October 2010 Arrivals Lounge

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AbFab I fell pregnant with DD when DS was 6months old, making there 15 months between them. Honestly, I would recommend it to anyone! Yes, the nappies/feeds all at once is tiring, but they are so close; I think I could disappear and as long as they were kept together they probably wouldn't notice! And the upside is that I potty trained them both together (girls being slightly quicker to pick it up) got rid of dummies/bottles etc at the same time so there was no double standards to cause resentment. I love how it has worked for us.

Re: contraception. I would recommend the Mirena coil as I found it excellent. Periods stopped right away, didn't have any side effects (I used to suffer from migraines which ruled out most pills/depo/implant) and if it does have side effects you just have it whipped out. (Although you do have to check it's there regularly - see below)

I have been quite unlucky (or VERY lucky, depending on perspective) with contraception. DS was a split condom baby, DD a genuine mini-pill baby (as in I honestly, honestly didn't miss any!) and Finn came along when my coil ran away.

Suffice to say the DP isn't going to have the most enjoyable start to the year as he is booked in for the snip right away - poor boy. I think I'm going to have another Mirena anyway, just to prevent periods and as a buffer until DP's samples come back clear.

Crikey, Xav, looks like fate intended you those babies!!! Maybe the snip won't stop things either! :) Thanks re encouragement! Were you BFing? I think my chances of conceiving are reduced because I am exclusively BFing, but it's not out of the question, so fingers crossed fate has good plans for us, and soon! :)

None of my friends got pg until after night feeds stopped or they stopped completely feeding, but I know it can be possible.

Xav- wow! Not surprised dp is getting the snip then you one fertile mama lol

Abfab, on my last antenatal thread with ds, there was a woman who had a 13 month dd when her ds was born. At three months ( exclusively bfing) she announced she was pg with dc3... So she had, very briefly, three kids under two. We became FB friends - she had dc4 in August! 4, 3, 2 and newborn! She's recently turned 40 so was your age just about having first. Now she is one fertile mama too, doubly so given her age! So it's possible.

Nymph, good luck with the interview. I too feel sad at the thought dd is going to be my last dc but it would kill us I think to have another and not sure physically I could cope with another pgncy and CS if it came to that. I'm conscious too that given dd's traumatic arrival and low oxygen in her blood at birth that there could be difficulties ahead - after what happened with ds I'm much more circumspect about the outcome this time. I have to face the possibility that I could have two disabled dc. Obviously if it was learning difficulties that wouldn't be apparent for quite some time.

Abfab There was a thread in pregnancy the other day about a lady who'd found out she was pregnant after she went to get checked for the coil. Her DC was very young (under two months) and she was EBF as well. So it does happen.

Xav Oh my word, I bet your body just took the statistics on the pill and condom packets as some sort of challenge.

My cousins being induced today, she's got obstrectic colitus (no idea how to spell that one) so come later this evening DS will have a new Princessy shaped playmate.

My MIL has borrowed a bouncer off of my Aunt for when we go down to stay with them for xmas. I was talking to DH about it last night and I said to DH 'what if it doesn't vibrate, we can't cope without that for a week, we'll go mad', he did laugh a little bit. He did eat his words later after an evening with a very very fussy DS and agreed with me. Oh the things that suddenly become important when you have children.

Snow building up here. Think dds school is only one open in the area!

Jabs cancelled. Now I've no excuse to leave the house. Getting cabin fever

Thanks for the encouraging stories, Everyone. :) Wow, Floozie - four under four, awesome! I'd love that, and yes, she started at about the same age as me! I'd love triplets this time, get it all done at once! :)

Blooming heck girls ! I am coping (just) with one, dread to think of any more. I think as I am feeling pants due to sore throat and headache that everything seems worse!

Oh Silver sorry you're feeling so pants!

DS has been really sleepy today, its really not like him and he's crying quite mornfully as well. He had a bit of a heavy breathing session last night (kind of like baby snoring) but it seemed to tail off. I've got a bit of a scratchy throat, should I expect DS to be feeling the same?

Hermya- sounds like me & dd3. Dd2 has bad cough & dd1 starting with one. Dh bit rough too. Going to dole out calpol soon. Hoping dd3 will take it as dd2 used to throw it up & needed suppositories

We've got a very similar sounding cold here too. Ds full of it yesterday, dd2 seems to finLly be clearing her nose and feeding properly-no green poo for a week! Hoping to see decent wt gain next week :)

We have bulk bought calpol and carprofen ready for cold season taking nonchances after ds' week in hosp last yr with bronchiolitis (double pneumonia) :(

All ok now though! Still a disease magnet despite 12mths of bfing

I must admit I bought some nasal drops in Asda today. Thats all I can give him at this stage though isn't it though. I was hoping that he would hold off until I could give him something to take the edge off of it. Fingers crossed that it doesn't take hold too badly.

Whats the point I call the Docs in or do I just go with my instints? I did take his temperature and it was normal so no worries there for the moment.

Hermya-call nhs direct or Ooh doctor for the ok for calpol etc-any hint of a temp in a baby and they will fast track you to get an answer.

Seashells Thank you, I'll see how he goes if he gets any worse I'll give them a ring.

Sorry to hear about the colds. Get well soon - especially the littlies.

DS had his jabs seven hours ago, brave little poppet, so far, is taking it all in his stride - I don't want to jinx things though! So fingers crossed he sailed through them.

Sorry about the colds. Not surprising in this arctic weather.

I weighed dd at bf support today and she has put on a pound in two weeks. So pleased. She's now a whole 7lb12oz or 3.52kg. I'd be curious to know how much those who also were smaller to start with weigh now. Elsa and Tyson I think?

Dd had jabs earlier too. She seemed fine so didn't cancel DVD night with friends- after been snowed in all last week I had a severe case of cabin fever and was desperate for company- as friends arrived dd screamed inconsolably for almost two hours. I know we are lucky as she only normally cries for as long as it takes to get a bottle to her mouth but as this was so unlike her it was really upsetting. Anyway she seems much calmer now and thanks to your advice I have calpol at the ready.
Hope the colds start to clear soon.

Hermya- hope all is better now. It's meant to be 2 months for calpol but I think they can advise you you use sooner if necc. They also advised me to increase dose and freq when Ds was so ill last year.

Dd2 and I are hiding in the bedroomlistening to the morning chaos of Ds and dh - we are busy feeding and expressing-drinking tea and listening to the radio in peace :)

All succumbing to the cold now. Dd2 v bad cough last night so was up & downnto her doing bed changing & calpol. Dd3 laying upside down to drain snot out & dd1 starting now. Don't want her to get I'll as she is lead in her play tomorrow & sleepover fri. Dd2 going to miss her play today & she is gutted. Dh going to try & buy muppet Xmas carol to cheer her up.

Dd3 has White patch inher mouth so I'm going to try for gp & may as well get dd2 checked out at the same time

sorry to hear about all the colds, hope you and your little ones feel better soon.
Survived first night without dh last night! He had gone to edinburgh for night out with friends. (had to do a lot of nappy changes in exchange ). Actually was fine bvut I was nervous beforehand but actually it was fine, suspect dh will be more worn out than me!

Hope your bfing is going ok tiredfeet :) hope the hvs are being more supportive!

Thanks seashells, that thread was a great help all the positive comments made me feel a lot more confident that I will manage to feed my giant baby

Ooh quick question - a local friend is going out for a birthday meal in the village tonight and wants me and dh to go... We have been round to friends for dinner in the evening a couple of times and had people here but not done an evening out before. Has anyone? Bit nervous whether people will be judgy about us taking ds out, but he would be downstairs with us at home anyway. Also worried whether he will behave! But its a very close friend and he's away a lot with work hmmmmmmm

Tired this is the perfect time to be taking a child out. You can't do it once they are older and have more of a bedtime. Doubt if anyone would be judgey about it - mostly people love seeing newborns ime. If he happened to have a screaming evening (and I bet he wouldn't, most kids seem to love being out in the evening!) you can always leave if you feel uncomfortable. He'll charm them all, I'm sure. If it makes you feel any better, I'm taking dd with me on Friday night out to a colleague's leaving do so that DP won't have to cope at home with both of them in the event that they both need attention. It also means I won't get any phone calls saying 'come home I need help' at the first course....

Abfab triplets? Really? I bow down and salute you. The thought of having three at once to cope with...if there was a horror emoticon, I would be using it. Although despite everything I said in my last post about another baby, at the back of my mind I still haven't finally ruled it out. I do just love newborns! . Anyway, on that note, time for bed at 9pm. Ooh, life's exciting right now.

Night night! Just off to bed too. Rock and roll!

Tiredfeet- go!! You wontbe able to soon as easily as you can now :)