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.

where did the extra^^ come from? see I'm too old for the technology.
flounces off in preliminary sulk.

Is there a "petulant" emoticon?

happy birthday for tomorrow pepper - my dh is 46 tomorrow - he said today he's closer to 50 than 40 now He will be nearly 65 and getting his bus pass when Joe is grown up ....we have had no snow here at all a few flurries but none has setteld and ds1 is hanging out for snow. i know you're all sick of it but i wish we'd had enough for a snowman to keep him happy. He's had a vomiting bug too (csws' ds gave it to him over the web!!) and was sick all over his bed last night - cue mountains of washing

Wne to see hv yesterday who said i should feed Joe LESS in the night as he has got used to waking ans into bad habits. So i need to feed him less and less each night until he's not waking at all (yeah right!!). IF this doesn't work she said he must be ready for weaning so i am trying to only feed him on one side. Last night he woke at the same times as usual but had only had half the feeds amd he went back to sleep ok after each feed so maybe she's right... will see how he is tonight. Had him weighed and he has not put on much wieght at all in the last 4 weeks, partly due to the chest infection he had but also she said that bf babies wieght gain dramatically slows at 5 months in preparation for weaning. Not sure i understand why but hey ho, he's happy ehough

Myjob - hooray for new clothes and that's a sign that N is growing albeit a bit slower than fatboy Joe. Don't worry about the coil, it hurts a bit and if you take some nurofen before you go, that helps. Are you having a plain one or a copper one (with hormones??) Am going to see nurse practitioner soon to have mine re-fitted but will have copper one as other one made AF very very heavy

also at meet ups in Warwick/down south which is so far away from us. Anyone planning a trip to scotland is welcome to pop in for a cuppa anytime!!

Right bath time....

am so sad, after the happiness of the dummy now
now alex wont feed, he has had 1 feed all day, he just wont feed at all, he screamed for over an hour and wouldn't even entertain the breast, i gave in and gave it to him and he fell straight asleep with exhaustion. it has to go, i'm not giving up bf. i don't know what to do.

heather oh no poor you. He must be hungry though? Is he just off his feed, maybe poorly?

pepper happy birthday for tomorrow.

loulou its what i did with DD. She is bottle fed but I just put dummy in and she sleeps through now. It may work? Worth a try if he does go back to sleep and you all get some sleep.

Just put some pics on profile, one of snowman we made today!

Oh Jenwa. that snowman photo is soo cute!

MM I can't believe that re face paint, atrocious!

CSWS I hope you all get better before the birthday and that the weather clears up so yur guests can get there!

CSWS/ Pistachio - Christ, that's a lot of feeds!

Ekka - Poppy had a sore finger due to my biting her nails , the doc prescribed antibiotics and a cream and told me to only use the antibiotics if the cream didn't work, which it dud. It was Fucidin cream.

Warwick casatle

CC I found the charts, thanks, I also found a new WHO one.

Happy birthday Pepper, the big four-oh eh, congrats, how do u feel about it? My DH was 41 yesterday.

Heather I'm so sorry to hear that, I don't really have any suggestions but I'm sure someone on here will have some good advice.

My Job GOOD LUCK with the weigh-in tomorrow. Yes, the yoga is weekly so I'll hopefully be there next week.

Poppy and I are more or less recovered from our colds now, she's still a bit snotty.

Meant to go back to the Warwick Castle bit! I could probably come too, its prob 2 hours max?

Oooh close, it's 1hr 50. Altho gotta get past Birmingham

Ouch! That's a lot of travelling in one day! I'm off to bed now anyway, I've been a domestic goddess today tidying the while my mum entertained Poppy and I'm knackered! Night all!

loulou - Im definitely not one who should be giving advice, but ds used to feed LOADS at night. I had to teach him to go longer btwn feeds. I put an extra feed in before bath/bed and took him out for dream feed at 10pm every night even if it wasnt really "dream feed". sincw we started that there has only been one night where he needed an extra feed. Now he has feed at 6.30/6.45/7pm (depending on night) then again at 10 (unless he wakes a few min earlier, but best if hes still sleeping) and then not again until 5.30am. I wake at 5.15 so this is good for me, but can see how that might still be early for others. He will usually nap a bit in the morning. If its a weekend and im home he will usually go back down at around 7ish and sleep until 9ish then take his 2 hr mid day nap a bit later (12ish).
It's possible to lessen feeds through night, just tiring - and "dummy" made it all possible

forgot to say, when he woke, I knew he was metabolically "able" to go longer between feeds at night so I just kept him on his tummy and patted his back/bum a bit, put binkie in (sometimes he'll take it/sometimes not). Sometimes turning him to his back to sleep helped (depending on what he preferred). He fussed, but didn't scream. First time, it took 38 minutes, then less and less each time. Now I'm only up for two minutes or less to settle him if he wakes at night. Sometimes it's just putting my hand on his back or tummy for 30 seconds and he's back to sleep.
At first I felt like I was depriving him of food because I knew he would eat ravenously if I got him out, but now I realize he's fine!
AND he's much much much much much much happier during the day because he's getting more sleep at night. Naps are better, too.

LAST NIGHT - he didn't wake at all between 10.30pm - 5.15am!!!!! YAY! Of course every time he moves his head, I would startle awake in a panic that something was wrong (WHEN will I stop doing this??????) but he was fine!

sorry myjob - i meant jenwa and the coil!!

no luck with the sleep as Joe was up every 2 hours for something to eat so reducing his feeds just makes him wake more often - am knackered today. he won't have a dummy to settle him back off either. have started a thread to see if anyone else knows what to do but i am going back to my old routine for now, of feeding him when he needs and as much as he needs. This used to mean 3 wakes a night for only about 20 mins but that is better than the 6 we had last night!! HV now saying try to wean him but not sure about this.

Myjob - good luck today with hv - let us know how you get on...

just had alex weighed and he was 16lb 8 oz!! at 16 weeks yesterday.
feeding is better today thank god. don't know what was up with him at all yesterday

Happy birthday Pepper. 40 and fabulous, I'm sure!

Good luck at the clinic today Myjob.

I've been to baby massage this morning - really lovely AND it's completely zonked ds out and he's now fast asleep in his pram (a rare event), giving me a chance to mumsnet get some housework done.

wow heather! I wonder how much Q weighs now. I put him on a bathroom scale the other day and he was nearing 14 lbs. He can still wear the 0-3 clothes at 4 months although he is definitely filling them out nicely and we're moving him over to 3-6's for more stuff each day.
When do babies sit up on their own? I know I've asked this before, but are we close? I can prop Q up, but he just falls to either side like a weeble wobble (or falls back - butalways have someone there to support him!).

Loulou - sorry to hear that! I don't think weaning him is the answer, but I'm not an expert. Can you top up with expressed milk from a bottle for first bedtime feed? Or is that frowned upon? Sometimes I do that and it seems to hold him over longer as well?

about 6-7 months for sitting up iirc. ages away yet.

Happy birthday pepper.

I have had two nights of sleep. Yipee. I knew William was hungry and not getting enough from me. We have gone from 2-3hourly feeding at night to a dreamwide awakefeed at 11ish until 6ish. Bloody brilliant.
I feel like a different woman already. Now I just need to lose the eye bags.

DD1 has also caught CSWS bug. She vomited all over her bed and down the wall and it ended up on DD2s bed as in bunch beds. Lovely!!!!

Why do my strike out never work?