Septermber 07 poppers.....please meet here!

[dal21]

Hi ladies - cannot see a thread for the sept ladies who have popped. Thought I would start one (hope I havent been totally blind and missed one already set up)

we can share our trials and tribulations of our LO's here!

Dal, I find bf exceptionally draining at times too. Sometimes I just sit there feeding him and crying . Sorry, I have no answers or solutions. I fed the other 2 for about a year and eighteen months so it must have got easier.

I wish I could have a drink. And I wish I can go out for a few hours on my own without someone being dependent on me.

hi guys,

so sorry to hear about your mum sophus and hope you feel better soon kinki.

Nicki, I can't believe they wanted you to restrict poppys feeds, how can a baby put on too much weight? I would just feed her when she needs it. Hope you are managing ok with dp back at work , my dh is working from 6 in the morning till 5 at night this week so I am feeling quite wobbly at the moment being without him for so long. I end up handing bella to him as soon as he walks through the front door in the evening!

Mrsmar, I think I am having similar problems to you (although opposite in terms of length of feed times) I went to the hv weigh in yesterday and Bella only seems to have gone from 7lb 13oz to 8lb and 1/2 oz which is classed as minimal weight gain and is apparently not enough.

The hv advised me to top up at the end of the feed with a max of 50ml formula as she needs to put on weight faster! I tried this last night but Bella won't take the bottle at all, she spits out the milk as well...I am at my wits end as she doesn't make any sense. Either she is very hungry and can't get enough milk from me so is giving up after ten mins or is just lazy and can't be bothered to work for the milk, but either scenario would mean that she'd wolf the bottle milk down wouldn't she? I just don't know what to do

I was also told to drink more and eat more regularly to up my milk supply. I have begun to express at the morning feed but can only get out 20ml at a time and since she won't take a bottle how am I going to feed it to her at night?

Sorry to whinge, but I just don't how to solve this one.

Hope everyone is doing ok today xx.

Kinki - thanks for the post. Makes me feel slightly better feeling that I am not alone with the feelings I have on occasion. I guess all I had read about was how amazing an experience bfeeding is and how 'natural' it is. IMO - bfeeding has so far been the hardest part of all of this since, and that has come as a massive surprise. I just take a few deep breaths when I start to feel overwhelmed and know that in the morning I will feel heaps better and I always do.

Also - defo get a cleaning company sorted to come round and spring clean. Either that or try friends who have cleaners and they may be able to recommend someone to come round. Do not do that all yourself.

Fio - thanks also. Why does no one talk about this? Is it one of the secrets we dont talk about so others are not deterred from bfeeding? Tis evil scheming...

Laksa - re. the breast milk production, I found it interesting to read that fenugreek and fennel are both meant to assist with bmilk production - my mum made me an indian mixed nut recipe that goes back years (called panjiri) and is given to nursing mothers - it is the one thing my mother has insisted I do since this LO was born and that is to eat some of this mix every day. I have done and (touchwood) thus far - my bmilk levels are good.
There are recipes on the internet for it - but if it seems too much to try and make now, try and include fennel / fenugreek in your diet via other means, fennel tea etc and see if they help over time (taking fennel when bfeeding is also meant to assist with our LO's digestion).

thanks dal, will get dh to pick some up. I just wish I hadn't listened to the midwife when she told me not to let bella feed every 1/12 hours for 5 mins as it meant she was just snacking, ever since I restricted her to 3/4 hourly my milk has gone down...although in theory she is drinking the same amount but spaced out more

breastfeeding is not easy thats for sure!

Dal - totally with you on the bf!!! Can be incredibly emotionally draining to be completely responsible as there isn't anyone else who can help. I gave ds1 a bottle of formula at night from about 3 weeks and it made a big difference both in how he would settle and also letting me get a decent chunk of rest. All the health care professionals you ask tell you you can't mix feeds like this but I know lots of people who have done this so don't listen to them if this is something that would help you. Having said that when I tried to give ds2 a bottle about a week ago when he wasn't settling it made not a blind bit of difference so obviously not always the answer.

About the alcohol too - I have been told i nthe past that you don't need to be as careful as you do when pg as only a very tiny amount passes to the breast milk. Couldn't imagine anything worse that drinking a lot at the mo but certainly have been having a couple of glasses from time to time (including last night - my wedding anniversary!)

Hi everyone

I'm sorry to hear about your mum Sophus my thoughts are with you.

I am formula feeding Poppy due to not being able to look after her for the first 3 days and all the drugs in my body and I did feel very sad and guilty about this but I guess with everybody struggling with BFing I am lucky in some ways it does mean that I can share night feeds with DP! and I know how much she is getting, but next time I would like to give it a go.

Well I am still concerned about how much Poppy is feeding even though the HV said to ignore the midwife. Since midnight she has had 4oz at 01:50, 3oz at 06:20, 3oz at 08:30 and 4oz at 10:30 do you think this is too much? I am trying to put her in a routine but at 08:30 the only thing I could do to stop her screaming and I mean SCREAMING was to feed her. I really don't want her to be obese but I can't believe how much I am now obsessing with the amount she feeds. All I could do at 08:30 was cry that was 6oz's in 2 hours and now she's had over half her daily allowance.

She also seems to have really bad wind all the time she is passing wind all the time and cries whenever she does. Does anyone know anything that you can do to help this? I put infacol in her feeds but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

Laksa what baby formula are you using for Bella? Maybe try a different one in case she just doesn't like that one!

thanks everyone for your messages of support.
Alicet - I will persevere for the time being; DH gives Ryan a bottle of EBM in the evening (but not the dreamtime feed since he works such long hours, dont really want him up at 11-midnight feeding and settling ryan as just isnt fair) and it is that early morning/ late feed that I find the hardest. I cannot lie down and feed at that time either as it just makes me more agitated. It does give me a break, but since I dont want supply to diminish, I express at the same time - so am not getting to sleep through a feed.

Ho hum - am sure these more tiring weeks will pass, only to be replaced with something else.

Hello - can I join? I know I wasn't in the due in Sept AN thread, but my little Toby was born on 19th Sept and could do with some support from people with similar aged babies!!!

I hope you are all doing well - I thought I was doing great until today. But I'd had great support for the first 4 weeks through my Mum and DH, but Mum left yesterday and obviously DH is at work. I managed my first school run with DD (3 yrs) today, which I was most impressed by to be out of the house by 8.20am!!

I can truely sympathise with all the BF comments, it is blo*dy hard and no-one really warns you quite how tiring and exhausting it can be! I BF DD for 11 months, until I was away with work so much, that my milk dried up (was only feeding morning and last thing at night at that point). This time around I so nearly gave up at about day 5-6, as it was so sore, but getting better now. My worry is Toby always falls asleep while feeding and only really feeds for 5 mins at most (he was putting on weight well, but haven't had him weighed for 10 days, going to take him tomorrow to have it checked out). But what worries me most is how much he is still sleeping? He sleeps relatively well at night too (wakes for feeds normally twice, but only for about 20 mins in total each time), but I'm sure he should be awake more often during the day - what are you all finding? He is still quite jaundiced, which might still be making him sleepy, but the GP was useless when I spoke to him about it yesterday.

Oh dear - gone on a bit for my first post - sorry! I'm not normally this self-obsessed (I hope), just having a bad day, I think. Remind me it does get different (I hesistate to say better as each stage has their challenges, I seem to remember!!!).

xxx

Nicki10 - Do not obsess about the amount of formula your lo is having, they need to grow and gain weight at this point in time it shouldn't be an issue. Ben is 12 days old today and he is averaging between 18oz and 24oz of formula in a 24 hour period. He also seems to be going 3 hours between feeds and has between 3 and 4oz each time.

Also you could try cool boiled water between feeds, it may just be that she is thirsty and doesn't necessarily need milk, I can tend to stretch Ben out another half an hour to an hour if he has an ounce of water.

Ben is also having trouble with wind even though he doesn't seem to have much problem trumping and burping. I have been using infacol but doesn't seem to be helping, so my HV did me a prescription for colief drops, he has had one bottle with them in so far and she said they take about 12 hours to start working, so I am hoping that by the 3am feed when he is at his worst they will have started working, I'll let you know tomorrow.

By the way anyone else who is thinking of trying them, see if your HV will prescribe them, they are free then, because over the counter they are expensive and it is a tiny bottle.

Bonjour all,

Mrs Fish - sorry you have not been getting much sleep and to hear about little Ben's tummy, hope things settle for you both soon.

Purple - Hope you had a night without any bag leak last night, poor little Cerys's skin - did the stoma nurse give you anything to protect her skin from leaks? I know for adult stomas there are sprays and powders to put around the bag site to a) help it stay attached and b) protect the skin (sorry can't remember the names even though I use them at work all the time). don't know if there are similar for babies delicate skin and sorry if you already have this stuff. The journal sounds like a good idea, hope it goes well with the nurse tomorrow.

Dal - with you on the BFing - i have moments where I feel quite "trapped" as I am the only one who can sort Millie out if she is hungry when I would like to just nip off for a few hours or even just sort out the other children, make the tea or wash up without being stranded on the sofa with a little Klingon on my boob . Other days I really enjoy it but it is bloody hard, knackering work! ((Hug of sympathy and empathy))!

kinki - definitely get a cleaner, no matter if it is expensive, to get the house sorted so you can relax a bit and take is easy - your health comes first. At the party install yourself, your dad and liam on the comfiest sofa and make sure everyone else waits on you with lots of delicious food and drink - hope the party is great!

Laksa and Nicki - I am a bit at your HVs for giving you what seems like quite silly and conflicting advice - baby's putting on too much weight, not putting on enough weight, restricting feeds etc - sounds like a loads of nonsense and very confusing. Nicki - sounds like you are doing great with Poppy's feeding schedule and you are right, if she is screaming hungry then she needs feeding - trust your instincts . Laksa, Bella has gained weight so you are obviously doing it right, I'm sorry you are being so undermined by your HV. My DTs were very different feeders - one quite efficient and put on weight more quickly and the other sounds like your Bella, quite a sleepy feeder doing 5-10 minutes at a time in the early days - she gained weight but more slowly and became more awake and efficient at feeding as she got biggger - I guess having such different twins highlighted how much babies can vary and there is no one size fits all answer.

Fettle, welcome to you and Toby, sounds like you are doing fab, some babies are just a bit more sleepy I think, he's still very young, my baby is 2 days older than yours and some days she sleeps for most of the day and others she can be awake for an hour or two at a time.

Be kind to yourselves, eat chocolate and have a glass of wine x

Horray! Cleaner booked for friday. I was so happy, I cried with relief. Can't believe how stressed I've been getting.

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't been on sooner... my date with the bfc went very well, she's lovely but it didn't really solve my problems. Luca is a bit small and he doesn't really open his mouth wide enough to get a great latch. After one dreadful night of attempting to latch him on properly for nearly three hours while he got increasingly frustrated and screamed at me I've made an executive decision (another one!) I'm going to persist with my poor latch and tolerate the 90 min feeds. Luca is getting enough food cos he gained 6oz last week and I'm getting plenty of yellow nappies. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time he'll have grown a bit and that will help things improve. I will keep trying to improve his latch, but I'm not going to do it at the expense of feeding. I'm also expressing after both morning feeds (around 9am and again at about midday) and use whatever I can get as a top up in the evening.

Laksa, I'm the same, it takes me about half an hour to get about 30ml, but if I do that twice a day I've got enough to top up his late feed. I've just taken possession of a hired medela symphony pump which is a dual pump and apparently better than my hired one, so hopefully that'll help. It didn't this morning but I was totally stressed out cos Luca was screaming while I was expressing and then he puked up his last feed everywhere. sorry you're having problems with the bottles. Luca loves his and guzzles it down, is it worth trying other teats? You could try cup feeding, it's time consuming but might help if Bella doesn't like a bottle. I bought one of these when I had to top up before I could use a bottle. In fact I've got an unused one (I bought two) so I can post it to you if you want. I don't need it any more. It's a bit tricky to use, basically they lap from the cup bit at the bottom (top in the picture) and it can get a bit messy so be ready with the muslins!!

I too was told the most important thing is to rest and eat regularly to up milk supply. Hmmmm easier said than done!! I too have bought some fenugreek, but I haven't taken any yet cos I'm still on antibiotics to fight the infection in my cs scar and I'm concerned everything might clash! I'm not sure I need to up my supply too much, if it's tailing off it's because I get so frustrated at the long feeds I give up too soon, so the demand isn't there to keep up the supply.

Dal - I get very frustrated bfing too. Mostly it's because of the time it takes, I'm never off the sofa. Today I had to get out as I was close to tears most of the day, so I went for a walk in the sunshine, but I couldn't even do that without having to stop and give Luca 15 mins while I sat on a park bench. Actually it was my most relaxed feed of the day, watching the ducks! But I would love so much to be able to have a four hour stretch when I don't have to feed him, at the moment it's every 2-3 hours! I think some funny hormone is released when you feed (oxytocin????) that makes you sleepy and during the 11pm feed I'm nodding off completly. I find it so hard to stay awake, it's agony. I've started moving that feed forward to 10pm so I can at least try and get back to bed by 11. But I must say I'm soooo tempted to pack it all in and buy a tin of SMA at times.

PLP - sorry your dh doesn't like slings... I know what he means about falling over in it, I'm paranoid about doing that too, but I've found it invaluable. Luca's in his right now, which means I can use both hands to type this massive post so it'll take me less than the usual hour to write it! hehehe! It does also mean I can do stuff with him fast asleep in there. One of the most frustrating things I've found about bfing is sitting there looking at all the things that need doing and being helpless. At least with the sling when Luca's having one of his funny moments I can put him in it and get on with the hoovering. He loves the sound of the hoover! Strange lad, he's just like Wayne Rooney (only prettier!!)

Kinki - blimey, you are a glutton for punishment! Well done on hosting your dad's birthday party, I hope you get loads of help, make sure you ask for it. I hope it all goes well and you're able to have fun too!

Right I'm off to feed my ever hungry son!! Take care everyone and keep smiling (with gritted teeth) through those long feeds!

xx

kinki - yay on the cleaner!

welcome fettle! i wouldnt worry too much about how much your lo is sleeping right now. they still need lots of sleep and if they dont sleep enough during the day - you can end up with an overtired baby who sleeps even less at night.

mrsm - next to your bfeeding woes; mine sound insignificant. you deserve a lot of kudos for continuing. well done you! i m sure as your bub grows, he will be guzzling down in no time at all!

hammer - i am so glad i am not alone. i had visions of all other mnetters sitting with bubs held to breasts surrounded by a haze of maternal glow! and i thought that the maternal glow gene had bypassed me!

well today have had to sucumb to daytime nap and co sleeping to feel vaguely normal. what confuses me more than anything though is when i am at my mums - she somehow manages to settle ryan so he goes 4 to 5 hrs between feeds. whenever i try that he absolutely refuses to settle getting louder and louder til he is fed - i bet he can smell the milk.

i am so tempted to spend the whole of next week at my mums as she has half term, but i worry that dh will mmiss us too much and that that is totally unfair.

You're not alone on the bfing problems, everyone - me too! Dal, I have the opposite problem in a way - Paul will tire himself out so much crying that he'll then go four or five hours between feeds, and I worry that he's not getting enough milk.

Re expressing, I tried this for the first time today (with Medela mini electric plus pump) with useless results . Only did about 20 mins, but only got about 10ml during that time, and it was really quite painful on the already sore nipples. I only tried to see if an evening top-up would help calm Paul, but in the long term I'm worried that I'll never be able to go out anywhere without the baby for more than a couple of hours if I can't leave a bottle of EBM. I don't know whether I was doing something wrong, or just stressed, or whether it means my milk supply isn't brilliant.

Also, quick question - are people offering both breasts at each feed or just one? My NCT bf counsellor recommended offering 'pudding' from the second side, and Paul will certainly take more milk, anything from 5 to 20 mins. However, it means feeding takes anything up to an hour, which leaves less time for sleep in between. And gives the nipples less of a rest. What advice have others had?

Hope everyone's bearing up ok. And welcome Fettle .

MrsB - re. the expressing, levels you express are no indicator of breast milk supply. our bubs are very good at extracting milk and there is no guarantee that pumps will be as good. try expressing at different times of the day (esp first thing in the morning when bm supplies are meant to be the most plentiful). Also - expressing should give your nips a break - are you positioning the pump correctly and at the right suction levels?

Re offering the second breast, I have started to do that after every feed. after ryan comes off the first breast/ starts fussing, I wind and offer the second breast. Sometimes there is zero interest, other times he can go another 5-10 mins.

So funny that you are worried that your LO is sleeping too much and I wish ryan would go for longer between feeds. But I have to remember that he was 3 weeks early and it may take longer for him to start regularly going 4-5 hours between feeds.

Well tonight is first night of routine; bathed, fed and in bed with story and lullabies by 7. Boy is he fighting it though! DH with hinm trying to make him stay down.

hello all the BF mummies chained to the sofa !! Me too !!
(and hello to FF mummies too don't want to leave you out !)

Mrs mar - glad the BF advice was good - you sound like a real trouper for carying on expressing - hopefully Luca will soon be big enough to feed more easily!

Kinki - hope the party goes really well and you all have a lovely time! Good idea to go with the cleaner - you need to rest after being so poorly ! Maybe you should book them to come every month to help you out !!

welcome to fettle and Toby !! I am not officially September either as my lo decided to arrive in August !!

love to everyone !

Thanks for the welcomes and the reassurances re sleeping!

I have to say I don't get the option to offer the other breast, Toby always falls asleep while feeding after about 5 mins - maybe 10 at the very most! I think I have a very fast letdown as I can hear him gulping away and he quite often inhales the milk and it comes out of his nose. And if he comes off too quickly, my milk squirts everywhere! I'm taking him to weighed tomorrow to check he's gaining enough weight, as i suppose you have to wary of too much foremilk with quick feeders, don't you?

Great news on the cleaner, Kinki. I'm very tempted to get one too - I want to enjoy my baby when he's awake and catch up sleep when he's asleep, not clean the house!

Dal - good on you starting a proper routine. We're still totally going with the flow - but with half-term next week, and DH is taking the week off we're going to try and get into some better routine to try and fit a 3 yr and 4 week old together!

As for sleeping through the night - good on you PLP!! Glad that Cerys is able to sleep through - Toby is not bad at sleeping, but is still waking for food at most every 3 hours, normally every 2 during the night. Although having said that we had a 4 hours stint last night!!!. Poor little Cerys with the stoma bag - I don't know the history, but is it a temporary bag? You sound like you are coping with it all very well - it puts all my little worries into perspective

Re expressing: I never got on with it with DD, so haven't bothered trying this time around - although with my excess milk, maybe I should!! Trick is to relax, i think, but that's hard, isn't it! We're thinking of trying a bottle though of formula in the next week or so, just so I can have a break and in the hope that he might go a bit longer at night. Also we left it too late offering a bottle to DD and she refused, so I had to feed her myself until 9 months - not going to have that situation again!

MrsMar - I know what you mean bout sitting breast-feeding looking around at what nees doing! But does anyone else find themselves preening their baby like a monkey - looking behind ears, through hair etc - or am I just weird?!!!

I've taken to playing games on my phone during night feeds to pass the time - I do find it boring! But I so love breast-feeding as well - cried my eyes out when my milk dried up when DD was 11 months old and I had to stop completely.

Anyway, hello to everyone else, but think I've written a mammoth post. Is there a summary somewhere of everyone on this thread and when they had their babies just for a brief round-up for me?

Wishing you all long and peaceful nights!!
xxx

I wish to join the BF anonymouse club, I am a Bf'er and I dont like it all the time!! Phew what a relief to get that off my chest. I too find myself wishing at times that i could just hand him over for a day or evn an afternoon! Dont get me wrong i enjoy it but its just gets too much sometimes
I try to express twice a day aswell, with varying results, anything from 25-130mls, depending on....who knows! I just have a little hand pump, which i use after the morning feed and whilst or after the 11pm feed, which DH usually does.
Arben is still on 3hrly feeds at 6weeks old, since putting him on his tummy tho at night we do get a proper three hours of sleep not just 3hrs between feeds, so its a vast improvement!! He feeds from aything between 15 and 45 mins each feed, and i always offer him both boobs. His windyness does seem to be improving( maybe tempting fate so touching lots of wood) and he doesn't seem to be vomitting as much now either
According to Albanian(DH is Albanian) we hit the 40 day milestone today this apparently means he is now a big boy, his stomach has matured and i can leave him with other people! dont get alot of it but hey if it improves his sleeping/feeding/etc then I'm happy.
I hope everyone is getting over whatever challenges are coming their way without to much stress. It is such a stressful time when we should be enjoying our LO's completely, these hard times can only make us stronger

Hi fettle and welcome. Here's an update of our mega baby club

So far 37 little girls and 24 little boys (plus baby enormous, sorry don't have your details). Also, I can't find Alice's details, sorry.

lou031205, - JASMINE ZOE, 5lb 6oz born 01.00am on Saturday 12th August, at 35+3/36+1 weeks
amyclaramum, Eloise Sarah - 8lbs 5oz, Thursday 23rd August, was due 1st Sept
Filbrit - Natalia Zoe, born elective c-section on 25 August - 7lb 9oz, was due 8th Sept
Kinki - Liam Joseph, born 27th Aug at 22:19, by cs 4wks early, weighing 5lb 7oz.
Sparks02 - iris arrived at 4.52pm on Wednesday 29th August weighing 3.1kg, was due Sept 1st
ECALTM - babyenormous, 8lb 11oz was born 1858 Thurs 30th Aug, was due 2nd Sept
LoopyLou - Katie born via cs at 13.02 Friday 31st Aug 6lbs 14oz, was due 10th Sept
Kerri28 - Niamh was born Sat 1st Sept 8.19pm by emergency cs, was due 3rd Sept
PLP - Cerys was born at 5.34am Sun 2nd Sept, 8lbs, was due 22nd Sept
trinity1 - Oriana Liberty, 8:49am Mon 3rd Sept, 7lbs 12oz
bendybus - Emily???, 3rd Sept at 5.35am
Spangly - Luke Thomas, 3rd Sept at 17.50, weighing 8lb 15oz via emergency cs was due 10th Sept
pinkhearts - baby Katie, 3rd Sept, 8lb 5 by elective cs
rach35 - Verity Sarah Caitlin, born 5th Sept at 2.12pm, weighing 7lbs 7oz
FioFio - little boy on the 5th, Finlay Thomas 7lb 8oz.
NorfolkBumpkin - Kate Thea arrived Thur 6th weighing 5.6 lbs by emergency c-sec due to breech, was due 4th Sept
Pennypops - Frederick James, 11.57am Thurs 6th Sept, 8lb 2oz, was due 5th Sept
Kelmcd - Baby Arben, Thursday 7th Sept @ 05:02 by Ventouse Weight 3.336kg/7lbs 5oz was due 4th Sept
dal21 - baby Ryan, 5lb 1oz, born 8:55am Friday 7th Sept by elective CS, was due 28th
Mmoomar - baby boy, 8.45 Sat 8th Sept by emergency cs, 7.5 lbs was due 14th Sept
spraklynewthing - baby Georgina, 8lbs 2, born Sun 9th Sept by emergency cs, was due 3rd Sept
Emlout - Baby Timothy, 6lb 10, born Tues 11th Sept, was due 14th sept
Hayley2u - Lucy Erin, born 12th Sept at 3.43pm by cs, weighing 7lb 13oz
Hannahsaunt - Jacob Alexander, born 12th Sept, weighing 8lb 5oz
Tinkjon - Baby boy, born Thurs 13th Sept by elective cs
Twitmonster - Baby Ryan, 6lb 13, born Thurs 13th Sept with 3 pushes!! was due 15th Sept
MrsMar - Luca was born Thurs 13th at 11.30, weighing 7lb8oz by elective c-section
JemimaPuddleduck07 - Tallulah Lauren, born 13th Sept
helenelisabeth - Maya, born 13 Sept, weighing 8lb 8oz
Emalushka - Beth, born 14th Sept at 4.16,
EdieMcredie - Millie, born 14th Sept at 7.38am
Rosie2404 - Ryan Desmond, born 14th Sept at 16.43, weighing 7lb 7.5oz
TOD - Niamh, born 14th Sept, weighing 9lb 6oz
Sophus - Linus Fraser, born 15th Sept at 23.43, weighing 10lbs 10oz
Chattyhan - Alexander Joshua, born 16th Sept at 3.55am, weighing 7lb 14oz
Toadstool - Josephine Flora, born 17th Sept at 4.45am, weighing 6lb 10oz
Hopeitwontbebig - Niamh Nicole, born on 17th Sept at 11.54 by cs, weighing 7Lb 8oz
HammerHeadShark - Millie Francesca, born 17th Sept, by cs, weighing 7lb 1oz.
Gils - Katie, born 18th Sept, weighing 8lb 7oz, 11 days late
Nettee - Amy, born 18th Sept at 6.26pm, by cs
GiveMeMoreMash - Seth Patrick, born 18th Sept, by em cs, weighing 8lb 14oz
Canadianmum - Anna Elizabeth, born 19th Sept at 10.29am, weighing 6lb 13oz
Potoroo - baby girl (?Amelia?), born 19th Sept
TinaLC - Isabelle Alice, born 19th Sept, weighing 6lbs 10oz
fettleandbabyfettle - Toby, born 19th Sept
Holly29 - George Maxwell, born 20th Sept, weighing 7lb 4oz
clainne - Joseph, born 20th Sept, weighing 8lb 10oz
Rin23 - Bethia Maeve, born 21st Sept at 3pm, weighing 8lb 8oz
lisad123 - Jasmine, born 21st Sept, weighing 5lb 3oz. Welcome to September lisa!
minimenace - Dylan Arthur, born 23rd Sept at 08:04, weighing 7lb 5oz
MrsBumblebee - Paul Alexander Owen, born 23rd Sept at 18.35, weighing 7lb 7oz
kyala - Lucy May, born 23rd Sept at 20.04, weighing 8lb 12oz
thomcat - baby girl, born 24th Sept at 4.40pm, weighing 7lb 1.5oz
FlossALump - Isabelle, born 24th Sept at 21.19, weighing 10lbs 7oz
Sparklygothkat - Callum, born 25th Sept at 7:35pm, weighing 4lb 8oz, 6.5 weeks early. Welcome to September sgk!
Nicki10 - Poppy Molly, born 26th Sept at 10:07, by em cs, weighing 8lb 9oz
Laksa - Bella, born 28th Sept at 10.25am
ccpink - Emilia, 29th Sept at 00:28am, weighing 7lb 6oz
Willjo - Evie Martha, born 30th Sept, weighing 7lb 4oz
yetihed - William, born 3rd Oct
MrsFish - Ben, born 5th Oct at 1.47am, by em cs, weighing 8lb 11oz
emj23 - Lily, born 13th Oct at 4.39am, weighing 8lb 1oz.

Please add/amend at will. Apologies for any inaccuracies/omissions.

Hiya guys, just popping in to post the stats that I copied from the Sept thread and updated (I think) so you can cast your eyes over it and add/amend it as you see fit. I think its all up to date but I haven't gone through it with a fine toothcomb. Did we want to add our other DC's, our ages and where we live to this one? Also, should I take out when we were due? Should we have a separate stats thread? Let me know what you'd like and I'll sit and fiddle with it tomorrow evening... Love you all and I'll do a post in a bit provided Cerys doesn't wake up!

(ARRIVALS LOUNGE)

lou031205, - Jasmine Zoe, 5lb 6oz born 01.00am on Saturday 12th August, at 35+3/36+1 weeks
amyclaramum, Eloise Sarah - 8lbs 5oz, Thursday 23rd August, was due 1st Sept
Filbrit - Natalia Zoe, born elective c-section on 25th August - 7lb 9oz, was due 8th Sept
Kinki - Liam Joseph, born 27th Aug at 22:19, by cs 4wks early, weighing 5lb 7oz.
Sparks02 - iris arrived at 4.52pm on Wednesday 29th August weighing 3.1kg, was due Sept 1st
ECALTM - babyenormous, 8lb 11oz was born 18.58 Thurs 30th Aug, was due 2nd Sept
LoopyLou - Katie born via cs at 13.02 Friday 31st Aug 6lbs 14oz, was due 10th Sept
Kerri28 - Niamh was born Sat 1st Sept 8.19pm by emergency cs, was due 3rd Sept
PLP ? Cerys Grace Emmeline was born at 5.34am Sun 2nd Sept, 8lbs, was due 22nd Sept
trinity1 - Oriana Liberty, 8:49am Mon 3rd Sept, 7lbs 12oz
bendybus - Emily???, 3rd Sept at 5.35am
Spangly - Luke Thomas, 3rd Sept at 17.50, weighing 8lb 15oz via emergency cs was due 10th Sept
pinkhearts - baby Katie, 3rd Sept, 8lb 5 by elective cs
rach35 - Verity Sarah Caitlin, born 5th Sept at 2.12pm, weighing 7lbs 7oz
FioFio - little boy on the 5th, Finlay Thomas 7lb 8oz.
NorfolkBumpkin - Kate Thea arrived Thur 6th weighing 5.6 lbs by emergency c-sec due to breech, was due 4th Sept
Pennypops - Frederick James, 11.57am Thurs 6th Sept, 8lb 2oz, was due 5th Sept
Kelmcd - Baby Arben, Thursday 7th Sept @ 05:02 by Ventouse Weight 3.336kg/7lbs 5oz was due 4th Sept
dal21 - baby Ryan, 5lb 1oz, born 8:55am Friday 7th Sept by elective CS, was due 28th
Mmoomar - baby boy, 8.45 Sat 8th Sept by emergency cs, 7.5 lbs was due 14th Sept
spraklynewthing - baby Georgina, 8lbs 2, born Sun 9th Sept by emergency cs, was due 3rd Sept
Emlout - Baby Timothy, 6lb 10, born Tues 11th Sept, was due 14th sept
Hayley2u - Lucy Erin, born 12th Sept at 3.43pm by cs, weighing 7lb 13oz
Hannahsaunt - Jacob Alexander, born 12th Sept, weighing 8lb 5oz
Tinkjon - Baby boy, born Thurs 13th Sept by elective cs
Twitmonster - Baby Ryan, 6lb 13, born Thurs 13th Sept with 3 pushes!! was due 15th Sept
MrsMar - Luca was born Thurs 13th at 11.30, weighing 7lb8oz by elective c-section
JemimaPuddleduck07 - Tallulah Lauren, born 13th Sept
helenelisabeth - Maya, born 13 Sept, weighing 8lb 8oz
Emalushka - Beth, born 14th Sept at 4.16,
EdieMcredie - Millie, born 14th Sept at 7.38am
Rosie2404 - Ryan Desmond, born 14th Sept at 16.43, weighing 7lb 7.5oz
TOD - Niamh, born 14th Sept, weighing 9lb 6oz
Sophus - Linus Fraser, born 15th Sept at 23.43, weighing 10lbs 10oz
Chattyhan - Alexander Joshua, born 16th Sept at 3.55am, weighing 7lb 14oz
Toadstool - Josephine Flora, born 17th Sept at 4.45am, weighing 6lb 10oz
Hopeitwontbebig - Niamh Nicole, born on 17th Sept at 11.54 by cs, weighing 7Lb 8oz
HammerHeadShark - Millie Francesca, born 17th Sept, by cs, weighing 7lb 1oz.
Gils - Katie, born 18th Sept, weighing 8lb 7oz, 11 days late
Nettee - Amy, born 18th Sept at 6.26pm, by cs
Givememoremash ? Seth Patrick born on 18th Sept weighing 8lbs 14ozs by cs, was due 27th Sept
Canadianmum - Anna Elizabeth, born 19th Sept at 10.29am, weighing 6lb 13oz
Potoroo - baby girl (?Amelia?), born 19th Sept
TinaLC - Isabelle Alice, born 19th Sept, weighing 6lbs 10oz
Fettleandbabyfettle ? Toby born on 19th Sept
Holly29 - George Maxwell, born 20th Sept, weighing 7lb 4oz
clainne - Joseph, born 20th Sept, weighing 8lb 10oz
Rin23 - Bethia Maeve, born 21st Sept at 3pm, weighing 8lb 8oz
lisad123 - Jasmine, born 21st Sept, weighing 5lb 3oz. Welcome to September lisa!
minimenace - Dylan Arthur, born 23rd Sept at 08:04, weighing 7lb 5oz
MrsBumblebee - Paul Alexander Owen, born 23rd Sept at 18.35, weighing 7lb 7oz
kyala - Lucy May, born 23rd Sept at 20.04, weighing 8lb 12oz
thomcat - baby girl, born 24th Sept at 4.40pm, weighing 7lb 1.5oz
FlossALump - Isabelle, born 24th Sept at 21.19, weighing 10lbs 7oz
Sparklygothkat - Callum, born 25th Sept at 7:35pm, weighing 4lb 8oz, 6.5 weeks early. Welcome to September sgk!
Laksa - Bella, born 28th Sept at 10.25am
ccpink - Emilia, 29th Sept at 00:28am, weighing 7lb 6oz
Willjo - Evie Martha, born 3oth Sept, weighing 7lb 4oz
MrsFish - Ben, born 5th Oct at 1.47am, by em cs, weighing 8lb 11oz
Nicki10 ? Poppy Molly, born 26th Sept at 10.07am. Was due 21st Sept
emj23 (formerly rhubarb90) ? Lily born on Saturday 13th Oct at 4.39am weighing 8lb 1oz, was due 30th September
yetihed ? William born on 3rd October, was due 23rd Sept

(Those we haven?t heard about just yet but we haven?t forgotten xx)

Maddison, 28, 31.08.07, DS1 6 DS2 21 months
fff45, due 1st Sept, first pregnancy.
Honey2theb, 22, wales, 2 mc, no children, due early sep, girl
Cathbell, due 1st Sept, 1st baby
jdd0709 36, South London, 2nd Sept, 1 ds 2yr, 1 mc
Minniethemouse, 35, London, 3-13 Sept, 2nd pg, but terminated the 1st.
Miss Mapp, 34, due 7th Sept ds 22mths
Ajasec, 30, Yorkshire, 7th sept, DD 4, DD 18 months
Pepa, 32, Toronto Canada, 2nd dc due 7th September, ds 17 months
Maretta, 8th Sept, Manchester, ds 1 will be 4y3m and ds2 2y
jemima78, 29, Due 9 Sept, first timer
spangly ,31,Due 10 Sept,DD 19 months, surprise
Loobybump, 20, Plymouth, 11th sept, surprise
mistresstara, 30, 13th Sept, first timer, surprise.
Gin Girl, 22, Oxon/Bucks, 14th Sep (ish) first timer.
Auschick 15th sept, London, ds 12 months, surprise
Chicca, 32, Spain, 17 Sept, DS will be 3.2
Mrsdoubleyou, 29, Herts, 17th Sept, (1 prev m/c) no children
JuJuMoo, 27, Huddersfield, due 17th Sept, 1 DS 2.2
Atalantis, 27, Oxfordshire, 17 Sept, first timer, boy
Luxmum, 17th Sept, DS 17 months
JoniMitchell, 36, due Sept 19th, DS 24mths and one miscarriage

drcaroline, 31 yrs, Hove - East Sussex, 21st Sept, first time
Nibbs, 33, SW London, 22nd Sept, DS 16 months
Potoroon, 33, West Berkshire, 22 Sept, DS 21 months
Bluebird83, 24, Blackburn Lancs, EDD 22nd Sept, 1st Baby
NewDKmum, 30, W Midlands, 23rd Sep, dd 10 months, girl
holsnovell, 23rd Sept, 1 DD, girl
FactsAndFigures, 30, 24th Sept, first timer
Minxx- 35yrs, Andover, 26 Sept - 3rd pregnancy. DS 15yrs,DD 13yrs in 3 weeks.
rachelandbumpsmum, age 35, SE London/Kent, 2nd baby due 27/9, one dd 14 months
Diddle, 26, W.Midlands, due 28th Sept. 1DS 9 months + 2 MC
Plasmon,29, oxfordshire, sept sometime, girls 3 and 1

LOL kinki - great minds think alike, that is sooo funny!!! . I couldn't find alicet's details either!?

Quite tickled by that!!!!!

Plp - great minds think alike????
Or fools seldom differ????

I wondered about copying the original stats list with all our details (probably easiest done from one of the earlier threads, where it is intact) onto a new stats thread.

Morning all - well I am wide awake this morning as my DH did a sterling job last night. Ryan refused to settle at 7 and DH made him grizzle/ cry/ nap his way through to 10pm where he guzzled all 6 fl. ozs and then promptly settled for 5 hours! hoorah! I was in bed with earplugs by 9 so am feeling vaguely human. Even if this was a one off for now - it shows me that there is light at the end of the tunnel and our LO's will eventually move out of these 2-3 hour phases and start going for longer. He has been grizzly since his last feed so thought I would get up and do stuff. Namely mumsnet

PLP/ Kinki - thanks for updating the stats.

Kelm - LOL at Bfeeding anonymous - it does feel like that at times doesnt it. Shock, horror that bfeeding is not that pleasurable all the time.

Hugs to all - hope you had ok nights and have great days. I might actually go and check out this bfeeding cafe today. I always think I will then never get round to it!