Mother of all conception months Graduates

[molly85]

ohhhhh would that be in societys where when a woman has a baby she reasts up for some time and other female relatives step in or where woman have so little in life that half their babies die before the age of 5. Not a society where woman are expected to do as well as men but work twice as hard to get it? I'm not a feminist or even into equal rights just would like it aknowledged babies are harder work than they look because we have so little support.

abbys first run around summer will be next year so walks to the park will be ok. i neither fancy being scary pregnant in the summer

 

[molly85]

pays you little brown envelope every week on the kitchen counter lol

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

payment! some one once wrote an article saying that if full time mothers were given a wage for their job it would be worth £35,000 pa. i think this is wrong because these are the jobs i do and would cost more than that a year combined were you to hire them:

cleaner
accountant
taxi
personal shopper
teacher
full time nanny
laundry worker
personal chef
child's entertainer
not to mention the unmentionables i do for my husband that single men (and some nasty married men) have to pay a fortune for!

the last one alone earns more than 35,000 a year lol!

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

and no being pregnant in the summer is neither funny nor clever

 

[molly85]

can i take mildly pregnant like i did last summer?

 

[pinkclaire]

I really feel for you nomore

 

[tas1]

Lol Kate I had to read your post out to my OH coz it made me pee myself laughing lol especially the last bit so true so true!!!

I may add that we do overtime work ever weekends and never take holidays coz when we do we still have to do our jobs

Xx

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

ha ha ha! i know i am still laughing at myself . . . sad! i need to stop laughing at my own jokes im still laughing at harry potter being fine in his cupboard doi lol

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

i was midly pregnant with leo in the summer, he popped out mid december, and it was lovely except that i suffer badly from hayfever but at least that was the only issue and only when the count was very high. i normally beg for the spring summer and early autumn but now i am so looking forward to those crisp cool morning walks with the icy fresh air and frosty crunchy grass under your feet! nice!

 

[madcatwoman]

and no being pregnant in the summer is neither funny nor clever

morning all, that did make me laugh!


Im soooo tired. i seemed to have got through the 1st 2 months fine but tiredness has his me like a brick lately, i feel like i could walk round with my eyes shut quite easily

 

[gilz82]

Cat maybe go and get your iron levels checked. I've been anaemic for literally years since my kidney problems started. When it's bad I feel like it'd be impossible to get enough sleep ever.

Another shit night here. Been up since 12 just like every other day this week. Consultant tomorrow so I wont be leaving without our referral to the specialist at Yorkhill. We are going to see him privately for one appointment while we are waiting as it could take up to six weeks on the NHS.

Tas we are starting weaning on 6th august, going to start with baby rice for a couple if days then add a little fruit puree to it and go from there. I'm not optimistic it's going to help anymore as Noah as been really sick the past two days. Constant acid sick when he's sitting still and then milky sick if you move him at all even hours after feeding. Right now all I think weaning is going to do if give him lumpy sick.

 

[madcatwoman]

yeh, suppose i could get the iron levels checked, i'll have to make the effort to go to the doc, then go to the local hospital for the bloods...palava.. although, i do have a LOAD of iron tabs the hospital gave me, and honest to god theres enough for a lifetime in there that in the end after a few weeks i stopped taking, i might take them again and see if theres any difference. Ive also started on activia each day to try and sort the bacteria out in my gut
I just put it down to broken sleep to be honest

Poor noah sounds more rough than ever hun

 

[molly85]

cat you nit, it takes months to build your blood supply back up! Your not allowed to give blood more than 3 times a year for this very reason. I feel exhausted to but I should have had my thyroid bloods done 4 weeks ago whoops so will ask teh blood lady to do Iron levels to. She knows me pretty well after seeing her every few weeks during pregnancy. I lost roughly a pint so it's prob just lack of sencible sleep in my case.

OK just seen the pedigree chum jumbone advert molly can eat one of those in seconds whats wrong with that beagal?

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Hi Ladies :wave:

NOMORE you are so funny ... I too read your post out to DH ... HINT! HINT! ... will he get it I wonder

Molly Oliver was an October babe so I was heavily pregnant the summer of 2005 which was the first proper summer we had in a long time I didnt partically like it so imo having a spring babe this time def came with lots of advantages The main one been I didnt live for 3mths in nasty support stocking on a hot summers day because my feet were huge cankles

madcat I agree get your iron levels checked I was told to have mine done at 3mths post delivery because of my PPH but am feeling ok this time However with Oliver I stopped the iron tablets after a few weeks and it did me more harm than good best to get them checked imo

Gilz, poor little Noah I agree dont leave without the referral its getting silly now The dietician I saw last Tuesday was fairly certain weaning cured even the worst reflux so please dont give up hope yet we are going for it at 17wks too

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

As for us we are indoors today despite it been a glorious day because I feel like crap I have the flu or so it appears We have been playing on the WII with Oliver on Just Dance what a laugh I am severely un-coordinated

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Glitz, I meant to ask the other day if you think it could be a problem with the muscle between his esophagus and stomach not functioning properly that's causing the food and acid to come back up? If it is, I know they would be able to fix it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease#Children I think this is it.

 

[molly85]

That discription of GERD discribed Abby very well but she's nothing like Noah except the screaming in general she's pretty ok now .

And with that she is dribbling up all over a cushion more washing for me yay

 

[gilz82]

Ozzie what you sent me the link to is what Noah has, he has severe GERD. The problem is it isn't simple to solve We've exhausted all of the medications, done all the milk thickening and proping after a feed etc. The only option left now is surgery and that has a whole batch of complications in later life that could be worse than reflux.

Also in "normal" cases it should peak around 8-12 weeks and then start to get better as the muscle matures but Noahs has gotten worse since this point. Worst case scenario it could affect him until he is two.

Madly I'm really surprised the dietician said that to you. I hope she's right but our paediatrician, who suggested weaning early, said that for severe cases it's a 50-50 chance whether it could actually make it worse rather than better. He says that in the severe cases the solids or purees at the early stage just make the stomach have to work too hard therefore creating even more acid. Given Noahs reflux meds aren't managing his acid production just now I can't see how it wouldn't get worse. I so want to be wrong though.

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Ah Poor wee man

 

[gilz82]

I honestly thought when they diagnosed reflux in neonatal we'd be over it by now.