MSE Pregnancy Club 19

**confuzzled**

someone mentioned weight and it reminded me to ask.....how much as everyone else who's due around me put on?? It was just a random thought after I weighed myself this morning(thank god for digital scales!) and has been buggin me all day:o

LilacPixie

I'm such a sloth with baby baths, we used kitchen sink for both until 10-12 weeks then I used to have a nicesoak the when water cooler DH used to pass child or 2 too me.

hngrymummy

Hi fuzz

I lost weight in the first 7-10 weeks, then put it back on and stayed at my usual weight until about 16 weeks. Now put on a stone in 6 weeks.

I have been told by a MW at the hospital that I need to put on a stone regardless of being PG, but I'm dubious as I eat healthily and usually quite a lot, so I think that my usual weight is exactly right for me.

anm_2

**confuzzled** wrote: »

someone mentioned weight and it reminded me to ask.....how much as everyone else who's due around me put on?? It was just a random thought after I weighed myself this morning(thank god for digital scales!) and has been buggin me all day:o

I havn't weighed myself and try not to take any notice when the hospital weighs me

CrazyTink

**confuzzled** wrote: »

someone mentioned weight and it reminded me to ask.....how much as everyone else who's due around me put on?? It was just a random thought after I weighed myself this morning(thank god for digital scales!) and has been buggin me all day:o

I was weighed at midwife at 9 weeks and again at 36 weeks and I've put on 1st 5lbs i think, was a size 16 to start and a teeny 4ft11 if that helps?
x

Krystaltips

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

And this lady understands breastfeeding better than many midwives.:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Why thank you

I've done a fair bit of training... Spent 3 years as a trustee / director of a national breastfeeding charity and have done it myself for a combined total of 50 months... And counting...

(Although I'm not registered anymore so don't try and sue me because I'm not covered by the insurance anymore lol)

2girlsforme

MERFE wrote: »

krystal I had it all planned out with top ups based on how I did with DS but now it seems I don't have gestational diabetes this time so hopefully I won't need to give top ups at all and it'll all be like you said. DS blood sugars did drop after the birth so he did need the tops ups and it is quite possible that is what delayed my milk coming in, although I'm not sure it ever did come in, at least not like it did with dd.

So - probably a daft question , but if you have gestational diabetes can affect the babies hunger then? BF DD1 with no problems, but DD2 was never satisfied and I was not tested for GD after she was born - apparently I should have been, other factors involved with DD2 (PND, traumatic birth, house move.....) but just wonder if that was a factor.

Krystaltips - really good to know you have such good knowledge of breastfeeding - I am really scared I am not successful this time, am quite sure (in fact I know!) that my 'failure' with DD2 was a huge factor in my PND, and I know that I gave it my best shot - managed 12 weeks, and I know all the other positive things that I should say but it really did affect me, and I know I will have a hard job coming to terms with it if it should happen again, but its a really tricky one! DD1 was a stroll in the park compared to DD2 - still is to be fair!

tinkwings

so my friend from my office has just been and all my bits have been brought back to me just feels like I have been wiped out and that I am out of the picture

Makes me feel really sad

Krystaltips

2girls, GD means that a baby's blood sugars can drop shortly after birth and they often recommend topping up with formula as a way to raise it, but it's generally in the first few days after birth and then stabilises...

Chances are DD2 was a different feeder to DD1... Often if they don't seem satisfied then it might be that your positioning isn't as optimal as it could be and the baby isn't getting enough of the really fatty part of the feed to help sustain them...

The other thing to factor is that with a family and a home to keep we often find ourselves too busy to sit down and focus on feeding the baby like we do with the first one and we find ourselves watching the clock during a feed, trying to get them to hurry up and finish so we can get on... Having a big sigh when they decide they're still hungry an hour later... Sometimes we need to just take a step back, remind ourselves that it's a very short time in their / our lives... It will pass, it does get better and who cares if there's 3 days worth of dishes in the sink and the toddler's eating a day old sandwich it found under an arm chair...

gratefulforhelp_2

Krystaltips wrote: »

who cares if there's 3 days worth of dishes in the sink and the toddler's eating a day old sandwich it found under an arm chair...

You've been in my house:rotfl:

tinkwings wrote: »

so my friend from my office has just been and all my bits have been broght back to me just feels like I have been wiped out and that I am out of the picture

Makes me feel really sad

Hugs, honey. You have something soo much more important and exciting to do, but know how you feel, I love my job and hate being "out of the loop".