MSE Parents Club Part 6

feelinggood_2

Yay Tigs for great weight gain! Can I be nosey and ask how much milk he is having now?

Tigsteroonie

Hiya Feelie - have a huge hug from me, sounds like you need it :grouphug: You're right about the whisky & crisps not making you feel better ... but giving them away to a worthy cause might make you feel better, and I'd be happy to help you out in this respect :rotfl:

Andrew's now on 8ml/hr of EBM, though thinking about it they might have increased that again this morning with the new weight gain!

BrunoM

Feely, you can always talk to someone - if only a private message to a single virtual person who you'll never meet - you know. Sorry you're feeling so bad people on this thread will always try to help if you want us to. Would OH help at all?

Whisky and crisps would make you feel worse. I promise. It sounds like getting a bit more sleep might help at least a little bit... maybe?

Tigs, loving the bag of sugar system still have to convert it to lb in my head each time though!

weezl74

Awwwwww Feelie:(

sorry today/last night is bad.

You are a strong person, and you've been here before and got yourself out of it :A. I really believe you can do it again.:)

edit: I agree with Bruno, we are always here with PM boxes ready

Tigs :T:T:T for Andrew. He's doing so well. You must be really proud of him .

feelinggood_2

OH isn't much help at all. He doesn't cope well with a crazy wife. He grew up with a very ill Dad, so I think he gets scared or is in denial. I'm just an attention seeking drama queen.

There is a lunchtime meeting today. Means not going to coffee morning, then getting a taxi there and back. I don't know if I can take the baby with me, I think they'd be okay as I really have no alternative. It'd probably make me feel better, but don't know if I'd manage Taxi's with LO, and I don't think there is anywhere I could feed him, so if he got hungry or noisy I'd have to leave. I don't know.

r.mac_2

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

I think the general consensus is abstinence is the way forward! :rotfl:

xx

yep - I agree with that! I did go and speak to my dr about contraception. I had tried the mini-pill, but found that it was too hard to take it at the exact same time every day. I wanted to go back on the pill I had been on before TTC for Annabel. However, the Dr wouldn't let me (it's Dianette and licensed for ance, which I don't have. The contraceptive part is a side effect). She wouldn't suggest another pill either - She was trying to persuade me to have a coil fitted. I can't bear anyone down there - I couldn't before I had a baby and thought that would help me get over it, but its actually made it worse Anyway - I said I'd go away and think about it and I'm going to go back and speak to her about it again.

When I was ttcing (a whole month!!!) I used a persona machine to know when the best time to ttc would be - I think I may try that again, but for contraceptive purposes until I can get the pill sorted out.

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I've joined the otherside and am now using Huggies super dry

We use huggies SD at night and pampers active fit during the day - I'm a brand tart:rotfl:

BrunoM wrote: »

I don't have an iPhone but Elijah is absolutely obsessed with my Blackberry, both our mobile phones, etc. We have kept an old SIM-less mobile to distract him during changing, it's slowly losing its magic but it's done well for quite some time.

we have the same in our house. Annabel is obsessed with her dad's mobile phone so we have cleaned up his old one for her to play with and the old DVD remote has had the batteries removed and been cleaned and now lives in her toy box!!! they aren't wuite as good as the 'real ones' but can help avert a meltdown :rotfl:

r.mac_2

feelinggood wrote: »

OH isn't much help at all. He doesn't cope well with a crazy wife. He grew up with a very ill Dad, so I think he gets scared or is in denial. I'm just an attention seeking drama queen.

There is a lunchtime meeting today. Means not going to coffee morning, then getting a taxi there and back. I don't know if I can take the baby with me, I think they'd be okay as I really have no alternative. It'd probably make me feel better, but don't know if I'd manage Taxi's with LO, and I don't think there is anywhere I could feed him, so if he got hungry or noisy I'd have to leave. I don't know.

I'm sure they would understand about Toby having to go with you. Also, babies make noise and need fed sometimes, so don't worry about that. If there isn't anywhere for you to feed, then you can go home - perhaps half a meeting would be better than no meeting? sending you hugs x

well done Andrew :T

ladybirdintheuk

All caught up now. Blimey you lot need to get to bed instead of sitting up all night (Not that I'm one to talk, but still!)

Well done andrew and Tigster :T:T

and huggles for Feelie:grouphug: Daft question, but why can't you feed while you are there. Could you hide under a wrap/muslin/coat?

I have a baby here who won't sleep, so she is going to have to put up with watching me express. Hopefully she will sleep in the buggy when we go out - will leave as soon as we are done and walk in the park on the way or something to give her some extra time.

also mental note - now baby can pull herself up to standing don't leave hot drinks there. I moved my tea just in time :eek:

And product review time. The closer to nature tomee tipee pump which is reduced in boots at the mo works fine when it gets going, but is really loud! Oh, and very interesting if you are a baby too. Poor girl wants to know what I'm playing with!

SugarSpun

*hugs* feelie. If there's nowhere to feed Toby, just take him home. It's better to turn up for a while than not at all, I'm sure they'll be delighted to see him and they may find a solution so you can feed him.

Yay for Andrew and that weight gain!

About contraception, I'm finding that lack of interest is the best one for me - we resumed relations and it was so uncomfortable that I don't feel like I want to try again till my incision's stopped being uncomfortable with any pressure on it. Plus I have a paranoid fear that if I, um, enjoy myself too much the muscle contractions will rip open my internal stitches.

But Husband's getting very antsy and keeps on at me suggesting we go do it, or at least I help him along a bit, and I just want to be left alone. The constant nagging about it makes me feel worse - I want to want it, but I just don't want it.

When it finally gets back to normal, if it ever does, I've no idea what to do about contraception. We want to start a second baby in about 18 months' time, so I don't want to risk any hormonal contraceptives that might linger, the IUS makes me squeamish to think of, and we both hate condoms and are fairly unreliable about using them. Eeeep.

r.mac_2

ladybird - I know what you mean. I keep finding myself having 'just in time' moments too. It gets a bit hairy when you think about it too closely. We are learning though