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[CrazyMumma]

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.

Thanks hun. Its hard having had two previous losses though - I want to be full of hope and thinking the best but there is always that fear of going through it all again

 

[Dark_Star]

Trust me, I know that feeling well

 

[cheree89]

Best of luck to you crazymumma. I hope to hear that you had a wonderful scan.

Darkstar..I didn't have the same problem before nursing my boys, but I think nursing is challenging for everyone in the beginning. It gets much easier as you go though. By 3 months or so, it is a breeze (for many people, but not all).

I've never figured out how to put my kids to bed without nursing. I am sure my sleep deprived state will prevent me from doing anything different with number 3 lol.

 

[Babee_Bugs]

My daughter did the exact same... She use to sleep all night when a few months old, then gradually got worse, till the point of about 10months old she nursed during the night every hour!!! We got ourselves in a rut of me feeding her to sleep and then putting her down, so when she woke again after she realised I put her down the process started again one day I just said enough was enough... I bought some MAM bottles and gave her milk in it, that was the first time she took a bottle.

At bedtime I kept to a strict routine, upto bed bottle of milk, stories... Night light on and I would kiss her goodnight and walk out. The 1st 4 nights were horrendous!!! She screamed the house down and I felt horrible. But I know her cries and isn't because she hurt herself, or she was hungry... She was just shouting at me for leaving her and not nursing to sleep.

After those 4 nights, she was a gem... Since then, she goes to bed with her bottle of milk, she's wide awake, we read stories and she falls asleep herself...

It took about 2 days for my milk to disappear, I just left them we'll alone, didn't touch, didn't express. Just tried to forget about them


As for in the beginning... The 3rd day was the worst for me!!! My milk came in well and truly and I was sooo engorged that my little one couldnt get a good mouthful, so she nursed on the very very end ***ouch*** so then my nips were cracked and bleeding. I went to boots as soon as it opened and bought lansinoh lanolin!! That stuff is worth it's weight in gold!... I found it a breeze, but found it impossible when I tried with second son..

I'm hoping to feed number 4 myself again as it's sooo easy and cost effective

 

[cheree89]

With my oldest, I had to stop nursing to sleep because my pregnancy dried up my supply. He loved being read to, so we read several stories in bed with him each night to get him to sleep. That worked great. He still loves his bedtime story and then will just roll over and go to sleep. My ds2 doesn't really like traditional story books though, so not sure it will work for him. He is kind of picky. Ds1, on the other hand, had all the words to the cat in the hat and the giving tree memorized by about 21 months old lol.

 

[KrazyMomma]

Every day feels so long. I have no bad symptoms, bleeding or cramps. Still anxious to do my first scan and make sure all is good. As per LMP, due date is Oct 12th

 

[Natasha2605]

I've had a few sharp pains in my pelvis area which make me wince. Just started in the last hour. Don't know if I should be worried or not also have a bit of a sore tummy. can't remember what is and isn't normal.

 

[Serenjay]

When is your 1st scan Krazymamma? congratulations x

Natasha maybe it is ligament pain? or constipation.. I find that constipation can be very painful, as you are not bleeding I would say it is possibly that? FX x

 

[Natasha2605]

When is your 1st scan Krazymamma? congratulations x

Natasha maybe it is ligament pain? or constipation.. I find that constipation can be very painful, as you are not bleeding I would say it is possibly that? FX x

Maybe. Could definitely be either. Tmi but I havent done a proper poo at least since yesterday that I remember. I'm pretty sure it's probably nothing to worry about. But we still worry Eh!

 

[Serenjay]

I also find trapped gas makes me squeal.. I was going for sometimes 7 days no BM... now Im around every 3/4 days I have constipation and gas wind.. its horrible. and I think its adding to my MS x

 

[CrazyMumma]

Every day feels so long. I have no bad symptoms, bleeding or cramps. Still anxious to do my first scan and make sure all is good. As per LMP, due date is Oct 12th

Congrats! love your user name

 

[nmpjcp2015]

It's sleeting and showing and only 30 degrees. I think they are going to cancel my first appt which is tomorrow morning. I'm so upset. I hate February.

 

[tallybee]

It's sleeting and showing and only 30 degrees. I think they are going to cancel my first appt which is tomorrow morning. I'm so upset. I hate February.

Oh no I hope it's not cancelled hun x

 

[nmpjcp2015]

Thanks tally. I meant sleeting and snowing. It's 30 degrees Farenheit. Sorry for the typos.

 

[MrsSmith54]

Thanks for the support lady's sorry I'm not on here as often. as busy as my doctors and work have me these days feel like pulling teeth scary and feel so slow.......

 

[Serenjay]

Just quickly popping in to say scan went well.. baba measuring 8+3 and strong. next scan at 12 weeks..

I on the other hand I am really ill, they said I need to sip tiny amounts every 10 mins and nibble tiny amounts every 30 mins and if I get worse to ring my gp as I will need to go in... can't keep nothing down. im going to sleep now.. my day off vomiting and sleeping..I will have to book this week off sick xx

 

[Babee_Bugs]

Well I had a strange night lastnight lol... I didn't know where I wanted to be or what I needed... I felt like I was gonna pile so ran to the toilet and nothing... Just a lot of dry heaving never been this bad before With what there call morning sickness... So got back into bed and somehow managed to fall asleep when my partner woke me up to tell me my boob was leaking!!!??? WTF I've never had this before ever! I stopped nursing my daughter 14 months ago? Anyone else had this? X

 

[GingerPanda]

I just found baby's heartbeat on my new doppler! Weirdly, I found two fast heartbeats, one on either side of my uterus. Both way faster than my own heartbeat. We only saw one baby on the scan, but they were tucked waaaay off to one side of my uterus.

 

[allforthegirl]

Well I had a strange night lastnight lol... I didn't know where I wanted to be or what I needed... I felt like I was gonna pile so ran to the toilet and nothing... Just a lot of dry heaving never been this bad before With what there call morning sickness... So got back into bed and somehow managed to fall asleep when my partner woke me up to tell me my boob was leaking!!!??? WTF I've never had this before ever! I stopped nursing my daughter 14 months ago? Anyone else had this? X

I have heard of this before. Unfortunately it's normal, some leak more than others.

I just found baby's heartbeat on my new doppler! Weirdly, I found two fast heartbeats, one on either side of my uterus. Both way faster than my own heartbeat. We only saw one baby on the scan, but they were tucked waaaay off to one side of my uterus.

Oooh that's interesting. Won't that be neat!!

 

[cheree89]

Just quickly popping in to say scan went well.. baba measuring 8+3 and strong. next scan at 12 weeks..

I on the other hand I am really ill, they said I need to sip tiny amounts every 10 mins and nibble tiny amounts every 30 mins and if I get worse to ring my gp as I will need to go in... can't keep nothing down. im going to sleep now.. my day off vomiting and sleeping..I will have to book this week off sick xx

Glad you had a nice scan...I hope you start feeling better soon!

I just found baby's heartbeat on my new doppler! Weirdly, I found two fast heartbeats, one on either side of my uterus. Both way faster than my own heartbeat. We only saw one baby on the scan, but they were tucked waaaay off to one side of my uterus.

Wow...that is early! I need to find my doppler. It is packed away somewhere.