March Mama's! 2012 :) - 33 pink , 24 blue and 17 yellow bumps! 33 Babies!!

[firsttimer1]

well DH has gone to bed with headache ... so no DTD tonight for 'Operation: evict digs'

but good news is i can now watch Mchef i suppose LOL

emera - is it painful at first when milk comes in?

 

[emera35]

Yeah, its pretty uncomfy for a few days. They just go totally rock hard, so it aches like mad! Its easier when you BF because you can ease the pressure a bit more, where as if you FF you have to leave them alone as much as possible, so it hurts more, but goes away faster. Lots of stuff helps though. I like heat pads (wheat bags or hottie bottles etc) and sitting in a hot bath with hot wet flannels on your boobs helps me a lot. Mostly just feeding helps the most. It doesn't last forever though, they do calm down. trick is to leave them be, stay warm and gently massage any lumps whilst you feed so they don't turn into blocked ducts.

 

[mitchnorm]

I still have a headache but hubby is home from tennis and promised me some dtd to evict this baby...nothing like sponteniety eh

Well done on the big win ft...should keep you in Quavers for another few days

Joanna...i can recommend meeting friends, lunch, coffees, beauty treatments ...oh and lots and lots of baking

Night ladies...see you all tomorrow no doubt x

 

[KellyC75]

Thinking of you all ~ Congrats on new babies & lots of labour to those waiting

 

[citymouse]

I've been told twice in two days that my face is getting puffy (much more nicely worded than that, thankfully). And was told today that baby has dropped (by a woman I've seen twice a week since 21 weeks).

This is very strange, this whole "oh, this is really going to happen" thing!

 

[JadeEmChar]

Had my bub 4th March Harlequinn Avery

Congrats to all the girls who have had their bubs and ~*~* Labor dust~*~* to those still waiting for their little bundles

 

[wouldluvabub]

Ok emera so maybe I'm a freak my boobs are not really that sore or hard. I had a bit of cracking to begin with from bubs sucking super hard but it's gone now. I've never been someone who gets sore boobs though.. Either that or I just don't notice due to all the drugs I'm on after my c section.

 

[emera35]

Wouldluv i think people are different, and i know having a c-section can change how your milk comes in. My nipples are totally fine and were last time, but i do get really engorged and the few days when my milk comes in its super achey with the engorgment.
Hope you are healing well there hon?

 

[Skadi]

Oh mine were worse than rock hard. It was terrible! I was constantly pumping just to relieve the feeling. They never get that engorged anymore but I think all that pumping before gave me a crazy oversupply to the point she gets her entire feed off one breast and I have to pump the other off. :/

 

[lozza1uk]

Congratulations Jade!

Wouldluv - glad everything's going well, we still need to see a photo of little Braxton!

My friend texted me tonight and said I must be the only person she's ever come across not to be desperately wanting their baby to come right now. Thing is i still don't feel mentally prepared for my life to change (and don't think I will til its here) so I'm genuinely fine waiting for another week. It's a week on my own that i'll never have again until probably I retire from work and LO has grown up and moved out which is bizarre to think, but it really is no time at all in the grand scheme of things. Only annoying thing is I'm now techincally on my maternity pay with no baby, so wishing i'd held out at work for a few more days

 

[wondertwins]

No going back now, C'mouse.

Congrats to Em and Jade!

FT - sorry you're not getting any action tonight. I guess you could always resort to some nipple stimulation to mchef.

To all those waiting on babies and not showing sign.... I was not dilated at all and only 10% effaced when my water started leaking with my first. I had zero signs of labor. So don't lose hope just yet.

Thanks for the support lads. I looked up that book - The Happiest Baby on the Block - and it seems to have some good suggestions. Most valuable tip relates to the power of white noise. Apparently the noises of the womb are pretty loud, so it can be really traumatic out here, especially for preemies. I downloaded a white noise app on iTunes that was created by a father of twins who was very sleep deprived. It's been pretty magical. Still have to hold both babies to keep them calm, but they are not screaming like last night.

Anyway.... I hope we all get some sleep tonight. Hugs all around.

 

[kymied]

I haven't caught up with today but I had to share this because it makes me so happy. It's not even finished, I'm going to put leaves on it but I love it!

I'm also posting a picture of the diaper stacker I made the other day.

 

[citymouse]

Gorgeous, Kymied!

WT, soooo glad the boys were calmer! We registered for this white noise thing called the Sleep Sheep. With all the construction going on here, my baby is probably going to require not just white noise but also hammers and beeping trucks to keep her calm.

Ha ha ha, my dog is so not a genius. I have a gate up blocking the stairs and he's lying behind it because he thinks it's blocking the front door, too. But only because about a foot of it was in his way. If he moved ten inches to the left he has about four feet of clearance.

See? Not a rocket scientist:
https://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2520/photo18cj.jpg

 

[kymied]

hehehe He's cute he doesn't have to be smart. My dog thinks her frisbee works.

 

[Skadi]

kymied - The room looks great so far and that stacker is gorgeous! Great job!

City (and WT) - Keira has the sleep sheep and it is the most amazing thing I got her... forget helping her sleep, it puts me right out! lol I don't know what I am going to do when she has to go to her own room to sleep. Seriously though, after both the womb and the nicu she was very used to it being loud all the time so it really helps her out at night when the house is quiet.

 

[loolindley]

Oh my! I've just lost my entire mucus plug Well! That's a massive glob of eurgh, isn't it?!?

Rashy, your dog is hilarious!!! I love it! xx

WT, glad your boys are having a better time of it. My brother has bought us a sleep sheep, so I hope it will come in handy!!

QUESTION FOR EMERA, am I ok to be sniffing away at a tissue with neroli and clarry sage on at this stage (very low level 30% contractions)? I realised I've been sniffing away, even though I'm not actually in labour. I don't want to do anything bad by the baby iykwim??

 

[loolindley]

Kymied, your room looks lush! I'm at the stage when I can finally start thinking about our nursery, so can knock everyone's good ideas!! xx

 

[citymouse]

Loo!

Question... maybe it's the daily hospital checks that are breaking down your resistance, but do you find that the closer you get to birth the less you care about the pressing projects?

I ask because for the past couple of days, my attitude about work has totally changed. I'm much more of the mindset that the baby can come when she wants and I can just finish my work later.

 

[citymouse]

Rashy, your dog is hilarious!!! I love it! xx

He's almost seven years old and he literally has no idea how doors work. If he requires eight inches of width to get through a door, and it's open seven inches, he will sit and stare at it and whine until someone comes and pushes it open for him!

 

[wouldluvabub]

Ok so I have finally managed to get on the lap top and can attach a photo of my boy!

Loo- Thats so exciting about your plug! My water broke 2 hours after I lost my plug! How gross is your plug though! I was near vomiting.. It just kept coming and I was like YUK!!!!!

AFM- Feeling pretty good today. I am so lucky so far Brax is an amazing baby. He is so calm and hardly fussy at all. I hope he stays this way. It sure is making the transition into motherhood an easy one. We had his hand and feet thing done today! I am so excited to have it finished! We also are having a photoshoot this afternoon so I hope he behaves for it! Anyways this won't be a long update as Brax is starting to wake so I am sure I'll have to feed him very soon! Hope your all well and I am really trying hard to keep up!!!!

Ok I can't get the pics to work so you will have to click on the links below.. Hoping that works!

Edit: images removed!