Anyone else’s baby still up?!

All mine wants to do is sing and play - we had one false start and it’s given her a super duper burst of energy 🤣 meanwhile I’m bloody shattered and need matchstick for my eyes!!

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Yep currently trying to get my 7 month to sleep x

good luck!! Mines just not having it, just tried giving her some milk - so far that’s been unsuccessful though. She’s so tired but just fighting it so hard.

Mines has been taken over by a banshee apparently.
On the phone to an exorcist as we speak cause this kid is making some noises that aren't human 😶

Teething is a bitch 🙄😂

Mine was up between 1.30&3.30 and has now been awake again since 5.10am. She’s been doing this a week now. She used to be a great sleeper…wtf 😭 hoping it’s just teeth and temporary, she got two through last week!

🤣🤣 the sounds they come out with - my first had what we called a pterodactyl phase with screeching but I can’t remember how old she was then. But yes, agree with the teething, it’s no fun, poor babies. but my girl is also figuring out how to crawl so she just wants to do that. We finally went to bed at 2.30am.

hahaha we call my son that too. He goes between baby bird noises to pterodactyl all the time 😂😂😂
Every stage brings new things for us parents to lose sleep over I've noticed 😂😂 people say when you have a baby that you won't sleep again.. silly me thought that was just the newborn phase and it passed

Nope 🤦😂

its tough isn’t it?! It’s such a big age thing for them though as they’re figuring out how to do so much stuff plus teething, weaning and growth spurts all at once. It’s a lot for a baby. There’s 13m between my girls and they’re so different with sleep - my eldest didn’t have a 4m sleep regression but reaching 6m hit her hard and she would wake constantly throughout the night but still go to bed at a relatively decent time however this little lady will stay up as long as she can, maybe stir once or twice to get comfy and then crash and sleep through. I’m undecided which is worse!

Bless her with the teeth and hope she starts to sleep better soon for you. we don’t have teeth any yet but I’m sure they’ll come soon enough

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Anyone else up feeding their Bebe?

As above. Trying so hard to keep my eyes open

Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Is this normal??

I’m 29 weeks pregnant and having really aching legs and they’re all lumpy and swollen. Above the knee and behind the knee . Should I be worried ? My legs have never looked like this up until a few days ago. ??

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago