June 2013 (3) - teething & not sleeping!

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I broke the old thread! Step this way, step this way.

I thought of that but dd only takes milk from the boob so it's really tricky and the pharmacist took all my details!
I haven't had my period back yet so hopefully that will work in my favour. In 15 years of being sexually active I have never had any accidents or forgotten the pill so how bloody stupid am I to do it now!!

I don't think id take the chance, Madame. Why not call nhs 24 (or whatever it's called now). Maybe there is a morning after pill that is compatible with bf? Eek, nightmare

Madame it might be worth giving your gp a call and seeing what they suggest. I highly doubt you are the first to have a need for something like the emergency pill, and your gp may well be more used to prescribing it, in these circumstances, than the over cautious pharmacist, I would imagine only a very small % of anything would get into your milk and it's a one off. The positives out weight the negatives.

Does anyone know how long I have to take this pill we are getting on for 48 hours now but I will ring the gp again this morning (they were supposed to call me back yesterday but didn't!!)

You have 73 hours. But it's more effective the earlier you take it. :-/

Good luck!

72, not 73!

Gp is ringing me back today at 10:30, he is usually really good so fingers crossed he can help me. I was going to just hope for the best bury my head but getting pregnant for us at the moment would be a complete disaster!! Thanks for tge info MrsBri x

Hope your gp is helpful Madame.

I have a smear test this afternoon. I'm hoping that post childbirth it's a bit of a doddle (and will quietly gloss over all the stitches that ended up down there after ds had done his worst). Anyone else had one post baby?

Need to book in for mine, thanks for the reminder mrs81. Had a letter back in Dec!

Still no phone call from my GP!

Have you hear from your GP yet Madame?

Just been to the GP myself to get drops for DS2s eye infection (which is now also my eye infection... I so love having germbags kids) so hopefully that will clear up soon.

I had a smear post DS1 and found it bloody painful (it was my first so can't compare pre and post baby). I preferred the internal exams that midwives do.

Phew, gp called and was happy to do me a prescription so I'm going to pick it up now :-)

Phew Madame

Well, smear done. Uncomfy but not as bad as I remember (though it did make me bleed ).

That's a relief, Madame.
I had a smear in November and it didn't hurt (didn't expect it to now it's put in perspective with childbirth) but did bleed a little. The bummer is that I got the results earlier this month and I need to go back in 6 months to get another one done as there were slight changes to the cells. I've never had this before - could it be related to pregnancy/birth?? Bit anxious.

Sunbeam I've had to go back for a smear. Think it was just they needed another look. Apparently it is very common and not something to worry about. Saying that I've had 2 letters in 3 months and still haven't made an appointment. Flipping hate getting them!

We had the horrible winter vomiting bug over the weekend. Poor Lily spent most of yesterday in her activity station with DH and I lying on couches either side of her groaning loudly. She seems perfectly happy though and thankfully has avoided getting the bug. Apparently half the nursery have gone down with it.

Oh and MadamJ I read out your tale of woe to DH who went pale at the thought of getting pregnant again so soon. Thankfully I got the implant when lily was 6 weeks old so we're sorted for the next 3 years.

Thanks Sunny - feel a bit better hearing that.

Yes Sunny it was very worrying, I am thinking of having the implant as I would like to be able to just forget about all that for a while!!

Ok random question. You know cot bumpers - I've inherited a set that go on 3 sides. Do they cover the head end or the bum end?

Lily is a little pest and wiggles herself round to lie across the cot every single night. I rearrange her every night before I go to bed but she does occassionally wake herself up by sticking her legs through the bars. If I put the cot bumpers on would she be able to stick her feet through the bars?

I had the implant and it took two years for me to get my periods back. That was a worse case scenario but worth knowing it can happen.

On the smear thing, in a previous life I worked on the cervical screening programme. If they have detected changes then it is far more likely than not that they will revert back to normal within a few months, hence the recall. 90% do within two years. If they don't then you will be called for colposcopy and the cells likely ablated. I've had this. It's not traumatic. More traumatic was my boss asking me it do a presentation on it as it was relevant to our work! Do remember to go back, and try not to worry. It's likely you have mild cervical dysplasia if you want to research yourself. Xx

Thanks, Sarah! Good to know. Poor you re the work presentation!

I'm after some nappy advice! We're going on holiday next week and will be using disposables. I've been test driving disposables on DS2 and they're fine for wee, but we're getting poosplosions up the back. It was near his neck yesterday and this was at 1am when he decided the middle of the night was the best time to do a poo . They're not even huge poos, he goes once or twice a day usually.

The nappies I got were Pampers Baby Dry in size 4+ (DS1, 2.9yo, is using these too and they're fine for him but then again his poo is not as runny). DS2 is a pretty huge baby (90th centile). Does he need bigger ones? Or smaller ones? Or is poo up the back just par for the course? We're going to be travelling in an RV and will only have limited washing capabilities.

Any advice gratefully received!!

I'd say bigger. Polly uses that size and she's only 50th percentile. Are you taking the nappies with you? Or buying as you go?

I was going to suggest smaller, but if they fit round the legs then probably not

Can you try a different brand? We use Nature Babycare and have just started size 4. We also have some Sainsburys size 4 and Pampers size 5 waiting in the wings. Happy to pop one or two of any of those in the post for you to try if you like? I know how frustrating it is finding the right nappy!

Is nature babycare the same as NATY? If so then totally recommend!