The Berry-Copter!!! (Early 2015 edition)

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Here we go! Here's to a big Berrie clusterdiff from the other thread and many a safe and healthy baby Berrie arrival in 2015!

RP yes it feels good to say that, still feels strange as well, like I'm an imposter! How are you getting on with sleep, did you start a routine? What age did you start? A kept me up until 5am last night so I'm not feeling great today!

We did start a routine around 8 weeks. It's quite loose though. We started by getting up at a uniform time each day (8.30) and then watching for sleepy cues as to when to put her down for her first nap. It is normally about 10/10.30. Then thereafter we do EASY routine, which is Eat Activity Sleep You time (). That's nice as its flexible so if she's tired we just curtail activity time and put her down earlier. Also works well if you have different patterns on different days etc, as its adaptable.

Getting up at the same time deffo helps IME.

What we still don't have is a proper bedtime! D still wants to go to bed with us.

We are currently hitting 4 mo sleep regression so will sort a proper bedtime when that's blown over.

....she will be weaning in 7w time and going to nursery in about 10w - !!

Fluffy nut - yes you can throw him out, he can go in the bloody dog house with mine....

Came home blotto last night and passed out (from standing) in the bathroom. Must have caught his nose on something, was blood all down his front. Managed to wake him finally and was incoherent but got him to stand up then he goes to pass out AGAIN but of course I catch him ... Finally got him to bed (spare obviously) we are NOT going to be friends today, we're certainly going to have a few choice words tonight.

Oh no Jelly! what a nightmare! every now and then my dh goes out with his mates always claiming how it's been ages...blah blah. I want to say ' yeah try since Oct last year (stopped drinking etc when started ivf) obviously I would do it all again in a heartbeat, but they go on like it's such a hardship being them!! I did tell mine in the end he was annoying me. I but my tongue when I had a reply I know your hormonal!!! erm, maybe, but your still annoying!!! haha!
Hope you're getting lots of treats today as a way of apologising

Jellie nightmare!!! Careful with hauling him about and having him fall on you - you're in an Interesting Condition, remember!

jellie boo to your DH and his very naughty behavior - I hope he has apologized suitably since and feels foolish. Sorry the baby show was tough and I do understand that you still feel it's a bit early to go shopping. For me the 20week scan was the turning point after which we decided to start getting things. As I have an increased risk of baby coming early. I am hoping to get pretty organized in the next month. Regarding heartbeats - our MW doesn't routinely do this either at 16 weeks as she says they can be very hard to find.

rp love hearing about your routines and life with Dodo. It makes me imagine and dream about the future. Sounds like both you and lady are doing so well!

fluffy thanks for the snugglebundl pointer - it looks great.

alittlebit welcome - this is definitely the right place for you if you're over 30 and have had a rocky road to conception (more than 12 months), there is a lot of understanding and good advice.

Can't remember who asked about nct - but I've also signed up for classes in July. I am also thinking of going to babycalm classes too.

In other news - it's been a bit of an excruciating week. Still battling with my cold (these things never seem to go away when you're pregnant, do they?). And was on a really intensive training course all week that culminated in 2 exams. Sure is a whole lot harder to concentrate when you have a little person kicking your ribs and bladder alternately (not that I would have it any other way). I just hope I did enough to pass. I have to say though that contrary to the dog-housed DHs, mine has been amazing this week. As the course involved about 11 hours of work every day plus a 2 hour commute, DH took over all cooking, washing up, etc for the week!

Hi all - thought I's better drop in with an update. We did have words although I met up with him after work at ASDA so couldn't fill him in on any more than the bare bones there. It has culminated in an almighty melt down (me) about lots of things (not all him! He's normally very good!) and now we're all okay again. I tend to soak things up and soak things up then SNAP! Sadly I put my tablet down while still in temper and I've broken the screen... sigh. Mr Jellie has however apologised and is making up for it so peace reigns.

RP - Yes I know about my condition! It was mostly why I was so upset about it.

Pearl - Yes I think I might start after the next scan. I'm just not much of a shopper really. If we can see what sex they are it might motivate me! And of course they will probably come early too. It was me that asked about NCT courses and we have booked up. I've heard they get booked up fairly quickly so didn't want to miss out! The one run by the midwives was during the day so we couldn't make it.

Righto - better push this hoover round! Hope you all have a fun weekend.

We did NCT and it has definitely been worth it for making friends with 7 other couples.

Jellie sorry was going for lighthearted but obviously only achieved patronising

Another BFP on the berry thread for Hampshireblues!

RP - PLease don't apologise! I didn't mean my comment as it looks! What I should have said is that I very much agree with your point and I wouldn't have been half so cross with him if I hadn't been upduffed! Please no - its me that should be Lets chalk it up to a berry silly text misunderstandment X

HOORAY for HB!

Received my date for the booking in appointment with the MW today - 9th June. Feels like progress

gill that's lovely. How are you feeling? Are you still having an 8 week scan or has that been scrapped given you've already had one?

jellie I think not being much of a shopper is an advantage - there is an overwhelming array of stuff out the, I am sure most of it unnecessary. If you fancy doing it all in one go, places like john lewis and mamas&papas have an advisory service which takes some of the stress out

bushy how are you? Haven't heard from you for a while?

Hello ladies! We've been away to the new forest over bank hol which was nice & been on half term so have only just caught up on here.

jellie your errant dh made me lol!! What a naughty rabbit!! Hope you're ok, sorry you broke your tablet. That's exactly the kind of thing that I'd do in the fit of a temper. Talking of temper before our trip away we had a humdinger of a row, I can't really remember why but it was the tone that my dh used with me in response to an innocent question that sent me over the edge. Was really tearful & angry after that. Not good. We did make up. I actually think I was a bit sensitive that day as the last time we went to stay with our friends in the new forest was when I was pg after IVF & then subsequently lost it so I suppose that might have been weighing on my mind.

Dh hasn't really been able to feel baby bushy much but after me worrying about her she seemed to go mental & he felt her moving lots one night when we were away. He was really chuffed. Her latest thing is getting really over active late at night. She also likes to get hooked really low down which can be pretty uncomfortable!!

My RL friend had her baby last w/e, a girl!! Was a bit worried they would use a name we liked but it wasn't one of our top ones. We saw them last night. Was a bit of a scary eye opener as baby is feeding nearly all the time, then filling nappy. It's constant. Friend said I should buy disposable pants to wear afterwards & loads of heavy duty sanitary towels as there is so much blood. Slightly scared now. Also as she's feeding her boobs are leaking so she's going through lots of bras and pads. I can't stand wearing a bra at the moment & find them really uncomfortable. Not sure what I'm going to do when I have to wear one for feeding & to contain leaking. Can our wise berries give us any advice?

This week seems to have zipped by. I'm hoping the w/e will slow down a bit as not ready to go back to school. Still on the plus side I only have 4 more weeks left; which is exciting & scary in equal measure!!

I am trying to move out of the study so we can turn it into a nursery. Going through 12 years of teaching crap is taking a long time!!

Bushy I bought a pack of cheap, black giant pants from tesco rather than use disposable pants, you want ones that come up higher than a c section scar in case that's necessary, so the waistband doesn't rub on the wound. I definitely needed thick maternity pads for at least a week. The bleeding becomes lighter but I was surprised how long it can go on for, even now at 5.5 weeks I had a little bit yesterday after feeding.
For bras, I bought one nursing bra a few weeks before the birth and wore it antenatally but once my milk came in it was too small and I needed one 2 cup sizes bigger. I also have some stretchy crop top-type nursing bras from mothercare which are very comfortable and good for sleeping in. I use washable breast pads but I don't leak much, usually just when I'm feeding from the other side.

You can also get breast shells, I haven't tried them but they collect the milk from the leaky side so that you can feed it to the baby.

Hello copter berries, I hope you don't mind me popping in but I'm after some advice / reassurance. Thank you for the congrats, it has been a long road to bfp. It's nice to see so many familiar names progressing well!

I woke up yesterday and all of the symptoms that I had that I was pg have gone. They weren't not overwhelming symptoms but enough to reassure me but they have vanished. DH is away so I am feeling pretty alone and don't know wether to test or to wait until either he is home or for our scan (but that is not until 10th). Is it possible for symptoms to come and go?

It is definitely possible, I went away for a week at 5 weeks and I kept stressing because my nausea, which was only very slight at that stage anyway, kept going away. I was a POAS addict and did cheapie tests every day to check they weren't getting lighter!

Thank you Lady ive just spoken to DH as I've spent the last hour crying hysterically and he is coming home. I have done another test and it is still positive so hopefully this is just hormones playing up!

Thank you Lady ive just spoken to DH as I've spent the last hour crying hysterically and he is coming home. I have done another test and it is still positive so hopefully this is just hormones playing up!

Hang in there HB, the weeks up to that first scan are so stressful and given your past history it's totally understandable why you are so anxious and emotional at the moment. Hugs

Is it possible to get a blood test over the next couple of days for reassurance HB?

Hi Gill thank you for the post. I am a little worried that they'll think I'm off my rocker to be honest!

HB congrats :)

They will totally understand. I hah to have an EPU scan with Dodo at 7w and cried when I saw the HB. They totally got it, and were lovely.

Go and ask, just to be reassured. The worst they can do is say no!

Btw I had no symptoms whatsoever except lack of AF until horrendous morning sickness hit at 6+6. How far along are you now?

Congratulations HB! Hope everything is going ok. My only early symptom was feeling like AF was gonna arrive and I lived on tender hooks for weeks still am. The worry is totally normal after all we've been through to get to this point but you can't do anything more than candle smuggle and take things easy...your body will decide what's best so try to think positive, relax ha and take each day as it comes. I heard laughter is the best thing and DH used to try and have me in stitches. I guess we just tried to show embie that it was very much wanted and focused on cautious optimism than fearing the worst and being miserable. Try and celebrate that you got this far if nothing else. Lots of hand holding and support available .