June 2012 - Jubilant mums of Jubilee babies

[TeaandHobnobs]

It is Jubilee weekend - awaiting those babies!

Hi mckayz. Praying hard with every bone in my body. Feel so blessed right now I couldn't imagine their pain.

I know Mamma, I keep looking at DD and thinking about how lucky I am.

Congrats mamma, bet you are glad you didn't go home! Love the name too and hope you feel ok when the pain relief wears off.

Congrats mamma! Lovely name.

Have realised that all these instructions to grab some sleep whenever your baby is asleep are absolute bollocks. DS does sleep well...when i'm holding him or when he's being pushed in his pram. Not conducive to mummy sleeping!

Massive Congratulations mamma! Lovely name Sorry you had some tearing, hope you heal quickly, keep on top of the pain relief.

McKayz Am also praying..

Dh back to work tomorrow, I'm feeling quite hormonal and teary as it'll be the first time I've had all 3 on my own properly. I know I'll cope but just the anticipation of it is making me worry..

Hi all, my brain is a bit fried... Don't think I ever said MN congrats to Mini and mamado if there is any one I missed - so do sorry!!

Congrats mamat

I'm a bit confused, or have been away too long...have people been changing their MN names??? Not sure whos who half the time now!

DS is starting to sleep better now, or at least he goes back down quicker during the night. This is because he is awake most of the day!! he is really cranky in the evenings and screams for hour so presumably tires himself out. Ive tried baths with lavender at night which he loves but freaks when you take him out.

sheld Im a first timer and agree re getting anything done!Ready to kill the next person who says "sleep when he sleeps" :( when else does the sterilising, washing, cleaning etc get done...not to mention me trying to eat every now and then!!

Congratulations mamma! Beautiful name and lovely to see another fan of the name Violet! Funny we have similar MN names too . I hope you heal quickly.

We got DD a swing seat, not tried it out yet...fingers crossed

dairy have a hug. You'll be fine and you know it. I'm always worrying about things in anticipation too, and so i'm trying to take and enjoy each moment as it comes. As my mil always says, there's only one way to eat an elephant - one bite at a time ("although the tusks take a bit of chewing!")

Meant so so sorry

Thanks for the hug Shelduck I really do appreciate it I just need to pull myself together and think positive I think. I like the elephant analogy. Dh has some flexi time so will be starting work at 9.15 instead of his usual 7.30 so I've said that I'll get the boys up as if he isn't here as a sort of practice run, it'll be like doing it with a safety net..

Anyone else on their own for the first time tomorrow?

dairy that sounds like a good idea for the first day on your own, sure you will do great but it is scary isn't it. My DH went back last week but I had my mum around helping out still so tomorrow is my first morning properly alone, hoping for a good night tonight as the last two have been terrible.

Ceej good luck for tomorrow then and here's hoping for a good night.. Last night wasn't that bad here but I still felt knackered this morning and have had a tiredness headache that won't shift most of the day. I think we will both feel a lot better when tomorrow is over and we realise we can survive

Congratulations MammaDTB
Dairy and Ceej its my first day alone tomorrow and I'm really daunted by it. Not convinced I'm going to cope. Good luck to you both.
C woken up early tonight normally goes down for 4 hours but he only slept for 3. Doesn't bode well for the remainder of the night

Mammato i'm sure you will cope just fine as will all of us, I guess it's just the thought of it thats worse than the reality. I felt exactly the same when I had to look after ds1 for the first time then again when I had to look after ds1 and ds2 so I know it does get better but I can't convince my brain to be logical about it till I've actually done it and proved it to myself iyswim.

Yep, i'm on my own for the first time tomorrow too. But fortunately only one DC to look after! DH and i have now implemented nightshift system. Don't even bother trying to settle DS with us at night. I go to bed at 9 while DH stays downstairs with DS. Then he wakes me at 1 or 2 ish and DH goes to bed and i move downstairs. DS snoozing on my shoulder after feed, but if i put him down he'll grizzle. So realistically, that's me up for the day, and no more sleep until 9 tomorrow night.

shift system feels a bit sad, because DH and i are used to doing stuff together, and would never usully leave each other alone to cope with a problem e.g. crying baby. But we've reached the point that we both just have to have a guaranteed opportunity for sleep each night. And it's not forever... so they tell me!

Well, DS was fast asleep on me, and as always, i laid him down and he grizzled for half an hour, so have resumed cuddling and little monkey fell straight asleep again. Pleased he's asleep, and all the advice these days is that newborns need plenty of reassurance and cuddles, so that they feel more safe and secure in the long run, but someone please tell me if i'm making a rod for my own back!

One of the things that makes you feel bad about the idea of ffing, is what they say about ffed babies sleeping for longer because they're sluggish and less alert. if only well this one had a sizeable feed and then spent quite some time staring at me as if deciding how quickly he could clear me out at poker.

Shelduck please don't worry too much about too many cuddles and LO sleeping on you, B was sleeping fine in his basket in the day but night for some reason meant he wanted to be on me so we were just sleeping together propped up, I know it's not the advice from the books/experts but it's important for you to get a bit of sleep too.
B is also rolling on his side a lot so def not sleeping on his back if he has anything to do with it!

Here is my birth story. It really is a complete ramble though. Sorry.

I woke up at about 4am and went to the toilet. I had a show and thought that things might be starting as I had bad backache. I decided to get the front room ready with the tarpaulin down and the pool inflated.

I rang my Mum to get her to take DS1 to school. I filled the pool and put my swimming cossie on just so I could relax in there for a bit to help my back ache.
I was having occasional contractions on and off all day, every time I thought they were ramping up they stopped again.

DS1 came home and the boys had their dinner and went to bed about 7pm. Contractions were still very irregular so I thought it would probably be another sleepless night. I settled down to watch the England game.

At about 9pm I thought that the contractions were getting more regular, maybe 2 every 10 minutes. They were getting more and more painful so I decided to ring the midwife at about 10:15 and also rang my Mum to come round.

Contractions were now about 3-4 in 10 minutes and at 11pm I was 4cm and got lovely G&A. The MW decided to ring the other MW to come and also I had a student MW there so 3 in all. Once they arrived I was able to get into the pool which was about midnight.

The pool was amazing, they still hurt but not as bad. The contractions now seemed to be coming every 30 seconds or so. The MWs left it all up to me when I wanted to push, no attempts to exam me once I was in the pool.

I got the urge to push and it took about 5 pushes for DD to be born. One of the MWs helped me get her to bring her up to the surface. We sat in the pool for about 10 minutes. I had originally wanted to wait for the cord to stop pulsating but I really wanted to get out of the pool, so they cut the cord and I got out and had the injection to get the placenta to come out. She was born at 1:08am. I didn't tear or anything which is nice after tearing with both boys.

While I delivered the placenta DD was weighed and was 9lb 6.5oz so 7lb less than the growth scan predicted. I then got some clothes on and DD breastfed for a while. Mum and the MWs tidied up.

I don't remember this but she apparently passed meconium just as she came out so they had to wait and do checks when she was 2 hours old which were all fine. So the MWs and my Mum went home and we went up to bed.
The boys were most amused the next morning to see their little sister. They went off to school.

Everything seems to be going very very well. BF took a few days to settle down.

Lovely birth story McKayz! Thank you for sharing

Poor Thomas now has a cough . It doesn't seem to be bothering him a lot, as he's not crying about it (although he has been more unsettled than usual after feeds, but I don't think they are connected) but it is so sad hearing him cough again and again. At only 2 weeks corrected age though, I am reluctant to give him tixylix or anything like that, as they are supposed to be for 3 months +

Poo to rain at Wimbledon!

I have finally picked up the cardigan I was knitting for Thomas before I went into hospital - I may now finish it in time for him to fit into it!

try snufflebabe for bunged up babies - think it's fine from birth. for a cough, milk is as good as any over the counter glycerol! it's such a shame when they are ill though :(

McKayz nice birth story, thanks for sharing! all sounds so straightforward!

just out of (TMI) interest, how long has everyone's lochia gone on for? mine seems to have picked up again and is bright red, which I'm fairly sure is not a good sign. not sure if I can be arsed with our crappy GP sit and wait clinic again though, so plan to sit it out unless things get obviously much worse. I am so so sick of having to wear maternity pads though. my mum described them once as 'like sitting on a dead hamster'. not a description to use in hospital btw when a midwife asks if you have any in your bag. when you tell your DH to fish a dead hamster out of the bag, you WILL get odd looks.

I just managed to bath both children together, after Em copiously vommed into her neck folds. was quite a masterclass in octopus wrestling. thank god DH is working from home so he could step in when both offspring were screaming blue murder and I was trying to prevent DS from chucking the whole contents of the bath over his little sister whilst I got her dressed on the bath mat. fun times...

Kveta mine is still quite red. It seems to go and then picks up again. I don't wear maternity pads though. I just use the normal period ones but ones for heavier bleeding. But I am sick of them now.

Kveta mine too, it almost stopped but since I have been in hosp it has come back, quite red and a bit clotted, fairly sure it went on for about 4 weeks with both my others?

McKayz great birth story, very jealous of those who have had water births!

Btw, I asked DH to bring in sanitary towels and he managed to bring in panty liners, I was not amused!

My lochia keeps stopping and starting too. I keep thinking its finished then I get bright red blood again I'm just using bodyform pads with wings which seem to be doing the job. Apparently the increase in bleeding can be linked to activity so if you've had a busy day you might find the bleeding picks up a bit. I too am totally sick of wearing pads, hope it finishes soon. I think last time it had just finished by my 6 week check but had been very light in the few weeks before then.

Well, I've survived the first day alone and even made it to the breastfeeding drop inIt went a lot better than I thought it would which obviously makes me think tomorrow will be terrible Mil helped me out as she watched ds2 whilst I popped to get ds1 from nursery and took Oscar with me.

For those of you who aren't on fb, Oscar had his two week weigh in today and has gone from 5lb 13oz to 6lb 15oz! I am super pleased

DH should be home Saturday!!!