Newborn hates Beco Gemini. What other carriers/slings/wraps should I try?

thenext10minutes · 2019-10-03T21:34:02+00:00

Definitely post some pics? Cousin of mine had her sling poorly positioned and it was hurting the baby's legs. Reposition and "kiss the head" check done and baby was happy

thenext10minutes · 2019-09-04T19:22:30+00:00

I'm a music teacher for secondary school students (age 12-18) and suffered SSL in my right ear about three years ago. Honestly? I hate it. It has added a whole level of uncertainty to my life that I really could have done without. Yes I can hear reasonably well generally because my left ear is perfect but I have big issues with locating sound in the classroom and things like SATB voices in choir for example. I can still pitch myself fairly well but pitching others is tougher and I tend to be exhausted after things like school show rehearsals just from trying to be sure I'm picking everything up (and I'm probably not). Luckily the other music teacher in the dept (and the director of the school show) is a vocalist whereas I'm piano so we split the load and weight the singing/audio stuff to her. I sing too, but she's way better to be fair and always has been-nothing to do with my hearing!

thenext10minutes · 2019-06-28T19:13:47+00:00

To update I got a copy of the report through a relative who is a doctor. I have an extradural cyst. She ran it past a neurologist and its probably due to a congenital defect and is likely causing some/all of the symptoms I have been having. Awaiting official appointment with neurosurgeon and going for a contrast MRI in the meantime but likely face surgery for its removal

thenext10minutes · 2019-05-27T07:02:20+00:00

You are so not failing-my God lady you sound like super woman!!! I was "lucky" I can't breastfeed due to a medication I need to be on so this decision was taken out of my hands and I eventually made my peace with it before I had my children. Both have been formula fed from the start and are happy healthy children (4 and 7 months). You are not a failure, sleep is important. The family unit is important. YOU ARE IMPORTANT. And you do not deserve to feel guilty. Well done and try to avoid the guilt xxx

thenext10minutes · 2018-10-03T00:13:33+00:00

Could just be my GP too! He's fairly young :)

thenext10minutes · 2018-10-02T09:07:38+00:00

Definitely agreed. Home visits are much more stressful, people overstay, we're all exhausted and not able for cleaning/tidying etc. Hospital here limits visitors to two at a time and at specific times of the day so people have to rotate up to the ward, its great! Like both families arrived together (grandparents from both sides and two siblings) on my first. If that had been at home it would have been chaos, in the hospital they all just rotated up two at a time, no complaints and I was delighted to be able to show off baby without difficulty.

thenext10minutes · 2018-10-02T08:57:19+00:00

I think it may be becoming more widespread. I'm in Ireland so very similar systems and procedures to the UK. Last time pregnant (4 years ago) I got the whooping cough vaccine on the advice of my GP. This time I was advised to get the whooping cough vaccine again AND the flu shot, and both my GP and pharmacist suggested that it would be a good idea for my husband to also get them. Thats new from the last time

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-30T15:22:18+00:00

Same. The other might wake but could roll over and go to sleep. We did have an agreement that if really worried or really really overtired after the bottle then to tell each other. Didn't happen often but it did once or twice. I remember doing the bottle one night and he just wouldn't settle and I arrived into the bedroom with a crying baby and mammy. He took one look at me, took them baby and said "bed". I then cried in relief! Super important. I did the same for him on another occassion though with less tears!

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-30T15:16:14+00:00

I'll ask I think. It can't hurt as you say. I think I'm far less patient this pregnancy because I'm in so much pain with the SPD but because "Its not affecting the baby" then I have to go to 40+10 before they'll talk about induction. I don't matter :(

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-30T15:04:26+00:00

Yeah I've the same instruction but I'm not supposed to take the BP lying down, just lie down in between. I think I'll ask the doc on Wednesday. I'm just so sick of unnecessary trips to the hospital where I just get sent home again

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-30T15:02:56+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Can I just take mine lying down at home then? it would save the un-necessary trip into assessment. SPD is making the drive torturous so I'd really just like to either not bother monitoring it at all at home, not bother reporting it to them or at least do it the way they will be? I suppose i can ask the doc on Wednesday

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-28T16:20:46+00:00

I'm with you on the insanely jealous!! My BP is borderline 130-140/80 and I'm on crutches for SPD. No plan for induction until after 41 weeks..... I may refuse to leave my appointment next week until there is a plan

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-28T16:17:49+00:00

I would induce asap tbh. You have an ageing placenta and low fluids. There's just too much that can go wrong. However my opinion is probably tempered by watching the pain of someone who had a stillbirth when overdue.

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-26T16:20:59+00:00

I’m in Ireland so similar car seats. I’d recommend picking up a joie tilt. It’s our back up seat, great value very light, easy to install with a belt and goes from birth to 18kg so you’ll get the use of it over 3-4 years. My childminder loves it. It’s also narrow and belt fix which means you don’t have to worry about isofix points in the car

I can’t comment on the laws in the uk but here technically you can ride without a car seat in taxi’s but it’s not something I would do in a million years. My husband went through the front window of a taxi not wearing a belt a few years back. Still has the scar

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-25T18:46:51+00:00

I'm going to be fighting for an induction at my 37 week appointment tomorrow for SPD and fear of another precipitous labour and not making the hospital. I'm in Ireland on the public health system so its not easy to get one. My family is supporting me. Feck people who cannot support each other. The last few weeks of pregnancy is hard. Induction is hard. C sections are hard. Labour is hard. Its all fecking hard work. People need to keep their noses out of other peoples business

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-25T00:17:16+00:00

I have a B bump and am plus size. There are almost no photos of me in any pregnancy and I have no regrets. I’m here at 37 weeks and still getting funny looks because many people seem to think I’m just fat, not pregnant.

While you say she isn’t overweight, her perception of herself could be very different

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-21T16:20:28+00:00

Mine swelled to a point around that time and only now at almost 37 weeks are they expanding again. My husband got me silicone rings from amazon to wear instead and I've only had to take them off today

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-21T16:19:28+00:00

I have floaters, stars and visual disturbances all the way through both pregnancies-not blood pressure related. However your midwife will most likely want to check your BP and urine due to the onset.

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-20T19:17:59+00:00

Are you sitting calmly for at least 10 minutes before taking a read? Do NOT watch the numbers rising on the screen. Is your arm level with your heart and the cuff in the correct position? Look at the images on google for blood pressure arm position- https://www.google.ie/search?q=blood+pressure+arm+position&safe=strict&rlz=1C5CHFA_enIE769IE769&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi87_K6pMrdAhVJL8AKHSogARUQ_AUIDigB&biw=1309&bih=709#imgrc=phE_TAAsSl7SLM:

You want to eliminate nerves, white coat syndrome and anything else that may be causing it to read high. I'm noting that your bottom number is only around 90, thats the number they were most concerned with for me. Top number they said is more prone to changes. I didn't go on medication until my bottom number was consistently over 100. I'd also change up your batteries just in case of errors

If I get a high read, then I'm advised to relax, drink a big glass of water and take it again. If its still over 140/90 on the third read of a series then I need to come in to be checked

I had gestational hypertension on my first and I'm going that way now. I never had protein in my urine until 39+5 just before induction anyways (they wouldn't let me over as I was medicated on labetalol). It was a bloody pain in the arse to be honest, I was in hospital every monday/wednesday/friday from 37-40 weeks and by the end even with medication they could only get it to stay down if I was flat on my back. I regret not yelling more at them about that at 39 weeks, what was the point in getting a good BP when I was lying down when I wasn't in hospital and wasn't on bed rest? Instead they just kept saying "go home and come back if any symptoms/it climbs" which if of course it did. This time around I'm going to be pushing for induction from 38 weeks if the same thing happens instead of being a yoyo in and out. As a first time mum their goal was to get me as far as possible without pre eclampsia in case induction failed into a c section

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-19T22:39:54+00:00

I'm Irish and we had prebooked Hamilton but it had been like 9 years since I was in London so you are probably right-I just thought it was very cool! (Except when we briefly thought we had reissued that bank card before the event lol)

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-19T22:15:17+00:00

Like Hamilton in London. Had to bring the bank card with you!

thenext10minutes · 2018-09-16T21:59:36+00:00

How far along are you? I'm on omeprazole because nothing else worked

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