October 08 - Growth spurts and rolling and sitting and stuff

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Here we go again...

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 -
5th Oct - CherryChoc - Boy - Ryan - 6lbs 11oz - 3 day labour with natural birth in hospital
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
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
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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Anyway, great news HMM!

I'm waiting for a heating engineer to turn up and try and locate our smell (which weirdly seems to have gone today when I need it!). I feel like I can't get started with anything as he's going to need to get in each room. How long would you wait before phoning to see if he's coming? He was due at 9.

Q is sitting by himself WITHOUT falling over!!!!
He will topple, but only when he's reaching and twisting for something... then he goes onto his tummy, sometimes hitting his face (and crying) but it's so obvious how much more sturdy he is now.... amazing! Hes been sitting up for a while, but I couldn't trust it without pillows or me or dh right next to him... now, he's able to catch himself before wobbling over. This is so amazing. It happened overnight!

Well done Q!!!

I've just put Stan in his baby door bouncer that arrived this morning. He's gurgling happily but hasn't quite figured out what he's supposed to do...

Yay Q!! Did you have a sleepless night Star? Sometimes they get restless the night before they make a developmental leap. It is amazing how they can suddenly do something new, overnight.

Aubergenie - Hope the engineer arrived. DS never worked out how to use his baby bouncer. When he was 6 months he just spun around balancing on one foot and when he was 9 months he just kept trying to walk in it . He never bounced, but then neither of my babies did/do that bouncing on your lap thing. M and DS both just wanted to stand, rigid, not bouncing. Bouncing is so cute.

I'm back from my appointment and it was actually more painful than I remember. But it's over so quickly that it wasn't too bad. What's a little discomfort when it can save your life.

MM you're brave. No way in any way am I going to go and have a smear done. absolutely not.

star You have too!!! You must, it is not painful like child birth. mm glad you got it done.

HM hope your appt goes well.

Phoebe finally rolled on to her tummy yesterday, she has been trying for ages but to be honest has not had much time lying on the floor due to DD1 running about!

Will await the sitting although not sure her big belly will let her

aubergenie Hope the smell was located and solved!

Yes Star you must! I know you had a terrible time giving birth but it is so important to get checked out. It was only painful-ish for me today because I had lots of mucus that needed moving. My last smear was a breeze, I didn't feel a thing!

I always feel it. It always hurts. It always takes about 20 minutes (I'm not exaggerating) for the nurse to get "in" and for me to calm down. Then that horrid scraping sensation stays with me for weeks after. ooooooh I can feel it now! Can't they offer a sedative before doing it?

I can't find anything definitive online but there appears to be anecdotal evidence that it has been done. Ask your GP. I'm sure they'd rather sedate you and get it done than scare you away.

star, I have a friend who is prescribed a single dose of valium which she takes before her appt - she always has to get someone to drive her there though!

valium safe while bf??

Hey all, well done on the developmental milestones!

Went to doc, she was v sympathetic, I've got to complete a questionnaire, similar to the 6 week one, and go back to see her tmrw.

I've been reading a few old threads and think I'm just gonna go for the drugs now. I found you on one thread CSWS...again!! You do get about don't you??

I feel better just for going and being taken seriously

Hurrah hmm! Glad you're feeling more positive. It's so good when someone actually listens to you and takes you seriously isn't it? Did you get to see the GP you wanted to see? Is she particulalry good? My favourite gp has gone to LA boooooooo! I used to request him as I would go in, tell him what was wrong, what I needed and he would just do as he was told. He treated me with respect and talked to me like an equal. I'm gutted he's not around anymore. I see CSWS sometimes on other threads and I saw ronshar too the other day. And as you know, I've found you on other threads too. I'm an MN whore, I'm all over the place!

Star - You might have a point there..... See here for info. But I am sure they can do something to help you. It's so important of you to be screened.

star - when i had my last smear they used a childs speculum (sp?) and a plastic scraper rather than a wooden one and it didn't hurt so much, but then i was only 8 weeks post partum when it was done.

Star - sorry I'll try that link again: here

Oh yeah, I've heard of that too Aubergenie/ Star.

I had a scrape when I went for a pre-coil test, that was to check for clamydia (sp?) and something else, will that do rather than a full smear? It was 6 weeks after the birth, what was I thinking?!?!? It wasn't THAT bad tho. I had a proper one just before became PG. I used to hate smears from the embarrassment factor but it's not quite such an issue since I've had a baby!!!

Ds loves his bouncer! He started off doing that one legged thing that your ds did MM, but he's started to figure out the bouncing bit. My friend told me about a baby she knew who had one and always wanted to bounce, so I just hope he doesn't turn out like that. Could get a bit tiresome...

I am such a muppet.
I just dashed to collect DS1 from school, hurtling along with buggy + DS2 trailing and wailing.
When I meet my neighbour coming the other way with DS1 whom she always collect for me on a monday.
I was very embarrassed at such a public display of stupidity .
I am sooo thankful we both chose the same route and I didn't miss her and turn up at the classroom demanding DS1
And I've got a zit today, FGS, I'm 40. When will they end?
Sorry.

yes HMM - you do have a new perspective on things that were once embarassing. I think getting help with bfing was the thing that really put an end to my prudishness. Various MWs and nurses 'shaping' my nipples. Lovely!

pepper haha how funny just lol!!!!

pepper haha how funny just lol!!!!

Oh God yes, all dignity goes out of the window doesn't it. I remember one of the hospital nurses manhandling my boobs the day after ds was born while my teenage neice cringed in the corner.

The funny thing is, one of my friends is training to be a breastfeeding supporter and they're not supposed to touch anyone's breasts at all.

Really?! I needed the help to be honest. I could always use an extra pair of hands with these monsters! To be honest I felt most strange when my community MW was helping me. She reminded me of my mum so it was a bit weird for me! We're not a vyer tactile family. Who needs a hug when a pat on the shoulder will do...