I am SO SORRY its taken me so long to get online to tell you my news but I have been so tired since I got home from hospital and our bloody internet at home ive hijacked the inlaws internet!!!
Well :itsaboy: Trent Paul was born on 4 November at 2.09pm weighing 8lb 6oz. It was a difficult birth as in the end he was lying tranverse so it took my OB awhile to pull him out. He had some fluid on his lungs too so they had to put him in a humi crib for a few hours but he was able to spend the first night in the room with us which was good. They also had trouble putting the spinal block in, tried 3 times before they ended up putting in an epidural. The whole experience was very overwhelming. I found breastfeeding the hardest especially since he lost over 10% of his body weight so had to feed him every 3 hours and they nearly made us stay in hospital an extra day too because of it.
Since being home, I have had next to NO sleep. Trent damaged one of my nipples within a few days and now Im off the whole thing so I am now madly expressing milk every 2-3 hours and feeding it to him out of a bottle. Also, he isnt the best of feeders anyway so since hospital, have been having to top him up with formula too so he is getting both.
I really want to breastfeed for 6 months but I know if I had to do it from my boob, Id give up sooner rather than later. Doing it this way, hopefully he will get breast milk for longer. I have such large breasts too that its hard to position him and with the heat we've had of late, its even harder.
I will be keeping an eye out on everyones progress when I get the chance.
Take care girls and thank-you so much for all your support during my pregancy. I couldnt of done it without you
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