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I am exclusively breastfeeding my 2 and a half month old little girl and I really would like her to take a dummy. I also have a toddler (2yrs) and some times I just need to calm her for 10 mins. Also as I am feeding on demand she seems to be becoming a real chunky monkey and I worry I am over feeding her. Compared t o the same age bottle fed babies she seems massive. I will not give up on breast feeding as I screwed it up with my son and its something I really regret. So my question is how do I get her to take a dummy?? Thank you :-)

I have a 6 week old little girl who I am exclusively breastfeeding. She is still on no schedule to speak of. I am feeding her as and when required. This can be hourly ( or less) during the day and generally 2 hourly at night. I'm just going by her, when she starts showing signs of wanting it, I feed her. I am getting a lot of helpful (?) people including mum and sis advising that I need to force her into a schedule of every 3 hours at least more at night . It just doesn't sit right with me I think she knows what she wants. What's right? Thank you :-)

My baby is just over 5 weeks old and is completely breast fed. My question is is I was to give one bottle of expressed milk would that cause nipple confusion. I really want to continue breast feeding but she is up every 2 hours without fail and I also have a toddler to look after so just need a little boost.

Also how do I go about expressing the milk but also making sure I have enough for the next feed do I need to do it over the course of a day or do I need to express to build up the supply like she would on a growth spurt. I really want to make sure I don't mess up the breast feeding as I didn't do it as long as I would have liked the first time due to the health visitors silly advice.

Thank you :-)

Is it likely that your second will be early too. Not really early my first was born at 37 weeks. It's just I want a home birth this time so I am praying I don't go over due. I am currently 35 weeks.

I'm a little worried as my midwife has told me that the second time tends to take about the third of the time that a first labour does. as my first labour was only 5 hours, I'm worried that either my hubby wont make it home or I will end up having it in the car park. Was your second labour much quicker than your first? Thanks :-)

I lost my dad yesterday and just before he died he opened his eyes wide and looked at us and around. I just wanted to know if there is a medical reason for this. He was completly out of it before this, thank you:-)

My little boy was weighed this morning and came in at 10 lb 10. I'm a bit worried as the rest of the babies who are all about the same age look massive compared to him. My son was 7 lb 3 at birth and is totally breast fed. Does this sound normal as I am thinking of going onto formula to help him gain weight a bit quicker.

Any advice appreciated :-)

I had a midwives appointment this morning and she told me that I am measuring 35 weeks even though I am only 34 weeks in, she says that this is no problem and everything else looks perfectly healthy.

I only thought about it after I left properly but because the baby is bigger does this mean that it is likely to come early or does it not make any difference.

Any opinions are appreciated. Thank you :-)

I am currently 8 months pregnant and have suddenly come down with a stinking cold. I would normally, in my pre-pregnancy days, just dose myself up with as much Beechams etc that I could take.

Obviously now I need to think of the baby. Do you know of anything that is ok to take as I am stupidly busy at work and my boss wont let me go home when all I want to do is curl up under my duvet.

I have called my midwife to check and she is going to call me back when she is out of appointments this afternoon. But in the mean time if you could pass on any advise it would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you :-)

I am currently nearly 8 months pregnant and I am looking to go on a weekend break with my partner before the baby arrives. We live in London so it cannot be too far as I find it uncomfortable to sit in the car for to long and we are only looking to go Friday night until Sunday night.

What I need is a relaxing couple of days.

Any ideas of where to go would be great!

I due to have a baby on 26th April and am starting to get really nervous. It seems like its all gone really quickly but then I also feel like I've been pregnant forever. I'm also really achy but cant wait to meet the little one.

Just wondering however everyone else if feeling who is due around the same time?

I am currently just over 24 weeks pregnant and have been told that my local health authority will not be running any NHS funded anti-natal classes due to lack of funding. I have been told that the NCT runs classes but these are private and therefore need to be paid for.

I was just wondering if anyone else has been to these classes and found them useful as a few people have now told me that they are a waste of money, you don't learn anything you cant read in a book and the midwives help you with the breathing when you actually go into labor as you will just forget otherwise. The money is not an issue but I dont want to waste the money on this when I could spend it on something else for the baby.

Thank you :-)

I am 22 weeks pregnant and suffering with a terrible back ache. I know this is par for the course but I was just wondering if anyone had any tips to relieve it that worked for them.

I was just wondering if its normal for your belly to be hard one day and then soft the next. I can feel the baby wiggling occasionally so i'm pretty sure this is ok but just wanted to check. Thank you x.

i'm 19 weeks pregnant and have fainted once. I got taken to the hospital and everything was fine. I haven't fainted since but I often feel lighted and very dizzy, like I am about to faint. I was just wondering if this was normal as I am quite worried.

i'm 14 weeks pregnant and i am completely consitipated. I know this is normal and i don't think giving up smoking or caffine helped. I have tried eating loads of fruit, fibre and veg and its just not working. What i need to know is there any medication that its safe to take as its now really painful. Thank you.

I am about 9 weeks pregnant and have a cracking headache. Nothing I seem to do will make it go away. Is it ok to take paracetamol in pregnancy as I am scared it will harm the baby.

Thank you :-)

I am 6 weeks pregnant and was just wondering if it was normal to be this tired. I feel like I could fall asleep at any minute and even though I am averaging around 8.5hrs of sleep per night by eyes are stinging with tiredness.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks :-)

I'm around 6 weeks pregnant and I cant seem to stop drinking - it doesn't seem to matter what but i'm trying to restrict it to water most of the time.

As its my first i was just wondering if it was normal.

Thanks :-)

Will it be as bad as they are predicting