MSE Parents Club Part 9

SugarSpun

Thank you Susan - I'm sorry your birth didn't go the way you wanted too. We'd asked about cord blood storage and about letting it stop pulsing before it was cut, but neither of those things happened either

MOTM I meant to ask you what happened to your daughter yesterday - I missed it and the thread's stopped making sense.

GISI me too :rotfl:

BeenThereDoneThat - not everyone does it for attention at all - parasuicidal behaviour is a clinical name for when people self-harm specifically because they want to be offered help but for whatever reason can't or won't ask for it. It would be much easier to deal with self-harm if everyone who did it was looking for help - people who hide it are harder to spot and harder to reach. I hope I didn't offend you - it wasn't my intention.

Glamazon

csh - me too

I think I [STRIKE]am[/STRIKE] would like to be Yummy Mummy to Jack 'O Baldy Gummy One' born Sept 2009

got-it-spend-it

I agree with Susan's guidelines on the thread. I think it would be really useful if people used bold or red for significant things as I often take things to just be musings, when in fact the poster wants a response, IYSWIM. Would it be worth putting something along those lines in the first post too?

Maz- we like the sea horse a lot. Henry will lie in his cot and listen to it/look at it and it has definitely helped him to settle himself.

SugarSpun

Glam! I asked about your stick - did you wee on it?

tiamai_d

*waves* hi

How is everyone? I can't keep track of the thread anymore. Only up because I have ebay stuff ending soon.

Does anyone know if boots will exchange follow on milk? Its unopened, but Amber is very sick and has a really sore belly on it. Wonder if SMA is any better...

csh_2

Glamazon wrote: »

csh - me too

I think I [STRIKE]am[/STRIKE] would like to be Yummy Mummy to Jack 'O Baldy Gummy One' born Sept 2009

Yey for weirdos!

On the Sophie thing, I actually can't believe I spent 12 quid on a glorified dog toy (!) but K loves it so much already!
Hes never been interested in other teething toys, just his caterpiller but its too soft to help his gums

BeenieCat

Before i finish catching up - just wanted to say csh the lovely fairies came today :T:T Thank you so very much I haven't quite sussed it out yet, but postie came just before i left for school and she's asleep now. Also i love the suit and the note made me giggle xxx

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

:rotfl: I got called Man of the Moment and MOTH in another thread :rotfl:

I kept meaning to say that everytime i see your name as MOTM i always think it's for man of the moment

Glamazon

SugarSpun wrote: »

Glam! I asked about your stick - did you wee on it?

not yet only Day 25 so am waiting abit & praying AF arrives like she did for Krystal! I keep getting cramps and keep expecting it but alas she does not arrive!

(if anyone syggests implantation cramps I'll :eek:)

tiamai_d wrote: »

*waves* hi

How is everyone? I can't keep track of the thread anymore. Only up because I have ebay stuff ending soon.

hello - hows u & urs? any luck getting lappy fixed?

J woke at 2am & 4am but I managed to pop dummy in and get him back off without taking him out his cot! He woke at 6am so I popped him in our bed where he stayed til 9am!

searching_me

((hugs)) to jillie and ss .. and anyone else who fancys one x

boogellyboo

Glamazon wrote: »

I WANT A SOPHIE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but cant justify spending that kind of money J has tons of teething rings!

Glam my mums in France so is seeing how much they are their for me as I cant spend that on a teether either. If their much cheaper I'll pm you (or anyone else if they want?)

csh wrote: »

Don't worry about her crying! Honestly babies cry its what they are for! If it helps any this is what my class is like:
No lights on in the room, soft music playing, mats on the floor. The babies just lie on towels. Its really informal
You are free to stop anytime you like, you can feed them, take a break, lift them up and dress them just whatever you are comfortable with.

Its funny cos you are in the room for about an hour and it goes
*baby crying*
*other baby joins in*
*babies stop crying*
*baby farts loudly*
*mums laugh*
*baby giggles*
*mums go 'awwwww'*
*baby pees*
*mums laugh and hope theirs isn't next*

Thank you I know Im being stupid as babies cry but I get so hot and flustered and feel like Im being judged when she doesnt stop but I dont want to be inside with her all the time as that makes it worse

SusanC wrote: »

Also, it is unreasonable to expect labouring women to engage in logic (such as answering questions which require more than yes or no) as it makes it harder for them to deal with the labour so it's not suprising you didn't notice a mistake the hospital made when you were in labour. Once I was on continuous monitoring, I was turning the monitor up every time the midwife left the room because she was turning it down really quiet every time she came in and it never occurred to me to tell her to stop turning it down even though in retrospect it is a really obvious thing to do.
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This is so true. I hated the fact the midwives kept asking me complicated questions when it was all I could do to breathe the G&A. Isla had the cord twice round her neck, mec in waters and her heartbeat was dropping to 6bpm with each contraction so when they were asking 'what is it you wanted to do with the cord/placenta delivery' I was ready to scream (even more than I was already!) Everything was in my birth plan but no-one looked at it.