Due July 2008 - The thread where we either all have our babies or talk our way through another one LOL

[Kaz1967]

Starting again ladies? God we don't half talk LOL

I'm having to use infacol as well with Luke as winding him is a real feat. Takes about an hour to make sure it is all out, otherwise we either have him yakking it up or very very violent hiccups. Took me over 2 1/2 hours to get him settled last night after his 11 o'clock feed. Sick at 11.30pm, redressed, settled, hiccups at midnight, another feed 12.30 and finally got him down and asleep at 2.30am. He then did go through until 7.30am so not too bad!

I'm still expressing every 2-3 hours but I'm only getting about 25ml out every time now. Not too sure the fenugreek is working.

HV visiting tomorrow so will discuss with her, but I am now feeling such a failure as he is having more formula than my milk. He's still on 3oz feeds, anything more and he sicks it up.

Is anyone else's baby's skin going all flaky? Poor Luke looks like the singing detective (without the sores). Was definately worse after his bath tonight.

Congratulations on all the recent births. Reading the birth stories, they all seem very stright forward and quick.

Good luck to anyone with impending inductions or significant twinges.

Sorry not to mention you individually, but can't remember who's up to what, I still have the pregnancy brain!!!! I think it does get better if I remember rightly.

Hard to believe that 2 weeks ago I was still pregnant, but it does seem a distant memory now. I have managed to get into my pre-pregnancy clothes now (well did 2 days after the birth) and weigh 1/2 stone less than pre-pregnancy. My jeans are sliding over my hios so I think some retail therapy is in store in due course.

Oh look what I have missed

jocesar - congratulations what a lovely birth story, do you have a name yet? Did I miss it???

peanut - glad the infacol is working, none of my babies has been bothered with colic I think they get their wind release ability from their father! I don't think I ever actually winded DD2 she would just have a huge burp at the end of a feed.

poledra - best of luck for tomorrow x

jacobsprincess - hope you don't go too overdue, my friend was due 2 days after me last time, now I was early first time she was a 14 days overdue induction and she went herself 5 days before me so you never know.

polyxene - if this one were a boy she would have been Elliot although DP has gone off it and liked Logan I also like Matthew, Nathan, Thomas, Cameron. Going overdue is the absolute pits I know.

Tjuice - sounds like she is going through her first growth spurt, 2 hourly feeds is normal at this stage, it will settle back down. Also DD1 would only sleep on me for the first few weeks and then beside me after that. I was worried as everyone was saying oh she will be sleeping with you when she's 5 and you are so paranoid with your first. She stopped sleeping with us at 15 months went into her own bed and room no bother and is a great sleeper always has been. I loved the time we slept in the same bed and wouldn#t have changed it for the world, it goes too quickly. What I am saying is if you are happy with it, then fine don't listen to anyone else.

libralady - you have to master typing and BFing glad Luke is doing well x

I'm feeling pretty miserable tonight, acid reflux is horrible waiting for Zantac to kick in, feel so sore and huge and my little friendly pile is back and causing me grief! Was planning on some natural prostaglandins tonight but between the pile, the SPD and feeling like my fanjo's at my knees really don't feel up to it.

Jodie, I swaddled DS and put shhhh'd him lots. In the end he used to go to bed with a small radio by the cot, tuned into static noise!
It's all to do with the 5 S's (from a book by Dr Harvey "somebody" - I'll check it out and report back details tomorrow! Saved our sanity with a first born)

Baby Bliss: Your One-Stop Guide for the First Three Months and Beyond by Harvey Karp
This book
This is the book we used - he goes on a bit about evolution (which we dno't believe in) but the baby calming techniques work

Jocesar - Congratulations! And what a fantastic birth story, especially for a first time! Wonderful anniversary present to yourselves.

Libra1975 and sweetkitty thanks for the name suggestions. Am particularly pleased Libra with your very first suggestion of Edward, since that is DS1's name (known as Teddy), even if obviously that doesn't help with current dilemma. I like Mark as well, but as our surname is Clark that would just sound silly! Will re-ponder some of the other suggestions - we have to be able to agree on something!

Also, thanks everyone who provided sympathy on the going overdue thing. Today I have gone for a long walk (well, long by my current standards of hardly walking at all, on crutches and swathed in elastic support... I think all this has acheived is me hobbling about in extra pain for the rest of the day, hey ho), eaten pineapple for both breakfast and supper, and seduced DH into providing 'natural prostaglandins' (okay, less seduced, more just demanded!) Am now shattered, so maybe at least I'll be able to sleep well tonight...

Morning..Had a bit of blood in my pants after a long night of baby's head poking me in the carvix so going to phone the clinic when it opens and see if they will assess me today rather than tomorrow...if mr baby waits that long

jocesar - congrats what an ideal birth story! I am hoping for the same or similar. Well done missus!!

peanut - I actually used to take infacol myself because symethicone is so expensive in the states.

poledra - All parts crossed for you hon!! Well, not the legs..can't get my knees in the same postcode as each other.

jacobsprincess and polyxene - It can't be too much longer now. Hang in there!!

Tjuice - You give me a lot of hope that I can do this! Doing a great job!!

libralady - Glad you and baby Luke are doing well

Congrats Jocesar! (And Mummypig - not sure if I missed that announcement!)

Libralady - Poppy has flaky skin too, and a spotty face! I think it is just the skin adjusting to the outside world.

Poor Poppy has a snotty nose and is grumpy about it. Obviously she can't have calpol or anything. I did suck the snot out of her nose a couple of times (EEEW - I know!) but she keeps making more!

Oh, I missed mummypig! Congrats mummypig.

Morning isaidno - my brother sent me some kind of battery powered nasal aspirator thingy. Are you using the bulb or did you have something else? I still love Poppy as a girl's name..so cute.

Oh Jocesar how wonderful, I'm sooo glad that hypnobirthing worked for you, it's always amazing to hear how the removal of fear can affect a first birth and it annoys me when people scoff at it!! Well done, I hope Santiago is thriving and you are feeling well.
Still some niggles here but nothing significant since saturday night's show.

Gilly- sat night and still nothing? any more show? I've just seen a stain on my pants but nothing serious..just some crampy pain. I hope I don't have to wait much longer.

Congratulations Jocesar - great birth - well done!!

Sorry to sound like a broken record Ladies, but I feel bloody rough this morning. I ache in places I didn't know it was possible to ache in, and very tired as we had a 3yr old bed-sharer wriggling from 2.20am until about 1/2 an hour before the morning alarm.
And now I'm peed off, because Me Too! is back on CBeebies, and I could easily staple Granny Murray and the rest of the terrible cast together before lobbing them in the river with concrete shoes.

Moan over.

mcchesers - I will have to get a nasal aspirator - I had to suck the snot out with my mouth !!

Oh hell JacobsP...it's not is it? I can't stand Me Too!

Sorry to hear you're feeling rough

Thomas, Henry and Harry are also great names!

Jodie - sorry no suggestions as no experience yet, but the baby whisperer book suggests the shhh,shhh thing as well.

LibraLady - you are not a failure (for a start you are back in your pre-pregnancy jeans - shallow much moi?), you are giving Luke as much breast milk as possible and I can't believe any breast-feeding nazi could fault you for topping up with formula.

I'm having some wobbles about becoming a mother, I know I should have got used to the idea in the last 9 months but it's suddenly dawned on me.

I have a list of things to do in the house but it's raining so I might just make brownies.

Congratulations Jocesar - sounds like a fab birth, hope this little one is listening!

Morning everyone! JacobsP I feel exactly the same as you ache everywhere! My DD who is 3 woke me at 4.00 so should not complain - it could have been earlier!
As to Me Too, thanks for the tip! That and Balamory get right up my nose. So glad S is on to Charlie and Lola now...because strangely I quite like that!

Wow congratulations to everyone who has recently has a baby. I go away for a weekend and we have had quite a flurry of activity. Also Pigley for your birthday! And goodluck to everyone going in to be unduced/c sectioned! That will be me in one week!

The birth stories are so lovely to read. I can not believe how quick some of them have been.

Can not believe we are at over 900 posts. Last time i looked in I am sure it was near the 600 mark!

I went to stay with some friends over the weekend - it was a spur of the moment thing and just sooooo lovely to have someone cook a meal for me. I soooo wish I had some family over here. It was fantastic being cared for. DH is really trying but I can see he is juggling so much that it makes me feel guilty. I have said to DH it does not matter where in the world my DD is, if she is ever pregnant I will get to her!

Just read about the baby skin, apparently it is very normal for baby skin to go flakey and spotty a few weeks after birth. My DD's did - and was told not to worry. If I recall all my NCT group's babies did also.

Infacol is great - I automatically gave it to DD as part of her feed programme. Have bought a big bottle for this LO also.

I realise I have probably missed lots, but am soooo tired I am off to have a rest. As I said earlier I feel so out of sorts today and ache all over. I am also getting some nasty twinges down below which I do not recall getting last time.

oh Libra! Brownies! What a good idea!
And it's probably best you are having Mummy wobbles now - I didn't have mine until I was holding DS for the first time and suddenly thought "So now what do I do with this thing?!"

Jocesar - congrats. Me next please (although by the sounds of it there are a couple who are definitely on the way, and not even a twinge here).

My Mum is coming this pm, so hope my body relaxes and thinks - now's the time!

I used infacol with DS who had terrible colic, and I must say it didn't seem to help! Sorry. Nothing much did - we just had to do alot of carrying round for hours in the night. But it did pass in the end, and he was gorgeous the rest of the time to make up for it. Looking back on it, it may not have been colic. In hindsight I would have tried cranial osteopothy (sp?) as he had a very long hard labour and was quite distressed during it, and born with cephalhaemotoma.

Good luck for inductions today/tomorrow. Look forward to news of new arrivals.

Morning all,

Polyxene- really hope things start happening soon, im dreading going overdue.

Mcchessers- Let us know how you get when you call the clinic.

Libra1975- I too have been thinking about/having wobbles about becoming a mummy. Chatted with DH about i last night. I dont think it has really sunk in propely yet that we will actually have a real life baby very soon! All very scary!
Dont think it will seem real untill im holding my little bundle!

This Infacol sounds helpful... think ill have to get some ready

Horrible weather here today so lazy day, pottering about the house.
Thinking of those being induced or having c sections today.

thanks sk - its reassuring to know that one isn't automatically screwing everything up. it can seem so dramatic, especially when you're sleep deprived too.

i need some magic infacol!!! how do you give it to them?

good luck to inductions and births this week!

mcchesers - you're going to be a brill mum. i am still kind of trying to get the hang of it. my mum is so good at the coochy-coo talk and it made me feel sorry for Elodie that i am crap at that kind of thing. but i am getting better.

pigley - you sound like you will be an absolutely great, natural-born mum! i think you'll love it and have loads more kiddiwinkles!

libra - elodie has gone scaley too - my dp thinks its heat rash but i think its just the normal milk rash type thing. her little cheeks are a bit rough and i thought all babies had "baby-soft" skin!

isaidno - elodie is always snuffly - wonder if i should use aspirator too? ergh to sucking it out manually though. elodie keeps latching on to my nose if i hold her up and kiss her face when she's hungry.

Do we have a post-natal group yet???

Morning everyone

My BP is up so I'm being sent into the hospital today for monitoring. MW says they'll either put me on meds or decide to deliver so I'm quite excited now (would rather deliver than have to go in and out of hospital for the next 2 weeks).

Hope all the new mums are doing well. Good luck to Disney for tomorrow!

Brownies will have to wait, I haven't got enough butter and the shop over the road is just too far

Heffa - good luck!!!

Ok this is a bit embaressing to admit, and I think I worded it badly to start but it's not being a mother I am worried about it's all the stuff I think I am about to lose by becoming a mother, such as my much loved lie-ins, last minute holidays, boozy nights out until 3am in the morning (ok I am 32 so I should have grown out of those anyway by now). As much as I am a control freak I like doing things last minute and I know that is going to have to change! I suppose my bigest worry is losing my life and who I am. Basically I am quite a selfish person.

I know being a mother is suppose to be the most rewarding job in the world and the love your children have for you and vice-versa is suppose to compensate for everything else but right now it doesn't feel like it will ever be that way. what if I end up resenting the child for taking away what I imagine is my freedom?

oh Heffa,
Thats what i had to do a few weeks ago.

The monitoring is fine.... just lay there for an hour attached to a few machines reading mags! lovely!

oohhh how exciting that they may decide to deliver.... Whens your due date?

Tjuice - I do not think I have ever been able to manage the coochy-coo talk. But I am sure you will have fab talents elsewhere that elodie will love you for!

Not sure how g

Who is baking brownies - I must have missed that post! I think that sounds like a brilliant plan and something I should be able to manage. Weather here awful also.

Best of luck Heffa. Hope all goes well.

I have never gone into labour before - do you get strong twinges, almost pulse like in your vagina area? And an urge to bear down, almost like you have a poo? I am feeling very weird. Vomited last night and now feel so washed out and achey. Not sure if I should call hospital? I oculd just be knackered and it could just be a new symptom of SPD.