Anyone TTC from Jan 2024?

[skyerojo]

Any other lurkers out there patiently (or impatiently!) waiting to TTC in the new year?

Anything in particular you're doing to prepare?

Thank you @CosmoMango, boy club!

That's great news @skyerojo - welcome to the boy mum club 😍

I can't believe I'm 34 weeks and this unprepared, we basically have nothing sorted - I just be in denial that a new baby is actually coming very soon 😂 I think it will be easier once I've finished work, end of next week I'm done!

Hope you're doing well?

@CosmoMango - I really hope your sickness has stopped 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@StampOnTheGround so sorry I totally missed this, new app has got me all lost!

How are things now, any big updates?! Must’ve been so surreal finishing work, how are you enjoying maternity leave so far?

Now 25 weeks and have nothing sorted yet, but starting to think about clearing a room for proper baby stuff, looking at prams etc… Any tips welcome!

@skyerojo baby boy was born on the 22nd March, 9 days early 😍

He is perfect and we’re now settling in as a family of 4!

How is everything going with you? It’ll soon fly around. We were very unprepared with this one, so we’re playing catch up now he is here 😂

How are you getting in @CosmoMango?

Congratulations @StampOnTheGround
I’m approaching 30 weeks now, the vomiting has reduced to only a few times a week but I now have a chest infection! Been in a few times for reduced movements and had a scan a few weeks ago when baby boy was estimated to be 2lb 1 and on the 50th percentile. Also had some issues with both my blood pressure and my heart. So lots of investigations. To be honest, I find this stage really daunting and not nice. I really feel like I missed any pregnancy glow that people claim happens 😅
I also have this awful feeling he’s not coming home that I’ve never been able to shake. I haven’t really allowed myself to think he’s real yet.

Ohhh huge congratulations @StampOnTheGround that’s lovely news!! How exciting. How are you feeling now? Did you get the kind of birth you were after?

30 weeks is a huge milestone @CosmoMango but I’m sorry to hear you’re still having a rough time. I also seem to have missed the glow stage, and still anxious every day too. But bump is definitely visible and just really trying to trust the process. So hard!

Feeling in that weird inbetweeny stage now of not having anything organised at all, but also realising it’s not actually too far off so I should prob start! You know it’s getting real when people ask your due date and then say “oh so pretty soon then” 😅

Thank you @skyerojo@CosmoMango

I’m feeling pretty good, not the birth I wanted at all but all that matters is he arrived safe and healthy. My first was an emergency c section and so was this one, completely different circumstances.

@CosmoMango Completely relate to the not coming home feeling, I had it with both of mine, especially my first - pregnancy is a crazy time. Sounds really rough but 30 weeks is great, you’re on the gone straight now and it won’t be much longer!

@skyerojo Yes, I remember that stage - like I can’t do anything as it’s still so far away but I really should be doing something as it’s not too far away 😂

How are things going @CosmoMango@skyerojo- any babies to report yet? 🥰 Or how long left? I can’t work out when you should both me due! 😂

Baby boy born just over 2 weeks ago @StampOnTheGround

we unfortunately had an instrumental birth which was fine for me but left him with injuries. The hospital then got his weight wrong on day 3 (they thought he’d lost 18% and had really lost 5%) and he ended up in SCBU for blood tests etc. Everything was okay but we were forced onto formula and unfortunately now can’t breastfeed so I’m trying to pump but finding it very difficult to pump enough despite the many lactation consultants I’ve seen telling me I have a good supply and have enough. I’ve been urged by midwives to make a complaint against the hospital

No baby here yet! Due in a few days but suspect he’ll want to overcook a bit as I’m a first timer 🐣

How are you getting on with the little one @StampOnTheGround? X

Congratulations @CosmoMango! Although I’m sorry the birth wasn’t straightforward and you’ve been let down by the hospital. I tried to pump a bit with my first as breastfeeding didn’t work out, I really struggled and ultimately ended up formula feeding - I didn’t get much out pumping at all! Again, I felt it was out of my control and I remember how tough that felt, be kind to yourself. I hope your little boy’s injuries are healing!

@skyerojowell, my first came 3 days early, so you never know haha!

All is good over here thanks, settling into life with 2 boys! He’s 3 months old now (literally today) which is just absolutely crazy - he’s the sweetest little boy with the best smiles 😍