August '14 Sunflowers. 27 angels. 48 pink, 28 blue. 74 HERE!!

[linz143]

DD was 9 lbs 4 oz and only wore newborn diapers (size 1 in the UK) for a week. We went through 1 box of 72 and that was it! Also, she wore one newborn outfit on the way home from the hospital, and after that went straight into 0-3. I ended up getting a ton of newborn diapers for gifts and returned $100 worth of them! But we used the money to buy a jumperoo, which she LOVED so it didn't go to waste. After that she only spent about a month or two in size 1's, 2's, and 3's. By the time she was 6 months old she was in 4's (UK size 5) and now at 14 month is still in that size. So honestly, if you see a good sale and want to stock up, I'd get a bunch of sizes. I think I bought a couple cases of each size and that's all we really needed until she hit size 4.

 

[squirrel.]

My son was 9lbs and I honestly can't remember how long he was in size 1 nappies. He only fit newborn clothes for the first few days while he was still all curled up with his legs. When he started to stretch out he went into 0-3 month clothes, then into 3-6 month clothes when he was about 3/4 weeks old. He grew soooooo quick and launched himself up to the 98th centile (from the 91st) and stayed there until recently, when teething and fussy eating have brought his weight down again. He's still 98th for height. Not surprised though with my 6'4 husband (and I'm a little above average at 5'8).

x

 

[ChristiansMum]

My husband is 6'2 and I am 5'1
My son is so small he is just like me! he is one of the smallest in his class and is just skin and bone (but he doesn't stop eating!) and he was born 6lb 7oz at 40 weeks on his due date!
But DD is built like her daddy's side of the family, she is a little chunk and she was born at 39+2 and weighed 6lb 8oz!

DS just doesn't grow and then he will suddenly have a growth spurt and we have to go buy him a whole new wardrobe. and he was in size 1 nappies a while. But DD grows quite fast and she has always been like that, but we only used one box of size 1 nappies with her. Its amazing how both my children have the same mum and dad and they are totally different xx

 

[mel28nicole]

My fiance and I were BOTH over 10 lbs when we were born. But then again, both of our mom's ate like crazy (neither were sick). I hope since I had so much sickness the first trimester maybe I'll be lucky and my little one won't be a chunky butt!

 

[mrsswaffer]

My son was 6lbs 1oz and size 1 nappies were too big. We didn't realise there's actually 'micro' size, and his poor little umbilical cord got caught on the nappies and came off when he was only 4 days old. I'm not sure if we'll chance getting micro this time, or just start with size 1 again. My mum bought some micro size for my baby shower last time (for the chocolate game), so maybe we'll get some for that again and use them if we need to.

 

[Ashley8806]

Had a quick scan today due to some pains I've been having, everything ended up to be fine, but just wanted to share a couple pics I got today

Any gender guesses?

 

[flyingduster]

If you are doing disposable nappies, then just get the bigger sizes when you have an urge to buy; you WILL use the bigger sizes, and having some stashed away will save you a bit of money later!! And you can always get more of the smaller sizes at the time when/if you need it; stores are open all hours and you can make your partner go get some! Haha.

Monster was 9lb 10oz, but he was skinny and fit nb stuff for quite a while, especially the nappies! Anything bigger leaked out his skinny wee thighs! Lol. His length outgrew nb onesies and stuff quickly, but footless stuff fit for ages and ages.

 

[flyingduster]

Cassidy, I am team yellow too.

 

[WanaBaba]

Can I have my intuition put as girl please as I am SO convinced there is a little girlie in there! Find out next Friday can't wait! And Thankyou Cassie you do a great job at keeping this thread up to date! X

 

[addy1]

My girls were both on the small to average size so I am not too worries about this one. Anyone else stressing about delivery yet?? I know I am!! Haha.

 

[flyingduster]

My girls were both on the small to average size so I am not too worries about this one. Anyone else stressing about delivery yet?? I know I am!! Haha.

I'm one of those freaks that ADORED the delivery. Orgasmic isn't a good description, but it is damn closer than any horrible/painful description!!! Love love loved it. Transition was utterly incredible. Can't wait to do it again!

 

[ChristiansMum]

My girls were both on the small to average size so I am not too worries about this one. Anyone else stressing about delivery yet?? I know I am!! Haha.

YES!! My labour with my son was a good labour but with my daughter it was awful! Wouldn't wish that labour on anyone!

We made the Facebook announcement last night And it was DH that done it before me for a change

 

[Buttons_01]

Hey ladies!! .. Is labour manageable with just gas an air? That's all i want to use as a pain relief buy not sure what my pain threshold is like. If you could describe what the worst part of labour was like or similar too, what would it be?? This may be a stupid question haha ..

 

[JJsmom]

I know a lot of people have done it on just gas and air. I've always had an epidural so I'm not sure. Although with DS2 I had to ask them for a boost because I was really feeling pain but 30 mins after that it was time to push so I went from a 4 to a 10 in 30 mins.

I enjoyed both of my deliveries. I didn't like what led up to my last delivery though because I had pre eclampsia and was in the hospital from Wednesday morning and wasn't able to get up out of the bed until Saturday afternoon. DS2 was born Friday morning. It was definitely really hard on me but they wouldn't allow me to move and had me on magnesium. Ended up with bed sores and all. But once I got up, I had a hard time sitting down. LOL!

 

[mrsswaffer]

I did it with gas and air and I really enjoyed the experience. It didn't make me sick or anything - just a bit dizzy/drunk feeling when I sucked too hard. The absolute BEST advice I was given while in labour (by a student midwife, no less) was to breathe the G&A until the height of your contraction, then breathe air normally when the contraction is dying down. To me, contractions are like mountains - when you reach the peak, the only way is down. I loved it.

 

[JJsmom]

I know a lot of people have done it on just gas and air. I've always had an epidural so I'm not sure. Although with DS2 I had to ask them for a boost because I was really feeling pain but 30 mins after that it was time to push so I went from a 4 to a 10 in 30 mins.

I enjoyed both of my deliveries. I didn't like what led up to my last delivery though because I had pre eclampsia and was in the hospital from Wednesday morning and wasn't able to get up out of the bed until Saturday afternoon. DS2 was born Friday morning. It was definitely really hard on me but they wouldn't allow me to move and had me on magnesium. Ended up with bed sores and all. But once I got up, I had a hard time sitting down. LOL!

 

[modified]

I've only just found this

Due August 21st, I'm betting it's a boy and my most recent scan was yesterday

 

[28329]

I have only ever given birth on gas n air. With my son I had back labour and he was back to back. Was so painful. But I had nothing other than gas n air. That stuff is amazing.

 

[lorojovanos]

Can u update the first page for me? Here's my most recent scan from yesterday! We had our NT scan w very low numbers!!!
My gut says two pink, every other person says b/g but I felt g/g from the start!

 

[lilmissmup]

Had our scan today

My due date has now changed to 19th August.

But I also got a letter from doctors today saying I need more blood tests as my first routine blood tests have picked up a possible anti body!

Also appears my bloods went to the hospital I didnt want to use as my hospital of choice who did my scan had no record of them when I spoke to them about it as they were doing my NT bloods anyway.

So got a load more bloods taken today too so they have a record of them.

I did speak to my midwife before my scan and she knew nothing about my blood results (my doctors are so incompetent!!!) and is supposed to be ringing me back tomorrow.

Just want to know baby and me will be ok....