MSE Pregnancy Club 24

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kabie wrote: »

There's been a lot going on for me, hence my lack of posts. My mother had been quite ill & died 4 days before babs was born. I was in hospital for a couple of days before the birth & sent home only to return that night for a short labour - all started when waters broke at 1.55am & born at 3.15am.
Had a boy 8llb 6 no name yet. I'm breastfeeding but in a bit of a mess.

So very sorry about your Mum, and how she didn;t get to meet your little boy. xx

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emsbet wrote: »

Sorry I haven't read back, I'm on my phone but I'll read back when I'm home.

Happy due date kelda and monks

xx

Thanks emsbet and Traingle.. seems surreal to be a boldy..

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Museum - glad all was okay - I had a bump in my car at about 25 weeks and gave myself a real fright - as you say, the time waiting to get the monitor on is terrifying.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Congratulations for the birth of your lovely little boy Kabie, glad he's ok, does sound like a short labour. So sorry to hear about your mum, sending lots of hugs to you xxxx

Museum it does sound nasty, glad bubba is ok. Sorry you're so sore though the BH sound almost terrifying. If you're coping ok now at 50% hopefully you'll be great at 100%!

MrsManda hopefully baby will stay put now. But if anyone does to the secret to a quick, painless labour please, please share it....you could probably be rich selling the secret!

Ahh BB I really thought there would be some baby news today. Hole bubba doesn't keep you hanging on too much longer

Happy due date Kelda and Monks

RJH hopefully labour will start in the morning so your mum can get here.

Ikkle hope your OH got on ok on his first day in his job.

Hello to everyone else, hope you're enjoying the last bits of the weekend

Went car booting this am, I didn't buy much mum who does get to any near here had a field day, lots of crafty stuff. Some of which I have *ahem* acquired OH bought 48 cans of ginger beer, yep exactly what we need roll eyes: and a couple of bits of "make useful things" to go in his man drawer probably never to be seen again. Got my chicken roasting and crumble ready to go in the oven. Been a busyish day today although not seemed to have down a lot if that makes sense?
The cooker dinged......chicken time
Laters xx

Kitten_Pie

kabie wrote: »

There's been a lot going on for me, hence my lack of posts. My mother had been quite ill & died 4 days before babs was born. I was in hospital for a couple of days before the birth & sent home only to return that night for a short labour - all started when waters broke at 1.55am & born at 3.15am.
Had a boy 8llb 6 no name yet. I'm breastfeeding but in a bit of a mess.

Big hugs Kabie so sorry to hear about your mum.

BB1984

kabie wrote: »

There's been a lot going on for me, hence my lack of posts. My mother had been quite ill & died 4 days before babs was born. I was in hospital for a couple of days before the birth & sent home only to return that night for a short labour - all started when waters broke at 1.55am & born at 3.15am.
Had a boy 8llb 6 no name yet. I'm breastfeeding but in a bit of a mess.

Sorry to hear about your mum Kabie, that's so sad. But big congratulations on the safe arrival of your little man You didn't say what day he was born but I think all new mums are a bit of a mess at first, and you've had more than most to deal with! Feel free to post here as/when/if you want to.

museumworker wrote: »

Hello all - had a major scare yesterday. Tripped on a step - and fell straight onto the bump, it was a really nasty fall.

What was interesting was that the monitor measured 'toco' (tightenings and contractions) - have been having period pains and BH for weeks, and these showed up on the monitor - was getting ones up to 40-50%! Didn't think they'd register at all so was quite surprised.

Gosh that must have been so scary. I had a fall at about 16 weeks and that was worrying, but I'd be terrified if I fell on my bump now it's so huge. Glad you are both ok, hope you're not too battered and bruised
It's really interesting being hooked up to the TOCO monitor isn't it? As I may have mentioned (only once or twice, lol!) I've been having really strong BH, and when I was being monitored on Fri, mine went up to 99! :eek: They're quite uncomfortable, but as DH said, if that's as bad as they're gonna get, labour should be a breeze....! (yeah right!) :rotfl:


This maternity leave lark is bad for me - made chocolate brownies this afternoon. Have basically spent the whole day sitting around in my PJs, playing with my phone, watching tv, had a bath, drinking tea, and eating cake...!

Having bangers and mash for tea, nom nom nom.

BB x

twinklie

I'm having homemade cheesey burgers on buns with tomato ketchup and balsamic vinegar. With a side salad that has a balsamic vinegar dressing. Yummy...just need to get up off my bum to cook it now.

kabie

BB you're right I totally forgot to say birthdate: 23rd May.
He's lovely but still feeding hourly with maybe one 3 or 4 hour sleep a day & that's not predictable. I really need to see a bf advisor as I decided to introduce formula & just made things worse - I'm like a zombie right now.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

BB1984 wrote: »

This maternity leave lark is bad for me - made chocolate brownies this afternoon. Have basically spent the whole day sitting around in my PJs, playing with my phone, watching tv, had a bath, drinking tea, and eating cake...!

Did I miss something? Where's the bad bit?:rotfl: and more importantly your address so we can come sample these brownies

Kabie I've no idea about bf or formula etc. Is the midwife seeing you at home? Have they any suggestions or able to put you in touch with someone? If he's on hourly feeds maybe he's just a hungry bubba? No wonder you're feeling zombified no sleep and the stress of losing your mum. As BB said we'll try and support you as much as we can here.

kabie

Not seeing midwife any more, on to HV now. She said I'm feeding him too often & should make him wait but I'm not sure I trust her judgement, going to try to contact a bf group tomorrow & see if there's someone who can help.
I introduced formula to try to get some sleep & give sore nipples a rest it worked but left me engorged. I don't even know whether I want to keep bf or not, I do but the frequency is a killer - confused.
I also have a problem with really quick letdown & fast flow (this is what I've gathered from googling), this leaves poor boy spluttering & choking, then windy unless I'm really careful: have to try to keep him quite upright when feeding.