MSE Pregnancy Club 23

cloudberry45

Hi all, baby Zak was born at 05.29 on NYD 01/01/12 weighing 7lb 4. Has been a struggle ever since, I needed surgery for 3rd degree tear. Zak had jaundice but not at the levels for treatment so we were sent home. He struggles to latch on properly when bf and wouldnt stay awake for long when he was evntually on. We had to go back into hospital as he was becoming more jaundiced and dehydrated due to lack of feeding. Will explain more when I can. We will be coming home from hospital today so will try and get on sometime soon. So far love him so so much he's a little angel but nothing at all could have prepared me for this. 5-6 days with literally 8 hours sleep in total was torture and overwhelming. Hope to get back on soon once we can get into one sort of routine at home x

*Ro*

twigpig wrote: »

Morning ladies,

Ro - Can't believe reading that you're at 38 weeks now and also that some of the other ladies that I've been following through over the last few months, it's nearly our turn

In some ways, it feels like it's been forever and in other ways, the time has flown. The midwife said to me yesterday (36+1) that really the baby could come any time now, so I packed up the baby's hospital bag last night and I'm determined to get my own finished this weekend, as throwing things in a sort of pile isn't quite packing them :rotfl: I more week to work and then I get to sit with my feet up for a bit. This baby better not be late!

Hope you're all having a good day

Hi twigpig feel free to go first if u like !!!! It's all a bit too real especially when I know people keep asking hubby at work if ive had it yet, he just says look if I am at work probably not:rotfl:
Hoping that all goes well when the time comes and we can carry on rambling on the less than 1 year thread and compare scary poo stories :eek:

Ro xx

lovecrafting

cloudberry45 wrote: »

Hi all, baby Zak was born at 05.29 on NYD 01/01/12 weighing 7lb 4. Has been a struggle ever since, I needed surgery for 3rd degree tear. Zak had jaundice but not at the levels for treatment so we were sent home. He struggles to latch on properly when bf and wouldnt stay awake for long when he was evntually on. We had to go back into hospital as he was becoming more jaundiced and dehydrated due to lack of feeding. Will explain more when I can. We will be coming home from hospital today so will try and get on sometime soon. So far love him so so much he's a little angel but nothing at all could have prepared me for this. 5-6 days with literally 8 hours sleep in total was torture and overwhelming. Hope to get back on soon once we can get into one sort of routine at home x

congratulations hun and welcome to the world Zak. im sorry you both had such a hard time and im sure you will get some sleep soon hun.x

*Ro*

Afternoon all:j

Saw the mw this morning, hubby took me as not comfortable to drive anymore, bp still higher need to keep eye on it. Will have it checked again monday when have blood test. The wee sample I took In today was ok.

Am slumped on the sofa, have eaten too much including a few quality street

Hubby watched obem last night and he seemed ok!

Also watched baby it's you DVD which we got from amazon and really enjoyed watching it so far. It's All about how they develop and it's nice not to watch something about birth!!!! Really recommend it as found it fascinating.

Hope all is well.
Labour vibes to boldies and hole those with the nasty colds shift them soon.

*Ro*

Cloudberry congrats and (((hugs))) hope you feel better soon and LO perks up.
Well done !! Ro xx

ginvzt

Congratulations, cloudberry!!!! Hope all settles down soon and you get more rest!

emmylou83_2

Aww congrats Cloudberry! Sorry u`ve had a rough time, hoping things settle down and u get into a routine quickly
There cant be a limit on the fairy powder, as some guy infront of me got 12 boxes on Wed!!! No wonder i couldnt get any the day b4 if people r buying those amounts!!
If u can use Persil Non-bio, there is a £1 off coupon on the coupon board, and its only £5 for 54 washes, making it £4, BARGAIN! And better to store in the garage/shed Even tho DH cant use it, i`m tempted to get some and use it anyway, see if he notices (am i mean?!!)
Just got my free Emmas Diary packs from Argos, one of them has raspberry leaf tea in haha! xx

4nnabella

Congratulations cloudberry! I hope things improve once you're home and able to work on getting into a routine!

lisa26_2

Congrats Cloudberry!!

4nnabella wrote: »

Don't know about Dominos, Lisa but if you've got a Papa Johns near you, they're doing BOGOF plus a free bottle of Coke throughout January, we had it last night!

Never even heard of Papa Johns!! We do live near a town but there's nothing there! Its a miracle we have dominoes TBH!!! But thanks anyway. I have actually found a code on here though for 50% off when you spend £30, its TXT50OFF, don't know if it works as abviously haven't used it yet but the person who posted it had!

Gillyx

Well I'm back, friend is gone now I feel so deflated even though I didn't know she was coming. Was probably the best surprise I've ever had in my whole life

Congratulations Cloudberry, sorry to hear it hasn't been plain sailing but hopefully things will be on the up from now on.

Well my Dad has sent me even more stuff that people have given as presents :eek: we've had the most beautiful crochet blanket, it has little blue rose buds on it, it's gorgeous, a baby cuddle sac? No idea, same idea as a swaddle blanket I assume but has a zip up the front? It's soft and snuggly though and one of my relatives has bought us a mountain of stuff from Jasper Conran, never seen baby clothes as beautiful as these, they even come with baby sized padded white hangers, sadly it's all 0-3 so god knows how long it'l even last but it's lovely.

May also have popped into the Disney Store yesterday and bought some 6-9 stuff in the sale they had so much and it was all 50% off or more. Baby Dumbo is cute!!