October 08 - the one without an imaginative title.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

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 - 7lbs 4.5oz - 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 - - -
3rd Oct (Due Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - 1sttimer80 - Boy - - 8lbs 10.5oz -
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!
11th Oct (Due 14th Oct) - tedmundo - Boy - Patrick Francis - 6lbs 15oz - C-Sec for breech
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.
13th Oct (Due 15th Oct) - mum2jakeyroo - Boy - - 7lbs 2oz - Delivered in car by dh!
13th Oct (Due 7th Oct) - belgo - Boy - Wolf - 8lbs 7oz - Home water birth
13th Oct (Due 19th Oct) - rach010 - Girl - - 6lbs 11oz - Gas & air, small tear, no stitches.
13th Oct (Due 21st Oct) - caramelbunny - Girl - Megan Ruby - 5lbs 12oz - Em C-Sec under GA.
13th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - firsttimer08 - Boy - - -
15th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - perkypopsy - Girl - Stella Frances - 8lbs 14oz -
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 12th Oct) - milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo - Boy - - 9lbs 13.5oz - Home water birth
17th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - ajm200 - Girl - Amelia Caitlyn - 7lbs 2oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
17th Oct (Due 27th Oct) - Rhian82 - Boy - - - Episiotomy and ventouse.
17th Oct (Due 22nd Oct) - pingviner - Boy - Teemu Finn - 7lbs 15oz - Em C-Sec
18th Oct (Due 13th Oct) - YumMum22 - Boy - - 10lbs - Home water birth
20th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - emkay - Boy - - 9lbs 8oz -
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz - Good hospital birth with synto drip.
21st Oct (Due 16th Oct) - WheresTheAuPair - Boy - Finley Peter - 9lbs 7oz - Elective c-sec
21st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - hansnava - Girl - Sophia Leigh - 7lbs 6oz - Elective c-sec
23rd Oct (Due 26th Oct) - 4andnotout - Girl - Tilly-Grace - 7lbs 0.5oz - 2 pushes and out!
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 24th Oct) - sparklesandwine - Girl - Poppy - 8lbs 13oz -
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
27th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - nuclear - Boy - - 8lbs 13oz - Gas & air and some stitches.
28th Oct (Due 30th Oct) - Jambers99 - Girl - Hannah Louise - 7lbs 3oz - Straightforward and quick labour.
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz - No stitches!
31st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - GirlWithTheMouseyHair - Boy - Ethan Christopher Loy - - Homebirth.
1st Nov (Due 25th Oct) - Flum - Boy - Bob - 8lbs 10oz - 4 hour labour with gas & air, pethidine and a healthy dose of champagne!
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz - Hospital water birth.
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz -
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz - Em C-Sec. Back to back and knotted cord around neck.
5th Nov (Due 23rd Oct) - Sallypuss - Girl - Eibhlin Alexandra - 9lbs 4oz - Induction, 15 hour labour then emergency c-section.

(apols if I've missed off anyone who has joined us post-natally.

Good evening all!
I do like to give a new thread a twirl
off to bed now cos life is just that exciting at the mo.
sleep well all (especially babies!)

I thought that ds would be knackered and asleep for the night by 7 or 8, as he's had less than 2 hours' sleep all day (but been quite happy with that), but he went to sleep about 7:15, did about an hour, and is now still looking wide awake . I'm wanting to go to bed myself already!

Lovely to 'see' you popsy. Mothing can really prepare you for motherhood can it?

Hope D has settled now CSWS. DD still not awake very much in day but always seems to be awake about 10.30pm just when i want to go to bed. one handed typing now but shame i can't do onehanded tidying up whilst feeding!

oh lovely new thread.
can i just say that alex has the wrong dob on that list! he was born on the 16th not the 17th.

good day here. we went to the christmas party at the local sure start centre, it was fun and my dd got to do lots of messy play with glue and we made calenders. we saw santa and got given a really lovely book. it only cost £2 to get in as well. much better than the £14 we paid to see santa in the arndale centre in manchester, we got a really rubbish gift from them

Sorry heather - not sure why I had that wrong.

that's ok i'll blame it on the hormones and sleepless nights!

Evening everyone.

Ds hardly sleeping here. And feeding all the time. He is really clingy and wont be put down.

Hope all mums and babies are ok xx

Hi all Really just wanted to get on the first page of the new thread
Feeling really ill and exhausted today. Sick to my stomach whenever I feed

OK, I'm completely freaked out. Just had my dad round, posted a new thread in Sleep - see below.

My dad has just been round and completely freaked me out by saying he went to a funeral a couple of years ago of a baby whose mother accidentally smothered it while co-sleeping in the same bed, she wasnt drunk apparently. I have been sleeping in the king size bed with my 5 and half week old (DH in the nursery single bed) as she wont sleep in her moses basket, its my warmth/ smell she seems to need. She wont sleep for long without me on the bed.

So I was thinking of buying a bedside cot - theres one in mothercare which has 8 levels and the side goes underneath. Is there any point paying the extra for this cot or will a normal drop side cot do the job? They dont need to be lined up exactly do they as the cot needs to be lower than our bed. I havent got a cot at all as yet.

We havent got a divan, does this also cause a problem?

PLEASE HELP! I need to go buy one ASAP! (Panicking emoticon)

Oh bloody hell honey I really dont know what to suggest but ds and I are co-sleeping too.

I'm probably overreacting cos I'm so tired but I dont want to take any chances.

If you are really tired then yes, you are probably better off getting a cot where the side comes off.

Co-sleeping is fine aslong as

a)you are not over tired
B)you havent had a drink/smoke

but I am sure you already now that.

Abit insensitive of your dad though

Finally the rest of the ladies with babies that won't be put down are coming out of the woodwork! Welcome to my world knickers. Ds made himself sick he got so hysterical in the car today, because we obv weren't holding him in there.

Honeymoonmummy - there will always be exceptional cases that make us worry about decisions that we have made as parents, but that one sounds very exceptional. We aren't in posession of all of the facts of the case, so it would be wrong to comment further, but I wouldn't let it change your decision to co-sleep as long as you are following guidelines.

CSWS, on our way back from Lnodon yesterday we had to stop at every single service station because he wouldnt stop screaming. Was very stressing.

Oh knickers. Are you having to hold him all night too?

Yeah, he's currently laid in my arms now. Dare not bloody move incase he wakes up

It's tough isn't it. Ds laying on my lap too, with his face squished in to my boob. Would be quite lovely if it felt more optional. I'm using my v pillow with him now too, which means he is marginally less sensitive to my every twitch - do you have one? Sorry not to be able to offer more hope that it might end soon, with my ds being 3 weeks older than yours. You have other dc too don't you?

Hw's now laid on his tummy on the sofa, but fast on now!

Yeah I have a 16month old dd too. Trying times!

Hi guys,

Sorry to hear about all you guys with babies you can't put down. joe is like this during the day but getting better. We have had a lot of help from paediatric OT who has helped us to shift him day by day from lying on my shoulder for 12 hours a day (this is NO lie!!) to lying in my arms or lying on my knees to lying on floor etc. Joe will know tolerate being in car seat/play gym/bouncy chair for about 10 mins. this may not sound much but at 8 weeks he would have managed 30 seconds before screaming to be icked up and needing cuddles for 20 mins before calming down. Can you ask your hv for referral to OT (if you have one??)

Also Cranial osteopath has really helped Joe - she is now wokring on his pelvis to get him to fart more rather than burp and be sick!!
One of the DCs is crying - better go
xx

Hi, I tried the moses again last night rather than co-sleeping, but the most sleep was when I fell asleep while bfing her on the bed (2 hours)

CSWS/ Knickers, that sounds awful, at least Poppy falls asleep after 5-10 mins in the car. Have you tried 87.5 White Noise FM?? Works for us!

Also, Poppy will stay quiet a bit longer if we put the hairdryer on cold on the floor, but not very safe...

I think I might buy a normal cot from the responses I got on the other thread.

ds just refused a feed when I offered it to him... he's never done this before. I'm really really worried he will start to prefer the bottle because it's such a quicker flow... he seems to be liking it a lot now when dh or my friend feed him... Possible he's gone off me? What do I do if he has?

We wont go off you Star. Ds sometimes refuses a feed but wont take a bottle either. Dont be

no I think he doesn't like it anymore!!! i've tried several times!! He just wont take it. what should I do? should I just give him the bottle? I really don't want to.