room and being very very nice to me (even though i was actually evil) he was actually reassuring me... bad bad otter...

Hi all,

Indiechick - wow, congrats and welcome to Sophie, hope she is doing well, what a fab weight!

Pinacolada - so sorry to hear about your consultant's apt - do come and see mine, he is NHS and the lovliest man ever. I was in charge of his Kitchen Installation a coupld of years ago (work for a Kitchen co) and he also knew my grandparents so we get on very well I cannot believe they would not listen so you because you have all the classic symptoms of poly h. I don't know what to suggest but do read up about it on the net and you should really have a scan to confirm if it is definitely poly h (they will measure your "pool depth") - perhaps go to your GP and demand another apt at the hosp?

babylove - hope you are ok after scary car accident and scary receptionist (not a big fan of them myself)

Am afraid I couldn't keep up with over 7 pages of posts since I last came on, so hope everyone is ok and those off work now are resting and enjoying the calm before the storm!

Just a little news from me - I have been booked in for an elective c-section for 15th April! Bump is now measuring 44cm and consultant is v worried about scar rupture from DS's section. Really big weight off my mind. I will now be leaving work next Friday (4th April) - hurrah!

yes and at the end she said make sure you book an appointment for the smear...haha whatever..oh next week i have to have another GP full antenal check up, but this time i am gonna make sure to book it with my GP (group practise for those who don't know) even though i am aware that he isn't much better than the other one but atleast he booked me to my prefferd hospital (30min drive) rather than the local crappy one. fingers crossed.
gonna be really busy with appointment next week...had to start writing a diary

i started writing my birth plan today on a sheet on paper to discuss it with MW on next appointment...i thought i'm only gonna write a few things but it turned out to be a whole A4 page lol ... and it only took me 20 mins to write it
well i am having my second one, therefore definetly have an idea of what i don't want.
first pregnancy had been treated really badly during labour but thats another story, don't wanna scare none of you, changed hospital this time. so far happy which their service. fingers crossed

congrats Indiechick on the birth of Sophie xx
Hope you are well yourself xx

Pinacolada...how annoying with the money situation hun....it doesnt grow on trees, does it?!!! Oh and Ranitidine and zantac are the same thing chicken

It does pee me off a bit the way ppl are tarred with the same brush because of one situation...re: dr's receptionists.....doesnt mean they are bad everywhere! Just the way I feel im afraid.

Casserole...am going to email you hun about this sheet thing lol ty xx

sweetbean...your first anti-d? glad it went ok chicken. Ive got mine on the 8th...2nd lot of this pregnancy

Ive had a pooey day today....really tired after work yesterday...hubby NEEDED to finish papering livingroom but we were getting under his feet so I heaved myself out of the front door with dd and went to town...got there and got pissed wet through grrrrrrr....came home a drowned rat, aching and really hacked off...had to get dd to keep away from the paper/paste etc and ended up sitting bawling my eyes out coz I was just sooooo tired! lol

DD has her last two teeth coming through so is absolutely full of it and coughing/choking every 5 mins...not eating etc and I feel so helpless as im shouty mummy today

Hope all mums, bumps and babies are well xxxx

congrats Indiechick on the birth of Sophie xx
Hope you are well yourself xx

Pinacolada...how annoying with the money situation hun....it doesnt grow on trees, does it?!!! Oh and Ranitidine and zantac are the same thing chicken

It does pee me off a bit the way ppl are tarred with the same brush because of one situation...re: dr's receptionists.....doesnt mean they are bad everywhere! Just the way I feel im afraid.

Casserole...am going to email you hun about this sheet thing lol ty xx

sweetbean...your first anti-d? glad it went ok chicken. Ive got mine on the 8th...2nd lot of this pregnancy

Ive had a pooey day today....really tired after work yesterday...hubby NEEDED to finish papering livingroom but we were getting under his feet so I heaved myself out of the front door with dd and went to town...got there and got pissed wet through grrrrrrr....came home a drowned rat, aching and really hacked off...had to get dd to keep away from the paper/paste etc and ended up sitting bawling my eyes out coz I was just sooooo tired! lol

DD has her last two teeth coming through so is absolutely full of it and coughing/choking every 5 mins...not eating etc and I feel so helpless as im shouty mummy today

Hope all mums, bumps and babies are well xxxx

Hello all, another day of waddling here... My SPD is back with a vengeance today, feel as though someone has taken an angle grinder to my pubes! (have put that as FB status - is that TMI?) Could it be the fact that DH & I had a lie-in after DS went to nursery today...? Am so delighted, 4 weeks after coming off prozac my sex drive has returned - yippee!!
Have managed to wean myself off them by taking monster doses of vitamins/minerals a la Patrick Holford. Was v suspicious but it really seems to have worked - his latest book is Optimum Nutrition for the Mind, has also done one on pregnancy and the vitamins you take for depression and pregnancy are remarkably similar... He must be SO rich.
But still I really recommend it to anyone struggling with anxiety and dark thoughts, I notice that if I forget to take them one day I feel bad again. Plus you get to have bright yellow wee .
Isn't it amazing how many of us suffer from depression? I s'pose it's easier to talk about here than in RL, where you think you're the only mad person in the world, and everyone else copes with life just fine....

Hi all, just seen this thread.

Huge Congratulations to Flick and Indiechick. Soooooo but very glad yours have both arrived safely!!!!!
Lovely names too.

wow, baby number 2! Congratulations indiechick!

I have a atinking cold, with horrible sore throst probabaly not helped by the dust and paint fumes. anyway off to bed, love to you all xxx

Zammummuy...lmao @ angle grinder to pubes!!! Hope it eases a tad for you chick x and big well done for coming off Prozac!!! and yippee to your sex drive coming back(at least someones getting some!!)

Night all....Im going to have eyes like p**s holes in the snow coz of all the blubbing ive done today!!

Night all xxxx

Congratulations on arrival of Sophie- fingers xed you'll all be home together soon.

Sooo much happening on here its hard to keep up,and therefore keep track for responding- sorry just so tired but its a heartburn night and I'm rationing my ranitidine soI don't have to go back to GP ( I just love drs- not!) and having take away tomorrow so def. need one tomorrow!
Sweetbean- please let us try and help if 'talking' to us makes a difference- we're all here for each others problems and sometimes sharing how you feel might be the right thing to do (though obviously we might not be right for you, but we do care). I had a bad spell early in pg, found other bits of mnet helpful, and though I'm doing ok now can see with all the horrible symptoms and other child(ren), and unhelpful partners (!) some people will find these last months even worse. Hugs**
babylove-sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you have transport again. at receptionists, isn't it scary how some people end up with such power?
Otter- you've got me really curious now, where in West Yorks are you? I'm guessing bradford way if you're 15 mins from leeds. I'm in Halifax! Don't worry though, I'm scared at the thought of any of us meeting up in RL- I feel I've shared too much!!!
Today was my day with DD ALL DAY, no friends or family free to visit so very tiring, but we went to my chiro appt ( little angel), she decided she wanted to go to a cafe (something we normally only do with grandma),she picked the cafe and decided what she wanted- again, little angel. Actually got complemented on her behaviour as we left (preen) then went for a walk around Hebden Bridge (they have nice ducks that like left over teacake!). So, one knackered mumofk by then. Go home, DD wants to play- left sheets airing as a den while we went out so find our (black) cat using cream sheets as a hammock, so DD upset 'her den' being used by cat.mumofk more upset at colour of sheets ( muddy pawprints too) Cue screaming abdabs (DD, not me or cat!) Though cat wasn't too impressed at being evicted....This all made me smile after the event- cat actually thinking elaborate den of sofa, 2 dining chairs and footstool with sheets over designed especially for her comfort
Right, ready to brave lying back somewhat and hopefully Dh will get up for early morning k duty.....
Hope everyone has a reasonable weekend

oh as a P.S.- DH and I were discussing 'social networking sites'as in Facebook, which we're not on. He's into IT so something he read was saying about how it can be such a waste of time and people'll use it loads at work (actually, I'm guessing here as I wasn't actually listening , when he starts going on about anything IT I go into 'that's nice dear' mode) but I did ask, oh so you're having a go at mumsnet then. He actually said 'No, I think mumsnet is really helpful for you!'. Wow!!! It could be he's glad he's not having to face endless 'what if' conversations and I'm not talking through every little niggle with him, and some of the stuff I share with him off mumsnet (like other people having same issues as me, or the 'funniest bits of labour' thread, even that 2 babies have landed!)is either 'educational' for him or really hilarious. Though he still assumes if I'm typing it'll be mumsnet and not emails, and asks haven't I been on here enough.....
DD loves looking at what I'm reading coz she loves the smilies (so everyone put them in so I can keep reading even with DD trying to help!!)
hugs all, so glad we're here for each other (hormonal tired sob)

Thank you all for your good wishes. I'm home and relaxing (although not sleeping well, hence on internet at this hour!). Sophie doing okay, I'm managing to produce lots of milk for her so hopefully she'll benefit from that.
Babylove21, I work at the hospital so I popped back to the office when I fancied a quick chat with people. I did check a few work emails and sign off properly and even managed a handover with my maternity replacement yesterday afternoon whilst waiting to be discharged. I am now officially on maternity leave though.
Mitchell181 - 10lbs 4ozs in SCBU, hee hee, must have looked like they'd outgrown the incubator a bit.

Indiechick- Pleased that you are home, I am sure Sophie will be following soon. You will be able to have a freezer full of EBM, ready for her when she returns.