Pansy & Mrsbroodypant.....and Lottie :-)

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hi,

As if u wrote that post earlier and finished it later lol.

Is Lottie just breast fed? Breast fed babies don't sleep as well as formula ones. My friend gave her baby formula as her last bottle before bedtime and it helped the baby to sleep longer coz its fuller. Not that I know anything lol just what I heard.

Well done taking her out on your own. U will be an expert soon! Do your parents work together? I can't remember.

I haven't needed to look after James today as its half term so his mum is off. Last friday when he was a sleep, I fell asleep too! Obviously I know why now lol.

Im going to ring for mw appointment next Wednesday when I will be 6 weeks. Hopefully I will actually get to meet the mw this time and not some person covering.

Hope u get more sleep soon xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

I have heard people give formula last thing at night. We'd like Lottie to be exclusively breast fed if possible, but I might have to consider it. On Lottie's first day, they made us top up with formula as her glucose was low. We read the ingredients on the cow & gate milk we were given & it's scary what's in there! Really don't want to give her that again if I can help it.

Yes, my parents both work in the same office.

6 weeks sounds a lot! I know it's not much out of 40, but it's still good. So you're 5 weeks today!

Of course it's 1/2 term - I know that really! I'm not in a dream world at all! Do you get many trick or treaters? It's a big thing in our village. Lots of the adults decorate their houses & we get 100s of kids out. They haven't caused any trouble the 2 years we've been here. It's mainly little kids. We've bought a pumpkin this year cos it was reduced to 60p! I haven't carved a pumpkin for years! The kids only go to houses with decorations, so im hoping more will come to ours with this out. I didn't like Halloween before I moved here but now I quite look forward to it.

Xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hello,

Yes im 5 weeks today!

I've never been home on Halloween so I don't know if we get any trick or treaters. I usually get home late. This year I will be at dancing and hopefully the children will come to dance. I did a Halloween party last Saturday and dressed as a witch.
I like that u bought a pumpkin. Ive carved one before and it was horrible lol I thought it smelt nasty.

My car is in for MOT today. Im thinking if this pregnancy goes ok then I might get a new car in time for July.

I'm eating as healthy as possible. Are u managing to eat ok? Do u find the time lol?

Whats your routine with Lottie. Do u bath her each night? I'm going to need all your advice if this goes well

Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

How was your MOT? Hope it wasn't too expensive. Mines due on 12th.

I agree - pumpkin smells horrible! We put ours out, but only got 1 trick or treater! Rubbish! I could see kids out there, but couldn't lure them in!! Lottievwas having a constant feeding eve tho, so couldn't have gone to the door much. Did kids dress up at your class?

How are you feeling now?

I've got my flu jab this PM. T was ill after his, I hope I'm not. My dad was fine after his. T is meeting me outside drs soi don't have to take L in & expose her to all the germs.

Your only meant to bath newborns twice a week & just in water. She quite likes baths, despite hating nappy changes. I noticed last night she has a bit of a waking/pooing routine. She takes 2 hours to go to sleep between 9&12 & poos then. She wakes at 1:30 ish & 4:30 ish, when T goes to work. She wakes again at about 7:30. As well as 100s of other poos, she also goes at 1;30 ish. She likes gym time in the morning & is always feeding just before I eat my tea at 5. So she does have a bit of a routine, although it doesn't feel like it! By July I expect I will have made all the mistakes so I can tell you how to avoid thm!

xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hello,

MOT went ok thanks. Really quick and didn't cost much. I hope yours is the same!

Good luck for your flu jab. Hope u don't have a dead arm again for days and are not ill.

Im feeling ok. Getting worried about triploidy again as I think I feel like I did last time. Maybe I feel more tired and hungry this time but hard to say.

I got a text from a friend yesterday who told me she was pregnant but when she went for her 12 week scan there was no heartbeat and her baby had died two weeks earlier. So sad. She had to be induced like I was. She said she didn't realise what I had teally been through before. This has made me worry about my pregnancy even more. Do much can go wrong. It id hard. I guess what will be will be. I just got to go with it.

Lotties routine is full on lol. How many times a day do u change her nappy? Have u gone through all those wipes yet that MIL bought?

How is your MIL doing? Does she see Lottie much? Has she been buying more things?

Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

How are you doing? It's too early to worry about symptoms, lots of people wouldn't even know they were pregnant yet. Morning sickness isn't meant to start til 8 weeks for normal people & loads don't get it. I was the only one out of 8 on my ante natal course who had morning sickness.

What horrible news for your friend. So sad. Was it her first child? Like you said, what will be will be, you can't change anything by worrying.

As I write I have a snoring baby sleeping on my chest. She woke at 8 (6 hours interrupted sleep for me) & has been v fussy & noisy, so I'm letting her sleep on me to keep her quiet. T didn't get home from work til after 3am, so he needs to sleep longer. We're off to a breast feeding clinic run by the health visitor today. I get to weigh her too - it will be interesting to see how much the little piglet has put on!

Are you going to any fireworks? We usually do, but obviously won't this year. It's the carnival I told you about a while ago in less than 2 weeks & my brother is coming home for that, plus my cousins are coming, so that will be good.

My little brother finally came home from uni at the weekend & met L. My other brother came over too, as did my parents, so it was a bit of a party! We saw all my brothers pics from Nepal - it didn't seem to upset my Dad too much.

We haven't been using the wipes my MIL bought. You're only meant to use cotton wool & water, but after 2 weeks we gave up & used these wipes that are 99% water. The ones my MIL bought smell of chemicals & make L flinch, so I think they are too harsh for her skin at the moment. I dread to think how many nappy changes I do a day! In last 24 hours we've had 5 poos! T says they're only meant to do one a day at some point - L obviously hadn't read that chapter yet!!

Hope everything is good with you & you're coping with the tiredness.

xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hello,

Sounds lovely to have a sleeping baby on your chest. Hopefully I can some day too.

Ive been looking after James this morning. He does about 2 poos a day but sometimes more and sometimes less. He is very close to walking now.

Lovely that your brothers came round to see Lottie and your parents too. I remember the carnival, that will be nice. Are u going to take Lottie?

We aren't going to see any fireworks. We will just watch some out the window lol.

We have done plenty more DIY. Curtains poles and curtsins going up now! Almost done then my mum is going to get new carpets.

Im going to ring the mw tomorrow to arrange my booking in appointment. I will be 6 weeks tomorrow. So scared that this baby won't be healthy but lucky to be getting another chance.

Im tired but doing fine. Boobs are quite sore now so might start wearing sports bra in bed like last time.

Are u looking forward to Christmas? What are your plans this year?

Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

Did you ring the mw? When's your appt? Have you cancelled your Fs appt or are you going to wait til the last min?

That's great that you have got so far with the DIY. Must be v satisfying now, after you've done so much work.

We won't take L to the carnival this year, it'll be too cold. If she's asleep, I might leave her with my parents for 30min to look at some floats. I'll have my phone in my hand so they can ring me & will be just 5 mins away.

T just turned over in bed & I found one of my breast pads stuck to him! Lol!

We met up with the ladies from my NCT course yest. It was really nice to see them & swap stories. They want to meet up regularly which will be nice. Today I'm going to a talk for mother's of babies under 5 months with some of them. It's been a full on week with an outing every day. My mum has been coming round to cook tea as T is on nights - I don't know how I'd have managed without her. Today I'm going to try, but L seems to wake as soon as I eat, so im not sure I'll be able to, let alone actually prepare food!

Have you managed to not drop any hints to your mum? Do you have a book/app to see how baby is progressing?

xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hi,

That sounds like a good plan so u can see a bit of the carnival. It will be lovely when she is older and u can take her.

Ive booked my appointment and its on 27th November so I've got 3 weeks to wait! I will be 9 weeks by then.
I haven't told my mum as we would like to wait til Christmas day if everything is well. And we will just talk about it constantly if she knew. I haven't got any pregnancy apps or tickers this time. It was hard having to delete them last time so im scared to get any again.

Its good that your mum is helping out a lot. Total opposite to how it seemed she might be with the holiday and everything. Such a shame u went through all that sadness and tears in your pregnancy but im glad it has worked out well for u.

Nice that u will be meeting up with the other new mums and going to classes. What were there birth experiences like? Were there any worse than yours?

Can't believe Lottie is one month already!!!!

Xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

P.s im going to ring up last min to change my fs appointment. Im going to get it rearranged which will now be in the new year and then ive still got it if all this goes wrong.
Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Good idea re rearranging appt. I'm sure you won't need it, but you not want to have to go back to the start of the queue.

Out of 8 of us, 1 woman had a normal, drug free birth. 3 had to be induced (4 if you count me, I suppose I was sort of induced). 3 forceps. 2 caesarians. 1 water birth. 2 heavy bleeding (although only mine resulted in blood transfusion). 1 baby had to go into special care, L was under special care. 2 epidurals without c sections. 2 ventouse. We seemed to have most things between us. No 3rd degree tears thank goodness. It was very interesting talking to the other woman who had forceps today - she said she felt traumatised by the birth too. Nice to know I'm not odd for feeling like that.

Sleep deprivation finally took its toll on my driving today - I reversed into a parked car! I've never done anything like that. There were cars on both sides of the road & cars in front of me, so I had to reverse. L was screaming in the back. I scraped the side of the parked car. I was going about 2 miles an hour. The owner then returned & asked for my insurance details. It's going to be expensive as I have a £400 excess, but I can't get too stressed. I have more important things to worry about at the moment. As long as L is ok, that all that matters.

You haven't got too long to wait til your booking in appt, that's good. I hope it will be a proper midwife, did they say it would be?

Did I tell you about my little Piglet's weight gain? She was 8lb when born, then 8lb 14 at 2weeks 1 day, which health visitor was pleased with. I got her weighed again on Tuesday (4 weeks 2 days) and she weighs 11 lbs! She put on 2lbs 2oz in 15 days! All on breast milk! She is such a piglet. I was shocked, but the HV was impressed. They say you can't overfeed a breastfed baby. I hope they don't change their minds & tell me off. I'm demand feeding which is what you're meant to do. I can't help it if my baby demands a lot!

T is working til 4am today! Ridiculous! Yest he only saw L for 5mins as we went out before he got up. It's a shame for both of them. At least it's nearly the weekend now.

Have you got James tomorrow? Have you watched the Bake off yet?

xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Morning!

Aww Lottie is doing really well with her feeding! Well done! It must ne hard coz its so demanding but your obviously doing a good job.

Sorry u crashed your car...opps! I hope it doesn't cost too much. I'm so glad u are both ok.

I'm looking after James today but his mum is ill off work in bed. Feels funny coz I feel like im being listened to.

I hope its the actual midwife this time but I won't know until the day. I was supposed to have the real one last time but there was a stand in from another area. Yes it's not too long to wait.

Im feeling a bit sickly today. I'm hoping is ms. I know it sounds daft but if I had ms then I'd feel more positive about this. My boobs have got bigger which R likes lol.

I hope T is ok after finishing work so late/early!

Yesterday we glossed my mums new doors and she hss now ordered her new carpet which is getting fitted next Wed. So pleased that it's nearly done!

R wants to do lots of DIY in our house in the new year lol. We want to move afew door frames upstairs which will make the landing bigger. And we want to move bedrooms because we are in the front bedroom but we would like to be in the back overlooking the garden. I want a bath in our bathroom and R wants to make an en suite in our new bedroom lol. That's a lot of work!!!!

Hope u are having a good day xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hi, how are u?

Hows L? Doing good I hope.

I'm feeling sick. Don't know if its MS or just something I caught coz a lot of people I know are poorly.

My mum got her new carpet fitted! So her house it very nearly complete. Im really pleased and so is my mum. It all looks great.

I've started a tiny bit of Christmas shopping but still lots to do. I ended up buying things for myself yesterday when I went shopping lol I needed some new boots!!

Hope u are ok. I miss ya xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Just had a bit of blood when I wiped. Totally scared and crying my eyes out. R is at work snd I don't want to bother him as he will just worry too. It was only a tiny bit but im frightened it will turn into more. I rang the hospital and I can go for an early scan next Wed at 3.30pm. Im so scared. I can't lose this baby too x

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Went for my scan yesterday and saw my tiny baby with a good heart beat. So pleased!
Baby measured a week behind tho which is now worrying me. Hopefully all will be ok. FX.

How are u??

Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

Sorry I haven't been there for you when you had the scare. I'm so glad you were able to see the baby & the heartbeat! It's an amazing moment isn't it? Did you get a pic? Surely it's too little to accurately measure & date at the moment? Have you researched it? Hopefully it will be fine. Have you had anymore bleeding since?

Did I tell you dr who did my early scan was same dr who delivered Lottie with forceps? Isn't that weird?

We're ok, I just still have no free time. L is still feeding a lot & is still not sleeping much in day (I timed it the other day & she slept for just 2hrs 40mins in total all day! So much for babies sleeping a lot!) She started smiling last week which is the most magical thing! The smiles are still quite rare which makes them extra special!

Need to try & get more sleep now, will try to write more soon. Hope everything's ok with you. xxx

 

[Pansy]

I feel really bad I wasn't there for you. If you have any more scares or need me, Facebook message me. I tend to go stalking on there at night when I'm bored & feeding cos it's easy to go on on my phone. I'll see it then. I so want to continue supporting you & hearing your news.

xxx

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hello,

It's so nice to hear from u. I've missed u loads! I was thinking about sending u a Facebook message but I didn't. I know u are very busy with your demanding baby .

It's lovely that L is smiling!!!

I haven't had anymore blood. The mw said it must of been implantation bleeding as she couldn't see any sign of blood on the scan. Yes she gave us a free photo. The baby is only 8mm and we could see the yolk sac. She said everything looked good. I have been worring about the gestation and been researching. I've read both good and bad stories. Im hoping that it was just too small for her to measure correctly.
I see the mw this Wednesday.

I hope u are ok. Are u watching im a celeb?

Xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

8mm is tiny, surely they can't accurately date from that? Can I see the pic? It's so odd we have a pic of Lottie at 9 weeks pregnant, I hope you will find the same one day!

Poor little Lottie has a cold! The dr has prescribed calpol, even though she's technically too young. She is alright in herself, still smiley at times, but a bit clingy/grumpy. I haven't been able to put her down today. She is currently sleeping on T. She sounds v congested poor thing. To make matters worse, our heating wasn't working this AM! Luckily T fixed it when he came home, but the house is still warming up.

Hope everything's ok with you. 2 days!

xxx

 

[Pansy]

Hello!

Hope you MW appt goes well & you get a real MW. Let me know how you get on. Xxx