MSE Pregnancy Club III

astonsmummy

Hi all,
Just a flying visit, to say hi to everyone.
I've been pretty busy lately, and now am off to my nans anual birthday bash, it's gonna be mentalist, but I love it!
Baby warren is fine, 18+5, kicking the hell out of me and my bump seems to have grown massive in the last week! :j

cazscoob

i breastfed fine with middle 2 but did not succeed with baby 1 and had a lt of trouble with no 4, they were both greedy guzzling babies and too lazy to work for the milk? expressing is great as you know they are still getting the goodness! however after a bad case of mastitus(sp?) i gave up last time.

feelinggood_2

Toto wrote: »

Thanks so much, I would love for her to feed from me, I'll try the bath thing today. I really do appreciate all of your advice.

The NCT often have Breastfeeding Counsellors, are you a member?

I've got lots of books on breastfeeding (my Mum was a BF Counsellor and very pro BFing) and they all say not to panic. You can get BFing established quite a while after the birth, so make sure you relax and take it at your pace.

Best of Luck

Lu_T

iwantababy123 wrote: »

EDD
Sammie0782 - 6th November 2008
rachelleblondel - 7th November 2008
levers81 - 9th November 2008
emmaBZ - 10th November 2008
icklepiggle - 12th November 2008
kaza - 13th November 2008
MrsY - 18th November 2008
redballoon - 21st November 2008
rosies_mum - 21st November 2008
Sammiebmouse - 28th November 2008
Poppyjoe - 3rd December 2008
LashyLashla - 4th December 2008
Avfcforever - 7th December 2008
Verianna – 8 December 2008 (girl)
Paddington- 9th December 2008 - a girl!
miss_corerupted - 10th December 2008
giger - 5th December 2008
Skylight - 14th December 2008 - Whey-hey its not Xmas Day!
SeptemberBaby - 17 December 2008 (boy!)
Rara32 - 22nd December 2008
SallyCinnamon - 25th December 2008
Ladyra - 26th December!!
sooz - 5th Jan 2009 30th December 2008
Spendaholic13 - 31st December 2008
nesky99 - 4th January 2009
ladybirdintheuk - 5th January 2009
onlyroz - 7th Jan 2009
Flipper_72 - 8th January 2009
Madmoobag - 10th January 2009
Bekkki1 - 12th January 2009
boredjellybean - 13 January 2009
r.mac - 24th January 2009
Lday77 - 1st February 2009
spyrobabe - 5th February 2009 (C/section Offered 39W- Its a Boy!)
Jamz (well Mrs Jamz) - 7th February 2009
3onitsway - 9 February 2009
sampainter - 11th February 2009
lucifa73 - 11th February 2009
cazscoob - 16 February 2009
durham05 - 17 February 2009
MrsHayes - 20 February 2009
bargainbird - 21 February 2009
voodoozoe - 23rd February 2009
Mikeboy - 28th February 2009
My Fathers Daughter - 2nd March 2009
happytails - 3rd March 2009
carrieparkinson - 4th March 2009 (ish)
Millie's Mum - 7 March 2009
new mum again - 10 March 2009
Redmel1621 - 12th March 2009
jenkellyxx - 12th March 2009
angelfairy - 13 March 2009 - Fri 13th it is so NOT happening on that day
CanadaBound - 14 March 2009
Snuffilin - 15 March 2009
Astroming - 15 March 2009
olliesmummy06 - 16 march 2009
bathbabe - 17 March 2009
crazyaboutsaving - 18 March 2009
Cookiesncream/cookie304 - 19th March 2009 (could change though!!)
JanineGr - 19th March 2009 (by my reckoning)
taney - 19th March 2009
Choccie - 22 March 2009
angchris - 24th march 2009
candygirl's daughter - 26th March 2009
mrsctobe! - prob march 2009 but having a little confusion over due date!
jakesmummy - 31st March 2009
bloomin freezing - 2nd April 2009
slscarborough - 8th April 2009
newmum1 – 9th April 2009
sparkle03 - 15th April 2009
sismith42- 19 April 2009
astonsmummy - 20th April 2009
feelinggood - 20th April 2009
emma-uk – 21st April 2009
Cat4772 - 22nd April 2009
xredwebx - 22nd April 2009
cybermum- 26th April 2009
Ems2 - 29 April 09
freyaluck - 4th May 2009
Kathy72- 5th May 2009
Claire Jones - 6th May 2009
RiaAnn - 8th May 2009
shellsuit - 9th May 2009
Icklebeans - 13th May 2009. Twins!!!
MrsTine - 16th May 2009
Krystaltips - 17th May 2009
Candice56 - 18th May 2009
greent - 19th May 2009
ticklepenny – 22 May 2009
Blottedcopybook - 28th May 2009
Sami_Bee - 3rd June 2009
Stargirl12 - 4th June 2009
Filmstar - 11th June 2009
Mookiandco - 12th June 2009
Saverram_ 13th june 2009
searching_me 16th June 2009
Hedgehog28 - 19th June 2009
armybike's wife - 21st June (Father's Day!!)
mirrorimage0-- 27th june (by my guess)
mollythewestie - 27th june
pinkpig08 - 27th June
maryjane01 - 01 July
angela6834 - 5th July
Nicole136 - 8th July
Alex1234 - 10th July
elle_gee - 10th July
Lu T - 17 July

TTC LIST
witchyroo
sjm
Fishcake_random
Lesleydejager
jo_jo
picklesmum
durham_girl
likabu
Pooky
emptypocketz
Miss_pink & Mr Pink
Boobylou
lilmrsmullen
jiblets1
Lillian06
Uisge10
CHARLIE54
Andrea78
AnnieM
Wondermum07
Melvis
Janec08
Helen79
iwantababy123

BIRTH LIST
Sarahsaver - Baby Girl - Florence - 2 October 2008 at 2:47am weighing 7lb 15oz
Foreversomeday – boy – Ryan – 5 October 2008 at 7:35am weighing 6lb 11oz
Heather38 – boy – 16 October 2008 at 8:24pm weighing 9lb 5oz
Pisces - boy - 15th October 2008 - just over 7lb
Lwcus78 - Sam 22nd Oct by emergency c-section 6 weeks early 4lbs 9oz
Sarahh112 - boy - Ethan James - 24th October @ 11:07am via the sunroof weighing a whopping 6lb 7oz! (which is huge for a baby of mine)
BargainAholic - 25th October 2008 - Charlie Harry born at 22.44 by emergency C section weighing in 9lb 3.5oz!
Daisykate124 28th October @ 10.19am Lillya Alice 9llbs 110z c/s
Bonniethemadcat - 2nd November - Daniel David 4lb 60z emergency c/s
Emms - 8th November at 23:21 Isla Jadyn 7lbs 11oz. 6 days early
Toto - 19th November at 5.41am Lily-Anne

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST
Usually allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list...
CJ2405 - 2 October 2008
Jmarko's wifey - 4 October 2008
Mell242 - 7 October 2007
madcasey500 - 12th October 2008
Danielle_Kenzies-Mum - 20th October 2008
Doodledoodle24 - 22nd October 2008
pollyanna24 - 22nd October 2008
sarahriley53-1st November 2008

Can I join in please? I was a member back in 2006 when Bailey started the original club and we had a girl - Imogen - on Boxing Day that year. I'm now pregnant with baby #2 and hoping things continue to be straight-forward as I'm not 'safe' yet. I do feel more pregnant that I ever did at this stage with Imogen - wind, sickness, tiredness, a bump for goodness' sakes!

Looking forward to the mutual support again, it was invaluable last time.

Lu_T

rosies_mum wrote: »

So all in all, not the best day for me! Still I'm a bit more relaxed now about bubs being back to back, its not the end of the world, will just go with the flow! If the pain gets too bad and it doesn't move in labour, will have to overcome the fear and have an epidural, the thoughts of needles will be forgotten if the pains that bad! So no due date baby for me...... send some nice labour vibes my way ladies, don't fancy waiting for induction on 5th Dec!

Hugs to all x

Rosie - Imogen was back to back (not that we knew that in advance). I don't want to scare you so look away now if you don't want some details about what it MIGHT do to your labour.

Still with me? Okay. My labour was off and on for 5 days, mainly overnight. I coped at home for 2 of them and, despite not a lot of sleep, felt okay. The contractions weren't too bad most of the time. I went in to the birth unit where I was booked three times and was sent home twice even though my contractions were close together as I wasn't much dilated. We still didn't know at this point that she was back to back.

On the final time I used a lot of gas and air and got in the pool, which really helped. By now the contractions weren't the problem as they came and went, my back pain was the big problem as it didn't go away. Apparently she was not only progressing downwards but was trying to turn through 180 degrees at the same time.

Long story short I had a 'blues and twos' trip to the local maternity ward as the birth unit was midwife-led and there was a suspicion of LO having an infection, as well as me starting not to cope with the pain. My first words on the ward were "epidural now" and I had practically drained the gas & air on the ambulance as I was taking it constantly instead of with my contractions.

After 17 hours of established labour I had an emergency section as she still hadn't turned properly and I was 9.5cm dilated. I never got to push.

What I now know is that back to back labours tend to be long and drawn out, with back pain a major sympton. Imogen looked like she'd been ten rounds with Mike Tyson as her face had been pressed against various boney bits inside me. This took at least 2 weeks to settle, although we still thought she was beautiful!

Not sure if this was any help? I had a birth plan and had wanted it to be as natural as possible with as little time as possible anywhere other than home. I ended up with drugs to speed up my contractions, antibiotics, 3 epidurals and a spinal block, an emergency section and 3 days in hospital!

This time, I'll just be going with the flow. I wanted a home water birth but OH has ruled that out cos it was too traumatic seeing me in that much pain last time.

redmel1621

Congratulaions on the pregnancy Lu T, I hope labour is much more straightforward for you this time round!!!

Mel x

redmel1621

I was a bit naughty (and not very mse, i'm afraid) I had a buy now pay later for my catalogue, so I got a few bits including a Graco baby swing, which is 2 in 1 swing and bouncer....it has vibrate, music and electric swing modes, it looks great.

I am planning on paying it off before it is due to start payments on it, so won't be charged any interest (I know catalogues are dearer anyway) I just really wanted it!!

Mel x

elle_gee

Hi all..

I'm having such a lazy day. Slept in until half two and I'm still not dressed! Do Morrisons have a dress code, or do you think I could go in my PJs to save me getting dressed at all today? Last night our friends were saying "get as much sleep as you can before you have a baby" (they still don't know).. think I took it too literally!

Congrats to Lu T. I've been waiting for ages for someone to add themselves to the list and me not be bottom anymore, but judging by the EED re-estimate I had yesterday, I'm now looking at 21st July so I'd still be bottom! Waiting until 12wks before I change it though.

Really glad your scan went well MollyTW. Have you got a date through for your 12wk-ish NHS one yet?

mollythewestie

elle_gee wrote: »

Really glad your scan went well MollyTW. Have you got a date through for your 12wk-ish NHS one yet?

Thanks elle_gee! I am still waiting for my NHS one, I have my booking in with midwife on 2nd December, so I will probably hear after that. I will hopefully get the scan before xmas - (I turn 12 weeks on 12/12/08), but knowing how long I have had to wait for a midwife appointment, I doubt it :rolleyes: .

ETA: Welcome back to the pregnancy board Lu T!

elle_gee

mollythewestie wrote: »

Thanks elle_gee! I am still waiting for my NHS one, I have my booking in with midwife on 2nd December, so I will probably hear after that. I will hopefully get the scan before xmas - (I turn 12 weeks on 12/12/08), but knowing how long I have had to wait for a midwife appointment, I doubt it :rolleyes: .

Last time, when I went for my booking in appointment, they had all my notes there ready and the midwife had already phoned up and booked my scan for me so I got the time and date info when I was there - first thing they told me, actually!