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[happy mum]

ARGHHHH!!! just sit down to reply now dylan woke up screeming!! see ya!!

 

[mrsholmes]

oh no Nat!

 

[ClaireyF]

not sure if theres a bin marche near here, i will google, but theres a matalan so i will try them on in there. yep, i am going to try and bf aswell, i cant imagine standing around the kitchen in the middle of the night trying to warm milk up when its all ready and waiting IYKWIM...x

 

[mrsholmes]

same here, although my friend is bf and it doesnt look like the easy opiton any more! but ive been out with her a few times and i cant imagine being shopping out etc then try to warm a bottle up!

also has anyone had any bad experiences of bf in public? my friend out a nursing hood on but i dont like the idea of that....... i havent got much tact and if ppl said anything i prob tell them to f**k off

the ones in matalan are only £4! £7 in bon marsh!

 

[Jkelmum]

I feel yucky my bk is achy and my tummy crampy gunna lay down xxx

 

[Rosella]

The thread's moving fast today!!
Hi Cath - I'm an architect. Everybody is always wanting something yesterday - so I am in a constant rush!! Also the main earner at the mo as my OH is in the middle of a career change involving back to uni - so will HAVE to come back to work. I'm OK with that in a way (at the moment anyway!) cos like Kat I feel like I have invested a lot in my career. He'll prob be doing quite a lot of the childcare when I come back so I feel OK with that - way better than leaving LO in a nursery for v long hours etc.

Claire - result on the remeasure!!!
Hi Jue! :wave:

 

[mrsholmes]

https://www.bonmarche.co.uk/store_gmap.php?DefaultBranchID=true

that should tell u, they are not on line tho! its a proper old womens store!

 

[mrsholmes]

what a fab job Gail!

serina xxxx

 

[Rosella]

What do you do? I think I missed it in the thread?...x
Serina hope you feel better soon - sounds like it's not a good day!!

 

[Rosella]

On the subject of BF - I've heard it is massively more convenient if you can get the hang of it. Not going to beat myself up about it if it doesn't work out though. But will give it my best shot. I reckon once you've been through childbirth, getting your bosoms out in public is not a problem!!

 

[ClaireyF]

thanks Cath!

Gail, sounds like a good job, thats something i wanted to be when i was at school but was never encouraged to do it! i did maths and physics at A-level (and a couple more) which could have pushed me to go down that route, i sort of wish i'd followed my heart... x

 

[Rosella]

It is good - I enjoy it! - it's quite rewarding because you see things come to life. It's a lot of hard graft as well though...and very male dominated. Which is also good and bad- can make it tough to get to the top IYKWIM.
With those A-levels you could easily have done it - you still can actually - lots of people go in when they are slightly older and it's much better cos you're more mature.
xx

 

[mrsholmes]

I manage a care home for adults with physical disbailties and also a community based scheme, I do like it but just not at the moment, it just gets very stressfull with a staff team of 15 and a number of clients

its horrible when ur not encouraged, my parents were the same they really didnt want me to got to uni and it was only cardiff!!......ended up going further to go with James- even if it was a shit uni!

getting my boobs out in public is not an issue for me, esp after labour! I have a feeling that it may be for some members of my family tho! but i certainly wont be going in a diff room if people are not comfortable............im a little wound up about the issue as certain people in my family feel I should go in a diff room etc and not feed in front of men, very lucky my oh doesnt feel like this and is very supportive

 

[ClaireyF]

who knows one day, maybe i will get a decent job...i did spanish and law as A levels as well but completely forgotten my spanish now xx

 

[happy mum]

Cor you lot have filled in about 7 pages today!!!!

Dylan cried for 30 mins i think because hes tired.....arghhhh well go back to sleep then!!! which of course he won't. well hes happy again now after lots of cuddles and 2 yogurts plus calpol just in case he is ill

so i read up before he started crying now i can't remember much but you lot seem to answered each others questions so i've not got much else to say!!

hmmm, i did bf my 2 ..evie was easier than dylan, to start with which is weird as evie first, my mw said i was trying to feed him like i had last fed evie at 6 months and i needed to retrain myself into newborn feeding iykwim!!
i think it was harder with him as he was abit early too so tired really quickly and kept falling asleep. i expressed for first week and cup fed him till he got the hang of sucking. was worth it though, fed him to 9 months, much easier than botle in the long run!. o and i never had any negative comments from people with either babies!! i intend to bf this one till 1yr i think??

 

[mrsholmes]

god claire- hard core a levels!

 

[mrsholmes]

thanks Nat, can I ask about cup feeding? does it not cause the nipple confusion thing?

I said I want to bf till 6 months or so is it hard to stop?

can u drink at all? if u do do u express

god im like 20 questions annie today!

 

[Rosella]

Cath - it sounds full on! - lots of responsibility and really demanding!
Claire - wow -loads of A-levels! - you could do lots of things hun. Not helpful if you're not encouraged. also I reckon the language would come back if you were around it. Sounds more like no-one ever explored the options with you? xx

 

[ClaireyF]

god claire- hard core a levels!

well, they didnt seem it at the time but i can't imagine doing any of those now!! what did you do? xx

Hiya Nats, good to see you back with us! Are you having a quiet afternoon? xx

 

[Rosella]

Good questions Cath - I want to know too!