MSE pregnancy club II

Millie's_Mum

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Candygirl - I am tempted by the Dr Browns ones too but the tommee tippee ones have a teat which is more nipple like (so provides another temptation for me!!)

You can change the teats, we used tommee tippee teats (cos they were the only ones she would drink from) with avent bottles last time.

astonsmummy

Hope everyone is ok!
Just found out another friend of mine is expecting 3 weeks behind me, so I now have at leat 5 friends that are pregnant with me :rotfl:

I've not been over broody/enthusiastic because of problems with this babys father but I'm beggingin to see a light and am starting to get into pregnancy mode, looking at things, and names etc.
Me back is agnoy today, but ive got my script for codine and lactulose (great :rolleyes:) so hopefully will have some decent sleep tonight :j

candygirl

Hi AM:hello:
I'm glad you have some supportive friends in the same position hun, and hope your back will soon be better:)
DD's bearing up well, with my TLC of course;)

Sami_Bee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Thanks for that Keely...I think!

Elliott is GORGEOUS!


Candygirl - I am tempted by the Dr Browns ones too but the tommee tippee ones have a teat which is more nipple like (so provides another temptation for me!!)

Hi MFD,
I use the TT CTN bottles without the straw bit as the straw version didn't come out til later, I really like them, only poss down sides are
you can't use teats by someone else because they are larger than normal (I didn't have any prob getting chris to use these teats so not a prob for me)
because the bottle are wider than usual wide neck ones they don't fit in most gadgets such as travel warmers I found the only one they fit was the polar gear one which is like a big version of those re-useable hand warmers that have a metal bit you click to make them go warm.
I have the microwave/cold water steriliser to match and am also very happy with that

Although my friends that managed to breast feed for a decent length of time (ie more than a few weeks like me) all found that the only teat they would accept afterwards was the mam ultivent ones that are flatter (you can put those teats on most standard bottles like avent) http://www.mamonlineshop.com/acatalog/bottles.html
HTH!
Ps sorry if this post is a bit mixed up Chris is sat on my knee listening to bob the builder on the headphones:rolleyes:

oh and the 2 or so bottle that you'll prolly get free with sterilizer will be fine until you know if b/f is working for you, if it doesn't I suggest having 8 bottles (get the large ones as you'll just have to replace the small ones after a couple of months) and the age suggestions on teats are not at all accurate you'll be on number 2's/mediums afteter about 6 weeks not a few months

My_Fathers_Daughter

Oh ladies you are lovely...I need to start writing some of this stuff down or my baby brain will have leaked all this fantastic advice by this time next week!

Hubby is out with work for the night tonight so I may make the most of the peace and quiet to do some research - with no TV, BLISS!

MrsTinks

Well chickadees I'm back home - 4 litres of IV fluid with potassium and some nausea suppressants and jabs and bloodtests and what not later...
Had scan this afternoon and it's not twins - saw tiny heartbeat so all is well
Been sent home with more drugs to suppress vomiting and have to go see doc in a week to see if I need more.
Have decided I will have to tell work... it doesn't look like it's going to be an easy pregnancy and I'm only 6+4 according to the scan... so... I think it's only fair to tell them really...
anyway I'm home - I'm ok and hubby is a fussy old woman :rtofl:

MrsTinks

candygirl wrote: »

Hi everyone:hello:
Not much to report except DD is still here, and her morning sickness has now changed to night sickness, like mine did:eek: :eek: :eek:

Candygirl make sure she keeps down enough fluid and food - if you can get her to eat bananas for the potassium even if it's only half a banana each day.
If you think she's throwing up to much then get her to the GP and get them to do a urine test to check her ketone levels... mine had gone up to ++++ by the time I went to the docs - there should be NO + at all... it's when your body starts breaking down the bodyfats to nurish itself because it's not getting enough fluid and nutrients from what you are eating.

What she DOESN'T want is a 2+ night stay in hospital like I just got out from! Lesson learnt - next time when I throw up so much I can't keep water down... go see doctor a lot quicker! :rolleyes:

candygirl

MrsTine wrote: »

Candygirl make sure she keeps down enough fluid and food - if you can get her to eat bananas for the potassium even if it's only half a banana each day.
If you think she's throwing up to much then get her to the GP and get them to do a urine test to check her ketone levels... mine had gone up to ++++ by the time I went to the docs - there should be NO + at all... it's when your body starts breaking down the bodyfats to nurish itself because it's not getting enough fluid and nutrients from what you are eating.

What she DOESN'T want is a 2+ night stay in hospital like I just got out from! Lesson learnt - next time when I throw up so much I can't keep water down... go see doctor a lot quicker! :rolleyes:

Aww hun, she thankfully isn't as bad as you've been, but I was:eek: :eek: and also ended up on a drip:o I hope it eases off for you soon:)

MrsTinks

yep a type of antihistamine to suppress the vomiting Weeks worth for now. They did say that they'd have prefered not to give em drugs at all (as would i!) but because of the severity of it they had little choice... I couldn't keep anything down long enough to get any nutrients from it which is why my ketone levels were through the roof!
My potassium levels were slightly off so they just gave me potassium enriched fluids and no extra dosages of it thankfully - strict instructions to eat at least a banana a day for now tho!

Sarahsaver

Keel;y thanks its great to hear such a positive birth story!
Mrs tine hope you are ok now;) a friend's wife was v sick throughout PG and she survived mostly on flat lemonade :eek: Hope the meds sort you out. being in hospital DURING pregnancy is not nice