MSE Pregnancy Club 25

AMC1979

Thanks for the support everyone, we're doing better today. my husband was really supportive yesterday and made me go to bed to sleep while he looked after baby. I really needed the rest and feel so much better today. Turned out the reason Luke was crying was he was hungry (I discounted it because he had been fed only a couple of hours before). It seems that he wants food more often now, even though the midwife and the hospital had said that every 4 hours was ok, he's demanding food sometimes every 2 hours, which I guess means he's doing well! Did anyone else's newborns feed this often, even with formula milk?

I was able to give him some breast milk so I feel better about that too, though I still think breastfeeding is not for me!

Good luck Chrissy and Clarissa and anyone else I've forgotten to mention, hope you have your babies soon xxx

RebekahR

rjh090384 wrote: »

Rebekah! So good to here from you. I kept calling you my breech buddy even tho wee man isn't breech anymore. What a pretty little
One and so tiny!!! I'm dreading the size of this little boy. Getting lots of twinges so hoping won't be too long!


Congrats on your lovely bundle of joy . Ps how u finding post c section?

Very hard and ive had complications from the drugs they gave me

RebekahR

clarissa62 wrote: »

Rebekah - lovely to hear from you and the pics are gorg. Just wondered if you'd decided on a name for your little lady?

I like bethany he likes jessica and neither of us are letting up :rotfl:

RebekahR

AMC1979 wrote: »

Thanks for the support everyone, we're doing better today. my husband was really supportive yesterday and made me go to bed to sleep while he looked after baby. I really needed the rest and feel so much better today. Turned out the reason Luke was crying was he was hungry (I discounted it because he had been fed only a couple of hours before). It seems that he wants food more often now, even though the midwife and the hospital had said that every 4 hours was ok, he's demanding food sometimes every 2 hours, which I guess means he's doing well! Did anyone else's newborns feed this often, even with formula milk?

I was able to give him some breast milk so I feel better about that too, though I still think breastfeeding is not for me!

Good luck Chrissy and Clarissa and anyone else I've forgotten to mention, hope you have your babies soon xxx

2 hrs means she is on a growth spurt and demanding more of your body to meet the demand

savageHK

Glad it's going better AMC!
While I've not finished my breastfeeding book yet (or indeed even started it, I'm on 'weaning' at the moment, which may have been jumping the gun a bit ) but I picked up from elsewhere that if you were breastfeeding and baby was crying you could feed it. I know with formula you could over-feed him moreso than if you were breastfeeding though so it's a bit more confusing... perhaps more frequent smaller feeds would help?? Did the midwife have any suggestions?

Rups32

Morning all.

Yay for the pics Rebekah (i enjoyed seeing them again as had a nose around on your FB). lovely pics and they made me good teary.

ooohh labour excitement!!! Good luck Chrissy, Clarissa and rjh090384! Hope you see your little ones soon. yay!!!

nothint new here. need sleep. tired and more side pain. thats me done.

dizsiebubba

RebekahR wrote: »

I like bethany he likes jessica and neither of us are letting up :rotfl:

I would go with Jessica...but only because I know a whiney little girl called Bethany and her whiney best friend says her name is such a way it makes my skin crawl!!

CL

I actually prefer Jessica too.

Kitten_Pie

Hi all

Well I am back, have been back a while but it has taken me ages to catch up. I have written some notes which make very little sense to me now but hopefully make some sense.

Ikkle Hope you are feeling better now.

Dizsiebubba loving the painting

Emsbet Your baby shower sounds lovely. Don't think we will be having one, but then weren't planning one last time either. :cool:

Sexymouse Glad you are enjoying socialising at your antenatel classes

AMC Congratulations on your little bundle. Love the name.

Katyliz I can't believe she wasn't mortified by trying to sell poo stained clothes :eek:

ikkle87 wrote: »

Aida they never tell you they are 100% Hun they aren't allowed incase they are wrong. They are usually pretty accurate though.

I thought that but then at our last scan it was a different sonographer and she asked if we knew what we were having. I said that we were working on the assumption of a girl due to all previous scans not showing boy bits. She said that we were definitely having a girl and zoomed in to show us her labia :eek:

Scared of birth I am not scared of the actual labour, figure it will end at some point however I am petrified of having to say goodbye again.

Jedi Happy due date (think I am a day or two late)

Spreadsheets My entire life is run by spreadsheets and lists, I have lots of budgets on spreadsheets too for working/maternity/after maternity etc just so I have an idea of where we stand.

Rebekah The pictures are lovely.

Good luck to all those in early labour. Exciting :j

I have actually had quite a productive few days. Realised that we had about 5 weeks left :eek: so went to Ikea in Croydon (Rups thought of you while we were there)

Got a new sofa and some drawers, haven't quite got any specific baby things yet but there is still time :rotfl:

Car window wipers have broken so have to take my car in to be checked today. Can't walk so will have to get a taxi there and back lets hope it isn't something too expensive, we have budgeted so tightly not sure we can afford it. Although we did budget £500 for the sofa bed and spend £395 so have a little extra in the budget now.

Hope everyone is well.

ikkle87

Hopefully it's just a fuse that's gone Kitten? Are your washer jets still working? x