Babymad, wow! amazingly perfect bump... not long now.
Girls do def have colic, infacol no good, so got dentinox to try, fx it works, bless them :( The were weighed today and DD1 is now 8lbs and DD2 8lbs 2oz.
Hope everyone ok? xx
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Babymad, wow! amazingly perfect bump... not long now.
Girls do def have colic, infacol no good, so got dentinox to try, fx it works, bless them :( The were weighed today and DD1 is now 8lbs and DD2 8lbs 2oz.
Hope everyone ok? xx
Just a quickie as got a splitting headache that needs dealing with :(
Inglewood couldn't read and run as i am queen of colic/reflux info! Not sure what formula you are using but the Aptamil colic and constipation is amazing and if possible get yourself some reflux bottles which stop bubs taking in air....i use mam ones but you would need to buy bigger teats as well as the milk is thicker than normal. Another thing i use to settle mine when bubs is white noise. I have a cd of it i could copy and post to you if you like. Oh and of course dummies.... sucking helps colic. X
Deaks, will send a pm. xx
Great looking bump Babymad! Glad the birthday went well.
Good luck with finding a solution to the colic inglewood, hope some of Deaks tips work for them.
Generally doing ok here, just tired but aren't we all?!
lots of love :HH:
Babymad - you're looking great!! Sometimes I can't believe we're so close to the end of these pregnancies!! I'm already past the point at which I had DS1... so thats good! Do you think you'll go in May or June?
Oh no Inglewood - 2 with colic! That does not sound like fun!
Ended up doing a days emergency teaching at DHs school yesterday and decided - NO more work for me!!! :D Just on my feet too much - was shattered by the end of the day!
Babymad - do you have a name for bubs seeing as you're so close. We STILL don't know... arghhhhhh....
Actually shouldn't Zanacal be practically having her bubs???
Sorry to hear that news, wishing you a BFP for May!! Think many of us had months where we were a teeny bit less strict, know I had an odd treat, to keep me going in the 2WW, but can understand why u didn't try in april. xxQuote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
Finally got time to do a new ticker! x
Thanks ingelwood. I can't imagine how tired you must be...Hope u find a formula they can tolerate soon!
Sunset- diet is going well I lost 27 pounds so far from the LE diet. 1st time in my life I was glad I had weight to loss. I'm down a whole lot more from before. I see people I haven't seen and they actually don't recognize me. It feels awesome.
Had a follie check today had 4 good size. I actually feel like may is my month :)
Babymad- you look sooooo great! Beautiful bump
Babymad ~ wow you look GREAT! what an amazing bump! :) not long to go now
pinga ~ i cant believe you are 35 weeks already.. have you got everything packed and ready for bubs?
inglewood ~ aw bless, i hope it gets better soon. i've never had experience with colic so wont be off much help :(
hopeanddream ~ good luck, sounds very promising with 4 growing follicles :) :)
inglewood, the only thing that helped my DS2 with his colic was switching to a hypoallergic formula for a while to get him settled, but that is very expensive...can not imagine the expense x2!!
sunset, i cant believe serena is already 4 months old! Is she doing anything interesting or cool yet...like trying to roll...I'm sure she smiles all the time....do you want a 4th or do you feel done with 3?
God willing, I want to have a 4th one day, but that will be 2-3 years down the road. My husband is gung-ho. I would probably sway again to see if I couldn't get a 2nd DD to give Lillian a sister, but I have a very firm feeling that if I did have a 4th, it will be my 3rd boy, and that's OK too. I really feel like my heart is set on 4 kids for some reason, and I can't talk myself out of it.
babymad, you look great and your bump is so cute and round!!
Inglewood ~ Hope all the colic tips help - how have they been today?? How are you coping generally - have you got lots of help? Do you go out and about much?
Indigo ~ Love to see a bump pic :)
Pinga ~ I will defo go into June :( I really wish my babies came earlier!! My induction date is 11th...feels a lifetime away!
And still no name :( When DH and I do have 5 mins to think of any we either don't agree on the odd one we do find but generally we are REALLY struggling! I think it will be the first time I have had a baby and had no name :(
Hope ~ GL hun, FX for you :)
Thanks for all the kind comments about my bump - funny isn't it as I don't think I look good at all - just big, fat and old! :)
Loving the weather - even though my ankles wouldn't agree ;)
Had a few teary days - all I can keep thinking is how different everything would be if it was my DD I was waiting for..... :(
Big hugs babymad. He will be here soon and you will feel much better.dave just melts my heart and your little chap will too. One day he will give you that big gummy smile and your older boys will be fussing over him and you will not be sad. Maybe that longing will never go completely but it will stop being the first and last thing you think of every day.
I'm still about sunset, just not a lot of energy at the moment, lol. Diet is going well, lost 5lbs in the first week but nothing in the 2nd week?? Hopefully will lose a couple of lbs everyweek from now till attempt in june.
Your bump is gorgeous Babymad!
Hello to everyone else, will try to catch up later on
xx
gorgeous bump babymad.......you are 5 wks infront of me so am sure i will catch you up although measuring 37wks BIGGEST bump and baby yet......there i was hoping for a weenie one x FX your little bub arrives soon.
Loved your pics of nogs bday - he reminds me so much of my beck!
huge hugs for the hard days x x i am trying to get ready for baby but no motivation and no washing machine even if i did!! I think i have a name but not sure i REALLY like but not sure i care so much :S
Hi ladies, had problem with my internet all day today :( also had a teary day... my friend finally had her dd (she is the one with 3 ds's). She totally deserves it of anyone but it is still hard...she was one of my few boy only mums... in fact that why i befriended her in the first place! Going to have to do the whole meet the baby, spend loads of time with the baby, listen to everyone coo over it being a girl... silly of me i know. Just hard. Anyway going to get on here when boys in bed and catch up on posts...dh is out all eve...could have done with him for a hug. X
Deaks virtual hug from me (((hug))) xxx
Right i got boys to bed (feel bad for being narky with them all day :(), had a few tears and now need to sort my head out. This constant thinking of what might have been keeps leaving me with a headache. Like you Indigo, the other day i also had what i can only describe as a migraine... couldn't even turn my head or roll over in bed...just hideous! I think the stress is getting to me.
Pinga/charlie/babymad, the name situation is hard isn't it. It feels like using sloppy seconds and i guess we're all searching for that name that we forgot all about or hadn't noticed before in the book.... but it doesn't matter how many times i flick through the pages, nothing jumps out! But i think i may finally be there with a name and dh seems ok with it though hasn't committed yet.
Hope&D, is your attempt tonight? i seem to remember a post of yours saying what cd it was on and me looking at your chart thinking i must remember it is a wednesday and wish you luck. If not, it must be very soon. GL! it is soooooo your turn!
Sunset, hi hun, sounds like your ds had a fab party. How is dd doing...still only waking once in the night i hope?!
Aurora, interesting you should say that about not being able to get 4 kids out of your head. I really only wanted/kinda still want three so im trying to get the idea of 4 kids INTO my head! Don't want to leave much of a gap as from day one i always wanted my kids to be a similar age but also cant imagine the stress of having 4 under 6 in my household! I guess knowing it would be pgd and therefore a dd (if i was successful of course) would make it easier to cope with.
Babymad, this has been such a tough pg hey? its horrid to constantly have that feeling...mine is from the moment i wake up to the moment i sleep and doesn't really disappear much in-between at the mo :( How are things with your dh? are you talking more even if not about bubs name?!
Wishing4pink, great news on the diet and GL for June...we will be cheering you on!
Charlie, like babymad, big hugs hun. Not long now.... and what a relief it will be i hope! Pregnancy is the worst bit about gd in many respects i think. What a long old slog which gets harder everyday.
Right feeling a bit brighter. Perhaps my problem all day has been that i couldn't get on here...its like my therapy!
Thanks maybe, i needed that :) Your posts about dave are part of what keeps me going everyday... and i know once my little man is here, the pressure will be so much less. How are you feeling about all things gd? or are you managing to avoid thinking about it all for the time being at least?
Deaks I have to say that as time passes and the pg hormones have worked there way out of me my gd gets better every week. Dave is pretty absorbing so what with his scrummyness, two other kids and the loveliness of really enjoying being a new mum (been there, done all the mistakes so this is so much more enjoyable ) I have little room for gd. I really don't think any one looks at me with pity - last week a old couple come up to us in a cafe (take them every week for the last four years) and said how lovely my boys are and how I was a good mum. I feel comPlete for the first time ever. I never thought I would. However hand me a dd on a plate and I would take her in a flash. Problem is like you four kids was never on my radar and I would need to move and Surrey is not a cheap place to get a four bed house. Plus it would have to be a dd to take all that extra risk but no gauranteed way to get that. 15 months ago I was so sure I never wanted another boy but honestly he was meant for us. Life is pretty damn great right now.
Maybe- you sound sooo great. It's wonderful to hear what a great place you are in.
Auoara & deaks- I do want 4, dh is like no way. That's why I'm hoping for twins hahah. Then I would be done regardless of gender. I like the even #
Deaks attempts did start last night, then this am and tonight etc etc! Did trigger today yay! Will take an opk and see if it took and an hpt. On friday I go for bloods to check progesterone and LH levels.
Sunset- hi! How's that beautiful baby girl?
Wishing4pink- I'm down 27 pounds from LE way more from before but there where weeks scale didn't move then it did again, hang in there it will go :)
Maybebaby ~ I love reading your posts! :) you really do seem to be in a great place! i am so happy for you! :)
Deaks ~ you make it sound like my dd is a good sleeper :rofl: she was for a while when she was first born but since then she has turned into the worst sleeper possible lol she's been better these last 2 nights and has only woke up once for a feed and slept the full night in her cot but usually she point blank refuses to sleep on her own :S i hope these last 2 nights have been a sign of better times ahead in the sleep department but i dont dare to hope just yet :p
HopeandDream ~ how exciting, fx for a +opk soon!
wishing4pink ~ glad to hear the diet is going ok! are you doing the le diet or ig? sorry, my memory isn't the best.
babymad ~ you definitely dont look fat and old! your bump is gorgeous!
charlieispy ~ i love the pics on fb of your ds3, he's always in to some cute mischief :P
zanacal ~ thinking of you!
inglewood ~ thinking of you too! hope the colic is getting better
Hi girls sorry I've been missing again all is fine I'm just swamped with college work, I finish in 3weeks :)
I was wondering if u guys would help me out with my research by filling in the questionnaire I've made
Attitudes towards male midwives Survey
It's totally confidential, obviously there's no pressure at all :)
Hope babies bumps and mummy's are all doing well, I will be back very soon :)
Thanks Sunset - still here, still pregnant :D I'm happy with this week (in fact the weekend would be better than today or tomorrow!) but may start getting fed up if baby hasn't arrived by next week!!
Hi all,
Sorry I haven't been on for ages, I do pop on occasionally to look at posts but wanted to give myself as much time as possible to come to terms with Baby Cuddle (as my eldest calls him) being a boy and I found it difficult with many of you still following your dream of a dd.
I'm now 36 weeks and just been given some horrendous news. I have cord presentation which basically means that there is cord below the head and next to the cervix. I only found this out on Wed at 36 week scan which was monitoring my low lying placenta. I had every hope that that had moved and I could have a natural birth. Instead they wanted to keep me in straight away and I just feel to pieces. I'm a full-time mum to the boys, dh works all hours and parents are 2 hours away. After much persuasion, crying and a chat with another more senior consultant (the 1st was a bloke I didn't understand and had absolutely NO bedside manner whatsoever), she agreed to let me go home and come back for another scan at 37 weeks. The risk however is that if I go in to labour and if my waters break, I need to raise my bum in the air immediately and not move from that position whilst an ambulance rushes me in for an emergency c-section.
Everything I'm most frightened of, being in hospital (for up to 2 weeks before section), the heat in there is awful and I just felt sick and dizzy the 24 hours I was in there with DS1. How is my dh going to cope with work and children? How are they going to be without me (who's around them 24-7). I'm just going to be getting so anxious in there leading up to the section. V frightened of being cut open. And if my waters do break whilst I'm in there there's no way dh will make it there in time for the section so I'll be on my own.
How on earth do I try and pursuade them for an elective earlier than 39 weeks which is hospital policy?
So mixed and messed up. Obviously fearful of anything happening to Cuddle but v frightened myself, couldn't sleep last night, hardly eaten today.
So much for a nice relaxed home birth. Just feel like everything has gone wrong with this pregnancy and questioning whether any of it was down to the methods we've all been using to get pg in the first place.
Sorry for my rant, just knew you'd all understand
xxx
Sorry should have said the risk of waters breaking is that the cord will come down, baby won't get enough air and result could be still born. Raising bum in the air tries to push cord back down and reverse gravity giving baby ability to breathe
Oh maybepink! You poor thing.... sounds like you're not having the best time of it. Can anyone come and stay with you (eg parent)? Might make you feel more confident. Hope the cord moves away from where it is....
Try not to stress too much... its nothing you did - its just one of those things.... sometimes it must feel like everything is against you though. <hugs>
Wow Zanacal - baby is still snug in there then!!! Ooooh it really should be soon!
Well - I'm on my weekly hospital appointments. Had to do my GBS test today! To me thats the sign that I'm at the end of the pregnancy. :) Feeling huge and tired though...
Sunset - awww don't talk about bad sleeping - I'm in denial about the part where newborns don't let you sleep through the night :D
Hope everyone else is going well...
Oh maybe you poor thing! I can understand partly as I was in and out of hospital. I don't know if the cord can move but thank god they detected that. Some times these babies just can not behave and your plans go out the window. If the cord is there and stays there then don't feel bad - it's out of your hands. I am sure dh would rather miss work than risk you and cuddle getting I'll. Can't help with the c section side but birth hurts however they come. I think you would be and about within 24 hours. Try to get your mum to stay for a bit. Massive hugs xxx
{hugs} maybepink3. I know I'd be worried too but at least you know about the issue and know what to do if you should go in to labour early. Have you ever been early before? You must feel so torn between being at home for DH and the boys and going to hospital. I'm sure if you don't have family who can come to stay then DH will just do whatever he needs to do if you do have to go in. I'll be thinking of you x
Kell ~ Done! I feel like the most judgemental person in the world after having done your survery lol I am one of those women who would not be comfortable with a male midwife.
pinga ~ haha, we always seem to forget the sleepless nights don't we ;)
maybepink ~ how scary! good thing it was discovered though! i know the pain of staying in hospital so i can completely sympathise with you there. I too am a stay at home mum, my family lives in sweden and dh's family though 5 minutes away would not think to offer to take the kids or help out in any other way so my partner had no other choice than to take 2 weeks off work before dd was born to look after the boys while I was in hospital. It was torture.... the time d r a g s when you're in hospital so i'll keep my fx you can stay at home for as long as possible! I'm sure it didnt have anything to do with swaying, it's just one of them misfortunate things that happens :( but thank heavens it has been discovered so that they can do everything in their power to deliver your little one safetly into the world :)
zanacal ~ i really cant wait to hear the baby news and see pics of your baby girl :) you must be so excited now that the wait is nearly over :) besides, it's the perfect time of the year to have a baby :)
Kell I did the survey. I really wouldn't a man rummaging in my foof when I was in labour. I think there have been times in labour when I have felt bordering assaulted by my a midwife. To have that done a man would be worse but maybe not if he was with a female midwife at all times. I have never had a man touch in labour / post birth but when ds1 was born there was a pead in the room waiting for him to be born. If I or baby was in distress I dint care who is there as long as they have a phd in medicine.
Bad 24 hours for me. Went a a&e with a really bad burn yesterday and today the car caught fire with the kids in! I had to get them out and stand on a verge on a country lane!
Maybe just also wanted to say the cord has nothing to do with your sway. You have a perfect baby with a perfect cord which has unfortunatly got in the wrong place. All my boys was born with the cord round their neck
Hello Ladies
Cant believe how far you ladies are in your pregnancies, really looking forward to seeing pics of your squishy new borns!!
Very busy here beein trying organise paperwork and house for extension, all being well we should be good to go by mid august and then the chaos begins!!
DD is also poorly again with tonsilitis she only had it last month and she has it again and I hate it she really worries me when her temp hits 40+
Inglewood how are the twins and their colic ?
Maybebaby so good to hear your happy posts !!
xxx
I had the midwife today. She was going to offer to do a sweep but said she couldn't because the head isn't engaged. My blood pressure was slightly elevated but not worryingly so and I had some protein in my wee so she sent it off for testing. All in all, I just have to sit back and wait patiently! The weather is helping - it's too hot to be this fat but I do feel happier when the sun's shining and it's lovely to watch the boys playing in the garden together. DS2 really hopes the baby doesn't come until after tomorrow because he wants to fill the paddling pool up!
Hi all!
Z, wow 2 days over so any day now.... keep checking FB. All the best when the time comes!
Deaks, sorry u haven't been feeling so good :( hope u are having a better day and have a good wkend.
H&G, FX for those twins! I only ever thought I'd have 2 kids.....she says 4 kids later!! lol Can't say I knew what did it for me? Did the IG diet and supps.... rose quartz etc... u can read my sway on here...
Wishing, Fx for a BFP soon!
Maybepink, hope all goes well? I've had 3 sections, 1 emerg and 2 planned, hope they give u a planned one, alot better, but even if emerg, relax and enjoy meeting ur little baby. A section isn't too bad at all, but I don't have a vag birth to compare to. GL X
Sunset, hope she settles soon back into sleeping all night.
Maybe, how's ur little man doing?
AFM, thanks for asking after the twins and their colic probs!! It's hard going, not had a hot meal or in quiet for wks. Dh who is usually calm is a moaning prat! The final straw for him and he's sitting in a huff was the babies screaming thru our indian takeway tonight (as they did last wk) and I'm too exhausted toput up with his crap :( My mum helps alot but works 2days, so now dh can see what I have on my own alot of the time. The weather has been lovely and he's clearing the garden for a new shed, that hasn't helped his mood, so I bought him something for the car he wanted and he still is acting like a prat! Wish someone got me something I wanted like I do for him, I'd appear alot more grateful than him. He says he gave me the best gift ever, agreeing to have another baby, which is true, but he needs to realise it's not forever (colic) and I need him to be there for me now too. He does help with the girls, ALOT, but is just in a terrible mood alot of the time and it's making me feel teary. :(
Haven't been on here for ages because of the stress at home, but thanks for listening to my ranting! The girls have been on infacol and dentinox with no joy. Gonna try Colief then lok at changing the milk to Aptamil comfort or changing bottles. My friend who BF all her kids and they had colic texts me alot to keep me going each day and Deaks is a star and a great support to me!! :)
Village Gala day tom, can see it far enough! Military operation to go anywhere and since it takes 2hr to feed both girls, I then only have 1 hour before they are due fed again... luckily my mum will come and feed 1 for me to have 2 hours gap to get out. Anywhere I go we get stopped and asked lots of questions about the twins, which is lovely.... but not when u have 1 hour to get out the door, get to asda, faff about with the twin trolley, get ur shopping, get 2 babies back into the car, get home and get 2 bottles ready....phew....out of breath even typing that!! lol So don't go too far anless Dh or my mum come. managed tennis lessons tonight with 4 kids myself..... proud of myself! :)
Well, off to bed, girls prob up soon.
Anyone heard from LMW?
Take care ladies.
Hi all, going to catch up with posts later.... seems like we are all going through a lot when i quickly read. Heading out to my nephews party v soon and just about sorted my head out. Visited my friend last night with 3 boys who just had her dd this week. I had prepared myself for finding it hard but it was even tougher than i imagined. She told me how she was much more besotted with this one, how she wanted to go on nights out straight away after her boys were born, but not with this one and how she was enjoying breast feeding for the first time ever. Not great things to hear when you are suffering with gd obviously. She asked me how i was feeling now (she knows i swayed) but now she has a dd she is kind of on the list of people i have to pretend to iykwim. I can only be truly honest with mums of boys only except for one friend i have who has a pp. Anyway, through the night i was very teary and this morning and desperately want to stop feeling sorry for myself. What a rollercoaster!
Just quickly, though will catch up properly later i promise and not be all me me me...
Inglewood hope you had a better eve last night. Glad the cd working for at least one!
Maybe, sorry to hear you and car in the wars. Not good after you have been in such a great frame of mind,
Zanacal...waiting to hear you news. Cant wait. Only smog ladies allowed dd's in my opinion!!
Kell, promise i will do the survey later! Hope you are ok.
Maybepink, what an awful thing to be going through. What did you decide to do... stay home or did you have to go back in. Hope all well. I would rope family in as much as possible and your dh will be fine...good for them to be thrown in at deep end with kids sometimes!
Pinga, babymad, wont be long now. I know i keep saying that but life going to look up when little men are here. I cant wait for my next 20 weeks to go as i know i can stop being a miserable pg woman!
Much love to all. Sunset, everyone else hi!
Hi girls.....
Maybepink ~ I hope everything is going ok, so good that they spotted it!! I am in the same boat....no family whatsoever to help and DH working lots so we have no one to help with the boys...it's very hard, lots of hugs xx Keep us posted on how you are doing x
Zanacal ~ I'm with you on its too hot to be fat!! My feet and ankles are really hurting! Hopefully little miss will make an appearance soon!
Maybe ~ wow your car was on fire! Sounds scary - hope you are all ok!
Sunset ~ loving your pics on FB!
Inglewood ~ sorry things are hard at home at the mo, don't put too much pressure on yourself or DH right now- you are both very tired and very busy! It won't be like this forever and men don't cope as well as we do with life being manic! I hope the colic settles on so you can enjoy your girls as time will pass so quickly.... Hold on in there Hun, it will get easier x
Deaks ~ loads of hugs hun xx it is so so hard. I pretend to eveyone too and get fed up with having to justify my large family of boys......!! Try to enjoy your pg and remember you've still got chance of having your DD in the future, I know that doesn't help right now but it may help you on your low days. Have you decided where you are going to do PDG?
Things are ok with DH, we aren't arguing as much, even though it's very hard at the mo as we've got so Much going on with the house which is very stressful and time consuming and looking after 3 kids too....!! It's full on and hectic and I've got no patience and very hormonal so some days are a battlefield but we are trying not to take it out on each other as much.
We don't talk about the baby issues and when I do attempt to tell him how upset I have been with everyones comments he just says I take everything the wrong way....he doesn't get it at all!!!
I do think GD is sparked a lot of the time by people's reactions and comments and I know I can't take much more of people's comments - its made me feel so low the last few weeks and I actually dread going out now as Emotionally I'm struggling to pretend I'm ok! We are going to a BBQ later I know I will get the usual shit from everyone and I am dreading it.
Charlie ~ Yes Beck and Noah are very alike bless em! :) I feel like you....I just have no motivation, excitement or will to do anything related to the baby, I think I'm in complete denial that I'm having a baby and I just think its all going to go away!
Lots of hugs xx
Hi to everyone else....hope you are all enjoying the sunshine:)
Deaks- major ((((hugs)))). That had to have been soooo hard. I would have felt exactly the same way. I totally keep my gender desire a secret. The only people that know are dh (of course), my mom and one friend. I do not want to deal with everything that goes along with the gender discussion. I was at the OB and two women were there saying they were done bc they had 1 each. They knew I was trying for another and after found out I had 2 boys they were like oh, that's why you want another. Everyone just assumes. I guess that really means that it's pretty natural to want both. I wouldn't admit it though even to strangers I will never see again! I was like if u met my boys you'd know why it didnt matter to me. I will have MAJOR GD but id like to elieve i will cherish ever last minute once i have a baby in my arms probably for te last time Anyway, sending love from NY.
Thanks for the hugs H&D (loving the love from NY!) and babymad! I just cant believe how awful gd is.... its constantly there. Dh commented today that its like i have lost a child and it feels a little like that...like im constantly grieving... ridiculous really. I have to keep telling myself to snap out of it and enjoy my lovely boys as i don't want to remember these years as just gd dominated. Babymad, yes dh and i sat down this morning and had a serious talk (a momentous occasion in my household!). We made a plan that we would head out to HRC next Easter (woah!) and if that fails genesis next summer and again the following easter. Its just a case of why wait! Id rather give HRC a shot while ds3 is really little and fairly immobile.
I hope the bbq went ok and you didn't get too many comments. Awful that you feel like you dread going out but i know where you are coming from. I dread the questions and if i could avoid people and the subject i probably would. So glad that there has been an improvement between you and dh though. Hopefully your little man will bring you closer again.
Hope, im so hopeful for you this month!
Sorry to everyone else that i still haven't caught up on posts properly, been outside most of the day and then chilled in front of a film with dh. X
Yay for the HT plans deaks! I'll look forward to following your journey :D
Still nothing happening here. Not keen to do much to try and help baby along but might tackle the 'big steps' up the hill near our house today - I walked up them the day I went in to labour with DS3!