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She’s only 11 weeks old and has slept all through the night for about a month and a half now, she’ll sometimes even sleep from 9:30pm right through until 6:30am!
I hope she doesn’t change her routine anytime soon.. because it’s BLISS! haha x
Ever since Imogen has discovered to roll, she’s making it more imposible to change her nappy! It is quite funny though.
and that’s what I’ve done! It feels kinda good that I can now start drinking Raspberry leaf tea and hope it could possibly bring on early labour. It also feels good because I know i’m getting closer to meeting baby Imogen! Though I know there are mixed opinions on this method. Some swear by it, some say it’s just an old wives tale. All i can do is hope. I couldn’t find Raspberry tea on it’s own at the store I went to, it was a Berry flavoured one, but I read the back and it says the tea bag’s are Raspberry and Strawberry, so i’m guessing it does the same thing? She also told me to use a birthing ball.. which i don’t have, but i’m going to ask around about one of them, as i’m too skint to buy my own. She said to sit on it as it can help the position of the baby or something, as Imogen’s back is on the otherside this time lol but she said not to worry because i still have a few weeks left and that they tend to swing around during labour once she’s engaged or something.
I hadn’t tried Raspberry leaf tea until today.. I can definitely say it smells alot better than it tastes! haha, Though the taste isn’t that bad, and I can put up with it. I’ll aim towards 4 cups a day I think, hopefully replace it with my normal tea. My mum and Lewis suggested adding some sugar to it to sweeten it, but i’m afraid it might cause it to not work? Sounds sillyI know.
I’m 36 weeks and starting to use this method, I thought it was a bit early but apparently not. She said the baby can come anytime after 37 weeks and be fine, i think that’s why she suggested I start using it now because it takes time to kick in? that’s ‘if’ it works.
Has anyone used the Raspberry leaf tea method? I know you can get Raspberry leaf tablets too, which my mum used. Has anyone used them? Could i also have your opinions on the Raspberry leaf tea method?
Thank you for any answers in advance xx
100 % this time. Unless birth says different, but until then, our baby girl’s name is going to be Imogen Aurora Slaven. (Taking Lewis’s surname)
It also has the perfect meaning behind it. And i believe it’s the perfect name, because i actually cried (damn pregnancy hormones!) when i read the meaning behind it.
Imogen was on our baby name list already, but the other day, we searched it up in the baby name book we got, and the meaning behind it is apparently:
Imogen -
Meaning: ‘Girl who resembles her mother’ ‘Maiden’ - (Lewis always mentions how he really hopes she turns out like me.
Origin: (Celtic) & (Latin) - Me and Lewis are both Celts i guess, He’s Scottish and I’m Welsh, and as for Latin, my name Felicity is Latin.
It’s just so perfect and we both love it! :D
I’m about to head to bed after a nice hot bath with the poohead.. (Lewis ofc) and just wanted to post an update as Lewis has been nagging me to all day. There’s only two main updates to talk about, which are:
Firstly: I swear i saw a foot.. or hand, or maybe even an elbow today! I’ve been classing it as a foot as that’s that it looked and felt like! It was AMAZING. I was in bed, and i turned over onto my back then suddenly like a kick that held for a few seconds, and which was pretty solid and still and a foot like shape was just above my belly button, and then it went. But i was so estatic to see it, it was weird yet amazing! When people said they could actually see their babies hands or feet, i didn’t think it was for real. Ahhhh! :P
Secondly: Saturday night i had a big fright.. and well fall. I fell over for the first time, and i actually hurt myself. (That’s how cramped it is in our house now.. ) i got up out of bed and tripped over my own shoe (so yes it was my own fault for leaving it there) it was sort of underneath my bed sticking out, but i couldn’t see it because Lewis’s batman towel was on it, so i went flying right across the corner of the bed, straight onto the floor with a huge bang and hurt all the right side of my tummy along with my knees and hands which ended up being bright red. I was in such shock i had to keep taking deep breathes to try and stop myself from crying, i was so worried about my baby. My mum kept asking me if i was okay, my brother too, i pretended i was fine and changed the conversation because i didn’t want them to fuss, as important as it may have been. :/
Baby girl must have got woken up by the fright or maybe even hurt, i’m not sure.. i hope she’s alright, i won’t forgive myself if she isn’t, but anyway, she started kicking 5 minutes after the fall for about 1 hour+, even though she’s usually back to sleep within 10 -20mins until 1am. Then i started having small but noticeable shooting pains, not too painful in my tummy where i’d fallen. At this point Lewis was home from work, and i explained what happened and he kept nagging me to call the midwife, but i felt i couldn’t because it was really late, even if it was their job to be on 24hr call. So i’ve left it, i’ve been having loads of kicks, more than 10 a day, and i have a check up/midwife appointment on Wednesday, so i’ll explain to her what happened then, and hopefully all will be fine.
Also.. just wondering, but has anyone fallen over whilst being pregnant? and what did you do about it? e.g. call a midwife, go to doctors?
My feet are so sore!! :( I’ve been on my feet all day today. I’ve cleaned the whole house, top to bottom, it’s taken me 8 hours, and it’s now 22:04pm and i’m finally getting to sit in bed with my feet up and relax. Though i’ll have to get up again in about 30-40 minutes to make Lewis food when he gets back from work. Once i’ve done that, i’m going to take a lovely bubble bath and sleep!!
It’s weird, i seem to do 10x more now being pregnant, than i did before i was pregnant. I’m glad though. It get’s boring sitting on your ass all day. I’ve got alot done today, along with cleaning, i managed to put up a Small Baby Boy bundle on eBay. Whether anyone wants it or not, i do not know. I put it up because i’d rather it go to someone/some use than just throw it out. This may be weird, but it feels kinda weird throwing baby clothes/items into the bin..
Anyway..being so occupied cleaning today, i haven’t paid any attention to counting kicks.. so now i’m kind of worried if she’s kick enough or not. I hope she’s ok :/ Lewis asks me everyday if she’s kicked enough, and if i tell him i’m not sure or no, he panics like a bitch.
Wait.. she’s started kicking.. i think she likes beyonce! That’s my girl! :D
Okay.. so usually when i wake up in the morning, Willow kicks around 10 times or more, usually 11am onwards, then will go back to sleep until around late afternoon, kick a bit, then go to sleep, kick again around 12am or 2am then go back to sleep until the morning (and sometimes i get the odd kick throughout the night.. oh and Yes! We’ve just decided on the name Willow, i love it! It feels right! I just hope it sticks!!)
So anyways.. today i woke up.. didn’t feel a thing.. all the way until around 6pm i felt a max of 3 or 4 kicks. So, of course we rung the midwife like we were advised to. She said they don’t normally come out at 23 weeks to listen to the heartbeat (since when?) and that she was probably just having a lazy day. She said to relax and watch something on TV that will make me laugh, drink some cold drinks, and to book an appointment for tomorrow. So we booked an appointment for tomorrow. Around 15 minutes after the phone call, Willow started to kick a little, i was happy, but i wasn’t satisfied, as she’s always so active! BUT thankfully now, i can say, she hasn’t stopped giving me a good thumping within the last 10minutes! She’s so active, going kind of crazy haha. But she’s definitely made mummy and daddy happy bunnies, and i’m glad she’s making up for all the kicks! :)
Hello mums/mum’s-to-be,
Quick question!
A midwife told me in my appointment on Wednesday that i was to start counting 10 kicks a day, and that if she doesn’t kick at least 10 times a day, then to call a midwife.
Well.. i started on Thursday, when i woke up the next day.. but, i got confused. Stupid question, but, do i count 10 in a row, OR 10 throughout the day?
For example, i woke up Thursday morning, and little girl was kicking away. If i counted 10 kicks, does that count as 10 kicks, or as 1 kick?
I hope this makes sense! It’s been on my mind loads, i know it’s a stupid question, i just have to know so i can count right, and who better people to ask than you tumblr mummy’s! :) Thank you in advance for any answers!
-Fliss x
I might as well not have one.
(I’m now 21 weeks and apparently should have had loads by now? I’d appreciate going along even if people say there’s no point. I’m 17, i’d appreciate all the advice and information i can get. Also a chance to meet other girls my age who are going to be mum’s soon. I’ve been to the libary as recommended by some people, they had no clue, but apparently they’d already had their parenting classes that month.. great.)
(There was lots of samples, information and advice in the pack i picked up, which has been very helpful in small ways)
(I’m actually not entitled to anything but healthy vouchers each week which are worth £3.10, and don’t even get me 5 a day, never mind 5 a week. All they are good for is saving my mum £2 on milk each week. Big wow -.- i could go on ranting about the shitty government expecting me and my baby to live on £0, and how i’m supposed to use newspapers for nappies or some shit, whilst other people like my ex-best friend lives for free. They pay her rent, water, taxes, tv licence, oh and for her drugs and alcohol use and to basically sit there on her ass all day doing nothing. Why? Because she lied about her mum kicking her out and got it all in the click of a finger. Everyone tells me to lie. But i’m not a liar, and i don’t see why i should have to lie to get some help? Isn’t a young mum with a baby on the way enough of a reason these days? Sorry. I’ll stop ranting now. Can’t get any sense into these peoples heads.)
(Lol what? She’s my midwife, she’s the one who was supposed to give them to me, yet she was clueless about it the whole time. I text her asking if i was supposed to pick up a repeat prescription or not because i’d ran out and she replies (1 hour later) ‘I’m on annual leave, could you ask another midwife’ … Well it’s a good thing i’m not going into labour then! Great help.
So then i text another midwife, and i didn’t even get a reply. I’ve been out of iron tablets (ferrous sulphate) for days now, and from what i’ve been told they are really important to take EVERY DAY. So i’d appreciate a reply at least -.-)
Don’t get me wrong, my midwife is lovely from what i’ve met of her about 3 times, but i really wish she did more and kept us up to date and actually had useful information.
IT’S A GIRL!
Lewis:
I know i don’t normally post much, but today’s worth writing about. Today we went for our 20 week scan, it was the most exciting and nervous thing i’ve experienced so far. We got to find out the sex of the baby, it’s a girl, so they say. The umbilical cord was in the way to begin with so they couldn’t tell us if it was a boy or a girl, as it was wrapped between the legs. Then when we were outside waiting for the photo’s, the woman asked if we wanted to have another go at trying to tell the gender. Thankfully, this time the umbilical cord had moved for a few seconds to have a quick glimpse. We Were so lucky. She couldn’t see any obvious male genitals. I’m so excited because i’ve always wanted a daughter, and there’s only 20 weeks left. I’m so happy for us both and my girlfriend for all the hard work she’s doing, i love her loads.
Felicity:
Lewis has pretty much said everything i would have said. As he stated above, it was hard for the woman to tell the gender at first, but she managed to get a quick glimpse, and she thinks it’s a girl. I suppose we’re going to assume it’s a girl until birth says other wise!
I’m very happy we’re having a girl, and even happier that little girl was healthy and fine! We also received 4 scan pictures, and one turned out very clear, it was lovely, and i shall post a picture at the end of this post. Also, after we told my mum the news of the gender, she took us down to Matalan to buy her first outfit. She left the choice of choosing to me and Lewis. We chose pink cord dungarees, with a liccle kitty at the bottom, with a long white sleeved top underneath, it’s so cute! Mum also came across a very cute sleep suit, and bought it as a gift from her. It was Disney themed, from the Disney movie Bambi apparently. It has the little rabbit on it called thumper? I wouldn’t know, i haven’t seen many Disney movies. I mean.. i saw the Lion King for the first time when i was 17 (this year) haha.
We’ve wrote all this out already, and this is the second time doing so, as tumblr decided to direct us back to the dashboard as i JUST finished my post. So i’m kind of stressed and probably haven’t wrote everything i wanted to, as i re-wrote all i could remember :/ Sorry guys. I’m going to go for a lovely hot bath and let my stress floatttt away haha and i’ll leave you guys with some photos.. enjoy! :)
NOTE: The pictures aren’t very clear, as its 21:42pm here, so the flash on my camera makes it look all dark. Sorry!
03.15.12 @ 15:38
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