D'ya ever wonder who passed the responsibility for starting a new d'ya ever wonder thread...

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It was ruby... she passed it to the newbie!

Zippy my lovely. Don't worry about expressing just yet. Let your body settle and make the milk it needs for now. What you express is NO indication of how much milk you have.

With regards to mastitis: Massage your breasts all around (whenever you remember, pre/post feed, when in the bath/shower etc or just because they're there). Drink plenty of fluids and change the feeding position. If you feel any lumps etc then comb the back nails along them.

Should anything start to develop, call and we'll get it sorted pronto!

Oh and as we all know you're not very busy... any ... um... pictures of the Zippettes we can see?

Hi all. Was given a lovely lovely present by one of my mums. A hand engraved glass that said Superduperdoula around the base and Mars on one side of the bowl and a picture of me pushing a silver cross buggy, baby with a rattle and me in FM shoes with a glass of wine in hand. Truly gorgeous!

Good to see more of you chops! But make sure you STUDY woman. C'mon. I've got mine. You get yours!

congratulations zippy- it sounds like a real rollercoaster for you- amazing to be home and well isn't it...

Sorry to be ages getting back to all your really helpful and supportive messages re newborn twins-
all is going much much better now and I am actually at home on my own with all 3 children all day today and it is clean and tidy, we have eaten and everyone is asleep! Never thought I would see the day.

DD2 is still smaller than DS but she is feeding fine I think, although her weight gain is slowing a little bit, but she is filling out, and... hallelujah- they are settling much better in the night so I am getting regular 2 hour sleep stretches.

My new secrets of success are...

1. Every night after DD1 has gone to bed I feed little twins until they are asleep and then we cuddle one each and chill out watching a film. Quite civilised really.
2. DS is very 'cuddly' ie can't put him down, and I have discovered that if i put him in the cot with his face pressed into DD2's neck he is much happier. She is quite happy to oblige.
3. When i go out I now take a picnic rug everywhere so if the need to feed strikes I can plonk DD on the rug and give her a snack and she is good as gold.

The wierd things you do to get you from dawn to dusk eh.....

Thank you everyone and good luck to those just behind me.

Afternoon all.............how are our little zipettes? Glad you like their title! Beautiful day here again, much too nice to be in, long may it last. Had 13 for tea yesterday, nearly all homemade don`t yer know! I would offer doggy bags but apart from my pizza that I found still in my oven this morning its all gone! Better go start cooking, back later xx

Awwww I have the picture in my mind now of your little lad with his face pressed into his sisters neck [melting heart emoticon] OMG that is too lovely for words xxx

Aww, fusty, that's gorgeous. That's just what the early weeks of parenting should be like - pottering about during the day, then vegging on the couch in the evening with lots of feeds, cuddles and self-indulgent film watching.

Estar....eh?

Zippy - I'm in East Cornwall but can travel!!!!

Evening x

Hi Dizzy, how are things?

hiya girls - just been watching Dirty Dancing....ooohh Patrick Swayze is delicious...such a sad loss.

You ok Dizzy? You ok Trips?

I'm ok I think, am going for optimum distraction tonight, so I'm doing some Christmas shopping online with the money I would have spent on a buggy

Tomorrow morning I'm calling my solicitor and I want to actually see him tomorrow as well. Fuckmuppet's been bombarding me with texts, which I've documentedI don't know how up to date you are, but we had to call the police on Saturday morning because he turned up being very threatening and angry, upset me and ds, tried to kick his way in, because my dad wouldn't open the door to him. So am stressed, and tired and just about holding it together.

And I'm now 22 weeks

WOW Dizzy 22 weeks - thats fab - keep your chin up darling.

You must document everything that happens and keep as much evidence as possible. You do need to speak to your solicitor my darling. I understand that at the moment you must be thinking 'I cant do this' BUT I KNOW YOU CAN, I know, without a shadow of a doubt, YOU CAN DO IT. I have found that if I keep pretending that I am doing OK and that I am as tough as old boots eventually I do believe it Sending my love and thoughts to you xxxxx

I'm doing the best I can Shabbs, although last night I lost it

Everything he's sent me I've copied in to a word document, Lewis told me it would hold up in court. No way do I want any texts from him slagging me off on my phone.

Thanks for believing in me shabbs x

You have come so far in just a few weeks. I remember reading your first post and worrying about you...as the weeks are going by you are sounding more and more positive. Dont be a mug for anybody - dont let anybody say or do anything to you that you dont want them to. Give your Mum and Dad a hug from me - I really like the sound of them

I suppose I have, but there's still a way to go yet, but day by day I'm getting through it. And shabbs if my parents weren't so fucking amazing, I wouldn't be able to manage. I am very blessed, but that's not to say they don't get on my wick occasionally

Shabbs I was so scared of being pregnant and alone, then finding out I was having 2 sent me in to a state of panic. Well, It still does sometimes, but people are supporting me now emotionally and practically and were getting there. Fucking hormones sniff

Awwwwwwwwwww Dizzy you need one of Shabs donkey scrubs.........shell expain! You <strong>will</strong> get there, it wont always be like this, nothing stays the same, believe me. You will get all the support and love from us all on here, we multiple mums are amazing and thats what you will be too, isn`t that right Shabs? Can I ask roughly where you live?

I live roughly in Bolton Trips Ooohhh you dont mean me do you

Lyndhurst triplets

Of course, you have already told me, I love the New Forest, lots of happy memories with my Matthew xx
Er...........Bolton? Is that Bolton by the Sea?

Of course Trips - Bolton is a quaint fishing village by the sea - LOL

my song for my RL mate Trips

Im off to my bed - very tired. Take care my friends, speak in the morning xxx

Me too, it's time for me to lay in the dark with my eyes open for hours x

Awwwwwwww I love that song and I was only listening to it yesterday, thank you my mate. Sweet dreams to you both xx

Night shabs, trips & dizzy, sweet dreams.

And it wasn't child abuse, by the way, DT1 has a very rattly chest and I thought the best thing for him would be to breathe in some steam to loosen it up, but boiling liquids and small children really don't mix, do they? I had to settle for a hottish mug of juice under his face, telling him to breathe it in until it became drinkable temperature. Failed miserably as every time he coughed, he spilt it then howled in fury at the drops on his pyjamas. Got him into bed early, thought I was on to a winner, then at midnight he comes in to say he still can't sleep or breathe. Normally I would do any crazy nocturnal emergency trips but as I am pregnant, I can neither carry him nor stay awake long enough, so have sent DH to hospital with him. Now discovering it's not always the easiest thing to be the parent left behind!

Wish I'd gone to bed early as well now! [yawn]