Part 11: Due December 2017,Jan, Feb, March 2018

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Originally Posted by kat1234

LSMS - never thought about not doing it, ha! I guess that’s an option. I just always try/have to nurse a lot in the beginning to establish supply.


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I know where you’re coming from, ;)
I’d say best thing to get supply up is skin to skin as muuuuuuch as possible, and Bub on boob as much as she wants too without any restriction ...the early days demand feeds are intense but they are what gets supply established best ;) there will be time later to fall into a routine :)
The more they are on the breast the more the body’s reacts by producing, and things will adjust pretty quickly by following baby’s cues ;)
And in the end, if using a means to monitor feeds etc helps you, no harm, of croise..happy mum = happy baby, whatever works for you ;)

I second LMSM Kay and if you try not to stress/worry about it that’d probably help also! I bought a baby scale off amazon to just make sure ds3 was gaining so we didn’t have to go back into the hospital so maybe that’s an option.


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LMSM it will be real very soon :) i think not knowing the gender is making imagining this baby even more difficult because its not "him" or "her" i am still loving team green though and so so glad i did it this time :D i caved at 37 weeks last time but wont be doing that this week!!

Kat do whats right for you :) tracking every feed and nappy sounds like it could be quite stressful especially through the nights but if you loved it last time and it worked well for you then do it!! your baby-your way :heart:

bluebooties - I hoping to have it done tomorrow morning but the doctor said the results take a few days so I'm just going to wait until my next appt on the 18th unless they call beforehand (which I doubt hah).

LMSM - yes it was non fasting 1 hr test but I only had eggs and water that morning since my apt was early afternoon. The 3 hr test I can't eat so I'm going in the morning. I'm also having trouble wrapping my head around a 3rd baby (that I thought I'd never have).
I do hope your throat feels better soon, its terrible being sick AND pregnant! And you still have plenty of time to pick a name. We aren't even set on one completely and I'm due in 9 weeks :think:

names are an issue here too especially if baby is a girl, there's only 1 boys name i like and dh liked it in the past so that should be easy :) but girls names are so difficult for us :-/ there's 4 i like but im not dead set on any of them and knowing dh he will reject them all.. we haven't discussed names at all so all that will have to start after baby's born.

We were still trying to choose a middle name as I was being wheeled back for surgery. Lol


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love it srg!! :) our youngest was nameless for 5 weeks after she was born.. :-/ girls names really do cause us issues!! how are you and little Charlotte doing?

4b2p – definitely would make it harder to project yourself not knowing gender! Do you mind sharing your boy and girl names :D (yes, being snoopy haha)
I think once you see baby’s face it is easier too – as you can get the vibe of “she definitely isn’t a …” etc ;)

Momma – good luck for the GTT! Hope the Dr actually gives you results as they come this time!
It sucks being pregnant and fasting AND getting blood drawn all whilst still not eating after for a while – I dread mine which is due at Xmas time – with my middie’s blessing may postpone a few days so it’s after the New year and I can have all the Xmas food out of my system lol
Oooh do you want to share your name ideas ? :D haha I know we still have plenty of time, but would love to help DH feel more of a connection with baby- and naming her would make it a tad more real for him (plus I like the idea of knowing her name, it would make it more tangible for me too – though we won’t share it with the girls to avoid them spilling the beans ^^). I’m not pressuring him anyways, I know that now I will leave him to brew on it for a month or so, and we can raise it again in the new year – maybe by then the name will come naturally to him (that’s what happened last time lol).
As for the illness, thanks hon – am much better – the fresh lemons from the garden must have perked me up with all that vit C :D

SRG – haha, well you did choose a very nice middle name for Charlotte – so you did well! ;)
How is everything going for you at home? Settling in? big sisters super excited?

Anyone here having swayed (or rather pre-swayed) blue whilst pregnant? I’m crazy I know, but is it worth trying to keep blue friendly for a long period of time when swaying blue – or should I just drop it for now and really focus on it later? We may never TTC again (sigh, I hope we do!), and only if we won the lotto do I think I could ever maybe convince hubby of HT, but the control freak personality I have just wants me to plan plan plan – “just in case”.
I will do up a post for Atomic but keen to hear of blue swayers thoughts – if any of you ladies have been in that situation, that is! ;)

LMSM i was hoping that once we saw DD2 we would find a name easily but no!! still took 5 weeks!! the boys name is Wade just have to hope dh hasnt gone off it since we last discussed boys names in 2014..
and the ones im liking for a girl are Alva, Alisa (pronounced A-lee-sa), Sierra and Serafina, i quite like Saskia too but dont see dh saying yes to that, ive not put any of them to him yet i'll only start all that if baby is in fact a girl, there are loads of other girls names i love but i dont want the list getting longer and longer and then just finding it impossible to narrow it down in my own mind which was partly an issue with DD2 along with dh saying no to EVERYTHING!! argh!! haha

open to any input/comments on names :)

there have been people sway blue during pregnancy :) i know Throwaway Panther did and im pretty sure ELP did too

Haha – it’s a tough gig getting that name just right isn’t it! ;) it’s funny there are a few on your girls list that were on mine i.e. Serafina I find uber cute (not hubby alas) and Saskia, hubby didn’t mind but still asked me to take it off the list as not sure (funny as he really liked when looked for DD2). I like all of them so not much help but if I had to pick a preference, it’d be Serafina :awe: it’s a truly angelic (no pun intended :P) name ^^ you can still shorten it with Sera as a nickname too.
Oh for your boy name, really like Wade, I picture a cheeky sweet boy with that name!

My below list was my initial one for DD3 ^^ it's narrowed down a bit since though:
Anna / Zoé / Sofia/Sophia /Kiara / Siena /Leila /Serafina / Serena / Saskia
Abigaelle / Anaelle/ Maelle /Maeva/e/Romane /Adeline/Adaline
Callie / Margaux / Maja /Syrin/Erine