Babies Born April 1st-15th 2009 #1

[Mad Scientist]

We officially have our first smiles!!!! Yay!!!!!!! Hope you are all going well. Skye actually lost weight this week after gaining 230g last week. My milk has just decided not to work. I've upped my Fenugreek dose. we'll see if that helps. That's so great to those ladies who are bf and getting such wonderful weight gains. I so wish I could do that. Looks like my body just has trouble with bf as I tried EVERYTHING with Amy and just couldn't last time. Yet again we've tried this time and we almost made it. All is not lost yet though. Am crossing fingers xx Hope you are all well and your little babies are content xx

[Megan]

Nik, I hope the fenugreek works for you. Have you called the ABA? I did that about 3 weeks ago when I thought my supply had dropped. It's just good to talk to someone for some advice and support. I was also on motillium for about 2 weeks which worked wonders.
We had smiles this week too! DH went back to work on Monday and when he got home, Noah was up so I handed him to DH and he got a big grin.
We're having so much fun watching him change everyday. Hard to believe he's over 5 weeks already.

[Mad Scientist]

Hi Megan,

I've been on Fenugreek for a while now and we didn't seem to have probs until I dropped the dose. Am also on a herbal tonic from the naturopath. I tried all the drugs, supply line, pumping until my boobs fell off etc last time with Amy. It ended up that nothing worked because she was premature and jaundiced and my only option was a milk bank which I'm just not comfortable with. This time we got the supply happening but all of sudden she's lost weight. Thanks for the ABA tip but to be honest I probably know everything they would suggest just from last time. Am gonna keep trying though. Fingers crossed the Fenugreek kicks in :-)

[Megan]

I have my fingers crossed for you too. I have a friend who had to stop b/f around 8 weeks. She struggled the whole time with her supply, and like you tried everything. Let us know how you go.

[Celsie]

We officially have our first smiles!!!! Yay!!!!!!! Hope you are all going well. Skye actually lost weight this week after gaining 230g last week. My milk has just decided not to work. I've upped my Fenugreek dose. we'll see if that helps. That's so great to those ladies who are bf and getting such wonderful weight gains. I so wish I could do that. Looks like my body just has trouble with bf as I tried EVERYTHING with Amy and just couldn't last time. Yet again we've tried this time and we almost made it. All is not lost yet though. Am crossing fingers xx Hope you are all well and your little babies are content xx

Have you tried the breastfeeding tea? A friend of mine swears by it. I bought some, had one cup and couldn't stomach it. If you'd like some, I have the entire packet left which I'd gladly post to you.

[Mad Scientist]

Have you tried the breastfeeding tea? A friend of mine swears by it. I bought some, had one cup and couldn't stomach it. If you'd like some, I have the entire packet left which I'd gladly post to you.

That would be fantastic Celsie! Another thing that is worth a go :-) I will pm you my address. How much would postage be? Is there any way that I can reimburse you?
x Nik

[Celsie]

Oh, don't worry about the postage. If it helps, then it's well worth sending it to you. Us b/f Mums have to stick together.

I bought it from a health food store. It was really expensive... about $18 and it only has 20 teabags (well, 19 now... ) in it! I think it tastes like boiled thistles or something similar, but you might like the taste!

Will post it off to you tomorrow.

[cocobambino]

Hi guys,
All is going well here, recovered from my ceaser %100 have been since about a week post C/S even DTD at 10 days post C/S
Had to stop BF at 4 weeks, I just struggled too much with my supply, Harrison is on S26 soy formula.
He still feeds 2 hourly, all day,all night, im so exausted im doing silly things and forgettiing stuff ALL the time.

[Megan]

Coco, I feel for you on the 2 hourly feeds. DS did that for a couple of days and I was beside myself. Falling asleep in all strange places. Thankfully he is now at 3-4 hourly feeds and it's much better.

How is everyone going with their bubs sleeps during the day? When do they usually start to stay awake a lot longer? DS refuses to sleep during the day if I put him in his cot, but will sleep for an hour, sometimes two if I put him in his pram bassinette in the lounge with me. After I feed him, we have a play on the floor and some tummy time and I put him down once he is showing signs of being tired. I was hoping some kind of routine like that would help, but it hasn't. Night time is better. It takes a while to get him to sleep when he goes down after his 6-7pm feed, but every feed after that he goes straight back to sleep in his cot until it's daylight again.

[Ozziehoffy]

Just wanted to say hi... I am borderline on this buddy group and the late April one... so I thought that maybe I'd hang around both as my belly buddies are in both... is that ok with you guys? I have been meaning to pop in a say hi but every time I try well let's just say that one of the kiddies wants me..lol. Elijah was born 15th - came 3 days early so really wasn't expecting him and didn't know if it was really labour starting up. However, it was and I have my little man. Will get around to finishing my birth story soon hopefully. There's so much in my head that I want to make sure I'm not just prattling on with it when it's written down. I have written part of it.

Will try to read up a bit if I get a chance. Otherwise I'll just slowly intergrate and try to catch up