sept 2014: babies are here (or coming soon!)

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Even though dc3 is end of August, thought I'd start a sept thread :-)

How are you all doing?

dS1 is 9 dats old. Feeding well and surely sleeping well but it's hard to know as I keep falling asleep at night feeding him!

DearDinah unless someone complains it could well happen again, possibly with serious consequences. It caused you enough distress in its own right as it was; you were in a right state at the time. Quite rightly.

Thanks for the links, very helpful. Good to know it's not always easy even for non-first timers. The MW checked his weight today and he's back up to birth weight on day 5 so must be getting enough milk despite a crap latch. Hopefully the blisters will clear up soon!

Also glad the breastfeeding cafés are good, I saw the hospitals do them which thought might be better than just a casual group. Think there's one next week so will go along. Certainly can't do any harm.

Nice to know I'm not the only one with blood blisters! DS is three days old so I'm just starting to get my milk. Blood blisters are there but not so painful I can't feed. I have emergency nipple guards if I need them! Definitely will be looking into cafés when I can. I'm not convinced I'm getting the latch right. He's opening his mouth wide enough but then he's being a bit lazy and letting it slip meaning he's on the end a bit. Midwife said he's then rubbing my nipple on the roof of his mouth causing the blister. Hopefully it will get easier.

Had a few tears with DH tonight, feeling a bit better for it. Hopefully will have some sleep tonight.

I was told to take Arnica by the midwife at the Hospital. Then the pharmacist was reluctant to let me have it as in BF. Then the community midwife said you need to take it before the birth for it to be worthwhile. So I'm thoroughly confused on that one.

I have been using the jug of water trick for weeing though and then holding a pad against myself for number twos. I have 5cm of stitching to contend with but seem to be doing ok so far. I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen very regularly to!!

Sterile gauze soaked in a mix of witch hazel and tea tree oil worked wonders for me last time - keep a couple soaking in fridge and just pop in on top of your maternity pad. I also got the Earth Mama Angel Baby spray from Amazon which is lovely and cooling and sprays upside down - all natural stuff in it too.
Had a sweep today but I'm not dilated at all so she couldn't do it properly. She did say cervix was soft which is a good sign I think? Induction still on for tomorrow although it's now looking like it'll be late in the day as I'm behind some higher risk ladies... Feeling thoroughly fed up tonight for some reason. I really want to meet baby but am terrified of having 2 to look after, and of how my DD will take to baby. All this talk of BF problems, Velcro babies and no sleep has reminded me of what it was like first time round, but this time I won't be able to have sofa days as DD will need taken to playschool, park etc. someone reassure me it is do-able please!

Good luck for tomorrow Ella - hope it goes smoothly for you!

I was given no advice about stitches, other than the jug thing while peeing. I've not found them too bad. Though I've no idea if they're actually holding or burst or infected even. I tried to look with a mirror but it's not easy and I have no idea what I'm looking for. They still seem to be bleeding occasionally which seems odd for 5 days after. Hard to tell where the blood is coming from though!

Acorn you are brave trying to look! I have no interest in seeing what is going on down there. DH used some words which I shall not share seeing as though some of you ladies are still waiting to have your babies.

Marjal its very doable. Ive not had sofa days for a while or just lounged in pjs but still doable. If I sleep in once dh has gone to work (8am) and kids are settled upstairs in our room I struggle to fit everything in.

It was ds1 birthday yesterday. Managed a birthday party with20+ guests mainly kids with my own too. Dh cleaned all the mess

Ps I even struggle mn now lol

Hi all

I read this thread daily but have not posted before. I am due on Monday (15th) and am feeling very sorry for myself right now.

I had a slight tumble this evening. Got up from sitting on a dining room chair for about 20 minutes to find my left leg was 'dead' and had no power at all. Stumbled for a few seconds and then ended up on my backside.

The feeling did come back into my leg, but I am left with terrible hip pain when I walk. I've been googling and think it is either Pelvic Girdle Pain or sciatica. It's come on quite suddenly though, I've not had this before. I can't imagine midwife or doc will do anything about it, given how close to birth I am. So I'll just have to suffer and feel sorry for myself.

Feeling a bit crappy and desperate for baby to arrive. Problem is this is DC4 and the other three have been between 1 and 2 weeks overdue. So I doubt baby will be here just yet.

ilovemonstersinc - well done on the party! I have DD 10th birthday on Sunday, just a family affair though with no party (because of impending birth). Then DS's 5th birthday in 3 weeks time - party for 30+ kids. I should have a newborn by then!

Somewhere in the middle of all of that is my birthday. But I guess it will just get lost in with the birth and DC's birthdays.

Morning ladies. Sorry I've been a bit absent! Did feel quote poorly but it has eased off now so I think it was just a 24 hour virus or something.

I'm too scared too look at my woo / stitches! lol. DH has had a look though and he says my woo does look a bit different now but he can't even tell where the stitches are so I think my mum did a good stitching job by the sounds of it :)

Just trying to get Jessica back to sleep after her feed. This time of the morning she is always so wide awake and I feel most tired!

Thanks ilove - I don't know how you do it!
My DD was so sweet this morning. Got into bed with us and just cuddled for 45 mins, then we put Jungle Book on and all lay there together. I even managed to doze! It's like she knows it'll be the last time we get to do that just the 3 of us sniff

Morning All. We had a better night last night. I'm all for co sleeping! So DS came three weeks early on the day of our second antenatal class so I reckon we missed out on a fair bit of stuff! I don't want to bath him yet, I want to top and tail which we haven't yet done. We've had a wash with water wipes but I know I need to be brave and top and tail. When is the best time to do it? Coming up to feed time when he's still asleep or after a feed when he's sleepy. He's pretty much only awake in the middle of the night so that's not really an option. Any tips welcome please!

Marjal cuddles in bed with jungle book sounds lovely :) we haven't had many cuddles the three of us yet, it all seems a bit manic!

Honeybear it won't be long until you're doing the same sort of thing with your DS - the time just flies by...

Marjal- dd2, me, and DS are cuddling watching the lion king this morning...as we do most mornings so don't think cuddles in bed are far from

I'm not really supposed to be here as my DD was born on the 17th of August, but I'm feeling quite let down by the absence of an August thread and I want some friends! I hope I'm not intruding!

Dandybella, there are quite a few August babies on this thread so don't worry. I think this is really an August/September thread because of the lack of August one.

Some of us were meant to have September babies and had August babies instead,

So ladies we got our genetic results back and ds does not have my genetic condition yay!!

He has also started to breast fed with the smaller breast sheilds so we are now doing a mix of the two at the moment!

Welcome dandy

Welcome dandy
Ds is an August baby. I was due end of august but stayed in both groups.

glad your feeling better top

thank you marjal
Today is 1st day with the 3of them on my 100% own. Have been at mums since ds was born. Today ive cleaned, cooked taken dc to the park, got behind wheel for first time in 2months and currently feeding baby and ds2 and mning!

Dh has been very loving today which has topped it all

Well that was as shit night. I have a cold which is causing me massive anxiety as DS is so small and can fall really ill (dd2 had bronchiolitis and pneumonia at 6 weeks). Then he was feeding and feeding, came off for about a minute before rooting for more. Over and over. I nearly lost it. Finally settled after about 2-3 hours of this. But we are back at it this morning. Going slightly crazy and feel like crap.

Does anyone have any advise for soothing a bruised woo? I think my stiches are healing fairly well (although I am too scared to look!) but if I sit down for too long I start feeling quite sore, as though I am bruised.