MSE Pregnancy Club 26

Flower08

clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »

Baby Jessica Lily was born by emergency c-section at 21.02. Not the birth we hoped for but she's here and safe so that's the main thing. 8lb 13 oz

Congratulations Hope you make a quick recovery and are home soon! xx

cloudy11

Congratulations COMP! I hope you get to come home soon.

BabaMoose- I am getting a bit bored too now. Doesn't help that my husband is now home on hol, so I feel as though we're both just sitting around waiting, even though I am desperately trying to distract myself!

I wonder what household jobs I can find/ make up to do today!

BabaMoose

Yeah my OH was meant to start pat leave on the 26th but has ended up being in work this week so far (he is not too happy about that - but I'd rather he saved the pat leave for when the baby was here, call me crazy). I think he is picking up his DS1 today so will be taking leave today and tomorrow (again, postponing pat leave but using annual leave because of half term hols - he is not too happy about that either). Knowing my luck as soon as he picks up DS1 things will get a shimmy on...!

I've still got a lot of tidying and sorting to do so technically I shouldn't be bored... but that isn't stopping me (how defiant).

I'm feeling brackety today.

amyloofoo

Congratulations Comp, hope you and Jessica Lily are recovering well and able to home soon. She has a gorgeous name

TeamLowe

Congratulations COMP :j:j:j

I'm really paranoid about my belly button popping out as I had an operation and they went up through it to hide the scar in there, so it might not be hidden much longer!

I've put on a lot but in the first trimester all i could eat was bland carbs which are terrible for a PCOS lady and since then i've been constantly hungry. making a conscious effort now to count calories but it's hard when all i think of is food lol

So i've finally got my pillow nest sorted so i can get a decent sleep but last night my DH decides to wake me to thank me for liking his pyjamas. and i mean, proper shook me to make sure i was awake.
I'm reminding myself just how lovely and kind and generous he's been recently so i don't knock his block off lol

Today's project is finding little miss a cute pram suit, February babies need to be wrapped up warm

BabaMoose

I had an operation on my belly button (and above) when I was six to correct two hernias (had from birth)... they kind of 're-created' my belly button at that stage, so now with pregnancy instead of having an inny or an outey I now just have a very flat shiny surface... looks very odd, but I'm secretly pleased it doesn't pop out (apologies to the poppers).

trina2010

1. BrunetteGirl - 16th October 2013 :male:
2. poppy27 - 21st october 2013 ?
3. MiffyMoo - 22nd October 2013 ?
4. Babamoose - 26th October 2013 :male:
5. AngelMommy - 27th October 2013 :male:
6. cloudy11 - 27th October 2013 ?
7. Locky - 30th October 2013 ?
8. Trina2010 - 1st November 2013 ?
9. Flower08 - 5th November 2013 ?
10. onetreehillgrrl - 14th November 2013 ?
11. amy85 - 17th November 2013 :female:
12. abis21 - 19th November 2013 ?
13. Lola888 - 21st November 2013 :female:
14. Finch7 - 26th November 2013 ?
15. vic3 - 27th November 2013 :male:
16. KScarlet - 29th November 2013 :female:
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18. LilyMay1 - 9th December 2013 :female:
19. optimistic-mummy - 12th December 2013 :male:
20. lippy1923 - 22nd December 2013 :male:
21. misscoupon - 26th December 2013 ?
22. Amyloofoo - 28th December 2013 :female:
23. Kerri_dwf - 1st January 2014 :female:
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26. Ellie3009 - 17th January 2014 :male:
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31. Rummer - 6th February 2014 :male:
32. Birdie85 - 10th February 2014 :male:
33. Jox - 13th February 2014 :male:
34. McRach - 20th April 2014 ?

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:male: myangels - 4th October 2013 Ashton 7lb 13oz
:female: continualdiamond - 6th October 2013 6lb 8oz
:male: Tiny_courageous - 6th October 2013 Patrick 7lb
:female: cleofish - 6th October 2013 Poppy Jean 19:26 7lb 12oz
:male: Hopelass - 8th October 2013 Daniel 7lb 4oz
:female: Maire1 - 12th October 2013
:female: Lobey - 18th October 2013 Amelie 7lb 14oz
:male: Fluffysox - 22nd October 2013 Jason Anthony 8lb
:female: Lemonmelon - 22nd October 2013 Eve Josephine 7lb 11oz
:female: deva - 24th October 2013 17:36 Freya
:male: Toothfairy4 - 26th October 2013 Olly 9lb 10oz
:female: TTC40 - 27th October 2013 Lucy 00:01 7lb 15oz
:male: neneromanova - 28th October 2013 Edward Lucas 02:20 8lb 4oz
:female:Clearing_out_my_pockets - 29th Otober 2013 Jessica Lily 8lb 13oz


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Kanichen - 29th September :female:

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RebekahR

clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »

Hope your induction goes well today - I ended up with a section because there was meconium in my waters. The induction was actually progressing well x

Grats. You are over due arn't you? Was her heart rate dropping? Or was it just from the meconium? It is very common for over due babies to poo ...

All the best babies are called Jessica ;-) hehehe. Mine is Jessica Rose (Rose after her grandma)

Awww are you enjoying smooshy cuddles at last! A long old wait but sooo worth it xx

trina2010

congratulations comp! wonderful news sorry it didnt work out with the induction but great thats shes here and healthy!

firefly - welcome, ill certainly add you to the list, when are you due? boy/girl/surprise? (i would try and work out your due date but its just beyond my poor baby brain to try to calculate!)

hope all are ok!

hospital appointment this morning, hopefully they might examine me and see what all these cramps etc have been doing, at least maybe some sort of progress at least! (come on effacement!)

luckily for me although my belly button is almost flat at the minute it hasnt popped out, hoping itll hold off just that little bit longer until baby arrives!

anyone else have a numb feeling down the front of their bump from the skin stretching?

claire16c

RebekahR wrote: »

Wanna sit here and cry for you I am about as strong as you can get on breastfeeding tbh. On not at all on a bad mummies for giving formula front. But on a damn this is good I wish I could share this with other mums front IYKWIM.

What makes me angrier than angry is the exampe above. A mum shows a desire to try to breastfeed and there is no support whatsoever! How are we meant to know what to do?! We get told oh its best - rahdy rah rah rah. They dont tell you what to do when you nipples are sore - when they are shreded and falling off lol - when you leak eveerywhere - when they dont leak even. Heck we dont know what day milk is meant to come in on - what to expect before then etc etc.

I wore breastpads from the minute she was delivered as I thought I would have something coming out.

It wasn't until I went for help to NCT breastfeeding at 4 weeks after that I saw the light. They explained everything - showed me - etc etc. I wanted to scream from the rooftop why the hell are we not told all this before we have a baby?! I felt and still do that if mummies knew what to expect and what happened and how breastfeeding works then a lot wouldn't give up as easy. And to have the physical support there for as long as needed. GRRR.

Sorry ladies. I am extremely luck that the support I got was blinking fantastic from day dot.

Jess was Csection (breech due to womb defect) within half hour I asked to have her put on my breast. She went on and from there on at every feed all I had to do was ask and they would help me to get her on. At night time they had 2 specialists workingover night as well and they would come in and sit with you and work on position etc etc. I was going mad after being home and my nipples were raw.I knew my positioning was ok. And at 3 weeks a midwife picked up that Jess had a tongue tie - a very common reason for sore nipples after positioning. Once it was cut all was good. But I had lost all self confidence by then. I wanted to give up. I was already giving her formula 1-2 times in the night but was worried about it having an effect on supply. I trotted off to NCT they sat with me check positioning again - talked over little things - I was using nipple shields as the pain was agonsing before the tie was sorted. They were the first to tell me that was ok. HV was on about it decreasing supply. (Tosh! ;-) ) If I hadnt have gone to the group I would have put her on formula I was at my wits end.
But this time after 4 weeks hard work there wasn't a hell I was giving up! I worked for it and was going to keep it up. Still breastfeeding now at 15 months ;-) Damn proud of myself. We were seperated over night when she was 9 days old as I was in A&E. She had forumla that night with hubby But again maternity came up trumps ... they brought me over a pump and showed me how to use it and gave me some bottles to store my milk in. Told me how often to express. They were fab.

Basically you don't tend to get milk in until around day 5 give or take a few days either side. Everyone is individual ... The colustrum is a teeeensey weeensey bit. The babys tummy day 1 is the size of your thumb nail! That doesnt take too long to fill up but does empty very quicky. Every other day after that it doubles in size until ( I cant remember when ... 7 days?) This is why they are seen to be constantly hungry and ladies think they are not producing enough milk. The long feeds are some comfort but also a signal to your body to make more milk please. This is what we call a growth spurt/cluster feed/etc etc. It is all normal. It works on supply and demand - The more the baby asks for - the more your body will make. You tend to get more milk in after the baby has asked for it within 24-48 hours. (Hence the flooding! lol) During the temporary time they are feeding lots you can be slightly short right then but ... I didnt know this ... but ... Your boobs refill within 40 minutes :-D So I used to feed her on 1 boob for 20 minutes - swap over and then feed her on the 2nd and swap back etc during the really mad feeding times. When I was fed up and had a square bum I passed her over to hubby for a wee and a quick break then we got back to it. So please please dont think you dont have enough milk ... It is all normal!!! Baby is jsut feedings lots to ask your body to make more. I guess in away it makes sense. Your body doesnt know what baby wants so baby has to tell it somehow. All my family and my HV told me to give up and put Jess on formula after 2 weeks as she was feeding like mad. Kept telling me I had no milk. I gave up - believed them - doubted myself - But i'm so glad I went to NCT and learn the truth. This is why I post here like a mad woman. I want to share this with those ladies that do want to try it. I am not against ladies giving formula - I dont think you are all bad mummies - Ive given to Jess as I said - I am against this stupid medical profession shouting at us like nazi's and yet NOT giving us the correct information and support when its really needed!!!

Please ladies get yourselves your local breastfeeding group numbers and details - and if you end up with rubbish midwives etc go to a group. They are bleeding brilliant and saved my journey.

Oh and did you know ... if your reading this days or weeks or even months down the line ... you can relactate!! Apparently!;)

Love to you and please please shout me on pm if you have any questions I really arn't as mean as some would think. I hope the above helps you to understand me and my passion a bit more. I jsut want every mum to have the chance to share this fabulous journey that I have. If they dont want it themselves then thats all grand for them. If others do then arm yourselves with all the info you can and dont be afraid to give the odd bottle here and there!! It saved me. xx

Your story sounds so similar to my friends, midwives & health visitor were no help at all my friend was going mad. Went to her local breast feeding support group and from their advice it all fell into place & she's still feeding at 11 months. She's now trained to become one of the helpers by doing a course. She said this information should be given out before you give birth, not after when you're about to give up!