October 08 - The Here and Now.

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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.

Pistachio. This may make you feel better.
When I went for my first smear post DD2, I heard the nurse say to the doctor, ooooo she has very slack vaginal walls! I was mortified. It took me months to get over it. The worse thing is due to a very fast labour I think my darling son has ruined me again. It certainly doesnt feel particularly pleasant down there! I really want to resume relations with DH but am worried in case he thinks it is all a bit baggy

And I do my pelvic floor all the time. I think I shall have to invest in some of those cone things from Boots

Nicewarmslippers. I have loads of sympathy for you. I too feel like I am hallucinating during the day. Driving is interesting!! Dont worry about what everyone else has to say. Do what you feel is best. If you want to lay down, then lay down.
Please stay here with us, we are a great friendly bunch. You are garanteed tea and sympathy in buckets here

Tried swaddling... he fights to get his hands free!
csws - thanks for the song I hope registration went well. Our registration was nice and quick

myjob - we are using bambino mio and some cute shaped ones I got from ebay from thailand.

how many of you actually manage to put baby down not quite alseep and let them 'settle themselves'......

My 2 week old ds only ever goes to sleep on boob or after lots of rocking in arms. Is this setting myself up for a problem sleeper or should I just chill (he is only 2 weeks old)

~Smudgeydoodle waves at all new mummies and dreams of joining you all.......

Hi all
Am coming over to this thread now then!
All ok here, been to M&S today as was desperate for new bras, am sooo big and achey and buldging out my bras and never slept well with it last night. Mum treated me to 2 feeding bras so that was nice.

Phoebe doing well. MW came today and she happy with us both. Phoebe now 8 10 so dropped few ounces. MW said she does not look like a 9 pounder and said it was more to do with her length.

Ok well hope you are all doing well and babies are all ok.

yeah jenwa! Nice to see you on post-natal.
4 weeks tomorrow and my nipples are still cracked and SO SORE! SOrry for the whinge. I think it's thrush as they are itchy and feeling shooting pains sometimes. Dr on phone today said she'd call in prescription cream to the chemist but I went and it's NOT THERE.
Whenever he latches on it hurts... particularly at night when more sensitive.

I have just put 2 pics on profile of Phoebe (one with DD1)

star Ouch that sounds painful and how annoying the prescription was not there! Have you got the lansone cream? Thats quite good? Mine are sore when she latches on but then its ok.

oh jenwa she is beautiful love the hair! yes have lansinoh but doesnt help much

joe weighs 11lb 2oz today another 12 ozs thus week despite the tummy bug!! went to baby massage this pm and did colic massage with Joe -2 mins later he was screaming so put him on my shoulder and he burped like the bloke from the simpsons - huge!!

made ds1 a pumpkin tonight - he loves it.

Glad you got the monitor star - hope it works for you

Lovely photos ladies .

Star - make sure that ds is treated for thrush too, or he will just keep passing it back to you when he feeds.

Welcome nws. Do you want to give me some stats to include on our list?
I don't put ds down to sleep at all, let alone still awake! He will only sleep when held.

I don't sleep in the day nws, but I did need to when dd was a baby, as she was also up for hours after each of her many night feeds.

Smudgey - that you have your car back (but also for you). The air suspension pump on ours broke yesterday, so we are without it for a few days. We have a courtesy car, but I love my own car and everything else is pants by comparison!

pistachio -Lovely pics

phoebe is still sleeping bathed and fed at 6:30 and prob will be awake soon for a feed. Hoping she sleeps well tonight

I have huge boobs! I am not sure if there is actually a problem as one looks bigger and has gone a bit red! Will keep an eye on it (cant miss it really!)

pistachio -Lovely pics

phoebe is still sleeping bathed and fed at 6:30 and prob will be awake soon for a feed. Hoping she sleeps well tonight

I have huge boobs! I am not sure if there is actually a problem as one looks bigger and has gone a bit red! Will keep an eye on it (cant miss it really!)

jenwa is the red part sore or hot? When I had mastitis they said it was good i caught it straight away so could be treated. Otherwise can get really serious - so dont leave it too long!

loulou just curious... we just got the monitor. So what do you do if alarm goes off and baby has stopped breathing? just call 999?
DH is hooking it all up now. What a find! Thank you SO much loulou for finding that! Now I wont have to put my finger under his nose or poke at him while he's sleeping every few minutes!

You could ask your hv whether your area offers any infant resuscitation courses star, so that you know what to do whilst waiting for an ambulance, in the unlikely event of ds needing one.

star yo uknow what, i have never thought about that!1 The alarm went off a few times with ds1 and i raced in to his room to find he had wriggled up the cot and off the pad...i guess you would call 999 and do first aid til they got there.

Its freezing here too myjob and our heating is being temperamental - typical

I'm going to say the next bit really quietly so no one really hears me but.....Joe slept all night last night from 8pm til 7.30 ....loulou now creeps away before others start throwing things at her...it won't last i know...

not throwing anything.... but please share with us exactly what you did with joe before putting him down last night

star boobs better this am, think it may have been the fact my bra was too tight!!!

loulou thats fab, do you feel better for it? I rememebr dd1 sleeping through for the first time and I felt worse after having a long sleep!
Feel pants today as Phoebe did not sleep well between 11-3 this am

Hi all, I know I joined late but I don't get much chance to post so I hope you don't mind me dropping in occasionaly.

I can't believe DD is 4 weeks old tomorrow. I'm finding the newborn stage much easier this time around, I'm just struggling with a 2 year old.

Is anyone else having night sweats? I had them for a couple of days with DS but this time I'm still waking up dripping wet and its disgusting. I'm not brave enough to shower while I'm on my own with the DCs as I don't trust DS with DD so I'm sat here stinking

I'm very very loulou33 thats not fair. DS decided to drop his afternoon nap the week DD was born so I can't even catch up on sleep during the day. I'm shattered, the house is a mess and DS is watching far too much CBeebies. I really hope DD sleeps through soon although she did do a four hour stretch last night which is her best so far

Now she wants feeding again.

I am still having occasional night sweats purpleflower I read they can carry on for 6 weeks or so and are more common if you are BF, metabolisim (sp) working harder etc. Not comfortable though

loulou another one here v, v, I'm just pleased Sander managed 3 hours between feeds for the last 2 nights. Even feeling slightly human today

Finally got our floor laid downstairs today, hurrah!! It's been 3 months in the planning and excecution. Procrastination central here not helped by sprog arrival