September Snugglers 2016

[xanzaba]

Mumma- sounds like it could be pregnancy-related. Fx'ed for your friend.

Hopie- I agree that no news sounds like good news. I'll keep my other fingers crossed for you.

Campn- yes, I had two later losses (18 and 14 weeks) back to back. So to be here, at this moment, is incredible. I know there are a lot of ladies on here who have had losses, and it has been that much more special to be on here cheering each other on as we approach the finish line together. DH and I were just recounting the highlights of this pregnancy- hearing the heartbeat at the 8 week scan, telling my friends and family, going on our babymoon, feeling the first kick. It's really a miracle, and I know I appreciate it all the more after everything that has happened.

 

[Uni tsi]

Aman, if I were trying to make up a parody skit of a horrible gyn visit, I can't imagine making it worse than what you describe really happened. Wow my mouth actually dropped open reading that. It makes me glad I've always stuck to lady obgyns. Even the worst don't hold a candle to that dude lol

xan I'm so glad to be here with you now too

 

[ciz]

Hiya ladies,

Just had a message off my friend, she's TTC #4

Hi ya mand, how are you?
Feeling a bit confused?? Wondered if you can help? I'm due on in 5days, I've noticed an enormous amount of stringy , jelly, clear stuff when I've wiped ( sorry for the detail) but according to my app I ovulated around the 22 nd June? I'm bloated , knackered & I swear my boobs have grown! I've never noticed this gloop before?? Could I be ovulating again? Xx

Is it possible to ovulate twice in quick succession? Or am I right in thinking she could be experiencing very early signs of pregnancy? What she's experiencing could be one or the other, couldn't it?

I'd tell her to do a ov test and preg test because all those signs are for both no sure way to say yes prego or yes ov. My big clue for me was sore boobs. My boobs never sore after ovulation.

 

[MummaMoo]

Thanks for your opinions ladies, i think her plan of action is to keep on hitting the sack with hubby over the next few days and see what happens.. then if her period doesn't show when it's due, then do a test.... and then leave it a few days and do another one.

On another note, the nursing bras that I ordered (link a couple of pages back) arrived today, and they are SO comfortable!! All the ones isn't tried in the past just squish my boobs together to make them look like a monoboob, and they got all sweaty and horrible - but these!? Boobs are still very much individuals! They feel super soft and stretchy, but very supportive at the same time... happy boobies, happy mumma!!

 

[MummaMoo]

Happy 4th July to our ladies Stateside!

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[Lallie81]

Had my 28 week appt/scan today...all looking as it should. Baby is weighing in at 1.24kg which is about 2lbs7, heartrate was 135.
Comedy moment of the day was when the nurse and I both shrieked at exactly the same time when we realised I was on the scales but still holding my handbag which weighed about 3kg!!!

 

[xanzaba]

Happy 4th, ladies!

Lallie, glad everything looks good, and I can imagine the shock after seeing the scale! Glad you guys figured it out quickly

 

[Sweety21]

Lallie, must be in total shock seeing the scales. Hahaha. So glad everything is going good.

 

[x-ginge-x]

are there any lovely us ladies that would be willing to ship me 2 diapers? They are bumkins diapers and they want $30 for shipping :O

 

[borr.dg.baby]

Hey ladies sorry I've been missing. I've been reading but find it hard to reply from my phone which I'm on most of the time. I know some of these topics are long gone lol but I'll reply anyways

Oh gosh Hope what a fright! Glad they are keeping a close eye on you.

Anyone else enjoying "lightning crotch"? I've been wondering what on earth I was feeling for a couple of weeks then remembered this phenomenon...really not fun!

I get a lot of lighting crotch! Baby is way low so it happens all the time, not fun!

Tried to buy boy clothes today and have to say I'm really struggling I don't like any boyish print right now. I'm excited to be having a boy, it's just the clothes haha

I have a daughter and now this is a boy, girl clothes are a lot more varied, but I find to like the more simple stuff, like clothes that look like adult clothes but are tiny I find the european brands I like more, like H&M and Zara.

As for belly buttons, mine never popped with DS and I don't think it's going to this time either. I'm overweight so I think that plays into it not popping.

Mine didn't pop with my DD either, don't think it'll pop this time either, I'm a little overweight but I think it's just deep and I don't tend to grow much.

Lottie May, born 23rd June at 10.33, weighing 2lb 9oz. A sister for Maisie Grace, with whom she shares the same birthday.

Lottie is being cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where she is currently ventilated. I will share some pictures with you all soon.

Alea congratulations on your baby girl. I hope she gets to come home asap. I understand you aren't logging in much but I've been thinking about you. Sending big hugs.

Had my 28 week appt/scan today...all looking as it should. Baby is weighing in at 1.24kg which is about 2lbs7, heartrate was 135.
Comedy moment of the day was when the nurse and I both shrieked at exactly the same time when we realised I was on the scales but still holding my handbag which weighed about 3kg!!!

Glad baby is growing good.


I'm sorry if I missed a lot. I'll try to be more active in replying and not only reading

 

[MummaMoo]

Nice to see you borr.

Where is everyone!? Hope you're just on holidays and getting over 4th July celebrations!

 

[hopie2015]

Thank you Mumm! The 4th was very nice and quiet. I hope everyone else in US had a great holiday.

Good to see you Borr!

Lal- glad scan went great and that is funny about the bag/scale!

Mari- think you had the 3 hour test yesterday? Hope went okay. Fingers crossed for you. I didn't get a call Friday, so hoping for the best, but guess will call today if I don't hear from them.

I have my next scan on Fri. Sure hope fluid level went up. I'm going to ask more ?'s this visit as doctors don't really tell me much. Article on daily mail saying how extremely important it is in the last months of pg to sleep on your left side.

Hope everyone is doing great!

 

[xanzaba]

Hello, ladies. Hope everyone stateside had a good 4th. It was crazy hot here, so we went swimming in the morning, and then hid out in a movie theater until the sun went down. We saw the BFG and I really enjoyed it.

Question for the n-ftm- did you swaddle? I've heard from some (very opinionated) women that it is essential, or your child will never, ever sleep. But it seems to me that if babies are learning to control their arms in the first month, then swaddling might interfere with natural movements that help to develop arm movements and control. I've also read that no major health organization has an official stance, so maybe you go by whatever works for your baby? Did you swaddle? If so, for how long? Are you planning on swaddling again?

 

[ajarvis]

xan - with my oldest he wa son IV for the first few days so his arm had to be free. So swaddling didn't really happen much. I tried. But he always freed his arms and loosened the blanket - GREAT sleeper. Slept through the night in the first month - 9 hours! Youngest I did swaddle and he was a pretty fantastic sleeper too. But did wake up more to eat. So I don't think it was the swaddling. Just their temperament.

 

[campn]

Xan- We swaddled until 3-4 months usually only at night (which isn't an all night anyway since they wake up often) but it really worked for us. Everytime we swaddled he slept so much better and after we weaned him off it I was so scared he wouldn't sleep. He never had any problem with arm movement development or anything like that.

I've no idea if this baby will also love swaddling but I bought swaddles cause I saw lots of success with them with my son! It's definitely a personal thing just like giving a pacifier, some babies love it some hate it!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!!

 

[ajarvis]

When my boys were babies I didn't see anything called "swaddlers". Now they seem popular! We always just used receiving blankets.

 

[aidensxmomma]

Hello, ladies. Hope everyone stateside had a good 4th. It was crazy hot here, so we went swimming in the morning, and then hid out in a movie theater until the sun went down. We saw the BFG and I really enjoyed it.

Question for the n-ftm- did you swaddle? I've heard from some (very opinionated) women that it is essential, or your child will never, ever sleep. But it seems to me that if babies are learning to control their arms in the first month, then swaddling might interfere with natural movements that help to develop arm movements and control. I've also read that no major health organization has an official stance, so maybe you go by whatever works for your baby? Did you swaddle? If so, for how long? Are you planning on swaddling again?

I have attempted swaddling with all three kids. However, I was wildly unsuccessful with the first two. For DS, I just couldn't swaddle right so he always escaped the blanket and woke himself up. He was (and still is) a terrible sleeper. I don't think swaddling would have really helped with him that much anyway. With DD1, I had an easier time swaddling but she slept great all on her own, so we didn't really do it often. With DD2, we got a swaddle blanket while we were in the hospital and it worked so amazing for her. We only used it at night and she still woke up every three hours, but when she was sleeping, she seemed to sleep so much better being swaddled. We quit swaddling when she was around 3 months old because at that point, she was learning to roll over.

I plan on swaddling with this baby too. I bought some of the swaddle blankets with velcro because I still have not mastered just using a blanket. My plan is to swaddle around 3 months again, but we'll see how LO likes it.

 

[MummaMoo]

We swaddled Sophie, she would flail her arms around and prevent herself from getting to sleep, or, staying asleep. If we held her hands together as we held her, she would sleep soundly, so figured swaddling was good for all of us. We didn't go the whole hog and wrap her like a maggot though, we just wrapped her arms up. We had read about hips being affected so choose to deal with the main issue. Also didn't use a proper swaddling thing, just used her knitted blanket.

 

[borr.dg.baby]

We did swaddle Isabela. She was a good sleeper from day 1, not sure if due to swaddling, she started breaking free around 3 months old and we just switched to the sleep sack. I guess it's a trial and error thing, buy some swaddled (I highly recommend the Aden & Anais) and see if baby likes it, if not those swaddles will work for a lot more things

 

[Uni tsi]

Borr, it's nice to hear from you

In the labor class we took, they let us practice swaddling. DH was great at it, but I sucked! lol I'm going to have to use those velcro swaddles for sure. I also like that they're not too tight in the legs, to avoid hip problems. But if I couldn't even get a doll swaddled right, there's no way I'll make it work on a real baby So I'm glad there are velcro options.

I'm meeting with a pediatrician today, to check her out. There really aren't very many choices in my immediate community, so I hope I like her! I have no idea what to ask her about really, but I just want to see how the vibe is at her office.

I was awoken to lovely baby hiccups this morning. It was wonderful. But I fell asleep last night to what felt like baby trying to scratch her way out through the bottom part of my bump. I know it couldn't really be scratching because the membrane is in the way, but wow it really felt like I was being clawed! Normally, her little hands just feel like tickles, but this was really uncomfortable. Anyone else getting this?