March 2016 babies! The (hopefully) graduation thread!

[hayleycookie]

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Park your bums and continue the newborn chitter, and due date whinges

Congrats trinpy! hoorah! I'll keep in mind not relaxing too much when my turn comes 😜

And hayley lets have another babe today!

Happy due date crispy hope things kick off soon ☺️

bump I have visions of your midnight olympics and it cracks me up. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you too!

Got back from IKEA, there were SO MANY tiny babies in the cafe. I was judging away on hair lengths, prams, nappy bags and so on... 😬
Got some plants and have rearranged them all, not quite nesting, more like hiding the half dead ones..... 😛

Sorry, baby poo emergency interrupted my post there!

Baby William, born at 9.53pm yesterday, weighing 8lb 10oz.

Wow sorry loads of activity recently!! Good luck Hayley, sounds like it won't be long before we have another baby to coo over!!

Indom hats off to you going back to work, massively admire your gusto...although really am torn between hoping you get some rest before meeting your baby and wanting you to meet said baby really soon!!!

Congratulations trinpy!! What an athletic labour you had!

Sorry to hear all those having a rough time with feeding.

I'm absolutely convinced someone has been in and switched my nice placid boy with a demon baby. 18 days old and has today decided that unless he's feeding he us going to scream the place down. All plans have gone out of the window as was wide awake with him 12-6 last night, and will not be settled today either. Am shattered, and have given in an given him a dummy which settled him long enough for me to get a cuppa and write this post!! Rightly or wrongly I'm loving the silence!! Luckily my best friend took Dd out for the day else I fear I would have cracked having to entertain her too . Tomorrow is another day......!!

Oh, he's so cute Trin!

Thanks Poppins! It's only a few days now. I feel remarkably good and energetic actually. If it happened tonight, I'm ready! (But the midwives are all sick with this cold so they'd rather not!)

Sorry to hear about a grumpy baby. I seem to remember that most go through a two-week snoozy phase before the realise what's happened and start demanding/protesting. We didn't use dummies last time. I've already got two in the drawer ready to go this time!

Correction to my previous post - octobaby is 90th centile not 95th.

Congrats trinpy he's gorgeous!

Poppins sounds like the three week growth spurt to me...

Just wrote massive long message but E started fussing on me wanting a feed and I accidentally pressed back on my phone... Nooo! Can't be arsed to rewrite most of it and it was mostly whinging anyway haha. Latch has been poor today, my boobs are very engorged. Got an appointment at feeding clinic to see bf specialist on Thursday. Tried to get appointment for tomorrow but the only ones they had clashed with our appt to register the birth so will have to soldier on until Thursday

Congratulations trinpy!!!

I'm suffering too marmite, so sore and everything hurts, and I think my nipples are starting to bleed.

Ds is sad too, I asked him why and he said "I miss you mummy" . Ouch, my heart.

Oh Suz what a love

Congrats trin a beautiful boy!!! Hope you can get lots of rest and newborn snuggles after such an active labour!
wools it was pretty ridiculous, I have discovered, however that I can do star jumps.... It's v tempting at this stage!
Everyone is trying to plan things with me here - folks need to get back home to get the dog out of kennels, MiL wants to know if we are going to go to them as planned for Easter, friends want to drop off cards for DS1 birthday. Would it be unreasonable to answer all such enquiries with "fuck off I don't know?".

Aw suz I also feel v guilty about DD1. She gave me a really long tight cuddle yesterday evening in a short window of time where E wasn't attached to boob and I felt so guilty at lack of time spent with her and like I miss her. my nipples have also been bleeding today its been awful. Feel like things improved yesterday but have taken a step back today. Keep reminding myself it's only 5 days post birth and things will get better eventually!

bump I'd be getting well arsey in your situation, def would struggle not to snap at people bothering me with random shit. Hope you manage to fend everyone off and get some r&r.

Congrats Trin what a lovely boy!

Suz sorry to hear about ds. It's really hard knowing how to manage this transition for them. I think because my ds is 7 it hasn't been so bad so far but I'm waiting for him to realise she is here forever. It's also been handy having my parents here. I would say bottle feeding makes it a bit easier too because dh can do it but he hasn't much in the last few days because of his cough Ds has been doing a few crazy things though which would normally warrant a stern word but I've been trying to ignore them. We also have loads of baby talk which frustrates the hell out of me but again I'm trying to ignore it and not react.

Sorry to all those struggling with feeding. I've been feeling sad about not keeping going, especially given the recent threads on here about bf versus ff. Maybe we could have cracked it if I'd have kept trying.

Evie was weighed by the health visitor today and she is 6lb 8oz which means she has put on 12oz in a week! I'm pleased she is gaining but I think this has also contributed to my bf guilt because I'm thinking don't be a ff obese child the health visitors like to warn about. Having said that the health visitor was happy and said she was perfect so I think I'm just doing mummy guilt.

Anyway I'll post now before I sound even more loopy! I blame the lack of sleep

Oh purple I remember the ff guilt well with DD1. I managed to express for 6 weeks with her before I had to give in. I made DH give her her first formula, I couldn't do it I felt so guilty. But I look at her now and she's thriving. This time I broke the second night and gave Eleanor a bottle after a terrible few hours but felt (slightly) less guilty . She still hasn't got a grip on the latch and gets very distressed so we're going down the expressing route again, but I still feel a bit like I've failed- I've got the midwife coming in the morning and am almost dreading her reaction when I tell her it hasn't worked, which is ridiculous really. But our babies will be fine whichever feeding route we go down
Congratulations trin what a beautiful boy!
I've been a bit weepy today. Things that have made me weepy;
Looking at Eleanor
Looking at DD1
Thinking what the hell have I done, having another child?!
A chocolate doughnut
Watching Show Me Show Me on CBeebies and seeing how much fun it looks

Still here, 39+2 now. Feel like things are maybe moving along a bit more though. I seem to be having a lot more Braxton Hicks and even a couple of lower down period pain/contraction feelings. No sign of any "show" though and definitely no waters - so I'm just trying to enjoy what I think might be my last days of peace. I have my 40 week midwife appointment tomorrow (early because of easter weekend) so we'll see what she says. Tbh I wouldn't say no to a sweep if I'm favourable, but not sure if I'll be offered one.

Congrats to all the new mamas, my brain is too fuzzy to read back too far but I hope that everyone that is finding BF tough doesn't beat themselves up. As far as I'm concerned a good mother is one that feeds her baby, no matter where that comes from!

Charley had pretty much the same weepiness today! Just had a meltdown after kissing DD1 goodnight feeling sad I haven't spent much time with her this evening. Think its day 5 hormones for me so hopefully things will get better from here.

E still hasn't done a poo since sat , they told me to ring the GP tomorrow if she hasn't been by then. She seems to be in a bit of pain poor baby, its really stressing me out. That plus sore nipples and guilt over DD1 has not made for a fun evening! God I'd forgotten how tough the first couple of weeks post birth are

I had terrible baby blues on day 5, coincided with my milk coming in I think. Was terrified it was the start of pnd but feel mostly better now so hopefully just hormones!

I have a really silly ftm question. Sid moves his arms around a lot and seems to have a habit of putting his hands over his face when he sleeps. Is this dangerous?? We tried swaddling but he hates it, he likes his hands free.

You are a complete trooper marmite! Carrying on bf despite all the pain, you are doing magnificently! I hope E can get sorted tonight so you don't have to go to the GP. And yes I feel guilty as well about not being able to spend much time with DD1. I've been trying to include her in everything, but there are times I can see it is bothering her but at 27 months she can't really articulate how she's feeling properly, so it comes out as tantrums

Maybe he probably just had his hands in front of his face in the womb, Cassidy always has her first under her cheek, she was always like that on the scans and was born in the superman flying position so I'm not surprised she still does it now. I wouldn't worry at all.

nixxy you and me are pretty close then! I'll be 39+5 tomorrow and also have midwife. My notes schedule say a sweep should be offered but since she hasn't really stuck to anything (!!) in the book I think I will come right out and ask her to do one! Also only a few cramps/Hicks and my show is a no show. Getting a wee bit fed up.

All these babes with feeding and pooing issues - you mums are some serious troopers. G+Ts all round.

I hit 40 weeks tomorrow! But, I've just planned 5 lessons, so not particularly hopeful.

Hmmm just watched One Born Every Minute on my due date... The bump was giving me disapproving kicks and DH was giving disapproving looks!

I watched it too crispy hoping it would get the oxytocin flowing...no such luck though!
DH only watched the opening titles and said "oh no, I forgot to pack the selfie stick in the bag" I now can't wait for the week with the selfie stick couple!!

Oh congrats trinpy!

Sorry to everyone with baby blues and feeding issues. It does make me feel a bit better to know I'm not alone though as almost every post resonates with me after a very weepy couple of days. Everyone tells me the first 2 weeks are brutal so I'm half way there and will keep trooping on :) We are all keeping a little human alive so we are all doing amazingly and should stop placing so much pressure on ourselves! Our babies will be fine however they are fed, and purple you should not feel any guilt, you made the best decision for your sanity and happiness which will is far better for your baby than stress and tears :)

indom 40 weeks and still trooping on an work, well done you! Sorry I queue jumped and can't be there with you, I have a feeling he'll be there in a couple of days though :)

Will catch up properly later but baby Harrison is here

Born at 9.09 weighing 10lb 3oz!! Water birth with no pain relief and a 1st degree tear. Feeling very proud (and very shattered )

Hope everyone is doing well :)

Congratulations Hayley! Looking forward to seeing a pic and well done you on having no pain relief! Hope you're getting some well deserved rest now.

Congrats to Trinpy too! What a gorgeous baby!!

Jacob had 3 nappies today of pebble like poo's, and cried with each one, so think will need to call health visitor tomorrow to check if I can give him water to ease the constipation.

marmite it's very strange the random things that suddenly pop into your head when you're feeding at 2 am. But do you have a sling that would put E's legs in a good frog leg position. Just remembered that we had a similar problem with dd when she was about 4 weeks old, no poo for close to a week. Made an appointment with gp, but walked around town for a couple of hours before hand. She exploded for what seems like for ever in the waiting room, in an appocoliptic style poonarmi. Gp found it hilarious and was kind enough to help with the clean up effort when the second wave came while I explained what had happened. Said a long walk in a sling is good for getting little tummies moving and precribed some supositries incase it happened again.