Half way through the month but better late then never, right?
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Half way through the month but better late then never, right?
Happy Mother's Day!
happy mothers day!!!!
Yes, Happy Mothers Day to all you awesome mamas!
Gripe water is a all natural kind of gas drops. Well the last few nights have been much better.....getting a little more sleep. But I had to change his formula to a more Gentle one the other one was giving him tummy trouble....and he start puking last night from the regular kind. I would have rather not done formula but with all my pg I have not been able to breast feed...made me a little sad. Oh well at least my boys are healthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flava
Princess Sarah,
I tried BF'ing DS1 and it never worked, never produced enoguh milk so I had to do formula. With DS2, I was more determined and stuck with it untl about 8 weeks but still wasn't producing enough milk, and he was almost on failure to thrive. He had really bad colic that after 6 weeks of torture we discovered was a milk protein allergy. (My diet had a lot of milk in it, so he was really fussy after BF'ing) so we had to put him on the very expensive Nutramigen. (hypoallerigc formula) it cured all his problems, though he was still natrually a bit cranky. About at 6 months, we switched to soy since the hypoallerigc was too expensive, and he did good on that.
He may have a milk protein allergy like my DS2 did. As much as I would love to try BF'ing again with my baby girl, I know it's hopeless becasue when I was 20 I had a cyst removed from my right breast and I'm pretty sure they cut my milk ducts going in, because that side fills with milk, but nothing ever comes out, not from pumping (it's a drop or two) or baby suckling and my left has never been able to meet the needs of it all. It's like my left just makes enough for the one side. So I think this time I will just stick to formula from day one, because weaning DS2 off was very heartbreaking and I was in a lot of pain for a few days and he really wanted the boob badly.
Wow Auroara that sounds like quite a ordeal! All my boys have had a intolerance to reg. formula....so with Ds#1 who actually screamed when you put him to the breast and would just pass out in exhaust from screaming (I had a nurse tell me she had never seen a baby do that before) I put him on reg. formula and he would puke it back up...so we did the Nutramigen too....he stopped and later did soy with him. DS#2 the NICU had him on High calorie formula because he only weight 5.8 and need to gain weight before he left. But once home we put him on the Gentlelease formula because he was puking up the reg. stuff and he did great on it. So with DS#3 in the hospital they gave him the reg. stuff and that kid I kid you not projectile vomited everytime he ate! So once home I went straight to the Gentlelease and he did fine on it. We switched DS#4's formula last night to Gentlelease and he has not puked once since! And he seems to be sleeping better.....less gas I think on his little tummy!
I'm glad the gentleese is working! DS1 tolerated reg. formula really well, never spit up, never gassy, he spoiled me so badly that when DS2 had all his feeding issues in the beginning it really floored me. I'm glad to hear your newest son is doing great on it.
And your 1st DS who was on soy ...can he tolerate milk now? Is he doing great? I was a little dubious about soy with DS2 but because he was already 6 mos old and only needed it for another 6 mos I let him be on it since he took it really well.
Hey princess, is gripe water something that you buy or make? I have been using the store bought mylecon drops. My DD is really gassy ans sometimes quite uncomfortable. She also has a really loud tummy, I am assuming from gas. I wonder if gripe water would work better?
gripe water is great i have used it for all of mine, all natural ingredients and works instantly.
you can buy from most pharmacies and even supermarkets..:)
i have a tooth abcess....:(
totally sucks, im not allowed to take anything for it.
cant get into the dr until tomorrow and cant see the dentist until monday.
my whole face is aching.... and i just really need some sleep.
Dannikins - sorry about the tooth - that sounds miserable!
So sorry Dannikans! That sounds very painful.
I am definitely going to buy gripe water today. Poor Lily was so uncomfortable last night. She spent about 2 hours tossing around and pulling up her legs in discomfort. It kept waking her up.
Oh no Dannikins! I had an abscess once (I know I spelt that wrong!) and it was hideous, I was puking up and everything. I hope it gets better really soon.
So, it's really quiet here! Who's still left to pop?! Me, Tweedle and Dannikins - anyone else (sorry, memory of a seive!). We haven't heard from Tweedle in a while have we?
I had a presentation scan today and baby is head down with her back to the left - just perfect :D I've been doing some exercises from the spinningbabies website so maybe that's why - although my boys were all back to back regardless! I sit on my ball and do a hoola hoop action each evening and it gives me almost constant crampy braxton hicks (and reminds me what contractions feel like!). I'm trying to think in terms of 'some time next week' rather than my due date - if she's not here by the end of next week I'll adjust my expectations then!
Dannikins, that sounds awful! I hope you get better soon--anything while pregnant is just that much worse...Every ache is ten times magnified and I know it can be just awful. Hopefully they can do something for your soon!
Hi girls! I've been checking in to read every now and again but haven't posted for a bit. I am due on Tuesday! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. My blood pressure has still been a bit up and down so my midwife is going to give me some natural methods to try and get things going. I want to avoid a pitocin induction if at all possible. So hopefully my little one decides to come out on her own any time now.
Z- hope you have an amazing birth and that your little one stays in the proper position. And labor vibes to you too!
Dannikins - can't wait to hear about your birth too! And I can't believe you stayed team green this whole time. You have great willpower!
How are all of the new babies doing? Anyone have some great newborn pictures to share? It's so quiet around here now that most of the babies are here.
Let me know what your midwife suggests Tweedle! I can get some pretty strong contractions going with nipple tweaking but they don't last! Good luck!
Labour vibes to all the ladies wanting them: dannikins, Z, Tweedle - is that it? I guess I'll be the only one from our original dd group still waiting - only 4 months to go! :bigsmile:
Wheres Princess sarah gone?? Is her beautiful little man here yet!!!!
And Zana, hurry up and pop that little lady for us already will you:bigsmile:
La la la la la ..... bored!!
I am here ELP! Been super busy with my little bundle of joy!! He is a great baby.....he only cries when something is wrong! And he has been sleeping in longer periods at night. He only wakes up 2 or 3 times a night to eat and goes right back to sleep! Today we had his baby shower and this little guy got a haul! I am so glad we hubby is building a storage shed for us....other wise we would have no were to put all our stuff and his!Quote:
Originally Posted by ELP
I am checking in here and there watching to see who is going to be next on the baby train! dannikins, Z & Tweedle are next right....hope this little ones come soon for you ladies....happy and healthy of course!!
Glad everything's going well Sarah :D
I wake up almost every night thinking it's about to happen! This morning I was up at 3am with period type pains and I may have been able to go back to sleep if I hadn't been so hungry! Instead I had to go downstairs for a couple of sandwiches and a couple of painkillers and I couldn't get back to sleep until 5am. I had a couple of strong braxton hicks and was thinking I should at least be able to hang on until around 5am before waking my mum and dad up to come and look after the boys - then I woke up at 8am not in labour and starving hungry ... again!!
im just checking in to see how everyone is doing....all just waiting....
im totally ready for this bub to arrive now, fully stocked all the cupboards and freezer etc, and shampooed the carpets.
everything is done, just waiting.....
i have my dentist appointment today. hopefully we can all that sorted out , so i i dont have to deal with all of that on top of labour.....
38 weeks today...:)
Dannikins I had a terrible tooth ache last weekend and I couldnt get into see a dentist until the monday.. I had never had a tooth ache that bad before just would not let up!
They couldnt pull it out but were going to take the nerves out instead BUT my tooth would not numb up and 4 needles later they had to stop and I had to go back on the thursday.. Thursday it still would not numb up properly I got it filled in the end and its only just started to settle down now.. Oh it was a NIGHTMARE!!!
I hope you get yours sorted because I know what your going through!!! You poor thing!
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Originally Posted by dannikins
Danikkins, Almost there, How exciting!!! :)
How are you doing now sweetie? I'm glad it was finally taken care of!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkin2011
Taking a quick peek to see how everyone is....any news? I'm not on here as often....anyone who's on facebook and wants to keep up just PM me. I'd love to see see and share pics. Can't wait to hear baby news in a few weeks!
Have you ever had your membranes stripped? My Ob did it with ds1 and labor came that evening. I have to say though. it was uncomfortable but not painful.Quote:
Originally Posted by tweedledeedum
Butterfly My tooth feels great now!!! Hope it stays that way! Thanks for asking
I'm doing ok but I'm bored of waiting now! I had so many braxton hicks during the night but slept surprisingly well :D I think I'm just going to spend the day twiddling my nipples ;)
I'm so excited your girl is about to arrive, zanacal! Wishing you a smooth birth:luck:
LOL Z...too funny!
I'm sure it will happen very soon for you Z, wishing you smooth labor vibes!! What is your labor plan again?
Thanks for the well wishes! It's so quiet here now with most of you busy with your teeny babies!
Tweedle - any news? It's your due date today right?
I'm not even getting the crampy braxton hicks I was having now! Baby is still moving enough but she's pretty quiet really so I hope she's thinking about coming out to meet me. I made the effort to get out today and went for coffee with my mum and sister this morning and then did a food shop so we have plenty in. It actually looks and feels like summer out there today and that always puts me in a better mood! It's so funny that I never think I'm going to go in to labour during the day. Every night I wonder whether it might be 'the night' but it doesn't really occur to me as I go about my day! Tomorrow is my due date so of course it's the last day I expect to have the baby - but I really just want to get it over with now :D
Sending you labour vibes, Z - I can't believe you're going to have your little girl in your arms so soon. You and I started this journey together, so please forgive me if I feel I had a part in the making of this wee one :bigsmile: - I almost feel like I'm waiting for a niece to be born ;) I can't wait to see pictures!
Are you still planning to use hypnobabies for the birth? I've been looking more into it and watching YouTube videos of people having babies with it and it looks amazing! DM's sending me her CDs, so hopefully I can give it a go.
Hi Gals! My life is insane lately! I'm so sorry I'm never on here. My hubby leaves for a 5-7 day tour tomorrow am and I just found out about it NOW so I'm kinda panicking a bit as we had asked his company not to schedule him until June...grrrrr :( my baby shower is this Sat and now I have to scramble to find a sitter for all 3 boys. What a PITA.
Plus my kids have ALL been sleeping horribly which could mean very little sleep for me which is not good for my sanity. Oh and we all have colds..even the baby...sigh.
Z- I seriously can't believe how close you are! Any day now!!! I can't wait to see what she looks like:)
About the labour thing...I have thought the exact same thing since my first because I woke up at 4:30am in labour and had him by lunch. But since then, I tend to go into labour in the late afternoon and have my babies in the evening/early am. 1:30am, 12:55am and 8:10pm respectively. I have to say that I enjoyed the 8:10pm the most;) Time to get cleaned up, have a bath, enjoy the baby for a while and then have a good sleep before the next day. Here's to you have the baby on a good child care day and at a great time! This is going to be a great birth :HH:
4 more months Mocha!!!! Woohoooo!!!!
Tweedle! Cannot wait to hear the news!!!!
Dannikans- 2 weeks to go!! So many babies!!!
DM - that really sucks that your DH has to go away! I really wish I lived closer - I'd babysit your boys for you in a heartbeat!! I hope those colds go away soon and everyone starts sleeping better.
Thanks Aunty Mocha :D I'm not doing the hypnobabies programme but something very similar (or so I imagine!). I've been listening to my various preparation tracks once or twice a day religiously for a few weeks now - sometimes I manage to get through the whole thing but more often than not I fall asleep, though I'm told that's fine! In fact, if I wake in the night with insomnia (as you do when you're heavily pregnant!), once I've emptied my full bladder and filled my empty tummy I put my mp3 player on and play one of those tracks to help me back to sleep! I don't expect for a moment to have one of the no doubt amazing births you've seen on youtube, that just doesn't feel realistic to me based on my history (though it would be lovely!) but I am certain that it will help me nonetheless. I do think it's something pregnant ladies should all do if possible. We hear so many scare stories in real life and on telly that it's no wonder so many ladies are terrified of childbirth and fight against their bodies when it happens - and that often leads to the intervention and complications that we're so scared of in the first place!
DM - sorry life isn't easy at the moment, I'm sure DH going away is the very last thing you need at the moment! I'm loving seeing your photos of Felina, she's so beautiful :D
I agree, Z - I doubt I'll have one of those pain free births the women in the videos had, but I just want to try to avoid panicking. DH will think it's all flakey nonsense so i don't expect a lot of support from him, but hopefully my midwives will have some experience with it.
Although this is my 4th baby, this will only be my second time having a natural labour and delivery since they gave me an epidural within minutes of inducing my labour with my twins. With ds3 I know I fought against my body - I felt all my pelvic muscles clench everytime I had a contraction. It didn't help that I was one of those unfortunate ladies who pooped a lot in labour :oops: and I was very self conscious about that every contraction. Anyway a nice big package arrived in the mail today from DM, so I think those must be the CDs - I can't wait to check them out! (thanks, DM!!)
Here's a funny story ... after I had DS3 I kept getting an unmistakable smell of poo but I couldn't locate it anywhere in the room. Finally next day the cleaners came in and behind the bin they found some of my poo on a pad which had missed the bin. They were very good and didn't make a big deal about it, just cleaned it away - but I remember sitting on the bed pretending to day dream and not to have noticed!!
DM I am so sorry to hear about you guys all being sick still and your husband going away. I can't imagine how hard that will be with 4 kids. My husband works all day and evening every other day so I am on my own every other day and it is hard work.
Z I keep expecting to see if you have had your baby. Any day now!
We are doing well. Yesterday Lily had her 1 month appointment and she is growing great. She is 9 pounds 2 ounces and 21 1/4 inches long. She is finally out of her newborn clothes:(
We had a long weekend last weekend because she would only take 30 min naps all day, but fortunately since yesterday she has had at least one long nap. She is napping right now and has so far been asleep for 2 1/2 hours. She is so peaceful. However, I hope she gets up soon because I need her to nurse soon. She hasn't eaten in almost 4 hours and I am full!
good luck Z!!!
fingers crossed for you.
i had my tooth drilled out, and they drained the abscess , put in a temp filling, and will do a root canal after bub is born.
today is my last day of antibiotics.
my check up the other day went well everything is good, bub is down low in the pelvis, but is currently spine to spine, so im in the middle of trying to get it to swing around.
the midwives have given me caneston pessaries as a precaution, because of me being on antibiotics, dont want to risk bub getting thrush.
other than that, still just waiting.......