Feb 06 - Dewmeadow's expecting another sucky cow!!!!!!

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Ok, so managed to combine our 2 thread title themes. Sure it will make sense to no-one but us!

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,
PETER, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Herts,
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 CantSleepWontSleep (Tabs), Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to PhoenixGirl (Cuffyj1/lewsmummy), 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!
LUTHER, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to NotAnOtter (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 THOMAS, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to mustrunmore (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
ISABEL ERIKA, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 3rd March, Weight 7lbs 5.5oz, Born to Amiable, Baby no 1, Lives North London, Gas & air and epidural. DH German
LEON JASON, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jelley (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
RORY JOHN, Birthdate 25th Feb, Due 23rd Feb, Weight 10lb 2oz, Born to dewmeadow, Baby no 2, Lives County Tyrone, Ireland, emerg c-section
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 damewashalot (Helen38), Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,

Sitting in my lounge with a screaming DS I got 30 mins sleep when he went to sleep at 4, but he has woken up miserable.

EEk Flame doesn't sound good hope dh is home soon.

for Amiable too - sounds quite hopeful prognosis but worrying too.

I like the doolittle name too - although i too was a bit slow on the uptake at first.

I want a fridge with a wine cooler thing too!

I didn't twig it was MrsD either, even when we were fighting over Nigel last night!

Wine cooler sounds good. Is it bottle shaped, or could you use it to cool food too?

Friz, thanks for the post - those links are very useful. I've been reading stuff online all day and feel a bit more prepared for whatever lies ahead. Just have to see what the consultant at Great Ormond St says... I'll have to pay my money to CAT you, but will no doubt be in touch soon.

on a brighter note - love all the Xmas names! I shall have to see if I can come up with something suitably festive. Also, the fridge with wine cooler sounds excellent! Think that the wine cooler bit would be the bit most used in our household though!

DH got home at 5pm, I took two strong pills and slept for a while - but nightmare + screaming child (he refused his bottle) cancelled the sleep thing. Headache is down to a dull thump, just feeling odd (probably the pills making me slightly high).

Grandad update - NO heartattack!!! An upset stomach, home tomorrow or Thurs, Diamond WA party still on for sunday

Missed something about a fridge somewhere Wine is goooooooood though

great news about grandad flame, lol he was having you on all this time

Aimiable glad to be of help, are you cat able??? save you paying your dosh??

flame. Naughty Grandad though getting us all worried!

Well, ds2 has only had 2 breastfeeds in 24 hours. Not sure exactly how I feel. I cant get my head round why I'd want to carry on for much longer, esp with 2 more teeth coming, and I do want my body back purely so I can do a major diet/weight loss. If it wasnt for that, I'd prob be happy to carry on forever. So am I just being selfish? I've managed to bf him 9 months longer than I did ds1!

flame - for some reason I read your post as Diamond White still on for Sunday - that brought back memories of my youth .

mrm - - was that down to you or him? Don't think you can beat yourself up about it if you decide to give up now - 9 months is really good going. You do know that tiktok says that what you eat doesn't affect your milk don't you, so you could actually do the weight loss and still bf though if you chose to.

Off to see hub for a photoshoot tomorrow, so won't be around much during the day.

You're not a Diamond White type of girl!

But csws, you know my dodgy weight loss plan; cant combine that with bf. And cant you say 'virtually 10 months'; makes it sound much better! I really dont know why I'm having doubts, as I dont have a maternal bone in my body.

Enjoy your day with Hub! Where are you doing it? He's so good! Unphased even by ds1 in a huge strop! We now have our 2 huge piccies on the wall above the settee

Oh, and it was down to me really. Just refused to feed him in bed at 5am after dh had already given him his bottle, then disappeared off upstairs to get stuff done, leaving a bottle for his 9amish one. Then he had a little one at lunch because he was soo tired and refused to eat (fell asleep after), and a 5pm one because we had people here and I hadnt even started to get tea ready We all had cereal and toast for tea today

You've made me think though; am I using the bf as an excuse for still being huge after all this time?

Hmmm, MRM I read your mail abour CSWS going to see Hub and read it in a rude way "where are you doing it - he's so good!!!

CSWS - think the wine cooler is integrated in the fridge, we havent got it on yet as had to leave it to stand. DH delivered it in his JL lorry then got stuck in mud outside our house for an hour and a half!!! Had to get another lorry to tow him out. It also has these vacuum things where you can apparantly make a sandwich, vacuum it and eat it in 3 months time NOT that you would want to eh!!!!

Flame - Glad your grandad is ok.

He cried ALL NIGHT LONG

I had taken a lot of pills by then, and the lack of sleep, plus zombification really hasn't helped the headache go away. I promised my friend we would go out this afternoon, but Psycho has offered her bed for me to collapse in whilst the children play at her house - I'm torn

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Sorry Flame, those werent for you.

GO TO BED GO TO BED GO TO BED

I agree.. go to bed now
No contest.

But I promised weeks ago

3k - do we have a link to your fridge. Sounds pretty impressive

mrm - are you eating less to lose weight or just running more?
If you're eating more b/c of bf, then I'd agree that it may be a bit of an excuse You have lost weight though (or toned up?) You looked good at the Christmas meet, with no I've just had a baby look (except that pic where you were slouching so not counted ).

Flame. Weeks ago you weren't ill. Would you really enjoy it if you went?
Surely she will reschedule for another time.

GO TO BED

Rescheduled. Going to bed at 1pm

Glad to here it Flame!

Ds has had a few nights of unrest - mainly due to mum using baby wipes on him at the weekend thus causing the most horrendous nappy rash - he HAS to be wiped with lotion and cotton wool, it's a right pain in the arse - literally!

I stopped bf at 6wks and for some reason, now, at 9mths on I really wish I'd persevered - maybe it is because I have forgotten how awful I found the whole experience but strangely I now wish I was bf. I think it might be coz I have gone back to work and would have perhaps liked to be able to have something solely ours to do together - that nobody else can do. Weird, at the time I was desperate to stop and only felt guilty about it for a little while.

CranberryJelly - I cant do links but if you go on www.johnlewis.co.uk and type in fridge freezer, click on Hotpoint and it is the FFM48X model, it doesnt say about the vacuum thingy but it is really good. We tested it out this morning and I think we will be able to store some good things in there. Fridge is empty at the moment though as skint until Friday.

Slipped on some water in kitchen today and have badly bruised my foot. I am so accident prone. My toe has only just recovered although still swollen and now more pain

Chloe - I sometimes wish I had tried with breastfeeding more too, I didnt even do a few days. DS has been really happy on formula though and that is the main thing.

3ks new fridge freezer

Yeah ds wasn't bothered at all about switching to formula either.

For all you bf and non-bf as well I guess, do your LOs have a huge obsession with your nipples? I find it really hard to bathe with ds now as he always reaches out to pull my nipples off!!! Just wondered if you bf whether they weren't bothered by them as they are used to them?

I keep mine well covered when not feeding him. A flaash of nipple, and he dives and sucks!

You mean you dont walk round all the fridge showrooms topless?