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

[CantSleepWontSleep]

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.

Urrgggh work. Yes, I went into school yesterday to ask the head if I can go back 3 days a week. I really hope they agree to it.

Oh aubergenie, I'm so sorry to hear that. I dont' know what to say, either. How horrible.

I've been back at work since DS was 9 weeks... it's been fine!! I teach 5-7 year olds so it helps that I absolutely love my job. As you know, it was sad at first, but it's better now. I get to see him during the day at around noon most days and pick him up at 3.45pm. Perfect. Of course we also have had 2 holidays since then - 2 weeks at xmas then 1 week feb half term, then dh had the next week feb half term (diff school systems, diff half terms) and we have a spring holiday of 2 weeks coming up in just a few weeks as well!

God Aubergenie that's so unimaginably sad. Makes me teary too, I don't know what I'd do without Poppy now. No words could be right in that situation, she'll know you know how she feels as you have a newborn x

Aubergine. Anything you write in your card will be perfect. I know this because when I had a MMC it makes a real difference to know that people are thinking of you. So just write exactly what you would want to hear yourself. Mostly be prepared for your friend to take a real long time to get over it. It will be 2 years for me in a few weeks. Not a single day goes past that you dont think about what could have been.
Your friend sounds like an incredibly brave and strong woman to stand up for herself and have a positive birth experience under those circumstances.

Morning all,
my head is twirling with trying to match up FB names and MN names!
Cryptic question - Marthasmama has suggested SS as a friend on FB - is that you Ronshar or aubergenie? (brain exploding emoticon!).
I'm AF if that helps.
I work for a bank if that clears up an earlier question!
The chicken pox is coming along nicely (?) with DS2. Still only a few on his face but a fair amount elsewhere - seems slow though - I thought there'd be hundreds within 24 hours? Am I too impatient? Really don't want DD to get it, she seems so small and so beautiful - don't want her to get spots

Tis me Pepper
Have you got some Piriton? Brilliant for those itchy moments

Hurray - hadn't thought of piriton and have some junior stuff somewhere!
I'll request you as a friend pronto!

Ooppps (and I actually did blush), did I get you muddled up! Clearly I can't remember your names either. and again! Sorry ladies. It was very late etc etc...

I can't get on fb for this at the moment but I wonder if we should start a "discussion" in our fb group just so everyone can say what their MN name is? Easier to match up

Pepper - DS had chicken pox when he was 18 months and only had a few spots. Apparently when they get it young it's only relatively mild.

I took M to be weighed this morning - she is 15lbs 1 and still bang on 50th percentile. But it means she's only put on 14oz in four weeks... I thought they were meant to put on at least 5oz a week. Oh well, I'm hardly worried, she's kept to the same percentile, the guidelines just didn't seem to add up. On the way home I bumped into DS's teacher on her way to the shop. I stopped to chat to her and she chatted to M. She said 'I bet you're going to be a clever one too like your big brother.' I pointed out that was nice to hear and she said 'Oh yes DS is a very, very clever boy indeed.' Yay! [proud mummy emoticon]. I'll stop boasting now......

MM - dd was more wakeful than ds!

Have started discussion on fb group listing who's who so far.

for your sister's friend aubergenie. It's such a terrible thing to happen. Use the baby's name in the card (assuming they gave one) to show that you are acknowledging her as a real person, and let her know that she can talk about the experience/baby as much as she wants/needs.

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Quiet on here today!

I need to get M some more romper suit type things for 6-9 months. What do you think about this, this, and this? They're all pricey but DH owes her an outfit .

The prices are ridiculous, but I adore the first one.

Yes I said they were pricey, but DH lost an orangic Gap one, that I had bought her, in a shop when he was trying on shoes. He therefore should be punished for his neglect! Plus it was four months ago and he keeps 'forgetting'.

MM I prefer th first 2 - DD has some REALLY bright sleepysuits and can spend hours staring at her sleeves - who needs toys !

But did you have to show me that site? Now I want lots of stuff too, but am not allowed to spend money at the moment.

Excellent Pepper - duel purpose therefore worth the money! I think I can sell it to him on that basis.

pepper try not to worry about DD, my DS1 had chicken pox at 4 months (I had no immunity so neither did he) and it was very mild didn't really seem to bother him and he couldn't scratch because he didn't have the hand co-ordination, so no scarring.

Lovely romper suits, girls have such good clothers

Sorry CSWS. It's a bloody good site and they do free delivery on purchases over £12. I can't shop either as I've given up shopping for lent. I know I'm mentioned it before but saying it out loud helps me come to terms with it!

hedgepig - Have you seen M&S boys clothes this season? They're lovely and reasonably priced. Plus for a special something Gap or Monsoon are excellent for boys, especially little cute boys!