MASSIVE congratulations SJ!!! what lovely news! What a pain in the bum (or nipple to be exact!) about the BF issues. I wonder if the very quick entry has something to do with it? I know that my DD2 was a shocker with attachment and in the end an osteo really helped. my second stage with her was roughly 6 minutes and she came out well and awesome but a bit scrunched.
Oz: are you thinking of popping placenta pills? If so, then i guess find someone (if you havent already!) now I also picked up a pack of over the counter voltaren for the afterpains. It worked a treat. I also swear by my calendula tincture for any swelling grazing etc that might happen in the perineum area etc. You can get those from your local health shop or naturopath. if you are up for it, also ask a naturopath about a postnatal pack. I was always a bit worried about developing PND as i had it really bad after DD1 (birth trauma in hossy unfortunately), so she got me together a whizz bang pack of disgusting tasting herbs to take after bubs was born. it was fantastic and i HIGHLY recommend doing it as the burst of energy that those things gave was fabulous.
SJ: no PND for either of my HB babies! BUT, the high that i got from DD2 (which lasted almost 2 years lol) didnt happen this last time. i had a really rough start though with hospital admission 5 weeks PP due to a PPH and my energy was just shot to pieces. but even so, and even with a kid that had some neurological issues and all the stress related, i managed to avoid the PND bullet. which i am thankful for as it is truly the toughest gig to get through. even the memory of it all these years later still can stop me in my tracks and gives me cold chills. it is just so awful.
You guys are right! where are all the March and April babies to fill our calendar?! quiet year...maybe Abbott becoming minister for women and PM turned us all off
Hmmmm... Kind of avoided the blues after DD1's planned c/s, but only because I was so unwell with the spinal fluid leak that having that fixed made me feel much better day three. Hardly a great start! After DD2's HB I was just so ecstatic there was no chance of any low. For DD3 I wasn't great day three, but that's because I got dehydrated and DP had a meltdown that I was dealing with. No post-birth high because of the shock of her arrival too.
Nothing hormonal with any of them that I could tell.
Terrible day 5 blues with dd1. I was an emotional wreak, but totally agree with was the hospital noise that made me a tired mess, my milk didnt come in until i was home either. Nothing with the other three (either discharged from hospital within 2hrs of birth or Homebirth).
I had baby blues with both babies, the birth centre and the home birth. I found the early newborn and hellish breastfeeding issues pretty much just as bad both times.
That's the plan! My health and nutrition is at a whole new place now so I'm hoping this will be the time I get through it better. Doing placenta encapsulation too
also there is not the big threat of a massive move OS this time I was totally in awe of you guys packing up and making such a monumental life changing move with a small boy and a newborn! this time you guys are more settled and have your routines and are just in a cool place with the boys IYKWIM. All I can say is: have that baby and move to the couch and dont move for weeks hahahahaha. that's what i did this time and it was lovely to just focus on bubs for awhile and not have the stress of anything else around me.
I always have such great plans to rest PP but I always feel so blooming better when I'm suddenly not pregnant anymore that I find it impossible to rest! DH and I did a full Coles shop on the way home from hospital with our first, I went to playgroup with DD2 when she was 20hrs old, I striped and made my own bed straight after DS was born and ducked to the shops the next day to buy him some blue cloths and did school pickup when DD3 was 15hrs old. Crazy thinking of it now but honestly I'm euphoric once I get the kid out. I think I just find the last few weeks of pregnancy very hard. So I'm changing my game plan, I'm going to use up all my help and support in the few weeks before birth, stop trying to be a hero wonder women in the latter stages of this pregnancy it's a plan...
Sounds wonderful!! I felt like so tired I could barely move and then I felt like my insides were going to fall out whenever I was upright. I went to the shops for a very quick trip about a week PP after the second baby- just needed some new PJs from Sussan and being upright for that long almost killed me!
Internet connection has been a shocker this week, so sorry for my absence and no birth story yet!
Great responses to my question
My milk has come in and it's a bit of struggle street at the moment - I've expressed and that has made a teeny difference to comfort levels and I think I'd rather stay home until it settles a bit! Part of this babymoon is to stay put. I also think I bruised my coccyx and it's making most positions difficult to maintain and walking doesn't help. Aside from the painful tug in my groin. The afterpains are gonesies, thank goodness! I think they were masking the coccyx situation, though. I'm using comfrey paste on that area in desperation. So, I'm glad I planned to stay at home for at least two weeks (with a possible exception of catching up with my surf sisters on Friday, if I am up for it), cos this is where I want to be! That and the car is nowhere clean enough to put a baby seat into...
Maternal nurse is coming tomorrow.
I'll start working on the birth story when it's more comfortable to sit up
I was a bit like 'insides might come out' for a few days after DD2 but for DD3 I felt so good physically that I went back to normal activity pretty much straight away. For both I was out and about as soon as possible - I'm not much for lying around. After the c/s with DD1 it was a bit different, but I was able to drive after two weeks and resumed normal activity. It's kinda hard to stay couch-bound when you're the only adult around during the day!
I've quite come to terms with looking after myself despite my inclinations to be doing far more vigorous activity since this pelvic instability really kicked in! I almost let it become depression when I couldn't surf anymore and I had to stop going into the paddocks. I figure my time will come again and while the kids have school and kinder I'll just sit tight until DP has to resume his full load at work and I have to go back to kinder runs I did too much too soon with the other two and I'm soaking this one right up. No-one's cooked a meal in this house since last Sunday and I'm taking up offers of help much more readily this time than either of the other two times. It's clear I won't be on my horse in 5 weeks' time and if I rush things with the household stuff then that lead time will become longer. I'm definitely opting for 'sitting around' with this one, and definitely at peace with it for the bigger picture Plus, she's definitely my last planned baby and I'm gonna savour her.
Re: Homebirth General Discussion #19
I also picked up a pack of over the counter voltaren for the afterpains. It worked a treat. I also swear by my calendula tincture for any swelling grazing etc that might happen in the perineum area etc. You can get those from your local health shop or naturopath. if you are up for it, also ask a naturopath about a postnatal pack. I was always a bit worried about developing PND as i had it really bad after DD1 (birth trauma in hossy unfortunately), so she got me together a whizz bang pack of disgusting tasting herbs to take after bubs was born. it was fantastic and i HIGHLY recommend doing it as the burst of energy that those things gave was fabulous.
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