Mother of all conception months Graduates

[NOMORENUMBERS]

no no section date yet, hopefully going to get it not this thursday but thursday after that (28th) then i can really start counting down . . . would it be bad to really really put across how much i am suffering with this spd and hope they do a section dead on 39 weeks instead of just in that week . . . hmmmm

it gets really really bad in the evening (obviously) to the point where laying down, sitting down, standing up, walking about none of those give me any sort of comfort for the pain . . . dh is off tomorrow and hopefully most of the daytime on friday so hoping that i can relax a bit, might make dh take leo out for a an hour or so tomorrow just to give me a break so i can get through the day

gah first pregnancy was so easy!

got pregnant first month and had no issues (well not until the birth anyway)

this time pregnant at month 10, morning sickness for 16 weeks which came back at 31 weeks, spd, not sleeping, extremely frequent weeing, not able to eat much, dizzy, massively tired

honestly i am the walking case of every pregnancy is different!

cant wait to meet her now, i am literally counting down the hours!

 

[PeanutBean]

Evening ladies.

I've never given water to a baby so have nonidea about it at all. One thing though Ozzie, in the summer babies will want to feed more to keep hydrated so that could be why. During the warner days Indigo feeds very often and even on cooler ones she goes every two hours max when awake (which is all day at the mo).

Magna was awesome. Byron was quite young last time we went so was a bit afraid if some stuff. This time he was still a bit anxious about the big melt but afterwards said how much he liked the noisy one! Lol He went in the park after which was great until je disappeared. He was in a castle at the far end and DH was walking round the castle following him to take a pic and I was following DH on my phone making plans with the babysitter for HP tomorrow and we got round the castle to find him gone. He must've run pretty fast as he was right up the other end when DH got to him, he'd wanted to go in the train there. It was a bit of a shock as he's never done anything like that before. I can only suppose he felt free in there are it was all a huge enclosed park but I did briefly fear him being snatched, something I've never worried about before. . Naturally that led to tantrums and we headed off home about half 3 happy that we would be home by rush hour. But it was not to be. A car crash closed our road do we went a different (much longer) route that was at a standstill too for roadworks. Took very nearly 3 hours to get home! It was awful. Indigo kept screaming so I hopped in the back with the kids. Had to change her nappy while she was in the car seat then had to bf her and the traffic started moving before we were done. Got if a copper had seen us...!

Anyway we finally got home. I've packed bags for tomorrow, washed up, hung up the nappies and generally tidied. The girl went to sleep then woke and us asleep again, I hole to stay as I've about an hour of HP part 1 to finishe watching tonight.

 

[pinkclaire]

I was going to say the same as PB Ozzie. Plus the 6 week growth spurt is meant to be the worst of the lot! so could be that. it lasted 2 weeks for me last time with James!!! Your doing amazing, you know what your son needs, have you tried everything else to re settle him incase he is comfort feeding?

I got some pictures I had done today. We didnt get a chance to have all the ones I wanted done, but I've added the couple to my journal if you want to see 4

Tas agreed on the iron tablets will help a lot! xx

nomore hope you get your section date x

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Evening Ladies :wave:

Thank you for your comments on Charlie weight Ladies I have come to the conclusion Charlie belongs to the tiny eaters club I personally reflux aside dont think hes a big milk fan and I think he will flourish when we wean him I bought some bowls and spoons today

Gilz hon hang in there 15days and counting

NOMORE I loved sara lee gateau as well growing up we would have one to share after sunday lunch didnt realise they had vanished

Tas am so sorry the house is getting you down

for weigh gain Alex

Molly I too am still suffering with my back and tailbone issues when I bend over it kills to straighten back up again

Peanut glad you had a better day out for Byron running off I`ve been there and we are still struggling with this one so I know how scared you must have been fxed its a one off and he doesnt do it again!

Cute pic madcat and get a spare `bunny` rotate them as vbaby suggested Oliver had x2 `babys` on the go and we switched them when the one he had needed washing he did notice as he got older because ones nose was slightly bigger than the other and he would always ask after we switched slyly if we had `mended babys nose` too cute Charlie has really take with this comfort blanket I bought today (pic on fb!) its a cows head and has a `skirt` attached which is black/white fluffy on one side and white satin on the other and one the fluffy side it has a huge red heart and the caption `I love milk!` I held it up in the shop and he gave me the cheesiest grin I couldnt resist buying it Hes held it all day and even chewed on the cows ears If he stays attached I will be getting a spare

Tas prior to having Charlie I was on the depo from having Oliver but then had the implant fitted because the depo takes so long to leave your system when TTC where as the implant its quicker ( am crap at remembering tablets/the pill also ) the first few months of the implant were fine then I bleed for 4+mths almost continously so I went to get it removed ... the drs refused at first because the implant costs the nhs a grand each and at the drs advice I was also taking the pill on top of the implant in an attempt to stop the bleeding ... after two weeks of having the pill ontop I got so pissed off I went back to see the drs sat in the surgery and said `remove it because if you dont I will!` she very relunctantly took it out I sat back and waited far too long before I did anything about it please dont do the same if it makes you unhappy tbh its a wonder we fell pregnant so quickly afterwards with me taking two hormones at one point

Glad you had a nice zoo trip vbaby and well done Teagan for sleeping through and sleeping in shame you were woken though Charlie and Teagan are so much alike Charlie is still in lots of his 0-3mths I promised my sister anything he outgrows ( her little man is coming in 9days ) so I had a clear out at the weekend of his smaller stuff so I could hand her something to put on her boy truth is there isnt much right now .... might have an issue on our hands if her boy outgrows mine no hand me downs then

OMG you Ladies with your S I couldnt think of anything more crazy right now than been pregnant again

NOMORE the end is in sight

As for us we went into Leeds today and I had Charlie strapped to me I have come to the conclusion that the good people of Leeds find this an oddity (Mummy wearing baby!) because I got a million and one stares and a few nasty grrrrrr glares from some OAPS Charlie was happy I feel confident carrying him but honestly people are just plain mental

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

aw thanks madly, seems like so close but so far!

im trying to get myself to certain points so its:

:thursday 4 weeks left
:friday midwife group get together crap
:next week doctors appointment monday (well hopefully keep forgetting to book it!)
:thursday consultant appointment and hopefully date! and 3 weeks left
:friday grandads funeral

just need to get a few things planned for the 3 weeks afterwards, hoping that that will be major nesting but with this spd not looking very blinking likely

wow madly two sets of hormones! i went for depo after i had leo because i loved it the first time round, second time it totally disagreed with me bled the whole time (much to dh's irritation lol) so had to settle for the pill, every time i would restart a new packet i would be like i am not going to miss one this time and to be even healthier i will take a vitamin tablet with it too! yeah that worked! not! lol

 

[tas1]

Madly when I wore my carrier with Caleb in it in town once I got loads of stares felt like saying what do you think they did when prams weren't invented!

I think I will get it removed and try something else,it's obvious it's not working for me so no point being in pain and feeling crap for any longer

Thanks ladies your great!!!!

Xx

 

[molly85]

Madly it's myt actual hips i've always had arthritic bits bunions done at 21 and scraped eugh I would rather it wasn't that but as I didn't get alot of calcium as a child milk just does not sit well with me (iam trying to drink more now on cereal etc) I just don't have the bone density to with stand normalwear and tear and my joints get flakey.

Nomore my induction was dead on 39 weeks no reason your section can't be. if not earlier. So weird I got the all clear to have it and the SPD cleared up alot

Must go to bed grrrr come on abby 10 weeks tomorrow time to sleep through for mummy

 

[pinkclaire]

Madly how are you so good at remembering everything??

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Morning Ladies :wave:

Pink I guess I have a good memory however not when it comes to anything else

NOMORE (see my siggy!) my nephew is been born by c-section a week tomorrow and my sister will be 39wks so theres no reason I agree with Molly why they can book you in for 38-39wks either

Tas I agree seems like the best thing might be to get it removed dont do anything that makes you uncomfy is my motto and it seems to be bothering you a great deal

Molly I too have dodgy hips/lower back which is why adding pregnancy am pretty buggered in that area at the minute my walking does help nearly 35miles now but I also have to be careful with everything and monitor because of my Mums history with her hips and knees are concerned also padgetts disease his hereditory and my Mum thinks we should all get checked out My Great-Gran had it as does my Nanas brother (my Mums uncle!) and my Mum has it ... she reckons one of us may end up with it although my hypercondriatic Auntie (my Mums Sister!) sped off to Drs to get checked out am sure her Daughter (my cousin!) wont be far behind she also had hypercondriatric tenancies

Well Charlie was down for 10.30pm after slugging a 4oz bottle and woke up at 7.15am my boy certainly likes his sleep during the night Today is Olivers end of school year party hes gone to school armed with Monster Munch crisps and 4 packets of Jammie Dodgers our contribution to the party food Today I am taking Charlie to baby class again he loves to play and roll around on the floor ... looking forward to it

Am not doing to school run today or tomorrow because if I see Olivers present school teacher again I may turn violent grrrrrrr She is such a tool and really imo shouldnt be teaching children she has such a bad attitude When I picked up Oliver yesterday at the end of the school day his school polo shirt was covered in pen marks all over the tummy area again!!!!!! We have thrown away a polo shirt every day since the middle of last week now and I know its the end of the school year and we will be binning them anyway but its taking the mickey Apparently some of the kids are drawing on Olivers clothes and hes letting them and his fecking teacher doesnt say a damn word The marks are like big blodges and then lines all over one last week was drawn all over the back and hes swears he did it himself (He says this so none of the other children get into trouble!) Well as soon as I saw him (after we had rollocked him and warned him not to do it again!) I was livid I questioned him straight away with his teacher stood there demanding to know who had done it ... His teacher just gave me this guilty looking smirk as if she knew all about it and then skulked off. I went to speak to his head of year who swears blind the pen and paint is removeable ... over my dead body it is I have tried vanish, oxyplus and all sorts grrrrrrrr it doesnt come out I certainly wouldnt be stood complaining if it was removeable I would be off home to wash it Then we got to the bottom of it the irresponsible idiots give our children permanent markers pens to draw with grrrrrrr they are reception children for fecks sake .... she just gave me this apologetic look and said she would speak to the other teachers about the children wearing aprons I have told her that we have bought Oliver 6 new polos shirt for the first half of next school year and should these be ruined in the same way I will not be replacing them and he will wear whatever top is the cheapest that I can get my hands on therefore he will not be complying with the school uniform unless they can get their fingers out and supervise my child better She simply said `thats your choice!` So today he has a shirt and jeans on for his party and has the warnings of all warnings not to be letting anyone draw on him but because of the frustration of it all and the fact that the teachers are fecking numpties DH is coming out of work for an hour and collecting him because if he has ruined more clothes am not sure I can battled the point anymore .... am leaving to DH now

 

[Ozzieshunni]

That teacher sounds like a piece of work! Even when I taught preschool and parents were told to have their kids come in clothes that would get dirty, I still had them wear aprons!

I'm not doing the water. He's still being a greedy baby. We tried the infacol last night and no spit up So, I'm content and we're going to use it at night. Alex made the most horrible face when we gave it to him and started crying, lol! Poor thing.

 

[madcatwoman]

What a useless teacher madly,sounds like she lets the kids do what they want!!

Poor bailey has just had a bout of colic,hes gets it now and then but hes sooo much better on C&G,when he gets it its only fo half hour and now,well, gripe water works!!and works bloody well&instantly!,he hates being given it, but its soooo worth it!

 

[gilz82]

Well thats Noah had his second jags, screamed the place down so of course I then cried. What a fruit loop

Things are still just as bad over here. Spoke to the hv and a gp this morning and we are now being referred to Yorkhill the specialist children's hospital. No one can believe that Noah is still bringing up pure acid on the highest dose of omeprazole so I think furher tests will be needed. I'm just so exhausted to the point I've actually sobbed through the last three night feeds as I know how much pain they cause him

Madcat I'm so glad C&G and gripe water are helping Bailey, gripe water does taste rank though doesn't it.

Ozzie weird Alex doesn't like infacol, of course everyone is different I found it to be the best tasting medicine ive given Noah so far, just tastes like oranges. I've tasted them all as I don't see why he should have to take them if I don't know how bad/good they taste. All of the reflux ones are vile as they aren't allowed to flavour them and one of his neonatal medications smells so bad it makes me gag when I open the bottle

 

[tas1]

Madly why are the teacher letting children have permanent markers the smell makes you high and some people use them as drugs! If Cadens teachers did this I think I would be like you to or worse lol!

Poor Bailey but glad gripe water works!!!

Poor Noah with his injections and his reflux hopefully you will get seen my hospital sooner!!!

I've done some washing but I don't know whether to put it out! I've woken up with an ear ache and headache so I've taken tablets (I never take anything) boys are being angels today thank god! Caleb went to bed awake and I put his glow work on his dummy in and he fell asleep all by himself

Hope you all have nice days xx

 

[madcatwoman]

gilz,that medication that noah is on which you said is a last resort med is widely used as a 1st choice in austraila
i like the sounds of the referral to that hospital because it does show they are taking it seriously

im supprised its taken you this long to break down hun, seeing your bubsin so much pain&not being able to do anything is terrible!! coupled with tiredness too doesnt help either

i agree,infacol tastes nice lol . calpol is ok too, gripe water is a typical medicine and tastes a little rank,it does seem to work nowadays tho.

im soooooo not looking forward to baileys next jabs

 

[gilz82]

Cat it should be used as a first line drug to treat reflux here too but the nhs are skinflints and dont want to use it first for babies as it costs them £150 for a 150ml bottle and the tablets which are much cheaper are almost impossible to give to a baby properly as you have to dissolve them etc.

It's just a joke.

 

[madcatwoman]

the nhs is great,we are better off than say the usa BUT when things get really bad you definately notice the cost cutting,

 

[tas1]

Oh my word that's terrible how bout cutting down doctors or mps wages instead of meds that will help people especially babies that are the future

Xc

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Hi Ladies :wave:


Glad the infacol worked Ozzie

Thank you for your comments on Olivers tool of a teacher Ozzie they have to wear a uniform which is set so no sending him in cheap clothes like we did in Nursery and tbh am ok with wear and tear and `accidents` but when kids are drawing on his clothes ( maybe other kids clothes are been drawn on too ) and its done deliberately under the teachers eyes and she hasnt said a thing thats when I think its gone too far To add last week Oliver banged his head at playtime in the playground I found a slip of paper in his school trouser pocket like an accident slip for parents ... never seen one before this ... his teacher failed to tell me about it so I guess it wasnt recorded in the school/class accident book ... thank god no trip to A&E over a drowsy poorly child happened because for sure a banged head might have caused suspisions as you can imagine I just dont have the energy for her anymore which is why am avoiding the school until he breaks up tomorrow and I agree Tas those marker pens have a very `high` toxic smell and am not overly convinced they should be using them either

for nasty jabs Gilz .... and great news about the specialist referral I hope at long last something can be done .... lots of love to you and Noah and NHS been tight is one of the reasons why we werent offered liquid Omeprazole imo .... The Dr simply dismissed it as not working (that and ranitidine!) BUT then it probably wasnt cause you could never be sure just how much of the daily dose he was actually getting He seemed to be ok for 12hrs but then the symptons would all kick back in

Speaking of relux/colic babies I have been to baby group this morning and there was a first time new Mummy there with her little fella who is 5 days younger than Charlie and he has terrible reflux He was just inconsolable and Gilz like Noah he feeds to soothe his pain and hes breast feed so I think Mummy is having a really tough time He settled and fell asleep at the breast but then had a major screaming match ... I wanted to for her She ended up having to leave early and take him for a walk in his buggy Hes on domperidone given before every breastfeed and shes tells me after been fobbed off by Dr after Dr she resorted to A&E and refused to move until help was given thankfully the consultant who she saw had experience of her daughter been exactly the same but honestly why is it so hard to get anyone to listen

 

[tas1]

When is everyone thinking of weaning??

Caleb has just refused his bottle he has left about 2nd of it which he never does and is happy chewing on his hand is that a sign?

Now he's drinking it but is messy with it

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

We are weaning at 17wks Tas Helps reflux and I think Charlie is getting ready too He stares when you eat and drools at you like a puppy and if he has his dummy in as soon as he sees you put something in your mouth he spits his dummy out and grins at you He also makes `chewing` type movements when hes watching you eat....They say as long as they can hold there head up which he can and giving another 5wks will be even better at it then go ahead

EDIT : I bought some spoons and bowls in preparation yesterday and will start with baby rice/porridge and then fruit/veg purees I weaned Oliver at 16wks he was so ready infact he was grabbing out for food He took to it straight away so am imagining Charlie will too