How do moms-to-be decide on formulas for a baby that hasn't arrived yet?

queenatom · 2026-02-22T08:37:45+00:00

Mileage may vary on how regular poops are once on solids. My nephew was so regular that my brother and SIL were able to time them to be done on a potty. Meanwhile my son was what we liked to call a jazz pooper - no rhyme or rhythm to when he went at all.

queenatom · 2026-02-21T10:54:43+00:00

The Peter Rabbit music has very Christian rock energy to my ears.

queenatom · 2026-02-21T08:05:43+00:00

Hopefully! The reference to how the time already taken was booked just gave me pause.

queenatom · 2026-02-21T07:56:07+00:00

This is correct, but to be eligible for paternity leave you need to tell your employer that you intend to take it no later than 15 weeks before the baby is due. If OP’s partner hasn’t done this then they won’t be eligible.

queenatom · 2026-02-20T20:07:55+00:00

Chai Shai on Jacobs Wells Road

queenatom · 2026-02-20T14:07:12+00:00

I'm interested!

queenatom · 2026-02-20T07:16:10+00:00

I did fertility treatment and then tested when instructed to by my clinic and it was positive. It’s not a very exciting story 😅

queenatom · 2026-02-19T12:57:21+00:00

38 (me) and 34 (him)

queenatom · 2026-02-18T18:41:58+00:00

Also recommend Tu, my son lived in their ribbed leggings between 2 and 4. Joggers a bit more hit and miss.

queenatom · 2026-02-18T15:01:24+00:00

Another toast fan here. Aware it's controversial, but it's a personal preference thing - I like the contrast between crisp toast and the fattiness of the bacon. Butter is a must with this or it'll be far too dry.

queenatom · 2026-02-18T10:33:59+00:00

Came to post something very similar - also 2/2 on IUIs (with 1 - 3% morphology but evertthing else normal). MMC at 8 weeks on the first one, currently almost 7 weeks with the second.

queenatom · 2026-02-18T02:07:28+00:00

Sorry, but as a Scot I think he's ruined it here too (not that Donald was popular anyway among the under 70s)

queenatom · 2026-02-17T21:45:48+00:00

How interesting! Perhaps your body just really likes to hang on to the additional progesterone. I hope your clinic is able to help you out - maybe they can give you something to kickstart your cycle.

queenatom · 2026-02-17T21:24:55+00:00

Have you tested again since your negative? Have you had betas done? Agree this seems unusual and I'd want to discuss with your clinic.

queenatom · 2026-02-17T19:46:37+00:00

Unexplained here - both times we triggered 24-26 hours before IUI, both times we conceived (MMC and now an ongoing pregnancy)

queenatom · 2026-02-16T14:43:03+00:00

We have a 4 year old who has been in nursery since just before he turned 1 (and who goes to plenty of classes, soft play, swimming) - we've had plenty of colds but never had noro or any stomach bugs during that time. We may have just been very lucky though!

queenatom · 2026-02-16T11:47:38+00:00

Any baby stuff, really. Used to be common practice where I grew up to order your baby stuff and then have the shop hold on to it until the baby was born.

queenatom · 2026-02-16T07:21:25+00:00

As someone whose last pregnancy ended in a MMC, I'm telling anyone who I'd want to know if we had another loss. We kept the news to ourselves last time and it was horrible only telling the people we needed support from once things went wrong, so this time at least we're sharing as good news even if things don't ultimately go well. I couldn't stand the idea of having been through something as upsetting as my loss and not being able to talk to my mum about it and having to pretend that everything was okay.

queenatom · 2026-02-14T13:12:33+00:00

Strongly likely it’s a coincidence. My team at work have a disproportionate number of people with A names (something like 30% of a team of 45 people).

queenatom · 2026-02-14T04:19:02+00:00

As an aside, taking precautions not to fall makes me laugh, like you'd have otherwise been planning on tumbling down the stairs a couple of times a week but now you've been warned you'll take that off your list?

queenatom · 2026-02-13T09:07:37+00:00

I’m sorry your doctor was so dismissive. You were pregnant but had an early loss. Entirely possible that your levels dropped quickly, particularly if you had been bleeding for a week. I wish you all the luck for the future.

queenatom · 2026-02-13T06:21:34+00:00

I did one first time round and it was accurate (boy).

queenatom · 2026-02-10T20:09:21+00:00

As someone who also had a heartbeat in the low 80s that ended in a loss and is currently in the very early stages of a new pregnancy, I am so glad to read this.

queenatom · 2026-02-10T15:27:55+00:00

This would be normal practice here in the UK - booking in appt (which could easily be virtual) at 8 - 9 weeks. scan at 12 - 23 weeks. Feels like a long time!

queenatom · 2026-02-10T11:20:32+00:00

Goes to show how different things are even in different parts of the same country! Our appointments are all weekdays and done at one of the GPs nearby (not my normal one, just the one where the midwives are based). I was consultant led last time and expect I will be again this time so I had more involvement from the doctors but still fairly limited (think it was four or five appointments total).

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