I love BF but.....

have you tried john lewis? they tendf to have quite a good range. x

did anyone have a hb without a pool?

hi,
i had a home birth with my third. we didn't have a pool as there was no was it could fit in the living room and also the floor wasn't strong enough to take the weight! i gave birth leaning over the sofa kneeling on some sheets and a shower curtain to catch my waters. it all bundled up afterwards and the carpet was fine! x

Sore boob ...

hi, i agree with naomi, it sounds like it could be mastitis. that combined with the teeth could be causing the pain. maybe ask your h/v to check the baby is latching on properly on that side. also take lo off if bitng. they soon learn not to bite. hoe you feel better soon. definately get to dr's though.

My breast milk is making my baby sick! BF & Baby

hi
i haven't had this experience myself though my 3rd child was incredibly sick for about 8 weeks, after that it sort of calmed down a bit. if you talk to your h/v about it they may be able to help or to recommend a breastfeeding group/peer supporter who could help.
good luck x

BF in public

hi
when my 1st child was 3 1/2 weeks i traveled from bristol to manchester on the train. in manchester picadilly station i was meeting a couple of friends so i went to the bar upstairs with my pram, got a coffee and was helped to the table by the barman. in due time my friends arrived, bought drinks and had a nice chat. Se????n needed feeding so i fed him whilst sat there. about 15 mins in to a feed (he would sometimes nurse for hours at a time) the landlady came along and pointedly asked me to leave. i asked her why? she nervously glanced at se????n nursing and then said "we dont havve a childrens licence so you cant be in here with the child."
i said "why was i allowed in then in the 1st place?"
LL "the barman obviously realised you didn't have a child with you"
Me "really? so why did he help carry my coffee so i could carry the baby and push the pram?"
LL "well he shouldn't have done and i'll be talking to him about that, anyway, you still need to leave"
Me "ok, as soon as my son finishes his feed we'll leave"
10 mins later she comes past and glares "have you not left yet?!"
"no, my son is still feeding, nearly done now"
She wasn't very happy and stalked off the watched us until we'd left.

that was the only time i've been specifically asked to leave somewhere. usually peaople don't notice and only a few times have i had evil looks.
i'm now on my 3rd child, i still feed everywhere and anywhere. recently i've been to 2 different weddings and have nursed the baby wearing an evening gown. that is quite hard and you deffinatly need a shawl to cover up.

i hope this helps and your class have a good debate. have you considered getting a breastfeeding mother to come into the class to give an example of someone feeding? they probably wouldn't even realise until you told them!

Chrystal.

extra large nursing bras?

hi, john lewis stock quite a good range of nursing bras in big sizes, especially the royce ones. they'll also try you in as many as you need to make sure you have the right size. x

My birth story

that was an amazing birth story and an inspiration to us all! thank you for sharing it! congratulations on the birth of your daughter, i hope she settles in well to you're family. i think you are both going to be great parents. x

Preparing your other children

hello, my son was 4 in november, my daughter will be 2 in june and im 3 days overdue. we don't know what we're having as we never wanted to find out but it has been a bit of a battle with my son! his sister is too young to understand much so we weren't worried about her, however Se????n has been insisting its a boy. he says " you had a girl last time so this time it'll be a boy" we tried explaining it might be a girl and at first he was addament it wasn't. he's gone through stages of acceptance. 1st of all, its a boy, no argument. then we had if its a boy, it'll be called george, if its a girl we'll eat it. then it went to cooking her on a bbq and eating her. then he was going to be friends with her but she wasn't allowed to play with his cars, then she was going to be a wardrobe. and finally he's accepted it may be a girl, who can be his friend and maybe play with his cars! its taken him a while to understand cos to him its just logical that if i had a girl last time then this time it should be a boy. i always said maybe a girl would act like a boy and so she might want to play with his cars!

anyway, i've rambled on enough, hope that all makes sense! enjoy your scan! x

it_must_be_love's first birth story again! x

congratulations on the new pregnancy, i hope it goes well and i hope you're birth is a lot better this time round. im glad it didn't put you off having more kids! x

Baby names, middle names and sibling names...

hi is this survey still open as it says that the survey is unavailable. thanks.

twitchy / restless legs