MSE Parents Club Part 6

elle_gee

Hi again all..

We've been having a nap Woke up because the letterbox rattled with a letter from Rhys' Consultant Paediatrician (aka geneal peeps here) to his Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist (aka kidney peeps in Notts). It has the kidney scan results in it plus a lot of big words that I need to look up

Back in a bit.. off to Google I go!

mookiandco

Deep breath.

Buttons, I empathise with you I really do. I was a size 18/20 and lost 5 stone in 5 months last year and got to a size 10, the smallest i've ever been. I got pregnant a month or so later. I havent weighed myself but I know I'm now heavier than i've ever been. I'm wearing size 16 today but am more comfortable back in a size 18 and over. My body didnt have a chance to recover from the drastic weight loss and then it was stretched to its limit so quickly when pregnant that i'm now drowning in loose skin which means i'm having to wear the bigger clothes. I cant bear to look at myself in a mirror to really look at what the damage is.

I know I have an unhealthy eating regime anyway so I blame myself for that and I have a long uphill struggle to lose the excess fat but I know when I do it will probably mean there will be more loose skin, which is more than I can deal with at the moment.

I'm sure people are also looking at me thinking I have really let myself go because they all shared in my joy when I lost all that weight last year.

I hope you do manage to get something sorted because it really affects your confidence xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sami_Bee

Buttonmoons wrote: »

The Doctors at my surgery don't seem to like you knowing names for things. Serious! I asked today for a high estrogen based contraceptive pill and he asked me how I knew that word!! I know I live in a crap area, but It doesn't mean we are all unintelligent people that just do as they are told and not question anything.

What did you say? I may be being naive but I would have thought most women knew what estrogen was

weezl74 wrote: »

about pregnancy and gastric bands:

Feely, I found the above here, HTH xxx

oh I hadn't thought of that! do you have to take loads of vitamins with a band? I know you do with G bypass...

Krystal you're not Dim i wanted to know that too!

elle_gee

Weezl, I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed you... PM coming your way

Jvic28

weezl74 wrote: »

morning Jvic, I'm going to rhyme time at cardiff central library tomorrow.

PM me if you'd like to meet outside and wander in? No worries if you and T have other plans!

Love Weezl x

Thanks,

what time is it? i've got friends coming over tonight so not sure about tomoz yet?

u on here in the morning?

x

xmaslolly76

Hey ladies how are we all doing today. I thought i had better come over and say Hi i gratudated form the pregnancy thread on monday :j

Little Joey is doing well and has so far been a little angel he slept solid for 5hrs last night i hope its a sign of things to come :-)

Quick question about the post natal bleeding ive never faced it before as i retained my placentas so had to have d&c's so only bled for a day or two at most very lightly. Im getting through at least 6 pads a day and they are saturated with what looks like fresh blood is that normal only been getting a couple of very small clots. Its all so different as with the other two until they did the d&C i was passing tennis ball sized clots :-)x

Krystaltips

Welcome lolly, and congratulations and about the bleeding... If you're worried, ask your midwife... But the first few days does tend to be a flood, then it starts to slow down and change colour...

BrunoM

Welcome Xmaslolly! Pics please! congratulations!

feelinggood wrote: »

Lol @ Bruno.

Also where is MOTM? We need his appreciation of muffintops. Bruno, can you say some nice things in his absence?

Um! Pressure!

Ladies, you are collectively the loveliest bunch of people of ever, which is way more important than that other stuff anyway.

Real men enjoy a bit of curve and heft for cuddling*, and the idea of being bothered by a muffintop would never even occur to me. Having natural, normal bodies is a way, way better thing than matching a tabloid stereotype and perpetuating unreasonable expectations for the next generation (our babies!)!

If you are worried about health implications, by all means address your weight for that reason, but don't panic, and don't worry about what other people think - if they like you they will keep liking you!

Finally, you are all mums. You are doing a good job and the size of your jeans doesn't even sit in the same ballpark as your mothering.

Did that help?


*skinny mums, this does not mean we cannot enjoy cuddling you too! Because we can!

money_maker_3

:kisses3:perfect bruno

Krystaltips

Thanks Bruno

Now customs charges on these t-shirts... I've wittled it down to 4 but I really don't want to go lower than that... Is it going to cost me a fortune at the border?!