If you haven't slept through the night, how do you make it through your day

Does coffee help? Anything else that might help to just carry on?

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I have a 2 week old, everyday been up on the hour at night breastfeeding for 40mins and then put him down and he is up again 20mins later.

I also have an older child who needs me during the day and husband is at work. I don’t have coffee as I’m scared this could effect baby as I’m breastfeeding (don’t want to give baby anymore reason to stay awake) during the day he’s on me all day breastfeeding so can’t hardly do much. By midday my eyes feel so heavy but I just keep pushing through. I try not to eat any heavy carby foods as that also makes you feel sluggish. And I drink loads of water during the day. I think this sleep deprivation will catch up one my one day, for now I’m pushing through mentally

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Toddler (29 months) Name Change 💕

Please be kind, I’m just looking for friendly advice or thoughts. I had a few names on my baby name list for my daughter that I almost used. I do like her name, but as she’s grown, she really fits another name on my list so beautifully with her appearance & personality. It’s close enough in sound that I don’t think her development would be interfered with. I’m not worried about how others in my life would react to the change, it’s all about trying to decide what is best for her 💕
My thought is to use her given name as another middle name so she’d have 2 middle names 🤍

Boy names

Trying to think of boy names I like unique names but my other half doesn’t like any of names I love
Names I love in order
Rafferty
Forest
Bodhi

I feel like seen every name going, and I’m not drawn to any, other then above and he doesn’t like them.

Any suggestions of similar names?

Anatomy scan worries

Hi girls
I'm a little worried it might be normal
I can't help but worry at my 20 weeks scan they couldn't see baby girls heart or spine and kidneys so i have to go back in 2 weeks.
The mesurments atm are worrying me but they didn't say anything
head was measuring 13% 165 mm
Cerebellum 95% 22.8mm not sure if this normal
Ac 99% 165.8 mm
femur 48%
I will ask at my next scan as I didnt get the results until it was time to go and looked at them at home .
Has anyone else experienced these type of readings.
I wonder if my baby will be normal or not .

Touching my bump

I have a little bit of anxiety about people touching my bump without permission. I feel like some people just feel like they can. And I'm barely a hugger even with friends let alone having someone touch the bump (I don't even have a bump yet and I'm nervous)! How do you politely set boundaries in this area?!

How are you staying awake?

Whether it’s the day or your night shift, what’s keeping you going? A new drink? Hobby? Show? Sheer willpower?

Love always,
My son doesn’t want to be horizontal

Sweep yesterday

Hi
Had a sweep yesterday ive had them previously but was 3 years ago cant really remember exactly what it was like after but the sweep i had that time cervix was closed ' but had one yesterday was 2cm already so she was able to get round babies head had brown mucus blood but ive been so crampy all in my back and round the bottom off my bump more sore in my pelvis when I walk ' and tighten round bump irregular threw out the day ' anyone had anything similar