November 2012 - Does it seem like half a year?

[StuntNun]

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Just bk from midwife appointment heard baby heart beat! It's deff a gallop. So it that a boy or girl? Someone remind me?

I'm crap at WWF! Like fucking crap. I can't get beyond seeing words like -the, and, then. Bloomin heck. Need to read more.

pidj have I found you??

dh has lost me now haha

I'm rubbish too GT! I think a horsey heartbeat is a girl? O sounded like a train.

BigPig the GP said she was sure it would just get better by itself and declined to do any thyroid tests.

I'm sweating cheese. Oh god.

O was up to something after all. Decided to plan tea for after he went to bed as it was Raclette. Social kinda meal. Not one for a whingy baby to be around coz you'll burn your cheese!.

He's a fucking evil genius. He woke up the second the potatoes were placed on the table for the meal to begin.

There were many curse words uttered.

He never wakes up that soon when he has gone to bed - after an hour maybe.

He always fucking wakes up when we eat. WHY? WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY?

FUCKING WHY!!!!!

He just won't let us eat a meal. Ever.

epic fail to mn in car!! saw Dh's oldest friend and best man. he married a Japanese girl and they live in Ethiopia so we rarely see them! their 7 month old boy is adorable! and whoo hoo as bad a sleeper as g if not worse cos I couldn't have coped with any more perfect sleeping babies mind you makes me not very hopeful about future sleep with this un. permanent regression

just quickly - tits have you had thyroid checked? might be worth it if not poas!

Stunt and others - persevere. Baseline bloods are cheap to do and reassuring if normal. They're often normal. But better that way round than leave things too late. Yes, fatigue etc is probably a side-effect of our lives but gps should rule out treatable thiings sleep deprivation would be a good place to start

ooh cross post stunt they really should. mine wobbles from time to time and I get very weak muscles. I know cos it happened while I'd been going to yoga regularly fir a while. during the few months i was underactive I would shake horribly at yoga. also the local consultant here gets the local British thyroid members to record results and how they feel inc muscle strength etc.

it's common to have a wobble post baby. you can support your thyroid by eating lots of iodine rich food - mainly dairy and also fish (haddock good). boots new mum multi vits have it too.

I'm actually really well dosed up on thyroxine at the mo so am finding the few hours of broken sleep ok ish. I would be broken if not. it's a cheap test they really should do if you ask

also - it's generally seen now that a tsh of below 2 is better. mine is 0.5 at mo, the lowest they allow. if it's around 4 (which is 'borderline') and you're feeling symptoms a low dose of thyroxine would help but some doctors are a bit fussy.

Izzy I've been picked to test them too yay!

Early night for me, Ms been on bed since 7:45 which is a lot earlier than the last few nights so fingers crossed.

Might try find some of you on wwf

Fs sleep has gone to shit again. She's been in bed for 90 mins, and now up again. This doesn't bode well for the night.

J did not settle until 9 due to fucking reflux. YW nothing I can put my finger on. He seems fine apart from this. He needs something systemic before he starts on solids. I am so fucking fed up of this.

Not caught up yet but vq hugs, sounds like you need them

Hello my sweary friends.

Today was kind of how I pictured it would be having a baby. Playdates in the park with friends, rolling, sitting, eating mango and wearing a sunhat in the garden. If we draw a veil over the bit where the random woman in the park asked me if I was pregnant and the return to work worries it was a day to treasure.

Sorry to those who are having a tougher day. It amazes me how much everyone in this group has been through and how resilient you all are. Still funny fuckers in spite of all that life chucks up (often with an acid side dish).

Fuckity fuck to BLW here. Worked so well with ds1 after a brief flirtation with purees. F has had purees too, one slice of pear and one small roast potato (skin off) - both caused choking and exorcist style vomiting. Back to purees he goes.

Watching bears on bbc1, a bit when the bear cub drowned

Time to try ranitidine VQ? No harm in giving it a go.

Apart from a new found liking for being shoved around on the floor with my foot I also learned that P a) really likes wrestling Ewan around when she should be sleeping b) hates it when she accidentally changes the sound from harp to Hoover. Yelped and yelped until I came and fixed it.

Who the fuck is FatSpanielsEars.

I'm choking on my fucking chocolate here!

Jims BLW isn't working for O either, proper purees here, which wasn't what I planned. But he wants the food, and it seems to be so far improving the reflux fingers fucking knotted crossed so we're just going with it.

Bloody babies. Not doing things the way we want!

Right fuckers I'm off to bed hoping for some sodding sleep and a less shitty day tomorrow....literally!

oh vq

pharmacist friend with reflux baby was happy for her to be on ranitadine and pharmacists are usually fussy about meds. you can but try?

that sounds idyllic mrsj and just what you needed

lol pass

me too pikz

night all

O gratefully takes his ranitidine. I think it gives instant relief sometimes.

I would at least try it VQ. I really rate it, both for adults, and now seeing it with O too.

It took 24-48 hours to see a difference.

LOL at fatspanielsears

Sounds like a lovely day jupiter randomness aside.

We were supposed to exchange contracts on our house today but with a cruel twist of fate I found out that the guy at the top of the chain has had a heart attack so they want to delay exchanging for a couple of weeks. Now I can understand why they want to do this....but, and as harsh as this sounds, why the fuck cunting arsing bags can't they just exchange now. They say they are still committed to moving on the date they specified so why won't they just go ahead and exchange. Everyone is ready, what's the point in delaying unless they think they might change their minds. I realise this sounds very unsympathetic but I just don't understand the point in delaying exchange if they are still committed to moving on the date they originally suggested. Fucking arsebags.

That aside have had a nice day and E's spots are crusting over so think we're over the worst of the pox.

vq I'd go for ranitidine. Haven't had one reflux episiode with E since she was prescribed it.

jims I watched that. Also a bit at the bear killing the other bear. I know these things go on but I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to nature programmes.