April 08- just the stragglers left LOL [wink]

[Peachy]

update from scampmum

19 hrs to 3cm

poor mite

all send labour vibes please....

moomins - im rite there with you!

fed up, pi**ed off, feel fat, and bored!

but like peachy said, might as well make the most of now, instead of wishing time would go faster, its one of very few things that you never get back, and only appreciate when its gone ;)

ive got a sweep on thursday, yey! means that I only have 2 full days, or 3 nights sleep and then at least i can have a midwife tell me if things are looking good or not

im actually quite excited about it!

ds1&2 AND DD on the way home.
No, i only just got my provisional

i passed my test about 6 weeks ago, and the git made me do an emergency stop!

Ahh I knew someone had recently but the brain cells couldnt retrieve. So the bus journeys are going to continue for the forseeable future then, hard work I bet.

Phone number for April 08 news!
07963222741 - Peachy

Babies already here:

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for Sal22, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
18 April: Millie, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41+?
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April :Hope Olivia, second dd for northeastmummy at 41 weeks.

Babies still baking:

01 April: siameez, expecting a boy.
02 April: Redmonster, 29. This is her first baby.
03 April: NoMoreHighHeels.
08 April: 7monthsplus, expecting a girl. This is her first baby.
09 April: mummyofaprincess, 21. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (2)).
10 April: Gangle.
10 April: MathairNua, 29.
12 April: Velbels, 28, expecting her first baby.
12 April: positive, 38, from N Ireland. This is her first baby. High risk baby has Down's.
14 April: SuzeM, 35, from Ireland but living in London, expecting a girl. This is her first baby.
15 April: Bainmarie, 30. This is her third baby (already has 1 DD (almost 4) and 1 DS (2)).
15 April: pad.
15 April: PippiCalzelunghe. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (2.4)).
16 April: KaybeeandZak, 32, from NZ but living in London, expecting a boy. Have ds 17months old.
19 April: dolly1, from London, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
19 April: northeastmummy, from Aberdeen. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (20 months)).
19 April: soph28, 30. This is her third baby. (DS nearly 3, DD 19 mnths)
19 April: peachbaby from Devon. This is her third baby.
20 April: Ayomi. This is her first baby.
20 April: mumzyof2, 21.
21 April: Annieroo. This is her first baby.
21 April: littlemissturquoise, from Scotland. This is her first baby.
22 April: rdk, from Manchester. This is her second baby.
23 April: Carey87, 20, from Orpington, Kent. This is her first baby.
23 April: bigbadmom.
24 April: mommylongsocks, expecting her second baby, already has one ds.
25 April: loisstella, 33.
25 April: moominsmummy, 1 DS already.
26 April: TLSM, 29, from Surrey, expecting a boy. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (3).
26 April: eva07, 29, now from Cardiff, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
26 April: Sagitta, 34, from Suffolk, expecting a surprise. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (21 months)).
26 April: meandbump, 21, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
27 April: Lennsuey. This is her first baby.
27 April: jenniejennie, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
28 April: Beeper. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (8.5)).
28 April: Woollymummy. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (17 months)).
29 April: Mum2b2babyRoo, 32, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
30 April: chipmonkey, 38. This is her fourth baby (already has 3 DSs).

just put myself back in the list, I disappeared from it last time!

denny no it was 2 weeks ago for Em!!!!!!!!
Thanks for advice re show and sex (sounds like 'show and tell' ). Got email from USA pal saying maybe DH was 'pushing baby back up there' with all the sex . Think she is just jealous cos I've had more sex in the last 4 days than she normally has in 4 years (meeooooow!!!!!)

VS - yes, she does root and put hands in mouth. Unfortunatley, she continues to put hand in mouth despite nipple being available!! She has a go at the nipple, pulls head back, shakes it around and stuffs hand in! Not every time, sometimes she gets it right straight away. I think I'll see how her weight's doing tomorrow, and maybe call one of the helplines if she's still not doing so well - thanks for the numbers

Elfsmummy - the private counsellor, is it Diane Pemberton, or a name like that? She's the one I've heard of.....

I know that the answer is going to be "there is no such thing as normal" but ..... what is a "normal" length of a bf?? DD will gulp enthusiastically for a few minutes, then really slow down i.e. a few sucks and then a loooong pause (20-30 secs) and then repeat. Sometimes she'll feed for 20 minutes, but it's usually 10-15. Is this enough? I think she gulps down a lot of air, so I try to wind her when she's decided she's had enough and put her back on, but often she's too sleepy to try again.... She tends to want a feed every 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Oh, and I had heard of the evening primrose oil thing, think you told me actually. Someone on our thread thought you meant shoving 7 pineapples up my fanjo....... .

LOL!!! Goodcatholicgirl!!!

Believe me ladies shes not so 'good'

TA, To me that sounds like a perfect feeding routine, every two-three hours for 15-20 minutes is great.
Alex does the hands thing too sometimes and I have to move them out the way, then he gets hismelf agitated because no milk is coming out of his fingers duh!

TA - DS used to be a real windmill arms feeder, I had to swaddle him for a couple of weeks whilst feeding to calm it down. I think the length of time feeding can vary according to lots of things - speed of let down/babies sucking ability/sleepiness etc - is she putting on weight and satified after a feed?

Also the long pause is normal, both DS's have gulped at the beginning, then slowed, then gulped, then slowed, it's the way they do it.
Maybe have a read of some of the stuff on www.kellymom.com for more info but it sounds pretty good to me, she may still be sleepy and will feed more eventually (well, I say feed more, they just get better at taking it at each feed).
As long as she is having plenty of wet and pooy nappies and is keeping that feeding routine, as long as she doesnt lose weight, but just gain it slowly I wouldnt be at all worried.

VS is the change in sucking something to do with moving from fore milk to hind milk

Hello everyone!

Sorry have been absent for a while, it's a bit of a shock to the system having Molly here now! No time for anything much anymore. Am stealing a moment while she's asleep on her Dad to MN though!

Have no time to catch up now - can I be lazy and ask someone to update me on who has had babies this week?

Molly's full name is Molly Eloise and she is a little stunner. Birth was OK - have discovered I am a complete wuss, have no tolerance for pain and was begging for epidural by time was 4cm. After had that all fine, labour was 12 hours, but actual delivery in 40ish mins, and was quite rested for it. Plus lovely epidural meant I felt no pain.....ahh. Am bit torn and battered and bruised, but no major probs.

Molly is great, generally chilled. Not sleeping much at night unfortunately, and BF is really hard, but am persevering. Get times when I am a bit teary and feel rather overwhelmed, but she is so smashing and I love her heaps. DP is feeling a bit overwhelmed too, but getting his head round it. BF is my biggest thing - my nipples are really flat and the first night had bad latch and they got a bit hurty, and this has got worse, they are a bit of a mess, but the midwife has helped me with the latch and should improve. I have to use nipple shields, which makes it easier, but not sure whether I will ever be able to get her off them. I am not trying at moment though, as they are all cracked and bleeding and I really can't face it getting any worse.

Hope all of you are well. Sorry for the mememe post - I will put some pics of my girl on now so you can check 'em out if you want. They might take a while though as my 'puter is a bit slow to downloads.

Any other big news?

I don't think so cos the milk doesn't actually change from foremilk to hindmilk, hindmilk is just the fattier stuff that's kind of stuck round the edges, hard to explain but imagine cream and milk, if you were to pour a jug with milk in, that had cream on top the milk would come out first, the cream would come out last (even if the cream floated) that's how hind/foremilk works, except mroe gradual, it slowly gets thicker, and fattier, so when a baby first sucks it quenches thirst and comes out quicker, which makes sense with the quick suck at the beginning, and harder sucks towards the end(imagine sucking a mcd's milkshake through a straw, it's a lot harder, so takes long hard sucks) but DS1&2 always kind of swapped and changed throughout the feed.

I think though cannot be sure,(could check it out I suppose) that the quick suction at the beginning gets the milk flowing and the slower longer sucks are because it is already flowing, then they stop and have to get it going again, with the quick, short sucks, the can have slower ones again. IIRC that's how one breast pump works so it can replicate the sucks better and make the expressing easier as it's more like babies suction.

Ellie, babies since you had Molly
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April :Hope Olivia, second dd for northeastmummy at 41 weeks.

WRT Bfing, a couple of people on ehre did mention having flat nipples and managing to sort it so hopefully you'll either manage to find their posts or they'll speak up again.

Congrats again.

Congrats again Ellie!

She is lovely!

Carey - I am having a sweep on Thursday too! only excitement in the week!

Struan born 2nd April weighing 6lbs 15oz to new member Donnabel. Welcome and congrats

moomins - haha!! same here im getting excited about leaving the house!!

Yay Ellie- she's lovely

i amuseless at getting boobs out but getting used to it- am ok in the car, funnily enough am most on display at home as window is on road and old ladies peer through my window- had a taxi driver standing there fagging earlier! when dh got home driver was in the doorway- very bizarre!

Wow loads of babies! CONGRATS ALL!

Photos are on x

Welcome back Ellie, glad your doing ok nad she is gorgeous. Well done you for BF and showing that MW who said yoy wouldnt do it. Re the flat nipples, Ive only just got to the point where ive been able to stop using the shields (nearly 4 weeks), whilst cracked/bleeding i used for the whole feed. Once healed started to do start of the feed with shield and end without gradually increasing non shield time IYSWIM, just takes a while. Also I use lansinoh during the feed which seems to make the feeding much more comfortable.