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Finlay is going to bed at about 9.30pm and goes to sleep on his own which is great but wakes at 01.00 for a full bottle and again at 05.00 for another full bottle (I try controlled crying to stretch this until 6am with mixed success) before getting up at 9.30am. I dont mind because he goes...

Hi all Finlay is now 4 weeks and 2 days. I decided I only wanted to BF him for 6 weeks so thought it would be worth trying out a breast/bottle combo now to wean him onto formula. I tried cutting out 2 breastfeeds a day starting 2 days ago which didn't seem too bad but today, because he feeds...

I got a really dark line when I was pregnant - 3 weeks on and its still as dark. How long does it take to vanish??

Hi all I had an episiotomy for forceps delivery and I am convinced the wound is infected. My MW has checked the wound and agreed the wound is slightly open but its now started leaking fluid and it doesnt smell too nice. I had it re-checked at the hospital and a swab taken (awaiting results)...

Thanks to for Sally for being my text buddy. We finally decided on the name Finlay Christopher! Birth story with pics: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=105321

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Sally12 is my text buddy - got a message from her a moment ago which reads: 'I've had her! It was all very quick. No homebirth unfortunately as there were complications but Isla Rosie was born at 7.21am this morning weighing 6lb 5oz. Both of us doing well. Back on the forum soon'...

For the last couple of hours, my belly has been 'pulsating' quite obviously (you can see it) and its like a heartbeat. It just wont stop and I'm worried the baby is distressed. Its happened before, mostly at night but today its making me really worried. I have been getting proper kicks and...

................leaking b00bies?? :oops: Sorry if its TMI but, I had a suspicion they had been leaking a little bit at night time but wasn't completely sure until last night when I felt something wet on my chest and actually saw some watery stuff running onto the sheet! I mopped it up and...

I plan on having the baby in our room sleeping in a moses basket and we have bought a cot bed for the nursery (which wont fit in our room) but everyone says the baby will outgrow the moses basket in a few weeks so where is it going to sleep after this?! I am assuming I'm going to have to buy a...

Just wondered how you are all feeling about your pregnant tummys at the moment? I have to confess, I couldn't wait to see my belly getting bigger but now I'm not enjoying it at all - and I'm so paranoid I'm too big even though my midwife reassures me I'm not. It doesn't help with persistant...

We are struggling so badly with boy's names. I have my heart set on Ted/Teddy but DH is very reluctant because our surname is Baker so I suggested Theo and call him Teddy as a nickname but now DH has gone off that too! So at the moment, we are toying with Toby - but does it go with Baker? If...

Just wanted to say hi to everyone in 3rd tri :wave: - was meant to come over on Friday but just been soooo busy! For those who dont know me, I'm Alice, 28, a theatre nurse and married to Matthew also 28. This is our first and long awaited baby and we are team green! Getting fed up with...

Firstly, is anyone going and is it any good? And secondly, do you know if you are allowed time off work - like you would be for antenatal? Most of my local classes are during my working hours and I am seriously thinking about going but would need time off. Any ideas??

...............the tummy pics thread in 3rd Tri?? :shock: :shock: :shock: I rather naively thought I was already huge but some of those bumps are huuuuuuuuuuge! I'm scared now!

She drew this on the graffiti on my Facebook! :shock: :rotfl:

I am a theatre nurse and I was very innocently walking into recovery to hand over a patient and the nurses in there had borrowed an ultrasound machine and they were trying to use it on one another. Now I have to stress that this machine was borrowed to look at a patient's arteries so not...

I can always guarantee that if I lie on my back in bed, the baby will kick up a riot so I turned on my back when I woke up this morning and could feel some general movement and then it started to feel really weird pressure so I put my hand on my tummy and I am pretty sure I felt the baby do a...

I'm finding it absolutely impossible to find a boys name I like. I seem to hate them all! But I do really like the name Teddy (Ted for when he is older) but here comes the problem, our surname is Baker so he would be called Ted Baker - like the designer. I still like it but DH says its...

My work has given me the maternity booklet but its so confusing - I cant make head nor tail of it! From what I can work out, its 8 weeks full pay and then 18 weeks half pay. But with the SMP - is everyone entitiled to this regardless of earnings and does this start when my pay goes down to...