October 08 - The Here and Now.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

The story so far....

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
12th Sept (Due 6th Oct) - iuseantiageingstuff - Boy - Fred William - 8lbs 13.5oz - Induction due to high BP.
14th Sept (Due 14th Oct) - twinklytoes - Boy - Samuel - 7lbs 4.5oz - Em C-Sec due to grade 4 PP.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
20th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - kookiegoddess - Girl - Reya Marie - - Induction due to OC, epidural, 3rd degree tear.
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Boy twin - Felix - 6lbs 8oz -
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Girl twin - Bridget - 7lbs 7oz -
1st Oct (Due 29th Sept) - WombFor1More - Boy - Harvey James - 8lbs 13oz - Homebirth, no pain relief.
2nd Oct (Due 4th Oct) - annwoo - Boy - TBA - 8lbs 7oz - Amazing birth!
2nd Oct (Due 30th Sept) - sambrads - Girl - Brooke - 7lbs 9.5oz -
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
2nd Oct (Due 8th Oct) - Alexa808 - Girl - Tienette - - Planned c-sec
3rd Oct (Due 5th Oct) - rosebury - Boy - Austin - 9lbs 2oz - Delivered at home by dh!
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - hoff - Boy - Oliver - -
3rd Oct (Due 19th Oct) - MrsTittleMouse - Girl - - -
4th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - 1sttimer80 - Boy - - -
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - plusonemore - Boy - Alfie Thomas - 8lbs - Induction, epidural
5th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - MrsBish - Girl - Rachel - 8lbs 8oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
7th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - Emmsy1 - Girl - Amy Louise - 5lbs 12oz -
7th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - snowymum - Boy - Rowan Michael - - Home water birth
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
8th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - 07mumstheword - Girl - Freya Mae - 7lbs 12oz -
8th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - moodywren - Boy - Hayden - 6lbs 9.5oz - Homebirth
9th Oct (Due 27th Sept) - Pidge - Boy - Arthur - 8lbs 14oz - Homebirth
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
11th Oct (Due 3rd Oct) - usuallytooshytochat - Girl - Megan Leah - 8lbs 2oz - Homebirth with ambulance crew!
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.

9-1 is still good progress from a few days ago though star.
ds managed a 4 hour sleep (on dh) last night - hurrah . Dd unfortunately got up at stupid o clock though, the same as she did yesterday. Got her back to bed (after a tantrum where she hit dh repeatedly) until 6:15, and then conceded that we may as well get up.

haha csws - the 9-1 sleep was again on dh here, too! He just cant put him down. I think he really likes that cuddle time with ds.

Bloody clock changing - i thought ds1 had done sooo weeel this morning to sleep until 7.15am having gone to bed at 8pm but then realised it was 6.15am bugger bugger bugger - now seemes hours til afternoon sleep time.....

loulou yeah that is a loooooong time! are you injecting sleeping pills into his feeds?

myjob - naomi's 9 hours is amazing, too! HOW did you do that??? PLEASE share your tips.
awful about the pump what kind of pump do you use?

Any good ideas to get a baby of 3 weeks to not scream his head off every time we do a nappy change? Any advice greatly appreciated

Err ladies, loulou said ds1 slept that long, not Joe!

I am injured today. Was wanting to warm up my bath a bit this morning so that ds could come in at the end, but forgot to switch water to go to tap instead of bathside shower spray, so ended up spraying scalding hot water in my face. In my panic to get away from the burning water (don't ask why I didn't just turn the water off!) I leapt out of the (very high) bath onto the floor, bashing myself on the edge of the bath and the toilet in the process, and gained an instant huge bruise on my shin, another on the top of my foot, and a lump in my knee that is still agonising, as well as a face that didn't stop stinging from the scalding until late afternoon. What a muppet!

Are you doing it straight after a feed star? If so, make absolutely sure he's not got wind, as that's a sure fire way to get ds screaming. Otherwise, just patience until he gets used to it.

Actually star, didn't you say that he had bad nappy rash? That could be making him scream. What are you using to cure it?

csws Sorry.... that story is sad but comical to imagine! Poor you, though, that's awful!

ohhhh, ds1. That makes sense. I thought she had superbaby!!

Using sudocrem. It seems to be improving... I wind him immediately after each feed. As soon as I lay him down for the change he screams like we're stabbing him with needles or something!

btw been bfing ds literally ALL DAY. 3 wk growth spurt i'm sure but so exhausted!!

csws oh dear, you do seem to have been in the wars!
I am feeling infinitesimally better today, my big aim is to have enough mobility to wash my hair tomorrow! MW came and they are sooo nice, DD got signed off but they need a couple more visits for me apparently. Am hoping to avoid the tues trip to hosp and am drinking gallons of water and dutifully taking abs (I took one lot at 3am this morning to spread them properly!)
I really really want to be able to move comfortably again (and go out/drive/reach my feet etc)
OK whinge over - at least I can Mnet without guilt!

Evening all, sounds like all the new babies are getting on well. Aside from nappy rash etc.

Anyone else have a newborn with a cold? Dd2 is 1 week 1 day today and she is very snotty poor love. I am not surprised with my snotty son and daughter breathing and coughing around/ over her this week.

I am still laid low with mastitis spent most of weekend in bed and am taking all the available drugs. I do think I am finally getting better but am so tired!

Really want to make sure Polly recovers from this cold as soon as possible so any tips would be appreciated - she is sleeping on my chest at the moment and I may spend much of night trying to keep her elevated. I will also try saline drops. Her tiny littlr nostrils must b so easily congested poor love.

Sorry can't offer much advice on changing nappies Star except say what works for us. We use water and cotton wool for wiping (nice warm water as babies sensitive to cold) - try and keep things quick as possible (that requires practice of which i have had plenty and dd1 is still in nappies as well) - keep lights low at night and warm hands before touching baby (I have to do that as my terrible circulation means my hands are often icey which is enough to set dd2 off crying straight away!).

I am falling asleep agin now as I type all weekend I have felt like someone with narcolepsy - better bloody improve soon!

BTW poor you Pepperrabbit - I feel guilty for moaning about mastitis

Poor polly and you bmsa I hope both of you feel better soon.

After ds's 6 hour sleep I woke with engorged breasts and for some reason pump not working, so i hand expressed enough for him to latch on the left and put bottle on my lap to hand express the right. I got 50 ml in 10 min!!!! Record for me by far... but then a loud motorcycle drove by and startled baby and now milk is all over the floor I was looking fwd to freezing that!

hi all,

have been laid low by vomiting bug which dh now has - feel as weak as a kitten and not eaten a thing for over 24 hours. Have managed to keep some water down today but can't bear the thought of eating. joe had had several green poos but gp not concerned about him and thinks he may have had a small dose of the same bug. he has been eating continuously today and i guess my milk is pretty crap quality but can't bear to eat in case i'm sick again.....must go and make tea for ds1...what a joy...

OH MY GOD JUST DROPPED SMALL PIECE OF HOT PUMPKIN PIE AND BIT LANDED ON QUINLAN'S FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! He cried of course... he was surprised but after wiping with cold water, looks ok... but maybe I should call dr just in case?? ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's a bit young for weaning star . Seriously, there's nothing a doctor will do if it looks fine.

Hope you feel better tomorrow loulou. I'm sure your milk will be just fine - it will give all the nutrients to ds and just leave you short.

at 6 hour sleep. Ds didn't manage more than 2 hours last night, and mostly only did 1.25 hr stretches.

Hi all, - our little baby boy was born on Friday 24th October at 2.25pm, a home waterbirth with a little bit of gas & air! He weighs 7lb 15oz (3.6kg), but we've yet to give him a name....

We're all doing well, though I'm knackered as baby seems to sleep all evening then feed at least every hour all night .

Congratulations on all the new babies. I've not had a chance to catch up with everything as dd is teething and has a lovely temp and cold so things are a little crazy here at the moment.

BMSA hope the mastitis is beginning to clear, I remember how miserable that was with DS1.
Star - I'm sure Quinlan will be fine if his face seems clear.
Loulou how miserable for you! hope you feel better soon.
I get my test results tomorrow apparently to identify my kidney infection , and DD has her first HV visit so busy here on the medical front, then a doctors appt on wed which will be the first time I've left the house in a week except to go to hospital

congratulations Ekka!

All these babies coming so fast!! Amazing how quick labour can be!

I'm glad no one can track you down in RL on MN... dh knocking ds head on coffee table, me dropping hot food on his face.... we'd be taken in for questioning! On sunday I even forgot to give him a bath! I cleaned him extra well on Monday