MSE Pregnancy Club 20

Teenie_D

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Think of all those babies existing on a diet of curry for example.

LOL just the opposite of what I said! I suppose these babies are used to curries from day 1 though?

Everyone and every baby is different some babies might not be affected by anything while others are.

Krystaltips

nic2075 wrote: »

Getting the stitch involved stirrups and a wee male doctor 2 inches from my bits it was more painful than the birth!

Sounds like when I had DD1! Really severe tear, too bad for the midwife, Dr got called out on an emergency, had to wait 3 hours to be stitched... I had my legs in stirrups, a female registrar sewing me up and her small male someone (could have been jnr Dr, nobody ever actually said?!) holding the right part open so she could see better... Was also far more painfull than labour and I was sobbing like a baby into the gas and air while the registrar was threatening to take me to theatre :mad:

I was also really paranoid I'd tear again with DD2 and my Mum telling me it was like perforated paper and I'd just go along the same line really didn't help... When it came down to it though, DD2 shot out at great speed and I just got a couple of small grazes in a completely different place to where the first stitches were :cool:

CL wrote: »

Can someone tell me if this is true? I was told by a friend that you shouldn't eat fruit (at the start at least) if you are breast feeding. That the acid gives the baby bad stomach pains.

Pile of bull... Some people find that sometimes the baby gets affected if they eat foods known to make you particularly gassy (cabbage, sprouts, curry) and some people find they need to cut out diluting juices because of the artificial sweeteners and additives... But generally, most people don't need to change their diet in any way...

Teenie_D

Krystaltips wrote: »

I was also really paranoid I'd tear again with DD2 and my Mum telling me it was like perforated paper and I'd just go along the same line really didn't help... When it came down to it though, DD2 shot out at great speed and I just got a couple of small grazes in a completely different place to where the first stitches were :cool:

Oh that's good to know, I kind of thought I might tear again in the same place

Does anyone else still feel the original tear spot?

CL

Just lost a long post!

Thanks Teenie, GFH & Krystal. My sister BF her 2 youngest until they were 12 months and said she ate the same as she always did. Her HV told her to avoid curry and she asked her what BF mothers in India ate and that shut her up.

I was feeling totally fine about being overdue until this morning and DH got a text from a work colleague who was due yesterday and she had her baby overnight. I felt like it wasn't fair that I was 8 days overdue and she had her baby on her due date. I know it's silly, but I felt like crying. I just want the labour to be over now and would have prefered it to just happen, so I didn't have time to worry about it. Now I'm booked in to be induced in less than 2 days and am just thinking about it.

Teenie_D

Aw CL it's natural that you feel like that. My wish this time is that I go myself but if it doesn't happen that way then that's just what happens. You don't have long to wait now hun and by the end of the week you will finally get to meet your baby

CL

Thanks Teenie. On a more cheerful note I was in Matalan last week and they have the cutest Christmas Sleepsuits. I don't normally go in for that sort of stuff. I really love Christmas, but like it to be very traditional (real tree, no tinsel, holly inside, open fire & nice smells of spices), but I don't think i can resist getting these!

Teenie_D

Go for it! My sister bought DD a christmas sleepsuit for her first Christmas and she was adorable. My sister gave it to us before Christmas so we took a photo and DH's boss made up little cards with her photo on it and we put it in our Christmas cards.

hitchins

CL wrote: »

Thanks Teenie. On a more cheerful note I was in Matalan last week and they have the cutest Christmas Sleepsuits. I don't normally go in for that sort of stuff. I really love Christmas, but like it to be very traditional (real tree, no tinsel, holly inside, open fire & nice smells of spices), but I don't think i can resist getting these!

I want to come to your house!

CL

Oh I feel really guilty now about being jealous of DH's work friend having her baby before me. She had told him she wanted a MW led water birth with only gas & air and intended being home 6 hours after the birth. He got to work and found out that she ended up having an emergency section under GA. Poor girl.

gratefulforhelp_2

Teenie_D wrote: »

LOL just the opposite of what I said! I suppose these babies are used to curries from day 1 though?

Everyone and every baby is different some babies might not be affected by anything while others are.

Mine were used to curry from day 1, well day 5 anyway!:rotfl: