Cautiously Pregnant After A Loss. PMA, But Not Taking It For Granted.

[too_scared]

I never thought of peppermint tea for the heartburn. To be honest, I am nervous about herbal tea. :duhh: I will get some peppermint candies and see if they help. It is so strange, I usually only get heartburn in the evenings. I am thankful for that!

School is closed all day so we are staying in an keeping dry. Only a few branches have come off our trees. Only small branches, luckily. The dogs want to go out and lay in the soaking grass, silly things!

I think it is a good idea that you should go out for supper for your birthdays! That should bring lil Fella out for sure!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Lozdi, all my friends on Facebook seem to have finished the 60 shards of shite (as I call them) stories now thank god, I seemed to have done all my ranting about them a month or so back. I kept saying I'd rather read a Haynes manual than that crap. I hope you both have a nice birthday tea. Mindy, stay warm and dry!!

 

[Lozdi]

OH has a Haynes manual for babies!

 

[too_scared]

I haven't read 50 Shades and never plan to. I can't believe how popular it has gotten. It is absolute crap! Have you ladies read the review of it on Good Reads? It is so funny! I highly recommend it. I heard she reviewed the other 2 books too but I haven't read them.

 

[pichi]

was never interested in the 50 shades 'mummy porn' as it was labelled. I'm reading through Cloud Atlas at the moment - it's quite a hard read if you're not in the mood to properly concentrate haha!

one review i read ( i think it was Gibbo who posted it?) it was so funny

 

[too_scared]

I am reading Game of Thrones right now. I will admit I read Twilight and loved the books when I read them. I am an avid reader and read all the time.

 

[kelly1973]

ladies i have to admit i have no experience of children to the point ive never even held a baby nerve wrecking stuff, please could you ladies tell me the pros and cons of the cloth nappies and the disposable nappies wanted to ask in the past but didnt want to appear silly i really do not know a thing,and always read your posts and been curious as i see the cloth ones would work out alot cheaper and we like that idea

 

[Lozdi]

Wow look what I found on facebook! Those nappies are amazing! Making cloth nappies is a thing I'd quite like to have a go at, but these surpass my skills by far! I want them all to put on the wall they are little works of art!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wee-Notions/159755886094?ref=stream

Kelly, the main benefits from using cloth over disposables are that it works out cheaper, it means that there isn't chemicals coming into contact with your baby's delicate bum, and they are extremely good for the environment- disposables take so long to decompose, something like 500 years! There is a little more work with cloth though, as being reusable they need washing. I chose cloth for the environment and financial reasons, in the past I've used disposables and hated them, especially when they run out without you realising then you have that awkward moment where you have 1 or 2 sposies left in the middle of the night and can't get anymore til the morning- been there done that, and it wasn't fun!

I really hope cloth nappies work for us, I'm pretty determined to make them work even if its more work. I have got some newborn sposies though, just incase the cloths I have are a little too big to begin with, and also I feel a bit 'safer' having the backup of sposies in the first few days-no idea how often Lil Fella will be pooping!

 

[Clobo]

Pichi, I LOVED Cloud Atlas, it was a brilliant but very strange book!!!

Yep I had the creamy mucus all the way through too, totally normal!!

Ive loved this thread, its hard to see talk of MC when you are trying really hard to keep positive, i stayed on the old thread for a while but once i got too far on it didnt seem appropriate to stay for too long. Good to post the odd one though and give hope and advice to people for sure!

Ive been taking Gaviscon for heartburn after meals and before bed, it helped with my tight chest!!

xxx

 

[CupcakeBaby]

I've been building up a cloth stash since we started TTC.

I can't wait to finally have a little bum to put them onto!

My main reson for wanting to use cloth is because if I wear sanitary twoels for more than 3 days in a row my skin gets sore. Also baby wipes hurt my skin (I've sometimes used them as make up remover before washing.) I figure if I don't like it, then I don't want to put someone little through it.

Also they are CUTE! And of course the cost and lack of chemicals are a huge bonus.

I will get disposables for in hospital and the first couple of days at home. But then I think I'm going to use muslins under wraps until all my bigger nappies fit.

 

[Lozdi]

I go all gooey when I see cloth nappies lol, check out that link I posted, the ones on that page are amazing! I really am going to have to have a go at making some! I hate sanitary towels too, really not looking forward to having to use them again. Its been bliss not having periods. I might look into cloth ones, they have got to be better for the skin.

 

[kelly1973]

thanks im guna do some research, ok so when they poo do you just chuck poo in bin then wash nappie?

 

[Lozdi]

Well breast fed new born poo is not a very offensive substance (I haven't seen formula fed newborn poo, I didn't have to FF with my first til a few weeks after he was born (nipples couldn't handle BF) so at first you could just stick them into a wash, but when it gets more solid I do believe you kind of knock the poo off into the loo then wash the nappy. I have heard you can get some sort of shower attachment thingy for the purpose of actually rinsing poo into the toilet before you wash the nappy, but I haven't looked them up yet.

 

[kelly1973]

cor loz you know everything whats them nappy liners are they for cloth nappys

 

[too_scared]

This is the sprayer that I am planning to get https://www.theclothdiapershop.com/BumGenius-Diaper-Sprayer_p_139.html

Kelly, I have never held a baby until our friends brought their little girl home last year. Since then I was forced by them to hold another newborn about a month ago! Haha! Forced! But it is true! Teeny little babies scare me 1/2 to death. I have never changed a diaper either!

If you google cloth diapering you will get a lot of sites to let you know. I was reading the other day about one ladies experience with cloth diapers. She said that although you don't have to rinse newborn breast fed baby poop off she found that it did help to make sure your diapers didn't stain. I am planning to rinse them from the start.

I know nothing about all this either, Kelly Just what I am reading online and learning from all you lovely ladies!

We can learn together!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

I go all gooey when I see cloth nappies lol, check out that link I posted, the ones on that page are amazing! I really am going to have to have a go at making some! I hate sanitary towels too, really not looking forward to having to use them again. Its been bliss not having periods. I might look into cloth ones, they have got to be better for the skin.

I have a couple of Lunapads (tend to use a Mooncup most of the time) and they are soooo much nicer on my skin than disposable.

 

[Clobo]

Ive been putting on a maternity pad each time i go for a walk just in case of any waters breaking and they are HORRIBLE , so big and uncomfy!!

Im afraid you ladies are putting me to shame, ill be using disposables

Waiting for Ben to get home to go for a walk, just had a snickers bar for energy purposes only of course!! xxx

 

[Lozdi]

Liners go into cloth nappies, but I think you can get liners that go outside too, like plastic pants. The nappies I've got all came with a muslin liner that tucks into the nappy it has a sort of pocket to put them in.

I just did some picture taking in the garden...so heres my almost 40 week bump!

 

[Lozdi]

Ive been putting on a maternity pad each time i go for a walk just in case of any waters breaking and they are HORRIBLE , so big and uncomfy!!

Im afraid you ladies are putting me to shame, ill be using disposables

Waiting for Ben to get home to go for a walk, just had a snickers bar for energy purposes only of course!! xxx

Pfffft, theres nothing wrong with choosing sposies! Don't be silly! To be fair, cloth nappies never even occurred to me until I started using BnB and stumbled across posts about them

If you want your waters to go....take a walk without a pad on

 

[Clobo]

Yup i did think that actually!! Would be typical!! Might try it, its dark now so noone would see!!

Lush bump, looks lower for sure!!

xxx