New Rider Mommies

[KarinUS]

I just had *another* :D brilliant idea:
A New Rider Mommies section.
Where we can share tips and tricks of raising little ones (human) while still enjoying our first love - horses!

[KarinUS]

Hm... perhaps not quite as brilliant as I thought! Definitely not as popular as pets. :D :o

[jUmPingIsLifE]

I thought it was brilliant. Im not a mommy yet but if I was I would sure be using it.

[skips and soda]

I think it's a good idea, especially considering the number of threads to do with children and horses etc. recently. :)

[tazzybear]

i think that's a fab idea, it's always inspiring to hear how other mums manage to juggle horses and children

[Pibstar]

great idea. I am 28 weeks pregnant and DONT PLAN TO GIVE UP HORSES ONCE THE BABY COMES. so need all the help I can get

(notice I say plan, trying to be pratical too)

[gingermonkey]

I am all for this as I want to persuade my other half to buy my loan girlie for me. However the only way I can see this happens is if he sees nothing in his little world changes and that the kids and the house are ticking along normally (I already have someone to do the ironing and the garden) and the boys are at school.

[redcomet]

brilliant idea! started a group on facebook for 'horseless mums' but no one joined yet :confused:
would b great to chat about that kind of stuff!

[KarinUS]

brilliant idea! started a group on facebook for 'horseless mums' but no one joined yet :confused:
would b great to chat about that kind of stuff!
Perhaps this topic just affects moms with horses more than moms without horses?

[liv-evie]

hi
i am 13 and obviously not a mum but I think that it would be a good sub topic of a forum called something like juggling horses with life

that probably rubbish but there you go :o

[Tots N Dots]

However the only way I can see this happens is if he sees nothing in his little world changes and that the kids and the house are ticking along normally
oooh do I know that feeling well! :mad: I often feel Pickle is only allowed to exist between the hours of 9 and 4 on weekdays when he is at work :rolleyes: (my 2 kids are at school)
with a bit of planning etc it is just about possible ;)
but then I have never been housework inclined anyway lol

[Lovejoy]

Good Idea KarinUS!!

I am a frantic Mum of two and a baby horse.

I would def like to be able to vent to people that can relate!!

[MrsCarter]

Sounds great to me :D

xxx

[sarshapebbles]

can we have both types horses & humans pleas (with pics a must lol

[Lovejoy]

Oh Yes! A thread for human babies and thread for horse babies!!

[Ellasrecovery]

I just had *another* :D brilliant idea:
A New Rider Mommies section.
Where we can share tips and tricks of raising little ones (human) while still enjoying our first love - horses!
Hi, I am new to this site so I am not sure how this all works but this sounds like a great idea. I am 31 weeks pregnant and own an ex racer who I have retrained. I would love to hear encouraging stories from other new mums who have manged to balance the two. If one more non horsey person says I wont be able to cope once the baby gets here I will scream!!!! :-O

[kat1]

Yes pleas I am mum to a 2 year old , a 6 year old and 3 ponies and I sometimes feel that I am cracking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KarinUS]

Hello Ellasrecovery!

Where there's a will, there's a way! A suppostive OH makes a difference as well.
Welcome to NR. :)

[Ellasrecovery]

Hi KarinUS,

Thanks for the positive response - my OH has been a gem, I couldnt have got through the pregnancy while having ER without him. I was very sick in the beginning so he took over all the mucking out (much to ER's disgust as he loves him mum and proceeded to snarle at him each morning with his ears pinned back!). My horse is quite hard to love at times (he is a grumpy git but has a good heart really) but Ben has worked so hard to make sure the option of selling him has never come close. Fingers crossed for a New Mums section!:) Good luck to all you hard working ladies!

[-jo-jo-w]

I have 2 year old and 7 year old daughters! Got my 7 yr old into riding so one day we can have a mother/daughter share ponio!! Only thing is she's better than me :mad:

[Horsecrazy88]

great idea! im always askin for help with this subject - horses and babies!! xxx

[rubysmum]

lovely idea - would love to meet up with other parents with sim aged kids [9 to 11ish] as my daughter has few horsey friends to hang out with:)

[Snowyboy]

aye from us (of course!)

[Pibstar]

looks like this idea didnt come off, shame as I wanted to ask at what stage did you pregnant ladies stop doing things with your horses like picking feet out and loose schooling etc???

[Lucyad]

It's a good idea for a section - possibly a sub-section of mature riders (unless we have any young mums who would be unflattered by that desription!).

[loujomiles@yaho]

definitely, what a fantastic idea - I could do with all the tips on offer. i have a four year old boy, who loves horses, they just don't know what to make of him, and one, soon to be two hosses. so all advice would be gratefully recieved!
we could be the slummy mummies:p

[Rhein]

looks like this idea didnt come off, shame as I wanted to ask at what stage did you pregnant ladies stop doing things with your horses like picking feet out and loose schooling etc???
At 38 weeks, I'm still bringing in, grooming, picking out feet and feeding etc. I haven't lunged for a while and I don't loose school. But I will have a go at lunging this weekend since she has been on box rest and lame for a week - so I need to give her some exercise and assess her. But it will be "gentle" lunging ;). There have been a couple of nights in the last few weeks, after a very long day at work, that I have been so utterly exhausted that I have not gone up and "seen to her" in the evening :o. I know she was fine, but I still feel guilty.

[Pibstar]

At 38 weeks, I'm still bringing in, grooming, picking out feet and feeding etc. I haven't lunged for a while and I don't loose school. But I will have a go at lunging this weekend since she has been on box rest and lame for a week - so I need to give her some exercise and assess her. But it will be "gentle" lunging ;). There have been a couple of nights in the last few weeks, after a very long day at work, that I have been so utterly exhausted that I have not gone up and "seen to her" in the evening :o. I know she was fine, but I still feel guilty.

Your doing SO much for someone only due days away. No wonder your utterly exhausted. At 32 weeks I am doing most things but find picking mollies feet out hard work, with the bending over and having to hold and pick it puts my tummy muscles to work. Mollie has heavy feet and doesnt hold them herself very well but picks up lovely. When Neen did it the other day for me she was bright red after!!!!:p when you giving up work Rhein? Who will be doing to do the horses in the first few weeks?

[Esther.D]

I carried on with feeding/grooming/feet etc up to the night before I went in for my c-section (at nearly 42 weeks :rolleyes: she wasn't keen to emerge!) we got YO to do them the morning I went into hospital as I reckoned having been doing horses didn't count as 'clean and freshly showered' as I was told to be for the op! :D

I was driving my ponies until about 36 weeks when our bumpy tracks became too uncomfortable. I stopped lunging etc at about that time as I was too big and clumsy to run about!

[Pibstar]

I reckoned having been doing horses didn't count as 'clean and freshly showered' as I was told to be for the op! :D

:D:D

what did you do Esther after the baby was born, how long before back down the stables? who did it for you at first? how long before back riding after you the C section? did you get a baby sitter or take the baby down the yard with you after?

[Rhein]

Your doing SO much for someone only due days away. No wonder your utterly exhausted. At 32 weeks I am doing most things but find picking mollies feet out hard work, with the bending over and having to hold and pick it puts my tummy muscles to work. Mollie has heavy feet and doesnt hold them herself very well but picks up lovely. When Neen did it the other day for me she was bright red after!!!! when you giving up work Rhein? Who will be doing to do the horses in the first few weeks?

I stop work tomorrow :). I am giving myself a whole week off before sprog is due (C section booked for 19th :eek:) ;). We will ask YO to keep an eye on her whilst I am in hospital (hopefullly just 3 days) and then once I am home my lovely OH will be looking after her (and me :)). I have no idea when I will be fit enough to look after her myself :mad:

I reckoned having been doing horses didn't count as 'clean and freshly showered' as I was told to be for the op! :D
:D:D

how long before back down the stables? how long before back riding after you the C section? did you get a baby sitter or take the baby down the yard with you after?
Yes I'd be interested to know how long after your section you were able to do what?

I plan to take the baby down the yard with me. I have even ascertained that there is a spot to park the car next to the outdoor school. So, drive up there, bring ponio in, get her ready. Feed baby, put to sleep in car. Drive car round to manege. Take ponio round to manege. Ride (I have bought a portable baby monitor I can wear riding). Then reverse the order! Well, that's a plan anyway :D. We'll see about the reality :eek:.
I figure that things will be possible whilst the baby is small and portable. Once it's crawling/walking, I think it will all become quite impossible!!

[Esther.D]

I came out of hospital after 5 days and went straight to the yard en route home :D However I didn't do anything with the horses (other than feed and supervise the water buckets filling) for a few weeks. I drove my Shetlands again at 5 weeks after my section, and rode again the day after my 6 week check (on a very quiet cob). I didn't do any mucking out or heavy lifting until the 6 weeks were up but I did light stuff like gentle grooming etc from almost immediately. I was lucky my scar healed very well and I had very little pain from day 1 (was off all painkillers by 48hrs) I think having broken my coccyx a couple of years before put it into a perspective - my coccyx was agony, the c-section just felt like someone had whacked my stomach fairly hard with a baseball bat for a couple of days and then was pretty much fine. The bruising was the problem rather than the scar (they managed to squeeze 9lb 9 :eek: of baby out of a tiny cut so its no wonder it was bruised!), so as soon as that died down I was fine. I found the scar limited me itself - at first it pulled at any sudden movements and so I let it take the lead and just did stuff that felt comfortable, then as it stopped twingeing I started to do more.

My daughter is 2 now and my scar has never given me any problems. She is also absolutely horse mad :D

Forgot to add - I am very lucky, I have a horsey husband who did them for me before I was able to again and we share it 50/50 anyway. We would take turns riding and babysitting (still do) but also managed to ride with her asleep in her pushchair beside the arena when she was small, that doesn't work once they are bigger though as they don't sleep as much and are less tolerant of being strapped in for a while. She comes and helps me feed and muck out now, it was a bit of a problem when she was learning to walk (fine when she was smaller as just carried her in a sling) as she wanted to be walking but wasn't steady enough to manage on the bedding, but we managed it just took longer, now she is no problem at all and loves it and will even ask 'rugs off today mummy?' or 'check water mummy?' :D

[Pibstar]

I have bought a portable baby monitor I can wear riding

brilliant idea!!!:cool: she runs off to buy one too!!:D

a WHOLE week!! why i think you should carry on........I am being sarky........ you are a tropper. Do you plan going back to work?

Rhienlet will be here in 12 days :eek::eek::eek::D:D:D:

I plan something simliar, one day OH will have baby, one day Mother in law the other I will take her with me and park her near the arena - mollies stable has its own parking space more or less which is next to the arena :D but like you I dont know what I'll do when she is a toddler. - OH BUSINESS OPP: we could open a New Rider New Mummies Horse Riding creche where we take it in turns for looking after each others toddlers whilst the other goes riding!!:p

[Pibstar]

My daughter is 2 now and my scar has never given me any problems. She is also absolutely horse mad :D

I dont know if i'l have a c section yet but good to know it can be easy and its not always hard :D

did you get a baby sitter or take the baby down the yard with you after?

[Esther.D]

I dont know if i'l have a c section yet but good to know it can be easy and its not always hard :D

did you get a baby sitter or take the baby down the yard with you after?

Have edited to add that but we cross-posted!

[Pibstar]

Have edited to add that but we cross-posted!

found it!! :D at least I know I will be able to do DIY with a little one but maybe not ride every day. Some people dont like kids in yards but I feel its a great environment for them to learn and get fresh air, as long as they are watched by an adult of course

What do you think of those slings that go on the back, I could get one and hack out with her in it???!?!?!??! - too much, ok then :D:o

[Esther.D]

I really didn't find her a problem, the early walking bit was the only slight issue we had but it just meant taking a while longer as you had a small person clinging to your hand :D Up to that age she was in a carrier and after that she was always on foot with a decent snowsuit/splashsuit. She was born in December so first winter was easy once c-section healed as she just slept all the time outside the stable in her pushchair, second winter was the first walking one and ok but a little more fractious, and this winter she loves it.

We are lucky - all yards (we complicated our lives by moving to Shetland complete with horses etc when she was 4 months old :D )have been very small and child friendly.

[Rhein]

That's very encouraging EstherD. I hope I feel the same. I can live with being "whacked in my stomach fairly hard with a baseball bat" :). At the w/e OH and I will also take turns babysitting and riding. The trouble will be in the week after work. Our usual riding time is after 6:30 - exactly the time I will be wanting to get sprog ready for bed. But I guess we will take turns at that too :).
And we'll just have to muddle through that difficult stage between it being portable and able to help............................

a WHOLE week!! why i think you should carry on........
Funny; you're not the first person to say that :o

Do you plan going back to work?
Yes. I'm taking 18 weeks off :cool:.


Rhienlet will be here in 12 days :eek:
I know :eek:. The little sodlet will probably arrive this weekend to teach me a lesson :rolleyes::D

OH BUSINESS OPP: we could open a New Rider New Mummies Horse Riding creche where we take it in turns for looking after each others toddlers whilst the other goes riding!!
Excellent idea :). Whereabouts do you live Pibstar :D

[SB1]

Your doing SO much for someone only due days away. No wonder your utterly exhausted. At 32 weeks I am doing most things but find picking mollies feet out hard work, with the bending over and having to hold and pick it puts my tummy muscles to work. Mollie has heavy feet and doesnt hold them herself very well but picks up lovely. When Neen did it the other day for me she was bright red after!!!!:p when you giving up work Rhein? Who will be doing to do the horses in the first few weeks?

We are 30 weeks today, would still be riding but my girl has gone lame.....hopefully not for too long. I moved yards three months ago so that we could get help with mucking out and my nice husband has allowed me to put her on full livery for the time being, so all my energy is used for riding, lunging etc...and looking after toddler and walking dogs and working and housework etc etc!!

There is someone on the yard interested in riding her when I can't get on, but if I can keep free schooling then I am happy to give her a bit of a holiday..I want to carry on with our dressage again after...first BD in June!!! I will keep her on full livery until she goes out for the summer which will have given us time to get organised again!

Treen

[Kady A]

I'm all for a NR Mommies Group. Gabe is 9, and not very horsey ... sadly. Even though he rode some really nice horses whilst in the womb! He enjoys grooming which is nice, it was seeing me go splat on Stella that stopped him riding. It was a shame as he took to riding really naturally.

KarinUS is right tho - our rugrats aren't quite as popular as our pets!:p:D

[Pibstar]

Excellent idea :). Whereabouts do you live Pibstar :D

North Kent - so if there are any other pregnant just about to drop or just dropped riders out there. I am your gal :D

Treen - your still riding, I am very jealous. Wish my tummy could take it. Not riding for months and months now :mad: still not long now!!

its really good to know my plan of riding has worked for others and than I am not the only mad one planning it too :cool: IF I HEAR ONE MORE "YOU WONT HAVE TIME, OR, YOU WILL BE TOO TIED" i think i will scream :eek:

[vonandiz]

IF I HEAR ONE MORE "YOU WONT HAVE TIME, OR, YOU WILL BE TOO TIED" i think i will scream :eek:

Feel free to scream away. :D

I'm pregnant with my 3rd and have sadly had to give up my share however I plan to ride again shortly after this baby is born. Fingers crossed I will be looking for a new share (or my own horse) before the end of this year. Every non-horsey person I know has said that I will find it impossible to find the time - I have every intention of proving them wrong. :)

[SB1]

North Kent - so if there are any other pregnant just about to drop or just dropped riders out there. I am your gal :D

Treen - your still riding, I am very jealous. Wish my tummy could take it. Not riding for months and months now :mad: still not long now!!

its really good to know my plan of riding has worked for others and than I am not the only mad one planning it too :cool: IF I HEAR ONE MORE "YOU WONT HAVE TIME, OR, YOU WILL BE TOO TIED" i think i will scream :eek:

We are tired and we make sure we have time, but I really enjoy my time at the yard and go a bit mad if I'm not there daily! Sun was still stiff tonight but we went for a walk with the dogs...she dragged me up the hill so I think she can carry me again at the weekend!! Can't walk horse fast anymore!!!

We are a determined bunch as we manage our horses around the rest of our lives (or sometimes the other way around!!) and you find the time and the energy to do what you want

Personally I think that at least trying to keep your stomach muscles (what's left of them anyway!) working really helps with labour. The fitter and more active you are generally means that you will be better equipped to cope with a normal labour. I was very proud of my flabby stomach 2.5 years ago......13 hours total active labour, 1 hour final stage - for those that know! Passed like a blur for me....mmmmmm...gas and air and morphine!

My plan is to keep going until my stomach and balance tells me enough is enough, you know yourself when it is time to slow down, and normally after a good nights sleep you are raring to go again!

Treen

[Shannonbid]

hi guys,

i am a riding mummy, i have two ikkle riders [well ones not old enough cos hes only 5 months at the moment and my OH won't let me bungee him to a shetland even though i think he would like it!] 9yr old girl and a 5 month old boy.

I am a bit confused and frightened about something though, i would LOVE my husband and i to have another baby but i have only just rediscovered my passion for riding after a break of 17 years, Were i to fall pregnant again [and trust me i am not planning it JUST yet] how many months could i get away with before i would have to stop dealing with my beloved horses?

My baby was only 3 weeks old when i rode again after having him, and as i mentioned that was the first time i had been on a horse for 17 years, i was lucky i was fit enough to be able to handle sitting in the saddle after such a short time but i wonder about the pre baby months, whats officially safe and what is not?

Obviously don't want to hurt myself or any future baba but riding is one of the only things which brings me out of the house and into a world i just LOVE

[Pibstar]

My plan is to keep going until my stomach and balance tells me enough is enough, you know yourself when it is time to slow down, and normally after a good nights sleep you are raring to go again!

Treen


SHannon - like Treen said above. It is very personal. I walked and a little trot for 10 mins about 8 times from when I found out I was pregnant (6weeks gone to 14 weeks approx.) From then I decided to do other things like lunging and long reining etc. and havent sat on her since, she is safe as houses but just didnt want the risk and mainly because my tummy muscles where hurting with anything more than trot. Other people feel differently and can do more. I am still doing duties and loose schooling etc and plan to for as long as possible. Once I am healed the first thing i will be doing is going out in the woods :D:D

[Esther.D]

Ditto, it is very personal, I rode until 4 months, got bucked off :blush: (both of us were fine it was an easy tumble onto rubber chip arena) and decided had better stop, then at 5 months had problems with SPD so couldn't even contemplate riding as too painful anyway, and yet other people manage to ride right to the end.

How's that little Rheinlet coming along? Still comfy in there? Will be thinking of you!

[xMELANIEx]

Hi :)


I'm not riding at the moment, I'm 18 weeks preggers and have a two and a half year old boy, but I've just bought a pony! People keep telling me I'm mad but I don't care. I lost touch with the 'horsey world' before my first was born, and I'm determined for it not to happen again. I know it's going to be hard work with a new born and sleepless nights etc, but so is life! :p

x x x

[Pibstar]

Hi :)


I'm not riding at the moment, I'm 18 weeks preggers and have a two and a half year old boy, but I've just bought a pony! People keep telling me I'm mad but I don't care. I lost touch with the 'horsey world' before my first was born, and I'm determined for it not to happen again. I know it's going to be hard work with a new born and sleepless nights etc, but so is life! :p

x x x

GOOD FOR YOU MEL, if you dont have some aims and personal goals left in life then what is it all for. I read too much on NR about people having breaks in riding due to having family which is fine it thats what you want to do but if its not then why do people have to be so unsupportive.

[Esther.D]

Ditto. I have actually ridden more this last year (Beth was 2 in Dec) than I did before I had her...ok a lot of that is because we got a lovely bombproof pick-straight-out-of-the-field cob when I was pregnant and he is so easy, but certainly I have not had to have a break in horses and have actually done more! I became hypothyriod (undiagnosed for a year) after having her so that put the limits on the first year and I didn't do much, but once I was diagnosed and treated I have done a lot more this year and had a great time. You need to adapt to kids but you don't need to give up all your own interests.

[Rhein]

Yes, I think the "whether or not to ride when pregnant" is very personal and depends totally on your own particular circumstances, the nature of your horse and whether or not you are prepared to take the risk (because it is a risk). I had planned to carry on gentle riding for the first 4 months or so, but extreme nausea and vomiting put paid to that idea! Then I decided not to ride anyway because I didn't want to take the risk - however small. I did actually get on our horse briefly at about 6 months pregnant because I was teaching someone something and wanted to demonstrate it. I soon discovered that my centre of balance had completely shifted (or gone altogether!) and I felt bizarrely wobbly and unsafe!! I haven't hopped on since, although I am contemplating a plod the day before Rheinlet is due :). It will be very short as I don't want to subject my horse to my current weight :rolleyes:

How's that little Rheinlet coming along? Still comfy in there? Will be thinking of you!
Cooking nicely thank you :), and suitably comfy and squirmy I think. Hope he/she gives me my week off :o. Thanks for the good wishes. It's all scarily close :eek:

As for the decisions one makes post family, everyone is different and entitled to do what they want. I too get extremely frustrated by all the comments of "you'll never manage to do this or that", "life will be so hard", "never the same again" etc etc. Very few people say that life is good afterwards and although difficult is manageable by doing x,y,or z. It's all doom and gloom! I'm not sure why other people who have had kids should be like this. Maybe they themselves did find it a shock and very hard to cope afterwards? Maybe thay are envious or jealous? Maybe they feel inadequate or guilty because they chose to just concentrate on their family to the exclusion of everything else? Who knows.
As someone who not only has other commitments such as a horse etc, but who also plans to go back to work after 18 weeks - you should hear some of the comments I get!! Either I am a wicked mother for contemplating such a thing, or they laugh and roll their eyes and say "just you wait, you'll soon change all your ideas". Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I know it will be very, very hard. I know I will have to juggle baby, work, horse etc etc. But plenty of people do manage to do it (and often more). I'm hoping I will be able to too :)

[Pibstar]

"never the same again" etc etc. Very few people say that life is good afterwards and although difficult is manageable by doing x,y,or z. It's all doom and gloom!


YES!!! my dad even said this too my two days ago - like I dont know this. Also if its all SO SO bad they do people go on to have more kids???!?!?!


"just you wait, you'll soon change all your ideas".

Ok well my only plan for the rest of my life then is to stay at home 24/7 with a pinnie on cooking, washing and cleaning - I shouldnt have any other ideas to do anything else with my life................... why go into things with a negitive attitude? If I aim to "12345" (whatever they might be) but only manage "123" in the first 6 months at least I tried and if I didnt aim higher what would have I achieved just "1"?

***6 weeks & 4 days to go******** HOPEFULLY 6 weeks & 5 days until I ride :eek::D

[Tesh_Tesh]

Great Idea.

My daughter is 12 and has a 13.2hh NF called Ferry, they get along like a house on fire, but its hard keeping track of them when we are hacking out together....somehow they seem to get about 100 miles infront ;)

But yes, fab idea.x

[Shannonbid]

Ok guys so i am still confused however i thank you all for your posts, the thing that is difficult is that i am stuborn and like to think i am invincable but in fact i am not!
My OH is very protective and tends to try and make me stop and think ..... i try to ignore him and then it causes hassle!! i just remember how agonising it was when pregnant during the summer last year when OH was learning to ride, every week the yard manager would say OMG haven't you had the baby yet yr huge.... ???

and then she would say , ahhh maybe next week you will be riding huh? and it hurt so much because i longed to be able to do it myself, and in fact ended up in tears begging my doctor at 2 weeks post birth to sign a letter saying i was fit to ride.

I also had SPD when pregnant with both my kids although it was worse the 2nd time round, god i hope i am able to cope with it if and when it happens again. I use riding as a bit of an escape, as i also have PND and the stables is just about the BEST place for me to be because i relax and become myself for a couple of hours a week.

I made a prommise to myself last week NEVER to let horses out of my life again.... even if i go bankrupt in the process!

[Mary Poppins]

Only just seen this but great idea for a section. I have started many threads on horsey and baby topics and need all the help I can get!

[Shannonbid]

Ladies ..... well i got to say i looked at all yr posts re pregnancy and riding and thought thats it my mind is made up.... concentrate on riding for a year then deal with having more children WRONG because it would seem its happened already!
I have a 5 and a half month old and i about 8 weeks pregnant.... i have a riding lesson tonight so fingers crossed i am able to stand when i finish, i suffered SPD a lot with the last pregnancy so i don't know how long i will be able to keep it up but i am going to keep going until its uncomfy or unsafe.

any pregnant lady riders with any tips would be more than welcome

thanks

Shan xx

[laceyfreckle]

hi can i join in.....also think its a fab idea for a section, especially as other baby sites don't seem to understand how different it can be for a mum with horses as well as children:)

Anyway ok i'm 27 and i'm expecting my fifth baby. I haven't posted before as i have been finding it hard to get my head around the reality as our last baby was meant to be our last:eek: Still finding it diificult to deal with but will just have to!!

My other children are daughter1 aged 8 yrs, son1 aged 5yrs, son 2 aged 2.5yrs and daughter2 aged 19 months.

I also have a pony, a 12.3hh welsh sec B called Lacey. I had decided to sellher due to my pregnancy and as i get very ill during my pregnancy's due to sufferign from a liver problem that causes intense itching and tiredness in pregnancy and can cause stillbirth/prem birth. for these reasons i will be induced by at least 37 weeks so although i am due 1st september will be having this baby by 11th August. I'm 14 weeks at the moment.

I have stopped riding as i'm now 8lbs too heavy for my pony really, but will carry on long-reining and possibly driving her. My eldest daughter and youngest son still rides and i have a girl who helps out who will also ride.

edited to also say......SHAN don't worry too much, there is only 14 months between my youngest two and its easier then the three year gap i had before ;)

[KarinUS]

What's SPD?

[Shannonbid]

SPD is Symphis Pubis Disorder [think thats spelt right!] its a condition where the pelvic bone and tissue become inflamed and in sevear cases start to disintigrate, it HURTS!!!
some ladies have it so badly that they end up huge with child AND on crutches and / or in a chair.
mine wasn't that bad but it did make walking very painful especially towards the end, and lying flat on yr back is agony :o(

[Shannonbid]

edited to also say......SHAN don't worry too much, there is only 14 months between my youngest two and its easier then the three year gap i had before ;)[/QUOTE]


Thanks Lacy.... i am starting to get my head around this now, tho it would be easier if my flaming Midwife was arround.... i am told i ahve to have the same one, which is good because we really got on last time, but shes off sick for two weeks and i am starting to feel like no one cares i am expecting as my doctors are not interested and the midwives are saying i have to see Sue when she comes back

:o(

[*Sez*]

We don't have kids yet (and no immediate plans either ;) ), but I'm another one who intends to balance horses and parenthood. The way I see it, being a parent doesn't stop me being "me" (or do you actually get completely re-programmed during labour? :D) and I think it's important for mums (especially new mums) to find some time for themselves and to realise that despite being a mum, you are still also a person with needs of your own. My parents were still doing Viking re-enactment when they had me, and they used to take me along to practises and shows. I think it was one of the best things they could have done for me. My parents very much made me fit into their existing activities and I grew up around horses and "outdoor" life.

When my brother was born, my mum virtually gave up her own life and they spent a lot of time at home. It has taken her almost thirteen years to have her own hobbies and passions again. My brother is very much a child of the TV generation and would rather be at home playing computer games, whereas I would rather be outside either with the horses or at re-enactment fairs! :rolleyes::D So, I think early influences on children play a massive part in their development and I hope that if we decide to have a family, my health holds out well enough that I can continue riding.

[SB1]

Well, we are on horse maternity leave now! Sun is still not right after our shoe removal experiment so she is doing nothing until the middle of next month if all goes to plan! Took her for a walk in hand today and she seems to be more interested in eating than doing any bonding with her Mum!

Anyone else given up until after B day???? Just over 6 weeks left for us....just back from the madwife and I don't know how but my bp is lower than last time?????

Haven't ridden for 2 weeks now!

Treen

[augermoon]

Yep I gave up almost right away for various reasons. Was v sick in first few months and ended up in hospital with severe dehydration which didn't make my urge to ride any better. Then my dear boy bucked off my sharer during a hack, fracturing her spine (an accident that I also endured a few years ago from a previous horse). Despite being out of character for him, I decided that it was the warning that I needed and so gave up riding a week later. Then decided that it was in my horse's best interests for him to to be working, busy and happy, so I made the decision to loan him out.

Am now 6 months pregnant and although I miss him, I know I did the right thing for me. And, shock horror, I've learnt that there is life beyond riding. People keep asking when he'll come back but right now I'm no putting any pressure on myself by making plans. What will be will be, if I want him back, I have that option but I am thinking that for the short-term at least (18 months-2 years), I'll be better leaving him where he is. And this from someone who swore they'd never give up their horse to have kids - things definitely change. :D:D

[Pibstar]

Anyway ok i'm 27 and i'm expecting my fifth baby. I haven't posted before as i have been finding it hard to get my head around the reality as our last baby was meant to be our last:eek: Still finding it diificult to deal with but will just have to!!

and I am worried about 1..........jez 5th. Take my hat off. Much needed tips from you Mrs!! 1) When do you start rugging the baby? 2) Do you have to leave the baby for an hour or more before any exercise?

Treen - it will get easier but you will have hard days, i havent ridden properly since 3rd August. HOWEVER I am due in 3 weeks and 3 days...... watch this space :p:p:p

[coyote]

Im a mum of 4,i have a boy aged 13yo and 3 girls,10,7,4,i have been married 15yrs and i have my own hoss called Nelly,my hubby is a flipping star, i get the whole day during school time with my hoss and hubby even asks if i want to go down to do the horse, after the kids get home from school.:D

[KarinUS]

Im a mum of 4,i have a boy aged 13yo and 3 girls,10,7,4,i have been married 15yrs and i have my own hoss called Nelly,my hubby is a flipping star, i get the whole day during school time with my hoss and hubby even asks if i want to go down to do the horse, after the kids get home from school.:D

Woohoo! I am already dreaming of spending the morning with the horses once my little ones go to school. I still have a while to go though:
I have a 21 months old little boy and am expecting another in September so not exactly ready to go to school yet...

[Pibstar]

Im a mum of 4,i have a boy aged 13yo and 3 girls,10,7,4,i have been married 15yrs and i have my own hoss called Nelly,my hubby is a flipping star, i get the whole day during school time with my hoss and hubby even asks if i want to go down to do the horse, after the kids get home from school.:D

show off :)

[Esther.D]

Woohoo! I am already dreaming of spending the morning with the horses once my little ones go to school. I still have a while to go though:
I have a 21 months old little boy and am expecting another in September so not exactly ready to go to school yet...

Snap (except Beth is nearly 27 months)....I had my 12wk scan today and can now reveal I also am expecting my second, due on the 21st Sept :D

I am not riding as I had SPD last time and am already getting twinges of it and I don't think riding a huge round Alfie-cob will really help it! Aiming to get lots of ground work donme though and will continue driving the Shetlands as usual.

[coyote]

i had SPD with my 3rd and ended up in a wheelchair,she was induced 3 weeks early too as she was going to be a whopper,she was 7lb 15oz 3 weeks early!!:eek:

[Esther.D]

I wasn't as bad as that coyote but was bad enough to not want to do anything to upset it. That was a whopper :eek: Beth was 9lb 9 but she was almost a fortnight late, she was a c-section as she was too large (relative to me) to induce safely.

[KarinUS]

Snap (except Beth is nearly 27 months)....I had my 12wk scan today and can now reveal I also am expecting my second, due on the 21st Sept :D

I am not riding as I had SPD last time and am already getting twinges of it and I don't think riding a huge round Alfie-cob will really help it! Aiming to get lots of ground work donme though and will continue driving the Shetlands as usual.

Ha! Our due date is Sept 19 or Sept 21 depending on what you go by (short cycles)
Congrats.
What's SPD?

[coyote]

spd is horrendous.:(
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/physicalhealth/pelvicpain/?_requestid=233069#2

[SB1]

and I am worried about 1..........jez 5th. Take my hat off. Much needed tips from you Mrs!! 1) When do you start rugging the baby? 2) Do you have to leave the baby for an hour or more before any exercise?

Treen - it will get easier but you will have hard days, i havent ridden properly since 3rd August. HOWEVER I am due in 3 weeks and 3 days...... watch this space :p:p:p

When I see how much Sun is enjoying her time off and I realise how tired I am, I am pleased we are not riding for now! I have her on full livery until she goes out to grass for the summer, so any time spent is purely mooching and carrot giving, which is nice too. Looking after other small person is more tiring than I thought it would be, but he is very good on the whole..the poppet will bring me a blanket if I am lying on the sofa!!

We have 6 weeks today to go :D:D:D:D:D:D , and 1 week left at work for a whole year...HURRAH!! Am looking forward to seeing my feet again too!


........You over rug at the start as everyone tells you you need to keep the baby warm....then after all the cats collapse with the heat in the house, you turn the heating down and things go back to normal!!.........and..people will learn to leave for a while after being fed when then have been sick on for the umpteenth time!!

[laceyfreckle]

and I am worried about 1..........jez 5th. Take my hat off. Much needed tips from you Mrs!! 1) When do you start rugging the baby? 2) Do you have to leave the baby for an hour or more before any exercise?

Treen - it will get easier but you will have hard days, i havent ridden properly since 3rd August. HOWEVER I am due in 3 weeks and 3 days...... watch this space :p:p:p

lol, it's not as tricky as it sounds although i am rather looking forward to maternity leave and eventually giving up work for the considerable future:D

um, with rugging babies it's always worthwhile to take a spare one out with you as like horses they always get them dirty and tend to whinge when wet;) oh and you definitely have to leave the baby for a hour every day after they have gone through the cute always sleeping 6week stage just so YOU can get some exercise and motivation to live lol:p:p

no really it's not that bad

I am quite lucky in the respect that i will be induced three weeks early if i haven't had this baby by then as i have cholestastis while pregnant (not lucky in having OC but in the not having to go so long lol)
http://itchymoms.com/
The itching is driving me a bit nuts at the moment but its not as bad as it will get. :(

for all those of you worried about big babies etc it doesn't always follow suite and every baby you'll have will be big......my lot are

Georgina now nearly 9 born at 42weeks 8lb 6oz induced (labour 4 hrs)
Scott now nearly 6 born at 38weeks 9lb 9oz (labour 2hrs)
Luke now 2.5years born at 37 weeks induced 6lb 12oz (labour 26hrs)
Rebecca now 19 months born at 36 weeks induced 6lb 2oz (dropping to 3lb 12oz within a week of birth) (labour 30mins)

next baby due 1st september but will have by 11th August:)

edited to add.....i'm only 5ft 2

[coyote]

thats true mine weighed:
boy,born 5 days early,7lb 4oz,now 13yo ,induced labour 7hrs (i was in ICU with pre-eclampsia)
girl,born 10 days late,8lb 3oz,now 10yo ,natural labour 3 hours (i had hyperemisis gravidarum)
girl, born 3 weeks early,7lb 15oz,now 7yo,induced labour 3hrs (had SPD)
girl,born 3 weeks early,6lb 7oz,now 4yo induced abour 5hrs (kids pony kicked me,prem labour,damaged placenta)
i breastfed them all untill they were 15mnths old.They NEVER lost an ounce in weight!!!:D
just realised im rubbish at pregnancy!!!:o

[Silvia]

Ha! Our due date is Sept 19 or Sept 21 depending on what you go by (short cycles)
Congrats.
What's SPD?
Me too, me too .... :D I'm expecting my first - unplanned, but I love surprises...... Due date is September 25.

[Pibstar]

thanks for the tips ladies. Did you ever get insomina whilst pregnant? Mine came back last night after two weeks of bliss.

[Esther.D]

My haven't we all had a busy Christmas, lots of Sept babies :p :o

[KarinUS]

thanks for the tips ladies. Did you ever get insomina whilst pregnant? Mine came back last night after two weeks of bliss.

Nah! Only because I am still nursing my 21 months old and he is getting his molars in right now so doesn't sleep very well - which means I am not sleeping very well either. Otherwise I'd sleep like a rock!

[KarinUS]

Esther I was thinking the same! Everybody made good use of the week off between Christmas and New Years! :D

coyote,

thanks for the link! How odd that it is so common over there and I haven't even heard of it or read anything about it in pregnancy books, etc. I wonder why? Is it genetic or does environment have any influence on it?

[chickflick1066]

Congrats to Esther and Karin (missed these both!) More babies :D

My RI's pelvis split in two with her three children :eek: I'm a bit young for kids just yet, maybe after the degree eh ;)

[SB1]

thanks for the tips ladies. Did you ever get insomina whilst pregnant? Mine came back last night after two weeks of bliss.

I was up too!!! 5am this time, just waken up and that is it, off to the sofa with a cup of tea...Horse and County on Sky is good sometimes, depends how much you like tractors of course at times, but am looking forward to their eventing coverage this year!

[Pibstar]

I was up too!!! 5am this time, just waken up and that is it, off to the sofa with a cup of tea...Horse and County on Sky is good sometimes, depends how much you like tractors of course at times, but am looking forward to their eventing coverage this year!

Three days in a row now, I wake up about 50 times in the night and takes ages to get back to sleep........... I am starting to think its because I am secretly really excited, like its christmas morning coming :p

[SB1]

Three days in a row now, I wake up about 50 times in the night and takes ages to get back to sleep........... I am starting to think its because I am secretly really excited, like its christmas morning coming :p

5am again!! But managed to get back to sleep this time until small toddler appeared wanted his weetabix at about 7am....If I waken too often I just give up and go for tea!

You will be excited, you have yet to meet the small person that you have been transporting and growing for nearly 9 months now. You have all these images in your head of how they will look and how you will feel when they finally arrive!!! Is this your first??

[speedygonzalez]

this sounds great ! a place for horsey mums to chat. i have two girls aged 3 and 6.

Im lucky i still get to go to the yard for 2 hours a day without the children. Its not always been that way tho! it hasn't been an easy ride lol

[Pibstar]

SB1- yes its my first. Sleeping has improved the last few days but since yest. at 2:00 ish I have been having on and off Braxton Hicks contractions, i've always thought she would be two weeks early which would put us at this weekend.............. maybe I am meant to have these until the due date in three weeks time. Just chilling out waiting :)


this sounds great ! a place for horsey mums to chat. i have two girls aged 3 and 6.

Im lucky i still get to go to the yard for 2 hours a day without the children. Its not always been that way tho! it hasn't been an easy ride lol

2 hours a day speedy! wow you are very lucky. MIL by any chance?:p

[JaniceH]

aww all these babies :D Im NOT pregnant, but just wanted to add that Braxton Hicks are normally more noticable about three weeks before delivery. Mine became quite painfull in the end and it felt like I was being squashed. Real contractions feel a bit different so unfortunately it doesnt necessarily mean you will have baby early ;) there are always the tried and tested methods of inducing labour tho......;)

congratulations all the new mummies to be tho - makes me quite clucky :)

[Pibstar]

aww all these babies :D Im NOT pregnant, but just wanted to add that Braxton Hicks are normally more noticable about three weeks before delivery. Mine became quite painfull in the end and it felt like I was being squashed. Real contractions feel a bit different so unfortunately it doesnt necessarily mean you will have baby early ;) there are always the tried and tested methods of inducing labour tho......;)

congratulations all the new mummies to be tho - makes me quite clucky :)

There are quite a few of us...... a patch around now and until May/then another lot in september time.

Its those tested methods that got me into trouble in the first place :D

[SB1]

aww all these babies :D Im NOT pregnant, but just wanted to add that Braxton Hicks are normally more noticable about three weeks before delivery. Mine became quite painfull in the end and it felt like I was being squashed. Real contractions feel a bit different so unfortunately it doesnt necessarily mean you will have baby early ;) there are always the tried and tested methods of inducing labour tho......;)

congratulations all the new mummies to be tho - makes me quite clucky :)

I feel like all my organs are being crushed very frequently, 5 weeks to go, but am happy to go 2 weeks early just so I can see my feet and my horses feet again!!

2 half days left at work though...off for tea and cake to celebrate :D:D:D:D

[SB1]

Its those tested methods that got me into trouble in the first place :D

...IMO they don't work and I won't be conned again into thinking they do!!:D

[baileyboy]

Hi I'm a mummy to 3 children 12, 10yrs and 19mths. I have 2 horses and dogs. Yes it is very hard sometimes to have the energy for it all but we do :)

[laceyfreckle]

...IMO they don't work and I won't be conned again into thinking they do!!:D

lol......there are SOME methods that do work (but not ones OH will tell you about lol)

proper raspberry leaf tea does work but you have to drink about 6 cups a day (don't drink before 30wks) also makes labour easier......the only one i didn't drink it with was a nightmare to have!

also pineapple but it has to be fresh and you have to eat about a whole one a day from 38wks ...has a enzyme in it that encourages labour.....i found that out when i had my second baby at 38wks as i had craved pineapple all labour....m/w was horrifies no one had told me to stop eating it in such vast quantities lol. not for the faint hearted though.

oh and acupuncture definitely works but you have to have a docs note to say inducing labour through acupuncture is ok. i had acupuncture with my fourth baby prior to being induced as i needed to deliver by 37weeks. i still had to be induced but i was alreays in early stages of labour anyway (at 34/35 weeks)

[carla7]

I think this is a great idea. I have two boys aged 3 and 18 months and a husband who will do anything in his will for me to stop riding (not going to happen). I only started riding in September as parents would never let me have lessons as a child. I go to college one day a week to do my NVQ1 and BHS1 but as Im the oldest (23) I find that I don't have anyone in the same situation to discuss these issues with! Would love to hear from other people.

[SB1]

Hello,

anyone popped yet? We are under 4 weeks now. I've given up and started to lunge Sun again, ever other day or so as she is very stiff in her wonky stifle and the best way to loosen her off is get her walking again. She is not best pleased as I need the big stick to send her forwards and get her to work, otherwise she just stands and looks at the scenery! I would rather not be on a circle but when I try to loose school her she just ignores me.....hey ho!

Laceyfreckle - have bought my raspberry leaf tea and am trying to remember to have some daily. Does Raspberry and Cranberry diluting juice count??? It is much MUCH nicer! I've not been enjoying reading of all these maternity ward closures, can you imagine the bad mood if you rolled up to the ward only to be sent away....angry lady indeed! I've not seen any reports of this happening in Scotland - YET! Am considering re-training with all this free time my husband seems to think I will have over the next year. My family have always said I should be a nurse, so have got as far as emailing the University I went to, so we shall see......I really wanted to be a midwife after our last experience...hope this one is as positive....have we all written our birth plans? Our cot keeps falling apart and there is a delay getting the new chest of drawers, so not really getting organized!

carla7 - we need some me time!!! :D

Off for a waddle around some shops now!

Treen

[laceyfreckle]

Hello,

anyone popped yet? We are under 4 weeks now. I've given up and started to lunge Sun again, ever other day or so as she is very stiff in her wonky stifle and the best way to loosen her off is get her walking again. She is not best pleased as I need the big stick to send her forwards and get her to work, otherwise she just stands and looks at the scenery! I would rather not be on a circle but when I try to loose school her she just ignores me.....hey ho!

Laceyfreckle - have bought my raspberry leaf tea and am trying to remember to have some daily. Does Raspberry and Cranberry diluting juice count??? It is much MUCH nicer! I've not been enjoying reading of all these maternity ward closures, can you imagine the bad mood if you rolled up to the ward only to be sent away....angry lady indeed! I've not seen any reports of this happening in Scotland - YET! Am considering re-training with all this free time my husband seems to think I will have over the next year. My family have always said I should be a nurse, so have got as far as emailing the University I went to, so we shall see......I really wanted to be a midwife after our last experience...hope this one is as positive....have we all written our birth plans? Our cot keeps falling apart and there is a delay getting the new chest of drawers, so not really getting organized!

carla7 - we need some me time!!! :D

Off for a waddle around some shops now!

Treen

hiya, no afraid its only the tea that counts....but if you don't like the taste holland and barrat sell raspberry leaf tablets that are meant to be nearly as effective:D I don't mind the tea too much as it tastes a bit like steamed hay in my opinion. (not that i taste hay often;):p)

hmmm my experience of if there is no m/w you just stand there and complain loudly and they very soon 'find' one;) even if the mat ward is closed.

don't forget drinking cranberry juice is good as a preventive against water infections though anyway:)

i'm only 17 weeks at the moment though....so i've got quite a long way yet (til 34/36 weeks for me:)) saying that i haven't got much for this baby yet:o but i managed to buy a foal slip for one of my other new arrivals! (see cafe thread;))

[joshes mum]

Ive got 2 children a son who is almost 12 and a daughter who is 7,i definitly wont be having anymore i think kids should come with a goverment health warning, they seriously harm your stress levels:eek::p I take my hat of to any one who has more than 2 i really dont know how you do it i'd end up insane.:o

[SB1]

I always thought camomile tea tasted like hay, raspberry reminds me of really watery bitter juice! It is not so bad, and at least it is not long term!

Fear not, I plan on making a big fuss if there is no one to help me!! I just think it is terrible that all these women have been sent elsewhere. When I finally made it in last time round I was in no mood for further travel..refused a chair up to the ward though...sloooooooowest walk ever, but I hate the idea of being wheeled anywhere unless I really have to

What happens at 34/36 weeks??? Do you have to get enduced then?

[laceyfreckle]

I always thought camomile tea tasted like hay, raspberry reminds me of really watery bitter juice! It is not so bad, and at least it is not long term!

Fear not, I plan on making a big fuss if there is no one to help me!! I just think it is terrible that all these women have been sent elsewhere. When I finally made it in last time round I was in no mood for further travel..refused a chair up to the ward though...sloooooooowest walk ever, but I hate the idea of being wheeled anywhere unless I really have to

What happens at 34/36 weeks??? Do you have to get enduced then?

yes i have to be induced early as i have obstetric cholestastis.....see www.itchymoms.com if you're interested. It's a pain in the bum but have got used to the itching now:)

[SB1]

yes i have to be induced early as i have obstetric cholestastis.....see www.itchymoms.com if you're interested. It's a pain in the bum but have got used to the itching now:)

Aaaah...you've posted about that before?? I forget so easily :D:D:D Are you on meds for it?

[laceyfreckle]

Aaaah...you've posted about that before?? I forget so easily :D:D:D Are you on meds for it?

not yet but i will be. unfortunately apart from tablets, getting my blood tested twice a week and non stress tests twice a week from 24 weeks and being induced from 34 weeks theres not a lot anyone can do about it. It causes me probs with itching and breathing but is life threatening to the baby as it causes unexplained stillbirth and internal bleeding.

still sounds bad but what i hate most is how it robs me of enjoying my pregnancy...last time i got very overprotective and 'needed' everything perfect this time i;m a bit more chilled thanks to my ponies and trying not to worry too much .

[aussieannie]

I just had *another* :D brilliant idea:
A New Rider Mommies section.
Where we can share tips and tricks of raising little ones (human) while still enjoying our first love - horses!

I like the quote in your signature Sooo true. i want to come back as a man i think life would be easier. At least they dont leak after giving birth and try riding again.
so many hurdles for us all.

[SB1]

I like the quote in your signature Sooo true. i want to come back as a man i think life would be easier. At least they dont leak after giving birth and try riding again.
so many hurdles for us all.

Rising trot is the perfect pelvic floor exercise as you raise yourself up out of the saddle using your core muscles :D

[SB1]

still sounds bad but what i hate most is how it robs me of enjoying my pregnancy...last time i got very overprotective and 'needed' everything perfect this time i;m a bit more chilled thanks to my ponies and trying not to worry too much .

I can't blame you for worrying. There is so much going on in there without the extra worry of your condition. Do you modify your diet too? We have enough restrictions on us at the moment....does it affect you when you are not pregnant??? Sorry for all the questions!!!!

[suzanne7575]

not sure why i haven't posted in this section yet

I have 2 kids who are 6 and 4, youngest one is at nursery 2.5 hours per day which is my me time, she should have started school this year but i'm holding her back a year as she's still very immature socially (and here was me looking forward to having them both at school)

I actually wasn't riding when i had my kids as i gave up when i went to uni and then getting married, buying a house, having kids took over and last year got the urge to get back into it. At the moment i have a pony who i share and can ride whenever i like. I go up whilst my youngest is at nursery and i really enjoy my time with him, it's a nice arrangement at the moment as i don't have the full responsibility of horse ownership, although i am planning on buying my own soon. I'm also lucky in that i only work one night shift a week at the moment which i will increase to 2 when youngest goes to school so i pretty much have my days to myself.

[KarinUS]

Well ... I think it's clear that a NR Mommies Section is definitely needed. Somebody should email management! :D ;)

[laceyfreckle]

I can't blame you for worrying. There is so much going on in there without the extra worry of your condition. Do you modify your diet too? We have enough restrictions on us at the moment....does it affect you when you are not pregnant??? Sorry for all the questions!!!!

i'm meant to modify my diet;):p i'm not meant to eat much fat, well to be truthful meant to have a fat free diet:( Am also meant to try not o put too much weight on as well.

I do take milk thistle though:) and green tea

It does affect me when i;m not pregnant but i;m generally ok 12 months after giving birth apart from the time of the month and nearly back to normal liver function. I can't drink much alcohol though as more then half a glass and i;m drunk and itchy:( I can't take oestrogens or much contraceptives either so will be looking at getting sterilised after this one...........oh and won't be able to take hrt when i;m older.

sorry to be so depressing lol:o:o

must admit i sort of hadn't taken much notice that i'm pregnant this time...looked in a mirror yesterday because we ahd a family party to go to and thought.........god...i'm HUGE! my bump seems to have grown massive! (i'm 17weeks)

[SB1]

i'm meant to modify my diet;):p i'm not meant to eat much fat, well to be truthful meant to have a fat free diet:( Am also meant to try not o put too much weight on as well.

I do take milk thistle though:) and green tea

It does affect me when i;m not pregnant but i;m generally ok 12 months after giving birth apart from the time of the month and nearly back to normal liver function. I can't drink much alcohol though as more then half a glass and i;m drunk and itchy:( I can't take oestrogens or much contraceptives either so will be looking at getting sterilised after this one...........oh and won't be able to take hrt when i;m older.

sorry to be so depressing lol:o

must admit i sort of hadn't taken much notice that i'm pregnant this time...looked in a mirror yesterday because we ahd a family party to go to and thought.........god...i'm HUGE! my bump seems to have grown massive! (i'm 17weeks)

good that things return to near normal afterwards. Eeek low fat diet and pregnant, now that is not fair! They (those that know) recommend quite a dairy based diet don't they and I do confess to enjoying full fat milk on weetabix, but only for 9 months!

Did you develop this as a result of being pregnant? It was certainly something I'd never heard off before. Re: HRT hopefully they will have worked something better out before we need it and we will be able to avoid that whole route!!...Never too keen on taking anything chemical (except morphine in the labour suite..lol). I think husbands should do their bit and head off for the snip when we have finished with them:D

I've been a little like that too with regard to noticing being pregnant.....it is starting to slow me big style now, so I notice it!! I look like someone has just stuck a bump on my front which pleases me lots. I avoid the scales at the best of time but I don't feel as mahoosive as last time.much less back fat :D:D:D

[SB1]

Well ... I think it's clear that a NR Mommies Section is definitely needed. Somebody should email management! :D ;)

...as it was your idea.....:D I'm too new and lurky here to go requesting things!!!

[Pibstar]

due saturday - 7 days to go til due date. Hope I dont go too over as i cant wait to start riding again :)

[laceyfreckle]

due saturday - 7 days to go til due date. Hope I dont go too over as i cant wait to start riding again :)

good luck for saturday (or there abouts:)) remember though not wise to start riding til after your postnatal check at 6 weeks (i know you already know that lol;))

we expect names and knowing what sex it is of course!

[SB1]

due saturday - 7 days to go til due date. Hope I dont go too over as i cant wait to start riding again :)

Ooooooh...not long to go now...are you all organised??? Birthplan, bag packed, snacks for birth partner etc.......CD's are good too

Hope everything goes well for you and look forward to reading your news!!

Treen

[Pibstar]

hi thanks ladies, yep all ready to go. Bags are packed and nursery is ready. We know its a girl and we want to call her Emily. That 6 week rule just might go out the window............ I am busting just to sit on Mollie!! But I might not have any choice :eek:

6 days until due date!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SB1]

hi thanks ladies, yep all ready to go. Bags are packed and nursery is ready. We know its a girl and we want to call her Emily. That 6 week rule just might go out the window............ I am busting just to sit on Mollie!! But I might not have any choice :eek:

6 days until due date!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooooooh...we are having Emily too!!

[joshes mum]

[QUOTE=laceyfreckle;1632085]good luck for saturday (or there abouts:)) remember though not wise to start riding til after your postnatal check at 6 weeks (i know you already know that lol;))
Is that right:eek: i was back in the saddle 2 weeks after having mine mind you it was 12 years ago things have probably changed since then.

[laceyfreckle]

[QUOTE=laceyfreckle;1632085]good luck for saturday (or there abouts:)) remember though not wise to start riding til after your postnatal check at 6 weeks (i know you already know that lol;))
Is that right:eek: i was back in the saddle 2 weeks after having mine mind you it was 12 years ago things have probably changed since then.

lol yes things probably have changed....the 'say' 6 weeks but tbh i think it depends how you feel and if you had stitches etc. or heavy bleeding etc.

Some women don't stop bleeding heavily for 5 weeks or so. ;) I have always been lucky to not have had stitches but i imagine stitches would take longer to heal too.

btw our choice for a girl is Keira Emily lol (lots of Emily's about!) and for a boy is Jack

(we already have a Georgina Yvonne, Scott Jack, Luke Ellis and Rebecca Keira!)

[KarinUS]

I love Georgina! What a pretty name.

[Pibstar]

[QUOTE=dawnhaytree;1633385]

lol yes things probably have changed....the 'say' 6 weeks but tbh i think it depends how you feel and if you had stitches etc. or heavy bleeding etc.

Some women don't stop bleeding heavily for 5 weeks or so. ;) I have always been lucky to not have had stitches but i imagine stitches would take longer to heal too.

btw our choice for a girl is Keira Emily lol (lots of Emily's about!) and for a boy is Jack

(we already have a Georgina Yvonne, Scott Jack, Luke Ellis and Rebecca Keira!)

We were going to have jack for a boy............ i like keira!! we cant decide on a middle name, i might suggest it to OH :rolleyes: I love Rebecca too (wonder why?)

Emily is very popular and there are LOTS of them but we just couldnt like any other name as much, so sod it :)

[Esther.D]

Good luck pibstar - although if it is your first I wouldn't get too excited about your due date :D I remember how cross I was when it was nearly two weeks after my due date and still no sign of anything.

We are going for James Robert (family names) if a boy and Lucy Isla if a girl (Beth is Beth Iona).

Rep of management here...will mention it on our mods forum........ :D On another horsey board I am on we have a 'sticky' 'bumps' thread which has run for three years now (we 'un-stick' the thread when it gets too long and start a new 'part xxxxx bumps thread') so that is a possibility too.

[Esther.D]

Rising trot is the perfect pelvic floor exercise as you raise yourself up out of the saddle using your core muscles :D

Yep, no leaks at all here, either in late pregnancy or after the birth (I did have a c-section which probably helped in that department).

[SB1]

Yep, no leaks at all here, either in late pregnancy or after the birth (I did have a c-section which probably helped in that department).

:D:D:D:D:D legs crossed for no leaks here too!!

[KarinUS]

Rep of management here...will mention it on our mods forum........ :D

Thanks, Esther!

[SB1]

[QUOTE=laceyfreckle;1632085]good luck for saturday (or there abouts:)) remember though not wise to start riding til after your postnatal check at 6 weeks (i know you already know that lol;))
Is that right:eek: i was back in the saddle 2 weeks after having mine mind you it was 12 years ago things have probably changed since then.

I held off for 4 weeks after the last one. I thought I would feel the same pre-pregnancy when on board, but I couldn't believe what had happened to my stomach muscles.......not that the have ever been that spectacular, but I couldn't get up out of the saddle in trot...;)

Sun is still loosening off after her latest stifle thing so we are restricted to walk /trot anyway, so walk it will be once we start again - looking forward to it! :D

Any April ladies with twinges yet??? I have mild lower back pain but that will be all the time I'm spending in a heap on the sofa at night:D:D

[laceyfreckle]

I love Georgina! What a pretty name.

thank you:D

She's nearly 9 now and there's not too many of them about (but a lot of Georgia's)

Beware of nicknames when choosing names though ........bit like when choosing your horses name lol.

eg Georgina is nearly always called George;) Georgie, or Jeanie

Rebecca is always called 'bubba' (god knows why!)

Luke is always Lukie although as a baby was called Spooky Pukey Lukey:o (was born on midsummers eve and was sick a lot:o)

Scott gets called Scottie Dog at school ....... (by girls and he likes it;):D) although as a baby he was called 'Dot' as he couldn't say Scott. :p Closest he said tile he was 2 was 'Scotch':eek:

lol can't win really can you......but food for thought!

Good luck to all of you due soon though! and i rememebr my first time scrambling up post natal was a scramble and Lacey is only 12.3hh:o:o better then the gym for strengthening up core muscles after though lol

while pg i'm not riding but am finidng long reining is keeping both me and the pony fit!

[vonandiz]

You are all so organised. I have no idea what our bump will be called. Although to be accurate I have plenty of ideas all of which my dh frowns at. I suspect this beanie will be nameless for a few days when it arrives.

I don't own a horse and I gave up my share in January. I'm hoping to be riding again by the Autumn and everyone I know has frowned when I've said that. You've all reassured me that this is possible and I'm not the only mad one. Thanks. :)

[Esther.D]

Mine were the 'spare' names from when we had Beth so am ready armed with names this time :D

[joshes mum]

:D:D:D:D:D legs crossed for no leaks here too!!

Not here im still leaking 7 years on from having my youngest, my pelvic floor muscles dont exist any more.:o

[KarinUS]

Mine were the 'spare' names from when we had Beth so am ready armed with names this time :D

Me too!. Duncan's little brother will get the name that was the runner up for Duncan...

[KarinUS]

Not here im still leaking 7 years on from having my youngest, my pelvic floor muscles dont exist any more.:o


Don't feel bad. I am glad somebody is honest about it. I'd never even heard about it before! But after 4 hours of pushing I felt like my eyeballs and lungs would be squeezed out right with it so no wonder the bladder muscles went too.
It's gotten lots better but it is still bothersome.
Since this is my last one I am considering having the net surgery after this one.

[KarinUS]

Rep of management here...will mention it on our mods forum........ :D On another horsey board I am on we have a 'sticky' 'bumps' thread which has run for three years now (we 'un-stick' the thread when it gets too long and start a new 'part xxxxx bumps thread') so that is a possibility too.

I just had another thought! Do you think the Disabled Riders would be offended if they got company from temporarily disabled riders?
After all we NR Moms and moms-to-be are really another group of people facing special challenges in our attempt to enjoy horses. Much of the discussions are around 'how do you still manage to do xyz', 'how much was your riding impacted by this and that', etc.

[SB1]

I just had another thought! Do you think the Disabled Riders would be offended if they got company from temporarily disabled riders?
After all we NR Moms and moms-to-be are really another group of people facing special challenges in our attempt to enjoy horses. Much of the discussions are around 'how do you still manage to do xyz', 'how much was your riding impacted by this and that', etc.

I wouldn't class myself as temporarily disabled by any means. I am now heavily pregnant, but still have full mobility. I do think a section for Mum's and Mum's to be is a very good idea as we do have huge restrictions put on our time and energy levels and we have to juggle more than those without families, but I wouldn't dream of classing my situation along side those who's lives are affected by conditions and health issues beyond their control.

Treen x :)

[SB1]

due saturday - 7 days to go til due date. Hope I dont go too over as i cant wait to start riding again :)

All the best for the weekend Pibstar...you have been very quiet this week??!!...nothing to tell yet???:D

[Pibstar]

All the best for the weekend Pibstar...you have been very quiet this week??!!...nothing to tell yet???:D


hi- I am often quiet on NR as most people dont want to hear me moaning about swolen feet :) Due tomorrow, OH thinks I will go into labour at 11:00 and have the baby at 3:30 - Oh but to dream.... these men have no idea!! Nor do I yet it being my first but I doubt I'll be that lucky.

Lots of "twinges" "tight bumps" "heavy bump" - braxton hicks and all that but no baby yet........ the real waiting game is on :rolleyes: almost flipped out last night as getting fustrated but its amazing what a good nights sleep can do. :D

[SB1]

hi- I am often quiet on NR as most people dont want to hear me moaning about swolen feet :) Due tomorrow, OH thinks I will go into labour at 11:00 and have the baby at 3:30 - Oh but to dream.... these men have no idea!! Nor do I yet it being my first but I doubt I'll be that lucky.

Lots of "twinges" "tight bumps" "heavy bump" - braxton hicks and all that but no baby yet........ the real waiting game is on :rolleyes: almost flipped out last night as getting fustrated but its amazing what a good nights sleep can do. :D

Yup, know where you are coming from. I have all of those things too and really hope they are a sign that we will be slightly early!!! Tired of getting stuck on the sofa!! J was 10 days late, they were going to induce me but my labour started properly a few nights before......I was calmly writing down length and frequency of contractions and we decided that this must be it, so went in, only to be sent home again....how disappointing!! Still, he was born the next day....well, middle of the night!!! It was a long labour, but pretty much average for a first and to be honest it passed very quickly for me once I was in the labour suite....husband was very bored for most of it, ate all the food we brought as I wasn't allowed any - have you checked with your hospital on their food policy???? Then he went for a snooze and I just paraded about with my gas and air! He said the last hour was interesting! On saying that I have a friend who had her first in her hall (!) and a girl who worked at my last yard had her first in her bathroom last week, so there is no pattern to how long/when etc....just go with it...not much else we can do now it there :D

I'm at the early waking stage you were at a few weeks ago now! 5am, the birds are up and so am I! I have to go to bed by 9pm to compensate! My husband seems to forget that last time I had afternoon naps, where as this time I have afternoons entertaining a toddler!

Must go, he is desperate to hoover!!! Hope that lasts!

Please don't be too disappointed if tomorrow comes and goes and you are still a big bump....look at it that defo 10 days from tomorrow you will have your baby!! (they leave us for up to 10 days up here before going at you with gels and drips!!) I would plan something that you really want to do....then you will be in labour before you get to do it!!!!!! Always the way! I have another back massage tomorrow....will keep going until I pop!

Treen
x

[Rhein]

I thought I ought to give an update on me and my bump :).

Alexander was born on 19th Feb at 15:06, weighing 8lb 1oz :D

After a very anxious start (he became poorly and had to be ventilated in intensive care - I actually thought we were going to lose him *cry* :(), and two weeks in hospital for both of us, we are home and he is doing well (putting on weight, endlessly hungry and exercising those lungs rather well at night :rolleyes:).

He is a very cute and hansome chap if I say so myself :)

I have made a great recovery from my C section. Was back driving at only 3 weeks post op, and I feel that I am ready to ride already.

However, my grand plans for playing with our mare whilst looking after bubs during the day has not yet happened - let alone the riding!! I only seem to be able to go down and do her when I have other help (e.g OH).

Ho hum.................

Any practical tips gratefully received :)

Best of luck and all my good wishes for all those yet to deliver :)

[SB1]

I thought I ought to give an update on me and my bump :).

Alexander was born on 19th Feb at 15:06, weighing 8lb 1oz :D

After a very anxious start (he became poorly and had to be ventilated in intensive care - I actually thought we were going to lose him *cry* :(), and two weeks in hospital for both of us, we are home and he is doing well (putting on weight, endlessly hungry and exercising those lungs rather well at night :rolleyes:).

He is a very cute and hansome chap if I say so myself :)

I have made a great recovery from my C section. Was back driving at only 3 weeks post op, and I feel that I am ready to ride already.

However, my grand plans for playing with our mare whilst looking after bubs during the day has not yet happened - let alone the riding!! I only seem to be able to go down and do her when I have other help (e.g OH).

Ho hum.................

Any practical tips gratefully received :)

Best of luck and all my good wishes for all those yet to deliver :)

Congratulations!!!!!! Are you enjoying being a Mummy?? It is good and gets better and easier! Glad to hear he is doing better now after his rough start. You must have been so worried.

They do stop crying overnight and eating every 5 minutes - honest! Is your OH able to help with feeding or are you doing that yourself :D It was all me for the first few weeks then after about 6 weeks, me in a bottle - I won't divulge too much online, but it meant that I would get a break from feeding and that M got to do some bonding! He would do the last feed at night and let me get an early night and some sleep before I was up at night.

Feed free to PM if you have any off forum questions!!! I have no shame now after one!! Hope I remember it all for No.2!

Treen
x

[laceyfreckle]

I thought I ought to give an update on me and my bump :).

Alexander was born on 19th Feb at 15:06, weighing 8lb 1oz

After a very anxious start (he became poorly and had to be ventilated in intensive care - I actually thought we were going to lose him *cry* :(), and two weeks in hospital for both of us, we are home and he is doing well (putting on weight, endlessly hungry and exercising those lungs rather well at night :rolleyes:).

He is a very cute and handsome chap if I say so myself

I have made a great recovery from my C section. Was back driving at only 3 weeks post op, and I feel that I am ready to ride already.

However, my grand plans for playing with our mare whilst looking after bubs during the day has not yet happened - let alone the riding!! I only seem to be able to go down and do her when I have other help (e.g OH).

Ho hum.................

Any practical tips gratefully received

Best of luck and all my good wishes for all those yet to deliver

Glad you're both ok and back at home now:) It's scary when they;re not well to start with but never underestimate how tough babies actually are. We thought we would lose our last one too after she was very poorly after birth and went from 6lb 2oz to 3lb 12oz. She is a fine 19 month old now though.

My lifesaver with her (also a fairly fractious baby) especially as i fed her myself was a 'wilkinet' sling. they're not as akward as most slings and seem to have been accidentally designed to be great to wear while bending over/mucking out etc. You can use them from birth (6lb) to a LOT bigger! Also most babies like the 'moving about' sensation;) with a bit of practise i learn to breastfeed discreetly with mine on too.

Won't be long til you get into your very own routine anyway which makes life easier.

And remember most importantly your horse probably doesn't actually care if you ride or their bed isn't perfect as long as he see's you, is clean and has food/hay and water;)

I also use blackmail unashamedly with OH! :D after all HE didn't have to have the baby did he!:p:p

[kayjayhorses]

What a great idea - I've only just found this thread.

I had my baby boy in December, we had a traumatic start, had to have a forcep delivery and he was 10lb 2oz.

Finally we have a great routine going, he naps around 5pm which gives me time to grab horses in and lunge, if I need to ride my mum is very closeby so she looks after him as o/h is a work at that time.

He goes to bed at 8pm and is sleeping through to 6ish, so I'm getting lots of sleep now and I get me time in the evening.

To begin with it was really tricky juggling everything but you soon get into a routine.

If anyone needs a chat or let off any steam just PM me anytime.

[Esther.D]

Congratulations Rhein - glad he is home and well, that must have been very frightening.

kayjayhorses - that sounds like a really good routine. Beth didn't sleep through until 8 months :rolleyes:

[kayjayhorses]

He's having a big feed at 7pm and is having a rusk in it now so seems to do the trick to seeing him through the night he doesn't even have a night feed anymore, I was dream feeding him at 10pm.

You can get thicker milks for hungry babies that used to do the trick as well but its thickened with curd and it seems to make him sicky the next morning.

[Esther.D]

Beth was on hungrier baby milk and that still didn't make any difference, neither did weaning :rolleyes: (she was weaned at 6 months). What made the difference with her was moving her into her own room, she went into her own room at 8 months and within a week or so was sleeping through.

Now have a c-section date for my little one to arrive - 16th Sept. Get the date so early as we have to be flown down to Aberdeen for the section so are booked in well in advance.

[KarinUS]

Beth didn't sleep through until 8 months :rolleyes:

Duncan is 22 months old and has slept through the whole night twice. Sleep is highly overrated... ;) He's still nursing and we just put another bed beside ours because he likes to sleep perpenticular to us and takes up too much space to keep him in our bed. It's all good. :)


Congrats new mommies!

[Esther.D]

Congratulations on still feeding Duncan at 22 months - thats good going :) Even some of my keenest friends who fed their own babies have generally given up by now. I am hoping to feed this one myself, was very sad to fail with Beth but have since discovered it was my undiagnosed underactive thyriod that really did cause a low milk supply so I was right that there just wasn't enough there (didn't even leak or become sore if I was late with/missed feeds, even when my milk first came in). This time I my thyriod is stable so it shouldn't be an issue :)

I am not looking forward to the broken nights again...Beth sleeps from 8pm-8.30am every night without fail now and I have got used to the luxury of a full nights sleep.

[kayjayhorses]

My little boy was 4 weeks early but my milk was really slow in coming through so I expressed as much as I could but as he was then being fed by bottle I tried my hardest but I couldn't get him back on the breast - I was very disappointed but these things happen. He's now 4 months and doing great.

[kayjayhorses]

Esther - you do have your date early, atleast you can getting your plans sorted I guess.

[laceyfreckle]

[QUOTE=Esther.D;1650389]Beth was on hungrier baby milk and that still didn't make any difference, neither did weaning :rolleyes: (she was weaned at 6 months). What made the difference with her was moving her into her own room, she went into her own room at 8 months and within a week or so was sleeping through.
QUOTE]

must admit i was very lucky with my first three as they all slept through quite early, 1st at 7wks, 2nd at 8wks, 3rd at 4months but my fourth well..........she took well over 7 months to sleep a full night:eek: but must admit she was better when in her own room. I do think breastfeeding delays their ability to sleep through though as my first two were bottle fed, my third was breast fed until 4 months (stopped as became pregnant and he refused my milk) and my fourth was breast fed until 10 months. must admit not sure what i;m going to do this time!! breast feeding makes my postnatal depression worse so will depend on if i get that again i suppose.:rolleyes:

must admit i'm looking forward to being able to do more with the ponies after baby is born already! :)
i've got my second scan week wednesday too:)

[KarinUS]

I do think breastfeeding delays their ability to sleep through though

That's correct. Breastmilk is super easy to digest for babies so there's much less trouble with colic, etc. Formula takes much longer to digest that's why it appears like you can go longer in between feedings. Hours later their little tummies are still working on it so no need to put more in. ;)

[laceyfreckle]

That's correct. Breastmilk is super easy to digest for babies so there's much less trouble with colic, etc. Formula takes much longer to digest that's why it appears like you can go longer in between feedings. Hours later their little tummies are still working on it so no need to put more in. ;)

see now this is what i was also told......but no-one could explain why my little breast fed bubba was more sick and unwell then the others put together! (also classed as failure to thrive at 2wks and 8wks old as was 3lb 2oz at 2wks old and 6lb 12oz at 8wks old. was born weighing 6lb 2oz albeit about 6 wks early) i still persevered and fed her though but it has put me a bit on edge for doing so this time.

I agree if you CAN do it it probably is best, just not sure it always works for the best. also not looking forward to the every hour feeds! 24hrs a day. it also worries me how if i breast feed again i can have enough time to have fun with the other kids and to see the pony without having the baby with me constantly....especially as expressing was such hard work last time.selfish i know. sure everything will all work out though.:o

[KarinUS]

see now this is what i was also told......but no-one could explain why my little breast fed bubba was more sick and unwell then the others put together! (also classed as failure to thrive at 2wks and 8wks old as was 3lb 2oz at 2wks old and 6lb 12oz at 8wks old. was born weighing 6lb 2oz albeit about 6 wks early) i still persevered and fed her though but it has put me a bit on edge for doing so this time.

I agree if you CAN do it it probably is best, just not sure it always works for the best. also not looking forward to the every hour feeds! 24hrs a day. it also worries me how if i breast feed again i can have enough time to have fun with the other kids and to see the pony without having the baby with me constantly....especially as expressing was such hard work last time.selfish i know. sure everything will all work out though.:o

Oh I am sure it's not a cure all. Kind of like living healthy and not smoking is best. But you can still get lung cancer even if you don't smoke, you know?!
I think it's awesome that you persevered. I am sure it made a difference to your baby especially with being born prematurely. Well done! :)

To be honest I never expressed. It's just no fun. But I used a baby carrier from birth and that really helped. I already have my Moby wrap for when the little one is here. Duncan was with me all the time in his Ergo carrier. In fact I think bits of hay were his first solids! :D
The baby carriers (wraps, slings, structured carriers) are awesome! Duncan slept really well in those through mucking out stalls and vacuuming the house. I am hoping C/A will do the same and I can still play with Duncan while baby is simply attached to me.
That's when breastfeeding comes in really handy, too! Barn, arena, anywhere away from warm water and nothing to carry around with you- just pull 'em out and there ya go! ;)

I am going to get off my soap boax now but if anybody needs any help I would highlty recommend llli.org!

[laceyfreckle]

Oh I am sure it's not a cure all. Kind of like living healthy and not smoking is best. But you can still get lung cancer even if you don't smoke, you know?!
I think it's awesome that you persevered. I am sure it made a difference to your baby especially with being born prematurely. Well done!

To be honest I never expressed. It's just no fun. But I used a baby carrier from birth and that really helped. I already have my Moby wrap for when the little one is here. Duncan was with me all the time in his Ergo carrier. In fact I think bits of hay were his first solids!
The baby carriers (wraps, slings, structured carriers) are awesome! Duncan slept really well in those through mucking out stalls and vacuuming the house. I am hoping C/A will do the same and I can still play with Duncan while baby is simply attached to me.
That's when breastfeeding comes in really handy, too! Barn, arena, anywhere away from warm water and nothing to carry around with you- just pull 'em out and there ya go! ;)

I am going to get off my soap boax now but if anybody needs any help I would highlty recommend llli.org!

yes, see i don't remember it being hard with my third, the feeding....it was just like you wrote above but with my fourth it was just completely different:confused: i didn't have to express with my third but had to in the end with my fourth as she also had to be cup fed when failing to thrive as she wasn't strong enough to suck. I did find the la leche league very helpful though:) Also i can't reccommend carriers enough no matter how you feed;) i love my wilkinet one and i will be getting one at the ready again for this time.:D

I know what you mean about ot not being a 'cure-all' but doesn't it really annoy you when you see those people who smoke/drink all their life and have nothing wrong with them at all.......ever:rolleyes::o yet other health consious people get struck down with some illness normally caused by not looking after yourself:rolleyes::o

btw do you need any help down off the soap box? pregnancy makes dismounting real tricky:p

[KarinUS]

i didn't have to express with my third but had to in the end with my fourth as she also had to be cup fed when failing to thrive as she wasn't strong enough to suck. :p


Oh that sounds like it must have been a terribly scary and stressful time for you. It's so good to see she turned out so well afterall the early struggles. :)

[laceyfreckle]

Oh that sounds like it must have been a terribly scary and stressful time for you. It's so good to see she turned out so well afterall the early struggles. :)

yes she's fine now only prob is she doesn't like ponies much, otherwise she'd be perfect:D she's 21 months now

[Esther.D]

Another vote for baby carriers here - Beth spent a lot of time in one and I can see this one spending even more time attached to me now that I have Beth about as well.

I am also already planning next year's riding and hoping to get to some ridden shows, we only want the two kids so now I can start to plan ahead knowing that I will not be pregnant next year :D (we have been trying for this one for a year so wasn't sure all last year whether I would be pregnant or not come the summer etc).

[laceyfreckle]

Another vote for baby carriers here - Beth spent a lot of time in one and I can see this one spending even more time attached to me now that I have Beth about as well.

I am also already planning next year's riding and hoping to get to some ridden shows, we only want the two kids so now I can start to plan ahead knowing that I will not be pregnant next year :D (we have been trying for this one for a year so wasn't sure all last year whether I would be pregnant or not come the summer etc).

this one is our last baby as well. (i don't see how we need more then 5:eek: especially as i think we have now done our part in populating the planet:p) i must admit it is sort of nice to know that next year and onwards riding etc will be definitely back on the cards. it's almost as nice as expecting a baby:D

must admit though at the moment my new baby to be has 7 vests that my mum bought and that's it where as i'm already looking at new rugs for the ponies for next winter and have just got a new saddlecloth for lacey:o:o

[Pibstar]

Hi - just thought I would let you ladies know Emily was born Monday morning at 1:40 am weight 7lb 11. We where home monday at 6:00pm and she is sleeping too well during the day but loves a 1:00am mad hour or so :rolleyes:

She is a right cutie :)

[chickflick1066]

Yay, go Piblet :D

[Esther.D]

Congratulations on the piblet - welcome to the world Emily.

[SB1]

Congratulations!!!!!

[Silvia]

Congratulations!

[laceyfreckle]

congratulations:)

[vonandiz]

Congratulations. :D

[Tots N Dots]

congratulations Pibstar :D

[Snowyboy]

Esther D - does under active thyroid cause low milk supply??? Just asking as I was diagnosed with a very very underactive thyroid (ie almost no function at all - was very very ill when they finally diagnosed it) and my daughter was a nightmare, she fed constantly. Wondering if that was why???


And BIG congratulations to Pibstar

[Pibstar]

thanks every one - PM me if you want to know details :)

[Esther.D]

Esther D - does under active thyroid cause low milk supply??? Just asking as I was diagnosed with a very very underactive thyroid (ie almost no function at all - was very very ill when they finally diagnosed it) and my daughter was a nightmare, she fed constantly. Wondering if that was why???


And BIG congratulations to Pibstar

I am no expert but from what I have read I believe it can cause a low milk supply and I certainly failed to succeed with breastfeeding due to my milk never coming in properly and later was diagnosed as having an underactive thyriod (a year later when I was very depressed and feeling absolutely rotten, although not as bad as you by the sounds of it..originally it was diagnosed as post-natal depression).

[SB1]

Hello...

Just a very quick note while my tea is brewing! No.2 was born a whole day early on the 16th of April! Woke at 1.30am after my waters broke, went to hospital for 5am and after being admitted to the labour suite at 7.50am, out she popped (literally!) at 8.20am.....they had no idea she was making such a quick arrival...still running the birthing pool by the time she was born!!! Much better labour than the first one! Total time in active labour - one and a half hours compared to the thirteen of No.1!!

Must go and give snacks!! :D

Treen
x

[Esther.D]

Congratulations! And what a quick labour too.

[kayjayhorses]

Oh congrats - glad all is well.

[laceyfreckle]

congratulations:):):)

[KarinUS]

Congratulations! Welcome to the new little NRs :)

[kiwigirl]

Had my 12 week scan yesterday so can officially announce will be a new rider mommie also:D

[kayjayhorses]

Congratulations here's to a very healthy and happy pregnancy.

[Flash Harry]

What a fantastic idea, my horse is my sanity after looking after my 2yr old girl, be great to swap handy hints and tips on combining the art of multi tasking( although i have just mastered the art of lunging my boy with Madeleine - wheelbarrow and chocolate work a treat!)
Could be an opening to rival the book`Confessions of a bad mother`- a must read by the way to `Confessions of an equine mother`
Can`t wait, well done for a fab idea

[Tots N Dots]

Lass at the yard has a 7 month old?
we are working on a way to weld a seat from a shopping trolley onto a wheelbarrow :D
multitasking at its best heehee :cool:

[horse__obsessed]

Lass at the yard has a 7 month old?
we are working on a way to weld a seat from a shopping trolley onto a wheelbarrow :D
multitasking at its best heehee :cool:

now thats and idea :D

[kayjayhorses]

Lass at the yard has a 7 month old?
we are working on a way to weld a seat from a shopping trolley onto a wheelbarrow :D
multitasking at its best heehee :cool:

let me know if you manage it - although I'm sure you could sell your idea.

[Esther.D]

Love the idea of the wheelbarrow seat! Beth rides in the wheelbarrow when I am transporting hay and when it is empty (and has done since she was little - although a bit older than 7 months) but a wheelbarrow seat would have come in very handy....

[SB1]

Hello...
Total time in active labour - one and a half hours compared to the thirteen of No.1!!

Must go and give snacks!! :D

Treen
x

Hello again,

Just back from being readmitted with endometritis......nice! Baby and I had 2 nights in hospital and once the antibiotics made an impact we had a lovely time in our little side room with people bringing me cups of tea and the like!!Back home to chaos...sigh...:rolleyes:

Just re-read my discharge notes and I was only in active labour for 1hr 5 and not 1hr 30....so am very glad I called triage that morning!! Can you imagine having a home birth with 3 cats, 2 dogs a toddler and a panicing husband!!!!!!

T

[KarinUS]

Can you imagine having a home birth with 3 cats, 2 dogs a toddler and a panicing husband!!!!!!

Totally! I am already looking forward to it. Make that 4 cats, 4 dogs, 6 guinea pigs (and that's just whats inside the house - more outside), a tod