May Emeralds 2014! :)

[emalou90]

Happy v dayyyyy x

 

[nic18]

what bottles is everyone using?
and are you breastfeeding or forumla?

 

[Rosie06]

what bottles is everyone using?
and are you breastfeeding or forumla?

i intend to bf again with DD i only managed about 2 weeks, i will try again this time but im not going to beat myself up about it if it doesnt work out this time im using mam bottles they are fab i started with tommee tippee with DD but changed to mam, they are self sterilising so no need for a seperate sterilser which i found fab x

 

[Excalibur]

Nic - I'm going to attempt breastfeeding again as I only managed two weeks with Tyler as he had a tongue tie and was a very hungry baby! We are using Avent bottles for Tyler so will probably use Avent bottles with Jayden too

 

[Rosie06]

so ladies i had my GTT on monday and just found out i have gestational diabetes actually cried when she rang have to see specialist diabetes nurse next week this pregnancy has had nothing but problems and to top it off today my gran got rushed to hospital early this morning vomitting blood so still waiting to hear on her

 

[stouffer]

what bottles is everyone using?
and are you breastfeeding or forumla?

Last time I EBF for 8 months and used Tommee Tippee bottles. I remember having to get special teats (natural flow or something? They have an x shaped opening) because the other ones were too slow for my LO.

I'll be reusing the bottles and getting new teats for this baby.

I hope to BF for at least 6 weeks but realistically it may not be manageable for us to exclusively BF for as long as before. I'm not going to beat myself up about the possibility of mixed or formula feeding like I did with my first baby. I just hope I can stick up for myself to the health visitor when the inevitable lecture about exclusive breastfeeding occurs.

I just realised I can't remember how to make up formula properly Will have to look up the latest guidelines!



Rosie sorry to hear about the diabetes. Hopefully it doesn't impact too much on your pregnancy. Hope you get some good news about your gran too.

 

[emalou90]

what bottles is everyone using?
and are you breastfeeding or forumla?

I've got some tommee tippee ones, they were great with my daughter and throwing caution to the wind bought another 6 this time!

Hopefully breast feeding the early days but then pretty sure I'll be formula feeding (not decided which brand yet, but possibly cow and gate)

 

[Lilly12]

My 2.5 year old still breastfeeds so yes Layla will be too
Aleena never took a bottle but I'll try a lil earlier on with Layla so she gets used to a bottle once in a while and maybe a pacifier !

 

[x__amour]

what bottles is everyone using?
and are you breastfeeding or forumla?

I'll breast feed for as long as possible like last time. If it doesn't work out, I'll use Playtex VentAire bottles and Enfamil formula.

 

[HannahGraceee]

I'm breast feeding but have MAM and some tommy tippees

 

[Wannabe Mommy]

I plan to BF if I can. Haven't really felt my little madam until last night when she spent the whole night twisting and flipping from one side to the other.

I have a bad feeling she's gonna be nocturnal!

Need to look up MAM bottles I like the idea of self sterilising!

 

[FleurDeMai]

I want to exclusively breastfeed, but I'm getting a few bottles for expressed milk. We were given a natural bottle from Avent, don't know if we'll stick with it or try another brand. It's not like we're going to use them daily anyway...

 

[MommyToBe92]

Hey all!
I'm due May 4th with a baby boy

 

[bumpin2012]

I'm hoping to breastfeed this time. my poor hubby is traumatized from our last attempt but I won't be needing myself up like last time. so if it works, it works. we used avent bottles with G and will be refusing this with this baby.

Rosie, do they only do the one test for you? here if you fail the 1 hour test, you get to do the 3 hour test

 

[stouffer]

Hey all!
I'm due May 4th with a baby boy

Hello!

A team blue to even up the numbers! This thread has been looking distinctly pink (with a couple of us team yellows ).

How was your pregnancy been so far? Is this your first baby?

 

[mayb_baby]

I have been off for a while, but I'm 26 weeks tomorrow 2nd tri is so close!!

 

[magicwhisper]

i am so dreading my glucose test when they want me to do it

congrats and welcome mommy2be

 

[Excalibur]

Rosie - I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandma and that you have GD, I have my GTT on Monday.

MommyToBe - Welcome to the thread :wave:

You have the same due date as me and I'm also having a little boy!

 

[Rosie06]

I'm hoping to breastfeed this time. my poor hubby is traumatized from our last attempt but I won't be needing myself up like last time. so if it works, it works. we used avent bottles with G and will be refusing this with this baby.

Rosie, do they only do the one test for you? here if you fail the 1 hour test, you get to do the 3 hour test

apparantley so, it was a 2 hour test i had though, sounds better they way they do it where you are though x

i am so dreading my glucose test when they want me to do it

congrats and welcome mommy2be

hope your test goes ok x

Rosie - I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandma and that you have GD, I have my GTT on Monday.

MommyToBe - Welcome to the thread :wave:

You have the same due date as me and I'm also having a little boy!

thanks looks like shes staying in for a few days until they can get it all under control luckily it doesnt look like anything serious, hope your GTT goes well on monday, i wasnt expecting results so quick they told me 5 days, poor woman on the phone got the teary hormal me on the phone today :/ x

 

[Excalibur]

Rosie - You're welcome. She's in the right place to be well looked after and that's good that it doesn't look like anything serious. Thank you very much, I always thought it took around one week to get your results back, I'm sure she understood xx