October 09 - Bing bong...this is the final call for October babies, the final call October babies

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Here's the list, have tried to update as much as I can. Apologies if I've missed anyone. (also added how late/early they were for you princessmel) Babies due

Cookiemonster1 - 2/10/09 Boy
dogstar - 4/10/09 Girl
Sparklytwinkletoes - 06/10/09 Don't Know
Heylottie - 09/10/09 Don't Know
Kowaikiwi - 10/10/09 Don't Know
SassJ - 12/10/09 Boy
Hackneybird - 15/10/09 Don't Know
HalfMumHalfBiscuit - 15/10/09 Don't Know
littleblessing - 19/10/09
Princessmel - 21/10/09 Boy
NewbeeMummy - 21/10/09 Girl
Jellytotz - 21/10/09 Girl
Dizzytrout - 21/10/09 Girl
MrsHappy - 23/10/09 Girl
Ronniemummy- 24/10/09
MeHimCatBlob - 25/10/09 Girl
Hattie05 - 30/10/09 Girl

Babies born
theboob - Madison Rose born 14/09/09...14 days early
Devilsadvocaat - Charlie born 25/09/09...14 days early
LittleMissBliss - Marley born 25/09/09...10 days early
Mrs Kitty - Eliza born 26/09/09...9 days early
CalypsoFLame - Annalise Francoise born 28/09/09...2 days early
Ohmani - Patrick David born 29/09/09
Wibblydibs - Louis Dashiell born 29/09/09...7 days early
KleineMaus - Magnus born 30/09/09...on due date
Twinklegreen - Amelie Eva born 30/09/09...2 days late
Fidelma - Connor Ben born 30/09/09...9 days early
Treats - Isabel Rose born 30/09/09...7 days early
HumphreysCorner - Matthew John born 01/10/09...2 days late
Willmouse - Henry John born 02/10/09...15 days early
Rubyslippers- Ruby Francesca born 02/10/09...3 days early
Patmum - Adam james born 03/10/09...3 days early
JamesDavidsMum - Alexander Ngawaka born 03/10/09...1 day late
Neon - Thomas (Thom) Laurence born 03/10/09...
Lix - Phoenix Tabitha born 05/10/09...5 days early
BellaCullen - Nathaniel Alexander born 05/10/09... 3 days late
HappyTangerine - Joseph Richard born 05/10/09...5 days late
Smallone - George Robert born 5/10/09...12 days early
KKKKaty - Hamish William born 06/10/09...4 days early
Sammysam- Girl born 06/10/09....9 days late
Littlepea72 - Faith Scarlett born 07/10/09...5 days early
Sugarkane - Aiden Riley 8/10/09...born on due date
Jules88 - Artemis Arte born 10/10/09
Fluffycats = Ella Rose born 10/10/09
Andrea75 - Benjamin born 12/10/09
Mossop - Merryn born 12 Oct...9 days early
Lal23 - Maia Jo born 13 Oct...12 days early
IDOB - Caitlin Abigail born 14/10/09 ... 17 days late
Peachespaige - Frederick William Patrick (Freddie) born 17 Oct...6 days early
saraheb - Robert James born 18/10/09... 10 days late
Flamesparrow - Carys Jean born 19/10/09...3 days late

Congratulations Mrs Happy

Happy Birthday Kowaikiwi

I've had a pretty good day today and Connor has gone to sleep at bedtime

I can't comment on the expressing as I am rubbish at it and hate doing it.That expressed milk is like liquid gold !!!!I just breast feed (for ages !!!)although I have just found out that 3 children in my sons nursery class of 4 year olds are still being breast fed!!!(out of 14 children)

It does really get easier and worth persevering if you can.

I also put Connor in the sling at tea time and while doing homework and juggeling a
jelouse (sp?) brother Sigh.

Top tip for thoes of us that are tierd (exhausted)make sure you eat and drink enough.My mum keeps reminding me and it does keep me same (ish!!!)

fluffycats

1. can you put the milk from both boobs in the same bottle or should they be kept separate?

same

1. If you don't get much milk in one go can you top up the same bottle later or should that be separate too?

Can go together, but must be kept chilled between pumps and the useby "clock" starts on the first express.

1. How much roughly should you fill a bottle for one feed?

(2.5 x weight of baby in lb) divide by number of feeds in a day. Then try this out in advance to see how much they actually take!

1. How many bottles should you leave with someone for a nights baby sitting?

At least one more than you think! I went away
when dd was 4 mo and bought a dummy just in case she wanted to comfort suck.

1. if you have frozen the milk should you defrost in the fridge or room temperature?

either, if you defrost at room temp or warmer you should then use straight away.

1. How do you go about warming the milk after it has come out of the fridge?

stand in hot water. You can microwave if you give a really good shake but it "kills" the beneficial bits in breastmilk.

Thanks for your replies. Have just had a practice pump on one of the many Avent pumps that I seem to have collected and was very amazed at how well it works! Its funny as you don't get to see the milk coming out when feeding the baby. Its made my boob hurt more than feeding normally does and my nipple is now the size of a cork!! Little Ella is only 2 weeks and 4 days old so doesn't have that big a gob yet!

Off on a dentist mission for a couple of hours tomorrow so DP will have a little milk to test her on whilst I'm out in case she gets a bit peckish. We'll see how test 1 works!

Meant to say Congratulations MrsHappy I hope the labour went well and I'm very impressed with you being back on here so soon, it took me 2 weeks to finally catch up!

Congratulations MrsHappy and I love the name Phoebe. [hsmle]

Happy Birthday Kowaikiwi. littlepea-hope you have more success with the Dr.

Well, Matthew seems fine today and he slept his usual 2 hours between feeds last night. Am sure he doesn't have colic. Shame my virus seems to have returned.

Some great advice on here.

How do you co-sleep as when I bring Matthew into the bed at a weekend sometimes at 7am I am worried the sheets will cover him when he lays next to me.

I love BF but not expressing and agree that I don't want to spend that precious hour between feeds expressing-not until I need to.

Right, must drag myself to bed.

Big wave!

HC
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Thanks everyone for all the brilliant questions & advice, invaluable. They were all on my list too.
We had a better night last night, we worked out that I just wasn't winding Sadie properly which is why she wouldn't settle after a feed. Unfortunately she still takes about an hour & a half per feed by the time she drops of 2-3 times & winding her each time is the only way to wake her up.
The midwife is coming today so will be good to see if Sadie is putting on enough weight.
I hope everyone had a reasonable night & has a good day.
KK

Hi all,

Congrats PrincessMel and MrsHappy so happy for you both

Is there anyone else still left waiting? Feel like I'm the only one....

41+1 today, had a sweep yesterday morning, had a tiny bit of a show this morning, but not sure if I should get my hopes up that something could be happening as midwife at the hospital said yesterday that my cervix was still 3cm thick.

Worst news was that after being told by the local midwife for the last 6 weeks that her head is engaged, Midwife at the hospital said that it wasn't at all. Have had a few issues with local midwife saying one thing and then staff at hospital or local GP saying something else (like being told baby was huge and they would have to induce early or consider C-section and then being told was big but nothing to worry about and would arrive on time).

Found out yesterday that she had not booked my induction as she said she had, so I now have to wait until the 8th November before they can induce me. Seriously considering putting in a compalint as by the time they induce me I'll be 42+4 and I'm really worried as I keep reading about the placenta degrading at that stage and a high risk of teh baby being still born - can anyone shed some light on this?

Was so upset yesterday that I sent DP out for the afternoon and just sat in tears all afternoon.

Sorry for the depressing post when so many of you are happily (for the main part) settling in with your lovely new borns, just feeling so down.

mrshappy congratulations
newbemummy sorry to hear you're feeling down, going very overdue is really really hard. It must be fustrating to hear us all on hear nattering about our newborns.
You should be monitored every day past 42 weeks, the risk of still birth does rise sharply after 42 wks but it is still a very small risk, try not to worry too much and insist on being monitored. Hopefully you will go into natural labour before you get to that stage.

newbeemummy I have been thinking of you as we were due on the same date. I hope the sweep works for you.
I am that they didn't book your induction, I'd definatly take it further and see if there's a way you can have an induction earlier. Could you go to a different hospital??
But saying all that I have read that lots of people do go very overdue and things work out perfectly safe. But soooooo frustrating for you!! ((hugs))

I feel guilty typing about Freddie now because he's out and I know there are mummys still waiting for their babies....

But...he had his Newborn check with the midwife yesterday. When ds and dd were born a doctor did this before we were dishcharged from the hospital. And he is all ok. Hips and heart fine and everything else ok too.
He was so relaxed during the check and she commented on how lovely he was!!

Congratulations mrshappy!!!

Thanks for your comments on engorgement. I am really not keen on expressing. And will feed Freddie as much as possible instead. I didn't express with dd either. Luckily he fed a lot more during the day yesterday and seems to be taking more each time. His nappies are definatly needing to be changed more often.

I don't know if Freddie's birth has been added to the list. He was (just,by hours) 3 days overdue.

I need to do my birth story.....

newbee sorry you're going overdue, its the longest weeks of your life isn't it? I can recommend accupressure points. Check on youtube, there's vids of how to do it. I reckon it was the inside of the lower leg one that did it for me. I was also taking high dose evening primrose oil capsules. There is lots to worry about when you're having a baby, but it might help to keep in mind that the health profession don't class you as overdue till 42wks. So you'll only be 4days medically overdue if you last to your induction date.

Another theory although it is a bit "out there" is that you have to be emotionally and mentally ready to give birth. If you can get your head around giving birth, it might do the trick. I was definitely more "ready" with no2 and he was early whereas with no1 I wasn't, although I was thoroughly miserable being pg, and she was late. Either way it won't do you any harm!

I can't remember when I was on here last but by the number of posts it was a while ago-I never get on here (or facebook) any more-there is just never any time at all-i'm really missing it but my girls are very worth it!

Just a very quick one to mark my place, Just the usual-though I feel i'm being let off very easily this time round as Zoe is a much easier baby than dd1 (or it could be that I'm just going with the flow far more and doing my own thing-feeding all the time, co-sleeping and holding her a lot-but she very raely cries. She also had huge trouble with wind and has projectile vomited several times (whole ontents of tummy out a couple of metres in a straight line) and brings up a lot of milk the rest of the time. She is so good though that I can see that she is in pain with her tummy and she is about to cry and I sit her up and burp her and she is ok-not at all like dd1 who'd cry for hours. She has a restless time early morning when she makes a lot of weird noises and won't settle. ut on the whole she is so much easier than dd1 was. I'm struggling with getting us all up and ready in the mornings-hopefully we'll get better!

Congratulations to all the new mums/babies
Good luck to all the mums still due
Hugs to anyone finding things hard-it does get easier.

Will attempt to keep up but can't see it happening

Thanks all for the kind words and really sorry to put a damper on what is such a happy thread with all the lovely newborns, will confess to being jealous, but really happy to hear all the stories, and I just can't wait to have my own out so I can finally hold her in my arms.

I'm trying to get an appointment at my local GP surgery and see if they can put a bit more pressure on the hospital and maybe move the induction forward.

I am thinking about trying the other local hospital, but I've heard so many awful stories about it, I'm really hesitant to make the move, I know 3 people in the last year who lost their newborns due to simple mistakes by the hospital and I just couldn't bare the risk.

I'll see if I can find that vid you mention Smallone, it's the only thing left that I haven't tried.

I did think I was ready, but you maybe right, I'll see if I can chill out and hopefully she'll come along. My mum is coming up to take me shopping tomorrow so hopefully that will take my mind off any niggling doubts that may be lurking, and if not a bit of retail therapy never hurt anyone

Thanks all. x

hi everyone!

also struggling to keep up with thread.

charlie still doing good, also feeding 2 hourly. have days where i like it more than others but i know that soon enough he will settle down a bit. have also had some lovely gummy smiles

here are my top bf/expressing tips:

don't worry about how frequent baby feeds or how much they're getting

don't worry if baby has both boobs at each feeds

if you're worried about feeding in public, wear a strappy top under a t-shirt, pull t-shirt up and strapy top keeps you covered

express from the opposite sde whilst you are feeding baby

only expect to express an oz or 2 oz at first

express and freeze as you go, adding 2 oz at a time to your freezer bag but make sure you refrigerate any additional milk before adding to frozen milk so it doesn't thaw before freezing

if you use freezer bags, they sometimes leak so defrost them in a sterilised jug in the fridge

persist with expressing as it takes a while to increase your supply that extra feed a day (unless you're lucky!)

Hey All
Gave birth to a beautiful little girl on Wednesday morning at 12.23 am - named her Molly Kathleen, was 9 days late in the end. She is just wonderful. Labour was 6 hours start to finish and from waters going to meeting her was just 20 mins - water birth with a little gas and air.
Feeding an awful lot, my nipples are killing me, have a little blister on one already.
Catch up more tomorrow.

Congratulations Littleblessing-well done!

Waves!

Yeay littleblessing!!!

littleblessing Yipeee well done sounds like a good birth.Hope you are ok and recovering

newbeeie I would put pressure on for an earlier induction.but you do sound quite ready and very close to labour.I was just like you before I gave birth.I will uncross everythimg for you.

Must get to bed I really don't know what I am playing at being on mumsnet at this hour.

Finally my due date is near! (tomorrow).

Congrats to all the new arrivals, i have kept up with birth stories.

Who else is still waiting .....am i the last?

MW tried sweet on Monday, but was still posterier. Had lots and lots of BH's this time, but not a lot else. Can't wait to meet baby!

sweep! not sweet!

Congratulations MrsHappy and Littleblesing HC re co-sleeping, Joseph sleeps in top of the duvet which is tucked in, he's well away from any pillows. We follow the positioning in the UNICEF co-sleeping leaflet.

Midwife is comng at 11am and for once I can't wait. Blisters now on both nipples from Joseph's fractious day on Tues where I couldn't get him to latch on. Second week in a row that he's been quiet, sleepy baby after cranial osteopathy on Monday and hell on the Tuesday. We're not going back. Close to giving up the bf, the blisters make fveeding agony and he's started kicking the other painful breast at the start of a feed when latching on. HV checked latch and said it was fine. My mum and now DH are telling me to switch to formula because I'm just not enjoying my baby. I don't know anymore, I fought so hard to get feeding established but this is so painful. DH mentioned the blisters to MIL yesterday and she said neither she nor my SIL had them or problems with bf which just made me feel useless. He's feeding fine, wants it all the time(I'm in bloody agony though!) but I'm just soo tired. DH going out with his mates tonight to wet the baby's head so day will be even longer than usual.

Sorry to moan, needed badly to vent.

HT - I figured that breastfeeding makes us feel emotional becuse we're full of milk-producing hormones at the moment, so don't beat yourself up. And ignore people who tell you to change to FF unless you really want to. Having said that I found having a few bottles of formula around for emergencies was really helpful - it just helps to take the\pressure off when you're feeling really bad.

Re: the nipples. Have you tried nipple shields? They're a bit frowned upon but you could use them for a few days while your nipples recover. Or you could try Lansinoh -it's a bit pricey but it's the best thing for cracked nipples.

Grr at your MIL and SIL. They might not have had blisters but you can bet that they had problems of their own that they're not telling you about - most people do.

Fingers crossed for you - hope you have a good day today. DH has to look after the baby tomorrow as the price of going out tonight and let you get some sleep......

Just a quicky

HT ignore your midwife, if you are getting blisters and alot of pain the latch is not ok. Can you get in touch with a bf counsellor? (try the ABM helpline).

I agree with treats it may be the time to try nipple shields, they are a last resort but it sounds like you're getting a bit desperate.

HT-deffo ring the Drs for a free prescription of Lansinoh. A couple of dabs of it and your blisters will go. You certainly are not a failure. There is nothing worse than sore nipples and especially if Joseph is feeding lots as you don't get any healing time. See what the MW says.

The aftermath of Matthew's all day feeding has given me engorged boobs that are leaking for the first time. If I am at home all he wants to do is feed and be held, at least if I'm out he doesn't cry all the time,

Good luck to those still waiting.

HC
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I'm afraid I have only had time to lurk recently - baby feeding like mad at the mo and had loads (too many) visitors too. Also was diagnosed with a uterine infection and am on antibiotics - think I have had it a while but hadn't been checked by mw even after mentioning pain in stomach and clots. Insisted on check on Wednesday and was sent straight to a doctor for a prescription. Will try to write my birth story soon.

I felt I had to give some advice to HT.

I have had a lot of trouble with my latch with Robert (same as with DD). My problem is that I have very flat nipples and it took about 3 weeks last time for my nippples to realise they are supposed to stick out for baby to feed. Unfortunately this means that both nipples cracked and Robert took most of the skin off the top of the left nipple. After much soul searching I resorted to nipple protectors on Sunday and bfing has been much easier and less painful since. It took about 3-4 days for Robert and my milk to adjust to the changes using the shields made to the feeding but the nipples are now healing and I am hoping it won't be long before we can try again without them.

I wanted you to know you are not alone and that bfing is not always easy. I was upset at the thought of not being able to bf and have had support from the emergency mw who explained that it can reduce the amount of milk Robert would get by 1/3 and would mean him feeding longer and my body adapting to the change in routine.

I also add lansinoh after a feed and the combination is definately helping. Wish you luck and hope it works out for you.

Best wishes to all those still waiting - hopefully it won't be long now.

Hello all

I hope all of you with sore nipples are doing ok. Blisters sound horrible I'd deffo call a bf councellor.(sp)

Freddie was great last night. He went down at 11, woke at 3ish, then went back at 4 till 8ish. ds and dd woke at 6.30 but they played while we stayed dozing. Tons more sleep than when I was pregnant!!! I know this will change but while it lasts I am making the most of catching up on sleep.