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

[Widger]

Lozza - at your MIL comment, then sat here thinking hmmm, maybe I'll become that MIL one day

Oh and sometimes cold symptoms can mean labour.... I'm sure thus is what happened to a friend of mine

Glow - yep, happy for them to just get everything out and quick. I bled lots few hours after delivery. Not quite sure how they know how much you lose exactly? Good luck with it all xx

Waula - I had issues like this in beginning too. I used to let Daniel feed from both boobs, then when I went to just one it took few days for the other to realise. Your body will suss it out soon enough. It isn't pleasant I'll agree

Cupcake - great idea to organise something. Positive thinking


Didn't manage to snooze today so am thoroughly shattered. Grumpy toddlers and nine month pregnant mummy is hard going

Have a horrendously bad stiff neck too, no labour symptoms though

 

[crowned]

Yep, I'm still here. Thanks for checking though

Loads of symptoms and yet none at all Lots of symptoms: baby is SUPER low and putting a ton of pressure down there, everything is all swollen. I was exhausted this morning, despite 7 hours of sleep. Contractions happening frequently, but with no recognizable pattern (for several days now). I say no symptoms because I haven`t had a show or seen my plug or broken my waters or anything yet...

 

[Mrs Cupcake]

maybe you'll be next crowned? lots of ladies say they have increased numbers of BH leading up to labour

widger - its not the same without a nap is it? i didnt have one today and im tired too, i dont know how you guys with toddlers cope!

 

[kymied]

Cupcake We're in queue?! Well you better go soon because I don't want to wait too much longer. So you and FT and Lozza go tomorrow so KKL and I can go Wednesday ok?

 

[firsttimer1]

Cupcake - oooo so did you make the butterfly cookies from thst mag? ive bought the stuff to make them tomo.... also going to make a small devils food cake to freeze and thanks for tips on icing - will ice it

glow - GREAT BUMP!!!! that tat deserves a medal as for being chilled out, i think its only due to the fact that i said no to the MW when she said she could get an early induction arranged due to pelvis problems. I can hardly say no and then moan can i But i 100% DEFO want digs to come naturally by friday - so im sure im going to get more tetchy as the week goes on

Mmmmmm ive had NO increased hicks...... hope that doesnt mean im defo gonna be induced

 

[Mrs Cupcake]

i havent made the butterfly biscuits but it might give me something else to do! i thought the recipe was a bit bland. When i want to make iced biscuits i use a very similar recipe but it has grated orange rind in it which is just a bit more tasty.

i did use the small butterfly cutter and the glitter to decorate the cake i made for my mum's mothers day cake though.

kymied - its a deal! lol

i think i might make a fruit cake to store in a tin to serve guests because that will keep well. hopefully i will also have time/energy to make more cookies to freeze. What did you freeze the cookies in? a clip and lock box, or something?

 

[citymouse]

Aw, FT, and to think we never believed you when you said you'd be overdue! That'll teach us.

Crowned, glad you're still here! LOL, I get too excitable when I try to figure out who's where.

Well, my countertop isn't coming in until Thursday. The thing is, if anything starts to pick up, I'm kicking these loud-ass *******s out of my house. And then they have the two days I'm in the hospital to finish as much as they can before I get out my shotgun and chase them off my property like a bunch of cattle rustlers. Like, seriously, I'm not letting my MOM be here after the baby's born, a bunch of slow, tone-deaf construction guys can seriously kiss my ass.

The cabinet doors are going in today, so that's good. That means that tonight I can maybe start putting things away!

 

[firsttimer1]

yer, i was thinking of ''sprucing'' up the recipe too - will let you know what i do to it tomorrow think im doing a day of baking. also going to make mitchs cookies again but this time white chocolate

I just freeze in seal tight freezer bags... as very short on freezer space LOL xxx airtight tins are prob better tho if you have the space. But saying that, my cakes always keep well in the bags as long as sealed tight

Ive got a really racing heart tonight....... hope i didnt overdo it putting our mammoth shop away! x

 

[emera35]

Missy - Loved your birth story! Even when things don't go as we hope or expect, getting a beautiful healthy baby out of it at the end makes anything worth while, and your story illustrates that perfectly Also the benefit of being open and accepting of circumstances, it clearly makes everything less stressful! Sorry to hear about your possible infection. Hope Ted's stump sorts itself too

Cupcake - I went 9 days overdue, so i think you have a couple more days before you win that particular badge!

FT - I'd definitely have the cake re-iced, it will taste better

Waula - It can take a week or 2 for your milk to settle in. Are you still very engorged or they are just leaking like mad? My engorgement settled down by around day 10 last time but i would leak like crazy for the first couple of months really. Worst thing is when you get emotional, or have that surge of love thinking about your baby and you get a letdown, it can literally spray out for no good reason! If Noah is feeding a bit more than he was say a couple of days ago, then your supply could be upping itself a bit in response, so that could cause the leaking too. If you find your more engorged then he could be taking less milk, so you are slightly over producing, that would make you more engorged again. It will settle though

Glow - Lush bump lady!

Gaah, my head emptied itself again

Didn't get a ton of sleep last night, Freyja wanted to feed from 2.20am -4.50am solidly! Seriously, she's such a glutton, she feeds till it comes out her ears, then hiccups for 10 minutes, sicks a load up then starts shouting for more!
She had her heel prick test today, she was NOT impressed! Also got weighed again. On day 3 she was 80g under her birth weight, which was a really small loss, so very happy. The MW said she'd probably carry on losing slowly for a while, but no! Weighed her today and she's 10g above birth weight! The MW actually asked me to take her off and reset the scales to check they were accurate! Can't believe she's gaining so well by day 6, amazing. Seriously proud Mummy moment!

Had my brother and SIL and niece and nephew over for the afternoon. It was lovely, but having 4 kids under the age of 3 in the house is totally mental! My niece is 2 3/4, Roh's nearly 2, my nephew is 8 months and then Freyja too! Chaos Much fun had though

We are going to register Freyja tomorrow, which will be good to have done.

Still feeling a little bit delicate myself, and have passed another clot today, but each time one goes i feel a bit better, so i think its a good sign MW thinks i don't have an infection, just maybe some retained tissue, so the clots are sort of good in the sense its coming out

Going to try writing a full birth story tonight i need to get it down before i lose the details!

 

[citymouse]

Good to hear from you, Emera! Glad to hear they don't think it's an infection.

I see lurking mamas viewing the thread... hope you're all snuggling your babies and enjoying our inadequate chat without you. Hurry back to us!

I just had a little "Come to Jesus" talk with the contractor. It started with me asking him to get the new toilet out of the back of my car because I don't feel like pulling up to the maternity entrance with a toilet in my car ("Hey, guys, brought my own!"). The good news is that I can fill the cabinets tonight! Which means getting stuff out of the coat closet, which means getting the coats out of the baby's room! It's such a lot of trickle-down effect in terms of stuff getting where it needs to go.

Getting work done today, still more to go. According to my original estimates, I should be done by now, but nope! Nothing is ever that simple.

Can I tell you what I don't feel like doing today? Working out! Oh well, no good reason to cancel except there being a baby head in my vajayjay.

 

[kymied]

Mouse I like the term "foof" better than "vajayjay" since "vajayjay" makes me think of Barbara Walters and that's disturbing.

 

[Glowstar]

Emera - sounds like things are going fab with Freyja DD2 was the same and regained her birth weight and then some within about 5 days...mind you I did feed her constantly as she was a greedy little oinker! You have every right to feel very proud

City - You sound so calm about the contractors!!! they seem to have been there for ages....tell them to 'hurry the F-up' don't know how you can be bothered working out! I always seem to have a list of things I should be doing but NEVER get round to doing...mostly cleaning

Off to the shops to buy some sweets...I'm bored.com

 

[citymouse]

Where's your American pride, Kymied?

I got "vajayjay" from 30 Rock... but I'll try to use foof in the future.

Oh, meant to say, the tree looks wonderful!

 

[citymouse]

Glowie, I'm so used to the contractor being here... they started work in January and have basically been here 3-5 days a week since then.

People in my family think I'm so standoffish and such a loner, because I work at home, but the truth is that I haven't been alone in the house since before the holidays. I just get used to the noise and the dust and the bustle... and the singing. Oh, God, the singing...

At least they're downstairs and I'm upstairs, so we don't cross paths a lot. I can still hear everything they do, but I have relative privacy.

And it's almost done! It's going to be really nice, so I can take comfort from that. But yeah, the sooner the better.

Now... back to work!

 

[kymied]

At least you have contractors, I have to wait for my husband to finish everything himself because he refuses to hire people. My mom has been helping A LOT but my hubby doesn't like the way she does a lot of things because he's a perfectionist.

 

[firsttimer1]

whoohooo after moaning that i dont get hicks - i just had about ten! Sure it means nothing but i dont care, i will take anything i can get

 

[citymouse]

At least you have contractors, I have to wait for my husband to finish everything himself because he refuses to hire people. My mom has been helping A LOT but my hubby doesn't like the way she does a lot of things because he's a perfectionist.

See, my DH and the handiwork... not so much. So not having a contractor would be a physical impossibility.

 

[citymouse]

Yay, FT! Come on, Digs! Kick your way out of there!

 

[emera35]

Ooh, Glow i want sweets now! Fruitella for some reason, or Chewitts.... haven't had those in about 15 years. but now i want some. Or Haribo starmix would suffice... i'd even settle for a wine gum..... Gaah, no must resist!! If i start with the "its ok, i'm breastfeeding i can have that slice of cake" thing i'm going to end up the same as last time and actually start gaining again rather than losing. That would be dumbass. Guess i'll go peel an orange! Saying that oranges are exciting! As is a cup of coffee, even if its decaf! I couldn't have eaten an orange this time last week if i'd wanted to. Well, i could have, but the acid would have made it shoot straight back out! Sorry to you still preggo ladies, but my goodness reflux was a misery!!

FT, this will encourage you though, whilst i can still feel my SPD pain a little bit, its getting better on a daily basis. I'd imagine this time next week it will be totally gone!

 

[firsttimer1]

Thanks rashy but pretty sure it means nothing no other signs at all

emera - thats sooooooooo good to hear about your SPD.... glad its going and ur more comfy hope im the same! x