Wow Girlie and Dreamsister what sweet pictures.
Babs ! Congratulations on a dramatic and awesome birth - like something from the movies huh ?
Glad to hear the recovery is going well.
All good hear, motherhood is all encompassing !
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Wow Girlie and Dreamsister what sweet pictures.
Babs ! Congratulations on a dramatic and awesome birth - like something from the movies huh ?
Glad to hear the recovery is going well.
All good hear, motherhood is all encompassing !
37 weeks! Term but... not. So beyond ready to meet this little one. It feels like I've been pregnant for about five years...!
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Oh nearly, you are almost there. Hang in there. It feels like forever when your waiting, then looking back it is all a distant memory.
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The bleeding from the IUD is better, but I'm still using multiple pantyliners every day. I think I'm going to get an appointment to take the IUD out next week.
Amelia- hang in there with the IUD, it took my body 2 months to get used to it, yes- bleeding or spotting for 2 months but then it's the best thing ever! Sorry to pop in on your thread but I stalk IUD issues, ha! Of course trust your body and talk to your doctor, but I did have the same thing.Quote:
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Hi gwynn, thanks for the moral support. Two months! I won't survive. I am starting to think this is a sign that I shouldn't go HT and just be a normal person and sway. We already have our second choice name prepared if it turns out to be Baby Boy #2: Russell. For girls we have a list I am continually hehe.
Amelia, I had an IUD many years ago and it didn't work out for me either. I had it for 9 months and at one point I bled everyday for 6 weeks. For me it was more that I needed the daily hormones to keep me balanced since I have PCOS. I went back on the pill and all my issues went away and I had the IUD removed 2 months later.
I am now 7 weeks post pardum and I started the mini pill today. I wish I could go back on my old pill but can't while breast feeding.
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39+4 today. I find this particular gestation very frustrating, because this was when son #2 decided to grace us with his presence... and then son #3 just kept going, and unless little missy gets her baby butt into gear (it's currently 8:23am here), it looks like we'll be sailing past today as well. I know it's dumb, but I get to this point and I'm like, come on baby, your brother was here by now! What's keeping you? Hopefully not too much longer. I have two very impatient little boys who are desperate to meet their little sister (and one who couldn't care less, but he's two, so that's not surprising). Never mind Mummy who just wants to see her toes again :P
I'm right there with you Hun! (My boys had made their appearance by now too). Hopefully the wait won't be too much longer for either of us xxx
Delighted to announce that our sweet little girl who is definitely a girl(!) arrived 48 hours ago on her due date, August 28, weighing 8lbs 7oz, beautiful and healthy. I'm ridiculously in love and I can't believe that this perfect little person is my baby. I can't stop staring at her. I can't believe I have a daughter. It feels so surreal! My boys are besotted and even Master 2 is impressed (when he's not pretending to eat her, lol). The birth went really well and we were home by the afternoon. I feel so blessed that everything has been amazing <3
Attached is a photo from earlier this morning :)
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Huge congrats!!! She is just lovely!
Huge congrats! I'm so glad everything went well! She's so precious!
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Congrats nearly. She is beautiful. Such big adorable eyes. So happy for you.
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Oh my!!! She's just divine <3 congratulations!!
Congrats nearly! She is beautiful!
Congrats. She is so cute. I am also still in disbelief (9 weeks after birth) everytime I look a my daughter and ask my self Gosh is she really mine. Enjoy.
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Congratulations honey! My little girlie arrived on 31st August (day after her dd) and she was the same weight as your little one. Enjoy every second :heart: xx
Oh Kitty......I ended up not rejoining the gender dream site as a paid member, but I am so, so over the moon that your daughter is here safe and sound! I am 3 days post op from my jaw surgery and seeing this news made my day today!!!!!Quote:
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Thank you ladybugs. She is everything I ever imagined and more :heart:
I hope you feel better soon honey! xxx
That is my daughter as well....she fills me heart with so much appreciation and has allowed me the best of all the worlds!! I got a girly, over the top pink XX in my house for sure!!!!!!!Quote:
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I am healing up...haha, looking like Leno while the jaw is mending, but considering it is only day 4, feeling pretty good! Thanks for the well wishes.....and many blessings to you and your family!!!! <3 <3 <3
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Just checking in !
Hope everyone is well, and that motherhood is treating you all good.
Can honestly say, I feel so blessed. It's crazy hard work, but the best thing ever.
I am ready for another already :P
Glad to hear you're loving motherhood so much! It certainly is hard work, but the best thing ever :) I could go again, but hubby doesn't want any more kids :( We'll see in a couple years if I can convince him lolQuote:
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Can't get over how quickly the last 3.5 months have gone!! Isobel is still having tummy troubles. I'm going to give up dairy for a while to see if it helps. I know most of her issues are due to a super fast letdown and massive oversupply. This is the 5th time I've dealt with this! With DS4 it was almost a year until my firehose boobs settled down and he got over his sore tummy, was a nightmare :/
She's rolling now and started giggling. She's such a smiley baby too. Her brothers get so excited when she smiles at them :) My 3 year old shushes her when she cries and brings her toys. He even picked out her outfit for today lol. I hope they'll be close when they're older.
@mummy you should try to give your daughter probiotica (lactic acid bacteria). This should help with stomac-issues. I have used it to my daughter from 2 weeks and she have never had any tummy troubles like her older brothers had from newborn.
Motherhood is great and I am still in disbelief that my daughter is her 3,5 month old today. She grows so fast and is so nice and easy. It's like a dream come true [emoji120]❤️ Her 3 older brothers are so good to her and want to sleep next to her in our big bed. Breast-feeding goes well. She wakes up to eat two times at night and sleeps well both night and day. I attend baby swimming which she enjoys. The days goes so fast and I feel so blessed.
@mrssparkles, Wow you are ready for another one. I got my second son just 13 months after my first was born. They have a lot of fun together and are very close. Can really recommend to have babies with close age gap. It's hard but also fun.
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Thanks Dreamsister I'll look into it. I'm taking strong probiotics myself ATM..would it pass through breastmilk to her?
DS1 and DS2 are 15 months apart and if I had to do it again I'd wait longer! Lol. It's a real love/hate relationship with these two. One minute they're fighting like crazy, then the next they're in the same bed asleep next to each other..weirdos haha! They're so competitive it drives me nuts!! But I don't know if that's just boys in general regardless of age gap lol.
@mummy, I don't think it passes through your milk. You should give your daughter probiotics for newborns. Here there are called Bio Gaia, from Semper. I give my baby five drops per day. I also give her vit d-drops.
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Soo hubby has been adamant that Isobel is definitely our last child..yesterday he asked me if I was serious about maybe wanting another in a year or two as I'd expressed my desire to sway again and hopefully give her a sister one day...and he didn't say no! He'd consider it :omg: :D
Looks like we may both be on the TTC train again soon !Quote:
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Dreamsister I use the biogaia too. My husband calls them miracle drops lol
Hi Sparkles and Mummy,
I think about the next baby often too. We will probably start trying when baby #1 is a year old. I haven't decided yet if we will sway. I can't decide if I would want another girl so Hazel has a sister or if I would want a boy so I get one of each. Maybe I won't sway and just see what happens, but understand swaying now I think it would be hard not to sway because I will already know if my lifestyle sways more boy or more girl.
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Wauh @mummy, I am impressed that you are considering another after five kiddos. [emoji106][emoji4]
Five is already a lot. My grandmother had 7 kids (6 girls and my father as her last at the age of 41), but she did not need to have a paid work outside her home like I need. If I was married to a rich man and could be a housemom I think I would also want a fifth child and sway again...
I guess for many woman the baby-desire first dissapear when you reach menopause.
I Enjoy my babygirl 150 pct. because I know for sure she is my last...
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We may not have another but it's nice to know hubby isn't totally against the idea ;)
And I'm beginning to think I'll be one of those women that never feel "done"... very strange to me considering I never particularly wanted kids before we decided to go ahead and have one lol.
I haven’t been on in forever but just wanted to pop back in and see how everyone is doing. DS#3 is not the easy baby I hoped and prayed for. I thought that if I were to have three boys one of them could st least be that calm happy go lucky go. So far we have dairy and soy intolerances and a tongue tie (just like his older brothers). He hates sleep and has a cry that could wake the neighbors. But despite all of this and the constant struggle I have with my GD (it’s still there and pretty strong), I still love him unconditionally and can’t believe that my husband and I have created this perfect little specimen (perfect being a highly subjective word :happy:).
Hi BabsNMK, great to hear from you. Sorry you're having issues with your little man. I feel for you. All my 4 boys weren't easy at all and neither is my little miss. She is still having tummy issues and barely sleeps. I'm going to start an elimination diet this week as we suspect she's intolerant to cows milk protein :/
Is he your last baby or do you think you'll sway again one day?
Hi Mummy. I’m trying to convince my husband to do PGD for one more. I certainly will never risk swaying again as I don’t think I could handle that disappointment again. But my husband really feels done. I may be able to convince him but I’m also not sure I want 4 children. Our house would feel pretty tight and to have to go through the infant stage of no sleep and food intolerances all over (I’m sure #4 would have food issues too) I don’t know if I could handle it. But I’ll be looking more into PGD over the next year just in case.
You are all so tough. My 4.5 month baby is great but I am seriously considering stopping at one child. :)
I can definitely see the advantages of having just the one child :) Some friends of ours stopped after their daughter and are very happy with their decision. I must just be insane from sleep deprivation to be considering #6 haha.
Haha Amelia I totally understand. We always said at least two kids but I am not very happy with even one so I am not sure what we will do.
Any advice on how to get baby to sleep without needing to be rocked or swinged? Baby takes all her day naps in the swing. It is the only way sh will fall asleep and stay asleep. We have managed a few naps in the crib but she always wakes up within 20 minutes versus her normal 2 hour swing naps.
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Girlie how old is she now? I’m a sleep consultant so maybe I can offer some tips.
As for having just one? Many of my friends have stopped after one and I do see the benefit there. You can still have a great relationship with your spouse, fully devote your attention to that baby, and hey it’s muxh less expensive. I just have always loved babies/children. I work with them, My mom is a child psychologist, it’s in my nature I think. But I also have a lot of help. I couldn’t do this without my mom and sister close by. And honestly some days I do think I’m crazy. I’m beyond exhausted and I rarely have time to myself anymore let alone time to be a fun parent. So maybe it was selfish of me to have more children.
Babs, baby is 4 months 2 weeks. She sleeps great at night in her bedside sleeper but daytime naps are in her swing. Maybe I am the issue, not baby.
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Ha well it is always the parents fault. Do you swaddle her for naps as well? If not try that. But then my best piece of advice at this age is to do just one nap in the crib. Usually the first of the day. If it’s a terrible nap that’s ok since you can make up for it with swing naps for the other ones. Then a week or two later add a second crib nap etc. Just be consistent. It takes time but once she’s comfortable doing it, it’ll get easier. Also use white noise and blackout shades if possible.