Haven?t been on for a while so have been trying to catch up, here goes?
WhatSheSaid-Congratulations on your girl!! How exciting! And lol about the picnic confusion!
Winter- Its always best to do what you thinks best for your family and yourself. No matter how it is portrayed I personally think some women have a very difficult time with bf whilst others sail along from the start. I certainly didn?t have a good time with ds1, he would not latch for love nor money and ended up ½ ff and ½ ebf till about 6 weeks when my milk supply vanished. With ds2 it was a lot easier but I suffered terribly with bleeding nipples etc despite the latch being perfect but managed to feed till about 7/8 months. Contrary to what the hcps say, it is hard work and does require a lot of patience and determination.
viksam-don?t be scared about wanting to bf. As many people ive known to have great difficulties, ive also got lots of friends who?ve found it super easy and produced lots of milk, had quick feeders etc. you just don?t know until you try.
beckyg123-doing ebf so your dh can have a turn is a great idea although not particularly recommended for the first 6 weeks or thereabout, simply for the fact the baby can develop nipple confusion and also take to the fast flow of the bottle and not want to put the effort into suckling at the breast. Once your milk supply is established it should be fine but I would recommend pumping when he gives the ebf to keep up your supply.
Jojobil-that?s pants about your pram. I hate ebay sellers like that, they should put a reserve on if they?ve got a set price in mind that they want to sell it for. Grr
Ive been busy on ebay last 2 weeks, made £85 with a few bits and pieces I found in the attic so all good
For all you guys that use ebay and don?t know about sniping I recommend ?my snip? you put your max bid on and leave it. That way you don?t actually bid on ebay and push up the price in a bidding war. Mine is set to bid 5 seconds before the auction ends, so I get a few good bargains. I joined the site about 6 yrs ago and put on £5 of snipes and still have quite a few shots left before I need to buy more, so definitely worth it, also if your shot doesn?t win, you don?t pay
Wonderstuff-have you booked your driving test? Good luck, its such a liberating experience being able to drive!
Kapars-join the belt club! are you seeing her again?
Violet-sorry to hear your still getting ms. it sucks having it all the way through, but fingers crossed it eases up in the next few weeks x
Jojobil-congratulations on your little boy!!
Well ive had a busy 2 weeks. Been working a lot and have been super busy. Saw the physio two weeks ago about spd and have been given tubigrip and exercises and see her back in early march. Worked a 9hr shift on Sunday in a v v large residential unit and walked miles from one end of the house and back, all shift. Had to work all day Monday which also invovled a fair bit of walking, consequently Im in agony. Have been taking cocodamol 8/500 but its not touching the pain whatsoever so had a chat to the dr today and hes put me on 30/500 instead. Will see how that goes and go back to him if there?s no difference. Getting really quite scared now as only 19weeks and live on 1st floor with 2 children so really cannot afford to be immobile!
Bought my britax first class at the weekend. Have had two already for the boys(used at same time) but they were f8888d after a few years heavy use, so nice new one again! Have bought a few neutral little outfits as I got rid of all our baby stuff, but other than that nothing else yet!
Got ds1 6th birthday next Monday, hoping he?ll be behaved for that(been a horror for the past few days) but will take him to do something with just me and him as dp at work and ds2 at nursery so hopefully will be a nice day.
Tuesday ive got my 20wk scan!, still cant decide whether to find out sex or not, need to make up my mind though!
Wow, mammoth post, sorry guys!