Due Aug 2008 - "Babies Are Arriving Daily" or "Ready, Set, WAIT" or "Pick a Corner"

[TwilightSurfer]

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
[TSupdate30JUL08]

GROUP TOTAL: 63 [BIRTHS: 4]

DELIVERIES [BOYS (4) vs. GIRLS (0)]
17JUL WhippyVoodoo formerly Voodoococonut delivered DC#2, a BOY named JJ (7lb 4.5oz), via CS [EDD 23JUL].
21JUL IlanaK delivered DC#3, a BOY named Saul, via CS [EDD 28JUL].
24JUL Alittlebitshy delivered DC#2, a BOY named Henry (8lb 11.5oz), via CS [EDD 03AUG].
30JUL Miamla delivered DC#1, a BOY named Theodore (8lb 4oz), via VB [EDD 29JUL].

WAITING ROOM [BOYS (13) vs. GIRLS (19)] [(9) Scheduled C-Sections]
29JUL Bigboydiditandranaway is 36 and lives in Midlands. She has a DS, 26m. Expecting DC#2.
30JUL? Dizzydixies is 32 and lives in Fife. She has 2DDs, 5y & 2y. Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 30JUL], guesses it's a girl.
31JUL ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 10AUG], guesses it's a boy.
31JUL Vintagegardenia is 35 and lives in Ireland. She has a DS, 10y. Expecting DC#2 via IN [02AUG], a SURPRISE.
31JUL SassyLou is 33 and lives in Cheshire. She has 2DDs, 7y & 5y. Expecting DC#3.
01AUG Gigglegirl is 32 and lives in Stockport. She has a DD, 4y, and 2DSs, 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#4 via CS [EDD 14AUG], a GIRL to be named Imogen.
01AUG PhilB is 31 and lives in SE London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
01AUG Pertelote is 30 and lives in East London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Mum2b1 is expecting DC#1.
02AUG Shazza2002 is 27 and lives in West London. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
02AUG MrsMagooo is 25. She has a DD, 2yr. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
04AUG SKYTVADDICT is 40 and lives in Lincolnshire. She has a DS, 13m, and 2DDs, 8y & 12y. Expecting DC#4 via CS [EDD 08AUG], a SURPRISE.
05AUG Buckets is 31 and lives in Southampton. She has a DD, 5y, & a DS, 3. Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 12AUG], a BOY to be named Kurt Benedict Barnes.
06AUG CaptainCaveman is 35 and lives in Nottingham. She has a DS, 4.2y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 14AUG], a BOY.
07AUG BraveNewWorld is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
07AUG PunksNotDead has 2DDs, 13 & 9. Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 15AUG], a GIRL.
08AUG LadyOfWaffle is 22 and lives in Berkshire. She has a DS, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
08AUG Mummypud is 28 and lives in Wiltshire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
08AUG Bealcain is 21 and lives in Kent, She has 2DSs 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, a GIRL to be named Delilah.
08AUG Babieseverywhere is 34 and lives in Lancashire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
09AUG BirthdayBaby is expecting DC#1.
10AUG Lcy is 30 and lives in Wales. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
11AUG Poppysocks is 30 and lives in St Andrews. She has a DD, 2.4y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 17AUG], a GIRL.
11AUG Sarahnh is 32 and lives in West Midlands. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL to maybe be named Tess Alexandra.
11AUG Foghornleghorn is 23 and lives in Northampton. She has 2DDs, 3y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, guesses it's a girl.
11AUG Sibh has 2DCs, DS 5y & DD 2y. She is expecting DC#3.
13AUG Mal00 is 33 and lives in South London. She is expecting DC#1, a BOY to be name Leonardo or Lorenzo.
13AUG Murf is expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
14AUG Hardygirl is 36 and lives in SW London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
14AUG HazieDazieandBaby is 26 and lives in Aberdeen. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Gabriella.
16AUG Longwayfromhome is 29 and lives in Argentina[London-4h]. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to named Tomas.
16AUG Pregnancy1 is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
17AUG Iliketosleep is 24 and lives in Wolverhampton. She has 2DDs, 7y & 6y and a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#4.
17AUG Warthog has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
17AUG Jennylee is 30 and lives in West Lothian. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
17AUG Bohemianbint has DS, 23m. Expecting DC#2.
18AUG Kezza7779 is expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
18AUG Expectant is 32 and lives in Singapore[London+7h]. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
18AUG Cheerfulvicky is 24 and lives in Cornwall. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
19AUG SazzlesA is 35 and lives in Cheltenham. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 14AUG] or VBAC-maybe, a GIRL to maybe be named Emma.
19AUG Karney is 39 and lives in Glasgow.
19AUG TwilightSurfer is 37 and lives in Chattanooga[London-5h]. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2 via VB, a GIRL to be named Reese Eleanor.
19AUG Daisy26 is expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
19AUG Briwish lives in Solihull. She has a DD, 19m and is expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
20AUG Ejesmum is 38 and lives in Exeter. She has a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#2.
20AUG Stillhere is 36 and lives in Yorkshire. She has a DS, 2.5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
21AUG Pinchypants is 34 and lives in Guildford. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2.
21AUG Musm2go is 35 and lives in B'ham Solihull. She has a DD, 6y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
23AUG Stickybean is 27 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
24AUG Libbyssister is 34 and lives in Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 2.11y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
24AUG Cyteen is 32 and lives in Leicester. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to be named Joseph Simon.
24AUG SausageAndMash is 37 and lives in London. She has a DD, 3y. Expecting DC#2.
25AUG Petitfilou is 36 and lives in S Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 4.4y, & a DD, 2.10y. Expecting DC#3, a BOY.
25AUG Oopsacoconut is 32 and lives in Wiltshire. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Poppaea Anna.
26AUG Ellasmum1 is 30 and lives in North Staffs-Newcastle under Lyme. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG Dancerandprancer is 31 and lives in Devon. She has a DD, 28m. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner is 30 and lives in South Yorkshire. She as a DD, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
28AUG Ataraxis formerly Readyforbed has 2 DSs, 5y & 3y, and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL.
29AUG Waytoomuchchocolate is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
30AUG AnnVan lives in Kent and is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.

Sazzles good to see you about hun

Buckets blooming daft isn't it - 'they' are always moving the goalposts - same with weaning! One day they'll make up their blooming minds

Sorry to hear DS's paed is being an ass!! Good luck trying him dairy free, I hope it does the trick (my newphew cannot have any dairy at all & OMG the things that contain dairy products amazes me, he even has to have a special tomoato ketchup )

Sazzles I've been wondering how accurate growth scans are...had to have one at 35+3 and E was estimated at weighing 5lbs 3oz.

DD was 7lbs 11oz so I'm guessing E will be about the sameish weight??!

On the formula conversation: if I go down that route (and I hope I don't have to) I will be doing the same as I did with ds - Mrs Magoo style. Bllcks to new guidelines - what do they want you to do - make it in a Michael Jackson stylee isolation tent?

VG Thanks for my gold star - but really it is down to having my friend and her dcs with me - its pretty easy with company isn't it?

thanks sazzles . things seem to have calmed down a bit at the moment so hopefully won't be an issue.

"Nothing to stop you doing it, just be discreet when there's a HV around to avoid a lecture"

Except potentially our babies could get seriously ill or die, if we don't make formula to the new guidelines AND happen to get a bad batch of formula. It is only a tiny risk, but it does happen.Link Here

Though I don't understand why it is not possible to make formula in sterile sachets like a lot of medicine is made. Sure it would cost more to make but with the formula companies massive profit margins, they could afford to do it and that way reduce/elimate this issue.

pf, that's what i was thinking on reflection too - that both my DSs have been fine using 50/50 ish (pre-boiled fridged + newly boiled) so there is no way i will be changing anything to make life more difficult!

And anyway, with other ones around these LOs are bound to get stuff into their mouths with millions of bacteria on from an early age (thinking about the fingers of a 3 year old ).

But I do take on board the comment about HV... managed to make my HV visit last less than 5 mins today. She came over, gave me some leaflets, asked if I had any questions - nope, was I sure - yep. OK then, bye... '

Yes doing things is SO much easier when you have a friend (easier than a DP/H actually) and another child. I am much more energetic and good-humoured with friends than family. Bonkers really.

Seems like loads of August mums are seeing health visitors is this a pre- visit for the baby to be, or visits for existing children ? Or is this something else I have yet to have arranged.

Trouble is guidelines change so frequently & one person will say one thing & someone else will argue that, that's wrong

Ataraxis lol at thinking about the fingers of a 3 year old - so true isn't it!

I remember thinking my MW would be horrified that we had a dog when I was PG with DD & saying I had to be very careful when DD started crawling etc - she didn't bat an eyelid & said having pets would help build up her immune system no end lol

BE - mine invited herself! It was a pre-baby visit, not entirely sure of why (didn't have one at this stage with either of the other two) think it is just that she is a maternity cover HV... or something...

No HVs here, not a sniff of one.

Babieseverywhere
You don't get a HV visit pre baby - I expect the people going are taking existing children. Tendency is to obssessively go with first baby then hardly bother with second. Third ... well quite frankly ds2 will be lucky if he gets weighed more than twice!

Mind you mine did come round when I first moved to the area - which is fair enough

Oooo Sazzles you jammy thing you enjoy!!!!

Thanks for that re scan info - so hard to tell isn't it!!

I was told throughout my PG with DD that she would be 9lbs+ so we bought everything in 0-3 which was miles to big for her, she was 7lbs 110z when born & still really dinky now (she's 25 months & in 9-12 months clothes) so this time I have bought a mix of clothes from 7.5lbs & up just to cover my bum

Oh God, HVs! First timers, please take everything they say with a pinch of salt!
I got an answering machine message from my HV yesterday wondering if there was anything she could help with DS over the holidays. WTF? Like what? I've researched EVERYTHING to do with special needs for under 5s round here and I know there isn't anything he'd be eligible for, let alone anything she's be able to help with. I assume she's talking about the SN angle anyway but DH is off for August on Paternity and then DS starts pre-school so we don't actually need anything!

I did have a really lovely HV who helped me no end get through my PND but all of a sudden I seem to have a different one

Some woman I've never heard of phoned to book a date for DD's 2 year check - I have no idea what happend to my lovely HV

Had a battleaxe of a MW though!

Buckets I don't know if things are more lax or not.... maybe. I know that of my friends that use/used bottle/bottles, they'd wash them out with soap and water (nipples too) and set them on a post to dry. I (and alot of folks i know) use Playtex Drop-In bottles. Not a lot of cleaning involved with them other than the nipple. And I would just hand wash those with soap and water after each use...occasionally I would pop them in a pop of boiling water if I got a crazy whim. It does seem, after reading all the posts on the subject, you all take more care than at least me (i'll leave the rest of the states out).

As for bad formula.....you must be talking about liquid kinds. I've never used liquid only powder mix.

See I'm a bit LAZY......{{{twilight shows off her LAZY badge, with honor}}}

Nb - feel guilty writing this on here as it's still mainly ante-natal and I'm post-natal and hormonal.

Hmm - not sure I'm in happy daze. Am very tearful a fair bit of the time. Keep panicking about what we've done, and how life will never be the same. dd loves ds (first time i've typed that!)thank goodness. If she showed any jealousy I think i'd be even worse, but it's all my problem - not hers or dh's. I think if i knew when i'd get a full night's sleep i'd be ok, but life tired terrifiies me and makes me feel even more irrational.

those wgho bf before is it normal to be feeding fairly non stop at this stage??? When he's awake he's either feeding or pooing (and pooing in sleep as well) - we've had a few walks round where he's looking out at the world with cofnused/intrigued baby eyes but on the whole i've been feeding him a LOT. SOmetimes 30 mins between end of one feed and start of next. SOme feeds are more like snacks (10 mins) - some are longer (though thankfully not as long as dd's used to be) but it's a lot. That's right for newborn right???? When does it start to settle into a bit more of a predictable pattern???? Right now I can't see how i'll ever get anything done - dh is doing everything else. Once he's back at work and dd is at shcool again in sept how will i get dinner cooked let alone anything else? or will dh still do it all for a while??

I'll stop - cos I'm rambling and irrational.

I think tbh we are a tad paranoid over here & go a bit OTT with sterlising etc!

I'm a bad mummy - I did sterilise the bottles but from a fairly early age if DD dropped a dummy or something I would simply pick it up give it a suck or a quick blow & hand it back to her!

A friend of mine sterlisies everything that isn't nailed down - her DS is one of the sickliest babies I have ever known!

Sazzles, DS has never done a solid poo in his life so we're quite used to it. It just annoys me that there could be a really simple solution like an intolerance or allergy but if I want to try and isolate it I have to do it all by myself. What if he doesn't grow out of it and is still having horrendous stinky explosions (that he doesn't notice) when he starts school, nappy or no nappy? How's that supposed to help a boy with a social disability?
Better go put some soya milk on the shopping list, start slipping it into his milk.

Albs Ramble away hun - that's what we're here for

{{{{hugs}}}}

All sounds very normal to me hun - things will settle down though!

Glad to hear DD is loving DS

Lovely new thread TS - very glamorous and upmarket compared to other threads .

Well I've just had a hormonal melt down and cried for 30 mins. So now I do have a headache and flashing lights in front of my eyes. I'm buggered if I'm ringing the clinic whilst the witch is still on duty though. What set me off? Mainly the fact that none of the chinese take-aways sell Yuk Sum or shredded chicken in lettuce leaves. That and I was explaining to dh about the clinic visit.....

oops your story made me laugh out loud, especially when you waved to him!!

VG nice put-downs. I'm liking your style

I've also got back ache now. fucking fucked off

Just read the IBFAN story . I did use formula for DS as a supplement to the bf (I know, I know, not supposed to...). We had, like others, sterilised bottles of boiled water in serried ranks in the fridge, and we added powder as needed. I never, until today, heard anything about bacteria etc in the powder. How horrible.

As far as I remember we steriised everything up to about 12 months, even though DS was pottering about and getting manky by then. I suppose there's a difference between the odd lump of mud and the kind of dangerous bacteria that lurk in bottle teats.

I have completely avoided thinking about this until today. I don't even have a single bottle in the house if needed!

Won't offer you chocolate CC in case it makes your headache worse - have some Thorntons toffee.