November 2012 - all the babies have arrived

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sweetpea hope ur getting some rest bite now.

I'm practically same as u petit. I put on 17kg and lost most of it within 3 weeks bit now have 3kg to go to get back to pregnancy weight. Need to get down 53kg (I too am a short @rse!) . I had horrendous stretchmarks and now my tummy looks really wrinkled and have a tummy pouch

Haven't lost anymore in the pass week but that could be to do with the half a box of biscuits I have everyday . Gonna stop doing that... er er maybe from Monday.... No point starting at the weekend right?!

I have a belly binder too but only wore it a few times. Got to say when I did wear it I found it really supportive especially having had a c section. It supported my back which made sitting up etc much easier . Sounds stupid but I found finding the time to put it on which takes 1 min hard to find these day!

Right off to bed... Here to a 3 hr stretch of sleep... There's always hoping!!!

Just had an hour sleep - fab

I too am eating far too many biscuits - damn you Christmas tins in the shops

detective im glad youce made a decision that your happy with and are enjoying your little man again

horsey I'm so on your behalf. Who the hell do some people think they are, they have no righ getting involved in people business. Don't let it upset you, you have a happy healthy baby that's the most important thing. no way did she actually say that to you? What a cheeky fecking bitch women.

Aw comrade I bet that frightened the life out if you I'm scared of that happening so I get out of bed an go into LOs room to feed in the chair in there while I MN or impulse buy shop online

Am I the only one that don't feed in public? I go to a baby room somewhere, I just don't have the confidence to wack out a boob and I've tried to practice covering up differently at home but I need to watch LO and can't so that if I cover up

Kentucky my LO is 8 weeks today and when she has ebm she takes about 4oz that was a week ago now though do maybe abit more but she feeds every 2 hours

Aww tits & passI hope your both okay and your LOs

petite my LO has cradle cap just above her eyebrows and I was told to use either almond oil or olive oil so going to get some tomorrow

chunky DD is my first so has all my attention and when I look at her I feel all gushy and loved up with her but dont get me wrong i would love abit of time to just sit on the sofa in the evening and chill out without having my boob out

I won't make any plans to go out yet as I just don't feel ready to leave LO yet, she's 8w today

Damn I've been writing this post since last night during the night feed so its a huge one, sorry if I've missed anyone I have stingy eyes because we're not getting alot of sleep here.

Were having a delayed 6e growth spurt at 8w and its so hard I actually last night and have seriously thought about quitting LO feed for 7 hours on and off with a max of 20mon off at a time, I'm hoping its almost done as not sure how much more I can take. Just about to do second nappy change if this feed

Wow that was ridiculously long

nervous get a nursing poncho/apron to cover up in case there isn't a baby room somewhere (& personally, as most baby rooms are for changing nappies too, I think they often stink & its a bit yuck to sit in effectively a toilet, unless its got a specific area for feeding). You don't want to be limited where you go for 6mths+. I got one from amazon when I had my DD & its got a solid, plastic neckline so you can see baby but observers can't.

5 hour stretch of sleep, woohoo! But now Teddy's doing his 4am wakeful thing. Do I really have to start my day so early every day??!

And awake again after 45 minutes I dream of 2 hours unbroken sleep at night. Hasn't happened once since he was born. Not quite sure how much longer I can go on like this. One night at a time....

That's the only way sweetpea because everything can change in a day. It is really hard though.

YW we are now using daktarin gel for P's thrush.we have to rub it on her tongue and gums. Much more likely to be effective due to her bit being able to spit it out.

Oh, and fellow thrush sufferers. . . If you are expressing my HV said that steam sterilisers are inefficient at getting rid of the spores. She suggested using cold water sterilisation while still infected. It could explain why infections aren't shifting.

50/50 night here, J is managing a couple of feeds on the breast which is great but his oxygen has needed to be increased a bit, if we could use the collective power of mumsnet to think 'easy breathing' thoughts for my little guy I'd be grateful, he's wide awake this morning which is good compared to yesterday when he slept the whole day,l not waking once.

So just need to get this oxygen off slowly then get this little critter home for Christmas

As for post pregnancy bodies, all my weight is gone and I'm back in most pre pregnancy clothes but its been replaced with horrible saggy belly/boobs and thighs. Doesn't help I don't eat bugger all and when I do it's chocolate or take away I'm not going to bother starting a more healthier approach to life until after Christmas I know I won't stick to it before then. My skin is the one thing I really want to get sorted.

tits - easy breathing thoughts from me

close to 5 stone of added weight for me - used to cycle everywhere but didn't exercise for the whole 9 months - nervous about something going wrong again ate instead - oops. i think 3 stones have gone but the extra 2 will only go with intense exercise and stitching up my mouth.

Easy breathing thoughts here to tits xx
Glad he had a better night

I gained around 2 stone and lost a stone and a half in 2 weeks bug now have about 3 pound left, I've tried ond pair of pre pregnancy jeans on and they were abit big but I'm still bigger then I was pre pregnancy it's just my body shape has changed, will need to go back to fitness classes again soon, I just hate exercise

lane - baby makes such a din - i'm convinced he's awake but nope - arms above head, baby sleep. snuff snuff gruff gruff

Easy breathing thoughts from me too tits

N started off ok tonight but then has woken every hour since 3. I think having her in the car so much yesterday has thrown her a bit - she slept soooo much it's hardly surprising that she doesn't need it now.

tits easy breathing thoughts here too...

I'm a bit about people that have lost their weight/almost all of it. I wasn't overweight for me (although at only 160cm/5'2" I'm quite heavy at just under 60kg normally - I like to think its more muscle than flab) but I did put on lots and it is slowly shifting, its just not gone yet!! I think I'll prob have an extra kg or 2 until I finish bfing. I had to wait until I stopped feeding DD to lose any more weight.

Sorry to those that had a bad night. Apart from having DS on my boob pretty much every hour all evening, after midnight, he slept until gone 3. I was asleep again at 4.30ish, then he needed another feed at 6.50. Think that may have been our best night yet.

Easy breathing thoughts for lil one and a ? for tits

Oh and my body is going back to my former shape, but then that's a post-pg shape anyway (slightly thicker waist & curvier tum) so my normal clothes accommodate that. I was quite glad of the change after DD because I had a disproportionately small waist to hips/bum which made clothes buying a nightmare. Now its still difficult but things are not as huge on my waist as before...

tits Easy breathing thoughts wafting gently from here too

horsey Echoing what everyone else has said, I cannot believe that you were subjected to such a tirade from anyone, let alone a stranger in a coffee shop. It sounds like you have dealt with it in the correct way, but don't allow it to fester and don't let it add fuel to your guilt.

detective Well done for making your decision to ff. You sound like you are getting back to your loved-up self (with Oscar anyway, even if not with your DP )
Sorry for not posting much in the last few days. I've been lurking and reading everything in the middle of the night but for some reason have been overly tired. Perhaps the last few weeks are catching up with me!

I have not weighed myself yet as my bathroom scales are cheap and tell lies (really, I am not just telling myself that to make myself feel better!) When I was weighed at my last antenatal, about 10 minutes before I was frogmarched to labour ward, I was 12st 4lbs and so had put on just over 3 stones. I honestly have no sense as to how much I have lost in the last 8 weeks, particularly since my stomach is still quite round and the skin and muscle and stuff above my cs scar is overhanging Even though I am exclusively breastfeeding, I don't really feel like I am losing any weight. Meh.

Thank you to everyone who asked after my sister. She is fine- literally walked away with scratches on her hand from where she crawled out of the passenger window. She is now however without a car which makes getting to work impossible since she has been working at a hotel in darkest Arkengarthdale. Many windy country roads and severe hills to be negotiated twixt here and there and no such thing as public transport. The insurance company would not give her a courtesy car as the car was certainly a write-off (an N reg Suzuki Swift isn't worth very much!) and they'd only provide one while the car was being repaired. Boo to insurance companies. Personally, I am not sure that they will pay her anything, once excesses and the like have been deducted.

Ah. This has turned into an uber-mega-mega-post. Sorry!

Tits easy breathing thoughts wafting their way over the Channel to you now

Easy breathing thoughts tits.

Ok night here after all the puking yesterday and snot. I feel a bit more human too.