*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

[BabyMay]

Had my glucose screening test today, it made me feel sick after I got home. I hope I passed that so I don't have to do the three hour one! Anyone else do it yet?

Did get to hear my baby's heart though.... Love that!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

L2B we all worry the same.

I am petrified BFing won't work for some reason.

 

[Longing2bAMum]

L2B we all worry the same.

I am petrified BFing won't work for some reason.

Me too, and I won't be buying any backup supplies for any of my 'plans' so if they don't work out, we'll be frantically having to get last minute stuff. I am trying not to worry though as I've read that stressing about BF too much can actually make your milk not come through, that would be the worst if my mind stopped it from happening lol but BF is one of the main thiings that I want to do!

 

[Hann12]

Honestly I truely believe (and I know I may get knocked down for saying this lol) but if you really want to BF you can. Yes done people have supply problems but if that happens you can get a prescription to help you. Yes it might hurt or the baby might have tongue tie which makes it harder but there are people out there that can help if you want it. I know a load of people from when I was on here due with DD who didn't BF but intended to, most if them had c sections, and most just felt from the beginning that they couldn't do it. They didn't want to when the baby came out, found it painful, didn't try for much more than a few times. That's fine - you won't know how you really feel about it until you try it and maybe it won't be for you even if you think it will now. I also know people who had really hard times getting BF started properly but they really wanted to do it and they did. It won't come naturally or easily to us all but if you want to do it then help is out there.
It might be worth looking into where the help is before having the baby so that you have the numbers there ready to call if you have any need to. I've BF very easily last time but I'm still looking up support numbers because its a different baby so I might struggle this time, who knows.
There's no shame in changing your mind though if it doesn't end up being for you so don't feel guilty or bad etc, you priority is to feed your baby and give it lots of love and hugs. But if you really want to BF I promise you that you can, you just might need a bit of help

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Thanks Hann. That's just what I needed to hear.

I'm very very VERY determined to BF. I'm not even going to buy in any back up formula (I do have a pump but in an ideal world I won't use it until 12 weeks+) I don't mind if it hurts me or takes a while to sort etc. I just hope she's OK and gets on with it well.

 

[Longing2bAMum]

Cupcake i'm exactly the same as you, and thanks Hann, that is what I wanted to hear too we're going to get a bottle of two and a pump, but just because DH has said that he would quite like to have a turn at feeding every now and then, so I thought that might be nice after baby has gotten used to BF first

 

[CupcakeBaby]

L2B We've got the medela swing and 2 Calma teats. I also bought some extra bottles that attach to the pump and teats so I think we have 5 bottles in total.

Hopefully that'll be plenty to cover us. I don't plan to pump loads as I'm lucky to be working from home or taking her into the office.

Some days DH might have a morning at home with her, or she might have a morning with my mum. So that's hopefully enough for me to pump at the office/leave some milk behind for her.

 

[Hann12]

I have the medala swing, I did use it to increase my supply in the first few weeks. Word of warning, a lot of exclusively BF babies will reject a bottle, my DD wouldn't take one until she was 6/7 months. It's very common. Despite that I'll be doing nothing differently this time and if this one rejects a bottle of expressed BF then so be it!

 

[Longing2bAMum]

I'm lucky enough to be a SAHW so we won't need to pump, I just want to let DH get as involved as possible, I will have done all the work when he is born, I sometimes think poor DH feels a bit left out, so I think this will be nice for him, and extra nice that he wants to do it He's excited and just keeps comparing things to do with a baby from when he used to be a carer for old people, he often says things like "i've changed an old ladies nappy, I think I can handle a baby" we'll see how they compare

We haven't got our bottles yet, in fact we haven't really got anything yet, I should get on with my buying I picked out the bottles I wanted, but can't remember the names off the top of my head, we've decided to go for glass bottles for a few reasons, but my main one is that I hate drinking out of plastic bottles, so I shouldn't expect my baby to have to! Maybe i'm crazy, but I also think glass is just a better material than plastic

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Here's my bump. Not done it since 20 weeks so thought I best squeeze one in today while I'm still in the 23s.

https://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii495/cupcakey-me/2BED17D1-EFDC-40FC-BBE4-ADCD6233A9A1-7922-00000FCB6798B804.jpg

I feel like it looks way bigger in real life. Maybe my arm covering my huge new E cup boobs throws the proportions out. Lol.

 

[lpjkp]

Lovely bump cupcake!!!

Owch! These round ligament pains are a killer! I get stitch when I walk, everything goes hard and painful if I stand up too fast...jenson/my bump must have done some growing this week!

 

[Longing2bAMum]

I'm in agony tonight and was yesterday too, My little guy is constantly sitting on my right side, if I lie on my back I can see that my left side goes down more than the right because there isn't anything there to puff it out, I wish he'd move over every now and again to give me a rest from the pain!!

 

[lpjkp]

I think our boy likes to stretch out and fully make the use of any space!

I finished my antibiotics,but urine still showed traces of leukocytes, so I've got to wait to see whether my UTI cleared or not...so im not sure whether that's still causing a bit of my discomfort?

 

[x-amy-x]

anyone else struggling to sleep! My quality of sleep is rubbish! I have dreams about anything and everything and then theres days like today when i wake up at 3am and cant get back to sleep! Its now 6am and im sat eating breakfast having cleaned the downstairs already lol!

 

[julesjules100]

Certainly am. Been awake since 3am and still no sign of the sandman coming back Think I may just get up soon even though I'm exhausted. X

 

[jtink28]

me! i have no problems getting to sleep, i just have problems staying asleep. sigh.

 

[julesjules100]

Yep, same. Fall asleep easily then wake up around 3am. It's 7.25 here now and I'm JUST starting to feel sleepy again. Thank god I don't have to get up for work now so can try to sleep (if I can ignore the kicking!) x

 

[Foxycleopatra]

my problem with sleeping is that i am up every 2 hours to pee! And I am starting to find it hard to get comfortable.

 

[Hann12]

I've had 5 nights in a row of being up with DD from 11pm ish until 4am ish so last night when she slept all night I can thankfully say I had the best sleep in ages! I REALLY needed it though!!
DH is bringing me breakfast in bed and then I'm taking it easy all weekend after Doctor told me I needed to. DH is taking that very seriously which is nice as I have been doing loads and with this low BP I can really feel it.
I am going to sort out the baby room though as we have used it as a general dumping ground since we moved last year so on a mission to clear it up a bit and set the furniture up!
Hope you all have a nice weekend and enjoy the snow if you have any. We have loads and getting more tomorrow. Hazardous but fun for the little ones!

 

[kezziek]

Yeah the sleep here is rubbish too. Up to wee 3 or 4 times and achy back and hips. Wierd restless dreams or otherwise wide awake with racing heart and acid reflux I do love it when I can lie there though and feel baby wiggle.