Feb 06 - All present and correct!

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CAMERON, Birthdate 6th Jan, Due 28th Jan, Weight 5lbs 13oz, Born to Teuch, Baby no 1, Lives Inner Hebridean Island, Gas & air and morphine
PEYIA, Birthdate 23rd Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight 6lbs 12.5oz, Born to TicTac, Baby no 1, Lives Horwich, Lancs, Gas & air only
ALEXANDER, Birthdate 24th Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight ??, Born to Yeahbut, Baby no 3, Lives Holland, Elective c-section
CAITLIN ERIN MONICA, Birthdate 25th Jan, Due 10th Feb, Weight 8lbs 10.5oz, Born to Womba1, Baby no 3 (1 stillborn), Lives Eastbourne, Elective c-section
MAISIE, Birthdate 26th Jan, Due 7th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5.5oz, Born to ellenrose, Baby no 3, Lives Bristol, Induction due to SPD
JESSICA HELEN, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 5lbs 11oz, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 1.
EMILY ROSE, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 6lbs, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 2.
ELIZABETH GRACE, Birthdate 3rd Feb, Due 3rd Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Kando, Baby no 3, Lives Holland,
BOY, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Broxbourne, Herts/Essex border,
LAUREN EMMA, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 22nd Feb, Weight 6lbs 14oz, Born to Morgan, Baby no 2, Lives Dubai,
PHILIPPA ROSE, Birthdate 8th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 9lbs, Born to Tabs, Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to Cuffyj1, Baby no 1, Lives Barnsley, emerg c-section
SETH PETER, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 1st March, Weight 7lbs, Born to angedemarche (Jangus), Baby no 2, Lives NI, Elective c-secion
EVIE HARRIET, Birthdate 10th Feb, Due 29th Jan, Weight 9lbs, Born to Hotmama, Baby no 2, Lives Nottingham, emerg c-section
RHUARIDH GEORGE, Birthdate 11th Feb, Due 20th Feb, Weight ??, Born to MrsDoolittle, Baby no 2, Lives Newbury, Water birth
BEN, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 8lbs 4oz, Born to 3K, Baby no 1, Lives Gravesend, Kent, c-sec after failure to dilate sufficiently
OSCAR, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 13th Feb, Weight 9lbs 10oz, Born to Chloe55, Baby no 1, Lives West Yorkshire, Pethidine, epi & lots of stitches!
BOY, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to 4blue1pink, Baby no 5, Lives ??,
ANYA OLIVE CATRIONA, Birthdate 20th Feb, Due 8th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Popadopalis, Baby no 1, Lives Bedford,
BRAM, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to Ixel, Baby no 2, Lives N London, c-sec
IMOGEN ROSAMOND, Birthdate 23rd Feb, Due 2nd March, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Ags, Baby no 2, Lives Kent, Elective c-section
EMRYS JOHN, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 24th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Flamesparrow, Baby no 2, Lives Bournemouth, Home birth
BOY, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jasnem, Baby no 3, Lives Waltham Abbey, Rapid labour, ventouse and episiotomy
SALLY ANIELA, Birthdate 28th Feb, Due 28th Feb, Weight 8lbs 13oz, Born to Thell, Baby no 1, Lives London, Water birth at home
NEVE, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 8lbs 11oz, Born to Frizbe, Baby no 2, Lives Ripley, Derbyshire, Water birth
ALFRED WILLIAM, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to Helen38, Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,

Still missing 3 names - hope they've not been announced and I've missed them!

Hi girls,

Sorry Cuffy, no experience here either. Oh damn - ds woken - will post again soon

Hi girls,

Sorry Cuffy, no experience here either. Oh damn - ds woken - will post again soon

Hi all,
Just a flying visit from me. I hope all the little issues are starting to clear up and everyone is feeling a bit happier.

DD has an umbilical hernia, it is not giving her any trouble and should settle in time but it make a horrid squishy noise since the nurse prodded it! Am seeing GP on Tue for her immunisations so will get them to check it again.

Also, I fell down the stairs on Monday and have really hurt my foot, really difficult to walk at the min which makes looking after DD so much harder.

Ho hum, other then that...all is well.
x

Stupid thrush locum!

Reflux... My friend's youngest DD & DS had reflux - pretty much what the others said on that thread... It is normal projectile vomiting, or just a lot (not just the extra milk that they've decided they didn't want after all). Often it isn't just straight after the feed, but can be quite a bit later if they are moved too fast. The pain all sounds the same. Swaddling often helps as it keeps them calmer as they have the attack. Again, write everything down and go to your gp armed with your facts and worries (if you don't get on with your hv then skip that stage).

Long long night here... Little man cried oodles - refused to settle himself, then DD decided to join in!!! We had me generally feeding or winding and DH sorting DD. Very tired today... burst into tears when DH got up .

Glad you got the swing Ixel - great invention!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took ds to docs we saw a locum too hotmama but he was really good and listened to everything we said unlike the usual gp. We explained all his symptoms and he's prescribed infant gaviscon to see if it helps. He hasn't said it is reflux tho.

Hopefully the gaviscon will help :)

I forgot to say yesterday.. the parents outside preschool were a big relief - its not the best of areas, and when I was taking DD to toddler group at the school the mums were very scary ladies ("ladies" is pushing it... a lot ) - I was scared what the preschool would be like, but they all looked pretty much up together and normal. I hated it at toddlers... felt like I was being a snob because I didn't leave my child halfway through the session to go outside to smoke! It was 2 hours!!! Can they really not go 2 hours without smoking?!?!?!

cuffy hope it works then! I guess they're reluctant to say in case they get it wrong??

Hotmama glad thrush gettin sorted at how bad locum was tho!

Have had mw round am, still not discharging us tho as dd not back upto birth weight, but she's on her way so mw not worried, said she's just saving the health vis more work, as they're both snowed under!!

Hi Ladies. How are you all? I think this could be my first post on this thread.
I have to say that I really haven't been doing much MNing in the last month - DS will be 5 weeks on Saturday!!! He's not being easy atall. I think I'm fairly laid back, if not, completely shattered. He seems to do everything opposite to dd and so confusing me completely.

I hope you are all doing okay

I've been silly really. I think I have missed the support of you girls over the last month. It's been a bit hellish really but nothing particularly different to anyone else here. Coping with the toddler has been harder than I expected eventhough she goes to nursery 3 times a week. She still needs my attention in the morning and the evening but it's the morning which is hardest when I've been awake most of the night.

I've been wondering where you were!!!!!!!!! >

Hiya Flame

tictac - ds2 had a hernia and we were advised that they normally go back in by the time they are two and sure enough - it did. Sometimes it looked worse than others but generally not too bad and the HV checked it during the check-ups as they got more spaced out just to keep an eye on it.

Hi, I'm back - why do they wake up just as you are starting to do something

As I was saying, no reflux experience Cuffy but it seems your GP was a bit of help to you anyway so I hope things improve.

Can I ask for those babies that are on formula - how much are they taking at one time and how long do they go between feeds (also how much do they weigh) I'm guessing ds is over 12lbs now as he was 11lbs 3 over a week ago and he generally takes about 5oz, sometimes though he will have 7oz and other times I struggle to get 4oz down him - he goes about 3 hours between feeds at the moment - does all this sound a normal amount?

Chloe - that was just the question I was coming on to ask :)
I make up 5oz bottles and they generally take about 4 - although I only make a 4oz bottle for the middle of the night - I didn't want to increase that one as I want to encourage them to drop it in a few weeks! Sometimes they take less than 4oz but I try to make sure they both have at least 3 otherwise they tend to get out of synch.
They are feeding every 3.5hours on average but longer over night - - they have 6 feeds in 24 hours.
Don't know how much they weigh as haven't been to baby clinic yet but will know on Friday as am taking them for their 6 week check.

Chloe/ Jua

DD weighs 8.2. I make 4 ounces and she takes anything from 2 to the 4. she goes 3 hours in the day and 4 to 5 hours through the night. I also BF though (especially in morning and night)

10 pound is meant to be the weight where a baby can take more and therefore last longer though.

Hi girls !

Jasnem - Boy ! is four weeks yesterday and still not named - people are so annoying and seem to have a preoccupation with it. We WILL give ours a name but at the moment after coping with 5 kids its not top priority ( and we cannot agree!!)

Hotmama...bloody thrush !! I told hv that i thought he had it in his chops and she looked and said No just milk .
A week later dh ( who is a vet!) said 'that iS thrush ' so i rang up and they begrudgingly gave drops. Today i take him to be weighted and show a different hv and she says ' if you dont treat even symptomless boobs the tongue will keep getting it' So now i have cream and drops ( which he hates!)

Any one elses bf baby have eggy poo? My boys reeks and i just dont rememeber it with the others?

4b1p - Not eggy poo but horrifc farts - awful!!! ever since he was born. Poos smell of flowers in comparison (just milky really!).
The suggestion has been made that he could be fermenting his milk rather than digesting it. The hv smelt it today and agreed it was foul but he's growing, despite his puking and stinky farts!!

And I didn't have it with dd. She was very easy in comparisin with this little chap.

I'm guessing yours weigh less than my ds Jua so it seems our feeds are normal (other than my ds taking 7oz occassionally the greedy man ) I wish though he would go longer than 3 hours through the night, if 10lbs is the milestone to go by he is sticking to it oh well, hopefully he will start going longer soon.

Ds poos stink horrid now he is on formula - I never really minded the bf poo smell.

Isn't sticking to the milestone I should say!

I qite like the smell of ds2's poo, but I guess thats compared to the toddler poo of ds1, which is very very offensive!!

Ds2 has finally learnt to take some EBM from a bottle, but not alot, and its a right pain to express enough for 3 top ups, and feed , and get on with being parent of a toddler too. And dh is back on double shifts because his colleague is off on compassionate leave... arghhh... Having said that , bedtime was very calm tonight. It even began with the blissful phrase 'I'm finished my milk, I want to go to bed now'. Now I'm dreading my first morning with the two of them alone, and ds1's new get up time of 6am.

Got a bf top off ebay, thought I'd be safe with a 14 as I have other tpos in the same make that size, but its too tight. Typical!

Pooh is a very current topic! I've just put dd1 in her pyjama's, gave her milk just about to put her sleeping bag on and she had poohed! However, it was more like diarrohea - nice in a toddler - so I have had to change her vest etc.

Dd2's nappies smell like burnt caramel - I quite like the smell - dp thinks I'm weird - he could be right!

Spoke to the HV this pm and she has rang the crappy locum and made him do me a prescription for cream for my nips - picking it up tomorrow - so hopefully will clear up.

BF question - have you found the duration of feeds reducing? Dd2 was feeding up to 30 mins per boob but now very rarely does more than 15 mins per boob - is she getting more efficient etc or is she not feeding enough? Never really sure what constitutes a feed - but she seems O.K. so I'm not going to worry.

Dd2 is very sleepy today - having to wake her for all her feeds - I do hope she isn't awake all night.

Back from the cranial osteopath. She said that there was a lot of compression in her head, so is expecting the treatment to work for her. Also some nerves affecting gut need treatment, which she reckons should reduce the amount of dirty nappies, as she reckons for every one to be dirty suggests that the gut isn't functioning at 100%.

Too early to say if there's any effect yet, but fingers crossed for a good night! Seeing her again on Monday for second treatment.

Good to see you over here MrsD - it is hard to find time to post these days, but it's great to get the support.

Now this may be a v basic question, but still on the subject of poo, how do you know if a baby has diarrohea (never can spell that), given that their poo is all runnyish to start with?!

Tabs - no idea! I seem to recall from a friend's son that it went more snot-like. DD didn't have it until she was older (thankfully)

DS's poo smells sort of sweet - like DD's did though, so I assumed all newborn poo smelt that way! I remember hers had a different smell for poorly, and a different one again for teeth!

HV came at 2pm (for her 1pm appointment ) - DS is now 9lb 11 - 10oz in 6 days . At least it answers my "is it a growth spurt or is my milk shoddy" question.

HM - Kinda found the length decreasing, but he's changed system. Before he would feed for 30-45 mins, but all from one side. Completely drain it, then be windy and eventually fall asleep. Now we're having about 15 mins to make me feel empty, being winded, and then having the whole other side for 15 mins... so its technically lasting the same length of time, but I think he's actually drinking twice as much (I'm still feeling as full as I ever was at the start of the feeds)! Still on about the 3 hour gap at the most, even with the mammoth feeding...

Pump is in the steriliser.. now I just need him to give me long enough between feeds to get some milk to express!!! DH is desperate for me to express some... he's been asking since day 2 - says its for my benefit, but I get the feeling he is feeling a bit left out.

Much more routine to the day today - he has been feeding, winding and being wakey for a little bit, and then being swaddled and sleeping for an hour or so, which has meant I could give DD some quality time (she looked sooooo pleased when I sat down to paint with her:)).

DH has gone out, so I think I will find some juice and biscuits, and enjoy a few minutes peace and quiet until next feed... although I hear snuffling now - he seems to get to about 7pm and think that we switch to 2 hourly feeds until 11pm!

Meant to say to Tabs - good luck with your night tonight Hoping it has a good sleep inducing effect.

Next chiro appointment is tomorrow... he's done much better - been feeding well off the bad side since Monday afternoon until first thing this morning.