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morning girls,

Just quickly logged on to see if our Sezzy had been on....congratulations on the birth of Carys Sezzy and Yay me and Kate were right"!!!!! so pleased all went well and you got the birth youw anted, can't wait to hear details.

Will try and get back later for personals but am completly exhausted and going to have breakfast and shower while Scarlett has her nap, She has taken a real dislike to sleeping at night so I haven't had much sleep for the past two nights and on top of that have been feeling really ill with a really high temp..think maybe flu is coming, whole body aches...mad!!! in this weather too.

waves to all and hope you have all been managing to sleep...this hot weather doesn't help does it???

hugs Pobs xxxx

ive a little tip for angel and pobs. My ds used to sleep during the day, and be full of beans at night. so i started to give him a bath when he was falling asleep, and it gave him a new lease of life for a while. I would do it later in the day too. then he slept like a log at night. it only took a couple of days to change his routine around. I dont know if it would work for your babies, but it certainly did for me

just popped on to see if any news from sezzy...congratulations to you all the best to you and carys, 8.5 hours is pretty gd for 1st baby too! great that you got the homebirth you wanted cant wait to hear more about it!
speak soon xxx

hi pobs... your right ive not been sleeping very well at night either so hot and muggy isnt it, im taking the big standing fan up tonight hope that will help!

will be bk on soon to hear all about sezzys birth.

hi to every1 else xxx

Hello ladies.

First of all big congrats to Sezzy on the birth of Carys i love that name.
Can't wait to hear your birth story sounds like you had a good one.

Pobs- Ciaran still does the booby searching i think it is so funny especially when it is on other people he tries to suck there t-shirts!
Dh said today he would like a year gap between our kids.
Oh my god i might be doing this again in the not so near future!
Do you think your dh will want any more now?

Kate- I am the same with Ciaran's clothes with this hot weather i am just keeping him in his nappy in the house so he is hardly wearing any of his baby grows let alone the proper outfits that people have bought for him.
Don't worry it won't be long now for you that couple of weeks will fly by and you'll miss being pregnant then.
I know i do miss it the kicking and watching my bump moving around.
I even miss that feeling of giving birth when they come out it is just amazing.
I wasn't saying that at the time mind!

Angel- Oh you've done it now a hot roast pork bap with apple sauce sounds divine!
Hehe cracking up about contraception chatter!
I need to think about it soon my dh is on the case already the funny thing is i quite fancy it too.
I thought you were meant to go off it for quite a while after giving birth.
I have been having ov pains the last couple of days so there is no rumpy pumpy for sure at the mo or i think i might have another family member in 9 months!
I think i will go back on the pill after my next af but i want 1 normal period so i know all is back to norm.
Bloody hate jonnies aswell so the sooner i can get on the pill the better.
How long should i expect to wait for my next af?
I have practically stopped bleeding now completely.

Paula- Get down the dentist asap whilst you still get it on the nhs.
It is quite painful when the wisdom teeth push through.
I got sezzy wrong then but generally i was right.
I think i'll predict you a girl so we have to wait and find out.

Ualreadyknow- I feed Ciaran 3-4oz every 3 hours sometimes he finishes it but sometimes he doesn't.
I think that every baby is different but they do say to feed on demand so if he wants it just give it to him.

Jessley- Get on the pineapple have a hot curry and get some good loving as well as your sweep!
It can never hurt can it.

Ciaran got weighed today and he is 8lb4oz he is really gaining weight now.
I thought he looked beefier but i didn't think he would have put on that much.
I don't think i mentioned his baddie toe.
It went red and swelled up the other day and then he got an abbess and it popped yesterday.
So we just got back from the docs and she said it was a bit of an infection but now it has popped it will probably clear up by itself.
So she has given us an antibiotic in case it flairs up again but if it doesn't we have to leave it alone.

Hope everyone is ok that i haven't mentioned and not suffering too much in the heat.
I am a winter person myself and can't wait for winter as it also brings Christmas with it! yeeah
Lots of love Amy and Ciaran. xxxxx

Hi everyone,

Well i cant cope with this heat another day... it has rained for about 2 minutes but its still waaay too hot and humid..
Just got back from hitting the next sale again- more stuff reduced so got myself 2 more pairs of jeans and some things for Holly, also vests for mason but they were not in sale..gutted, ive had to buy him 3-6 months as the 0-3 ones are really pulling down on his shoulders now.. the feet in his babygro's dont fit either, so when it goes cooler i will get some bigger ones, he only wears his vest in bed for now anyway.
My Health visitor called today, i completley forgot about it and i was really unprepared, My midwife wanted me to mention to her about me feeling low so they can keep an eye on me.. I have good days and bad days, i felt fine yesterday but then this morning but a few things have gone on with Ds and my BF.. so its kinda messed with my head as she is supposed to be my friend not saying nasty things, but i am sure it will sort out..or blow up.. who needs enemies eh?

Amy.. you and Ciaran sound really well, ouch about his toe, i'm suprised it didn't make him ratty!! superchilled baby or what lol!
Nah, i cant do jonnies either, so i need to sort something soon!
Re the bleeding im notv sure, i wasgonna ask how everyone elses was going, i bled for quite a few months after Abbie, with jordan it wasnt that long i think maybe a month, after holly i had months of it and all the retained stuff so this time it feels weird coz mine has almost stopped,i'd say its just a discharge now, sometimes i can go all day and have nothing, so hopefully its stopping.
You sound just how i feel, i miss being pg aswell, and coz i know i wont have anymore its really upsetting for me, i try not to think about it. I miss the kicking everyday, sometimes it takes a while to register that im not pg... as for giving birth- its amazing isnt it.

paula.. the msn door is now unlocked hunny, sorry for the delay but i forget to check, asnd i need reminding bout stuff alot!! Oh how i wish i had a big fan to take to bed with me tonight..lol!! its soooo stuffy in our room i think its coz its on the front of the house where the sun is all day and it just gets hotter and hotter.. roll on cooler weather, and then i'll be whinging its too cold!

pobs.. Maybe go to the doc's and check if it is flu you have as i thought i had it after Holly but it was infection from my womb where the placenta was left behind.. is your scar ok? and your boobs? mastitis can make you feel fluey. sorry, you prob know this already..
sorry you are having trouble with scarlett at night, maybe try the sugestion of a bath to wake her up in the day, i must say that mason doesn't sleep as well if i miss his bath, it kind of settles him, sometimes i bath him morning and night, he loves it though and just lies there floating , bobbing up and down with a really relaxed expression on his face.. does scarlett love her baths?

well, nobody else been on since i last posted so i'll leave it there, sorry if i x posted anyone..but it has taken me bout an hour to type as ive had to feed mason 4 times!

Emma & Mason. xx

Hiya Angel.
I actually have time to come on here twice in one day!
Ciaran is well chilled and i still find i have no time so i dread to think how you feel with kids to look after as well.
I love sales unless they are really messy and disorganised and they have every size but the one you want.
So as long as i catch them early i like sales i suppose!
This heat is ridiculous i have just had my 2nd shower today.
It must be hot for me not to want a bath.
It rained here for a tiny bit then it poured and it has cooled down nicely now.
Hopefully Ciaran will be more comfortable now it is a bit cooler.
Also you don't need people around you that are making you low.
It is such a hormonal time isn't it?
I didn't realise i actually have felt more hormonal after having my baby than when i was pregnant.
I get tearful then i get really pissed off with people for no reason and snap.
Doesn't it really piss you off when people try and take over.
Like when they say he needs burping or is he too hot and i feel like saying he is my baby i know what he needs.
But like i said i think i am touchy at the moment.
Make sure you talk to someone though if you are really low cause i can see how it could build up unnecessarily.
Also on the bleeding i used up all my maternity pads then about a week later i could just use normal sanitary towels and i have just put on a panty liner as it is so light now i would expect to stop by tomorrow or the next day.
I think everyone is different my mum said she bled for 6 weeks and some people are only a few days.
On the retained products i think as long as it is not fresh now it should be normal.
I had retained products after my miscarriage and it was fresh blood for a very long time and didn't get old so i think that would be a sign for me.
I do really miss being pregnant now and i really miss the feeling of giving birth.
Sounds crazy even though it was bloody painful it was the most amazing experience i have ever had.
Me and dh both want a sibling for Ciaran but i think we will go on to have maybe 2 more kids all being well.
Do you think you will have any more now or is that the family complete?
I can't believe i am already thinking about the next one!
Keep your chin up though and come on here to chat if you are feeling low don't let it build up.
Love Amy. xxx

Hi all, thank you all so much for all your messages, I haven't properly caught up with all the news yet and prob won't in this sitting so apologies in advance for the lack of personals, I just wanted to share my birth story. Hope you arte all doing well though xxx

I thought there may have been a water breaking moment around 6:50pm on Friday 25 July as we were on the way to visit my family, so we stopped at a petrol station and I asked if they had a loo. The girl behind the counter initially said no as they were for staff only and then moved to open the door like a bat out of hell when I explained the reason for the request! My suspicions were confirmed, so DH promptly turned the car around and headed home. We got back at about 7:15pm when I was getting period type pains and pains down my legs. Things then progressed at an amazing rate, with contractions coming every 4-5 minutes by about 10.00pm. I called the midwife who suggested that we wait another hour, we later found out that she thought that I was too calm for things to be so far progressed. I got in the bath which helped, but got out and called the midwife again as the contractions were now coming every three to four minutes and were really intense. I knew things were happening so insisted they sent the midwife. After this call, DH remembered we had a TENS machine (doh!) so we stuck that on and it really did help.
The midwife arrived at our home an hour later, around 12.00am, expecting to check me and go home as again I was still very calm and my waters had only broken 4 hours previously. She went a shade of white when she examined me to find I was 6-7cm dilated, as she hadn’t brought the gas and air or much of the necessary equipment with her! She made a phone call immediately for the second midwife, who then arrived around 2.00am as she was coming from quite a way away and had to stop in the hospital for equipment. So for the next two hours, I was coping with DH’s support (he was fab), my breathing, TENS, my birthing ball and bean bag. I was well into transition by the time the second midwife arrived with the gas and air and she was a very welcome sight, for both me and the first midwife! I got straight onto the gas and air and pretty much straight into the second stage of labour too, which has been recorded as only lasting 45 minutes although I do suspect it was a bit longer than that.
Baby Carys Bethan was then born at 03:24am weighing 8lb 7.5oz and was and is absolutely perfect. She was put onto my chest and DH and I were so entranced by her that we forgot to ask whether she was a boy or a girl! It was several minutes before the midwife asked if we wanted to know!.
It all happened so fast the birth pool in the box we’d bought never came out of the box, I couldn’t let DH go long enough to fill it! Luckily we get a full refund…!
I had a tear in an unusual place that was a bit of a bleeder so we were then transferred to the stand-alone MLU where they had proper lighting, Lignocaine (The midwives really weren’t prepared!) and an experienced stitcher. But that was also perfect as we then stayed in the lovelu MLU in a room on our own with a double bed till 2pm on Saturday and had a midwife there for our first three feeds. So really we had the best of both worlds. All in all, the whole birth experience was amazing. The pain never really got too much and actually I did find myself occasionally finding it pleasurable (am I a masochist??).

Carys is an amazing baby, very calm and happy and she loves nothing more than cuddles and food! We’re all doing really well though fairly obviously I’ve not slept very much yet, I can’t stop looking at her, so I’m a bit tired. DH has not stopped round the house, so I haven’t had to lift a finger or worry about anything which helps. My world seems to have naturally orbited around Carys’s now, which I love, but it has made me a bit slack about posting and reading all the posts LOL!! Normal service will be resumed, maybe in about 18 years LOL!! xxx

STATS FOR TUESDAY 29TH JULY

BABIES DUE JULY/AUGUST 2008

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Jessley2002..41+2 ..due 20th July - GIRL

Paula7...... 38+1 ..due 11th August - SURPRISE

Meadow..... 37+6 due date 13th August - GIRL

Katew1977.....37+4 ..due 15th August - GIRL

Emzieh.....36+0 ..due 28th August - BOY


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Happy 36 weeks to Emzieh !!!

BABIES BORN

POBBINS - SCARLETT DAISY, 8LB 3OZ, 2ND JULY

KIRSTEN P - GRACE ELIZABETH, 7LB 20Z, 2ND JULY

BABYNO.5 - ROMAN DEAN, 5LB 13OZ, 3RD JULY

ANGEL - MASON GEORGE, 10LB 10Z, 5TH JULY

KIRSTI - MASYN, 6LB 14OZ, 7TH JULY

AMY - CIARAN JACOB, 7LB 2OZ, 10TH JULY

UALREADYKNOW - LUIS JR, 7LB 10OZ, 13TH JULY

PYJAMA GIRL - GRACE EMMA, 7LB 10OZ, 15TH JULY

SEZZY - CARYS BETHAN, ??LB ??OZ, 26TH JULY

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AMY'S PREDICTIONS

Pobs- 2nd July, 7lb4oz
Kirsten- 7th July, 7lb1oz
Angel- 9th July, 9lb2oz
Pyjamagirl- 15th July, 7lb8oz
Ualreadyknow- 19th July, 8lb1oz
Jessley- 21st July, 7lb9oz
Amy- 30th July, 8lb2oz
Kirsti- 15th July, 7lb2oz
Sezzy- 5th Aug, 8lb1oz
babyno5- 10th July, 7lb
Paula- 16th Aug, 8lb1oz
Meadow- 17th Aug, 7lb6oz
Kate- 19th Aug, 7lb5oz
Emzieh - ???

hi to every1...right lets try again! it lost my last post arrghh

sezzy thanks for posting your birth story, wow sounds like you really stayed focused and stuck with your birth plan and got ur home birth good on ya! do you think it made all the difference being at home in an environment which you know helped alot?
i also got a tens machine to try stay at home as long as i can, not keen on hospitals at all.
some midwifes think they know it all lol my friend got told by a midwife she wasnt in full blown labour until they then found out she was 8cm dilated!
all the best to you and ur new family incase it is 18years till you post hehe xx

hi angel, well it is bit cooler here today what with rain and all that so hopefully it is cooler where you are too and wont be so muggy and hot in bed tonight.
next sales are great arnt they! i cant wait to go clothes shopping for me once a am bk to my norm shape! been so long since i bought something nice to wear!

hi amy...ciaran is at a nice weight now then! ouch sounds sore about his toe but now it has popped should clear up in no time!
saw dentist a few months ago when they were hurting me for about 4weeks bloody things, but they dont do nothing, i just took painkillers for it.

hiya pobs, hope your feeling ok and it wasnt that horrible flu that you have came down with, the flu is the last thing you need right now x

well i had midwife appointment this morning and it was some1 different, didnt go much on her really, she commented that my urine was bit dark drink more water, i said to her well it was first thing in the morning, dunno about you guys but i try not to drink to much in evenings else i will be up and down to the loo all night!!
and then when she felt for babys position etc she hurt me biatch!! my other midwife never did dunno why she had to be so rough, stupid cow!! n e way think that is my lil rant outta the way feel better now! on the plus side baby is well engaged she said and i need to book in for 2weeks time but im hoping to of had baby by then!
its a horrible day today loadsa heavy rain so im going to be staying in get some cleaning done!

hope every1 else is ok that i didnt mention xxx

Hi ladies,

Anyone noticed the reply things has changed on here. Also somehow when logging in just now to reply it bought up Paula's post for me to edit???

Anyway Sezzy I loved reading your birth story, sounds like such a lovely experience for you and your DH. I'm glad it all went to plan (apart from the pool but glad you can send it bACK). Glad Carys is such a good baby, I'll have one of those please! looking forward to some pic's.

Paula, sorry your midwife wasn't as nice as the usual one. Silly moo! I don't tend to drink anything after about 9.30pm to try and minimise loo trips. Its another sunny day here, not quite as hot as yesterday but my feet are still swollen.

Angel, hope you are feling ok today, I'm glad your midwife is keeping an eye on you. I think the main this is knowing when to ask for help and not bottling things so I'm confident you will shout if you need it. We're all here to perk you up too. Can't believe Mason's growing out of his 0-3 month clothes already. Is he tall?

Amy, Ciaran sounds like the perfect baby you're so luycky. Can't believe you're already thinking about having another. Anyway glad his toe is better, poor little mite. As for bleeding I think I bled for 3 weeks with Ben and only the 1st week was heavy, then it stopped for a week and then some more spotting for another week so not too bad really.

Jessley you're quiet, I'm wondering if you've gone into labour yourself, i hope so!

Hi to everyone else i think thats everyone who's been on since my last post.

Had midwife this afternoon, all good measuring 38cm so pretty much spot on. Had a small trace of blood in my wee but the sample I took in on Friday came back clear from the lab (did I tell you the hospital lost the one I gave when I went in for monitoring). Baby is engaged and there was no mention of her being back to back so I guess she's in a good position for labour. But my little girl isn't so little lol! MW thinks she'll be at least 8lb if I go to term, nearly fell off my seat as Ben was only 6lb 1oz. Basically my bump is 'all baby'!!!

hoping to go into labour by the weekend as my sister is going away on monday for 10 weeks, an opportunity she just can't turn down as she's training to be a diving instructor and has been offered a job in Greece and its either now or next year. I'm a bit disappointed but its a great opportunity for her and I know she's a bit sad too. I cried when I came off the phone

Anyway thats all from me, sorry for rambling

K x

Sezzy- That was a lush birth story.
It really helps having a good dh at your side i think that i one main reason i was able to go without pain relief.
He just kept me going and focused.

Paula- Naughty midwife hurting you.
I found that one of my midwife's was lush and one was a bit more brutal and prodded a bit too hard.

kate- Here's crossing my fingers for you to have your little one before your sis goes away.

Only a quickie girls as dh getting my dinner on and we are going to chill out tonight as he is back to work tomorrow.
I feel really sorry for him cause he doesn't want to leave Ciaran and miss out on things.
But i am meeting him for lunch so he can get his baby fix.
Speak to you soon.
Love Amy and Ciaran. xxxxxxxx

STATS FOR WEDNESDAY 30TH JULY

BABIES DUE JULY/AUGUST 2008

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Jessley2002..41+3 ..due 20th July - GIRL

Paula7...... 38+2 ..due 11th August - SURPRISE

Meadow..... 38+0 due date 13th August - GIRL

Katew1977.....37+5 ..due 15th August - GIRL

Emzieh.....36+1 ..due 28th August - BOY


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Happy 38 weeks to Meadow !!!

BABIES BORN

POBBINS - SCARLETT DAISY, 8LB 3OZ, 2ND JULY

KIRSTEN P - GRACE ELIZABETH, 7LB 20Z, 2ND JULY

BABYNO.5 - ROMAN DEAN, 5LB 13OZ, 3RD JULY

ANGEL - MASON GEORGE, 10LB 10Z, 5TH JULY

KIRSTI - MASYN, 6LB 14OZ, 7TH JULY

AMY - CIARAN JACOB, 7LB 2OZ, 10TH JULY

UALREADYKNOW - LUIS JR, 7LB 10OZ, 13TH JULY

PYJAMA GIRL - GRACE EMMA, 7LB 10OZ, 15TH JULY

SEZZY - CARYS BETHAN, 8LB 7.5OZ, 26 JULY

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AMY'S PREDICTIONS

Pobs- 2nd July, 7lb4oz
Kirsten- 7th July, 7lb1oz
Angel- 9th July, 9lb2oz
Pyjamagirl- 15th July, 7lb8oz
Ualreadyknow- 19th July, 8lb1oz
Jessley- 21st July, 7lb9oz
Amy- 30th July, 8lb2oz
Kirsti- 15th July, 7lb2oz
Sezzy- 5th Aug, 8lb1oz
babyno5- 10th July, 7lb
Paula- 16th Aug, 8lb1oz
Meadow- 17th Aug, 7lb6oz
Kate- 19th Aug, 7lb5oz
Emzieh - ???

Only popping on quick as my mum is here til weekend

Sezzy..You birth story was lovely, No its not wrong to enjoy the pain of labour, i think if more people opened up and understood and took it 'all on board' lol, they would feel it aswell!!! or are we just weird? I must say i struggled to 'get into it' this time, omg it was just too much too quick..
But once again hun, well done on the perfect arrival of baby Carys..

Amy.. Thankyou for what you said, its amazing when you feel how i feel, what someone says can make a real impact.. thankyou.(((())))
Hope you are managing without Dh, I'm sure you will be fine, you sound to be coping excellently..*gold star*

Kate.. Hopefully you will be in labour by weekend then! If her head is engaged you should be well on your way anyway, good luck!!
i can understand how upset you must be about your sister, i would be the same..
As for mason being out of his 0-3, yes he is really tall, he is at the top of the centile chart, both for height and weight!! Ive just been and bought him size 3 pampers.. i feel like i have a toddler not a 3 week old baby!

well, i am trying to type and feed mason, which isn't easy as he is now so heavy, and my arm is breaking,
mum is making stew and dumplings for tea..yum, one of my fav's from when i was at home!

ok, i'm off now,
Emma & Mason. xx

oooooo its all changed!!!!! does that mean we won't keep crashing now I wonder>>>

Hello girls, babies and bumps.

Just stopped in before I go wake Scarlett for her 10-11pm feed. Decided to try and get to grips abit more with the feeding and its paying off. We have had two really good settled nights. I must be doing something right with regards to the feeding as we went to the clinic for a weigh in today and Scarlett was 10lb 4onz couldn't believe she had put so much on. I was slightly worried that I was over feeding her as I am mixed feeidng but she is on the line still so thats good.

Angel....Sorry to hear you are feeling down hun, its so horrible when you feel so low and can't seem to perk up. I'm glad that its been recognised and that the mw is going to keep an eye on you. my hv spoke to df about what to look out for as ive suffered with pd in the past.I think your hormones are probably still going up and down all over the show matey, give it some time.Hear if you wanna chat xx

Sezzy.....beautiful birth story, so pleased all went so well. How is the feeding going?????

Paula.....BAD MW, Hopefully you won't see her again. Have they any guesses about the size of your baby????

Amy.... It's hard when the DH goes back to work isn't it??? DF did overtime today but only for a couple of hours, its his last day off tomorrow then he is back on normal shifts...we will be all on our own over the weekend. Like you I feel so sorry for him as he miss's Scarlett so much. He does her bath every evening with her by himself which he really enjoysand now i'm expressing he loves being able to feed her. Check you out thinking of no2!!! there is a 2yr difference between my DD and DS and they are really close so i'm pleased I had them close together. Not sure if we will have anymore, Prob not to be honest but who knows.

KAte..... Have everything crossed that baby arrives before your sister departs. I would have loved to have had a sister.

We are off to register Scarlett tomorrow as still haven't done it yet. Hope it isn't as hot tomorrow as Scarlett has been so hot and bothered today, hate it when she is so hot, she was so uncomfortable today bless her.

sending you all love and hugs for now Pobs xxxx

STATS FOR FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST

BABIES DUE JULY/AUGUST 2008