October 08 - We didn't even notice the old thread was filling fast!

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Hoping you all find us soon!

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/jrsqueak - Boy - Joshua - 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
16th 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.

Sorry to new ladies - haven't added your stats yet.

Yup, sick again. Doesn't feel particularly speedy pistachio, as she was first sick on Friday. At least need us all to be well for her party on Saturday!

my dd reacted to medised as well, but she has sort of 'grown' into it and it doesn't bother her anymore.
well i feel like a bad mummy, i have given alex a dummy i really didn't want to but he spends literally all evening on the boob and i wanted a break, i don't have sore nipples or anything but it was wearing me down. i think i will only use it when i need a break, i don't want him to get attached to it coz i hate the things.
star don't feel sad, have you considered therapy?

Couldn't work out why no one had posted on thread since 9 am this morning and then i realised - doh!!

my ds1 is another that can't take medised - when i have given it, he has been awake all night, literally - will not risk trying it with Joe.

Joe waking every 3 hours at night again and is absolutely starving each time. Will try to get him weighed tomorrow but may have to give him some solids - don't know if it will help him settle more at night but am at a loss as to how to get him back in to his routine. i can't maange on so little sleep - last night i had a max of 4 hours but broken up so feel like s**t. Hoping tomight will be better as both boys at home tomorrow

Star - i'm sorry that sex was so bad. i think it can take a while for your lady bits to get back to normal, moisture wise - sorry if tmi. this can make it very sore and you may well be anticiapting it being sore and tensing up a lot (not suprising considering the birth expereince you had) and the fact that sex was sore beforehand won't help. The flashbacks bit sounds horrible - no wonder you don't want to have sex again. I know the counsellor you saw was not up to it but have to pursued another therapist instead?? It may be worth talking to your gp again and asking for a referral to specialist in sexual health. You deserve the opportunity to have a sex life if you want one and there's no reason why you can't if you want to....oh and if dh loves you i'm sure he'll wait for a while, its only been a few months after all. Hope it works out for you sweetie.

Myjob - glad Naomi's better and more her usual self. Did you say your in-laws live in Devon?? We always go down for a week or two in the summer to take over my mum's house - its great having relatives with seaside homes!!

sorry for mammoth post - off to bed now

Ah, another new thread, another 'promise' of me keeping up this time

Hope everyone is ok and hope all poorly babies get well soon.

Couple of updated pics on profile

Morning all,
star I definitley think you should find another counsellor, talking your birth experience through with someone can be a great help if you have been traumatised by it - then you may need a joint session so DH understands just how much it has affected you - I'm not sure he really knows from what you have said? He also needs to understand that this is normal and other couples go through it. We didn't have sex for a whole year after DS1 because I just couldn't face it. HTH.
On the subject of Medised - my DS's are fine but my niece (nearly 3) goes hyper and just bounces around like a duracell bunny! so it does seem to affect some children like that.
Had a very slippery walk to school this morning - luckily my mum stopped by and stayed in wih DS2 & DD - but not lloking forward to the trip to pre-school at lunchtime - do you think a sling or buggy would be safer?? I think buggy would be v diff to push through the snow and ice but if I fell with her in a sling she'd be hurt. Can't decide

Nice pics and I love the new name Sexy!!

Poppy and I are feeling better but still a bit sniffly. We were supposed to start a postnatal mother and baby yoga course this morning with the woman I did antenatal yoga with, but I don't think its fair to spread our germs. Gutted

Hope you're feeling better today Star.

How's it going MyJob?

Loulou, did you get more sleep last night?

Heather, were you really anti-dummies? Poppy just won't take to one, so I got me a thumb-sucker.

It's DH's birthday today and I've just realised I've got nothing from his little girl, doh! Anyone got any ideas? It's gonna have to be an argos or H Samuel job I think!

Hi All, haha found you I did go in to ante natel looking then realised we already did that bit!

star poor you, it will get better in time. It is so scary and the last thing you rememeber is what happened down there. Believe me, look at us on here, there is proof that you do get over it and have more , it just really does take time and I know its a horrible thought but the more you do actaully do it the worse it becomes. Just take time and without being TMI just maybe go back to basics without the full intercourse IYSWIM sorry, but it was helpful after dd1 and a 3rd degree tear, just getting used to things very slowley.

myjob your DC are soooooo lovely. They look so alike in the last pic and wow at Naomi's hair! Phoebe's is usually sticking up at the back and has a bold patch where she has been lying on it!
Yes it was me who had DD's injections, they are both fab now and again slept right through. had to wake DD2 at 8am Just very lucky to have good sleepers but prob bottle fed makes it easier?

been ebaying yesterday, got rid of lots of clothes, sad to see them go but dont think will have anymore. Cant keep incase as we said 2 was enough for us. If we have an accident then will have to deal with that but I am not planning it! Thinking about a coil, bit scared though!

have sore throat today and cant speak properly.

Have not been on MN for ages and was very surprised and confused with the new look! Managed to find you all though. Just back from Ireland and now I have done 4 flights with Sander I can confirm that even the threat of getting onto a plane causes some really BAAAD nappies. I now bring at least 3 changes of clothes for him and even some for me.

myjob I am shocked that Naomi is only just out of newborn clothes. Sander is 19weeks and is into some 6-9 mth things. I think he must be a real porker but he is very cute and cuddly

After planning to go back to work April time I just found out that my job has gone in a 'restructure'. How come that seems to happen when you are out of the office on maternity The glass half full view of this is at least I will be able to spend more time with my little angel. When he is not grizzling of course! Oh, and more time on MN!

Hope everyone is coping with the snow

honeymoon- yes i hate dummies, i can't see his beautiful face but he has been more settled with one, my dd is a thumb sucker, she was 30 minutes old the first time she did it!

lozza alex is in some 6-9 month stuff too, he's really long though, mainly sleep suits and vests.

we are planning a 3rd baby, prob not until alex is 2 i think and dd is in school, she's 3 in october and due to start pre school in sept, but not sure if i should send her, i've been taking alex to a baby yoga class and putting her in creche and she hates it, and gets really upset. so i might stop going i did the same class with dd and she loved it.

myjob I am in worcester (midlands)
Did think would be fab to try all meet up around their 1st b'day if poss, would be great to see everyone. Would be good to see if they look alike too, although P would def be the porkier one abit like lozzas boy
lozzapoor you with work, does it mean the job has completely gone? They have to offer you something don't they?
heather DD1 started preschool last year. She was 2 in the Oct and went in the jan, she cried to begin with but loves it now. Have upped her hours now . Creche can be very different. The preschool DD goes to is run by a bunch of ladies who have always been there, sometimes creches have younger people who are there until something else/college break etc so not consistent enough. That is what people I know have generally said. Be good to get her used to something as School is such a sudden shock. Also a shame not to spend that time with alex alone and enjoy your baby yoga class.

Mum coming over tonight to help out DD's in bath as she not been over when P in bath and she splashes!!!! Mum will get wet

Also bit miffed as someone was meant to collect an item today at 4 and emailed at 5 to say could her mum collect between 7-8, its not a hassle but when I was hanging about waiting not knowing whether to start tea or do bottles etc it was!

Anyway, best go but lets think about a meeting in Oct hey we could book a spa and NO children allowed haha!

jenwa the creche is at the local surestart centre so it's the same staff all the time, they are all older ladies unlike the nursery at the centre which seems to be run by 15 year olds (or so it seems to me!)
i might try one more session and decide then

jenwa unfortunately the job I left has gone completely. I could apply for a max of 2 new jobs but if I did not get either of them I would be made redundant. So I have decided to stay on maternity leave as long as I can (Oct time) and see what is around then. This way at least I get a bonus I was due to be paid in March. On the positive side I get to be around more in the summer and with, hopefully, better weather Sander and I can get out for loads of walks!

Pepper, I always use the buggy because it feels if I slipped at least I'd have something to hold onto IYSWIM. If it was proper snow though (rather than ice/slush) I would probably use the sling - snow is quite grippy to walk on really.

I am in Warwick if anyone is local

Just been to get Ryan weighed today - he is 13lb 8oz now. His weight gain has slowed and looks really dramatic on the chart but I have got the breastfeeding chart from the kellymom website and have printed that out and been plotting his weight on there as well and it looks much less alarming! They want me to give him baby rice if he hasn't picked up next month, but I don't see the point, he is happy, alert, definitely not wasting away. I think this particular HV was a bit early weaning trigger-happy anyway because the other one was like "Oh, well, yes, maybe if he doesn't pick up next month we could consider it."

Did anyone watch that Girls and Boys Alone last night? Made me

Heather, Ryan sucked his fist in utero but has only just worked out how to get one thumb/finger in his mouth at once and now seems to prefer his dummy. I was a bit anti dummy to begin with but he just seemed to need one - he would never comfort suck at the breast and my poor fingers were getting raw!

Hugs to star, that sounds awful, please tell him how you feel. And it might be months or even years but I am sure you will have sex again. Second the suggestion of therapy too - maybe some kind of sex/couple therapy to help your DH understand if he's not very good at that? Ignore me if I am being too forward.

Myjob so glad N is feeling better! csws hope you are all feeling better soon.

myjob yes that would be lovely. Just let me know. You welcome to come to my house and kids can play or meet somewhere. Would be good to meet.

oh and if csws is up then too we can all meet anyone else who fancies a trip to worcs is more than welcome aswell of course

yes thats fine.
Will be nice for you to go though, and I am sure you will cope just fine, shame you can't get a sitter though and have a night in hotel with no children

The grin looks like the skeleton in the night before xmas! Jack O'lantern I think, a little freaky