June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[AngelofTroy]

I have a midwife appointment tomorrow morning but for to go all the way to the doctors today to for flu jab as they couldn't get one on he same day. I dont drive so 40 minute round trip in the rain with a toddler 2 days in a row.. Yay. So glad I still have the buggy for days like today!

 

[Becyboo__x]

Pixie, glad to hear your scan went well!

My next appointment is tomorrow! Anyone else have an appointment coming up? I'm seeing a different doctor in the practice this time; I'm curious if this doctor will do/say anything different. The doctor I saw last time didn't say much, just tried to find baby's heart beat with Doppler.

I have my 16 week mw appointment tomorrow at 11 first mw was lovely chatted to us for ages but I'm seeing a different one this time as she was a temp.. hoping this ones as nice and I'm really hoping I get to hear the heartbeat! Excited to start talking about home birth too

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I found a sling difficult but I've bought a second hand Ergo this time which I'm excited about. I need a newborn insert though.

An ergo is what I had. I just use sling as a general term for all baby carrying devices. it definitely has the best reviews about and my husband loved it. I think maybe some of the issues I had are with my height. It doesn't matter how much I adjusted it. There always seemed to be droop. I'm only 5ft mind. The big band part would always droop down by my crotch and its not supposed to go there

 

[Starlight32]

Wow many appointments tomorrow!! I'm also hoping to hear baby's heartbeat again.

I read online that the doctor might also start measuring stomachs around 16 weeks. I wonder if they will start doing this tomorrow!

 

[Becyboo__x]

Wow many appointments tomorrow!! I'm also hoping to hear baby's heartbeat again.

I read online that the doctor might also start measuring stomachs around 16 weeks. I wonder if they will start doing this tomorrow!

I think they do start measuring? forgot about that
I can't remember with DS

 

[Becyboo__x]

Just read on nhs website they measure from 25 weeks with first and 28 with any after

Ill see what they say tomorrow

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Great news on the scan Pixie. Xx

 

[vaniilla]

AngelofTroy - that sounds like a pain! I hope the weather stays dry for your appointment.

Pixie - I'm glad to hear your scan went well

DS didn't take to the tipee bottles either, we used a combination of dr browns and born free.

Feels like I'm in the stage where nothing happens again! it's still a month till my next MW appointment

 

[karlilay]

Someone from school has given me a perfect prep! They're amazing. My friend has one. The only issue is the beeps are noisy. But I'm planning to have mine upstairs. I don't plan to BF at all, and I didn't BF with either of my other two. So this will be a big help you can use any bottle too, which is fab because I hate the tommee tippee ones, I'm going to buy Nuby ones this time.

My other two had Mam so I fancy something different.

Do you find that you get jumped on when you say that you won't be breastfeeding ? I find the health care providers etc can be very pushy even when you do tell them you are breastfeeding.

Also what is it that people don't like with the tippee bottles? I preferred them personally. =)

I think my sling had its uses. Like going to the beach. Or when we went somewhere with no pram access. But for the most part I found it awkward. Hard to move about. Baby hurt my back and when it was hot I would nearly melt Hahah. I think I'm the minority though. Everyone I speak to can't praise slings enough. I'm probably just super fussy. I want to give it another go though as a double buggy just seems so much hassle.

No, not really, my friends are more pushy than any HV or Midwife etc. Ive never had any negatives from anyone really. I wouldn't mind though. I don't feel like I need to justify myself at all, but I'm happy to tell people why I want to bottle feed of they ask and if they have an opinion of it then I feel like that's their issue and not mine.

Tommee Tippee bottles just leaked when I tried them with Zach. And both of my others had tongue tie so he couldn't latch onto them at all. Mam have always been fab for me, but there is so much involved in taking them all apart and sterilising them its all a bit of a faff I can do without when I have two school runs etc to do.

I've never had a sling, but I fancy imagine it would be that comfortable when it's hot, and I like to throw all the kids stuff under the pushchair.

 

[GeralynB]

1 week until my sister does my gender scan!! And I have a midwife appointment on Friday.

I still use my Tula with my son sometimes ...depends where we are. When he was a really little squish I wore him all the time but now he's so heavy. Usually I have DH wear him now

 

[Lil_Pixie]

I have a rose and rebellion and a long wrap. I looked after my niece when my sister returned to work and I was still on mat leave so I used it a lot while I had the two of them and obviously no double buggy. Other than that I didn't use them much but they were nice to have

My appointment was fine. I need to take aspirin aparently but I'm not sure why? I'm. Sure it's because my bmi is over 30 but I don't know what it does

 

[GeralynB]

Is your blood pressure high Pixie? They often say to take aspirin to help

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Oh! No its fine, but I had pre eclampsia when I had Xander (although not till 41 weeks)

 

[GeralynB]

Oh! No its fine, but I had pre eclampsia when I had Xander (although not till 41 weeks)

So maybe they're just trying to prevent it this time with the aspirin

 

[tinkerbelle93]

How exciting your gender scan is so soon geralyn! Is anybody else finding out soon?

 

[karlilay]

I'll know Saturday

 

[Squig34]

Great news on your appointment Pixie!

I'm keen to try baby wearing too, though I would also get a pushchair for going for walks I think (might help me get a bit trimmer again after the birth!)

 

[AngelofTroy]

I picked up a buggy board second hand which is already coming in handy, Micah on the board and all my Christmas shopping in the buggy!

 

[vaniilla]

I have a rose and rebellion and a long wrap. I looked after my niece when my sister returned to work and I was still on mat leave so I used it a lot while I had the two of them and obviously no double buggy. Other than that I didn't use them much but they were nice to have

My appointment was fine. I need to take aspirin aparently but I'm not sure why? I'm. Sure it's because my bmi is over 30 but I don't know what it does

This is the official thingy the NHS use :

There is a risk that you will develop pre-eclampsia, because of this you
are advised to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day from 12 weeks of
pregnancy until your baby is born.

The reason you are at risk is because you have one of the following:
• high blood pressure in a previous pregnancy
• chronic kidney disease
• auto immune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus or anti
phospholipid antibody syndrome
• diabetes
• chronic hypertension.

Or, two or more of the following moderate risk factors:
• first pregnancy
• age 40 or more
• more than 10 years since your last pregnancy
• Significant obesity – a BMI of 35 kg/m2
or more at the first visit
• family history of pre-eclampsia
• multiple pregnancy.

Why take aspirin?
One 75mg tablet of aspirin daily has been found to reduce the risk of
women developing pre-eclampsia. It has a thinning effect on the blood
and so improves circulation to the placenta and the growing baby




My hips are starting to really hurt, the walk back today was not nice, I've been sat down for half an hour now but it still hurts quite a bit, I called the midwife number but no one ever picks up and they take up to 48 hours to get back to you!

 

[gaiagirl]

Pixie great news about scan! Yay!

They started measuring fundal height at 16 weeks last time so I'm assuming it'll be similar this time.

For wearing baby, ring sling is by far my fave way to go for newborns. Wraps are nice too if soft and broken in. I don't think I used a soft structured like ergo until closer to 3/4 months.

Angel - if it's hot where you are you might find ergo with insert wayyyy to warm this summer. It's pretty hot. I highly recommend a ring sling! Totally easy to use. My daily go to from 0-9 months. I liked my tula after that. I might get a Lenny Lamb ssc this time over tula though. We will see. I'm so excited to start buying carriers lol. Yes, plural.