Due February 2021 💕

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@Thegirlhasnoname 4th Feb Boy- Born 25th Jan Isaac
@IamC Baby Girl born 28th Jan Norah
@OnNaturesCourse 12th Feb Boy-Born 29th Jan
@Char41zam 13th Feb Girl- Born 30th Jan Leila
@Ironmummy28 1st Feb Surprise- Born 1st Feb Girl Florence
@Piccalily19 7th Feb-Born 3rd Feb Zachary
@Baby2onboard 13th Feb- Born 3rd
@Pampero 22nd Feb-Born 5th Feb Isobella
@MacMummy95 4th Feb Girl- Born 4th
@Wannabe123 19th Feb- Born 19th Archie
@SearchingForToes 11th Feb-Born 9th Boy
@Babydust2412 3rd Feb-Born 10th Avery
@Lnbarne 8th Feb-Born 10th Lydia Jean
@ExhaustedMumofsix 30th Jan-Born 13th Arya Danielle
@babbit87 16th Feb-Born 15th Feb Brooke
@Dorset555 7th Feb-Born 15th Feb Poppy

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@017HF 7th Feb Surprise
@Ohtheheartburn 8th Feb Boy

@Muriel84 10th Feb Surprise
@SearchingForToes 11th Feb Surprise
@MrsMesh 13th Feb Boy
@Little11 13th Feb Surprise
@BattenburgBerry 20th Feb Surprise
@Ariana87 20th Feb
@Nursey1993 20th Feb Girl
@TeaPiglet** 20th Feb Surprise
@Snorlax86 21st Feb Surprise
@Jbx10 22nd Feb Girl
@Stef92 23rd Feb Boy
@Summertime1992 23rd Feb Girl
@ClockSpanner 24th Feb Boy
@Bambino87 25th Feb Surprise
@Faithfulbird20 25tb Feb Surprise
@TooManyDinosaurs1 26th Feb Surprise
@LBoz39 26th Feb Surprise
@Newmumfeb2021 27th Feb Surprise
@BL89 28th Feb Surprise
@Theonewheretherewas4 4th March

@babydust2412 @Char41zam @jbx10 so lovely to hear from you all. Thanks for the advice about bottles. We’re still having formula top up at night otherwise he’s breast fed so maybe it is the bottle giving him night time tummy ache. I’ve tried mam though have mainly been using Tommy tippee. I got an avent anti colic bottle yesterday so maybe will ditch the tommee tippee. Tried infacol but only for a few days. Maybe need to stick with it. Was hard giving it before every feed cos he was going through a phase of lots of short feeds. Might be easier now he takes longer feeds.

I think he might be going through a growth spurt/leap @jbx. He’s very unsettled today wants to be held the whole time. I don’t know what I’d have done without the dummy... it’s been a lifesaver. Tips to get her to take it - this might not be best practice but I sometimes give it at my chest if he just wants to suckle cos he does crazy things to my nipples when he’s fussing and there’s only so much I can take! 🙈 also I sometimes wiggle it a little and hold it there. He likes the nuk ones which are flat. The bigger ones aren’t so comfy. I can’t let him suckle 18 hours a day which I’m sure he would if he could... I use the dummy at night if he’ll take it as well the lullaby trust recommend it. I don’t think babs likes sleeping on his back especially when his belly aches x x x

@jbx10 i had to try a few times with the dummy to get my son to take it but just persevered and he finally took it. I’ve also ordered these as apparently they are designed to be similar to breast but haven’t tried them yet so can’t give an opinion but reviews seem good! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07LGYCG8W/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

@Muriel84 have you guys tried gripe water? My little guy has really bad wind and if I don’t get it all out before I lie him down at night he just tosses and turns for ages until I pick him up and get rid of it, or he just farts repeatedly and ends up waking me up - I’m sure he’ll be delighted when he grows up if he ever learns I’ve been discussing his wind habits in depth! The gripe water seemed to help when it was at its worst!

@017HF I literally just went out and bought these yesterday!! Thank you. Tried her with these last night she hasn't taken to them yet still but definitely more interested 😂 I will keep trying.

@Muriel84tried your tip putting the dummy near my breast when she's tying to suckle for comfort - it worked !! She is definitely getting better.

Hey guys, I'm really struggling. Maybe I've been naive as this is my first, but all my baby girl does is cry, the moments where she doesn't cry are really rare. I don't blame her as there have been feeding issues and I know if she's crying she needs something. I spend hours trying to make sure all her needs are met but by the time I get her to sleep I get an hour if she's on me and 10 minutes in her Moses basket. My question is, should it be this hard?

@BL89 I have had the same feelings this passed week so I totally understand where your coming from. Especially as FTM I just haven't been sure if things should be this hard. My baby has been settled up until this passed week and it feels like all she's done is cry and just want to be on my breast!

Im not sure how old your LO is but mine was 5 weeks on Monday and has been going through a leap and I really think that's what's been causing her to be so unsettled - she seems to be coming out of it now. I would recommend wonderweeks app it explains the leaps & timelines.

I really feel your pain. Just know your doing an amazing job ❤️ you know your baby more than anyone and it may just be going through a fussy phase xx

Mine is the same, have a feeling she may be cluster feeding though as I only get a 30 mins break in-between me feeding, winding and settling before she wants more. HV says it's their way of telling your body to produce more milk but my god it's exhausting. She's 3 weeks today.

I've struggled with her feeds since she was born and asked them to check for tongue tie when she was less than a week old but it was ruled out. The feeding specialist has confirmed she does have tongue tie but they won't be able to divide it until the end of April.

She's 6 weeks old and she's never been easy to feed or settle. We've been so let down from labour until now that we don't even know whether to trust that it is tongue tie.

It's hard not to despair when I can't enjoy her because she's so distressed all the time ☹️

How is everyone's recovery going? I had to have stitches and they have all now dissolved my LO will be 6 weeks old on Monday and I am looking forward to be able to DTD with my OH but I'm also nervous!! Has anyone else been intimate with their OHs yet? How do you know if your fully healed 🥴 xx

@BL89 that sounds really tough, an unsettled baby coupled with sleep deprivation is hard going. Does she settle in her pram or in a carrier? Could you have someone else take her out for a while whilst you get some sleep if she does? I don’t know much at all about tongue tie but a friend’s friend who had a baby recently had tongue tie and she ended up switching from breast to bottle feeding, obviously not for everyone esp if you are keen to breastfeed but could you express instead? That might not be an option - it seems such a long time for them to keep you waiting to sort it in any case. Hope you’re doing okay though!

@jbx10 fortunately I didn’t end up needing any stitches but still nothing here and I’m nervous about it too for some reason, i reckon I need another few week’s of pelvic floor exercises before I can even consider it - plus I’m not sure when I’d even get the time!!

@jbx10 I had a c section and healed really quickly so ended up dtd at around 5 weeks postpartum. I was very nervous too but there was no reason to be in the end 💙 our relationship has been more strained since having our boy because we don't get time together and there's less intimacy so getting things back on track has given us some of that back 💙 xx

@babydust2412 @017HF thank you both. Our relationship is also strained since our baby girl was born feel like 2 passing ships constantly so I am keen to have that big of intimacy again. I think I'll hold back another week & see how we feel xx

@jbx10 it definitely helps you to feel closer again. Just whenever you're ready don't push yourself if you don't feel it's right yet 💙

Hi everyone! I missed this thread and managed to find it again yay.
@BL89 my boy was exactly the same at that age, he’s now 9 weeks and a lot better this last week if that gives you hope. Getting him on the dummy and focusing more on getting to nap has been key
We also had the exact same with tongue tie, paid to get it done privately in the end at 7 weeks as the waiting list was a joke. It’s helped a tonne.
Hope it’s got better for you since you posted!
@jbx10 we did at week 6 but it was a very formal get the first try done kinda thing, where my stitches were burned a bit but we powered through. Haven’t done it since mind 😆

My little boy is already showing signs of teething at 2 months bless him, anyone else's baby doing that already? Xx

@babydust2412 my little boy has been dribbling and chewing his fists for the last week which I know can be signs but I’m not 100%, is that what your little one is doing?

@babydust2412 two months already! Mine is drooling a lot too. Not sure what that means. I couldn’t cope with teething right now I’ve just recovered from a nipple blister and had a fairly painless week of breast feeding which is a first.

Impressed at you guys DTD. I would love to but everything is such a mess down there. I now think I have a prolapse as still have the sensation of things falling out when I walk. It’s so awful I don’t know how I’ll ever have sex again. Wishing I had a section the forceps did so much damage. X x x

I can't believe our babies are approaching 2 months old!! It doesn't seem 2mins since we were all welcoming our little ones one by one.

So we ended up DTD last week as it was our anniversary, well we tried. I did stop as I had a burning sensation nothing too bad. We will try again this week. It was nice to have some level of intimacy after soo long. @Muriel84 oh no sorry to hear you are still recovering, I had no idea forceps could cause soo much damage!

My LO is dribbling and suckling on hand Don't think she's teething just yet! I don't think I'm quite ready to deal with teething😂 has anyone's babies had their first jabs yet? How were they xx

@jbx10 we have ours on Friday - not looking forward to it for obvious reasons. I remember my first wasn’t particularly phased, unlike his mum who was a mess so hopefully no real dramas this time around and he isn’t too fussed - need to remember to get calpol to take for the MenB vaccine as it can cause them to have a raised temperature afterwards! And yes - the past 2 months have flown by in a blur of sleeplessness, sore boobs and a seemingly endless nappy changes but it’s been wonderful! x

@jbx10 I know! I still remember some people’s positive test result announcements from the TTC thread- crazy!
My LO has had his jabs, he had a good little cry but was fine after a cuddle. Gave him calpol straight after and he had no fever ☺️ his tongue tie being cut the week before was way way worse!

@Muriel84 I've name changed for this as I've posted about multiple prolapse under this name before but I've been on this thread.. though admittedly totally not kept up with it since having baby. However read your post just now and want to say that I think I understand how you feel and feel compelled to write. Sorry for the long post in advance!

I got a prolapse after my first. I was devastated and honestly I'm still not fully over the idea that my body has had this happen. Firstly, I'm sure you're nowhere near enough time post birth to worry about sex and feeling normal down there yet. I think it took me till maybe 4m post birth to feel ok again and it's never been the same but it's been a new normal that is ok. I think the 6w check gave me this idea that by then I'd be fine and I wasn't and that didn't help. It takes so much longer to really heal. I've gone on to have 2 more babies now and the prolapse hasn't affected pregnancy or delivery. At the end of pregnancy your uterus 'lifts' a bit so actually wasn't symptomatic at all then which was nice. Post this baby I've been struggling with the feeling of heaviness when I'm upright and once my stitches healed I've been able to once again put my finger in and push the prolapse up whilst doing a kegel and that gets rid of the feeling for some time.. so maybe you can try this to see if you can get comfy. But it is weird and hard at first as you have to be relaxed and it's anything but. I don't know if you've asked to be referred to gynae or urogynae but please do. I was going to be seen then covid happened and pregnancy again but my apt is actually next week now and I'm looking forward to trying to find a solution..though I'm not ready for surgery at this point or anything drastic. Again I'm sure you're doing your pelvic floor exercises but worth seeing a physio too.

But yes I don't like having to live with this but it has gotten better and I believe we will be ok..but push for what you need from your GP etc and I hope that in a few more months you feel better and more recovered.

Hey all! Leila is definetly teething I have had to get ashtons powders for her yesterday, none of my others have teethed as young as this! Her nappies are horrendous. We have dtd twice but first time my c section scar was to sore, we have had long discussions and I think my oh is going for the snip as we can’t stand condoms and I can’t take any contraceptive as I have a reaction to everything and there is no way we are having anymore I couldn’t go through it again.

Hope everyone & their little ones are doing well!! Myla is getting much more aware now and I'd love to get her a few toys to help stimulate her. Does anyone have any toys they'd recommend that their LOs loved? Xxx

@jbx10 James loves his play gym - the one we have got plays music and animal sounds and you can change what is hung up for him to hit and kick. When he is older, there are ball pit balls that can be added. There's also a small cushion for tummy time, which I've just tried him on today and he was no fazed. Try Argos for play gyms

@jbx10 Zach loves his Kick and Play mat by fisher price ☺️ He loves kicking the piano keys and also loves the song mode for tummy time

@Stef92 @Piccalily19 thank you ladies went on a toy shopping spree yesterday so she has lots of choice now!!

My baby has her first set of jabs today 😢 I'm dreading it!! Anyone else had theirs yet? How were your babies xxx