December 2008 Once you pop you can't stop

[Veggiemummy]

surely most of us will go on this one

New I would miss something while posting. Woohoo congrats to Arti.

Congratulations Arti

Jam try laying on you back with bubby on it's tummy and bring up to your boob and let them latch on. Laying flat like this will help latching onto an engorged boob as it makes it a little softer cos all the milk kind of back due to gravity if that makes sense.

Usually the newborn check is done by the peadiatrician or a MW who is qualified in newborn checks. DS1 had his done by a lovely GP who came to our house. But they do it different in derby.

Kayz your milk is lovely and more than capable of feeding the gorgeous Dylan.

Thanks Veggie, I am going to keep BF for as long as possible. Its what I want to do and if he needs top ups for a while then so be it but I am not stopping.

congratulatons to abbey and arti on their new little ones xxx

ZJ i know its hard but try not to worry .. its so frustrating that these things happen on a friday / at the weekend and you have to wait around till monday but im sure everything will be fine, and at least if they are worried then, they will be able to do something about it .. try to realx and let your dh take care of oyu this weekend xxx

kayz i really hope you get some better advice from your own midwife when she returns from holiday next week .. unfortunately health care professionals are so hit and miss it makes me so

sorry i know i had other things to say but minds gone blank (for a change!)

had a busy day today but finally feel like i am prepared. We have absolutely everything needed for newborn, fridge and cupboards are full and house is clean. I am ready to give birth! Hopefully baby feels the same way too .. have felt lots of downwards pressure today so im hoping that means that baby's head is properly in place now ready for set off, but no other signs, and as tomorrow is d-day im not very hopeful that this baby is going to make a due date appearance. But maybe he / she will take me by surprise!

Hugs to all new moms and those of us still waiting xxx

Reban I hope contraction start before house gets untidy and food eaten.

Morning! Wow - a bumper crop of babies!! Congratulations to all of you (and I've had a good look at all the new photos posted and they are all gorgeous!!).
Well, the sickness seems to be abating in our house..we are all out of tissues and the loo roll consumption is phenomenal! Bless DH, he has taken the last two days off work to look after us (which meant forfeiting last nights christmas party). He also went on a mercy dash to tescos and bought mountains of pizza, cakes, icecream and a couple of bottles of champers for the arrival! DS is finally picking up a bit but I have never seen him so lethargic.
All this means I have done no housework for about 3 days and my carefully prepared house is now getting decidedly dusty....just can't be bothered at the moment!
DH and I have decided that we want DC2 to come exactly on its due date (29th) as anything else is just not convenient!!!!! What do you reckon on our chances!!!
Don't know what to do today....feel like such a couch slob after the last couple of days. Any suggestions?

Arti - congratulations!!!!! Glad you finally have your precious little one after all your waiting

Olipop - poor you with all the poorliness . Hope you're all back to full health soon.

We had our best night yet last night...Phoebe slept well (ish!) between her feeds and fed nicely with not too much pukage! So am feeling a little more human today!

Well the computer is being hijacked now so Lucy can play on cbeebies...I never get to play for long on my own!

Hope to catch up later xxx

Congratulations arti & abbey oli hope the sickness passes soon

kayz I agree with what the others have said about the mw & her advice. Hope the bf improves quickly

I'm shattered today. Ds2 will only sleep for a couple of hours in his moses basket & then will only settle sleeping on my chest which means I don't sleep very well. Does anyone have any ideas on getting him to settle for longer in his basket? We've tried swaddling & rolled up blankets at the side but nothing seems to work.

Rosmerta - we've got one end of the basket propped up on big books and I also wedge her a bit so she's sleeping on her side slightly, which seems to help her settle. Oh - and the dummy! We're not using it in the day because I don't really mind how often she feeds in the day, but at night I'm using it after a feed when she gets the sleepy drunk look and it helps her to go off to sleep. Hope something works for you tonight.

Thanks trace, we do have the basket propped up a little & we have tried the dummy but he just wakes up when it falls out! I'll give the side thing a go though, he might prefer that

hello all - am feeling very today - had DS a week ago, third child...I miss being pregnant and I want to have another one, but 4 children is daft and i know DH wants to stop, but ahhhh...I love this bit so much and I can't believe its the last time I'm ever going to do this...

Oh bless Babblington....it must be hard (we intend to have one more after this so I haven't got those horrible 'I'm never going to feel like this again' feelings). Must say, you're a good advert for how lovely the early stage is...I'm still a bit scared (9 days to goooooooo til due date!).

Ahhh Babblington I feel for you. This will be our third and last (well almost 99%!) baby and I am wondering how I will cope with that aspect. TBH, I don't enjoy being pregnant particularly, just the end result (ie a baby, rather than a big saggy tummy ). But even a few weeks ago when I was taking about all my newborn clothes for the third time I got quite tearful about never doing that again! I guess the only thing to do is enjoy the here and now - and you never know, your DH may change his mind (or you may decide that 3 is plenty). Take care.

Trace so glad you had a better night! Rosmerta hope you get a chance to get some rest today! Oli glad you and some of the other "waiting gals" are still around. We are getting to be the minority now, eh!

I am excited about the Strictly Come Dancing final this evening! I remember when it started I thought it would see me nicely through the third trimester, and indeed it has and those 12 weeks have passed albeit slowly at times! If you don't normally watch, do tune in, it is such god family entertainment (and if you can face it, vote for one of the girls, as I think Tom Chambers is going to win it slowly on the basis of a cheeky grin rather than dancing ability...). Sorry, I do take it seriously .

Now, no sign of Bisou. I am hoping she is in labour!

hello - am also a waitinggal. lurking rather than posting - can't help with bf probs etc, but soaking up as much info as possible for times to come. due tomorrow - no signs as of yet, but that is fine. making a plan for each day of next week so we've got something to do rather than twiddling our thumbs.

to all with dcs, enjoy! to all those stil waiting, enjoy!

Grrr. Is it just me or is it a bit out of order if you live in a small terrace and are fully aware that your neighbours have a newborn baby, to get your mates to bring a drumkit and electric keyboard round and have 2 hours of 'band practice'? They claim they can't hear any sounds from us through the wall (even when dd's having a good old shriek) but we can certainly hear every note of their sub-school-band crap, and dd's not been able to sleep at all. I know we ought to go round but I'm still in my PJs trying to get her to settle.

Oh and it's not as if they're teenagers either, they're in their 40s.

Off out to attempt to get her some fresh air and see if she'll sleep. B'stards.

babblington sorry you're feeling sad today, and although this is my first and it's still safely tucked inside of me, I know how you're feeling. I had a little weep myself last night as I have loved this pregnancy so much and I'm really going to miss having a little one inside of me. So silly, as surely it'll be so much more amazing for me and DH to hold babyZJ in our arms - and if we have a nice a first week as yours then I'm sure it'll be perfect. Hope you're feeling a bit better this afternoon.

jj I can't believe your neighbours, sending shut up vibes to them and hope the walk does the trick!

turnip I too am SO excited about strictly tonight (and SO pleased that baby has hung on until today so I haven't missed it...). I'm a bit torn, as I would like Camilla to win it, which means Tom, rather than Brendan or Vincent. Oooh, I've got all giddy thinking about it

I've just had some great news - one of my friends has just had a baby girl today - hurrah . We both had our first scan on the same day and it's been great to be pregnant together, so its just great news

JJ that's a nightmare with the band, we have a session musician living next door and we also live in a small terrace but unlike your lot we actually quite like our fella and his practice. He sings really good music and is currently practicing for a world tour he is doing as the frontman of a pink floyd tribute band. He is doing dark side of the moon and comfortably numb a lot. DS1 loves his singing and loves listening to him as he goes off to sleep. JJ if they keep it up some councils have a noise polution officer who you can call and they will come around and check if the noise is too loud they don't have to go to their house they come to yours and check how loud it is through your walls. I know this because we had a scary neihbour who used to complain that everything we did was too loud and used to tell us she would get the noise pollution offcer to come and get us. We actually had to get wireless headphones to listen to our TV.

Babbs I know what you mean this is my last too and an sad how quickly this first week has gone.

Poor ds1 now has the Ds no Vs yet though he gets really bad stomach cramps and then has to go to the toilet asap. Although we did manage a little family outing, the first time out for me and ds2 since I went into labour. It was only to mothercare to pick up some bits but was nice to get out. Although we got a bit sleepy and were happy to come home.

Oli hope wellness decends on your house soon.

Haven't heard from Beans for a while hope she is ok maybe she has been held up with family. I think Bisou had that big trip to her dads so maybe sleeping after all that.

Hey has anyone who has popped been able to be their wedding rings back on, my fingers seems thinner but I can't get them past the knuckle.

Band practice is not a good idea in a house at all I don't think!!! Bit inconsiderate. However, we do have some male friends who all share a house and the other night my DH went to see them and said he could hear them testing their new stereo from down the street. When he went in they were all drunk (ah remember those days of saturday afternoons down the pub????) and when my DH mentioned that the music was very loud and wouldn't the neighbours be a bit cross the response was 'they've got a baby and it makes noise all the time'!!!!!! I think there was some twisted logic there but I sure as hell don't agree with it.

We managed to drag DS to the park for a bit this morning and then he slept for 3 hours!!! We have taken him to feed ducks this evening (in the dark) but he wouldn't walk anywhere and still will barely eat anything. Mananged a couple of mini sausages and some olives from a specially bought M&S 'picnic' that we got on the way to the river. If something is described as a picnic it's usually a winner. Poor little soul.

Hello again, we are officially back online again

Huge congratulations to everyone that has had their little ones

Veggie i'm glad you said that about wedding rings, mines the same, and i'm getting a bit panicky i'll not be able to get it back on.

babblington this is only our second, but my dh was adamant he didn't want anymore after this, so i've been very emotional that i won't be doing this again. I hope you feel better.

We're all shattered here at the minute, Luke sleeps well during the day, but seems to want to be attached to my boobs all night long, so i'm trying to sleep sitting up a lot! And Ben seems to have taken umbridge to not being an only child anymore, so his dad has to keep going and keeping him company throughout the night. Not that he's ever been a good sleeper, but it's getting daft now. Hopefully he'll settle down.

I'm finding it really hard at the minute to be honest, i feel really guilty about not spending enough time with Ben, and i forgot how much time breastfeeding takes up. At the minute it's not too bad as Ben gets attention from my dh, but when he goes back to work i'm worried how i'll cope. I suppose it's natural to worry about neglecting your other little ones, but i wish i could stop crying about it. Sorry for moaning.

Hope everyone's okay xxx

JJ we used to live opp smeone in our flat in London who used to play really bad electric guitar till hours of the night, call the noise pollution people. I ended up going over one night in my dressing gown and banging on his door for 20mins to tell him he had woken the baby up. As you can imagine I wasnt particularily polite about it he never did it again!

Turnip am there with you on the Strictly final I want Lisa to win as she really has improved the most.

Well my boobs appear to have settled down a bit today thank god I have not had to express this arvo to get L latched on. He is quite jaundiced though which is a worry saw my dsis today she is a midwife she has just told me to up the amount I am feeding do it every couple of hours and stick him infront of the window for a couple of hours tom. We went to our villages childrens christmas party this arvo DS1 had a great time he spent most of it running around trying to cuddle all the girls, like father like son. Unfortunatly he fell over just as we were leaving with a whistle in his mouth cue blood everywhere and it looked like it had knocked a tooth out but tis just badly bruised thank goodness didnt fancy an evening in A&E.

Have a good eve all fingers crossed for more bubbas from all the waiting mamas.

I am so excited I have just purchased two bras online from Bravissimo I have always wanted but never been big enough. They are from their nursing bra range so not as pretty as their normal bras but still it's a bravissimo purchase so that's good enough for a reformed B cupped.

congratulations on the bravissimo purchase veggie i too am a B cupper and am looking forward to going up to the dizzy heights of DD when my milk comes in!!

I have started a name thread and would love everyone's opinion, i have had both girl and boy name decided for ages but now dp is casting doubts on boys name ... see what you think xx