Hey ladies, sitting here (on my ball) whilst DS is having a nap (or meant to be) desperately trying to soothe my groin muscles must have been one move too far for Mummy in the park this morning and I had to hobble all the way home, it?s agony!
Mica ? sorry to hear about your BF experience with DD, must have been a worrying time. My DS lost a lot of weight in the early days when the feeding wasn?t working and for months after that I was paranoid about his weight, he always looked so lean compared to other babies (still does actually). That?s incredible that your milk continued for so long. I must have got pg 2 weeks after I stopped BFing DS. I guess there might still have been milk there but as I wasn?t pumping and didn?t feel engorged at all I assumed it had dried up. 4 days of induction! What a nightmare!
Ermintrude ? I remember hearing that about your mouth and tried to keep mine relaxed during labour, have no idea if I managed or not!
Welcome and congrats Anna, there are quite a few of us who have suffered previous losses on here so we know how you feel. Tell us more about yourself how are you feeling?
Ineed ? DS hates his rain cover too but we are lucky and don?t have to use it much.
Flynn ? I did used to go to Aquanatal last pg and it was lovely and relaxing and I did sleep well afterwards. If you are prone to fainting (and many pg women are) then make sure it?s not too hot, I hate the place I go to for DS?s swimming lessons, and I always feel faint there. Apparently drinking tonic water can help with leg cramps, it?s the quinine.
Welcome and congrats to you too Irishmaeve tell us more about you!
Ah that?s lovely Myneaux, congrats! I am currently biased but boys are fab, there is nothing quite like having a son!! I like your names! when out shopping, don?t forget you?ll be given tons of stuff!
Littlesarah ? what are you knitting? I started a wee cardie when I was pg with DS and didn?t get beyond casting on the first bit mind you I haven?t knitted since I was 12!
Dreamy ? I was able to find out at my 12 week scan that I was having a girl this time; it has made it more real! I can empathise on the sinusitis, horrible
June ? glad you are feeling better, sorry about the cold sores though! Ouch!
Cote ? you have a point there, without the protectors I would have had to express and bottle feed and I don?t think I would have continued BFing for as long as I did in the end so it that sense, they were a godsend, they also eased my flow a bit as I think my let down was a bit fast for him. I always leaked so much when I fed that I could collect quite a lot from one side so I was sterilising the collectors, pump and bottles anyway so from that perspective I didn?t find the protectors too much of a bother. Interesting the things you plan to do differently, I am with you on the feeding whenever she cries but I think in saying that I am forgetting how worn out I got from constantly feeding for hours and hours. The best advice I was given from a girl at my BF group was to give DS expressed milk at 6pm and then not give him any from me until 9pm thereby letting my body relax a bit and to let me fill up again. It worked well for us. That was not when he was newborn though, it was when he was about 3 months old and instead of getting sleepy after I?d fed him he was wide awake and I was getting seriously run down! I was a keen follower of the Baby Whisperer and she advocates waiting and listening before rushing in and learning to interpret your baby?s cries. I found all that helpful and very interesting.
Hello Tee how are you feeling these days?
Any views on the First Wheels City Elite Twin? I was looking at it online last night and it has quite a lot of features I like the look of.