Uk SMOG Wannabes ~ January

[Petal]

I am loving the bump pictures!!! you ladies are just gorgeous!!

petal where did you get the snuggle wrap from? i swaddle dd in a normal blanket but she always finds her way out somehow lol she is a bit up and down at night, some nights she's really good and only wakes for 2 feeds and other nights she's up cluster feeding lol and at the moment she seems to like to sleep half the night in her moses basket and then from about 4ish she will only settle next to me in the big bed. i'm sure we will get into a routine soon enough, at the moment i'm trying to simply enjoy every minute of the havoc because i know too well from the boys that they soon grow up and these moments are incredibly precious (although somewhat tiring ) I cant believe your ds is 2 months old how time flies! has he started to giggle yet?

I got the swaddle wrap from ebay, heres the link.....
Summer, The Orginal Swaddle Me, 0-4 months New | eBay
It really is great and works a treat, the last 2 nights ive put him in one of those baby sleeping bags but he doesnt sleep as good as his arms are free!
Ds3 cluster feeds in the evenings, but now he has a bottle before bed and gives me a break lol. Your dd is doing well going until 4am this soon! Hows the breast feeding going? those first few weeks are hell arnt they lol, they were for me anyway! x x

[Lavenderlime]

lavender, do you think the next baby will be your last? dh thought ds2 was our last but came round to 3 and then last night i again mentioned that i quite fancy 4 and he didnt put his foot down so he's definately coming round!

I was actually thinking about this the other day Deaks, only because DS1 went to stay with my PIL's for the night whilst DP, DS2 and I went to Ikea in the evening to get some storage (still on my spring cleaning kick). They both really missed each other and were asking after one another. It is so lovely how close they are and I am so glad that I had two boys with a small age gap as they are great friends as much as they squabble and drive me crazy at times. So this then got me thinking If DC3 is a girl would I then want to try for a sister for her so she could have the same sibling bond as my boys have? Or if it's a boy will I still have that longing for a DD and have one last try? So for now I really don't think I will stop at three, but It does depend on DP and practicalities, like we'd need to move sooner and I will need to get a full time job at somepoint.

[Lavenderlime]

Kell lovely scan pictures! Yay for a sexing scan not long to wait!

Chocolate lovely to hear that you've booked a scan too and what a fab price!

Zanacal your DD's scan picture is gorgeous and what a lovely bump.

Sunset and Petal glad your, DD and DS's are doing so well and feeding and sleeping well too. Must be lovely having a newborn again.

Homebirthingprincess and Pinga knowing that you both got married whilst pregnant has got me thinking. I have always said that I wanted to be married by the time I was 25 which as of the start of this month I now am. We've been engaged for about 6 years now. Also I really want to have the same Last name as the boys before DS1 starts school. So think I may try and plan a super low key wedding for this summer. We've talked about doing it abroad in the past. I'm really not fussed about the big day still would love a pretty dress though. DP's idea of hell is being centre of attention for a whole day so he'd prefer to have a small do too. Only problem is all the family feeling left out if we do just sneak off and get married.... but i'll just have cross that bridge if and when I come to it.

[Lavenderlime]

Has/does anyone get/had mid-cycle/ovulation bleeding spotting?

I've had a few stomach cramps today and I thought it was just down to changing my magnesium supliments.
Just been to the toilet and when I wiped there was red blood like period blood. I think I had what must have been ovulation spotting in my November cycle but that was just a teeny tiny bit of pink spotting. Never had full on blood mid-cycle before? It's slightly worrying me, especially after my odd AF and dull cramps in my left side which were there even a few days after AF had finished.

[chocolate]

Hi Lavenderlime, I only ever got a tiny bit of pink cm mid-cycle, so not sure Im afraid.

Could you just get married abroad with your kids and maybe parents/siblings? Then a party back home? We arent married and would both hate being the centre of attention too, tricky one

[charlieispy]

thats exactly what we did 20 people including us and ds1 & 2 in italy then had a party back home x it was lush and very relaxed

[Wishing4Pink]

All your pictures and scans photos are just lovely. Some very girly looking scan pics as well!

Making me very very broody

x

[pinkprincess85]

Hi ladies, congrats to all those that are pg or have had their little ones, im ttc number 4 (after 3 boys)

DEAKS - last time i looked when ur af arrived mine was either on the same day or close, are you on cd 7? are you fully on the diet etc? im trying to stick to as much i can, taking all the vitamins +completely cut caffeine out! im a little unsure what dh is supposed to be doing - hes trying to cut down on caffeine + no orange juice etc. do you know what vitamins he should take if any?
im due to ov on feb 22- hoping quite late on the 22nd as 23rd is new moon!
Keep me up to date with how this month goes + maybe we can symptom spot together in the 2ww! x

[zanacal]

pinkprincess - where in Dorset are you?

[Sunset]

Evening ladies!

Babymad and Kell ~ happy to hear you scans went well! very cute little bubbas!! Babymad, it could easily have been the cord you saw. I always thought i saw something at my scans, but as fa as I can tell she hasn't got any extra bits

Petal ~ Thanks for the link The breastfeeding is going really well! she only lost 5 grams of her birth weight and she has now passed her birth weight and weighs 6lbs 6oz. She is a little feeding monster she doesn't sleep until 4am, she will be up and down breastfeeding through the night but she usually lets me put her back in her moses basket until about 4ish when she wants to sleep in our bed. how much does your ds weigh now? how big was he at birth?

AFM.. crazy but I had my practical driving test today. Because I was in hospital and everything has been so busy hectic these last few days we missed the cut off date to rearrange my practical and despite arguing with them for days they point blank refused to let me rearrange my test date so I decided to just go for it today so i wouldn't have thrown the £75 down the drain. I thought I would do really badly since I haven't driven a car for 3-4 weeks and I had to drive a completely new car for my test, but I did quite well and very nearly passed my test apart from one simple silly mistake! I'm still beating myself up about it! I so very nearly came home with a driving license!! but at least now i know what to expect and i've done it once before so i won't be so nervous next time. I'm gonna try again in about 2 weeks so fx i pass next time!