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Post-Pregnancy Moan Thread

  • 10-07-2014 3:19pm
    #1
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭


    Hey girls,

    Was wondering if we should start a post-pregnancy moan thread as I feel bad moaning on the pregnancy thread now I'm two weeks after the big day!

    But have many moans in the form of lochia freaking me out, back pain, lack of sleep and the like and think it could be nice for girls to have a similar place to have a little chat about recovering after labour and of course how apart from all that, life is fecking brilliant and loved up:D:D

    What do you think?


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  • #2
    Dolbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    Congrats on the new arrival :D There is a pretty good thread here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057060566


  • #3
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    Dolbert wrote: »
    Congrats on the new arrival :D There is a pretty good thread here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057060566

    Thanks Dolbert, life is amazing, never been better but post-pregnancy niggles are sometimes good to talk about with other girls as I think I'm still a bit emotionally fecked!:pac:

    I saw this thread so I'll post in there, just saw people talking about their toddlers and stuff so felt a bit silly posting about post-labour woes:p


  • #4
    Dolbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    Oh I hope you don't think I was telling you to post elsewhere! Far from it, just letting you know it existed in case you hadn't seen it :)


  • #5
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I'm awaiting the return of my period with baited breath... Mr. Magoo is 10 weeks old today and it's always arrived at 8 weeks on the others. I've never wished for a period so much before...


  • #6
    Dolbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    Eeeek January are you waiting for it for the reason I'm thinking?


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  • #7
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Ah I couldn't be, we haven't done anything stupid like... but there's always the chance and I can't start my contraception until the first day of my period.

    That and I'm getting married on New Years Eve so ANOTHER baby would be really bad timing lol


  • #8
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    Not at all Dolbert thanks for the heads up!

    Haha fingers crossed it comes for you soon January you feel all back to normal now after 8 weeks?

    Lochia has my head done in (I'm just over 2 weeks after labour), honestly I just want it gone. For some reason it just keeps worrying me, I'm checking it all the time and today randomly it went heavy again and I got all freaked out, fiancé had to calm me down. Spoke to community nurse who of course said unless you're soaking through a pad in an hour and it's fresh blood to just go with the flow so to speak but I'm all freaked out, think I'm still hormonally fecked after pregnancy:) Now hate going to the toilet because I'll have to see/worry about whatever appears!

    When did yours go girls?


  • #9
    Suucee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭Suucee


    SmokeyEyes wrote: »
    Not at all Dolbert thanks for the heads up!

    Haha fingers crossed it comes for you soon January you feel all back to normal now after 8 weeks?

    Lochia has my head done in (I'm just over 2 weeks after labour), honestly I just want it gone. For some reason it just keeps worrying me, I'm checking it all the time and today randomly it went heavy again and I got all freaked out, fiancé had to calm me down. Spoke to community nurse who of course said unless you're soaking through a pad in an hour and it's fresh blood to just go with the flow so to speak but I'm all freaked out, think I'm still hormonally fecked after pregnancy:) Now hate going to the toilet because I'll have to see/worry about whatever appears!

    When did yours go girls?

    About 6 weeks both times.
    Got my firsr period about 8 weeks with no1 but not until bout 12/13 weeks with no 2. Although had a bleed 1 day around 8 weeks so assumed it was my period so started the pill but no more bleeding so was advises to continue with pill. Didnt get period until first pack was finished.
    January OMG. Hope it cones soon


  • #10
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    Oh brilliant somewhere to moan xx

    Baby ruby arrived last Sunday morning 5days early xx love her to pieces xx after a 30hr Labour it look only 6 minutes of pushing worth every second of it xx

    Back and legs are killing me x my legs feel all tight as if I ran a marathon without training for it x

    January x hope your period arrives soon on my 1st I was 11weeks before it came back x try not to stress too much about it coz that could cause it to be late xx

    Don't you just love 4.30am feeds everywhere is so quite getting wonderful cuddles but at the same time exhausted :-(

    My eldest Little girl who will be 2 in August has started waking during the night again :-( I know it's only the baby and a lot of it is the baby is in our room so she wants to be in bed with us too xx need to buy another bed and stick it to our own so we can all have room xx

    Hope ye are all well xx


  • #11
    Sarah Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Sarah Bear


    My moan. I'm fat fat fatty bum bum. Wehhh I think I'll get pregnant again just do I don't have to diet


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  • #12
    Sarah Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Sarah Bear


    SmokeyEyes wrote: »
    Not at all Dolbert thanks for the heads up!

    Haha fingers crossed it comes for you soon January you feel all back to normal now after 8 weeks?

    Lochia has my head done in (I'm just over 2 weeks after labour), honestly I just want it gone. For some reason it just keeps worrying me, I'm checking it all the time and today randomly it went heavy again and I got all freaked out, fiancé had to calm me down. Spoke to community nurse who of course said unless you're soaking through a pad in an hour and it's fresh blood to just go with the flow so to speak but I'm all freaked out, think I'm still hormonally fecked after pregnancy:) Now hate going to the toilet because I'll have to see/worry about whatever appears!

    When did yours go girls?

    Mine lasted 4 full weeks and still spotting 5 weeks later I hated it so much felt dirty all the time


  • #13
    Sarah Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Sarah Bear


    January wrote: »
    Ah I couldn't be, we haven't done anything stupid like... but there's always the chance and I can't start my contraception until the first day of my period.

    That and I'm getting married on New Years Eve so ANOTHER baby would be really bad timing lol

    Ahhh Luke would love a baby brother :P


  • #14
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    Sarah Bear wrote: »
    Mine lasted 4 full weeks and still spotting 5 weeks later I hated it so much felt dirty all the time

    Did you find yours went lighter then heavier and a bit all over the place? The more girls I talk to the more I see it's the norm just when you read the books they seem to state a strict heavy - light red - pink trend over a certain amount of days but seems like most girls go back and forth!

    Spoke to gp today and she said it's normal for it to be a bit crazy, she felt my stomach and says uterus seems well contracted so didn't seem in the slightest bit concerned just said to watch out for signs of infection which is a given!

    :):)On another fun note think I have hemorrhoids, even after I go I feel like there's something there all the time like I need to go again?


  • #15
    How Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭How Strange


    Having a bath every day will help not get infected and will help with the dreaded piles aswell especially if you put a little Epsom salts in (as long as you don't still have stitches).


  • #16
    Sarah Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Sarah Bear


    SmokeyEyes wrote: »
    Did you find yours went lighter then heavier and a bit all over the place? The more girls I talk to the more I see it's the norm just when you read the books they seem to state a strict heavy - light red - pink trend over a certain amount of days but seems like most girls go back and forth!

    Spoke to gp today and she said it's normal for it to be a bit crazy, she felt my stomach and says uterus seems well contracted so didn't seem in the slightest bit concerned just said to watch out for signs of infection which is a given!

    :):)On another fun note think I have hemorrhoids, even after I go I feel like there's something there all the time like I need to go again?
    If you are overdoing it.. Like rushing around scrubbing floors or whatever it tends to get heavier! I had a big clot after about 3 weeks like a chunk of liver thy almost gave me a heart attack but gp said it was normal! I thought the bleeding would never stop!


  • #17
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    I notice if I'm doing a lot like going somewhere or washing or cleaning the house etc bleeding is heavier? But if I just sit on my ass it's ok x hate wearing the big thick pads though feel like no matter what I wear you can see them I know you can't but they are just so big and bulky xx


  • #18
    Merkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭Merkin


    Quick question girls. I've packed my hospital bag and have put in a packet of maternity pads I bought in Boots. Are these suitable post partum or is there a particular brand you all swear by? Thank you xx


  • #19
    Suucee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭Suucee


    Merkin wrote: »
    Quick question girls. I've packed my hospital bag and have put in a packet of maternity pads I bought in Boots. Are these suitable post partum or is there a particular brand you all swear by? Thank you xx

    I used boots ones but it wasnt that heavy. Both times i switched to always night within a day or 2.


  • #20
    Roesy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Roesy


    Merkin wrote: »
    Quick question girls. I've packed my hospital bag and have put in a packet of maternity pads I bought in Boots. Are these suitable post partum or is there a particular brand you all swear by? Thank you xx

    The boots ones are okay but I bled very, very heavily after my baby so I was using the hospital grade ones. The brand was BV I think. You can get them in chemists. I was able to use the boots ones a week or so later.


  • #21
    kandr10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    Merkin wrote: »
    Quick question girls. I've packed my hospital bag and have put in a packet of maternity pads I bought in Boots. Are these suitable post partum or is there a particular brand you all swear by? Thank you xx

    I also used boots ones they were grand. When it was heavy I put too together which was remarkably comfortable after stitches :-)


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  • #22
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    I got the hospital brand ones you can get them in any chemist I find them the best for the 1st few days after that any of the maternity ones are grand x if you have stitches though the always ones are not soft enough


  • #23
    Sarah Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Sarah Bear


    I'd get the big green hospital grade ones. A good tip I got was to sprinkle some witch hazel on the pad and pop in freezer for 10 mins before wearing, very soothing on delicate bits! I also took arnica and used a sports bottle of water with a few drops of tea tree oil in to spray against my bits when I had a wee to help with the stinging!


  • #24
    dustie1
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭dustie1


    Hi guys! Delighted to have a post-pregnancy moan thread!! I didnt bleed very much after the baby, I had a c-section but within 5 days the lochia was almost gone and a panty liner would have been adequate. Dont think my consultant believed me when I told him the 5 days.. but then again I got a period at wk 4-5 after the baby.

    Did any of ye have the 6week check up? I did and Consultant wasnt recommending I go back on the pill as yet due to other blood pressure medications etc. He did ask if I'd thought about more kids and that better to get pregnant again early than leave it too late!! I'm only 31 but that scared me. I did have a bad pregnancy and agree that shouldnt have like 5 yrs between babies.. Baby currently has reflux and a sibling for her is last thing on my mind!


  • #25
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    dustie1 wrote: »
    Hi guys! Delighted to have a post-pregnancy moan thread!! I didnt bleed very much after the baby, I had a c-section but within 5 days the lochia was almost gone and a panty liner would have been adequate. Dont think my consultant believed me when I told him the 5 days.. but then again I got a period at wk 4-5 after the baby.

    Did any of ye have the 6week check up? I did and Consultant wasnt recommending I go back on the pill as yet due to other blood pressure medications etc. He did ask if I'd thought about more kids and that better to get pregnant again early than leave it too late!! I'm only 31 but that scared me. I did have a bad pregnancy and agree that shouldnt have like 5 yrs between babies.. Baby currently has reflux and a sibling for her is last thing on my mind!

    Wow very envious of the 5 days! Interesting about the 6 week checkup...would you consider another baby sooner even after a bad pregnancy?

    No lochia overnight for me...around 1 came back bright and I couldnt handle the worry so we went into rotunda just for peace of mind. Doc did internal swab and didnt think blood was heavy although had to explain its very on and off. Showed her my pad despite the embarassment as it showed how it had been heavier for a spell earlier but she didnt consider it anything bad. She also did a quick scan and said uterus looks great and no signs of any retained placenta so she was happy there was nothing to worry about and said theyll ring if swab showed any signs of infection. So Ill just have to try stay calm about it out and wait it out!


  • #26
    dustie1
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭dustie1


    Its a good idea to get it checked out anyways Smokey.. no point worrying and stressing about it. There's enough to worry about with a new baby!

    I dont know how I feel about another baby.. although some days I think it'd be great - I think there must be lingering happy pregnancy hormones. Then I think about it on a day I'm wrecked and baby is upset and it sounds like madness. DH and I had always talking about a 3year gap but I see the logic in what the dr was saying. But I want at least a year to recover before thinking about trying. I was surprised as he's is normally very conservative and would have thought he'd have been recommending the year minimum to recover after the c-section etc.. but he said getting pregnant after even 6months would be ok :eek:


  • #27
    Lashes28
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    When I had an infection after my first baby it was more of a gushing where I was completely destroying myself wearing those green pads and the smell from it was horrendous,I also felt like I was hit like a bus.
    From what your explaining,after the infection cleared that's how I went, the joy of it nearly gone then back to full flow again, but i would have had a very very heavy period before getting pregnant so put it down to that.
    Hopefully your trip to the doc will put your mind at ease .


  • #28
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    Smokie you were dead right to get checked out hopefully all will be ok xx I had a small infection on my 1st and the smell was the 1thing I remember most this time I'm bleeding more then I remember on my 1st but I was told that can happen on your 2nd x although it is only day 6after baby x


  • #29
    SmokeyEyes
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    Thanks girls...thankfully feel good so hoping its just erratic blood flow which I can see is common enough!

    Feel much better getting checked though for peace of mind rather than worrying at home with my poor fiance trying to make me feel better:-)


  • #30
    Suucee
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    The oppisite happened me. I got an infection after number 2. I stopped bleeding very very soon (less than a week) so mentioned to phn. She felt my tummy but wasnt too concered but examined me and recommended i go to gp. Gp said i had infection. Done swab, perscribed antibiotics etc. 2 days later it was back . I had to go back to gp a few times so they kept a close eye on things.
    It then stayed until bout 5-6 weeks.
    No 1 was more straight forward. Eased off then came back then eased off and came back . As others said the mors i done the heavier it was. Hope all is ok and you can relax about it now.


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  • #31
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Think about it this way... you're basically getting rid of 9 months of endometrial tissue... when you have a normal period it's only a one month build up. If you are doing too much it will show, it's your bodies way of telling you to take it a bit easier.

    Always good to get it checked out though :)


  • #32
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    My little lady is 1week old today feel like she has always been here she fits into our family perfectly :-D

    I got a mad notion today when my eldest was at a birthday party to sort out her toys and tidy our spare room which is a handy dumping ground just lock the door and the mess is not there, paying for it now though back and leg killing me xx


  • #33
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    Thanks girls...great when you can talk to the pros and other girls who have gobe through or are going through the same thing! I was a worry wart through pregnancy so just hormonal and a bit fragile still when it comes to worrying and getting worked up! Cant wait unt I can run around the place again and make the most of the three of us having fun:-)


  • #34
    Betsie_xr3i
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    It's all worth it in the end smokey x once your better you will forgot all about it x


  • #35
    contrary_mary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭contrary_mary


    dustie1 wrote: »
    Hi guys! Delighted to have a post-pregnancy moan thread!! I didnt bleed very much after the baby, I had a c-section but within 5 days the lochia was almost gone and a panty liner would have been adequate. Dont think my consultant believed me when I told him the 5 days.. but then again I got a period at wk 4-5 after the baby.

    Did any of ye have the 6week check up? I did and Consultant wasnt recommending I go back on the pill as yet due to other blood pressure medications etc. He did ask if I'd thought about more kids and that better to get pregnant again early than leave it too late!! I'm only 31 but that scared me. I did have a bad pregnancy and agree that shouldnt have like 5 yrs between babies.. Baby currently has reflux and a sibling for her is last thing on my mind!

    I had a section and it was 5 weeks before I was totally clear! You were lucky! I'm due in for my 6-week check today and I'm older than you so I'll be interested to see if the doctor mentions anything about future pregnancies. I'm definitely taking a year or two off - it's been a long few years of ttc and miscarriages for us so I need a break from the rollercoaster. Time probably isn't on my side but if we just have the one so be it. No sign of my period back yet after nearly 7 weeks but I'm exclusively breastfeeding so it will probably be another while!

    My only real moan is exhaustion! This boy is showing no sign of stretching the feeds out - it's still every 2 hours so I'm only getting an hours sleep here and there. On the plus side he's piling on the weight and seems happy so it's all worth it - more sleep would be heavenly though!


  • #36
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    My hair is starting to fall out :(.


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  • #37
    Betsie_xr3i
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    Oh no sligo :-(

    I'm an emotional wreck today girls hubby went back to work after the baby. I know I'll be fine but I really liked having him at home with me xx


  • #38
    SmokeyEyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭SmokeyEyes


    Betsie_xr3i wrote: »
    Oh no sligo :-(

    I'm an emotional wreck today girls hubby went back to work after the baby. I know I'll be fine but I really liked having him at home with me xx

    Ah sorry to hear sligo:-(

    Betsie sorry your hubby has to go back...it's so tough:-( we're incredibly lucky as my other half is a primary school teacher so we have until September, don't know how Id cope without him. I feel very sorry for dads not getting bigger leave to be with their other halves and new babas:-(


  • #39
    Betsie_xr3i
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    God your so lucky smokey my hubby had to use holidays just to have time he was upset going back to work today too xx

    My 2little ladies are keeping me busy anyway xx


  • #40
    pwurple
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    How Strange wrote: »
    Having a bath every day will help not get infected and will help with the dreaded piles aswell especially if you put a little Epsom salts in (as long as you don't still have stitches).

    I dunno if the advice changed on this recently How Strange.. I was told the smae after baby one alright, but after baby 2 they said to not have baths as sitting in dirty water wasn't too good, and to use showerhead to clean instead.

    Anyway, my moan is still hairloss. Coming out in handfulls still... 17 weeks later. :(


  • #41
    Synyster Shadow
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    I'm with ye on the hair loss.. Had to change the way I part my hair thanks to a bauld spot... Oh the joys


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  • #42
    Karmella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Karmella


    Hi ladies, I was just having a nose in here to remind myself what's ahead of me (10 weeks to go) and I had completely forgotten about the hair shedding!! I swear I could have sold the hair that fell out last time to a wig factory!!! It was unreal.


  • #43
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Betsie_xr3i wrote: »
    Oh no sligo :-(

    I'm an emotional wreck today girls hubby went back to work after the baby. I know I'll be fine but I really liked having him at home with me xx

    Aw betsie, I hope ur feeling a bit better this evening. It's so nice when the OH are at home with us initially and it's horrible when they have to go back.


  • #44
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    Yeah sligo I'm. Much better now that he is home :-)

    Was tough when he left 1st but have to get on with it when you have 2 to look after xx

    The 1st day is the hardest xx


  • #45
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Betsie_xr3i wrote: »
    Yeah sligo I'm. Much better now that he is home :-)

    Was tough when he left 1st but have to get on with it when you have 2 to look after xx

    The 1st day is the hardest xx

    Totally agree! How old is ur eldest? I have a 16 week old and a 19month old. I was absolutely dreading being left on my own with the 2 of them and didnt know how I was going to be able to manage. Got myself into an awful state thinking about it. But the first day I was left ended up being grand. I just made a plan and stuck to it and that's what works for us. Usually too busy to even think about missing OH now and to busy to even wonder if I'm managing or not! Lol. It so great when he comes home from work tho... I can kinda relax then :)


  • #46
    Betsie_xr3i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭Betsie_xr3i


    Eldest is 23months and youngest is 9days :-D. Was dreading today even before I had her but look it's done now and we survived haha x


  • #47
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Betsie_xr3i wrote: »
    Eldest is 23months and youngest is 9days :-D. Was dreading today even before I had her but look it's done now and we survived haha x

    O my, congratulations!! It's very busy with a toddler and newborn isn't it! I was totally like you tho... Dreading the first day i was going to be on my own before she was born. Lol. Once that first day is over you know ur able to manage just fine tho! And that's a massive achievement in itself. Have a nice eve with ur OH now :)... If baba lets you of course...


  • #48
    Betsie_xr3i
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    Yeah its very busy alright but so worth every second of it :-D


  • #49
    Suucee
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    Betsie_xr3i wrote: »
    Eldest is 23months and youngest is 9days :-D. Was dreading today even before I had her but look it's done now and we survived haha x

    Ive the same age gap. Its nice . Not too hard but kept busy once yiu get in to a routine. OH also went back to work when baba was 8 days old and i was dreading it too but was fine. The first time i went out on my own with the 2 was hard though. Took ages to get sorted and out and i felt sick every time i went out on my own with them for ages. Now nearly 16 weeks later have it all down to a T. Its grand. Congrats btw. Oh i had an infection too and was in to the docs twice a week for about 2 weeks so had to get MIL to watch them the first day OH went back to work . I was dreading that too but was only gobe half hour so was grand.


  • #50
    Betsie_xr3i
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    Suucee wrote: »
    Ive the same age gap. Its nice . Not too hard but kept busy once yiu get in to a routine. OH also went back to work when baba was 8 days old and i was dreading it too but was fine. The first time i went out on my own with the 2 was hard though. Took ages to get sorted and out and i felt sick every time i went out on my own with them for ages. Now nearly 16 weeks later have it all down to a T. Its grand. Congrats btw. Oh i had an infection too and was in to the docs twice a week for about 2 weeks so had to get MIL to watch them the first day OH went back to work . I was dreading that too but was only gobe half hour so was grand.

    Thanks suucee it's a lovely age gap I think anyway xx I made a point of going out on my own with the 2of them before hubby went back to work I knew he could come rescue me if I needed it but got on fine it did take us about an hour and half to get out of the house but got on ok xx haven't gone anywhere since he went back I will though :-D eventually haha


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    John Mason
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    the wee man is 11 weeks now, i am more tired now then when he was a newborn and now my hair has started to fall out :(

    i am frikken exhausted


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