Our Plans...

[Noah_and_Elijah]

Hi Ladies

I saw in another thread that the ladies were talking about what their plans were for their bubs, for example:

Breast or Bottle

Cloth or Disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep

Natural or Cesaerean

Private or Public

So I thought I might start a similar one for us April girls...

*please keep in mind that these are only plans and plans can change for whatever reason - no judging here*

My plans are:

* Breastfeed

* Disposable Nappies

* Co-Sleep

* Natural Birth

* Public Hospital

Exactly the same as with Noah! :D

[TyBean]

My plans are:

* Breastfeed! (I can do it!!... I can do it!!!)

* Cloth from day 1!! :thumbsup:

* Bassinette nex to my bed and then into a cot in its on room once bubs is older

* Natural again!!! :yes:

* Public this time!!

Most are different from Tyler.... but this time my biggest achievement will be I am going to fight to breastfeed!!!! I will be able to this time!!! :fingerscrossed:

[SethandRuby'sMum]

Breast feed alot longer (if im at home might have to go back to work at 6weeks if hubby doesnt get off his ... and get a job

Cloth only at home and dissposable when out, if out for longer then 3-4hours

Going in the cot and DS hopefully will be in a big bed with rails. if not might have to cosleep for a while. very happy to do so.

Hopefully natural with no gas... i can do it i know i can.

public definatly.

will also find out the sex but will not be disclosing names on the net only to mil and my closest friend so people dont find out untill the birth. sorry girls :P

[Eloise&Charlie'sMum]

What a great idea !!!! I have been thinking about this heaps actually...so here goes nothing....

Breast or Bottle.....Bottle but still a little unsure at the same time..hmmm

Cloth or Disposable..Disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep...Cot in my room to start off with then off to own room when we are both settled..the occasional co-sleep when mummy is feeling clingy !!!

Natural or Cesaerean.. Natural

Private or Public...Public

I had a terrible time trying to BF DD as I had no milk what so ever and starved my daughter for the first 3 weeks of her life..ooops !!! So I am thinking I will probably end up bottle feeding for peace of mind and babies health. Everything else is the same as last time.

[~Dragonfly~]

Breast or Bottle
Breast feed, I feed James till he was 14 months old, Hopefully I can do it again!

Cloth or Disposable
Disposable, Even tho the mcn's these days are sooo cute!

Cot or Co-Sleep
Bub will be in the cradle next to our bed and prob move into own room when its about 4 months old, like James

Natural or Cesaerean
Natural as possible, but deff having epi (my best friend)

Private or Public
Public

Hopefully it works out just the same as James

[sparkleymum]

Breast or Bottle..........Bottle

Cloth or Disposable......disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep..........in moses basket until about 4 weeks old then in cot in their own room (same as Aimee who turned into a mega sleeper)

Natural or Cesaerean....cesaerean (Aimee was born at 36 weeks by section due to her stopping growing)

Private or Public...........private

[cheezelkat]

*breastfeeding

*cloth nappies

*cosleeping

*natural

*public

[Bex]

Breastfeed :fingerscrossed: Tried for 3 weeks with both boys they where shockin at it. theyd get like 24 mills in an hour and I had to use a nipple sheeled. lots of screaming lots of crying from both of us and lots of mastisis. THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT ILL WILL BE ABLE TO BREASTFEED.

Dispossible they have proven modern dispossible have the same enviromental impact as cloth. LOL so why take the hard option lol.

Bassinette in our room till 6 months. Then cot in own room.

Natural with gas :fingerscrossed: No eppi this time.

Public because likely ill end up with pprom and have to go king eddie anywho.

[shereejoy]

Breast or Bottle - Breast hopefully this time, sooo much easier

Cloth or Disposable - Disposable all the way, no time with a newsagency

Cot or Co-Sleep - Basinette beside our bed initially and into their room and maybe the occassional co-sleep.

Natural or Cesaerean - so want a natural this time, but living so far away from the hospital (3 hours), I may be given no choice after having a caesar first time from breach presentation. Will have to see what my new gyny says. If I have another caesar, I hope and pray my caesar is a better recovery then the last one.

Private or Public - Private again, only because there is a private hospital in Mackay, if I was giving birth in Bundaberg again I would go public instead of private this time.

[Eternity]

Breast or Bottle - Breast :thumbsup: Hopefully for even longer I breast feed dd untill 8 mths want to go for 12 this time.

Cloth or Disposable - Both

Cot or Co-Sleep - Basinette beside our bed for 5 mths.we need to give dd time to grow out of her cot then into own room thats what we did with dd.

Natural or Cesaerean - Ended in emergency cesaerean last time. Doc wants to try for Natural Im a little bit worried and would prefer elective c section after the trauma I feel from dd's birth we will see.

Private or Public - Public

[QTB]

Breast or Bottle - Breast

Cloth or Disposable - Cloth

Cot or Co-Sleep - Co-Sleep

Natural or Cesaerean - Natural

Private or Public - Home (freebirth)

:D

[NZMEL]

Well I'm 8 weeks today, and this is the plan at this stage:

Breast or Bottle - Breast

Cloth or Disposable - Disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep - Cot, in room next to me then own room once I feel I'm ready (yep all about me, haha)

Natural or Cesarean - Natural, but will probably opt for some help to ease the pain :)

Private or Public - Public

[Will&Evie]

This is so going to change, but this is the plan at this point:

Breast or Bottle - Breast. I struggled big time with DS, but am determined to keep going for as long as I can.

Cloth or Disposable - Both.

Cot or Co-Sleep - Cot.

Natural or Cesaerean - Natural. Last labour was over before I knew it started - no time even for drugs. Of course I wanted them. I'd always said I was going to back my way into the delivery suite to get my epidural!!!:thumbsup:

Private or Public - Public. Have a fantastic women's hospital nearby.

[mmalt]

Breast or Bottle - Breast - had a hard time with #1 - starved her for 2 weeks like Kristi lol #2 was born with wet lungs so was a long hard 7 weeks of expressing so fingers crossed I can go the whole hog this time !

Cloth or Disposable - Disposable - Oh for sure!!

Cot or Co-Sleep - Cradle probably in my room for the first few months and then off to a cot in the next room. i do the occasional co-sleeping when I want cuddles!! lol

Natural or Cesarean - Hopefully natural again. 1st only 5 hours - pethadine 2nd and hour and half with just gas! Maybe I'll try no gas this time!! Oh blah, give me the gas!! lol

Private or Public - Private - St John Of God in Subiaco Perth! Best hospital ever!!

Talking about the birth just gets me so excited!! Does if for you girls too!! lol

[NikkiR]

Hi Girls,

Breast or Bottle - Breast. I'll give it my best. I can't say I am 'natural' at it and didn't enjoy it but persevered for 4 months with both boys. Glad that I did....

Cloth or Disposable - Disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep - A bit of both. Cot in the room and a little of co-sleeping (for mummy's sake :laughing: )

Natural or Cesarean - Natural

Private or Public - Private

[sillysideup]

Breast or Bottle - Breast for as long as possible. We did 10 months first time and 7 the second; Like like to go 12 months this time. Wait and see

Cloth or Disposable - Sorry but I'll have to be honest and say disposbable. Love the idea of cloth but don't love the idea of the work involved!!

Cot or Co-Sleep - Having just had 12 months of sleep deprivation from a clingy bubby girls (now 16 months) I will definatly be using the basinette and then a cot. Mummy needs sleep!

Natural or Cesaerean. I've already had to have tow cesaereans so this one is a given.

Private or Public. I've had two fabulous experiences with the public system in Ballarat Vic - but have since moved towns. I'm nervous about using a different hospital but will be going public just the same. :)

[QTB]

Bumping for the newbies :D

[Odette]

HiBottle from birthCloth at home and disposable when outBassinette in own room and then cotCesaereanPrivate

[SAMum]

Breast or Bottle- Breast, took about a week to get it going properly with DS then we were a feeding machine! He still has one at night but I would like to stop that soon, hopefully will be as good this time around.

Cloth or Disposable - Disposable for a start then probably cloth, DS is in cloth so definitely once he is partially toilet trained, not sure if I can face 2 in cloth!

Cot or Co-Sleep - Cradle in our room for first few months then into own room, have to play by ear wether to buy another cot or put DS into bed, would love to co-sleep but DH is smoker and very heavy sleeper so it's a no-no :shame: We have a spare bed set up for those nights when it's neccessary though! DS and I spent a few weeks in there at one point!

Natural or Cesarean- VBAC :fingerscrossed:

Private or Public - Private, same as last time, was fabulous, loved it!

[JJ7]

Breast or Bottle: Still breastfeeding 2 year old Mia. Breastfed Zane for 4 years, older 2 boys only about 3 months. So looks like I might be tandem feeding this time for the first time.

Cloth or Disposable: Disposable

Cot or Co-Sleep: Bit of both. Have a spare bed set up in Mia's room as I co-sleep with her on her restless nights

Natural or Cesaerean: Natural

Private or Public: Public - family birth centre

[Leishie]

Breast or Bottle: breast definately, but will hopefully express so DP can have his own special time with the little one!

Cloth or Disposable: cloth with disposable when out and about.

Cot or Co-Sleep: have bubs in our room, then into nursery when a little older.

Natural or Cesaerean: natural (am nervous already!!!!).

Private or Public: public- nice and close to home.