Good luck Mariemo! Xxx
Mummytoamber did you let your eldest sleep on her tummy at night? I'm coming to the end of my tether with K. I know you are not supposed to but he just won't go down on his back. He just gurgles and moans a d then is sickxxx
She seems to prefer her daddy (of course, daddy's girl, etc.) but this proves that she at least finds me entertaining to look at! 
Thanks mummy! We have let him sleep this way in the day and e turns his head to the side easily. His head control is pretty strong. Obviously we are watching him in the day, but at night he is right next to me in the moses basketGood luck Mariemo! Xxx
Mummytoamber did you let your eldest sleep on her tummy at night? I'm coming to the end of my tether with K. I know you are not supposed to but he just won't go down on his back. He just gurgles and moans a d then is sick
Yes i did, i cant remember how old she was but had to have been under a month. What i did before doing nights was let her sleep on tummy during the day so i could watch her to make sure she did keep her head to the side. It also helped that she was head strong from quite early on. I didnt tell HV etc like you say your advised against it but as we all know every child is so different in their needs.
Heres pic of day time sleeping had to have been 3 weeks ish X
thank you...I have heard of these, buti don't know if they have the over here? I will look into it. I have tried inclining his basket but it doesn't seem to help?Good luck Mariemo! Xxx
Mummytoamber did you let your eldest sleep on her tummy at night? I'm coming to the end of my tether with K. I know you are not supposed to but he just won't go down on his back. He just gurgles and moans a d then is sick
PK, my girly sleeps in a Rock 'n Play sleeper that keeps her at about a 120* angle, so she's not laying flat on her back. They are supposed to help with acid reflux and I must say so far she likes it and sleeps fairly well (just need to get her sleeping longer, lol). I don't know if they have any kind of equivalent in the UK but if you're nervous about tummy sleeping it might be something to look into? https://www.target.com/p/fisher-price-deluxe-newborn-rock-n-play-sleeper-snugamonkey/-/A-14583528
Thanks mummy! We have let him sleep this way in the day and e turns his head to the side easily. His head control is pretty strong. Obviously we are watching him in the day, but at night he is right next to me in the moses basketGood luck Mariemo! Xxx
Mummytoamber did you let your eldest sleep on her tummy at night? I'm coming to the end of my tether with K. I know you are not supposed to but he just won't go down on his back. He just gurgles and moans a d then is sick
Yes i did, i cant remember how old she was but had to have been under a month. What i did before doing nights was let her sleep on tummy during the day so i could watch her to make sure she did keep her head to the side. It also helped that she was head strong from quite early on. I didnt tell HV etc like you say your advised against it but as we all know every child is so different in their needs.
Heres pic of day time sleeping had to have been 3 weeks ish X
It's weird because when I wasa baby my mum was advised to tummy sleep us as laying on the back could cause babies to choke on their own sick. Isn't it crazy how the recommendations change. I would like to see some data on what it is based on.
thank you...I have heard of these, buti don't know if they have the over here? I will look into it. I have tried inclining his basket but it doesn't seem to help?Good luck Mariemo! Xxx
Mummytoamber did you let your eldest sleep on her tummy at night? I'm coming to the end of my tether with K. I know you are not supposed to but he just won't go down on his back. He just gurgles and moans a d then is sick
PK, my girly sleeps in a Rock 'n Play sleeper that keeps her at about a 120* angle, so she's not laying flat on her back. They are supposed to help with acid reflux and I must say so far she likes it and sleeps fairly well (just need to get her sleeping longer, lol). I don't know if they have any kind of equivalent in the UK but if you're nervous about tummy sleeping it might be something to look into? https://www.target.com/p/fisher-price-deluxe-newborn-rock-n-play-sleeper-snugamonkey/-/A-14583528
Xxx
Heres a quick version of my birth plan
Sadly i didn't get my home birth due to staff shortage, but i had perfect hospital water birth.
I had 24hrs worth of irregular pains from the 1am on 14th Nov. They rammed up a degree at 3am on 15th Nov. We started to get pool ready at home and our older children were collected at 4am. We rang to inform midwifes around 5am - this is when everything changed.
We were told midwife was unavailable to attend because she had been working to many hours and other had been called into the hospital as it was under staffed, my heart sunk. I have had to fight for my home birth due the positive GBS swab at 14 weeks. I had a good chat with midwife and we decided to stay home a bit to see how things went, as someone may of been able to attend from 8am.
Come 6am my pains we every 2mins lasting 1-2mins, i will admit i felt panic. With the whole strep b hanging over our heads we felt it was the babies best interest we head to hospital to be assessed and take it from there. On arrival everyone was very lovely we were taken to MLU. They already had the pool running for me, just incase. After doing obs i was offered a VE which i accepted due to how intense my pains were, she told me i was 3cm - disappointment set in.(About 7:30am) I could have cried; either i had gone so soft or these pains were so brutal as i remember them being like that near transition with my previous babies.
We were given the choice of stay until 8am or go home and see what happens with likely hood of returning later anyways. My pains started to go bit irregular at this point. I was seriously considering having an epidural as they were so intense & long! After talking things through with hubby we decided to keep my stress levels down and stay at hosp as we had brought everything, didnt want traveling there/back in busy traffic time.
We were told we would be transferred to triage for the time being.(9am at this point) Got to this very basic room, waited around 15mins. Pains getting stronger but irregular, we spoke to midwife here about our plans and said we will just stay as long as i could still use a pool, somewhere. After watching how i was coping/how often long my contractions were the midwife said they weren't coming at regular enough pattern,(shock, horror!!) we were left again for a little bit. She popped back in and seen how i was and said, actually can i check you again and if need be will get them told on delivery suite to start filling the pool as it takes 25 mins. I agreed, she said i was now 5cm (About 9:30am now) Thank the lord!
I made it to the pool room around 10am when i think i hit transition. My contractons still not regular but so strong and lasting for ages at times.
I must of had 6 contractions in the pool, before midwife said i think your fully dilated (I didnt have urge to push like it remembered it) i got on all fours and pushed slightly and pop went my waters with instant stinging and burning (Not something i remember either) I did the pushing part far to fast because of the pain it was causing before head was even out. I think it was only 4 pushes and head had crowned i then sat up and back and 1 more push i delivered my yellow bump at 10:27am straight onto my chest. I was shell shocked by the speed. I sat down and moved the cord to see we had our third princess.
We have called her Ruby, born on 15th November. she weighed 8lb 7oz & was covered in vernix at 41+2. (I think my dates were off due to longer cycles!) I had no pain relief and only had a few grazes.
They did try to keep me in 24hrs for obs but we agreed on obs for 12hrs, we left hospital at 12am that night, on my birthday! What a present i got.
