Recent content by traceyjones

I piled on 4 stone with my twins and lost 3 straight after birth, but I just didn't have time or inclination to diet and exercise until they were about 11 months old - then I detoxed for a month (Jan) no alcohol, chocolate, cakes or carbs and lost 7 pounds in a month - the rest took another...

My 16 month old has been diagnosed with Osteomyelitis and had 4 days of IV antibiotics in hosipital and now has to have 3 different antibiotics 3 or 4 times a day - a lot of medicine for a little boy! Apart from the nightmare of administering the foul tasting drugs I am really worried about...

I just wanted to you all to know we had successful IUI treatment in June 2006 and now have two healthy bouncing boys who will be a year old in February. It only took two attempts and even though the injections weren't very nice, it was nothing to worry about and the outcome was well worth it...

Thanks for your help everyone - I have decided to pack my hand blender and take a few jars with me and lots of pasta! Hopefully it will all work out in the end. Only two weeks to go......eeek!

Thank you so much J-B, that is very helpful - so pleased to hear you have a Mothercare too. I feel so much better now. We have a car and are staying in a villa so we will have to do a few shopping trips for food anyway. I will also look at that website - it sounds perfect. I never...

thanks Moomum, i've posted to her in third try - hopefully she'll see it. Am very aprehensive, but I'm sure I'll enjoy the holiday once we get there. Thanks for the best wishes.

Hi there I was told you live in Cyprus and wondered if you would mind helping me out with some advice. We are coming over for a holiday at the end of September (Argaka) and was wondering if you could tell me if I will be able to buy Pampers or Huggies Nappies, and jars of baby food like...

Thanks - I am worried about the jars too. I'll take some from here and hope they like the Cypriat ones. Fingers crossed.

Hi Everyone We are off to Cyrpus at the end of the month for 2 weeks with our 7 month old twins.......I think I must be mad! I've started to panic about how much baby stuff to take.....we are staying in a villa so have a kitchen with microwave. Does anyone know if I can get jars of...

If the baby get's too full on fore milk he might give up before the hind milk starts - the HV suggested expressing a little (say 5 mins) before feeding every other time and see how that goes. This helps them gain weight too. A friend of mine did it when her LO was only gaining 2 oz a week and...

I had a traumatic birth and even worse post birth so my boys didn't get any breast until they were 3 days old......my milk did come in about day 7 and I did try and feed them both.....but I was too tired and they were too little to really take to it.....so after 10 days I gave up. Don't think...

Me again, sorry just re-read my last post...... I didn't clarify that I make up the bottles with just BOILED WATER, usually as soon as the kettle has boiled, then add FORMULA as and when, so if the water is still a little warm it's ok, and if it's too cold I sometimes tip out a bit and add...

I feed my twins on formula and the 30min kettle boil thing is frankly stupid!!! For a start the water is far too hot after 30 mins and I was spending the next 10 mins trying to cool it down.......not great at 3am! So my midwife told me to make up all the bottles at once and leave them sealed...

I found the contractions very painful and scary that your body takes over completely and however much you try you can't stop them coming.... pushing was exhausting and very painful too though, i had to have an episiotomy to help me get Freddie out and they used Ventous, I just had no energy to...

I had BH's from about 17 weeks - my belly would go hard as iron for anything up to 1 minute and I would need a pee desperately. Got them about twice a day until 30+ weeks then there were more, usually at night time. Very uncomfortable towards the end, but i was carrying Twins and my belly was...