April 2011 - Babies turning one, shopping to be done, toddling, tantrums and talking to come

[Fraktal]

New stage, new thread!

whatever takes your fancy

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Your poor friends, ecuse.

Chilli, I don't actually feel tired most of the time. I have of late, because I've been panicking about this smear thing, and therefore not eating/sleeping terribly well on some days.

F usually sleeps well (not tonight, evidently, and now I'm having another panic), and we eat really well. I just often end up going to bed late after working in the evenings, and getting up early.

Ok, let me dump this panic on you: nurse said all kinds of reassuring things. Said I should only really worry about post coital bleeding. I don't remember any post coital bleeding, but then, there's not been a lot of coitus going on! She did the smear, and then the swabs, and the swabs came away with blood on. Which my already panicked brain went, oh that's like post coital bleeding. She did say it was common, but was she just being reassuring? Her manner seemed to change after the swab, was that because she saw something dodgy? Or did she just want to get rid of me an my irrational melodrama?

I'm over analysing. Please reassure me. I've got 7-10 days to wait for a letter, IF they even process it.

UBW.

The nurses manner will have changed post-swab, because she has gone from 'relax nervous patient' mode, into 'clean up and do the admin quickly so I can see the next person' mode.
You are working full time, running a home, looking after a baby, BFing.
It is completely normal to bleed a bit after a smear.

(((hugs)))

Thanks Ali, I needed that.

I bled after my first smear too. Hugs.

I have bled after a smear. The bitch of a nurse accused me of coming at the wrong time of the month and that the bleeding was my period. It wasn't my period and the results were fine.

I wouldn't think that bf'ing twice a day would contribute to your tiredness. I would say that a combination of being pregnant, giving birth, raising and nurturing a baby, working and running a home have more to do with it than anything else. You have done all of those things in the past year, it's no wonder you're knackered. Maybe take a multi vit with iron and see if that helps, I often find that that peps me up.

Your poor friend ecuse, what an awful thing her husband done, what a bloody idiot. I did chortle at your description of the un child friendly house, it's a nightmare isn't it? I still have to do a sweep of the area at my parents and pil's house when I get there

ecuse what a shit to put it mildly! And I sympathise re friends houses. It's never relaxing!

I have often bled after a smear.
I also went through a stage of bleeding after sex - I have cervical erosion - sounds very nasty but it wasn't really.
Mine actually cleared up on its own - advice I was given was no sex for a while, no tampons for a while, think that was it.
There is a procedure you can have to get rid of those cells (basically cells that are v delicate that should be inside the cervix grow outside of it and a penis or tampon (or anything) touching those cells makes them bleed.

Hope the results are ok.

Had DS1's birthday & party yesterday, bit knackered today. DD was a star though - looked v cute in her pirate hat!

I think M just went downstairs on her own while I've been on Facebook
I realised it was all too quiet and found her at the bottom of the stairs swinging on the stairgate I left open when carrying her up here. Thankfully we've taught her to go downstairs backwards. I really shouldn't assume she'll just be rooting through the drawers in her room scattering clothes everywhere and I'll hear if she wanders off.

Oh poor you UBW how worrying I'm sure they will process it as you have concerns.

I had all sorts of tests for STIs and GBS and I would have taken it to mean I was clearly a disease ridden foreigner but the French also want you to have monthly internals (which I refused) so they're just fans of furkling.

ecuse your poor poor friend your description of the house did make me laugh though!

JKS glad the party went well.

hugs to them as needs!

DS has been sleeping for nearly 3 hours, fitfully at first but increasingly better quality. I think he's been very overtired by his random early morning wakeups. He seems to wake to pee

UBW I have often bled after smear tests. Also I have no medical training whatsoever, but I would be surprised if there was anything she could see up there that could make her manner change. The smear needs looking at under a microscope to see cell structure, doesn't it? I totally understand the panicking, though, I am a terrible hypochondriac and night-time panicker, it's awful just lying there conjuring up worst case scenarios. ((hugs))

Frak - "furkling". New favourite word. Will be trying to use it in a sentence all weekend.

furkliing is great word! see if you can use interfichering ch as in loch

Fizz - you're mentioned in the talk round-up!

Have been lurking again, will try for a proper post later...

I know! that's what I was coming here to say!! I'm bursting with pride! :o

ok is it bad that I am overly excited by being in the talk round up?

I don't get the talk roundup, how am I missing that?!

Thanks for all your reassurances, I'm in a constant battle between my daytime rational sensible self and my completely irrational night-time self.

DH & F picked me up from work this arvo, we were going to go swimming. But F puked all over the car.

I want to believe it's travel sickness, being rear facing and spending a long time on windy Devon roads. I don't want a bug this weekend.

Can they get travel sickness? If so, what on earth can I do about it?!

b poked all over himself me and his bedroom yesterday. you know that feeling you get when you know you have to do something but that something is going to make everything worse? it was everywhere. down ny top in my hair running down my back. I dripped along to the bathroom where I stripped him. then I realised I couldn't get my dress off myself without pulling it up over my head and face . I don't cope with sick well and his carpete still stinks. shampoo it febreezed it scrubbed it. anyone have any tips?

No tips, sorry.

I'm just glad the car seat cover & straps strip completely so it's all in the wash now.

I hate puke.

Till we all had a stomach bug in November (or whenever it was), I hadn't puked other than alcohol induced since I was tiny myself.

I'm pretty fanatical about bio yogurt now.

Sprinkle bicarb over the carpet, leave overnight then Hoover up. That should help with the smell.

So far I don't seem to have produced pukers (touch wood). M has been sick probably about 3 times and baby I has only done a couple. I'm going to really pay for saying that aren't I?!

I will have to read the round up

Love furkling and interfichering!!

I've had cervical erosion in the past too UBW and had cryotherapy to get rid of it as it was causing a lot of post-coital bleeding, one of the biggest erosions the consultant had every seen apparently (nice) she described it as being like a scab so whenever it was knocked (i.e. having sex, smear, tampons etc) it would bleed and then scab again, so am sure a little bleeding after your smear is normal and the nurse definitely won't have been able to see anything that would have caused her to change her manner. Like Ali said she was probably just getting her head in gear for the next patient! We can be a funny bunch sometimes!

Hello all,

I've had a bit of a break from MN (in an effort to get family/house/work/RL stuff straighter) but had to break my self imposed ban to congratulate Fizz on making the Roundup! >bows in awe<

Hopefully I'll get chance to catch up on the chat and post properly tomorrow. I've missed you lovely April ladies!

I'm sure I still get the hormones when my period is due! I'm in a vile mood.

How has s lost three cars without them leaving the house. I've looked everywhere. I suspect he threw them away.

I've just been playing catch-up.

Congratulations on the scan news of a DS Kitty.
I did another table top sale today to sell more baby items. feeling a little :( that they won't be needed again, but also looking forward to the next stages of family life :)
Was my birthday this week and DH bought me a surprise IPad. He claims it was only so he'd get his laptop back

Happy belated birthday Gsy Enjoy the IPad, both ds's love it, and I am enjoying the Logo Quiz App at the moment.

I was terrible for getting the rage when pg Kitty, especially when pg with ds2. I knew when I was behaving like a cow, but I couldn't stop myself

I am missing a pair of pj bottoms and I cannot find them for love nor money

Don't leave it so long next time dairy, funnily enough I was thinking about the Aprilites MIA just the other day. Don't be shy, come show your faces

A quiet day here today I think. Ds2 has had three late nights in a row and in consequence I think he is developing a cold sore and baby I has been a bit sicky. Vomit karma has arrived after I opened my mouth about non vomiting dc I picked baby I out of his cot this morning to find he had spent the night rolling in sick

Oh, ILTMI, that sounds grim.

Hello Beetle!

Happy Birthday GSY!

I've got an iPad for work, I now wonder how anyone can live without them!

F was fine all weekend, confirming suspicions of travel sickness. Not entirely sure what we can do about it though.

He's been extra cuddly & snotty today apparently, with extra-lurid green poo. I'm putting the former down to teething & a cold, the latter to an enormous amount of pen-sucking done whilst he was creating an absolute masterpiece while I was cooking yesterday.