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.

myjob Glad you feel better ok about not getting naomi weighed, sometimes there is so much stress that actually you know yourself if she is doing ok. Sorry you are feeling poorly though. And yes should start a hearing things club! Bloody pain though as I have a hearing loss yet I hear noises that are not even there!!!!!

Yes jenwa - is good and light, although doesn't hold as much shopping as my other one!
Am loving the colour of that one.

at getting a new push chair. I made DH get me a Stokke so now have to prove that it was worth the money by using it until it falls apart. I want a pink push chair, but as we decided against finding out, we got green.

Sorry, bit jibberish there, I have a cold so my brains bunged up! I meant we got green as we didn't find out in advance if we were having a boy or a girl. I know you could have worked out what I meant but didn't want to sound like a mad old bat!

thanks star, yes it was us that had a tumble. he was trying for ages to roll over last night but didn't manage it, bless him i think his huge cloth bum was working against him!
he went for his 2nd jabs on thursday, the first one was ok, his face fell but no real reaction but when the second one went in he screamed and did a huge poo! he seemed ok until the evening when he was really restless and hot so i gave him some calpol which he promptly threw up all over the landing carpet, i left it half an hour and gave him a second dose which he then spat out. i don't think he likes calpol!
i have a maclaren techno xlr jenwa, and i love it it's dds and is chocolate and pink, i have put ds in it a few times (he's mainly in the sling) but i've not decided if i want to replace it. boy and pink pram... what do you think?!

marthasmama yeh I knew what you meant pushchairs are so bloody expensive!

csws yeh colour fab, its so funky although prob hard to get matching cosy toes! Understand what you mean about basket though, had a buggy when DD1 was younger and the baasket was the same. My red one has a bigger basket which is great so will alternate between them depending on how much I need to buy in town
MIL got DD2 £50 mothercare voucher so will put it towards that shame you cant use them online though! Will have to order in store. You can pay with vouchers online in next though! Thought it was the way forward now but mothercare obviously behind!

If it bothers you heather then could you sling a blanket or snuggle over it so that no/very little pink shows through?

Mm - you're a mad old bat .

You might have to buy this for dd1 though jenwa .

heather yeh I see what you mean, Its so expensive to change due to colour but then I am buying a new one second time round and going this colour as love it with dd1 we got big pram before she was born (like marthasmama )so got a neutral colour and now I want to go pink pink pink!!!
poor you though with DS and the calpol! next time try adding the calpol to his bottle as may not taste it although hopefully he will not bring the whole bottle up !

www.mothercare.com/Maclaren-Techno-XLR-Stroller-Coffee/dp/B00116X2RK/ref=ts_dp_2/275-5445358-5592953 ?_encoding=UTF8&mcb=core
this is the one we have, the pink on the inside (on the seat part) is a reversible seat liner and is brown on the otherside, but it is very obv a girly pram.
i'm not bothered atm but we'll see in a couple of years when he's bigger!

csws NOoooooo!!! Dont encourage me!!!! Thats fab! She would LOVE it and thats a really good price. Are you super link or something with all your fab links????!!!

Have you seen this jenwa?

i wish he would take a bottle!
we're off to centre parks in feb with the ILs and mil keeps going on about giving him a bottle. "he needs to learn to take one" is her fav saying atm, why ffs? she is driving me mad!

heather thats not too bad, you can reverse the pink so actually its better for you. I would def keep hold of it as they are too expensive to change, you may want something else later like you say.

Yes, looking at the pink with the brown seat showing it looks fine heather, so I'd def keep it and use it, unless you are looking for an excuse to change anyway .

heather doh, sorry I forget he was BF!!! Just me forgetting as DD formula fed, ok well you cant do that then!
I only wanted DD to take a bottle incase of an emergency as I am scared of the worst case scenario etc, do what you want, She prob only wants you too so that she can feed him. MIL are scary!

Oh sorry jenwa - just realised that the ebay one has sold.

csws its ended but to be honest I have a £50 Mothercare coucher so wont have to spend the full value

i wish i could change, i have 2 prams already. i have a graco travel system as well, dh would kill me if i suggested a 3rd pram!
who says that pink is a girls colour?!?

Obv that was meant to say 'Voucher' not coucher!!!!

I love pink and TBH boys do too

An 8 hour stretch from ds last night .

Thanks for all of your comments, made me feel a lot better I love MN.
Congrats on the 8 hours csws! Amazing!

Well, last night we had a big breakthrough... rocked ds to sleep in rocking chair - he was fussing and awake and not settling but kept rockign and he fell asleep after about 15 minutes at 7.45. Then he stirred at around 10.15 and I took him out for a dream feed... he fed well, then I put himback in the cot after falling asleep on my chest for 10 min. he stirred and fussed again at 12.30... instead of picking him right up and feedign him like i normally do, I let him fuss a bit and kept patting his back and saying shhh and talking gently to him.... half hour later, he was still stirring but not fussing as much.. i put the binkie ("dummy") in his mouth and he sucked a few sucks then fell asleep! He stirred again at 2, I put binkie in his mouth, suck suck suck, pat pat pat his back (only 5 min this time, no fussing) and BACK TO SLEEP! I couldn't believe it. Stirred again at 4.45am... same thing - put binkie in and suck and sleep (by the way, spit binkie out after a fwe sucks).
I had to go express because I was swimming in milk with rock hard breasts at this point. I expressed 5 oz from one side . DH picked him up at 5.15 and brought him to me on sofa where I was expressing for a feed (he prob could have lasted longer if it werent for dh!). I fed him and then he slept from 5.30-7.45am. Woke and fed. played. Just fed at 9.45 and he's back to sleep for his morning nap.

I feel VERY proud of myself. Not a "true" all night stretch... but even though I had to get up to re settle him... I didn't have to get up to pick him up or to FEED him (which is so much more exhausting as you all know). First time ever. I am so happy.
Do you think i'm now stuck for several months getting up to pat his back and pop binkie in his mouth or will he just learn to go back to sleep on his own ?

btw, great links csws - you're like a oct 08 postnatal's personal shopper - you should starting charging a fee

star I think eventually he will go back to sleep but I was awake afew times in night with DD2 doing same thing, well not talking to her actaully just putting dummy back in and going back to bed about 4 times. Am shattered this am but hopefully they get used to getting themself back to sleep

Glad you feeling better today. Its so much better to trial things on a weekend when you dont have to get up for work