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.

Ha ha Jenwa when I read your thread I thought you were saying "with us grunting" - I thought god, u need that contraceptive!!

They do a high vaginal swab to test for clamydia and something else, i forget. Not exactly looking forward to it but I'm gonna be brave and go for it.

I just got my first proper eye contact smile, I was blowing raspberries. I feel wonderful now

Night all xx

hi all,

sorry ive been absent but ds very poorly with viral thing. wloke up form his lunchtime sleep with a huge blister on his EYE!!! They had been bloodshot for a day or so as he gets really high temps (40 degrees) but there's this yellow blister on his eyeball. Rang nhs 24 and had to drive to hosp with screaming baby as well as wimpering toddler. I tried to ask for gp to come to him as i was unhappy about him leaving the house with a temp touching 39 degrees in freezing weather but no joy . He has eye infection and chest infection as well as virus so he's feeling very sorry for himself. missed village christmas party and he saw anta arriving and all the kids playing as we left for hosp (our house is really near vilalge hall) - poor boy could onyl look longingly out of the window of the car. Am praying that Joe doesn't get it and that ds is better by xmas.

CSWS - hope you're getting more sleep. I am trying to cut out dairy too as i think Joe has a bit of intolerance to dairy so we'll see, its only been 4 days so far.

STAR - don't out pressure on yourself to either have sex or get 'self sorted' as it will happen in its own time. i would leave therapy for a few months yet as you have so much on your plate. ANyway, who said it was YOU who needed therapy??? It takes two you know.....

Aww for the smile honeymoon. Friend needs to spend a couple of days in bed just feeding - lots of skin to skin and constant offering of boob, and she needs to ease up on offering the formula, as it will impact supply.

The long sleep was on tummy in our bed. I did manage to get him to take a nap in the Amby this morning, but only for 40 mins, and he wouldn't settle in it this afternoon. We've not even tried him in it for the last week, because his sleep was improving in the bed, and we didn't want to risk knackering that!

Cross post loulou. Sorry to hear that ds1 is poorly. Good luck on the dairy thing - hope it makes a difference for you. Think both of mine have had a really unsettled day about 4 days in, so don't give up giving up if you get that too.

thanks for that csws - have also sent some horrible vibes to your mil for you 9they doon forget how hard babies are).
LIke you said 4 days in and Joe was a bit unsettled yesterday but also didn't get any sleep during the day as i was juggling him and poorly ds. ds better today but still has very red eye and streaming cold so will have to miss friends birthday party as well... i want him better for xmas which is more important. joe is asleep in his pram took him out to deliver xmas cards and he is still asleep in porch. he's had 1 hour and half now away from me - unheard of during the day and i don't know what to do with myself except let you lot know!! Hope duncan gets used to amby during the day so you can have a break. its sooo easy for others to say 'just put them down and let them cry'. I overheard my fil say something similar to dh, as though he's Dr bloody Spock. He barely saw his children when they were small so what would he know!!

honeymoonmummy - both mine have had reflux and i would suggest asking for referral to paediatrician as there are lots of other meds that might work as well ie domperidone to manage sickness and ranitidine for acidity. You need to be sure that acidity is well controlled as the acid can do permanent damage to the oesophagus if not controlled properly. It usually rights itself by 6 months when valve strengthens. Are you sure you can make up Gaviscon with just breast milk? i thought you had to use water first and then mix with breast milk to hide the flavour?? its a while since i've used itimnd you so instructions may have changed, as mine have both hated the taste and won't tolerate that volume of liquid on top of a feed (i didn't think you could give in the middle of a feed as i thought it had to 'sit' on top of milk to work??) Didn't find it very helpful as made no difference to my two but domperidone has certainly helped Joe no end....sorry for the ramble...

Off to make bread sauce....

sory that should say they 'soon' forget not 'doon'....

honeymoon yeh sorry it does look like "us grunting" haha!!! No grunting from us I can tell you!!! Dh said he wants loft done so we can get up there and get kids in theie own room purely for that purpose!!!

ok Q has had no poo in 8 days... but all of a sudden has smelly farts!!! They have never smelled before - he is only 12 weeks (on thurs). normal?

never mind... big one just after that post!!!!! wow.....

Ha ha Star!

Loulou that's interesting to know, thanks. They said try gaviscon for 6 weeks and should start to see improvement within 2, should I wait till 2 weeks is up first?

Off to read instructions now...TBH its a pain using breast milk cos I'm not expressing much as it is and would like to use it for an evening feed. But we havent got the best water here - could I use mineral water?

Oh and thanks for the advice CSWS, I've passed it on.

Your water should be alright if its boiled and cooled shouldn't it?? When you say not the best, what's wrong with it?? I guess if it has lots of lead then boiling won't help but you can get it tested by the council. Ours offers grants to have pipes replaced if the lead leves are too high. Your other choice is to mix it with formula instead. I found it a pain expressing as well, just to put into gaviscon and both my boys wouldn't touch it as they could taste it....you should see some improvement after a week or so but i never found it any good but you might have better luck with it...fingers crossed for you

star ds only seems to poo every 5 days & has the worst smelly farts ever! Think it must be linked, but my hv wasn't worried... she reckons uo to 10 days isn't too concerning if they're exclusively bf....

Honeymoonmummy tap water should be fine if boiled & cooled. Be careful with mineral water as many of them have too high a sodium content. The only one I've heard is ok is evian water (though I think you still need to boil it before use).

loulou sorry to hear about all the illness, great that Joe got some sleep in his pram away from you!

Thanks Loulou. Yes, we think the pipes are lead, we only found out recently altho thank god before she had any.

It does say mix with water but I've got 2 more already mixed with milk, do u think they'll be OK? Are u sure about Evian before I use it??

Just a quickie to concur that Evian is best choice of mineral water.

Our pipes are lead honeymoonmummy and we had them tested and the water is absolutely fine. Lead pipes are only really a problem if the water sits in them for a long time before being used - ie vacant house or hotel rooms which are barely used. You then have to run the taps for 10 mins to get urid of water with the leaed in. if you use all your taps regularly then the lead should not be a problem but ask the council (environmental standars/health dept) to come and take a sample to put your mind at rest. I have never used bottled water so dont konw, i guess the 2 you have made up will be fine...

do people give babies cooled boiled water just on its own in a bottle? I was thinking it might just satisfy ds' sucking needs (he refuses the "dummy" as I think he wants to get something from his sucking) but I'm sure sure sure he gets enough food and he's gaining enough weight, too. I'm tired of my (still sore and cracked) nipples being his dummy! But I love him and will do whatever it takes to make him happy...

so we finally found bolts and screws to Q's cot and set it up yesterday. DH let him sleep ON HIM from 7pm-11pm then 12midnight after my feed until 4am! I was so ... but then I woke at 4 with him, fed him and fell asleep winding him on the sofa ... with him ON ME... and he slept there from 6.30am-9.30am (thank goodness for the holidays)!!

He's now in his cot (just went down at 7 - I just bounced him in his seat and he fell asleep - a first!). I hope he stays there comfortably for a while. I'm going to just keep putting him back in there tonight if it kills me. What do you all think? Pick him up every time he cries and put him back or let him cry a bit? I get very anxious when he cries (I know, I'm a crazy mummy - it just breaks my heart...and yes, I know, I know, I know I'll have a spoiled child if I keep it up!)

oh and jenwa i read "us grunting" as well! ha!
saw counselor today about issues with sex...etc. and she promised me confidentiality. I told her information I have only shared with 3 other people in my entire life and she blurted it out to my gp with the door open afterward! What a waste of time and trust. Never again. She also said it was a bit "beyond her" and what she can do to help... but didn't leave me with other suggestions. I've found some, looking online, though. waste of time!

Sorry to hear you're experience with the counsellor was no good Star. Maybe you should make a complaint?

Thanks Loulou/ CSWS, I have a man coming to look at my pipes on Boxing Day and DH has just come in from the supermarket with bottles of Evian

Star - no to water in a bottle for a breastfed baby. If he fills up on water then he won't take enough milk, and will not gain weight. Will he suck a finger instead of your breast?

at your counselor star - worth a formal complaint I would say.

'I'm going to just keep putting him back in there tonight if it kills me' - bet you don't if he really doesn't like it . I would suggest leaving him if it's just a tiny grizzle, but picking him up if he gets properly upset. You really can't spoil a baby who is only 12 weeks old IMO .

Thanks! You're right csws... he cried for 30 seconds and I picked him straight up. He's in my arms now...
myjob - how do you know she's teething?
How very very sweet of your DS!

of your breastmilk production myjob! lol I know it must be a hassle for you, though. I don't really know what to say to help it except maybe do the opposite of how to get more milk.... so.... stop drinking water, eating oats...etc... that just can't be the right thing to do, though!