The official cerazette missing period support thread!! *NAME CHANGE*

[rachaelmoore8]

glad your LO is doing well kix and hope you get the latching on sorted its a good feeling when the BF really gets into a routine its so quick and easy.

Now when i feed lily it can take 10 mins in total and i dont have to wash up warm anything or sterilise anything haha its bloody brill, but like you all say if its not for you for any reason then thats fine you know your baby and your body the best. i found it very hard at first and would sit crying saying why wont she sleep etc i blamed everything on BF when in actual fact its called having a newborn baby i shall know for next time that its tiredness and newborn babies that make you feel like that not Bf.

Good luck for sat samie hope your laser eye surgery goes well

Excited for your scan tomorrow anna and im sure everything will be fine are you finding out the gender?

Rachael

 

[rachaelmoore8]

i cant believe it was a year yesterday since we found out i was pregnant it has gone soooo fast

Rachael

 

[Honeybear1976]

Rachael we found out a year ago Sunday just gone and were saying the same thing, how fast it's gone Before we know it a load more babies from here will have been born and ours will be walking!!
Betty I am a bit of a guru when it comes to bf and if I can help anyone pls shout. I changed my fb profile pic to a bf one in aid of the protesting at fb headquarters all over the world and not one person commented on my pic!!

 

[betty14]

Thinking of you today Anna, will eagerly await news

Honey is there stuff going on about bf on fb? I saw your pic he looks so happy, nobody should be made to feel ashamed or bad about bf it's all natural and should be admired not constantly put down!

Xx x

 

[Samie18]

Oohhh Anna not long now!!!

And tbh I wasnt ever going to bf and bottle feeding was what I wanted to do so thought the same as you. I hate my body so the thought of whipping my boobs out in public was a massive no no, having people round made me uncomfortable so I use to take her upstairs in my own house to try feed/ express, so my life became restricted in those couple of weeks and I spent so much time worrying rather than enjoying her.

After giving bf a try it was free but certainly not easy for me. If it works fab but I love being able to have others feed her so i can have a break, i dont have to worry about expressing if I want to go out. I buy the cartons for when we go out so no worrying about warming it up and I always buy an extra tub of milk when we go shopping so we have a spare, and its easier giving her the gaviscon for reflux in the bottle than trying to spoon feed it her. We have a kettle in our room and use a cold water steriliser so we just take that to bed and it's all ready to use. I have 2 girlies from work with a 7mth old and the other 5 mth both bf and both now refuse to take a bottle so there having a right time with going back to work etc don't get me wrong in the middle of the night when she wakes up wanting a feed now you do have to wait for it to cool down where as you could pop a boob in. And washing them up gets annoying but it's a small price to pay for me to have that bit of freedom.

Just offering the other side point of view!

( I don't offer any opinion on feeding in my job role if your thinking I'm terrible. I just support the women either way..... I've had full bf training and loads of experience with it and will help anyone who wants to do it. I just think a lot of pressure is out there to bf and makes some feel really guilty and a bad mum for choosing against it!)

Anyway that's my weekly rant over haha

We're off to Cheshire oaks once my ocado delivery gets here!



Xx

 

[Honeybear1976]

Thanks betty yes hes a very happy chappy Facebook were removing breastfeeding photos and suspendin ppls accounts as they are classed as sexual and obscene I myself have told women thats its best to go on the bottle with their babies if thats the best thing for mother and baby and have already said you should never feel guilty if you are making the best decision in each case, but I think ppl should at least give it a go, at least feed the first few days coz of the colostrum and then make a decision either way, if of course this is possible. Our society is very anti bf and thats very wrong as it should be te norm and formula as an alternative not the other way around. My rant over
Enjoy shopping Samie wish I was going
Anna hope you get a good view

 

[Samie18]

Yeah it's a shame breast became sexual objects rather than the feeding machines they are, because that's the point of them! Yeah I think everyone should try because if it works it's fab and free!! And you don't get many things free in life lol

Ocado still not here grrrr the 1-2 slot I booked is so gonna turn into 13:59 haha

X

 

[Honeybear1976]

Samie I ordered a dress for the christening from Wallis, paid next day delivery and the idiot put it through the letter, hanger and all rammed through making holes in the package, miracle dress wasnt damaged as its silky material, I called, complained and my five pounds is being refunded

 

[Samie18]

Some of these delivery people just don't think honey glad your getting a refund! My ocado order came and the didn't have the nappy size I ordered so I got the in-between size luckily they are the next size up so she will grow into them lol

 

[annanouska]

samie, dont you dare say you hate your body your beautiful

i hate mine but ive twice of it than you so i have some reason to!

Back from scan-not impressed!! our appointment was an hour late so i ended up having ot have a wee, they didnt even tell me it would be an hour late when we arrives so i was busting!

All the other couples were walking about going for drinks etc then going back (for better pictures and things). we got rushed in and rushed through scan she got all the measurements but couldnt see for a clef palette or the flow of the blood in heart. it had all 4 chambers etc but couldnt see as baby threw its legs up to chest and arms over face!

she didnt let us go for a walk and get a drink as said well im already running late so you just have to come back in 4 weeks!

felt really deflated after it will wait til 8th march then if still not great will book private xxx

 

[Samie18]

Awww how disappointing! But don't worry its soooooo normal not to see everything and 19 weeks is early and 4 weeks will fly by and you get to see bean again and and and least you know everything is ok so no more worrying!! xx

 

[Abbi808]

Hey ladies - hope you are all well!

Kix - great to hear from you, glad you and lo are ok! I found bf'ing so tough at first, I would cry in frustration with trying to latch him on sometimes but I am really glad I stuck at it cos I love it so much now! Just do what you can and don't feel bad if it turns out not to be for you! I only offer one breast but I mainly do that to keep my supply down, I seem to make a lot and Jakey used to choke on it! I would just follow Honey's advice and use your judgement/go with what you feel is best!

Samie - good luck with the eye surgery - my bf went with optical express btw, I forgot to mention it before!!

Anna - sorry the scan was dissapointing, at least you get to have an extra one though and 4 weeks will fly by!

xx

 

[betty14]

Honey that's disgusting they say that! I think when people describe it as disgusting etc it's them who has the problem! My ms told me of one of her ladies was asked to leave tesco cafe because she was bf...... Needless to say the local milk group staged a breast feeding sit in and now they welcome bfing mums!!

I totally agree tho that whatever is right for you and baby is the right thing to do!

Samie your beautiful but if you didn't feel comfortable then it's right you switched

Anna so sorry to hear it wasn't great, but like the others said at least you get to go back in 4'wks!! And as long as bean is doing well that's all that counts!

My lil girlie kicked me so hard earlier today it actually made me jump I am loving it

When were ppl able to feel from the outside with you ladies?

Abbie hope your doing well, your little man is so very handsome

X x x

 

[Samie18]

I can't remember when Chris felt her kick.... But the kicks are fab even more so when they do full movements and you watch your belly dance! I recorded my tum moving loads because it was so cute.

Oh and thanks dunno bout beautiful lol

Xx

 

[annanouska]

thanks everyone

we went to frankie and bennys for tea to take mind off things. Also went to tell his brother and his wife we dont get on and normally only see each other twice a yr but thought we should let them know. it wasnt too bad!

can i ask a question? id calmed down and was looking at the pictures she GAVE (i didnt ask for them so didnt take them to pay!) to us - they are really random one is of a head, on of the femur and one of a sort of whole body but weird pic! and i notices all the details on there my name dob etc. for gestational age it says 17w6d???

does this mean bean isnt ok and growing wrong or has she typed it wrong? she did ask what i was when i sat down i said 18w6d. ive checked our '12 week' scan which says 11w 3 d (LMP dates) but it was actually 10w3d (which matches my ov date and measurements).

i know based on all previous scans and my ov tracking i am 18w6d (well i say 19w but il go off theirs). im having a right panic now but maybe has the lady put it in and done it wrong? like i said she was really rushing.

sorry i always have all these questions xxx

 

[Samie18]

Sophia was measuring 2 weeks behind at the 20 week scan and at the 36 week scan she was a week ahead. Babies grow at different rates and the measurements are averages so dont worry

Xx

 

[Honeybear1976]

Anna if you weren't pregnant I'd say have a drink and chill We had 4d private scan and there was about 5 different gestational dates on their and you can see Ollie didn't come out with all different sized bits It's like Samie said they all grow at different rates at different stages of the pregnancy so right now he/she could be measuring a few weeks behind and next week could have a growth spurt and next scan be measuring same as your dates or ahead. It's all normal and it's ok for you to worry but try to enjoy your pregnancy a wee bit too

 

[Abbi808]

Thanks Betty! Aw, I miss feeling the kicks so much. I am finally starting to forget what it feels like to be pregnant and I feel so sad! If I was rich I think I would just have babies all the time! haha! I think my bf started to feel it outside at around 18-20 weeks, he would have to try really hard though!

Anna - You are such a worrier! As Honey and Samie said, that is totally normal. I also had about 4 different dates at my 4d scan, head measurement put him a week ahead, and another put him a week behind, unfortunately technology is not quite that advanced to get it perfect every time. Try not to stress, I know it is hard but you will drive yourself crazy with constant worrying xx PS:- don't apologise silly! x

 

[betty14]

thanks ladies, hopefully he will feel her soon then! she is rolling around as i type i think sometimes she turns to face my back as she goes very quiet then i get full on wiggling

anna at our scan the lady said not to take notice of the actual dates as there is a 'normal' range for sizing... our lo was 19+2 on the head and 20+3 on her tummy and she is not a potbellied pin head in the scan pics i know its hard but you really must try to stop worrying as all is clearly fine and you will one day think back and regret not enjoying every second!!

x x x

 

[Abbi808]

Girls - forgot to say, have any of you tried white noise to settle your lo? It works wonders for Jake, calms him down when he is upset and normally sends him to sleep too! Just thought I would pass the tip on for the Mommy's on here!

xx