Tilers Forums baby thread

[user123]

Lou liked the gas and air? Look at that grin! :lol: It just knocked me out, felt completely out of it, didn't like that at all..

 

[Stewart]

You are in trouble Doug.... so I may as well join you. All my wife had was a bouncy ball and it worked a treat. This was takin 15 minutes before Fiona had Charlotte.....

 

[jay]

Doug you could well be in deep ----
Stewart you may get away with that just

now wheres Liz been working all day and every time it all quiet i think of that kids song POP GOES THE WEASEL:mad2:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Quite normal to have a few pains (Hick's contractions) before it really happens, have a bath, baby likes that, too, 🙂 And boys, give the woman some online break!! :lol:

oooh G, these were no Braxton Hicks contractions. the bump was solid as a rock and I was just aching. Totally different to anything I'd experienced up until then. Nothing like a bit of panic to focus the mind tho. Hospital bag is now fully packed, Baby's bag is now fully packed, car seat is by the front door and hubby has a permagrin on

 

[Deleted member 9966]

good luck if it's tonight Liz x

nowt happened Doug. the pain eased off after I spent an hour or so wandering around the house and garden. and I had quite a decent night's sleep too.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Doug you could well be in deep ----
Stewart you may get away with that just

now wheres Liz been working all day and every time it all quiet i think of that kids song POP GOES THE WEASEL:mad2:

I'm here. no Baby GRR yet Jay. will keep everybody posted 🙂

 

[user123]

nowt happened Doug. the pain eased off after I spent an hour or so wandering around the house and garden. and I had quite a decent night's sleep too.

Amazing how you don't forget all that, such a long time for me but still there. 🙂 Not long now, Posh and Becks are waiting for their day, too, I saw on the news yesterday, there you go! 🙂

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Amazing how you don't forget all that, such a long time for me but still there. 🙂 Not long now, Posh and Becks are waiting for their day, too, I saw on the news yesterday, there you go! 🙂

do you think she'll be too posh to push again? all 3 of her boys were c-section, so chances are she'll have to do it again. but a lot more midwives and doctors are now saying to try for a natural birth even after previous c-sections because it's better for the body. oh and apparently Mrs Beckham will be breastfeeding this little one when she arrives, as she admitted she didn't with the boys and bottle fed them (via a live in nanny no doubt).

and if David had never moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid, my aunt would have taught all 3 boys as they were enrolled to her private school just before David signed his Madrid contract. my aunt was very impressed with how polite little Brooklyn was at the age of 4. shame she never got to teach him. she's retired now.

 

[user123]

do you think she'll be too posh to push again? all 3 of her boys were c-section, so chances are she'll have to do it again. but a lot more midwives and doctors are now saying to try for a natural birth even after previous c-sections because it's better for the body. oh and apparently Mrs Beckham will be breastfeeding this little one when she arrives, as she admitted she didn't with the boys and bottle fed them (via a live in nanny no doubt).

and if David had never moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid, my aunt would have taught all 3 boys as they were enrolled to her private school just before David signed his Madrid contract. my aunt was very impressed with how polite little Brooklyn was at the age of 4. shame she never got to teach him. she's retired now.

Wow.. so you're a big fan of Posh then... :lol: I don't know, Liz, she is tiny, a c-section may have been safer for her. Every Mum just has to make the choices that are right for her, and everyone is different. Before I gave birth I decided not to have painkillers apart from gas and air, was perfectly fine for 10 hours labour and the last 2 hours all hell broke loose, gas & air just knocked me out, the baby was in distress and I had to have an epidural. Did I want it? Heck no, but the safety of mother and baby has to come first. Did feel enough to push him out mself though, so was very pleased with that 🙂 The birth is for a few hours, or days at most, the baby is for life, thankfully, so just look forward to being a mother. 🙂

 

[Deleted member 9966]

I used to be a fan of Posh before she lost all her weight and became stick thin. Then she just didn't seem human to me anymore. And I just got the impression she was the one who wore the trousers, hence David moved his football to Spain and then the US. I just get infuriated by the rich people that pay to go private and have c-section deliveries even when they're probably more than capable of having a natural delivery. I used to think c-section was the way forward, particularly if the baby is in distress and a quick delivery is necessary for the safety of mum and baby, but now I'm actually pregnant, I've also changed my outlook on birth. Women were created to give birth in the natural way, and fingers crossed for the majority who choose to, it's the safest and easiest way. I'm amazed by how much thinking I've done about how the female body is designed to cope with the growing miracle and bring it into the world. Now I'm getting all deep and meaningful :lol:

I was at a birthing plan class last month and I was oldest woman there (I'm 31!). And I was deeply appalled to hear that none of the other "ladies" in the room wanted to breasfeed their babies. Most gagged or vocally acknowledged how yuck it was. I was shocked. They had absolutely no comprehension that breasts were designed to feed babies first and foremost, and were funbags second. Sad sad sad.

 

[doug boardley]

this is Gabriel at about a minute old 🙂

 

[Sean fsy]

My wife is also 31, our first baby together. My twins are to my exwife. Off to tenerife tomorrow so Susan will have to relax and not get much sun. She's now 24 weeks.

 

[jay]

*Should children witness childbirth? Good
> > question. *
> >
> > *Here's your answer.*
> >
> > *Due to a power outage , only one
> > paramedic responded to the call. The house
> > was very dark so the paramedic asked
> > Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl to hold a
> > flashlight high over her mommy so he could
> > See while he helped deliver the baby...*
> > *Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was
> > asked. Heidi pushed And pushed and after a
> > little while, Connor was born.*
> >
> > *The paramedic lifted him by his little
> > feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor
> > began to cry. *
> > *The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for
> > her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr old
> > what she thought about what she had just
> > witnessed..*
> > *Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't
> > have crawled in there in the first
> > place......smack his *** again!' ***
> >

 

[user123]

:lol: read this before, but still good, Jay... :lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

well last night I felt like poo for most of the night. it might have been the large Big Mac meal and coke I'd had for my dinner 😳 that unsettled me and Baby GRR but Baby GRR was restless until about 2am. I finally got comfortable and got off to sleep and had a couple of hours this morning to catch up. But I can tell my hormones are changing again. Mr GRR got the full rath of me for no reason last night on our magical mystery tour to McDonalds (he never goes the most direct route to anywhere and it frustrates me enormously) and then he was talking on the phone whilst I was watching Sarah Beeny on C4 with Help, my house is falling down! :mad2:

so hopefully these are all good signs that Baby GRR is getting ready. We'd like baby here in time for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday

 

[user123]

Yeh, caffeine, not good, goes to the baby, too. You'll find that when you're breastfeeding, too, what you eat really affects the degree of baby's colic and windpains and how well it sleeps. Plain, non windy food and no caffeine works wonders and can transform a crying baby within 24-48 hours to a happy one.

Baby will come when it's ready, you'll get used to him or her not having ANY consideration for your plans... :lol: great fun.. 🙂

 

[Deleted member 9966]

can't remember if I've already said this somewhere in this thread, but some people have said the most ridiculous things to me whilst I've been pregnant.

one friend asked me whether I'd had to stop driving yet because surely the baby bump would get too big and stop me reaching the steering wheel :mad2:

and today, my sister suggested that I ask my mum to be in the birthing room with me whilst I'm in labour... why? she's been through it herself, she knows what it's like. why would I ask my mother to be there for the birth when it was me and my husband who got ourselves into this mess? :mad2:

oh and my sister also said, "let me know when the baby is coming" how the hell am I supposed to do that if I'm in labour in the maternity unit? Shall I just log on to facebook and make an announcement????

ridiculous.

 

[jay]

:lol::lol::lol: Hang in there Liz just think of you and your partner the family can stand in line (does make good reading tho)

 

[Deleted member 9966]

oh and I just remembered another one

sis said - you must be finding it difficult waiting, I know how you don't like having to wait... what flaming choice have I got??? :mad2:

 

[Ian]

Deep breaths Liz :lol: Don't let the silly people annoy you, it won't be long 'til you can have some laughing gas :lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

the friend who mentioned about being too big to reach the steering wheel has never had children herself or been pregnant, so she's ill-informed about a lot of baby related things. I think she gets a lot of information from the women she works with. she doesn't make any sense when she talks to me about some things associated with pregnancy, birth and child-raising :lol:

she asked me what the worst thing was about being pregnant. I told her that there were 2 things - 1. the heartburn/acid-indigestion; constantly made me feel sick and horrible until baby dropped and I could have my stomach back in a more normal place, and 2. living from one day to the next, hoping that everything progresses normally. she completely dismissed the 2nd point saying that nothing bad would ever happen and she now thinks that the worst thing about being pregnant is having heartburn. okkkkkkkkkkkkkk.

 

[Dan]

Bless. Laura's hobbling around now. Trying to keep active but also trying not to do too much. Somehow.

At least the sun is holding off a bit Liz. When we had those hot days last week I felt sorry for Laura. Bought her a paddling pool, blew it up, filled it, then the sun went in! haha. Left it up a couple of days but sure enough it rained a bit. Emptied it, let it down, and we got some sun! typical. Though not as bad as last week so I've not blown it up again yet.

Going southport in a couple of weeks so if it's sunny and hot there we'll not be doing much.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Bless. Laura's hobbling around now. Trying to keep active but also trying not to do too much. Somehow.

At least the sun is holding off a bit Liz. When we had those hot days last week I felt sorry for Laura. Bought her a paddling pool, blew it up, filled it, then the sun went in! haha. Left it up a couple of days but sure enough it rained a bit. Emptied it, let it down, and we got some sun! typical. Though not as bad as last week so I've not blown it up again yet.

Going southport in a couple of weeks so if it's sunny and hot there we'll not be doing much.

how long has Laura got left now Dan? About 6 weeks? in the last few weeks I have to say it does get a bit easier when the baby drops into place ready for birth. she'll be able to breathe better, move around better but still tying shoelaces will be the worst thing in the world 🙁

and the heat seems to slow Baby GRR down. don't know whether Laura has noticed this with your baby. when the temperatures were over 20C, I had a very quiet baby and I'd need to drink loads of iced water to get the little monkey to move. lazy, just like Mr GRR :lol:

 

[doug boardley]

when Lou was in labour with Harrison his heartbeat kept dropping, so they decided to get in there quick and pull him out. First attempt with the suction cap resulted in him being just about out when the sucker lost suction and he shot back up!!, second attempt with salad servers was more successful and out he came, with the reason as to why his heart beat kept dipping,,,,,he had hold of umbilical chord and kept squeezing it:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

well my sister has emailed me on facebook again this morning. "hi sis, how r u today" so I replied "still pregnant"

she's not responded

anybody for cake? i am shortly starting my nesting instinct with some fruit scones (I bet they come out like rock cakes) and some nice sponge fairy cakes 🙂

 

[Deleted member 9966]

sorry to go on about my annoying sister, but she's asked me again today how I am... :mad2: so today I asked her why she keeps on asking me.. her response "im just showing that i'm thinking of you ***" is there a spew smiley anywhere on here? Mr GRR had to stop me responding with "and what about the last 9 months? have you not been thinking about me then too?" she's so irritating. I swear if she ever tries to give me parenting tips, I will just let rip about the last 15 years worth of ignorant behaviour I've witnessed from her just because she's epileptic. :incazzato:

in other news, seen my consultant again today. if Baby GRR hasn't arrived by 27th July, Baby will be evicted under an induction. here's hoping Baby will arrive of its own accord before then :yesnod: and the Baby seems to have swapped sides. for the last 12 weeks, its been lying with its back against my left side and was still like that 2 weeks ago. today, baby seems to have rolled over and has its back lying against my right side! when the hell did that happen??? :yikes: had a lot of pain and discomfort last night and was waiting for contractions to kick in, but they didn't. I'll keep you posted.

 

[jay]

You still on deck Liz right time for drastic action you and mr G need to retire to the bedroom or whatever room you like for some serious /////// exercise about half an hour should do the trick

 

[Deleted member 9966]

You still on deck Liz right time for drastic action you and mr G need to retire to the bedroom or whatever room you like for some serious /////// exercise about half an hour should do the trick

it's an old wives tale Jay. we've already tried it :lol:

 

[user123]

it's an old wives tale Jay. we've already tried it :lol:

It's not really, muscle movement can help, as can hot baths... old and tested, not theories.. try some more... 🙂 Saying that, the baby will come when it's ready anyhow. Just be patient now and leave him or her to decide when s/he wants to say hi.

 

[jay]

it's an old wives tale Jay. we've already tried it :lol:

Worth a shot

 

[chrisroe]

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