2015 October Owls! | The chicks are hatching! *16 boys & 8 girls so far!*

[allforthegirl]

Aliop my guy is tiny. In less 5th percentile for height and weight. Just moving into 9 month clothing. But he has been nursing 5-8 times a day and 4-5 a night still. So I'm just trying to feed him something else instead which isn't working overly well as he is cutting teeth.

 

[cheree89]

My ds2 is still nursing with no signs of letting up. I am tired of the night nursing too. I'd love to get an uninterrupted night's sleep. Can you imagine? My ds1 didn't sleep through the night until 2 though...2.5 months to go. I wouldn't mind tandem nursing, but I am sure my mw will encourage me to wean due to my pprom and ptl issues. I'd like to make it until he is 2 though.

 

[Dark_Star]

You could always wean for a few months then take on tandem when your milk comes in with the new baby.

 

[Dark_Star]

TMI question for those who have nursed: I have super sensitive nipples, in fact I don't even like them to be touched on the bedroom until I am very "warmed up" or I get over stimulated and almost in pain. Do the nips toughen up a lot while nursing?

 

[Serenjay]

Girls.. I have felt so ill all day.. its 1am and I just suddenly CRAVED for baileys irish cream.. I couldnt get it out of my head.. so I remembered I had one in the fridge from Christmas and I just poured half a measure over ice and I am sipping the tiniest amount and OMG!!!! its AMAZING its like the best thing I have tasted..ever,, it is only a tiny amount with ice but the ice tastes so lovey..mmmmmmmmmm

Oh and peanut butter and strawberry jam sarnies

 

[Dark_Star]

I know the feeling, I have been craving an ice cold hard apple cider. I had a sip of fiance's the other day and it was heaven!

 

[Serenjay]

I was making noises whilst drinking it and eating the sandwiches.. my son walked in the kitchen and said are you drunk?? No!!! im enjoying this... its so delicious.. he looked at me odd and went back to his pc... hahaha

 

[heidi87814]

Hi ladies, I finally had my first doctor's appointment this week. (What a nightmare it was to try and book it too because there's a huge national holiday here right now - the lunar new year.) Everything's looking normal and I did get to hear the heartbeat. The only thing I was kind of bummed out about was that hubbie wasn't there. He's away for work this week so I had to go alone.

My official due date is October 1st - less than a week after DD's first birthday. This should be an adventure.

I can see a few of you were talking about nursing and I was going to ask to see if any of you had any suggestions or experience with this. Obviously I'm still nursing DD and my doctor said I have to start eating a lot more now that I'm pregnant and breastfeeding. But I feel so sick these days. I can barely find anything that doesn't make me want to vomit let alone increasing my eating habits.

Anyone have any advice?

 

[Hope87]

Hello ladies! After months of TTC #1, I finally received a BFP!

Two weeks ago I had a "scare" with some spotting and long ER visit. It was quite nerve-wracking experience, but everything is a-okay! We saw our little bean's heart beating and everything looked great. If we go by my LMP, I'm approximately 7w6d along (Oct 6 due date), but based on the gestational age of our baby, I'm 8w1d (Oct 3 due date). A small variance of 3 days.

So far this has been a great pregnancy. I'm not experiencing sever morning sickness, thank goodness. Weeks 6 and 7 were pretty bad... I didn't want ANY food, I felt sick and tired. Now, my nausea has eased-up and my appetite is coming back (although, I'm still picky). I've had a few good days in a row! Of course, you can start thinking the worse when there is a noticeable and sudden absence of symptoms. But, I'm remaining very positive! I'm 27 with a healthy U/S with a heartbeat, I think all will be well!

Can't wait to follow each of your journies and share stories with you all!

 

[GingerPanda]

Welcome, Hope! You've been added!

 

[Dark_Star]

Congratulations Hope!

 

[Dark_Star]

Thread mod- my due date has been estimated at October 8, could you please add it?

 

[GingerPanda]

Done!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Nothing new here; my lmp puts me at technically 8 weeks pregnant today. So increasingly annoyed with my gp surgery, i really don't think they are going to get in touch for weeks yet! ar well.

 

[Dark_Star]

Thank you!
If all goes well I will likely birth in September, but I'd rather stick with you ladies as we will be passing the same milestones together.

 

[Natasha2605]

Welcome Hope

 

[Rainstorm]

I'm still nursing to sleep too. We tried getting him to sleep on his own but it takes hours, he needs to be exhausted or else he plays in his crib, so I keep nursing him to sleep (and during night wakes) for the time being... but it will have to stop eventually. Those of you in the same boat, any ideas on how to stop?

 

[Lil_Pixie]

I don't have any good advice I'm afraid. Xander woke around every hour to feed and had to be fed to sleep until after his first birthday when we effectively cut him off
He still got his bedtime feed but then he went into his cot to go to sleep on his own. I've got to be totally honest, it was brutal. We changed the goalposts on him and it was very upsetting. But in less than a week he was going to bed singing and giggling and sleeping through probably 7-6.

We stuck with that for probably another 5 or six month but I developed an aversion to breastfeeding during my last pregnancy. I persevered but after I miscarried I didn't have it in me any more so I weaned him.

The one thing I'll change with this baby is I'll definitely definitely put it down to sleep awake from day one.

 

[CrazyMumma]

Yikes miss a day and there is heaps to catch up on!!

DarkStar - I had really sensitive nipples and at first TBH breastfeeding Miss4 sucked. Lanolin was my friend! After about a week though they did toughen up and I breastfed for 5 months no trouble. Id day itl be about the same this time - they are so sensitive already!!! Drinking lots of water helps, if you get dehydrated then your nipples are more likely to crack.

Hope - congrats & welcome!

AFM - scan tomorrow!!! I can't wait and am holding out for a more positive experience this time. My last two scans left me in tears - first I was scanned by this lady who could barely speak English at 5 weeks - all she said was "No baby, you have cysts"!!! Then I was told was probably ectopic - scanned again 2 weeks later - saw gestational sac and yolk sac but no fetal pole - told was a MMC! But HCG levels have been rising well the whole time and I have had no bleeding so fingers crossed baby is just starting out a bit slower. So fingers crossed tomorrow we will finally see our baby!

 

[Dark_Star]

Fingers crossed for you CrazyMumma, I have read so many stories on this forum about babies showing up late on scans and going on to be healthy pregnancies. Remember when they say that most pregnancies look like something at a certain stage, that is a median. There's always outliers to that data that are still healthy babies, but were slower to get hooked up to the uterus.