April Mummies 2011

[cheese lover]

Dana, I'm still 17 lbs from pre-pregnancy and 27 from my goal weight. I had to go buy some pants because I was only able to fit in my maternity pants. Don't feel bad! You JUST had a baby! That's what my DH says whenever I get down about my weight or flabby belly or clothes not fitting. Your body went through a pretty amazing experience.

Caro, I'm glad that the schedule is working! I need to work on getting Isis to sleep without nursing but I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle that yet.

 

[caro103]

cheese lover, i'm totally finding its easier to get him to sleep after playing, rather than after feeding, unless its the middle of the night cos whenever he wakes he is hungry. but each baby is different! xx

 

[gertrude]

Hey girls I'm still 2stone over pre pregnancy weight Fuck it!

 

[DanaBump]

thanks ladies , i keep forgetting i JUST had a baby. it took me 39 weeks to get here, why do i think in a matter 6 my body would go back? i only fit into my mat jeans too, maybe i'll make myself feel better and buy a new pair of something i can wear during the summer.

 

[Lilly12]

If you're breastfeeding your body will also store some fat as reserves

 

[SazzleR]

I've not even stepped on the scales yet because I am in denial! I know I'm a big fat heffer as none of my pre preggo bottoms fit (and neither do the tops but that's mainly due to my mahoosive milk boobs lol) but I'm not ready to face up to my lardiness just yet! I'm still wearing my maternity jeans! Some of my size 14s are close to fitting so another couple of weeks of BFing & I'm sure I'll be out of maternity gear. Looking forward to getting back to exercise too. My plan is to start a week on Mon with some short jogs. Did nothing while preggo so gonna have to start with a mile & work back up! x

 

[cheese lover]

Caro, I feel kinda stupid asking but how do you play with him? I mean we have some time on her play mat talking but she doesn't seem interested in toys yet. Maybe the play mat with the stuff that hangs from it...

Dana, definitely go buy something nice for the summer! find something that looks good on you and don't even think about what size it is! I'm 3 sizes higher than what's in my closet. I'm just lucky my shirts still fit.

Lilly, I'm not sure my body's holding onto 17 pounds of fat reserves for milk

Sazzle, I tried to start exercise this morning and I got through 15 minutes before Isis decided that it wasn't entertaining enough for her. I'll start running after my 6 week check up and make DH watch LO.

 

[CottlestonPie]

Omg gem, I hope he's doing ok now. All the best you both xxxx

I put on 4st (56lb) during pregnancy.. After having toby and losing retained fluid from my legs etc, i was still 2st over my pre-preg weight but I'm now on a diet and I've lost 8lb in a little over a fortnight. Woohoo! Still can't fit into any of my clothes mind you

 

[CottlestonPie]

Caro, I feel kinda stupid asking but how do you play with him? I mean we have some time on her play mat talking but she doesn't seem interested in toys yet. Maybe the play mat with the stuff that hangs from it...

Tobys 8 weeks old and is only just starting to look interested in colourful toys. He still prefers human interaction so his playtime is more about pulling faces and playing with his cheeks and nose whilst talking to him and making noises. He tries to copy noises and faces (sticking out his tongue for example) too... That's more fun than toys!

 

[caro103]

Caro, I feel kinda stupid asking but how do you play with him? I mean we have some time on her play mat talking but she doesn't seem interested in toys yet. Maybe the play mat with the stuff that hangs from it...

hun, don't feel silly! he likes staring at things above him in his play gym, in his bouncer or me shaking a rattle. I do put it in his hand to and shake it for him to give him the idea. Squeeky toys are good too. Or we sing nursery rhymes and are just generally silly which when he wants to play gets some good smiles!

occasionally now he reaches out for the toys on the play gym, but i think more often than not its accidental when he bats them, but with time he'll get there! my friends baby whos now 9wks was pulling alex's toys off his play gym yesterday so hoping it won't be long before he grasps things a bit too!

 

[SazzleR]

Sazzle, I tried to start exercise this morning and I got through 15 minutes before Isis decided that it wasn't entertaining enough for her. I'll start running after my 6 week check up and make DH watch LO.

That's exactly my plan too! DH bought me a fitness thing for the Kinnect on XBox but haven't had a chance to put it on yet! Just hope some of my gym stuff still fits! I cancelled my gym membership whilst preggo so running is gonna have to be my main exercise. But I really miss spinning! x

 

[CrazyBird]

Cheese lover I always wondered what some of the girls meant when they said they have playtime with their LO's. My LO isn't really interested in toys but we have silly time where I speak to him in a silly voice and pull faces and I usually get a few smiles. Or he will go on his mat but that's about all the playtime we have as looses interest after a while.

We will all shift our baby weight soon enough. I was 10 and half stone at the start of my pregnancy and went up to 13 stone by the end, I'm now 11 stone 2lbs and have 9lbs to go but I'm not going to worry to much, it took me 9 months to put all the weight on so I will give myself 9 months to get back to my pre pregnacy weight

 

[cheese lover]

Sazzle, I had to buy a new pair of shorts but I know that none of my running shirts will fit. My boobs are MUCH larger than pre-preg. I went from a 36A/B to 38D/E. We only get a gym membership during the winter because I'm too much of a wimp to run outside in the winter.

Ok, I don't feel so bad now. We play too. I was afraid that I wasn't playing with my baby like others are. I'm so not used to a newborn. I'm used to much older babies. We talk and make silly faces. I can get a few smiles sometimes.

 

[gertrude]

OK ladies I need to ask something! I think pickle has bad reflux she has infant gaviscon which helps with the puking but she also seems to have a permanent bad taste in her mouth and just now, after I swaddled her, she looked like she was retching

Anyone here have a refluxy baby?

 

[Mrs-C]

seems like everyone is having luck loosing weight other than i. i lost all my preggy weight and then some. then gained back 7 lbs and it's not budging. my pants don't fit other than maternity. hate that my milk didn't come in more so i could be loosing as well as you other girls. the failure is just making me want to eat more.

i'm just morally not doing real well.

I couldn't BF either - and my weight isn't budging! I want to lose 4 stone by December but it's not happening. Like you, I just end up eating more!

 

[Mrs-C]

OK ladies I need to ask something! I think pickle has bad reflux she has infant gaviscon which helps with the puking but she also seems to have a permanent bad taste in her mouth and just now, after I swaddled her, she looked like she was retching

Anyone here have a refluxy baby?

Yeah, Caitlin is. The gaviscon isn't working for her though

 

[CottlestonPie]

Has anyone heard from gem? Hope they found out what happened to ollie.

Thinking of you both xx

 

[gertrude]

I was wondering that too cottles - hope they're OK - and I hope they know we're rooting for them too!

Well I just got dressed, after a wonderful lazy morning with my baby girl in bed feeding, snoozing and cuddling.

THen i just got my laptop to look something up on the internet and I can't remember what it was Can someone please return my memory?

 

[MissFox]

Dana- the weight Will come off. It happens so different for everyone. I think the only reason mine is coming off has to do with how much I put on. I went from 125 to 160 in a year from birthcontrol thEn quitting it went to 174 when I got pregnant. I think I'm just losing some of that. I was 164 at my 6wk checkup yesterday.
I think we all need to treat ourselves to something that will fit! My prepreg jeans fit (only stopped when belly dropped) BUT I have a FLABBY belly and need to find something more flattering!

Well were camping for memorial day weekend. Its fing cold!!! My friends 2 kids (15mo and 4wks) were both up all night crying. She's BFing but not on deMand so the little guy gets hungry and cries for a while!!! ANd I guess she made a rude comment to DH bc Rosie didn't wake everyone up a lot. She only woke once but I don't usually let get scream and cry at night- just feed her and get us both back to sleep.

Hope all is going well Gem! I'm thinking of the both of you!

 

[caro103]

ladies who's had thir first AF yet?

my pp bleeding had virtually stopped but today its red again, still not loads though and everything i've read on internet suggests if it was proper AF it'd be really heavy? like i'm just wearing a panty liner and its fine. Just wondering if I should have a proper pad on in case it suddenly gets heavy?

also didn't think you were meant to get it this early when exclusively bfing?