so here it is, a new home for us newly updiffed ladies or still seeking that golden egg after a mc part 3

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ladies here it is our new home, ive tried my best, im not very good at the witty banter so hopefully this will do, get yourself comfortable it could be a bumpy ride with me at the helm!!!

Don't beat yourself up about that sparkly I looked through my dcs books the other day and they were all over the centiles. They have grown into fine specimens who have no weight issues. Well dd is if anything getting on the chunky side now...:...
I too have a fractious baby during the day and have resorted to a sling in order to get anything done. I was panicky that meg hasn't pooed for a couple of days but doctor google says that after 6 weeks bf babies poo less sometimes going 8 days ! Wowsers!

We must have a yellow baby by now ! Hope all is well with you both if you are reading but can't post yellow x x

Baby yellow is here !!! Born by emcs 10lb 4 x x x
I'm so very thrilled for Mr and Mrs yellow.

And baby yellow is Scarlett! Thanks so much for keeping an eye on your fb worm and updating us - my notifications are useless!

I'm all goosebumpy and teary and over the moon at the same time for you and DP yellow. Relish those new born snuggles and take very good care of yourself too. It's very hard not to take your eyes off them, but do try and sleep when she does - sounds like you've been through quite a lot! Sending massive hugs and loads of love xx

Aw sparkly - can understand how you feel. Jack dropped down that much and I was a bit but he is thriving nonetheless as I'm sure Gabes is too. Keep going xx

Aw, welcome to the world Scarlett! Lovely name.
Look after yourself Yellow, lot's of hot sugary tea and toast. You will be feeling a bit in shock I expect, and tired and battered about; it will pass. We are all here lurky lurking - so delighted your little girl is safely here xxx

Thanks Wombat

Thanks Worm
Gabes has a cold and is very bunged up, can't tell if it's his nose (no sign of snot) or chest (sounds bubbly, hope not!) He just won't latch on properly, and his eyes are all red and sleepy and unhappy

Looks like it's Megs and Jack Worm-Wombat then!

Poor Gabes sparkly - doesn't sound like his usual chirpy chappiness. Anyone you can get to see him for some advice? I;ve heard that putting them in a hot steamy bathroom can help clear their little airways or saline drops but I have no idea how they work. Sending hugs for you both xx

So sparkly , you are the only one of us regulars who has given birth the traditional way! The outcome is still the same though, healthy babies and happy Mummies.
I hope Gabes is soon feeling better. The thing with babies is they get ill very quickly, but also recover quickly too.! Meg doesn't seem to have ever cleared up her newborn mucus. Her chest and nose sounds very rattly at times, and she grunts and wheezes a bit too. Typically whenever I mention it to the health visitor she isn't doing it. Sometimes when feeding she seems to forget to breathe and comes off and gasps for air. I am trying to get it on film so I can show the GP at her 8 week check up. It hasn't got any worse, in fact the grunting is improving a little. I'm hoping I am just been neurotic.

6 weeks and we already have them betrothed, it will have to be a long distance relationship unless there is any hope of you moving back this way wombat!

yellow if you are able to read I hope all is going well. Don't be afraid to keep ringing the bell to get help with looking after baby yellow, there are no prizes for being a hero and hurting yourself. Look out for the hormones when your milk comes in they are intense! Enjoy all the newborn snuggles xxxx

Good point worm about the bell ringing. It didn't cross my mind in the middle of the night when I needed an extra blanket and shivered my way to the nurses station

Sorry to hear that Megs is still a bit mucousy - good luck getting it on camera - great idea by the way!

Now I'm assuming you're reading this still wellie? We're going to need you to start the new thread soon - It has been proven that whoever starts a thread gets a bfp and it's definitely your turn! xx

Ooh sorry - hello to kool - hope you're well - we'll have our beady eyes on you next! xx

Thanks Worm, I'm trying not to be neurotic about my pfb, imagining pneumonia and all sorts. Just spent a nice few hours with dp's and dsis, none of whom panicked and called the paramedics so feeling better and he is feeding well again. Love him so very much. Tried to upload a photo but have forgotten my email details, no idea what they might be bar the normal - will try again when not so tired and less likely to type nonsense.
Aren't Jack and Meg the White Stripes? Cool. Worm-Wombat not so cool

Ah-ha, got it! Pic of Gabes posted

"The sparkly tomatoes" has a nice ring to it!

Gabes is adorable. I have added a pic of Meg and done the mumsnet mates thing. Let me know if it works.

Aw, she's beautiful Worm, really adorable

She looks very tranquil and also knowing, in that weird way some babies have who may have been here before (Gabes does not, he is just grumpy looking and I think it's his first time here, unless he's just pissed off to be back )
The fella is snoring away on a cushion next to me on the sofa, if I let him fall into a deep enough sleep this will work, but I need to be nearby or he will wake up and start crying. We had a better night and he isn't so 'chesty' this morning, more snuffily.
We (Gabes and myself) went to bed about 8pm, I was shattered and also sulking as dh had done nothing about Valentines. I know he doesn't do gifts but he's always been one for planning and executing lovely meals to demonstrate how much I mean to him, and last night he expected us to have frozen mini chicken pies . I threw a strop and went upstairs to have a little cry. Poor dh, I will have to explain and apologise; he daren't say he's tired for fear of throttling, but he must be weary too, and to be fair I had made no effort (greasy hair, pj's, huge boozum uncaptured by gigantic bra). I think he's feeling bad though as he's put the washing away, the little pile of folded muslins indicated guilt this morning.
I have a friend from working popping in for lunch which will be nice and then I might spruce myself up for later and try not to make dh's life a baffling misery.
Yellow, hope today sees you feeling more comfortable, and you're getting cuddles with Scarlett.
Ooh, one eye opens and swivels my way, time to go! x

Thanks sparkly she looks even cuter in the flesh!

So your DH didn't do valentines either. Mine won't partake as he is tight refuses to be ripped off paying twice as much for everything. But seriously I would have been happy with an Aldi single rose TBH. I usually give him "a treat" in the bedroom though and was asleep before he came to bed so I suppose I am just as bad....... I wonder if he has written on a forum somewhere that he is put out because he didn't get his valentines BJ
The first occasions post having children can be awkward as your life has taken a new direction. Just make sure he doesn't forget mothers day that is a divorcable offence!

If you get a few minutes spare I found an enlightening thread apparently we are quiches! .

Oh my god - we are quiches! - I have just started reading that thread as too have been confused as to the pom bears and there is a link to that thread - I daren't start reading it for fear of never getting to bed!

Only worm (or mrsb) would do the Valentine BJ! Love the thought of oyur DH posting about missing out somewhere else Also snorted out some tea reading about the guilty folded muslins - perhaps that will become an mn classic! V glad that Gabes is feeling a bit better sparkly - he is indeed adorable - Scarlett is a lucky girl . Lovely pic of Megs too worm - saw it on your fb page too. What gorgeous chiddlers we have. Can't wait to see a pic of Scarlett (but this is waaaaay down on your priority list yellow - you and petite Scarlett should have all the attention right now, not us gawping mners!)

Jack is a shocking sleeper right now - woke nearly every hour last night but we can't work out what he wants - he's not hungry, wet or in pain, just really restless... have felt pretty out of it today but made it to lunch with an ex-colleague which was nice although she is having problems conceiving - hasn't ovulated for months according to the tests.....

hello ladies

i'm back to the land of the living......oh my what an adventure. I'll type this quick as about to have dinner then Scarlett will want hers

so waters broke with dribble 9am sat......went to hospital and baby heartbeat was boarderline high so told to go back at 6.30 and be admitted for iv anti bis. Went for walk and lunch having crampings, waters broke properly at 4.30pm......back to hosp at 7......admitted, dp goes home, i have sleepless night on torture chamber noisy ante natal ward. I seriously had less than 1 hours sleep.

DP back next day at 9am....they are already talking about induction.....scary....we start walking round hospital, contractions start, get to every 4 or 5 mins by midday.
Transferred to labour ward as labour needs to be augmented, all water birth thoughts out the window. On the drip.....pains v v bad, keep turning drip up, 5 contractions now every 10 mins. About 5pm cervix still only 1 ½ dilated. Started gas and air.........carried on until 8pm, still just 3 cms but having violent urge to push........so started epidural.....carried on until about 11 ish.....still just 4 cm.

I start showing signs of infection, baby heartbeat not doing so well, at one point they lost it but it was machine malfunction...but starts getting v tense and scary. Then consultant comes in and decrees a level 1 emergency and it?s suddenly like ER......baby is out 5 mins later. DP is there and I am awake cos i already had the epi in place they could just use that.
Back in recovery for about 3 hours......feeling terrible, tired, nothing to eat since 2pm.......then back to ward at 5ish.......and DP went home and came back about 11am. Full day of non stop checks and stuff so no rest at all (they start at 6am) DP went home at 8pm and we had another sleepless night with checks, noise etc etc
Tues am I am starting to feel quite hysterical with sleep and food depravation......the food shocked me with it?s level of revolting ness.......no veg or fruit in sight.......was living on crisps and sarnies from WH Smiths. They said we could be discharged at midday but all drs too busy for paperwork so hanging round frustrated all day......then they said it would prob have to be the next day. I was boarderline hysterical but they finally found a dr at 9pm and we got back here about midnight. Never felt so relived or tired. Went straight to bed with ear plugs just waking to feed and left DP to get on with it.....he had a sleepless night! I had 6 hours..........bliss.
Such a good day today, been napping and cuddling and eating (both of us)
That is the top level summary!
I love her soooooooooooo much, she is amazing and beautiful, I feel so blessed. And it makes me tearful just writing that........I couldn?t be more happy. DP is just preparing steak and red wine as i need to get my iron levels back up.
I am on anti biotics and have to have stomach injections for clotting etc but that is such a detail compared to my beautiful daughter.
Thank you all for the support on my amazing journey, there were def times when I never thought I?d get here. I love you all.
I briefly read through your updates, will reply more when i can and look forward to continuing this fantastic journey with you all. I will post a pic when I work out how, and Gabes will see how lucky his is with his future wife!
Lots of new born snuggles to you all
Big, medium and small tomato family
xxxxxx

Hi all,

I don't want to interrupt yellowtomato's amazing birth story but I'm wondering if it's ok if I join you?

I was in the Hideous 2WW thread but very recently (Monday), got a very unexpected BFP - unexpected because i was convinced AF was on her way.

I don't know what's wrong with me but I just feel so nervous. It's such early days and I keep testing obsessively (nine so far!). I think it just seems so unreal and I would even kill for morning sickness right now, just to know it was really happening :(

I feel kinda dizzy at times but not much apart from that. How do you handle this early period...where your AF is hardly late yet and you can't wrap your head around the fact that the very much wanted and hoped for baby is really a sesame seed sized presence there? (That's what I learnt on my baby tracker - its size at four weeks )

Hello bellybat sorry you are feeling so in limbo and step away from the tests! you are very welcome to join us however it is very quiet around these parts with just 6 regulars and 4 of us have popped! There is another thread for newly upduffed here where you will find loads of people in your situation.
My personal way of coping in the 12 week wait after becoming pg post mc was to expect the worst to be honest. Self preservation...... good luck!

Tummy injections? Gack, glad I was common and pushed baby out!
Yellow, so lovely to hear from you so soon, you sound euphoric and so in love with Scarlett - I welled up a bit there so Wombat will be in floods, soft touch that she is
Seems no-one has a straight forward birth, hmm? Hope it helped to type it out, I should have done that, quite cathartic. You are through it now, dh sounds fab, and I bet little tomato is a real cutie.
Look after yourself, loving the steak and wine to replenish iron levels, go girl!

Congrats on the fraud Worm!

Hey bettybat (snarf at bellybat, very appropriate), congrats on your bfp!

As you say, early days; sorry, not sure from your post if you had a previous miscarriage, that is how we come to be here and as you can see things do work out, and we are sending baby dust vibes to lovely Wellie down under, and anyone else lurking.

This is why Worm said she expected the worst, she's not just naturally a glass half empty kind of girl! (Yellow is a glass fully empty girl, literally - good to have my fellow wino back!)
As has been said, we're a slow ponderously thoughtful thread and have mostly popped, so you might get more step-by-step support from a thread where everyone is at your stage, quite nice I think as you'll go through each stage together - I lurk on one such thread but it moves too fast and they're all boasting about orgasms now so might back away. Anyhoo, I digress you are most welcome if you wish to hang out x

Huge congrats yellow, what a traumatic experience. You sound euphoric, good on you! What a wonderful happy ending, Scarlett sounds perfect.

Love to everyone else. AWOL again from me, DH in hospital for last 10 days

Sorry Kool, hugs and chocolate.