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

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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.

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Thanks Honeymoon!

Poppy is still vomiting and irritable, altho I think the irritability is largely tiredness today. If she's still like this by next Weds (2 weeks after the meds started) I'm going dairy-free. Aaaaargh! Please tell me where to start!!! I'm going off to search MN/ google now. What do I do about pasta???

Pasta doesn't normally contain dairy (except the stuffed kind). We have it with a tomato/roasted veg sauce (or bolognese, which is obv no good to you).
You want Pure Sunflower spread or vitalite for butter.
Swedish Glace if you want ice cream.
For milk, suggest rice or oat for first couple of weeks, and if you establish that it is an intolerance then you can then try introducing soya milk if you prefer, and keep an eye out for returning symptoms (this is because a lot of milk intolerant babies also have a problem with soya).
Just ask if you have any more questions about it.

Thought pasta contained egg? Is that just the fresh stuff?

Most pasta doesn't contain egg, but more importantly, eggs aren't dairy!

Oh So why does my mum get dairy-free mayo then??

I can only speak of Hellmans, but their light and extra light both contain milk, whereas their full fat is dairy free. You'd be amazed what processed products milk creeps into!

Woo hoo Hellmans is safe!!

Sounds like you're still having a tough time, Honeymoon.

I think you're veggie aren't you? If so, check out this site I recommended to Star. Lots of dairy free recipes amongst them.

And you've grown her into a beautiful 5 month old all by yourself .

Awww happy 5 month birthday Caitlin! Poppy isn't even 4 months yet!!

Thanks Aubergenie, I'll look at that website. I am almost veggie - I started eating fish again when I got pregnant.

Poppy's been really sick again tonight.

I remember some of you saying you got your periods again despite BFing. When was that? Only I've been in a vile mood all day....

I am genuinely not sure I can go dairy free folks. I'm a really fussy eater and dairy is a huge part of my diet. Plus I don't have time to cook fresh stuff, Poppy is so high-maintenance and rarely sleeps in ther day. Maybe I should just go onto formula.

With Poppy sleeping through it's certainly long enough without feeding to allow ovulation, so could be hmm. Mine came back at 9 months last time.

If she's milk intolerant then formula is really the worst thing that you can do. Firstly, formula is made from cows milk, so you'd need a hypoallergenic one, which you'll only get after a paed referral, and secondly, bf provides lots of protection from allergies, so if she is an allergicky sort then it would really benefit her.
Do you think that you could manage a couple of weeks dairy free, just to see whether it's the problem or not? If it's not then you get to have dairy and still bf, and if it is then you can address the implications then and make an informed decision.
Tell us the sort of things that you eat now, and we'll see what we can come up with that's simple and dairy free.

I've beeen eating a lot of fresh fish so that's OK. It's packaged food I'll struggle with - Linda McCartney veggie lasagne, fish pie, can I have fish fingers? I make quorn curry wit beef style strips that I bet have something in an Lloyd Grossman curry sauces that I know wont be dairy free. Ceasar salad dressing, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, ready salted crisps, digestives, I'm currently addicted to muller yoghurt pots with digestive bits in... I hate dark choc, I don't like goats cheese, I can't eat much egg due to the constipation. God I'm om such a downer.

Bet I can't have the frozen mash either can I?

Sounds like you need a big hug.
Pre-packed mash a no-no, but you could make a big batch up and freeze it in portions.
I hated dark choc too, but have grown to like it. You can get some vegan milk choc, but I don't think it's that great I'm afraid.
Fish fingers mostly good (I say mostly because I haven't looked at them all, but the ones I buy are fine). LG curry sauces no, but you can get some dairy free curry sauces in a jar/pouch. Caesar dressing my fave too, but no, you'll need to find another kind. The Pizza Express House Dressing that you can buy in a jar in supermarkets is fine (I'm not keen on it, but most people seem to like it). Ready salted crisps fine (it's ones like beef, chicken, cheese and onion that tend to have milk in). Digestives no, but you can have bourbons, fruit shortcake, hob nobs, party rings...
Soya yoghurts, soya custard.
You need to avoid goats and sheeps products too, so prob good that you don't like goats cheese!

You could make a huge batch of ratatouille style veggies one night, and blend some to use as pasta sauce (freezes well), mix some with kidney beans in chilli sauce to have with rice, and keep some to top jacket potatoes.

You can have stir fries (chop veggies the night before or buy pre-prepared) - lots of stir fry sauces are fine, as are noodles.

Jacket potatoes with tuna/sweetcorn/mayo.

Fish and veggies.

Risotto - lots of varieties eg mushroom and cheesy garlic/herb (get toffuti soft cheese from holland and barrett to mix in), prawn and scallop, tomatoey kind (we put sultanas and chick peas in ours).

Curry from a jar sauce.

That's gotta be at least a week's worth of meals.

Thanks from me too CSWS, just ignore me, I'm in one of those moods tonight! I've got a ridiculously small glass of wine in front of me now so things seem a bit better now! I'm sure I can do it for Poppy's sake!

I can't do exercise cos of the FRICKIN aching!!!