~*~* July Sunbeams *~*~43 Babies Here So Far!!! 25 Boys / 18 Girls

[sue_88]

I'm sorry that a few of you have poorly little ones. That must be awful I wish them quick recoveries, there seem to be a lot of nasties going round all over the place lately.

I had my whooping cough yesterday - I feel fine, haven't had a reaction to a jab yet and the nurse that gave it me was awesome, I didn't feel a thing!! But MY GOSH my arm now, it's like lifting a dead weight - it's so achey. Feels like I've bashed it, been smothering it in arnica cream hoping to take away some of the achey bruise feeling. But I am glad I have had it - it did take me a while to decide whether too or not.

Had such a long tiring day at work today - on my feet all day in my factory I am exhausted!

I bought myself a manual breast pump yesterday and a moses basket! Decided I will get an electric pump IF pumping is any good for me, because in the beginning I'd only pump once a week, or once a fortnight for my family to give her a feed so I am happy trying the manual at first.

And I pick the moses basket up on Saturday it is just for downstairs sleeping as she will be in with me upstairs. I thought about using the carrycot for the pram but then I hope to leave the big pram in the car so it's not cluttering the living room.

 

[BeccaMichelle]

Sue - I got a manual last time and honestly couldn't get anything out with it! (that said, I couldn't really express more than 2oz with the electric either.. so really don't listen to me.)

caro103 - warning: even if you do find a place with good shipping rates... customs can still hit you hard when it comes into the country. My family made that mistake a few times when they mailed me things. Cost me almost more to get it out of customs than it did for them to buy it!! Unless you can find someone to buy it in America and ship it to you labeled gift/used!

I've scheduled an appointment with the doctor for Jessa at 3:45 today. They want to check her because it's been such a short time since she had her last bout of stomach issues. The only correlation I can find with the vomiting is red grapes.... they weren't organic and I hear the pesticides (Even if you wash them) on grapes can be insane. So maybe? I don't know. She's never been "doctor office" sick before but they want to check her for strep throat... and I used to get that all the time when I was little.

After I call her doctor, MY doctor calls. Thankfully my glucose test came back fine and my thyroid dosage is still correct, but I'm kinda anemic. THAT FINALLY EXPLAINS WHY I'M SO FREAKING DIZZY ALL THE TIME!!! lol So I need to run by the store and get some iron pills after J's doc appt. My platelets are also low, but not low enough to be super concerning...? They said they'd check them again in 2 weeks. There's nothing I can do on my own to fix that though.

 

[caro103]

thanks becca...don't worry though i'm just going to get something from the uk, just annoying there's so much choice and nicer over the sea!!

hope LO is ok xx

 

[sue_88]

Thanks Becca, I have heard some people just don't get on with pumping so that's why I am starting with a manual. If I am getting drops out then I wont be investing in an electric as it will likely be the same.

So sorry about your poorly girl I really do hope it's just a blip and she's feeling like herself soon. And good thing they picked up on the iron, if it's not super low then perhaps a few tweaks to the diet may help? A variety of nuts are high in iron (cashews, pinenuts (both great for putting in stir fries - curries), hazelnuts, almonds & peanuts), Beef and Lamb meats, lots of beans and pulses (lentils (great for curry or in a soup)), oatmeal is also a great source of iron so good for a hearty breakkie!

Hope the tablets help you & hope a tweak to your diet means you not feeling too dizzy for much longer xxx


I HAVE JUST BOUGHT MY BIRTHING POOL !!!!!! YAY

 

[caro103]

ooh exciting sue!! which one did you get? i've birth pool in a box , it was fab! x

 

[sue_88]

Yeah Regular Birth Pool in a Box. I decided on the larger one so I had more swimming room, Im not particularly tall nor will I be inviting anyone in there but I feel I'll be more relaxed in the larger space. Can you let me know if anything happened to your water bill after?? lol I believe it takes about 3 / 4 bath tubs?

I've just posted a question over in third tri which you might be able to help me on, any chance you could take a look?

 

[caro103]

yup will pop over and have a look.

Just asked DH re. the water, I don't think we noticed too much of a jump. Have you bought the cover too? that's well worth buying as it kept the pool hot all day so despite it being started to be filled early morning and me not going in it until about 8pm it had barely lost any heat!! think just having a newborn made the water bills jump a fair bit :/ ...and toddlers are worse, in our new house the toilets have regular flush handles (rather than the push button type), which annoyingly he can easily flush and thinks its a fab game to flush the loo

 

[sue_88]

You know what, I ummed and ahhed about the cover and then I decided against

I will buy one as that sounds fab, I would like the freedom to start to fill up the pool when I go into labour as I will be by myself and if i could cover it that would be great.

Oh bless him! Ive got the buttons with the low level flush which I always use....and I do tend to leave a couple of wees in there until flushing haha

 

[caro103]

ah well at least you still have plenty of time to order one! . be even more worth it on your own as you can relax once you know it has a decent amount of hot water in it for whenever you wanna get in. I remember ours taking a few tanks of hot so we had to keep stopping filling it then waiting for the water to heat up again, but that'll depend on your system.

its worth getting a floating thermometer too, we got one of the more expensive ones but have used it in every bath alex has had since too so its more than paid for itself! xx

 

[sue_88]

Yeah I got the thermometer! I wonder why I decided against the cover in the end - it was only an hour ago & I can't remember my reasoning haha.

I got a combi boiler so as far as I am aware, that just pumps hot water all the time. At least I hope it does. I used to have a tank in my old house and that one I needed to heat up so this is definitely different. (gosh I need to learn more about my house!)

 

[BeccaMichelle]

LOL well you definitely wouldn't be able to fill it in my house. Stupid tank only heats enough water for one large tub's worth. Frustrating since in the UK we had an electric shower and and combi boiler so there was no such thing as no hot water!!

I noticed our neighbor's actually have two tanks in their garage, she had no idea why but when I asked her if she'd ever run out of hot water she said no, and they have two kids. So that might be an investment I'll tell hubby to look into.

Hope you two have wonderful water births. The idea is just so beyond me lol I shudder just thinking about having to do it in a pool. To each their own!!

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So the strep test came back negative. They're going to grow a throat culture in the office though just to double check so we should hear back about that by friday. By the time we got to the office her temperature was a perfect 98.6 wouldn't you just know it? Poor things HATES that office now. She always loved her last GPs. Too young to remember the shots and never had anything bad there. Here she's had shots that she was old enough to remember and experience AND now she's had her throat swabbed, I don't think the nurse was too gentle because typically they don't hurt and Jessie was sobbing and saying that it hurt. I went to Target and bought her a toy. haha I'm that mom. She's crashed out on the sofa now getting some much needed rest.

I picked up some iron pills too - hopefully I'll start feeling better within the week. Would be nice for the world to stop spinning so much in the mornings!

 

[myra]

Connor Snake C. born at 5:11pm today at 29 weeks and 3 days. He's already an overachiever....an incredible weight for his age: 3lbs 7oz!! We are so proud of and in love with him.

Amazingly and unexpectedly, he came out crying, meaning his lungs are doing well!

Here are a couple of his first pics- he hadn't been cleaned up yet. Hopefully we'll get some good shots of that tomorrow if we can take him out of his isolette (fingers crossed!!) The first is just after he was born and I got to hold him on my belly, also unexpected since we didn't think I'd get to hold him yet but because his lungs were working ok I got to for a few seconds You can see how tiny he is there. Excellent Apgars of 8 & 9!!!!

Right now he is breathing mostly on his how (with a CPAP device), and if that keeps up overnight, most likely he won't need a breathing tube. Still taking it hour by hour, day by day but the first few hours have gone very well. I'll come back tomorrow and update you on the labor and delivery- quite smooth (once they realized I was actually in labor!)

 

[BeccaMichelle]

Congratulations Myra! What a little fighter!!

 

[ProudArmyWife]

Congrats Myra he is precious and what an amazing weight!

Will continue to think about you and hope your little guy continues in a good upward pattern

 

[abagailb14]

Omg Congrats Myra! I hope he continues to do well, he's precious! 3 lbs 7 oz is incredible, I can't imagine how big he would have been if he went to term!

 

[mamichulo5]

congrats, on your little fighter he is so adorable..prayers and .

 

[mamichulo5]

ok, ladies here is the pics of our first family painting project lots of pics and today we finally finished LO's room so I will post others tomorrow. Super excited it turned out beautiful( the kids helped so DH and I had to do a lot of repainting all that they didn't have on themselves (me and the kids getting started)

 

[mamichulo5]

and putting some finishing touches...

 

[mamichulo5]

Wall, letters, ceiling and closet doors done... pics of finished room posted tomorrowwe had so much fun. We never got a chance to do this with the others so this was special so glad the kids got to help...

 

[MissFox]

Congrats Myra!!! Hope all goes well! What a weight!!!