June '05 mummies 4 - the one where the babies get bigger and we get smaller!

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one new thread just for you lynny!!

Thanks for suppling the details Trib and glad it's going well - she's a bit of a star I think.
Had a pretty full on day with my 2 cherubs - big cherub is such good company now - little cherub not so much as he gets very scratchy when his routine is disturbed as it always is when no 1 is around all day. Too knackered to post much but wanted to wish you all a good night's kip - just think one day we'll all look back on this time fondly......and from a position of a full night's sleep - hard to imagine

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Morning mumss

another party under my belt lol, was a bit shakey with party planner as first time. but we had fun, and the girlies even tryed cloths on for me.

Pass the vibrator went down well, and a couple of parties booked, although weve decided not to take wills out so late so eldest som will be my driver.

Ive got a question, as you know my sis gill is pregnant and her baby is due in end of nov, although now there saying as baby is small they might have to bring baby early just wondered if any of you had this situation, in trying to re assure my lovely sis that evrything will be fine, and that if baby is small then maybe he/she is better out of the womb, as you can imagine shes very destressed the other thing too , is my sis is a small lady and she started at 7 1/2 stone and has put on 2 stone, maybe our little baby is just going to be small because she is (five foot) what do you think?

Taking william to get weighed this morn at the clinic, se how much hes grown, my boy is so long lol.

will check back later mums have a quiet morning, and those of you who need sleep try and nap xxxx

Morning Junies

Have been lurking, but had to post to say that Lynny - you brought a tear to my eye this morning with your post about Leona being so grown up going off to school - bless her and you .

Not much to report here either. DD being pretty good and of course adorable. She's rediscovered sticking out her tongue and spent most of yesterday doing that - which had me in stiches. I've been to a local cafe 2 days in a row to meet other mums and both times she has slept for at least 45mins while there - think we may have to go every afternoon just to get her to kip!

EYM - Glad the parties are going so well!

SFX - Really hope the sleeping gets better!

Lippy - I too read the headlines at the weekend with a sigh. Didn't even bother to read the whole article - like we need more reasons to feel guilty!

Trib - I don't think DHs always understand the sleep thing. Mine once woke DD up while we were out to 'show her off' . I had to explain that while we were out I could relax if she was asleep, whilst awake was another story.

Lynny - that's just lovely about Leona.
I had a tear in my eye this morning too as dd was so excited about going on a trip to the British Museum with her nursery. She laid out all her clothes and wanted to be reassured that they liked ponytails in the museum and that it wouldn't be a problem if she had one

ok were back lol

william weighs 13 1b 41/2 oz what a big boy, hes 63 cm HV thinks hes going to tall like his daddy.

My HV is lovely, she always ask how i am, she said im looking better, and the more i talk about mum and cry it will help me grieve.

right off to sort out last nites orders lol

im calling my sis gill too, just to reassure her again bless her xxxxxxx

EYM, I'm a bit confused about your sister's baby. Surely if it's small it would be better off safe inside mum? I suppose if they think the baby isn't thriving as it should, it'd be better off out - has her bump size drifted off the bottom of the normal range, I know they get a bit edgy when that happens.

Height and weight-wise, she sounds similar to charley, I don't remember her having an issue of the baby's size though, Arlo was one of our smaller Junie babies at 6lb 8ozs but that was kinda to be expected.

Fingers crossed anyway. xxx

aw thanks trib for ansswering me hugsss

yer the baby isnt hittng the line you know the femur and the head circumfrance, shes below the line.

My sis gil has ad the growth scan yesterday and the placents scan and they say the placenta is fine and working well, just that baby is small measuring 29cm at 32 weeks.

Ive just spoke to my sis and re assured her again, that the hospital will keep a good eye on her, and that will beefit them both, but she needs to rest,
she finishes work next friday so i told her if she doesnt feel like it, to go on sick for a week and rest. I remembr my sis gill when she was a toddler she ws a slight little girl very tiny and it maybe that she is just having a small baby. Anyway i feel a bit better now thank you for been concered trib xxxxxxx

Hi everyone

Quick- ish post!

Lynny - Lovely story anbout Leone being all 'grown up' and confident this morning, that's all down to you and Lee and fab parenting! My dd2 is the same, changing daily.

EYM - Congrats on the Ann Summers Party. I would never have the nerve to be a host to a party like that. Regarding your sil's baby. Sorry, no advice from me. Are they thinking that baby is possibly not thriving very well and needs to be out so they can help him'her along a bit? they never make their intentions clear do they? Still, if Mum is so petite, it makes sense that baby could be small to..?

So, Welshie, were pigtails allowed in to the Museum??!

I'm in a quandry I want dd1 to have so many opportunities I can't fit them all in!! At the moment, it's music and dance that she loves, but it means massive re-jiggling of things, it's such a pain and so silly!!

I need to go and lie down!

Sorry EYM, sis, not sil!

EYM in Holland the midwives say that the baby does a lot of growing in its last six weeks, which is why mum should stop work at 34 weeks and have her feet up, which seems eminently sensible to me (My Dutch friend was appalled that I started a new job at 33 weeks). So maybe the babe will get a bit of growing done soon. In my notes, the bump size line had a grey shaded area either side of it, demonstrating that not everyone could have a 32 cm bump in week 32, so they only got concerned if you went out of the grey area.

I think maybe your sis should phone her midwife and get some reassurance. If the placenta is doing well, why should the baby come out early? And how early is early, I assume not yet!

awww thanks trib and lippy hugsss

i know before we had william we had the fright of bringing william early too, as he was transverse and was no way going to turn, althought he did at 35 weeks. So i need my sis to get her ead around this idea if its best for baby so be it ive told her to call her community midwifes and have a chat maybe they can explain a bit better.

Anyway the thing is baby is very active, and as i gave my sis our dopppler, she can listen to baby to re assure herself i think sometimes you just have to go with what your feeling, shes got another growth scan next week so i dont think they would bring babe till at least 35 weeks but if they need to sooner then so be it.

Bless she said you dont expect thngs like this to happen , but i told her no pregnancy or birth it totally easy im sure you will all agree.

be back later have to do my dilivary from last week.

lol wow i didnt know you orderd that it ll poke ya eye out.

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hi all,

just a quickie - ds still not sleeping so thought i would bore the whole of mumsnet with the problem - not just the Junies lummox's sleep thread

hope all is well with your sister's baby EYM.

lol Lymny hunny you know me talk to anyone lol especially my self.

thank you for all your kind concerns for my lovely sis you are such sweet mums xxx

Lynny it was lovely the way you talked about your big girl, very touching im sure you will remember this morning.

right see you all later xxxxxxx

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EYM: Possibly they're concerned about IUGR. If growth / scans hitherto normal and then there's a clear tail off, they might want to assure themselves that everything is OK. DW had this.... weight gain steadied / stopped / dropped a wee bit, fundus height not really going anywhere, blood pressure complications getting worse in our case... anyway, if the placental function is compromised, I think the argument is 'better out than in' IYSWIM, esp. considering 'term' is 37 weeks. Scans can have quite large error / variance in too. Sorry, I don't know more about the pg to be able to say anything sensible other than she should push - hard - for very regular monitoring if she can hack it so that if there is a change (in bp, or early signs of PE, further growth slow down etc.) than her team is on top of it. In our case, if baby has stayed inside, I get the impression from the consultant she would have risked very serious complications. dw was c-s, I guess this is a possibility for your sis. HTH X

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Hi all

Just a quickie as little bro still over from Aus and now I have my sis's 2 girls too, arrhhhh! Four kids - I think I'm slowly going insane

Glad to see you're all doing well(ish)

Lynny bless Leona - know what you mean my niece (with down's) is 16 on Saturday and she's been such a grown up poppet the last day or so - unusual for her as she's usually on ds's wavelength

Hi ya Sweetheart - blimey only two months to go enjoy it!

love the summary thread - will be adding to it for the end of this week if I can when my family all disappear back to Oxford for a day or two and we become just 4 again ...

Keep well junies - will catch up properly next week, x

morning all

not a lot to report bhere

but we need a new thread

lots of smiles, and lots of cuddles.

Ok i started new thread i dont know about your june baby but our little boy is full of smiles it makes you feel so lovely been a mummy.

Morning mums hugs

Lynny hunny i feel the same about my big boy and hes 21 in jan, il never forget how lovely he was as a baby very content and hes grown into a beautiful, very caring man hes very like me lol doesnt stop talking but great company.

As for my other big boys they are to wonderfull young men and geting taller every day.

Im very luck thats all i can say.

and my thread didnt work grrrrrrrr

lol typical

Thanks hubs for your post, yes i already thought of that too. I was looking at a website about the condition yesterday yes my sis is been monitered and scanned every week so i do know she is been looked after well.

Did they bring your baby early hubs?

Hello all
EYM - the only extra thing I'd add is that I found my doctors absolutely fantastic and had complete faith in them - if your sister has the same feelings then she's half way there. If she has any doubts about the way things are going I'd insist on seeing the consultant...but if she's a small lady then a small baby wouldn't be too much of a surprise would it....?

I'm a bit stressed out this morning. I'm going in to work in 20 mins - eeeeek - to talk about what job/hours etc I'll do when I go back. I'm seriously knackered too as my insomnia/hyper mummy alert nighttime state has kicked in and I'm not finding it easy to sleep after feeding ds and he's not settling well as he still has this wretched cough
I'm a bit worried about making sensible conversation - and bursting into tears for no good reason. But I've done my best with the concealer and lippy and have put on some clothes that make me look 'business like' - will have to hope for the best.