Due April 2009: Episode 20 - Angst Ridden Fruity Fornication

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sorry couldnt help myself

on the last episode of april 2009 mums to be ..........

OddEyes & Babypringle are possibly going into labour Very Exciting!

Kaz & Skiingone - posted birth stories

lots of Fruity Smut, I was caught by the Fruit Fuzz and restrained

Lots more smut.......smutt...smutt

BB & WFH still havent popped (though we now have a birthing ticket system) We have to wait our turn

Boffin's AP causes more greif, beatings were handed out to a soundtrack

More commune talk

Morphine chasers with lots of soundtracks that take you back to the good ol' days

Springy & Suprise have gone to Brum for the weekend.

contractions/BH's/ movement/ailments aplenty

sorry if i have missed anything out ....

presumably though it looks like a handle the first is a knob

evening all.

Just wanted to share what a great day it's been here - the weathers been sooo lovely we've all been in the garden all day, had lunch on the patio and DS was alternating between running round with no pants/trousers on or with no top on....apparently too hot to wear all his cloths.

I think the switch from bottomless to topless was prompted when he realised the slide doesn't work well with bare flesh

brettgirl and other reluctant BF-ers....
I think there are huge amounts of miss-information and old wives tales about BF and a big reason we often find it so difficult in this country is precisely because there is so little of it done.

How many of us ever actualy saw someone breastfeeding before we had our first baby. And I mean properly saw the what/how/where etc.

In hindsight I wish I'd had the oppertunity to look really closely at someone whilst they were actually "doing it" as it's quite different to books/videos etc. I didn't at the time and did seriously struggle early on but ended up doing 13 months

Check out for a local breastfeeding support group - usually run by other mums - the group I helped at used to encourage pregnant ladies to come along and we had a number of mums (me included)who would happily let you watch close up and ask as many intimate questions as you wanted.

Bronze

Evening Mumble, what a lovely day.

mumble I had the opposite - watched my mum bf six and swore I would never let my nipples get that long and pointy

only kidding, good point well made

Puzzle - loving the accessories

Bronze - at knob lol

Mumble - glad you had such a lovely day

i was lucky i saw my foster sister give birth and breastfeed prior to having dd, twas enlightening! tis also where i got the attitude of not pressureing myself too much when it comes to birth/BFing etc and just take things as it comes as there are lots of ups and downs and just to do what feels right whatever that may be. Watching a birth close up is alot more shocking than actually giving birth too I have alot of respect for her she was very determined and set on her choices. Funnily enough shes pg with her third now

Thanks MM !

I do find itt a funny thing - it should be the most natural and automatic thing to do and yet we seem to have so many problems with it.

I fed both my 2 for over a year but neither times was it plain sailing especially in the early weeks. Definately worth the trouble IMO. I just found that once I'd got it settled down I didn't want to give it up, in really a very selfish way

But I think as others have said - happy mummy=happy baby so if it's just not for you don't beat yourself up over it

Got to go DH just put dinner on the table

Nuts - I was at the birth of one of my nieces. The midwife threatened to throw me out because I kept saying thinks like "Hsven't you got a hairy arse" to my sister. It was making her laugh though.
That was after I had made her wait 30 mins extra while I put on a full face of make up before I drove her to the hospital. God I was a cow at 21.

Agree that it's more overwhelming to watch than to do.

Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a good weekend.

Frekkles, it does sound tough; I agree that he may well be less conscious than you of the radical changes becoming a parent involves,
and he may also be trying to make the most of his last few weekends before becoming a dad. I hope you get things sorted out soon.

As for BF, it's true that it is sometimes hard to get going, but once you and the baby have sorted your techniques out, it is so much simpler than bottles. And you have the option to express, which means that after a bit you can let someone else take over now and then. I BF for 13 months, after a very difficult start (crap French MWs...), and I think it's well worth sticking it out for 6 wks as Boffin suggests, before deciding it's not for you.

We had a lovely day out today, to this village, had lunch at a terrace you can just spot top right here, and then went for a rest, which involved my falling asleep under a tree while DH went for a walk with DS. He's looked after DS most of this weekend, as I've not been sleeping much due to intense jiving and partying in my tummy at nighttime, so DH said I should rest. He is now so tense and irritable it is amazing, and has said that DS is really demanding and exhausting.

It's true that many fathers have no real idea of what day-to-day parenting is like. I think he believes I'm currently on holiday and is now realising that eating every meal with DS and dealing with him most of the day is fairly wearing, however cute and fun he is...We collected the changing table today (after an abortive effort I made last week: it weighs 25kg, so I gave up), and when he put the box down he looked shocked and said "God, we're going to have to wipe bums again, aren't we???".

Re the RLT; I started drinking it 2 days ago and I swear it makes me feel a bit sick and causes the baby to go into overdrive kick-boxer mode. D'you think these symptoms are a coincidence?

Mathsmummy - sorry didn't mean it like that, you're definitely entitled to moan and I think no child should be allowed to wake up before 7am, or even 7.30! We've always been struggling getting DD to sleep long enough as she simply doesn't need all that much sleep - she's got far too much energy. I can't wait till she's a teenager and starts having proper lie ins.

Could it be that bf'ing is really that much more popular in Germany? I grew up with people getting their boobs out left right and centre to feed their babies. So it seemed like the 'normal' thing to do.

Nutty, I am not sure I would want to watch anyone give birth!

Auld - that village look gorgeous, what a nice day

Puzzle - lol

Ahhh Auld that village looks lovely. I bet it's really nice and warm in Provence too!

RLT doesn't do much to me as far as I can tell... I like the taste though, have had a bit of a thing for fruity teas in this pregnancy.

Does she really have a hairy arse Puzzle? I'd better check I don't before I go into labour!

Schult - She shaved it once when she was about 11 and I think it stimulated hair growth. It's very downy.

Schulte - I dont want to ever see it again!!! although it was a truly astonishing, emotional and beautiful thing dont get me wrong. This is why i wont watch birthing vids (and she had a pretty easy time of it tbh) like puzzle i was making funny rude comments (as you do) then got my comeuppance when she let me look at the crowning and touch the head as it emerged, she said i was positively green then white and shut up from that point in

I have great empathy/sympathy for dh's having to watch us do it!!

Auld - What a delightful village.

It's lovely isn't it?
I have wanted to live there since we moved to this area, but it's just too far from where DH works to be feasible (though perfect commuting distance for me).
It is just the right size to be friendly but not too small, it has a cinema and everything and is in the most gorgeous surroundings. When DS was about 7 mths old I would sometimes put him in the car when I couldn't get him to sleep any other way, and I'd drive to Cucuron and read in the car by that pond thing.

Auld - of your beautiful surroundings

Puzzle ROFL at very downy

My DH got mostly bored when I was in labour! I remember him sitting in an armchair in the corner trying to doze off...

I am really worried now that I might have a downy bottom too... might go and have a feel...

Puzzle, all this talk of down is stressing me.

I have a MW appointment tomorrow and haven't been able to defuzz my nether regions because my skin has become really sensitive (a slight allergy to synthetic substances, I think, dead handy when all maternity clothes have lycra in...). I'm dreading revealing the Amazonian forests to the poor woman tomorrow .

By the way, just remembered, shouldn't we have heard from Babypringle by now?