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CAMERON, Birthdate 6th Jan, Due 28th Jan, Weight 5lbs 13oz, Born to Teuch, Baby no 1, Lives Inner Hebridean Island, Gas & air and morphine
PEYIA, Birthdate 23rd Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight 6lbs 12.5oz, Born to TicTac, Baby no 1, Lives Horwich, Lancs, Gas & air only
ALEXANDER, Birthdate 24th Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight ??, Born to Yeahbut, Baby no 3, Lives Holland, Elective c-section
CAITLIN ERIN MONICA, Birthdate 25th Jan, Due 10th Feb, Weight 8lbs 10.5oz, Born to Womba1, Baby no 3 (1 stillborn), Lives Eastbourne, Elective c-section
MAISIE, Birthdate 26th Jan, Due 7th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5.5oz, Born to ellenrose, Baby no 3, Lives Bristol, Induction due to SPD
JESSICA HELEN, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 5lbs 11oz, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 1.
EMILY ROSE, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 6lbs, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 2.
ELIZABETH GRACE, Birthdate 3rd Feb, Due 3rd Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Kando, Baby no 3, Lives Holland,
BOY, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Broxbourne, Herts/Essex border,
LAUREN EMMA, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 22nd Feb, Weight 6lbs 14oz, Born to Morgan, Baby no 2, Lives Dubai,
PHILIPPA ROSE, Birthdate 8th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 9lbs, Born to Tabs, Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to Cuffyj1, Baby no 1, Lives Barnsley, emerg c-section
SETH PETER, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 1st March, Weight 7lbs, Born to angedemarche (Jangus), Baby no 2, Lives NI, Elective c-secion
EVIE HARRIET, Birthdate 10th Feb, Due 29th Jan, Weight 9lbs, Born to Hotmama, Baby no 2, Lives Nottingham, emerg c-section
RHUARIDH GEORGE, Birthdate 11th Feb, Due 20th Feb, Weight ??, Born to MrsDoolittle, Baby no 2, Lives Newbury, Water birth
BEN, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 8lbs 4oz, Born to 3K, Baby no 1, Lives Gravesend, Kent, c-sec after failure to dilate sufficiently
OSCAR, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 13th Feb, Weight 9lbs 10oz, Born to Chloe55, Baby no 1, Lives West Yorkshire, Pethidine, epi & lots of stitches!
BOY, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to 4blue1pink, Baby no 5, Lives ??,
ANYA OLIVE CATRIONA, Birthdate 20th Feb, Due 8th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Popadopalis, Baby no 1, Lives Bedford,
BRAM, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to Ixel, Baby no 2, Lives N London, c-sec
IMOGEN ROSAMOND, Birthdate 23rd Feb, Due 2nd March, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Ags, Baby no 2, Lives Kent, Elective c-section
EMRYS JOHN, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 24th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Flamesparrow, Baby no 2, Lives Bournemouth, Home birth
BOY, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jasnem, Baby no 3, Lives Waltham Abbey, Rapid labour, ventouse and episiotomy
SALLY ANIELA, Birthdate 28th Feb, Due 28th Feb, Weight 8lbs 13oz, Born to Thell, Baby no 1, Lives London, Water birth at home
NEVE, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 8lbs 11oz, Born to Frizbe, Baby no 2, Lives Ripley, Derbyshire, Water birth
ALFRED WILLIAM, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to Helen38, Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,
Still missing 3 names - hope they've not been announced and I've missed them!
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Tabs · 12/03/2006 17:06
Thanks, Tabs...I guess you've had a good day today, to have done this so quickly.
My Boy still has no name...
Still no name Jas sure you'll think of something soon!
Soz I've not been on this week ladies, been trying to use spare time keeping dd1 happy and so far its worked....will have to master one handed typing soon!
Has anyone else had really horrible afterpains, about a week after the birth, as I was in tears with some last night, rang mw and she said, painkillers and ring doc if not better after 2 hrs.....I felt better enough not to ring doc, but still don't feel right today, am hoping not an infection of some sort.......on the plus side my tummy is looking a lot flatter today, so mw could well be right.....ruined yesterday evening tho, and we had BIL and SIL around as well......
A bonus is dd2 has turned out to be an angel, is feeding all evening mind, but then is dropping off between 12 and 2am and sleeping for 5.5-6.5hrs, which is a godsend, as I can operate on sleep like that! She's also a 10x better feeder on the boob than dd was, so, so far no bother there either, phew......
3k Hope you start feeling better soon hon {{{Big Hugs}}} and well done for getting help.
Tabs, your not a failure hon, some babies just take longer to work out than others.....hope you have a better night tonight {{{{Big Hugs}}}}
Ixel, its not too bad coping with the two, I've just managed to juggle with 3 this weekend as ss has been down, and he's been an angel too, phew! I've just been making loads of dd1 time when dd2 is asleep, and we've been reading books or watching the Barney Video she chose as her present from dd2!
Thell, don't know if this is any help at all, but swaddling is working for dd2 re her basket, as she wasn't keen at 1st and I was thinking, oh no! but after swaddling and comforting the 1st night for an hour or so, she got used to it and now happily nods off, so long as she's full of milk!
Hope everyone else is doing ok and will try and check back in tomorrow, will be easier as dd1 nursery day!
Awww, aren't you nice
13 boys, 13 girls 
!!! We did even out!!!
Frizbe - my afterpains died off after about day 8... they had been full blown gaspy pain killer needing ones, then they suddenly went poof.
Much better day here.. back to more normal feeding pattern!!!! Just done his second bath (I have been soooo lazy with him - DD was being bathed constantly... he gets the essentials washed and that about does it!! )... DD "helped" (swished water round his feet, passed me the towel) - it worked really well! Got him out, added some water and chucked her in
Evening girls,
I have a tmi problem - like you Flame, I seemed to stop discharging and now I have started with sometimesa having a bit of blood and sometimes clear stuff again, difference is - it smells funny please tell me this isn't an infection. Other thing is I have started getting period pains over past couple of days - could I get af so soon? Could this be the smell change?
Really peed off tonight. I had arranged to go out with a friend for an hour, dh has been at a mates all day watching the footie - I asked him not to have too much to drink as he will be in charge of ds tonight. Well, friend has cancelled on me which is probably a good thing coz dh is pissed 
He claims not to be but I can bloody tell and it really winds me up for him to think this is acceptable. He is not really drunk but has had more than I would deem appropriate to look after a 4 week old baby! We have just had the biggest row
Anyway, hope you are all ok.
at your dh, Chloe - sounds like something mine would do.I know when he's had a drink, he would sleep through a crying baby, so I wouldn't leave him in charge either,
No real afterpains at all for me, but tummy is still going down
.Might even dare to weigh myself at the clinic next week. Just thought... maybe the painkillers I was taking for the infection masked them(although didn't get bad ones after the girls, either).
I'm still getting some discharge (14 days today). When I had the infection, it was very obviously pus and yukky stuff (sorry for tmi), but now brownish.
I think if you aren't breastfeeding, af can return immediately though, so that could be it, Chloe.
at your dh, Chloe - sounds like something mine would do.I know when he's had a drink, he would sleep through a crying baby, so I wouldn't leave him in charge either,
No real afterpains at all for me, but tummy is still going down.Might even dare to weigh myself at the clinic next week. Just thought... maybe the painkillers I was taking for the infection masked them(although didn't get bad ones after the girls, either).
I'm still getting some discharge (14 days today). When I had the infection, it was very obviously pus and yukky stuff (sorry for tmi), but now brownish.
I think if you aren't breastfeeding, af can return immediately though, so that could be it, Chloe.
Thanks for that flame, I'm guessing as I'm feeling lots better this am, that it was after pains, just in a rather big bout!
Have just managed to get dd into nursery, although left her having a major paddy......guess she's going to have to get used to leaving her baby sister with me....... but sure she'll be ok once she calms down, nursery staff have never seen her have a paddy before, as normally very good for them, so they were all shocked too!
Hope your all ok today
Chloe at your dh for you, hope he sees reason today!
Morning girls - a new thread - hurray!
TMI alert - I'm still getting a bit of disharge and dd2 is over 4 weeks. However, I now think I have got thrush because of having to wear pads all the time etc and I think dd2 has got it as well. Seeing the HV this am so hopefully she may confirm - seeing the gp this pm anyway.
Back to 3 days of just me and dd2. Last Thurs and Fri were my first days with dd1 and dd2 by myself - and went better than I thought - dd2 even got fed regularly!
BF going well although I am a bit 'wooden' in having to hold my massive J cup boobs when feeding - don't think I will be doing public bf just yet.
DD2 is being a star and feeding quite a lot during the day (still having to wake her to feed as she is another sleepy baby) but only needing to be fed once during the night - last night I fed at 1.15 and then not until 8.10 this morning - I can cope with sleeping patterns like this!
Anybody any idea when the feeding starts to reduce - all the guidance says between 8-12 times to week 6 - but what is the pattern then?
Hope everyone is O.K - will catch up on the posts.
Even with constant b/f some women still have periods.
I feel horrible :( It only really hit me yesterday just how much I had always pictured myself with two DDs (my family only seemed to produce girls... everyone is stunned by this little guy). I knew that the concept of a boy freaked me out, but not how much I actually wanted a girl... I suddenly had an image in my head yesterday of my two little girls colouring together, and realised it wasn't going to happen. Hormones kicked in and I cried . Don't get me wrong, I love him with all my heart, but I think I'm going to need some time to change my way of thinking and sort of grieve for the future I'd pictured. I feel sooo horrible, like I'm rejecting Emrys in some way. I always thought that I didn't think ahead that much, but it turns out I did - probably picturing my own childhood. I don't have any real reference for opposite sibling relationships (all the families I know have at least 3, mixed sex), so I'm using Charlie and Lola as my plan for the future (and deliberately blocking out all images of Max and Ruby because she's a little cow ).
I now probably sound insane!
I'm pretty sure I would have felt the same if DD2 had been a boy, Flame. I really wasn't ready for a boy for some reason. I was only just prepared this time!
I have a younger brother, and we coloured in together, if that helps. We also fought, but I think same sex siblings do that too!We are close now, and I can't imagine having a sister.
In a similar vein, I am still having to fight back the urege to hit everyone who seems to think that we only had a third to"get" a boy Much as I love him, I would have been just as happy with another girl, too.
I was up most of the night, as Boy has a cold, and can't breathe through his nose. I had to hold him sitting up most of the night, and then his temp went up...what can you do for a baby this young. I've got him a doctors appt this pm, to see if they can help (despite being told by the receptionist that he can't see a dr until he has a name )
I can't believe the doc was being funny about seeing your ds Jasnem just because he doesn't have a name! (I think it's hilarious you still call him 'the boy' though).
I think I would have been upset if I'd have had a girl Flame, firstly because I had prepared for a boy and secondly because most of my family, cousins included, have always produced boy then girl. I loved having a bigger brother (still do) and although when we were very young we fought all the time by the time I hit about 14 we hung around together all the time, he was like my protector in some ways and now he is one of my best friends. So, I can imagine if you grew up with a sister you will be having similar feelings about your childhood as I do about sharing mine with my bro but whichever way, your kids will love each other for a few years then hate each other then undoubtedly love each other again
I do see cute little princess dresses though and get a pang of sadness that I can't dress ds in them, also when he wees in my face I tell him I wish he was a girl
Everyone in the world thought this'd be a girl, and I was sooo shocked when it was another boy. But I'm actually quite relieved, as I dont really like girls that much
Putting him in a sling to get stuff done is failing miserably... he cries and cries till I give in, take him out, then he curls up on my chest and sleeps happily. Any other ideas?
I'm so nervous about tonight... dh at work, so my first bedtime juggling two of them.I'm tempted just to let ds1 run round till he crashes out...
And a quickie, which may have been discussed when I wasn't around.Where's the best and cheapest place for breastfeeding tops? I need a shop to try them on, as I hate returning catalogue things - too much hassle. The Hennes in Brent Cross had none, which was my best hope!
Jasnem - Maisie has had a stuffed up nose for over a week now - got some sinus drops which really helped but there is not a lot more you can do as everything is for babes over 3mths. Your doc will hopefully be able to make some suggestions
Seems mad that the doc won't see boy until he has a name given that he doesn't have to be registerd for 6 wks - surely there is every chance that you might need a doc before then
I initially thought I was having a boy as I already had a girl - thought Mother Nature would be evening out so to speak - so was surprised when found out having a girl. Part of me was disappointed as it is highly unlikely that I will have a third (esp as I am 40 next year and now have had 2 'interesting' deliveries) but as the pregnancy went on and now I have dd2 - I am delighted to have darling dds! (Saves on clothes shopping as well )
FWIW I have a younger brother and we always played together - didn't make any difference that we weren't the same sex.
Saw the HV this morning and dd2 has put on 71/2 ozs this week so is now 9.10 and a half - yay - my boobs are working! HV thinks that dd2 does have thrush so just as well we are going to the GP this pm.
Was thinking of doing some ironing but am just too knackered - anyone else feel the same?
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:) Thankyou all - you have made me feel much better.. much less hormonal than I was this morning too, which has probably helped.
Chiropractor is going well - DS is still having problems turning his head, but after the last treatment he was at least latching on properly - it was just that I could see him hurting and he sort of bobbed on and off lots as his neck was aching. We had another session today, and had perfect feeding from him for the next feed - I now feel more empty on that side than I have in ages, and my friend says I look wonky .
No advice on breastfeeding tops.. I just wear the same tops I've always worn and lift em up or pull em down - I keep a muslin about for modesty if I need it.
I love reading about "Boy"... I have called DH "Boy" for years now (he wasn't impressed when DD picked up on it for a few months ), and it feels nice to be reading about a boy again (I am sane in RL, really I am... my posts make me look more bizarre than I really am... I think...)
Ixel - the best thing I found for getting stuff done when I first had DD was one of the swings you can buy (ours is a Graco one)... she would sit in it happily for long enough for me to do a few bits. Not got round to picking it up from my mum's yet to try DS out in it....
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