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Mothers of Angel Babies United - wishing for, some of us pg with and some of us holding our Rainbow babies

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Bluetinkerbell · 18/10/2011 22:53

Here we go again! Grin
lots of love to all our angel babies! xxx

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CheeseandGherkins · 28/10/2011 08:49

Everything's fine and it looks like a little girl! :D

shakeyjake · 28/10/2011 09:05

cheese yay for the scan and another pink baby :-))

ciwi · 28/10/2011 09:13

Great news cheese another little girl, I have my scan this afternoon and am hoping to find out too. I am a bit worried about the scan but as I had a detailed one a week and a half ago, surely not much can have changed since then? How do you feel to be expecting another girl?
green sorry af arrived and it it extra rubbish that it is on your 6 month anniversary. I have gotten through the past year thinking I hope I am pregnant by ... And it is so disappointing when You are not and felt a lot harder to cope with the event x
blue hope your dd has a lovely birthday x
Sorry for leaving people out, can't get back to the last page and can't remember all the news! hope everyone is ok x

razzdazz · 28/10/2011 09:49

Glad the scan went well cheese........another one for the pink team!!
Cant wait to hear about your scan later today ciwi
Hope you are doing ok today green
Yay for collecting your dress jane, sooooo exciting [hgrin]

spilttheteaagain · 28/10/2011 10:03

Congratulations cheese, did she wiggle for you?

Good luck ciwi xx

greenzebra · 28/10/2011 10:23

jane hugs to you, time does go too fast. How exciting picking up your dress today!

greenzebra · 28/10/2011 10:24

congrats cheese another one in the pink corner!

AngelGeorgie · 28/10/2011 11:41

Yeh cheese congrats on team pink!!!
Good luck Ciwi xxx
Boo hoo Green xx
Jane enjoy collecting your dress xx
Hi all . Hope everyone is well??? Better night Phoebe slept from 1 to 5 . then fed from 5 to 7
Love to all xxxx

CheeseandGherkins · 28/10/2011 16:27

Thanks all, I'm so pleased and happy. She was very active during the scan and was sucking her thumb at one point too :) Having a doppler scan in 4 weeks time they said as I've had PE before. I'm feeling really excited and not at all the way I thought I would having been told we're expecting another little girl.

Really stuck on names though! [hgrin]

janedoe25 · 28/10/2011 17:19

Fantastic news cheese so happy for you! x

MelMal · 28/10/2011 19:08

Ciwi have been thinking about you this afternoon. Hope the scan was ok.
We're off to our Sands meeting just now. Don't want to go out in the cold though! x

AngelGeorgie · 28/10/2011 19:10

Ciwi u ok?? Xxx
Hi all xx

CheeseandGherkins · 28/10/2011 20:11

ciwi hope things went well for you today xx

Mel hope the Sands meeting went well, just got in ourselves and it is quite cold out!

ciwi · 28/10/2011 21:14

Hi everyone, just a quick post from me as I am shattered! All looks fine on the scan and we are expecting another little boy :) I thought I didn't mind either way but I was so overjoyed to hear that its a boy I burst into tears. I feel really excited too cheese more than I thought I would. Even allowed myself to have a little look at baby boy clothes in the shops, some lovely things. I know i will be back to worrying soon but I am just enjoying this while it lasts x

CheeseandGherkins · 28/10/2011 21:21

ciwi that's wonderful :) Really pleased for you. I did the same today with clothes and actually bought a couple of little cardis and hats etc! I don't know why, I just did, but it seems to have helped :) xx

lemonsherbet · 28/10/2011 22:49

cheese and ciwi congratulations. It must be so nice knowing what you are having.

jane very exciting that you are picking up your dress, any hints about what it looks like. When is the wedding? must be close.

AngelGeorgie · 28/10/2011 22:59

Congrats Ciwi good day all round xxxGrin

razzdazz · 29/10/2011 09:46

Lovely news ciwi, really pleased for you. The first rainbow baby boy Grin

Bluetinkerbell · 29/10/2011 23:26

Hi everyone! sorry for being quiet... been pretty busy with preparing DD's 3rd birthday party! Cake made... took me two nights decorating. Hope I haven't forgotten anything, it's the first time I'm organising a birthday party! I hope all DD's friends will show up, cause only 1 mum explicitly rsvp'd. ah well, we'll see tomorrow! she'll love it anyway! she's been so excited the last few days counting down the sleeps till her party and her birthday!

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janedoe25 · 29/10/2011 23:29

blue I hope dd has a fantastic party!

ciwi fantastic news! x

Hope everyone is well. x

MelMal · 30/10/2011 08:13

Just a quick post. Ciwi really chuffed about your scan news. And a boy too! That's excellent. Will this be our first rainbow boy?
Also not ho take it away from the girls though. I'm also really thrilled for you Cheese.
I'm keeping a low profile and being very productive this week as I am petrified about the scan on Wed. I'm painting the front room of my flat that's up for sale - needed some distraction!!
Hi everyone else, catch up soon xxx

spilttheteaagain · 30/10/2011 09:22

ciwi wonderful news Grin congratulations on your little boy.

blue I'm sure your organisation will pay off and dd will have a fantastic birthday.

mel will be thinking of you on Weds, hoping it's all good news for you too.

angel how's things going for you and Phoebe? I am Knackered today with a capital K!

lemonsherbet · 30/10/2011 10:33

split hope you get to have a nap and catch up on some sleep.

Jane hope the wedding preparations are going OK

ciwi and cheese hope all is going well. Are you telling anyone that you know what you are having.

blue hope the birthday party went well. Did you make the cake in a special shape?

mel hope all goes well on Wednesday. Will have my fingers crossed how many weeks are you?

I am really not doing well today. Am scaring myself after being out with friends who were telling me about people who are further along who have miscarriages. Just do not really feel pregnant but I am only 6 weeks. Not sure if to book a private scan when I would be 8 weeks. What do you think? Can someone tell me to calm down. Sorry.

AngelGeorgie · 30/10/2011 10:52

lemon I had loads of scans both times. This time the first scan was at 6 weeks and although I hate them ( for obvious reasons) I used each scan as a stepping stone( initially the scans were 2 weekly). I wouldn t worry about not feeling pg as such I never did!!!! ( I has very little nausea so in the aspect I was lucky)
Mel sounds like a plan!!! Anything you can do to help yourself to get through. Xx
split OMG yes!!!! Am so tired. Every time I think we re getting in to some sort of routine Phoebe throws me a curve ball!!! Last night was terrible she bf from
8-11pm on & off then bottle at 11 Bf from 1-2 then bottle then chucked some of it back up!!! Bf from 6-8 on & off then ant gave her a bottle at 09:30 as was screaming the house down!!! My MW reassured me though it's ok if she needs a bottle after a feed , it doesn t mean she's not getting milk from me but I m worried if she's not latching on correctly 100% of the time is this why she's needing a bottle sometimes also???
Hi all; hope everyone is well?? & not as sleep deprived as us!!!! Had a lovely day yesterday though, took Phoebe shopping with my sister splashed out on a load of clothes for me ( some I still need to slim
In to!!!) Phoebe was good as gold didn t stir or wake up once!! So guess I can t whinge too much!!! Xxx

spilttheteaagain · 30/10/2011 11:54

lemon I booked a private scan at 10 weeks this time (combination of not getting round to it sooner, and wanting to leave it long enough that I would definitely see a hb if there was one). I was supposed to be having an early scan (offered by GP) but hospital were muppets and it never happened so I just paid privately. It helped to have the scan then - reassurance that I was definitely off the starting block so to speak! Like angel, the scans became a stepping stone, I never thought further ahead than the next one. I expect for you, like me, the "big" scan and hardest will be the 20 weeker, but they are all scary and wonderful. The temporary reassurance after each one made the fear before all worth it. And even if the scan had been bad news, it would be better than not knowing and fearing the worst anyway (for me, at least).

angel fantastic as it is when they sleep when you're out, I do always have a moment of "arrgh, why am I here, she's sleeping, I should be in bed!" Grin
I'm not sure if you've come across [http://kellymom.com/bf/normal/growth-spurt.html kellymom]]? I've linked you to the page on growth spurts and bf. If she seems really hungry, it could be that she's trying to drive up your supply - bf is very much supply and demand. It might be worth letting her continue to suckle after each bf for a bit before going onto the bottle, even if you feel pretty empty, as this will tell your body to start upping production. If you do this for a couple of days then you will start making more milk, and may need less bottle top ups after bf's. (cheese please come and correct me if I am talking crap!)
Always worth getting your latch checked if you're not sure about it - as she grows she may start doing it differently/you may hold her differently, and so the latch can change without you really noticing. We had to start again a bit at 4 ish weeks as I was getting sore again. Had some advice from a bf counsellor and spent some time in bed skin to skin, paying proper attention again to the latch and it went a lot better.
Can you get the bf counsellor to come for another visit to talk about mixed feeding/supply/latch?

Am hoping for a nap this afternoon when Freya has her long doze. Yesterday I stupidly sat on the sofa for 3 hours with her asleep on me whilst I browsed AIBU HmmBlush Daft idiot!