brett, she's gorgeous!
Yay, new thread! A new thread for the rest of the babies - & that includes Nutty, after all this time & anguish! Tomorrow, lady! TOMORROW!
Congratulations Reallytired! Very fast labour!
purple, your MIL isn't half eager to receive that ironing I can't see myself ever being that sort of woman - I don't iron anything! We do own an iron & ironing board, but they've never been used. Ever. I am unashamed
I wished that I'd taken drinks with me - I left DH to pack his own (& he forgot!) but after he went home to pick up the car seat & I was left on the ward I was without anything to drink for about 3 hours after giving birth until I had to make a fuss. I also wasn't given any food until lunchtime (after arriving at hospital just after 9pm & birthing at 5am), but I'd got snacks in my bag. I may have passed out without them.
Oh, also make sure you have stuff to clean your baby up with - he had to come home totally covered in dried gunk because the hospital left us to it. So just a small bowl or something to put some water into for top & tailing would be a good idea, I think.
I didn't use most of the stuff in my bag though, but only because I didn't have to stay in overnight. I also forgot that most of it was in there once I was in the throes & all of my plans to have a cool flannel to mop my forehead went out of the window
BB, Kara is hilarious - I love the picture with the stripy babygrow. I can practically hear him being all "Why are you photographing me?! I'm trying to relax!" & your bathroom antics are just insane.
Nutty, I like that your fanjo is full of rubble & cobwebs & also that you'll be straight back here
Oooooooooooooh, Kitty!
BB, know what you mean about Groundhog Day. DH is out at uni for the first time & I was looking forward to it because I thought it'd be different. But it's not. I'm tempted to go out, but I've never done that alone either & don't think I can be bothered to get the pram down the stairs with my stitches still hurting.
I really miss sex too. I had a sex dream on the 2nd night after George - even though my whole fanjo was in agony. I'm looking forward to being able to have sex almost as much as I was looking forward to having a baby I definitely won't be physically ready for a couple of weeks at least. I should wait for the 6 weeks after my incontinence issues, but I think it may kill me. 23rd May seems like a long time from now!
MM, I had a lump of something come out the other day. It terrified me & I phoned my MW, but she didn't answer. So I texted her & no reply. I just gave up in the end & there's been nothing since (& I've not got a temperature or anything) - I'm pleased to have a suggestion of what it may be. It was too big for a clot (about the size of a large marble) & looked more like placenta or something, but figured that it wasn't, as my milk was already in & perfectly fine - I know that retained placenta hinders that. Whatever it was, it was disgusting & really scary.
Ooh, a man in our midst! Hello Kitty's DH! (We love you, by the way - you're a fine example of manhood with your wonderful spoiling of your lovely, lovely wife )
It's taken me ages to catch up because of a very wriggly baby on my lap (with far too much head control for his age! It's weird!) so I hope to have missed lots of action in that time