March 2009 - The crawling / walking / talking race is on . . .

[jollyjoanne]

the new thread for March 09 mummies

Am I right (possibly not !) in thinking that those clear blue thingummies count from the date of conception so that would in fact make you 7 weeks in medical terms ? I thought I'd read it on here somewhere but might be worng.

Yes you're right - it said "3+ weeks", which makes me at least 5 weeks preggers...

oh ok. I did wonder that after posting.

Have you told DP yet ??

He's home at about 11:30 tonight...

Yay boobz!

How did it go Boobz ?!

OOOOOh Boobz how exciting . . . hope it all went well with breaking the news.

Not much to report here. Mae has been full of cold and an awful cough and now has an inhaler as she is so wheezy. Sounds like she could be asthmatic like her mummy.

Corgi hope you have a good time in the US.

And I hope everyone else also has a good Xmas, just in case I don't get chance to pop on here in the next week or so.

Lau good luck with finding a new job or sorting a new post in your current one. I feel so lucky that my employer is very understanding and that my colleagues are all lovely.

Wheely glad that L was good for the christening and as always I am looking forward to the cute photos.

Thanks for the good wishes all, things have picked up a bit but will be seriously thinking about reducing hours around march (will be putting in a working from home request for 2 days a week from Jan) as really missing the boys.

Gabriel opened his first Christmas present today (my parents are only over from Spain for this weekend)and also mastered a sippy cup on his own, so we're very proud

Thanks for all the congratulations! DH was a bit shocked but now very much looking forward to it. Phew!

Am going away for 2 weeks over Xmas so won't be around to post much, but will report back with EDD when I have my dating scan on Jan 4th.

Merry Christmas all!

Congrats, Boobz/ALBP! It is exciting, wonderful stuff. Glad you DH is glad, I think mine will have a coronary!

Yarnie, yes you can take it off, but you have to pull quite hard. Don't do it while baby inside.

Corgi, good luck on trip, one of my friends has just flown from USA to SA and she was suprised by how well it went. Hope he surprises you too!

Kanga, sounds like much fun in your household. LB loves his nieces and even though they're 9 and 7, the three of them manage to play and fool around and he just lights up.

I'm feeling a bit disheartened by B's well, tbh, relatively bad sleeping. Thing is, he used to sleep so well and it's hard to adjust to a baby that wakes often, wanting milk sometimes, sometimes just trying to stand up and so firth. Ok, I admit, he was teething like mad, and he was sick for a week, but now he's fine and he's still not sleeping as well as he used to. He is growing incredibly fast (83cm) and is also now standing unsupported for a few seconds (as if testing the waters). I sometimes curse the 'experts' and books that tell you how things should be, because if he cries at night, I go to him, and comfort him. But then you read the books and now I'm worried about teaching him night-time sleep dependency, and that he'll start feeding at night again permanently, and....will he ever sleep through, for more than two nights in a row?!!! I now wake him from naps, so that he doesn't sleep more than 3 hours during the day, but I think if it continues I'll probably try shortening his naps. Sigh.
I posted a pic a while back.

Hope we hear from meep and slick soon. But Merry merry to y'all!

Great pic Mdvaza ! Hmm.. on the sleep, I don't know what to say. My dd1 started as a great sleeper and then went backwards (then forwards, then backwards again) during teething episodes. It is hard once you get used to it being good. DD2, on the otherhand, has never slept as well as DD1 did at ten weeks. But, because she is so much better than she was (except for last night - teeth) I feel much better about it.

If its any consolation once dd1 stopped teething she's been a v. good sleeper... except when she's excited about something - like tonight and she's still awake !!

oh, and I don't know if this will make you feel better but dd2 hardly sleeps in the day - I reckon most days she has about a total of an hour's sleep and often not in one go. BUt she sleeps less at night if she has more so am guessing she just doesn't need a great deal of sleep.

Thanks Wheely, like I say, I think I need to get rid of some of my "shoulds" and "ought to's"! He slept a long sleep n the morning until 1, and then nothing further until bedtime, so I'll be interested to see what the night brings. But then again, he's been touching his bottom-left gum the whole day, and drooooooooooling, so there is a tooth on its way.

Wow mdavza fab standing pic! Gabe barely sleeps in the day so DH tells me, maybe an hour in the morning and an hour at night. He will sleep through the night from about 8pm but we were quite shocked after DS1 who slept 2 hours in the morning until 3 and will still also sleep 3 hours in the pm if we let him!

Mdavza if it's any consolation Melissa has never slept through the night - I'm not even sure if she's ever made more than four hours on the trot! I'm now making efforts to sleep train her - for the last four nights I've not fed her when she wakes, just patted her back to sleep - which hasn't been too bad. I'm hoping that I will be rewarded for this soon by her not waking at all, but it hasn't happened yet. I really can't remember the last time I had a full nights' sleep, as I had insomnia during pregnancy [knackered emoticon]

Quick can anyone think of a way to market baby/toddler snot? We've got a goldmine here!

Ewwww Lau! I hate wiping noses. DD1 is just getting to the point of being able to deal with her own snot which is a blessed relief.

Feeling quite festive with all the snow! Now if only our dining room wasn't quite so darned cold What's everyone doing for crimbo? We're hosting DP's family here, which should be nice.

Hey everyone, hope no one is being too inconvenienced by the weather! We're going to try and brave the rails to South Wales tomorrow, I am currently shaking my fist at the sky and swearing at it.

Guess who is still here and going nuts at 39+1?

I've turned down several inductions so far (even since the section was cancelled and despite considerable pressure) but am going to wave my white flag when I next speak to them and agree to an induction - they've as good as said they won't stop pestering me until I either agree or go into labour!! The attempted sweep yesterday came to nothing because the poor cow (although not as 'poor' as me - why did nobody tell me how bloody fecking painful they are??!) couldn't even reach my cervix. Have come to the conclusion they're just not going to come out on their own.

Anybody here with any experience of inductions? They have a history in my family of going badly so i was really keen to avoid.

hi all

poor loli , i do sympathise....why was the section cancelled? I have had 2 inductions...one with a gel and one with the 'latest': a string they insert for about 24 hours. Both have pros and cons. The last with no5 baby, resulted in an overnight stay but was more gentle, but because baby was not engaged, the ARM really speeded things up. in both cases it was the ARM that was the start of real labour for me. good luck, are you going in over christmas?

mismod, we are just at home on our own, but will be noisy chaotic and exciting all the same.

so i will wish all our March (April and February too) babies a very happy first christmas....

merry christmas everyone xxx

Hi kanga

Was cancelled not long after I last posted because the breech twin (twin 1) managed to co-operate and turn head down! I was certain he'd turned but the midwife I saw told me he was still breech. Saw cons. not long after who confirmed that twin 1 was head down . Part of me wishes I hadn't bothered cancelling it now though, at least they'd be out by now!

Not sure when I would be going in, desperate as I am to have them out I don't want to spent Christmas in hospital so if I can indicate I want to avoid that then I shall. Thus far they've plucked the dates for me on all the offered inductions and on the now-cancelled section so I'm not entirely sure the amount of "power" I have on this one, so to speak. It's all so so different to last time around!

Thanks for the info re: inductions btw, my anecdotes from mum, auntie etc are all outdated now, think I'm just trying to jutsify my rubbish reasons (mainly pig-headed desire to retain some control, and pride!) to have continually turned down the induction. I do have my limits though and can see that having them helped out is probably the best option. I don't want to get too fixed on anything mentally because after all, still a significant chance i'll end up with an emergency section anyway!

Hope everybody is well and has a very Merry Christmas And huge congrats to Boobz, by the way!!

Good Luck Loli... I was induced with dd1 and it didn't work BUT it was 3 weeks early and I didn't even go into labour with dd2 at term so I think I have a problem with going into labour. I think the fact you have gone into labour on your own is in your favour for an induction.

We're off to MILs tomorrow for the festivities so happy christmas everyone ! Hope the LOs enjoy their first christmases (DD1 has been ill with something which may or may not have been swine flu so really hoping dd2 does not come down with it).

Good luck for a good birth Loli, whenever or however it may happen x

Wheely hope your LO stays healthy.

Lau hope you managed to get to Wales OK, and that all the snotty noses have cleared up.

I've sent Mae to nursery today even though I am not in work, just to have a little bit of peace and quiet before all the action tomorrow and boxing day.

Anyway hope you all have a fantastic Christmas x

jolly Thanks we're a lot better though Gabe's been given some antibiotics (the yellow banana smelling stuff) for his chest.

loli any news?

My induction is booked for Jan 1st but have been very mildly contracting ten minutes apart since yesterday morning, so hopefully things will speed up soon!

Hope you all had a great Christmas.