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.

Hi everyone and Happy New Year, hope you all had good ones. It's been weeks since I was on MN. We went to Spain for Xmas and it all went very well generally. Sander slept through both the flights, except for a 3 min scream on the way home when I got some milk in his eye. Beware of air pressure and baby bottles! His routine went a bit out of the window while we were away but seems to have dropped back into it okay this week. Best night's sleep ever last night, he was down from 8.30pm to 5.15 this morning

I've put some new photo's on my profile. Enjoy the frosty weather!

Lovely pics Lozza!

BTW - Has anyone received their child benefit yet? I was wondering how long it takes to get processed.

i got mine within 2 weeks and they back dated it as well. i did it mid november and came back early december.

oh and my ctc came back in a week! was very impressed the money went in on xmas eve which was nice.

I was the same as you Heather. Lozza, love the pics, funny re air pressure!

I've just had a row with DH so I'm not in a good mood. I think I need some sleep (dont we all???)

Took Poppy to be weighed this morning, she's put on 3oz in 6 days which is her lowest weight gain yet, but still more or less on the same line so they said dont worry.

Thanks re grobags, she's just hit the 10 lb mark so i'll try her in one.

Really? I sent all the stuff off in early November but haven't had anything. I've had the trust fund voucher thingy though, so they've obviously received the application. Hmm.

Aubergenie I would chase up your child benefit as that seems a long time to be waiting. I think they only backdate a certain time period.

help what do pink cheeks mean?? not too hot... been in warmer and cooler temps today...

Common when teething star, so could be that.

Only sent off cb application a couple of weeks ago. They will backdate 3 months, but as long as you got it to them in time, their own delays shouldn't impact eligibility.

Had my niggly cough (the one that turned into my chest infection, and then was left once the infection cleared) for about 2 months now myjob. Quite fed up of it!

We've all had a never-ending cold here as well! the cough type tho not the runny nose one.
I had the most dreadful night last night, up forever with DD who was bunged up and spluttering her way through bottles and then had terrible wind and writhed around for ages. I finally was heading off to bed for the 4th time at 4.30am, tiptoe out of DDs room and encounter DS1 in the hall! "I need a wee, Mummy" he says as I hush him frantically "and DS2 wants to come too".
So all 3 were awake at the same time
My little heart sank.....
So got to bed at maybe 5.30 ready for the 7am kickoff for today.
What makes me laugh is that the DSs never question why Mummy is in the hall in her dressing gown at 4 in the morning - do they just think i prowl around the house all night??
Dh this morning - "that was a good night - did she wake for a feed"
Just lucky he won't need those testicles again.

Hello everyone - I didn't know there was a post natal area until about 10 mins ago! How lovely to "see" you all still here and chatting.

DS2 is now 12 weeks and a little porker. Sleeps from 7 til 7 with a dream feed at 11 (DH does this) and a little star during the day. I am so happy to have an easy baby as it has been HELL with DS1 recently.

He cannot stand the new kid on the block and feeding him is just a complete misery at present. In fact that is why I am on here tonight. I had a melt down at him at tea time and feel sick with shame this evening. Been looking for threads of similar guilt to make me feel better (found LOADS which has certainly done the trick! I am not alone - whey hey!).

DS2 had his 12 week jabs today so not sure what tomorrow will bring. I am determined to start chilling out at mealtimes with ds1 though as it is impossible for him to starve himself ... isn't it??? Added despair is we see dietician again on Thursday and he has made ZERO progress since we last saw her and I feel like I have failed miserably. Boo. Hiss. Boo.

Well, glad to see there is still a thread for us Oct ladies and will be back!!

lol at mammies not sleeping - certainly how i feel. Star, DD still feeding every 2 hours day and night withy an occassional 3 hour stint in the night. She often doesn't settle for night til about 11 but then sleeps til about 10 just waking for feeds. I got her weighed at 8 week check - 10lb 13oz. i then looked in ds yellow book and he was that weight at 4 weeks!!!
we were looking at buying a house up here but it seems that unless you have over 25% deposit, the rates are pants. Need to have a rethink and sort out some of our crap.
we have dd in a 2.5 grobag and a couple of blankets. I still think she is cold though as she sleeps by the window and it feels draughty. i wonder about putting a cardigan on her to keep her arms warm - minus 6 tonight apparantly. Good luck everyone

morning all, we had both a great and pants night here. Alex went down at midnight and slept right through till 8:30am yeah but to make up for it dd was up at 3am coz she had a bad dream. dh ended up getting in bed with her and they both fell asleep.
hv came yesterday to do my dds 2 year check up, she passed with flying colours and even did a test they give to 3 year olds. i am very proud. she said not to worry about alex throwing up entire feeds, he might have a touch of colic.

Hello everyone. I have finally returned after what seems like forever. I have missed you all.
I hope everyone is good and had a great Christmas/New Year.

We moved house the week before Christmas. Our cat escaped and got run over. Burying your beloved cat on Christmas eve is no fun let me tell you. So we have had a pretty pants Christmas and New Year.
William back to 2-3 hourly feeds again. He was begining to sleep through! He is now in his big boy cot and loves it. Although I have to try and find him in the dark as he tries to hide at the other end of the cot at night if I dont get up quick enough. Wriggly monster.

OMG! Way too many people to reply to! So I wont attempt to!!

I'm sorry to hear about your cat ronshar, we had to get our cat put to sleep when Poppy was just 2 weeks old, I was particularly gutted cos i knkew he was getting worse but I was preoccupied literally 24-7 with Poppy.

God when I think back to those first few weeks when i sometimes only got an hour a night.

Poppy's reflux is still just as bad imho but she is starting to get in a routine - well, she's got up and fallen asleep at the same time for 2 days now!!

pmsl at pepper!

Doh for tedmundo only just realising we are here! Better late than never though eh .

Yay for new house Ronshar, and RIP Ronnie's cat.

Lovely pics myjob. Ds looks very enamoured with his sister .