April 2013 TTC girls, where we ALL get our babies!

[Ducky23]

We quickly ran out of room on the old thread so here's a shiny new one

cupcake I can't believe it's time for your gender scan already - hasn't time flown?! I know I've said it before, but I think you're dealing with everything that's happened so well, you're a real inspiration . DS and DS2/DD are very lucky :)

I think it is another boy Cupcake! Good luck and let us know. Hope your party goes well.

Good luck today Tori. Will be thinking about you. Keep us up to date when you can.

So......

DS is having a little baby.....

BROTHER!!! :) it's a boy!! I knew it would Be! I'm sure I can't carry girls then lol
But he's amazingly healthy and got a 3D scan and it was just incredible :) he's perfect

Wow! Congratulations Cupcake!!! I'm soooo happy for you! Can you show us the scan pic?
Have a great party!

Wicked news cupcake! I was wrong!!!

Would love to see the pic tori

Congratulations Cupcake- lovely news.

How is it going Tori?

Ds is startingto pass his little toys from oe hand to the other. And this afternoon he has been on the lawn on a rug while we were gardening and has been rolling and wriggling and shouting - enjoying his little self no end.

He has very rosy cheeks - but no teeth as yet. Has your DS got any teeth Ducky?

I am hoping he has worn. himself out and will sleep really well. We are going through a phase where he wakes up and cries and when we go in he gives you a big beaming smile and just wants to be picked up. We just stroke his head and quieten him down and go back out but he doesn't like it and we so etimes have to do it a few times. I found DH sitting on the landing outside of his room last night, waiting to see if he was going to settle.

Omg tori that's amazing! So close!!! Have you had the pessary?

Lulu he's been teething for a while now, but no sign of any teeth yet! Apparently it's the teeth moving in their jaw that bothers them most so they show signs a while before any teeth come through (or something like that!) although the other day I was changing him and he grabbed a wipe and bit it and there was a little bit of blood on it so I hope they aren't far away!

Hope the gender reveal party goes well cupcake! Have you kept some of ds old stuff to re use?

Tori hope things are going well

Lulu it may take a while for teeth to come through. DS only got his 1st tooth at about 10 months but he was teething since he was about 4 months! They just wouldn't come through.

Party went well Ducky thanks :) glad to be sitting down now tho!! And yes I've kept tons on DS's stuff! :) so that's good!
I'll post a scan pic now :)

3D one and a 2D one :)

Tori we never get close to our bats- unless the cats catch one from the shed roof. They are small and black/dark grey fur with biggish ears. We thing they are pipistrelles.

We also get tree bumblees nesting in the eaves- but they just leave in late July.They are very interesting. We have a hedgehog who trots through, frogs, toads and lots of birds- from owls and sparrowhawks to lots of different tits and finches. Over the back fence we get foxes and the odd deer from the dene. it's a good place to live for wildlife.

Hope you are on the way and it is going well.

The 3d one is amazingly clear Cupcake. He looks really fine featured. DS looked like a chublet but that was later on I think. You must be so ecited now. How did the party go? Was your ex there?

I think bats are cute and very clever. Ours have little pug noses and cute faces and they are so quick we didn't realise what it was at first- just black flits.

Tori sounds amazing! I got slapped in the face by a bat once, I think he must have been poorly I was talking to my friend in the street when I got slapped in the face, I looked down and there was a tiny bat on the floor hopping along. He flew off eventually.

So so so happy for you cupcake

Lulu I had a hedgehog once! I took my dog to the vets and a woman brought one in, she found him in the street being kicked about like a football by kids. The vet said they would have to put him to sleep because he would need feeding every 3 hours round the clock and they had no one to do it, he said it right infront of me knowing I couldn't have that! So I took him home! He had 3 broken legs! He was lovely and he would come out and sit on the garden while I did gardening, then he started losing weight. I found a family friend who has a hedgehog sanctuary and reluctantly had to give him up. Turns out he had a broken nose too and brain damage. He still lives in her house. She said he's the only one she will never release back to the wild due to his injuries. I've heard he is very happy there though

Lulu the wildlife sound so amazing where u are. I bet it's nice to see it all. The most I get is a fox lol. And yes he's looking quite skinny on the 3D scan lol she said he's weighing in around 5oZ!! So so tiny! :) and yes party was good thank u Lulu everyone was pleased to know DS was having a brother but rele wanted a girl! Haha. Ex was there as he came to the scan as well. We are actually getting on so well, like we did before we were a couple which is nice as there's no bitterness.

Ducky I'm sorry but that was funny I don't think I've ever been slapped in the face by a bat

Wonder how Tori is getting on. Hope she's doing well! :)

Thank u Tori, they do grow out of their clothes very fast. DS was in newborn for a couple of weeks. Bless u I hope things start speeding up for u! Just think, ull have ur baby very soon no matter what :)

Ooooh tori! When will they examine you next? Maybe they will be able to break your waters! I has a problem because I only slept about 3 hours in 48 hours, when I started pushing I for absoloutely exhausted. I know it's hard but get as much rest as you can!

Cupcake. I know! How rude! Just slapping me in the face!

Ducky your bat-slap story made me I told DP and he said that he once got hit in the head by a pigeon! He said he was walking along, minding his own business, when a pigeon flew into the back of his head. He turned around and there was an old lady laughing at him!!
Well I've had another exhausting night with DS. He was starting to sleep quite well last week when I was in his room with him for four nights (there's a single bed in there). Then we spent two nights in mine and DP's room, and he slept badly again. Last night we were back in his room but he didn't sleep much. I've been bf at night apart from one bottle DP gives him when after I've gone to bed, and last week he was having a feed then going back to sleep after a change etc but last night he was feeding then falling asleep then when I put him down waking up and wanting to carry on feeding (that's what he does in the day). I was knackered!
He's out for the count now on my chest - typical!
I'm going to try and give up dairy to see if it helps his tum. We'll need to get some dairy free formula too. Ducky, what does your DS have?

Tori, v excited for you! Best of luck!! Did you say you were at city or queens (if in notts). It's just because I had the best midwife ever on induction ward at city - she was called Katie and I think she had reddish hair If you don't want to say thats ok though

Fingers crossed tori!

Lil I use nutramigen, it's a prescription one so don't know if you can buy it. Cow&gate did one but they have just stopped. I think aptamil do one too. I could send you some of ds left over tins to try (he's changing onto the 6month one) but I don't know if you could get hold of any more if he gets on with it?

About the feeding, when you give the bottle, could you use a different teat? It sounds v similar to what ds used to do, apparently when the teat is too small they get worn out eating so fall asleep, then wake up hungry as they haven't had enough. I've heard good things about the vari-flow teats but I put ds on the fast flow ones because he's greedy!