Due April 2009 - Chapter 32: Shake your pom poms, Shake your pom poms, Shake your pom poms!!!

[BabyBolat]

Hope no one minds I gave Nutty the vote after her epic birth!

Ju, George has had the EBM. I've only done it 3 times - twice for DH to feed him / to give me a break late at night when I'm getting too tired, once for my parents so DH & I could go out for a meal alone . I still have to hand express a bit down the sink when he's due the feed anyway though, or my boobs feel like they'll explode!

Juw - glad I'm not alone with my Rorschach ink mark. Have you ever had your navel pierced?

DS1's friend is better, so will be heaving him and Alex into the car this evening and taking him to his sleepover after all.

Thanks Nutts - I tend to think of !!!s as the e-mail/ text equivalent of smiling. I should use more s!

Auld - yes, it's around the piercing. Think I should have removed the ring earlier in pg. Good news about sleepover - DS must be so pleased!

Yay for the sleepover! I am pleased, Auld

With the quick expressing - I do usually spend 15 mins or so when I express so that I get a completly empty boob and get to the hind milk etc but I will have more than one feed to use iyswim. But if she is waiting to be fed, I will just express enough to fill her up there and then and then carry on.

BUT the downside is, I do have an over supply of milk, I am constantly overflowing as I started expressing the day after my milk came in. But I don't mind because last time, I found it easy at the start but once I got out of the routine of expressing, it was a lot harder to do. So even if all my feeding problems sort themselves out, I would still like to stay in the habit of expressing say once a day, so that I have the milk if I need it or want a break etc. I had HUGE problems at around 2-3 months because DD wouldn't take a bottle and it was a nightmare because I couldn't even pop out for half an hour incase she woke for a feed. Would have been nice to be able to let DH have her for a couple of hours while I got some sleep (She was an AWFUL sleeper) or to be able to pop to the shop on my own quickly etc. So I am paranoid about not taking a bottle, just as much as I worry about her not taking a boob!

I also can collect at least 1 oz in the Avent shells during a feed or expressing session if my boobs are reasonably full. That is a really good way of getting extra milk as there is no effort at all and safes the waste.

Juwesm, wonder if I had a piercing without knowing it?

DS is chuffed to bits.

Just a quickie!

Archie was born at 3.52 this morning, all 8lb 15oz of him! and just on G&A! Birth story later

Well done Meg.
Welcome Archie...

Congratulations Meg! Well done you

Congratulations Meg, and welcome to Archie!

Have only just realised everyone left is overdue now (or must already have popped!).

What's for lunch?

CONGRATS MEG

I have taken the liberty of knocking of a few who have surely popped by now and we haven't heard from for ages. We can add them back in on the post natal thread if they come back.

The Baby List .....

12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: FELIX DEVLIN ALEXANDER 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
05 Apr: Mrsfossil: ISLA LILIAN 7lb 10oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: SpringySunshine: GEORGE NATHAN 8lb 15oz
11 Apr: RachelinScotland: CLEMENT JAMES 8lb 14oz
11 Apr: Lou031205: ISLA SOPHIA 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: Electra: ISABELLA CAROLINE 6lb 3oz
11 Apr: AuldAlliance: ALEXANDRE 7lb 6oz
12 Apr: Phdlife: Name TBA 9lb 3oz
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
14 Apr: Purlease: ADAM 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Juwesm: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
15 Apr: Minush: ZAFIRAH ROSA 7lb 12oz
15 Apr: FatandFedup: EMILIA ROSE 7lb 6oz
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
20 Apr: LuLuBai: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Kittycatisgettingfat: GABRIELLA AUDREY BIANCA
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Schulte: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
23 Apr: Tristaleejac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
24 Apr: Soon2befamilyof4: TALIA 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Lauren61: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: Name TBA GIRL 9lb
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz

Still yet to hatch...

24 Apr: Conkertree:
24 Apr: Frekkles:
25 Apr: TarteTatin:
27 Apr: Ilovesummer:
28 Apr: Satheresitting:

yay meg - congratulations. good to know there are still babies being born and that we arent imagining these bumps.

Am quite keen on a May baby now so almost want this one to hold off for another 10 hours or so before coming.

Had a show today so moe progress but still no regular contractions. Wonder how frekkles is?

Auld - great that the sleepover can happen after all. guess the sellers will eventually have to just accept that it wont sell at that price before too long given the number of viewers who havent bought.

my tummy is covered in stretch marks but they all faded to almost nothing after ds so am assuming (hoping) the same will happen again this time.

Hi all - just had a quick catch up.

CONGRATS MEG - wow, we've nearly all popped, finally!! SOOOO much has happened this past month

Well I have had my first poo and been on my first trip out all in one day am feeling rather good about it all!! Yesterday I felt awful, house was a mess, friends were coming round, I looked crap, felt crap, I almost cried every time I BF etc etc. BUT, Evie sleeps right through at night so at least I'm not too tired. Afterpains have gone, boobs are still hurting but loads better, I finally have some proper clothes on, and have been to Toys R Us and tidied the house. DH, bless him, has done all the washing and ironing. Oh..and it doesn't hurt to wee anymore!

Evie has really bad dry skin around her mouth, looks a bit like an allergy but can't think what it could be too - I have only put olive oil on it - could it be that? Anyone know anything else that is good?

Really wanted to take baby up to the school to show her off today but the weather here is torrential rain so DH will be going on his own again. I will get there one day!

congratulations meg yaaaay!!!

Suprise I have been using olive oil for DD2s dry skin - but it brought up a conversation the other day with step MIL (who has 3 under 5!) and she said she used extra virgin olive oil on her Ds3 and it brought him up in a big rash, but when she used normal cheap olive oil, it was fine.

I know I need to bath DD2 very soon, she is a week old tomorrow. But I don't want to! I hate bathing them when they are tiny and just scream and wriggle the whole time! I think I am going to have to bath with her, but I hate baths that arn't really hot!

I am going to a BF group tomorrow - does anybody know what I should expect? I am a bit nervous about it TBH, I am not very good at asking for help!

Auld yay for sleepover - bet ds is overjoyed!

good plan puzzle!

soon2be re passports dh and I were born in and after 1982 and we didn't have to do all that?!!

Nutty duck!! there is time - one month after it happened to me!!!!