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[lisaf]

aw Maybaby - so sorry to hear that!!

24/7 - hope everything turns out ok and I'm glad you're getting the attention you need to monitor what's going on!

 

[24/7]

Thank you everyone, am feeling slightly better tonight, more able to deal with whats to come, and feeling more positive about us coping through it all, especially if beanie is very early, but we are just going to keep hoping that we make a good gestation and beanie has the best possible chance. xxxx

 

[wild2011]

stay positive hun, atleast ur in the best possible hands, and while they are keeping a close eye u and baby will be well looked after. xx

 

[meow951]

Just got my 20 week scan through for the 9th December at 3:20pm. I'm supposed to be going to Bournemouth that day to see a band at 7pm and i don't think i'll make it in time!

I'm going to have to phone them tomorrow and see if they can change it but i'm well bummed out about it lol I dont want to have to wait even longer!

 

[Wiggler]

24/7 - Hope things are OK hun, glad to hear they are taking good care of you

meow - hope they can change the appointment for you hun.



I have had a good day, my little man makes me more and more proud of him with every passing day. Today he ate all his breakfast, all his snacks and all his lunch. Barely touched dinner, but this is the most he has eaten in one day in his whole lifetime! And now where he is eating more he is sleeping in a bit later in the mornings

xxxxx

 

[new_to_ttc]

Meow hope you get to change you date!

Wiggler sounds like lttle man is doing well yay!!

Well last batch of cakes in, I think I have done 6 batches of 12 lol 3 butterfly cakes and 3 batches of sultana cakes lol Well I say 3 batches of butterfly cakes lolol.... I may not have enough buttercream icing I kinda ate some (most) of it mmmmmm Im not one for sweet stuff really but that was delish lol

 

[Wiggler]

yea, after all the many, MANY problems we have had with him eating (from when he was 7 months old) I just have to shout from the rooftops when he eats!

I'm really scared about weaning this baby though after the problems with Dylan. I'm hoping to do BLW, but just the thought of weaning terrifies me and OH.

Also hoping to avoid the HV's this time, they were VILE to me after Dylan was born, one even called social services on me because my curtains were closed and she had seen my medical history. Not nice to have a social worker and a doctor turn up with only 2 hours notice.

 

[lisaf]

what is BLW and HVs?

 

[Wiggler]

BLW = baby led weaning (starting your baby off on real food, not purees, there is a lot of info on it in the Weaning and Nutrition section)

HV = Health Visitors (They assess your babies weight and growth and you see them on a regular basis in the UK)

 

[lisaf]

ah gotcha! Thanks, lol. I wanted to understand what you were posting so I could reply!

My friend has a history of eating disorders on her medical file. When she was in the hospital after giving birth she didn't like the lunch options so she sent her husband out to get her some food. She got pestered by several doctors while her husband was gone about not eating and how she's hurting her baby/milk supply etc. Nobody believed her that her husband was getting her food until he showed up. Kind of crazy though I sort of understand it! Even though she wasn't truly trying to be anorexic again... if she was, they can't just let it go and her word that her husband is bringing food is not enough for them to leave her alone since people with eating disorders often have lies to cover up.

I don't know that I would be able to take that in stride or not if they were harrassing me though!

 

[Wiggler]

Every HV i saw (4 of them before I stopped seeing them) kept bringing up my medical history (I have a history of severe depression, self harm and suicide attempts but that ended a few years before I even got pregnant) they never asked about Dylan, just did the routine weigh in then grilled me on how I was feeling etc etc. I was feeling fine, then after one of them called the social because my curtains were closed I put a stop to seeing them. (If the health visitor had bothered to ask, I had the curtains closed as I have very senitive eyes, and in summer having the curtains open turns the lounge into a sauna)

I understand them wanting to make sure me and baby are good and safe, but that was totally out of line, as was some of their advice regarding Dylans eating, they suggested, before he was one, that I stop ALL of his milk and he would get hungry enough for food.

Going to talk to my MW tomorrow about the HV thing as I don't want to see them. If it comes to it OH said he will take time of work to take bubs there, but he hates the idea of them getting involved again.

 

[Wiggler]

Anyway.. sorry about that. On to happier topics.

What are you all planning to eat on Xmas day?

I'm going to have a full fry up for brekkie, then for the big dinner a roast turkey leg, with all the trimmings and my special homemade broccoli in cheese sauce, and trifle for pudding, then yummy snacks all evening. YUM! x

 

[lisaf]

Lol, umm, it will be a big family dinner with my mom's family (last time I counted we had 27 people there.. and thats wasn't everyone!). I'm sure there will be some big meat dish... roast or turkey or ham... then plenty of savory sides like sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, yams, green beans etc etc...
but its really ALL about the cookies.. mmmmm

 

[mummy3]

Mmmm cookies! I just made the kids a batch of snickerdoodles

Lisa, the hospitals over here are so strict with diet and eating compered with the UK, with my BMI being low last time they brought in a dietician and everything, got like 3 extra meals ( mostly danish pastries lol) and monitored quized etc. In the UK was just left to it.

24/7, Its really good they have you on aspirin. My first 2 pregnancies I have problems with blood flow through the cord, the first I did develop pre eclampsia and HELLP syndrome but dd was not small for gestation. The second I was on aspirin and he was fine although a month early. Do you know exactly what tests they are using to monitor you? I had weekly doppler ultrasounds where the consultant measures the flow through to the placenta, and they check for notching. Big though.

New lol your baby has a sweet tooth

Wiggler To eat at xmas, I believe atm its roast chicken with trimmings and then a novelty spiderman cake

Meow, I hope you get a better date so you can see your band!

Hopeful, how you doing hun?

Off for the gender check again in a couple of hours, nervous now

 

[lisaf]

keep us posted on the gender 'guarantee' results

 

[mummy3]

doubt I'll believe em now!

 

[lisaf]

lol is it a 3D picture?

 

[luckyme225]

Good luck at your scan mummy.

I'm so tired. Kind of annoyed as well. My husband stayed home today while i was at work from 6am-3:30pm. I got home around 4:30 and asked what was for dinner and he said whatever you want to make yourself, umm excuse me, on the days I'm off I make sure there is food on the table whether I cook it or order out. So I said fine I guess we can do pizza and he told me to go ahead and order it. GGGGRRR haha. Good thing when I get home from work tomorrow he is taking me out on a date or he would be in real trouble lol. Another early day tomorrow then back to my evening shift fun.

 

[lisaf]

omg I hate it when my husband refuses to even order the take-out, lol

 

[hopefulmama]

Mummy good luck and i am way better thank god.

lucky- i know the feeling, i feel like everything i do is taken for granted half the time or is down played big time.

I have no tolerance for people, especially women. I have never been a girls girl who gets along with most women or can really relate half the time, but lately most woman i meet i get so annoyed. They are soo fussy and dramatic, I have always been more prone to having good guy friends, and right now i am about to blacklist most of the female friends I do have, because having to interact with their friends is the worst part. I know this sounds bad, but I just can't help it.