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 tips from Ronshar there. One more to add from me is to get Poppy used to getting her whole self submerged in water from an early age, so if you are feeling brave, then dunk her tomorrow. To do this, blow in her face and then dunk her quickly and very briefly. And of course give her a big cuddle straight afterwards .

Take a spare towel - the first one you wrap round them gets soaked, so you dry them with your towel. Then you're naked and cold and only have a choice of wet towels to sort yourself out!
Enjoy!

All tips gratefully recceived, in fact I've saved loads of old threads re swimming and am about to re-read them! I've never taken a baby/ child swimming before. I'd read about that dunking thing but I really dont think I'll be brave enough for that tmrw! The plan is if she likes it i'll start a proper class after easter.

Oh god, I' getting nervous now!

Plus am rather cross. My brpthers girlfriend has just announced on facebook that they are planning their wedding, wouldn/t it have been nice to be told first?????

When I told my dad i was pregnant we only told parents, he virtually forced me to tell brother at same time altho v early days, brother is adopted so dad got chip on his shoulder about making brother feel one of the family- eveidently it doesnt work both ways

Honeymoon, Good luck with swimming. Let us know how it goes. I noticed that you can download tutorials here. I've no idea what they're like though, but thought I'd mention it.

We've got jabs today. Not so fun.

honeymoon - good luck today with swimming!
I just realized that I think we have second jabs today, too... but I can't bring him! Will have to reschedule. VERY busy week at work.
I don't know why I don't like chip shops, just think they are smelly. I don't like fast food places... not your typical American

jenwa - sorry didn't realise you were ff its sad that people get so angry on some of the threads. I would ignore them and go with what you want to do

...mmmm.....chips....but have to agree with star that some chip shops smell too oily/greasy for me...

Hi all, well the swimming went well, we only stayed in for 10 mins cos her bottom lip started to tremble, but she didn't cry until she was back in the changing room!

Thanks for the link Aubergenie, you inspired me to look myself and i found a free alternative:-

www.bringemup.com/articles/64/teach-your-baby-to-swim---the-diagrams-part-1.html

Afternoon everyone,
I have been a really good girl and abstained froms mumsnet this morning and did 4 hours of ironing, only have a few more piles to do..plus whatever is in the tumble dryer
Made a bit of cash on ebay last night and have bought a double buggy from here so I'm Going to list a huge bundle of dd4's newborn clothes today, if we ever do have another baby it might not even be a girl so there is no point holding on to everything is there?
All my family keep on at me about weaning dd4 (all the others were by 12 weeks) but she just seems so happy being bf i don't want to jinx it iykwim, also i think subconsciously that all the time i bfing her she still needs me rather than dp. Until dd4 arrived, dd3 only ever wanted me but then she transferred her affection to dp.

God I've not even contemplated weaning and all that it entails yet! I'm gonna hold off till as close to 6 months as I can.

I thought she'd sleep this afternoon after all that [10 mins] swimming, but oh no, not Poppy!

Gah - ds bathed and in sleeping bag but is now falling asleep on my lap. If I put him to bed now then we'll be up for the day at 3am instead of the usual 4-5am .

Glad that swimming went well honeymoon, and you're right not to think about weaning yet. It shouldn't be done before 26 weeks and that's aaaaaages away.

Don't suppose that anyone on here has a purflo cot mattress do they?

Honneymoon, great news on the swimming. Glad it all went well.

Why do women get so agitated about the choices others make. So what if someone formula feeds. It is a not really anyone elses business. It certainly doesnt give others the right to demonise them. As seems to be the way it works on some threads here. Yes breast is best but some people have deep issues about it or do not want to carry on with the pain etc.
It does annoy me

CSWS what is a Purflo mattress?

No I've never heard of it either

Here ronshar. It's basically a frame with some fancy fabric stretched over it. We still haven't got a new cotbed mattress for ds, and I'd like to try popping him in the nursery for the odd nap or two soon, so that he can start to get used to it. Dh turned the bed back into a cot at the weekend, so this is all we need to sort now.

At the risk of annoying you, I think that some people get worked up about some choices that others make because it is the mother choosing what is best for her and not necessarily best for the baby. The baby doesn't have a voice, so other mothers like to step in and be a conscience. I do agree that some people can take it too far though, and that some things are best left to the mother to decide.
I know that I have learned a lot and had a lot of views changed or polarised as a result of MN, and one of the things that I like best about this site is that people are generally honest, whether you want to hear what they have to say or not.

I do agree with you csws. I have also had lots of my supposed knowledge challenged and do a better job for it. What I think annoys me is that ultimately some people use mn to vent frustration and others get flamed unfairly. Not always, but sometimes

I have got a mothercare sprung mattress. The cover comes of and can be washed at 90c

Oooh, I can feel a heated debate coming on!

My anniversary present honeymoon journal is NOT going well, the anniversary is on Thurs and I'm going out tomorrow!

I've got mothercare too, i've not had to wash it yet cod have a wwaterproof cover on top and fitted sheet and then a towel!

Cod was supposed to be and. I'm dide feeding...

Actually no it was supposed to be "cos"!

Glad swimming went well Honeymoon. Thanks for the free link - even better! I've bought ds a swim nappy and am planning on taking him soon. A bit nervous though.

I've been charging round today picking up stuff for a friend of mine who has just got home following an emergency c section and is a right old state, poor thing. The whole thing sounded horrendous, and she's delirious with lack of sleep. Plus all the newborn baby stuff is too big for her tiny baby, so I had to go and get her loads more. Ds looked like the incredible hulk next to her! It really makes me realise how far we've come in the last few months.

Wishing you all good sleep tonight, ladies.
x

'cos' I could work out, but 'dide' has me flummoxed!

Spoken to dh and he's up for trying the mattress, so will order.

Oh no I leave the heated debates to others now. I got my fingers burnt on mn a long time ago.

Dide is side! A genuine mistake which I spotted but left in cos it tickled me!