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.

thanks guys. am going to see gp in the morning as don't want to wait till mon when my 6wk check is (and selfishly want to be able to sit in the cinema and watch HSM3 with DD1 without pain on saturday ). everything was fine until 48hrs ago and the only thing I've lifted other than ds is the hoover, so not sure.

loulou - thanks, if the gp doesn't offer any reassurance may tak eyou up on that one.

am off for a good sleep - well till 4am anyway! dh is with little man and I've been in bed with mnet and The Restaurant for the last hour.

star - I think my bleeding has just stopped (although my arse was bleeding today as I got constipated! ), but seem to recall from last time that anything up to about 6 weeks is fairly normal.

Am off to bed too I think, so night ladies.

i bled for about 4 weeks after dd was born.

well at 7 days post birth I GOT INTO MY PRE-PREGNANCY JEANS TODAY!!!! sorry i'm just so excited.
alex is being really clingy and refuses to sleep in his moses basket so has been co-sleeping with DH and i since he was born, my back is killing me as i am so aware that he is in the bed with us that i can't relax and sleep well. and he kept getting really wet babygrows, i thought that he was just a sweaty baby, but then realised that he has a willy, and he's been peeing upwards towards the waist band of the nappy and getting soaked
girls are so much easier!!

ds slept from 6pm - 11.30pm... this does not bode well for rest of the night, does it? He's feeding now and a bit sleepy, but second time on this breast - so his 3rd one! another 5 hours sleeping would be quite a gift I was silly and didnt sleep during his first nap!

hi all, only just found thread. Ds3 is now 10 days old and seems to have night and day confused - is there anything I can do to to correct this at such an early age? He is an absolute dream in the day feeding every 3-4 hours but seems to spend most of night awake.
As for toddlers my 2yo has spent the last 4 nights screaming in the night - gp said nothing physically wrong so putting it down to new arrival

m2jr I'm up feeding my ds too with day/night confused. he's sucking away, staring at me... he'll fall asleep soon, i'll take him off breast then he'll wake up and want more! no ideas just sympathy

At the min he is not even feeding. just awake but won't lie in his crib awake in the night.

Hi there - just hijacking your thread. I'm on the Due November thread - less than 2 weeks to go, and trying to get a feel of what is around the corner!! Wish I could stock up on sleep now but finding it tricky!
Hope you all get some sleep once you've finished feeding.....good luck!

Hi all, anyone have the link to the contraction timer? Think things are kicking off here but will probably not be too speedy, like last time I just can't lie down through contractions as they seem to be far more painful.... Lets just hope this is it - I'm bored of being pg....

Congrats to all who've had their babies, I've not been able to keep up with the stats very well...

www.contractionmaster.com/
there you go ekka and good luck

Hi all,

I've not had my baby yet so apologies for gatecrashing! I'm off to buy a breast pump today and need some advice as to which one to buy??? I already have an Avent microwave steriliser but seem to remember the woman saying any bottles would fit in it?

Good luck Ekka, and to the November ladies too.

Star - I don't think I'd have had the confidence to do it with dd, but if ds was regularly sleeping a 5 hour stint through the evening then I think I would wake him after 2-2.5 hours for a feed, in the hope of him doing a longer stretch after that instead (accepting that it might take him a few days to adjust or he might not do a long stint later anyway!).

Well done for fitting in your jeans heather.
I'm about 8kg lighter than when I got pregnant now . The up side of having gestational diabetes . Not sure it'll stay off if I carry on buying big bars of fruit and nut chocolate though!

honeymoonmummy - check out the reviews section of MN, but when I bought one last time round the medela mini electric was the most recommended by a long way. It's a bit noisy, but that's the only criticism people have of it normally.

Good luck ekka Hooray for you!

Yeah any bottles fit there
I have AVENT ISI IQ electric and the ISIS manual. I cant figure the manual one out. The electric one is good - massage cushions for breast and you control the speed pattern. my nipples are enormous after though - is that normal of any pump?

I'll bet most people will recommend Medela. Though the avent electrical one has been pretty comfortable.... just having difficulty expressing in general.

I just got a bebe au lait nursing cover (online only from mothercare) - This thing is JUST what I need to latch on and bf in public! I recomend it to anyone modest. It's great!

Going to try that, csws. I wantedto wake himm yesterday but problem is, that's dh's time with him when he is home from work and he loves having him curled up on his chest sleeping.

I can wear my pre preg clothes too, but still have 4 lbs to lose. That will take exercise... dh commented on the extra little bit on my tummy yesterday. it's just a little bit!! i guess i've been a tad lazy
oh well, i'm not having sex again anyway so he shouldnt care

hi girls, just popping over from the antenatal thread to try to keep up with you all...hope I can join properly soon...

sorry - I think I win a prize for the most posts at once today... but I also want to recommend avent reusable/washable breast pads. SO much more comfortable than the disposable ones and better for the environment as well. The cotton is 1,000X more comfortable than the disposable ones. They are great!
I just wish I had the confidence to start using all of those reusable nappies waiting for DS in the drawer - we have a full set for stage 1 and 2... just need to try them out! ANy advice on when to start this? The poo will surely stain them at this stage, right?

Thanks for the advice folks!

Only 4lbs to lose is fantastic star! A 'normal' sized person needs a few extra pounds for breastfeeding. I'd have told your dh where to shove his observation!

Poo unlikely to stain, esp if use liners. It is what they are designed for after all!

Hello all, I am so glad to be joining you on the other side.

Unfortunately I am feeling lke crap today as I have mastitis - having had it 4 or 5 times with previous children it all too familiar

Never got so early before though and I think it is down in part to a poor latch so I will have to speak to the midwife his afternoon as I have my 5 day check up. DD is not opening her mouth wide enough and I am having trouble persuading her. At the moment I want to scream every time she latches on.

I have the antibiotics and am taking a combo of paracetemol Codeine and ibuprofen so should be better in next day or so. DH has been fab shoving me upstairs with baby while he looks after kids and brings me food and drinks.

midwife just been, back to hospital, uterus not good have to take overnight bag....
luckily my sis can look after Jessica.

pepper. Hope they can sort you out quickly.

for mastitis bmsa.
Am def seeing some advantages to my tandem feeding after reading some of your stories.