MACA Pregnancy and Baby Buddies!

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My ILs drive me crazy shortening to Sam or Sammy. But we called him Sammuel and I want him to be called that for a while at least! Plus my sister is Sam so it's a bit strange. I'm sure they do it to piss me off! Also my name is Suzanne, they insist on calling me Sue, even though I hate it and no-one else calls me that
I even had to reply to an email they sent the other day as they've starte spelling it Sammual. Really?! He's 1 now you'd think they might have got how to spell his name by now!

Sorry for the IL rant. I don't mind names shortened at all but as long as mum and dad are happy about it/planned it anyway.

Yeh Arlo is cool, unusual. Feel free to steal any My only thing about Jett is that I'm sure he was a Gladiator!!! Don't want people making that connection

Hope baby wakes up and kicks you soon!

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Arlo is out! I said it to Danny and as I said it out loud, it sounded like I'd just dropped the H from Harlow! And that's exactly what Danny said as soon as I said it!

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[CelticNiamh]

Dam how I miss this thread what happened in the old MACA one haven't been going in because of feeling bad!
SBB ooooh huge congrats I kinda secretly wish I would just find out I was expecting!as well, but no we are finished oh well I'm very lucky to have my little monsters

I will have to have a read back and catch up on every one

 

[CelticNiamh]

Happy belated birthday wishes to Ilsa and Samuel

Hope I got the spelling right! Can not believe its a year all ready!

 

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Hey Niamh! :wave:

It's Sammuel but it's ok! We spelt it with 2 m's so we have to deal with people getting it wrong

Yeh the other maca thread kind of died... Think it got too much about pregnancy and babies

Kell said to say hi to all you girls and congrats to leeze by the way! I forgot!

How are you doing anyway? Are you sure you're done?! How many do you have again?

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[CelticNiamh]

Hey Niamh! :wave:

It's Sammuel but it's ok! We spelt it with 2 m's so we have to deal with people getting it wrong

Yeh the other maca thread kind of died... Think it got too much about pregnancy and babies

Kell said to say hi to all you girls and congrats to leeze by the way! I forgot!

How are you doing anyway? Are you sure you're done?! How many do you have again?

X x x

I'm so sorry, I know exactly how you feel about the name, people always spell Iain and Eireann's wrong! I should have checked

I have 5 5 lovely little monsters kinda leaning towards a even number!!

 

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Lol I know someone else with 5 who needs even numbers!!

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[yazzy]

Celtic - Hi!!!! Wow 5 kids...I love the idea of having a houseful like that, it must be so much fun and great for the kids to grow up with lots of brothers and sisters. I am one of three and love having a brother and sister, we all get on really well. I think i'd like 3 possibly 4, OH says 2 or 3...so if we settle at 3 i'd be happy lol.

SBB - hee hee another name out. Atleast you both agreed on that one. I still want the name Merlin...think i'm going to sneak it in on the list!

I have Kel on Facebook but must say I haven't messaged her for a while, she seems like she is doing great though.

 

[CelticNiamh]

Celtic - Hi!!!! Wow 5 kids...I love the idea of having a houseful like that, it must be so much fun and great for the kids to grow up with lots of brothers and sisters. I am one of three and love having a brother and sister, we all get on really well. I think i'd like 3 possibly 4, OH says 2 or 3...so if we settle at 3 i'd be happy lol.

SBB - hee hee another name out. Atleast you both agreed on that one. I still want the name Merlin...think i'm going to sneak it in on the list!

I have Kel on Facebook but must say I haven't messaged her for a while, she seems like she is doing great though.

yea they are great fun, mine are the only grand kids on both sides and Im one of six

I always wanted 3 or 4 as well but I think we have a lot of love to give and I love children I loved growing up in a big family when I was little

 

[Leeze]

Hi lovelies. Am writing one-handed on my phone so apologies if message is brief. Yazzy, I love your 2 favourite names. My favourite girl's names were Elena, Lola, Mila and Keeley but my OH didn't really like any of them. How lovely you're feeling kicks, I do really miss that feeling, it's so special isn't it? SBB thanks for the message from Kel, glad to know she's doing well - please say hi from me. How annoying about the in-laws shortening your names, i'd hate that. Mind you, my MIL refers to Kia as 'he' sometimes, but she is 87. Celtic, great you found us on here, how lovely to have 5 kids, bet there's not a dull moment at your place! Sparkle, happy birthday to Isla, hope she settled back into the routine ok. I've been trying to get Kia into a bit of a routine this week because she's been swapping night for day and wanting to sleep all day and be awake at night. It's been exhausting. I've got the hang of lying down feeding now so that helps. Also I realised that Kia wasn't really napping in the evening so was getting over-tired when I tried to settle her. Last night she was asleep just after midnight until 7.45 which was amazing but I kept waking up to check on her! Xx

 

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Good job on the sleep! I know of a few people who's babies just swapped night for day... I guess you just need to slowly turn it around...

Your mil is 87?!?! How old is your OH? If you don't mind me Asking

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[Leeze]

Good job on the sleep! I know of a few people who's babies just swapped night for day... I guess you just need to slowly turn it around...

Your mil is 87?!?! How old is your OH? If you don't mind me Asking

X x x

I'm delighted to report that she slept for over 7 hours last night too!! I feel almost human today. The downside is that I think my milk is coming out too quickly in the first feed of the day because today and yesterday morning she's sicked up most of her first feed of the day - my boobs are so full after over 7 hours of not feeding and the longest we'd gone before was about 5.5 hours.

My OH is 47 - very young at heart though!! I'm 39 so not such a massive age difference. His Mum has 3 miscarriages before having him, and she was definitely considered to be an older Mum back in her day!!!! She's a sweetie a lot of the time but can fuss about a bit, like an older person really. The amazing thing is that's she's the youngest one of 5 sisters and the other 4 are all still going!! The eldest is 101 and the second eldest is going to be 100 next week. Good genes!!! XX

 

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Wow that's amazing!

I thought you were going to say he was 65 or something 47 isn't old!

GREAT job on the sleep! Better than Sammuel at the moment! He's definitely going through a development stage I think. He's really starting to talk almost and I think that might be it. I'm sure it's almost over now...

You could try hand expressing (or pumping if you have one / can be bothered) a bit off in the morning, I froze mine and used it later in cooking! Or you can use for a bottle.

Or... If the sleep continues (FX!) then in a few days your supply will just adjust and settle to what she needs.

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[yazzy]

Hey girls, how are you all?

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping busy

I'm hoping to finishing work in March because I have loads of holiday to take before my Mat Leave kicks in so i'm going to soon be on countdown!! Can't wait to be at home able to walk the dogs when I feel like and generally get on with my business things.

Had to go to the docs yesterday...tmi but been suffering with toilet issues lol anyway they double checked everything and baby sounded great on the doppler and all was ok but they gave me lactulose. Took some last night and now concerned i'm going to be rushing to the loo at work lol...can't win!

Loving the kicks and punches from baby...I miss them when baby is having a rest!

 

[Leeze]

How lovely to be planning for your maternity leave, yazzy. You must be really excited. I had 6 weeks between finishing work and having Kia. It was lovely, lots of daytime naps, watching Dvds, cooking nice food and not having to travel anywhere or be responsible for much! Sorry to hear about your toilet problems, hope they're better now. I find prune juice is very helpful for keeping things regular if the need arises! We're doing great, had our first trip on the london tube today and went to baby cinema! Hi to everyone else, SBB - it must be amazing that Sammuel is starting to talk. Kia makes cute noises and tries to copy us speaking, it makes my heart melt already! Xx

 

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Yay for maternity leave! Hope your problem sorts itself out

Leeze baby cinema sounds fun!

Sammuel is walking and copying us loads, he makes lots of animal noises now - so cute!!

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[yazzy]

Yes toilet issues are ok now lol!!!

Leeze - ahh Kia sounds very cute So you had a nice break before Kia arrived aswell. Mine will work out about 8/9 weeks off work before baby arrives but I do have my wedding in April so got plenty to organise for that still.

SBB - don't they look so sweet when they start walking around...how are you feeling aswell? Hope you are all ok.

So funny stood in Tesco's with my OH last night and decided we'd get some baby things....well took ages and all we picked up was 2 packs of nappies and some bottles just incase there are any problems with bf. I want to use cloth nappies but thought we should get some disposables for the first couple weeks whilst we are settling into everything.

 

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Yazzy do you want me to send you some info on the nappies I use? We've tried a lot and narrowed it down to the best!

Re the BF I'm sure you'll be fine, it's all about getting support if you have issues. Almost all women can breastfeed, but it can be tough the first few weeks. once you've got through that it's SO worth it! So easy and it's lovely to feed your baby

Are you on FB? You could look for a local La Leche league meeting and go along when you're on maternity leave. They are so lovely and helpful and brilliant if you have any issues. Or even if you just want to go to a group with lots of BF mums to get your confidence up! If you want any info just ask...

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[yazzy]

SBB - that would be brilliant if you are happy to send me the info on cloth nappies, this is the route we want to go down but quite daunting when you don't know where to start. I did think we'd have to try a few types before finding what really works. I'm happy to use disposables for the time in hospital and while i'm settling baby in but definitely want to use cloth. My mum and sister have offered to buy them to start me off but I didn't even know how many i'd need lol!

Yeah i'm on FB...didn't even think about looking for anything on there. I know in my pregnancy notes I have details for breastfeeding groups so that will be useful aswell.

I will PM you my email address if that is ok

I think i'd have a lot of support if I need it with bf. My mum is happy to help and is 5 mins away from me - plus will be having a week off to help me when OH goes back to work. Also OH's mum (who is lovely) worked on the maternity ward for 27 years and only recently retired due to health - she use to help the new mums with bf on the mat ward so hopefully I can battle through the first few weeks and enjoy it.

 

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That's great you'll have loads of support! My mum bf 4 of us and was brilliant when I was having problems... It really is so helpful to have people around - even if it's just to make you a cup of tea and wash up!!

Will email you later... I know it's a mine field if you're new to it!!

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