MSE Pregnancy Club XV

BeenieCat

Glamazon wrote: »

You sound like a stalker :rotfl:
Best to wait the full 2 weeks - don't wanna upset anyone!

:rotfl: I randomly check the people near the top whose names i don't recognise to see if they've posted news elsewhere hehe, so yeah i am a stalker (aswell as obsessed with updating the list:o)
:rotfl:

Glamazon

BeenieCat wrote: »

:rotfl: I randomly check the people near the top whose names i don't recognise to see if they've posted news elsewhere hehe, so yeah i am a stalker (aswell as obsessed with updating the list:o)
:rotfl:

don't worry it's all cool! :cool:

Right off to bed - hope I don't snore too much poor OH not getting much sleep (he better get used to it!) :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Welcome Gymfiend! Glad your scan went well.

On the BF question, I don't think anyone should ever feel guilty for their choices. A happy baby needs a happy mummy is my motto and you need to do what is right for you.

Just to add though that even if you only breastfeed for the first month or so your baby will still get lots of the most important antibodies from your milk during that time. Not trying to put pressure on you, but thought you might like to know.

I definitely want to give BF a go, but won't beat myself up if it doesn't work out for us.

Sorry to barge in (as usual) I just want to say; Anyone wanting to BF I suggest thinking hard and discussing with your partner before bubba is here. A lot of mum's that give up BFing and go on to FF end up feeling guilty about it for a long time because they didn't realise how much they cared about it until it was too late IYSWIM.
If you really want to BF then try to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible beforehand - read books, visit local booby group, have helplines etc at the ready for when the time comes.

I hope you all understand what I mean, its just I wish someone had told me that before I had Chris so I would have been ready to face the early struggles and know that they are totally normal and hopefully I would have managed to BF him for a decent amount of time.

also not sure if anyone has already posted but another Asda Baby Event starts on 15th Sept, there is an ad for it in the latest Asda mag

elastigirl

ooh i hope i sleep tonight. It has been 3 years since hubbys grandad died and all day little odd things have been going on. Or sons window was open fully just now when it was shut when he went to bed we have very strong windows with safety catches on so he couldn't have opened it and even without them on he still wouldn't be able to press the button down and push the window open at the same time. It was past the point of the safety catch. Theyare so child proof even we struggle if we want to open them fully.
We have been down stairs with all the doors open and could hear ds running around in his and our room so we went up to put him back in bed as he has a new huge cabin bed that he can't get in or out of very well but he was snoring away in bed all tucked up where we left him.
Around tea time hubby smashed his head into some over head cupboard doors that were open in the computer room, he had a right go at me for not shutting them but i didn't open them. There is nothing in there that i would need and i can barley reach them being only 4'10 And we both generally just keep hearing noises. Spooky!

oh and on my phone there is some video footage on there of our lounge lights and a strong male irish voice saying i am over here. I have never seen that footage before in my life and i know i haven't recorded anything. It is quite scary! even hubby agrees it is very scary and odd.

BeenieCat

lol elasti, i hope your OH's head is okay :eek:

Tis spooky though!

Sami_Bee

Fitzio wrote: »

There are other things like travel cot, highchair etc, but nothing that is essential early on. I just hope we have enough nappies and stuff.
Was it you SJ who said you had 100+ in Size 1? Do babies stay in Size 1 for long enough to use that many (I really have no clue!)?

We got through 11 packs of size 1 nappies
6 or 8 (can't remember how many I got ) size two's and we're just starting on the size 3's.
If you have both huggies and pampers sz1's use the huggies ones first because they are smaller
HTH x

BeenieCat

Sami i'm so amazed you know how many you went through, do you keep a notebook with all your masses of info?

elastigirl

I really laughed at him but he wasn't impressed at all. He really thought i had done it going on about just because i am a short !!!! it doesn't mean i can leave cupboard doors open. I didn't do it honest. I think he believes me now with the other things. The window scared me as ds has a cabin bed it is now at window height and he could have fallen out if he had tried to close it.

Kavinam

Hiya girlies.

Quite a few nightowls on here tonight, usually only one or 2 at this time. lol.

Just came on for a quick catch up before bed, feeling much better about having nothing in now as there are people further on than me in the same boat.
But i did win a lot on freecycle tonight have to go and collect it tomorrow after work so im starting already :rotfl:

Im 16 weeks tomorrow :T i found out at 4 weeks and it seems like it was only yesterday. Oh where does the time go.

elle_gee

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Sorry to barge in (as usual) I just want to say; Anyone wanting to BF I suggest thinking hard and discussing with your partner before bubba is here. A lot of mum's that give up BFing and go on to FF end up feeling guilty about it for a long time because they didn't realise how much they cared about it until it was too late IYSWIM.
If you really want to BF then try to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible beforehand - read books, visit local booby group, have helplines etc at the ready for when the time comes.

I hope you all understand what I mean, its just I wish someone had told me that before I had Chris so I would have been ready to face the early struggles and know that they are totally normal and hopefully I would have managed to BF him for a decent amount of time.

Hey all.. Sami's shadow barging her way in as well

Just want to second what Sami said. Arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible, particularly of the things that can be wrong. Many a time do issues come up like flu-like symptoms and boob pain and it's not immediately linked to breastfeeding (it's mastitis) so it gets worse, you don't get the treatment (antibiotics from the docs) and then get close to giving up on breastfeeding. Other times, you might get a really painful lump in your boob, it could well be a blocked duct - hot flannels and keep feeding/expressing to get rid of it

Arm yourself with what can go wrong and what you can do about it, so you don't end up with a middle of the night panic, stress and reaching for the formula if that's not what you want. Of course I'm not saying anything against formula, just that if you want to breastfeed it's easier to continue if you know the pitfalls and solutions too

If you need help, just shout out for us on the Parent Thread. There are many success breastfeeders there, many chosen formula feeders, many moved on to formula and even Feelie and I who have expressed exclusively long term as well as a lot of part-time expressers too We'll all help you, night or day.

Love to all xx