***January Jellybeans***~ 35 BABY GIRLS & 23 BABY BOYS BORN ~***

[Mom 2B]

Well ladies its now 330am here and ive only just gone to bed 3 hours ago after taking some benadryl and putting calamine lotion on my belly. I woke up because i was scratching my arms like crazy.....I think it has spread. I just put more lotion on and took the max dose of benadryl and im gonig to try to head back to bed now....wish me luck cuz i really need sleep.

 

[Jolene]

Laura, I hope it eases up soon. I couldn't imagine being itchy like that. You really have my sympathy.

It is so hot here, I don't know how I'm going to get through the hustle and bustle of Christmas. I've been sitting near the fan since 9am!

 

[Fraggles]

How warm is it Jolene, im freezing here I never want to be this pregnant in the cold again

Laura hope you manage some sleep

Gosh the nausea I feel today is worse than the morning sickness (which im sure will hit soon)

Wow the girls numbers are on the rise, come on the boys

 

[LittleMrs]

Fraggles, we went to town yesterday, it was -7 outside, we parked the car and walked through the multistorey, paid £1:50 for the 6 minutes it'd taken us to find a parking space and left, swearing that I will not leave the house again until february at the earliest. My maternity trousers are thin polyester and there is no way I am freezing my backside off in sub-zero temps. Poor beans to be born when it's so cold. Think the only trip mine will be making outside of these walls for first 3 months is grandma's and tescos.

What will everyone's dads be called by the babies? My mum will be nanny because that's what her mum was. My dad's dad was (ok- can't spell it, will do it phonetically) Tadqu, the welsh for grandad and my mum's dad was called grampy. Dad is really dragging his feet about a decision- even though he's ridiculously excited about the baby. So what will everyone else's babies be calling their dads?

 

[mum2be2011]

Tracy we have a bit of a mixed bag with regards names for grandparents.

Phoebe calls my mum and dad - Grandma and grandad

Luke's mum and stepdad are known as granny and grandad France (they live in France now)

Luke's dad and stepmum are known as grandpa and Judith (or witch/dragon as we all call her)

Shes not very nice and very opinionated. In her eyes every mother CAN breastfeed if you can be bothered to and that formula feeding is a cheats option. Dummies are evil and should not be used. Had many an argument with her in Phoebe's first 2-3 months of life. According to her it was my fault that Phoebe is lactose intolerant because I formula fed her (she forgets that I pumped for 6 weeks till my milk dried up, and that breast milk contains whatever you eat) and that we gave her a dummy for an easy life. Stupid cow, all babies (in our area) are automatically given a dummy when they go into NICU for pain relief and to encourage the suck reflex. Phoebe got attached to hers for sleeping and we are still fighting with her to get rid of it. Almost did it a few months ago but the nasty teeth started popping through and she now uses it for comfort.

 

[Fraggles]

We use nan and grandad

-11 here yesterday and ive got to go out later. I hate none of my coats fitting. Thankfully I have lots of maternity clothes so I can wrap up quite well, just short on jumpers and jackets.

 

[lovealittle1]

Hi ladies 5:30 am here and I am wide awake! DH make spaghetti last night and it was yummy but think I ate too much and that is why I cannot sleep. I was watching the news last night of all the snow in the uk it is pretty intense for what you are all used to over there. I won't mention the temperatures here in Canada though I do feel bad bringing a newborn home in what is our coldest moth of the year! 4 days till Christmas!

 

[mum2be2011]

Hi Ladies, just noticed on another thread that JaymeeBee is being induced today. Fingers crossed everything goes ok for her and bean. Another girl for the January Jellybeans.

 

[sar35]

Well ladies its now 330am here and ive only just gone to bed 3 hours ago after taking some benadryl and putting calamine lotion on my belly. I woke up because i was scratching my arms like crazy.....I think it has spread. I just put more lotion on and took the max dose of benadryl and im gonig to try to head back to bed now....wish me luck cuz i really need sleep.

sounds awful, hope you get some relief soon x

Laura, I hope it eases up soon. I couldn't imagine being itchy like that. You really have my sympathy.

It is so hot here, I don't know how I'm going to get through the hustle and bustle of Christmas. I've been sitting near the fan since 9am!

Oh wow wish it was warm here, its costing a fortune to heat this place day and night

How warm is it Jolene, im freezing here I never want to be this pregnant in the cold again

Laura hope you manage some sleep

Gosh the nausea I feel today is worse than the morning sickness (which im sure will hit soon)

Wow the girls numbers are on the rise, come on the boys

Hate to say it but i was feeling really sick before I had Joe! Maybe its a sign

Hi Ladies, just noticed on another thread that JaymeeBee is being induced today. Fingers crossed everything goes ok for her and bean. Another girl for the January Jellybeans.

Good luck JaymeeBee...................
We call OH mum and dad nanny and Gramps

 

[Jolene]

Well it's 30C (86F) which isn't the hottest it gets but I think this internal insulation is making it feel hotter. I would LOVE to have a white christmas but I don't function very well in the cold so don't think I could manage it. I usually love the summer!!!!

 

[sar35]

I was so hot in the summer we had here, i couldnt imagine being heavily pg in the heat, it must be awful not long now though!

 

[Fraggles]

I had my last baby in the October so had quite a bump last summer and must admit the heat was hard going.

I'm over being pregnant now, had enough of being sick baby you can come, I dont care about waiting until the new year now.

 

[mum2be2011]

I had my last baby in the October so had quite a bump last summer and must admit the heat was hard going.

When in October was your last baby born? My little girl was born last October on the 16th. Couldnt agree with you more, the heat last summer was hard going. We went to France in the middle of there heatwave and I think I lived in the pool drinking fruit juice and water all day.

 

[Mom 2B]

Well ive managed to get some sleep. Stillwoke up every few hours but not from the ithing...just to roll over or go to the bathroom. So far im not itching this morning but it usually doesn't start up until I get busy. My LO even slept in today which was nice and I thought she would considering she did not have a nap yesterday.

OHs parents are Nanny and Poppy. My mom is Grandma and her BF is just Ted cuz they have not been together long. My dad and his GF are grandma and grandpa...they hae been together for 10 yrs.

4 days till Christmas and im still not ready...got a few thigs left to wrap but this bump makes it impossible to sit for too long and do it all in one sitting. OH isn't even done his shopping....he always waits until the last minute and complains about it every year and swears he will start early next year....ya right! LOL

Hope the induction goes well....another girl! wow these boys need to catch up. LOL

Hope everyone has a good day today!

 

[sar35]

Come on the boys!

 

[jojo-m]

Has Lisa given her baby a name yet? can't wait to see pics I don't have her on my facebook.

Fraggles its a bit warmer up our way today, only -1 so it feels much better than yesterday!

I've palmed my LO off to his granny's today until 6pm, she is mad as a hatter and soooo annoying but he was driving me insane! think his behaviour been so much worse since not being going outside but its been too damn cold even for a 4 year old never mind our new babies! Been looking at the weather and it looks set to be much warmer next week, christmas day looks like its going to be sunny too, I hate sunny christmas days, feels very unfestive! bring back the snow anytime ;-)

Been to mothercare for some nursing bra's today (I wasn't waiting until between chrimbo and new year when I'm 38 weeks in the mad sales) and one was a 38C and the other 36DD which is wildly different! Glad I got the bra lady to check the fit! I would def have bought them too small! I only went up to 36B for my nursing bra's last time, woo hoo for my bigger boobs! x

 

[hodbert]

hey girls! Not had chance to read back so hope iv not missed too much. Just wanted to post and say hey. Am in hosp til thursday, boo, but everything is v sore so glad of the help. Baby Girl is now Holly Laura as of yesterday and is doing fantastic. Am struggling with the breastfeeding though and getting v lil sleep so its getting me down a bit. Am gonna talk to doc today as not happy b/f but feeling a lot of pressure to do it, so we'll see. to everyone!

 

[Mom 2B]

I bought my nursing bras back a few months. I bought the same size as when I was pg with my daughter and now i regret it. I bought the sports bra type this time which is so comfy...or was. I think im wider around now and they feel really snug and even a little tight some days. Wish i would have waited cuz im sure i need a bigger size but cant afford to get any new ones now.

 

[Mom 2B]

awee thats a beautiful name! Hope things work out with Bfing but if not dont worry to much about it...the most important thing is to make sure baby is fed. I went through hell with Bfing for the first few months of it with my daughter but i was determined not to give up. I did use formula for a while a few times but i was really stubborn and fought to keep bfing. I was so depressed because it didnt go as easily as i thought it would. And i feel like i missed out on my first few weeks with LO because i was to busy worrying about Bfing and not enough time spent just wathching her sleep and coo and all that fun stuff. i will be more relaxed about tit this tijme though....as long as baby is fed it doesn't matter how you feed them.

Best of luck Lisa. Cant wait to see pics of Holly Laura

 

[jojo-m]

lovely name Lisa! glad your both ok and be home soon! Breastfeeding is bloody hard for 2 weeks, if you can pesevere through that you would see a massive improvement but even though I'm very pro breast feeding I don't believe its so important to get really upset and anxious over, a happy mum means a happier baby and thats whats important! Get as much help as you can from midwife, healthvisitor, breast feeding support peers etc but if you need to formula feed don't beat yourself up over it! Be sure before you stop though because its pretty impossible to restart breastfeeding after you have stopped! (((hugs)))) x

Mom2be its a bit hard to guess what your boobs will do after you give birth anyway, and how much weight you will lose round your back and how much they will swell with milk, I barely had size difference once milk came in with DS, only the day it started and had a bra full of rocks were they big! I wouldn't worry until you have had baby, they might well turn out just fine! x