Shoegal- glad you are feeling much better. Im not much of a fan of activate doesnt taste as good as milo but i do drink it.
Nettie- cnt hurt to try fenugreek
Well I had MJ weighed again today and she has gained 370g in 12 days woohoo!!!
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Shoegal- glad you are feeling much better. Im not much of a fan of activate doesnt taste as good as milo but i do drink it.
Nettie- cnt hurt to try fenugreek
Well I had MJ weighed again today and she has gained 370g in 12 days woohoo!!!
MAn have you girls been busy!!!!
Russell is doing well as i said my supply is down atm and we now know why. I have an infection from my c-section and have just spent 24 hrs in hospital !! so not fun !!! am on pretty hard core antibiotics which is not helping russell any but he is back up to his birth weight after 10 days and his jaundice has almost completely settled.
Will update personals l8r - russels awake
Just had CHN visit, she said I'm doing a wonderful job, DD has gained 195gm since Friday and that is with dealing with cracked nipples. All I need now is to get her to sleep long enough during the day without other interuptions to get some sleep and I will be happy. Not getting to have a daytime sleep is wearing my patience thin and I am not coping with the crying very well.
Zennie was it just the swelling that gave away the infection in c-section land?
Well. On the topic of dummies and supply issues, I think I can set your mind at ease Janine, Silas has put on something like 740g in 2 weeks. :o
As for long term, Riv had a dummy, and we breastfed til just before 12months (didn't have a dummy all that time, he'd found his thumb and rejected the dummy by then). I've found that you can't fool them, if they're truly hungry, they won't keep the dummy in - River could have dummy-spat for Australia, he'd spit it quite a distance sometimes!
I know we get the on again off again when Si's trying to fart or poo. He's a boy, so guess he can't multi-task. :P And then he gets his fists involved and can't decide what he'd rather suck. Silly kid.
Yeesh Zennie, hosptial stay! Hope the infection gets sorted quickly. Great that Russell's doing well.
Grubi, can you wear your bub in a carrier of some sort, or is that not an option yet because of the scar? I find that Silas falls asleep pretty much straight away when I wear him. He'll snooze through a whole shopping trip.
I've not tried Aktavite yet, been meaning too but never got around to it.
Saw a substitute MCHN today, she was really nice. Si's got a hernia (I asked cos his belly button's a bit bulgy), apparently it's pretty common and should sort itself in time. He's already rolling from his tummy to back, and pushing himself up on his arms - showing off for the nurse. :P That's not really expected to happen for a few months, but I think because he's been so windy, and often tensing his muscles, that that's strenghtened them.
Having a think about it, I think his wind situation seems to be settling a bit, which I'm very thankful for!
Right, well I'm going to go have a shower and head to bed soon. Had a late night last night, so would like to compensate tonight (so someone tell me off if they see me post late at night tonight!).
Nelle- a early night hey? i believe it when i see it :lol: MJ cant multi task yet either. man can she play on the boob. wow thats great weigh gain!!
Zennie- oh dear about the hospital.
I kept forgetting to give MJ tummy time eekkk.
Oh i got my meh tai today and we went to the shop, it is the best thing ever!!! evenly distrubets the weight accross my back unlike the ring sling and MJ fell straight to sleep in it.
Bea, is the Meh Tai the ABA one? We've got a Mei Tai (soon will have two, muahaha) and they're brilliant aren't they. Haven't worn Si in it yet, but sometimes I chuck Riv on my back when I'm cooking dinner and he's holding onto my legs or begging (yes, like a dog does) for biscuits. He's a very content kid once I put him up and he can see what's going on.
Geez, I can't keep up with all these posts, I will say to Shoegal though, well done on increasing Baxter's feeds, try to stay positive hun :hug:
Well, Oliver has a physio appt tomorrow, because he was so cramped in my stomach, his feet are turned in and the exercises we have been doing really haven't made any difference at all so I looks like he is going to need splints on his feet/ankles for a little while, and then if that doesn't work (which it will) he may end up in plaster.
So I am off to bed, as I have to be at hospital at 8am :o oh well, good test run for when I start taking Jordan to school as from next week.
Yikes! Life with a newborn is hectic... its taken me ages to get on here!
Have not really had time to read through everyones posts, but hope that all is well.
My little one seems to be going well, and breastfeeding finally feels like its starting to sort itself out. Had major panic attacks early on about supply. My milk did not come in until day 7 and only then thanks to loads of fenugreek, lactation cookies and Activite. Have an appointment today with MCHN, so hopefully he will have put on a nice amount of weight. Feel very worried about it though as he is such a little thing. I feel like people will look at his tiny little legs and judge me! He has a nice little double chin though and I think is starting to fill out a little.
Anyhow, hope that everyone is holding up ok with the lack of sleep. I'm assured that it does not last forever though!
love
Leyla- Please do not stress to mich about weight gain. As you havent been able to read over the tthread much you would see that alot of BF babies take their time in weight gain. With regards to lack of sleep i am finding for some reason i am functioning much better on 5-6hrs sleep then i did on 8-9 weird hey. dont even feel itred.
Nelle- yep its the ABA one!! I ended up getting the simplicity one with the clips cause i cant taie a knot to save my life :lol:
Sharon- hope you little mans feet can be sorted with more physio!! good luck today
And and we have a woohoo MJ has done two 5hr stretches for the last two nights!!!
Grubi - the swelling is what i noticed first, however when i stopped taking so many doses of panadol and brufen i noticed it was tender to touch. mentioned it to my doc when russell went for his 10 day exam and she said to head to hossy if had any kind of fever. so when i hit 38degrees we headed in. i actually have 2 small pockets of fluid on one side and although tests came back clear i am still on antibiotics as a precaution against any infection developing or spreading.
My c-section scar healed really well had no problems with it. It was internally that i was having issues with aswell.
SG- hope your feeling better. i know when my supply dropped for these last few days that it was emotionally hard. Alll the best and hope you guys get sorted soon:hug:.
Well - what goes down must come back up right! well atleast thats whats happening to Russell. Poor kid every time he feeds has to bring a bit back up.i Think its the drugs doing it to him. BTW anyone had there milk smell sour??? Fed Russell this morning and the fore milk just smelt off and he wasnt interested till he got the let down?
Janine- The info on BF was really helpfull, my nipple grazes are almost completely recovered.
Finally changed my user name.
Zennie, that's freaky about the hospital stay, I hope all settles well for you now. I'm so glad your nipples are feeling better. Nothing worse than sore nipples and a constantly feeding weeun. Do you mean the milk smelled sour before it came back up, or after? I can't smell my milk as a rule, not sure the solution to that issue, if it is sour smelling - maybe something you ate?
Nelle, DD had a hernia. All is well now though. Ci's bbutton looks like a tadpole, or a fetus, kinda like a cute spiral, best belly button I've ever seen. Also looks herniated but perhaps it just needs healing more. It bled off and on for a while. LOL at the begging like a dog scene. I can't wait until I can stick Ci on the back and hip.
Beatrix, good to hear about the mei tai, I've considered that one, and may get it for the sling arsenal. I am getting the ergo next though, anyone have that? The hug a bub is irritating to put on, to be honest, although it has been great for this age stage.
Good to see you, Leyla.
Middie visit today, and Ci jumped from the 75th percentile to the 95th. He gained 700 grams his second week and in the last two weeks has gained that again. Jub jub, porky boy. Now he is over 5.5kilos. He also holds his head up really strongly and smiles and laughs. Cutest laugh ever. I think it's due to his birth weight the fact that he's growing so strongly, it should balance out in the next few months. (or God help my boobs!)
I'm going to buy fenugreek today to see about the snuffles. I also bought slippery elm powder on the advice of my middie who has helped several parents with colic and reflux with it. Thought I'd send the advice on for those that might like to try it. Apparently it settles the stomach and is natural and gentle and acts like a sponge, keeping milk down and acid levels down.
Oh, I forgot... for those who do try the SEPowder, she said to use a small amount with breast milk, perhaps less than a quarter of a teaspoon for a big feed. I haven't done it yet, I'm not sure I want to taint his little gut yet but I may be tempted if this issue keeps up, or if someone else reports success. :D
:chicken:
PS is this the Activite you are all talking about?
First off, thank goodness for Chocolate Up&Go's, I wouldn't get any food into me before the afternoon if it wasn't for those!
Zennie, Si's bringing up quite a bit of his feed because he has a cold - does Russell have a cold? My MCHN said that shorter more frequent feeds are the go for that. So we seem to have moved a bit more towards 2 hourly during the day. And I'm just feeding one side at a time.
As for night...Si had a shocker last night, at around 3:30 when I was still awake, I just cracked it, put my fingers in my ears, head under the pillow, and decided to wait 5-10mins, because the crying was just making me so stressed, but feeding was just making Si spew more. After a few mins he'd settled...so perhaps he was overtired (we did have visitors yesterday) and needed a cry to de-stress or something? I know Riv could be like that at times, needed to be on his own, holding him would make him cry harder. Anyway. I'm so so grateful that I have late risers.
Oh yeah Zennie, with the sour milk smell, I know that AB's can cause stinky wee (in any age people), in fact some people even report their skin smells yuck while on AB's. So perhaps it's that? Or, did you eat something garlicky/oniony?
Hey Leyla, did you have low iron? My milk took a little while to come in, and they warned me it might, because I had such low iron levels. If you do, might be worth taking a supplement or something? And I had a giggle at the lactation cookies, they sound illegal or something. :P
ETA: Hey wicked new username Janine! Let us know how you go with the slippery elm, I'll let you be my guinea pig (only because things are slowly getting better here, so I'm not as desperate as I was). Yeesh, over 5.5 kg! That's full on!
And nope don't have an Ergo, considered it, but got a Pikkolo instead (you can get them from Wrigglebots, and I can link cos she's a Marketplace member), because you don't need an infant insert for newies, and I think they're better looking!
Ness - great weight gain by MJ! Is it Millana or Mallana? Either way, what a pretty name.
Zennie - bugger about the hospital stay, hope you are well on the road to recovery.
Sharon - thanks for you well wishes hun, I love that pic of Oliver, he is such a cutie!
Grubi - well done on the weight gain with cracked nipples. Great job!
Nelle - how are you going with two? Is Riv liking his new baby brother?
Leyla - hello! Glad you and Jack are finally here. Read the last few pages of my drama's with Baxter's weight gain. After much reassurance from the girls here and offering more feeds when he is awake I'm hoping for a better result on Friday when I get him weighed again.
Janine - you can buy Aktivite at Coles in the Milo section. The thread on How to Increase Milk Production suggested it may work for some people.
Well I am going to hit the pavement today with the pram. Have spent far too much time inside tidying and washing since we got home on Sunday from Perth. My sister flew over from London for 10 days to meet her nephew so it's been very busy. I have this disgusting pouch that I can't wait to get rid of but it's just going to be light walking for me until 6 weeks when I will start Weight Watchers. All my tops fit but wearing jeans is another story....I don't want a winter of stretchy waistbands and tracksuit pants!
Have a great day all.
SG
xo
Shoegal I am awaiting the day that I can go out for a walk with the pram... damn that "too posh to be pushed" DS setting me back in the weight loss department by having to have an emergemcy c-section.
I reluctantly weighed myself yesterday and I still have 9.5 kgs to loose to get back to pre-prego weight. Of course the chocolate and biscuits are not helping whilst I sit around bored unable to do too many activities. I know I am not helping myself - but I do have the diet change plan in mind.
I've been told advocado is good for helping to shed the baby pounds.
Does anyone know if you can drink green tea whilst BF - I know it is not recommended whilst pg.
Shoegal - I hear you on the pouch thing! Can't wait to get out and start walking. Am taking it easy at the moment but feel like such a bogan as I am living in trackies - and that is on the days when I actually make it out of my pj's! I know how stressful the supply issues can be, and hope that you are feeling more on top of it now. Your little man is such a cutie by the way! What was his birth weight again?
Nelle - You cracked me up about my illegal lactation cookies! They do sound naughty dont they. DH won't have them cause he thinks they might mess with his man-boobs! They are really just an excuse to have chocolate chip oat cookies. More of a placebo than anything I suspect!
Janine - love the new profile name. I'm keen to know how the SE powder goes. Jack has not been too bad at all but does occasionally have a few issues. Have not been able to narrow down when it occurs to see if it is related to something I am eating. Well done on Ci's weight gain - chubby bubs are so cute to cuddle!
Zennie - Sorry to hear about your scar problems! Sounds really painful. Hope things get sorted for you soon.
Ness - thanks for the reassurance on the weight gain. He had gained 160 over the last week which is right on the target given to me by the pead, so feeling a bit happier about it now. Sounds like your little princess is doing well!
Big hello to everyone else. Anyone else still have DH at home? I have mine for another week... don't know how I am going to cope without him - he's been a god-send.
love
Leyla my Dh has the rest of this week off work and whilst it has been great having him here to help, I'm trying to stop him helping too much as next week I'll be alone.
For some reason today has been a really bad day for us. After a night of 2 to 2.5 hour feeds I managed to get an hour and a half of sleep in from 8.30 to 10am, then it went down hill from there. DH went into town to buy a birthdy present and got stuck in roadworks. In the 3 hours he was gone I had 3 pooey nappies, three feeds and no sleeping - just lots of crying. Finally managed to get her settled and the minute I put her down in her bed.... screaming lahs. Put her in the Baby Bjorn and went for a drive, gave her a dummy - something I was avoiding and she fell asleep on my chest. Came home put her down and was just about asleep myself when the phone rang and then it was time to go to our doctor's appointment to get a referral for her tongue tie. She slept for the hour that I sat at the doctor's surgery and woke shortly after we got home.
We had dinner, I fed her again at around 7pm and since then she settled briefly at around 8.45pm until just before 9.30pm and since then DH and I have been playing tag in trying to keep her quiet I've fed her, but they seem to make it worse. She doesn't have any acid smell that would suggest reflux, though she vomitted at her 7pm feed. She is currently sucking at her hands as I sit with her in the Baby Bjorn carrier. Every now and then she whimpers I wish I knew what was wrong so I could do something about it as I am desperate for some sleep. Thankfully DS is staying at Nana's tonight, I am sure I would be a very grumpy mummy due to the lack of sleep if he was here.
I'm going to go read the colic forums see if this might be colic - but I don't think so. She was so good for the first 10 days of her life, why does it have to change??? I want my 3 to 5 hour sleeper back!!:(
alittlegrubi- we are having the same pro atm yest i wasnt able to put MJ down at all or she would scream. i am racking my brain trying o work out how to settle her cause i so need to do thngs
maybe its a wonder week?
I put our regular feeding yesterday down to perhaps a little growth spurt, and also the cold - since he has mucous in his tummy, he'll bring up feeds if he drinks too much. And I'm making sure he gets the thicker hindmilk. Better night for us last night though.
Sometimes they need to suck more, so more bfing can help, esp if they have an instinct to bring in more milk, and it can feel really uncomfortable to them to not suck during this urge. If constant feeding makes them restless, they just want to suck without getting milk (esp if they fall asleep with a dummy). Currently I have been dealing with this problem, and if you need assistance, let me know and I'll pm you the info I recently got. Can't post it here, unfortunately.
We have problems if Ci is overtired. It can take ages to settle him if he goes beyond that point of no return, when all you do to settle him only stimulates him more. But as long as I'm walking with him in the sling, he is content, so I go for walks around the streets or backyard or even just get on with things in the kitchen or bath my older DD, and just leave him in the sling to fall sleep - DH even sleeps with him in the sling, just lays back the recliner with the sling on. I can't put Ci down, but I had no intention to anyway until he is six months, but I would be going crazy if I wanted to. He literally doesn't last five minutes off a human body, I'm not kidding at all. But I bathe with him, sleep with him and do all my daily life with him on me in a sling.
If you have DH at home at night, you could try what we do. Between feeds, (which are 2 to 3 hours apart) DH takes him, I stick in ear plugs and sleep for two hours from 7pm until 9pm. Next feed Ci is brought to me which goes until 9.30-10pm, I do the sleep cycle again from 10 until midnight. Whenever Ci next wakes, DH then hands him to me for the night (usually midnight) and he goes to our room (cosleeping with older DD) and sleeps I sleep in the spare bedroom on a mattress on the floor with Ci.
So DH gets solid sleep after midnight, I get broken but much needed sleep before midnight that keeps me going through the wee lonely hours. Honestly, it is a system I would die without. What DH does with him while I'm sleeping is, well, Ci is usually asleep from his last feed, but if he isn't, DH bounces on the fitball holding him or some other way gets him to sleep and then lays him on his chest and watches tv. He does it bare chested where possible for good skin on skin contact which keeps him calm and well attached throughout most of his waking hours.
Baxter looks no fatter to me today, we are having him weighed tomorrow so I can't say I am feeling very positive. :wall::(
I've been expressing after every day feed and he took a bottle of EBM last night, he drank 70mls in 10 minutes, is this good or bad? He was really going to town on the bottle!
Sorry if this has been asked but has anyone had any success with fenugreek? If so, how many tablets a day did you take? I really wonder if it's my milk or what's going on. He only has one dirty nappy a day but seems rather content, plus the most I can get him to feed at the most is 20 minutes on one boob, then about 10 minutes on the other. He simply falls asleep and is not interested.
Will report back tomorrow after weigh in.
SG
xo
PS - went for a walk to a friend's place yesterday and negated all my good work by eating homemade vanilla slice, *sigh*. In saying that, Baxter loves his pram and was asleep the whole time.
Hi all,
Just thought I would drop in and say hi to all the new mums.
I finally found the right place to go to after the birht on my son. Wyatt was born on the 23rd April. Was not to bad a labour. DS birth weight was 4.500kg, and he is now 4.770kg, which the MW was really pleased at.
Anyway everything is going great, BF really well, boobie are sore/hugh/bit lumpy (when full). No problems yet, (fingers crossed) except lask of sleep. Wyatt is sleeping anywhere from 2-4hrs at a time. And he is only awake for feed at night which normal last about 10-15 minutes, which is great cos I haven't fully woken up by then either, so me back off to sleep fast.
Anyway I have started reading all post, will catch up one day.
Cheers
Sarah
shoe- i started Fenugreek when i was told to feed more. i take it 3 times a day and seems to work for me. remember Bax may not look any bigger to you cause you see him all the time!
hi all
Nelle - Russell dose have a few sniffles and a cough atm so would guess thats why hes bringing part of his feed back up. as for the sour milk i think its the ABS. they are really strong and have been hard on his bowels.
shoe - best of luck with the weigh in tommorrow. maybe we should play the biggest gainer or something!
Janine - glad u have a routine. ours is similar with dp sometimes taking russell for a few hours early evening while i sleep. i express him a feed for if he wants it but generally wake when hes hungry (3- 4 hours)
i braved the shops today and am impressed with result. Feed before leaving and he slept the whole time. really enjoyed it
Just a quick one (spent all my spare time reading the posts!!)
I am SO lucky that DH works from home - so he's always here with me. I have NO idea how I'd cope if he was heading back to work!
Liam seems to settle brilliantly through the day, but at night takes at least an hour after a feed to settle down to sleep. Grrr...
Grubi - your dialogue sounded so familiar! Why is it that bubs likes to sleep when you can't get into bed??? When visitors are over, while out in the car, etc... very frustrating!
Will try to post again soon. Got lots to do while I've got two hands free... must get organised to get the sling soon!
Thanks for the encouragement Nessa, you are like my own personal cheerleader ATM!:
How many tablets each time if you take it 3 times per day? Will pick some up on Saturday. I live in a teeny tiny town and nearest pharmacy is 40km's away. :rolleyes:
SG
xo
Shoegal, my mw and most others in the know tell me you judge a baby's milk intake by how many wet nappies they have. One bowel movement is fine, and about 6+ wet nappies is the goal. Weight is such a variable, that it is an old fashioned way to judge milk output unless the baby is very dehydrated (there are obvious signs of dehydration) or not gaining at all, or not gaining over a more long term time frame. One week my daughter gained half a kilo and the next week she gained 40grams. She was still in the 95th percentile though.
I don't like how stressed you are about this and don't think it is fair on you what the nurses have said. (is that what happened?) It may cause you to doubt your milk or even quit bfing. If your babe is content as you say, he ain't starvin'. Poos every day, also. Sounds perfect to me, trust your gut. If he has an unsettled period, take the opportunity to put him on and feed feed feed through the unsettledness - don't take it as a sign you don't have enough milk. I have oversupply issues and my babe still feeds like he's starving at times.
I just read about supply and bottles though, as I am in a high risk bracket and can't use one yet. If you have any issue (I have oversupply and fast letdown) they can go on a nursing strike in favour of the easier to use bottle. Feeding from me at the mo is uncomfortable for Ci due to these issues, therefore we're in a risk category of early weaning if I show him an easier way.
HEY GRUBI,
how is Greer going? It hard to believe I have had my little man for just over a week now. Ge that has gone quick. I miss being pregnant at times, I feel really alone now. Where before I had that extra thing.But am glad Wyatt has arrived, 'cos I can sleep on my TUMMY again. Slept on their last night and DH oke me up 'cos when he rolled over it was all WET, woops... (I didn't have to sleep in it though).
Feeling any better? More mobility? How is your BF going? There are only 4 left to have their babies until all thread is done. I guess we have all done out bits now.
Cheers
Sarah
Shoe- Hey I take one tablet 3 times a day. Make sure you are drinking heap sof water as well. Everytime i sit down to feed i have a glass or bottle of water. Janine is so right about the wet nappies and seriously those charts are for forumla feed babies. I cant remember where but i am sure you can google charts that are more common for bf babies. i will try and find it for you. if you wantand ever need to chat you can add me to msn mummynessa@hotmail.com
Nettie- you are extremly lucky to have you DH home!!
Zennie- congrats on the outing, you will get more and more confident each time!!
Is anyone finding so many people try and peer into their prams/capsules. Normally if MJ is asleep i cover most of it with a blanket and i get people trying to move the blanket!! Complete strangers! And i have been going out with the sling and meh tais on and people tell me how uncomfortable they look!!
Haha, at the sling comments, I tell you, I can't wait til the next person says 'ooh that looks dangerous', because I'll say 'yeah, it's very dangerous'. Or if they say 'he looks like he'll fall out' I'll say 'yeah, he probably will'.
Honestly, why do people think we're trying to kill our kids?
Can you wear a really low cut top and push your cleavage up? Surely that will make people a bit uncomfortable.
And that's partly why I haven't taken Si out in the pram yet. I get enough people harrassing him in a carrier! :P Ah well. Better to have people cooing and clucking over them than complaining about them and treating them badly.
Apart from last night when DH and I both wanted to throw her in the wheelie bin after 7 hours of not being able to settle her for more than 5mins at a time - eventually got her to sleep after a bath at 1.47am. Greer is great. I'm much better - tummy is coming down more each day - loving that!!! I can actually walk at normal pace now and it takes a fair bit before I feel pain - although I am still dosed up on panadol and ibuprofen pills ever alternative 3 hours.:
BF is improving had to give it a rest and comp feed as Greer is tongue-tied and my tiredness combined leading to her slipping during feeds and my nipples cracked at the base. I have now mastered attaching her without even a "breaking the seal pain" so BF is now going really well. We see a paed on May 13th about the tongue-tie as the lactation consultant and MW both thought it should be cut.
My only issues now are being stuck at home - still can't drive yet and a sore back - which I have read may be reference pain from the c-section. THe c-section scar is looking really good - I just want the internal healing to complete so I can start working on getting my flat tummy back - it looks like it is going to have a ridge from the incisions at the moment, but I am hopeful that with the right diet and exercise it will come back.
Hopefully these bubs stay good and don't end up with any problems. Good to hear Wyatt is doing well - compared to Greer he is a very big boy. She was 3.18kgs on Tuesday 260grms above her birth weight at Day 10 - so that would suggest BF is going really well - although we had been comp feeding her. I'll be interested to see how much she has gained next week since we have stopped the comp feeds.
How are you Sarah after the infection? Are you still having to mow the lawn or is DH pulling his weight? Have Landon and Alise stopped arguing over whose brother Wyatt is?
DD is sleeping so I'm going to go now too. DS is at Nana's which is great and depressing at the same time. Went to pick him up and he wanted to stay the night.:rolleyes: so we left him there.
Gurbi,
Am sorry to hear she is not settling every time for you really quickly too. That is the hardest part to deal with. A MW did tell their is not point getting upset and agery with them, as we are their mothers and someone needs to take care of them. MW also suggested to get HD to settle Wyatt 'cos he was like that the first night we brought him home. DH was fas asleep in bed, sorning which didn't help.
Infection is all going from what I can tell, am still on tables but I finish them in another day or two. My pregnancy weight, well I jumped on scales before I had Wyatt, and was 90kg. (how depressing, that is the heaveiest I have ever been) Got on 2 days after before leaving hosp, and was down to 82kg. It's amazing how much the little buggers weigh, + fluid + plicenta(SW) + blood. I haven't bothered to try on pre-pregnacy clothes, so I thought I would go and buy some jeans yesterday but I couldn't find any. Not impressed. Also long with tops I got a few but haven't tried them on just yet.
DH pull weight.....ROFLMAO :pray: He's busy working at moment. Their is so much happening. 'Cos of the building housing boom, he business has taken off hasn't had many days off in last 2 years, which I have gotten used too. His crops at the farm are ready to be harvested and sent off. We just have to wait for better weather (raining at moment). He is also busy building skip bins for his other business. Can't keep up with the demand of his builder.
Alise and Landon, well landon thought he was big enough to get Wyatt out of rocket and sit on the lounge with him yesterday. Mine you it was all MY FAULT for leaving them alone. I had just got DH clothes and put in Washing machine, 30-1min. So wont be making that mistake again. ALise has to watch them when I am out of room now. That is when the fighting starts, 'cos she thinks she is in charge of him and can boss everyone else around.
Anyway me ok, got teary a few days ago which they said was normal. Hope they dont last. We're off to Agfest today (in rain) we go every year. Only this year I will have 3 children to look after until DS wants a sleep then will get other pram out of car and put him too sleep then call DH to take him around. He'll also use pram as trolley for all the dam tools he is going to buy which no doubt the man already has. Me I am going to buy Wyatt a name tag which I already have for the other 2, a cruly apple peeler, and a veggie peeler. I know a long day for a few things but its a day out of house and sort of spent tiwth family. Well I better get going I got Wyatt and Ergo baby carrier and I want to try him in it before I go.
Cheers
Sarah
Shoe - Just a quickie. I took fenugreek and it really helped me. The midwife said to ignore what it says on the bottle and take it at least 4 times a day. I had 2 tablets 4-5 times a day for 3 days until my milk increased. The best way to judge if you have reached the correct level is if your sweat smells like maple syrup! Strange but true.
Hi all
Had Baxter weighed today, 45gms in 5 days, so not great, but not bad either.
I'm trying to relax as I KNOW I am doing everything right; water intake, feeding often etc. Perhaps he is just slow to gain.
I'm starting the fenugreek tonight.
Feeling okay in myself, just need to relax a bit.
Lovely weekend all.
SG
xo
Hi everyone. I've been reading posts, but replying with one hand is just too difficult! Right now DD's asleep on a cushion on DH's lap so I'm finally able to type - but it's late and I have to go to bed, so this will be a short one.
Shoegal that's good news on Baxter's weight. Did you get an opinion on what they think you 'should' do? As you say, you're doing all the right things, so try not to worry too much. Vanilla slice is probably exactly what you need - go have another slice!
DD still refusing to sleep when not carried - and doesn't like the slings at all. She is very tiny - so probably a bit too small for the baby bjorn - but doesn't like the ring sling either. Fussy child! Maybe just a case of needing to get used to them - will persevere next week.
Must get to bed now. All I can say is, thank god it's the weekend! What a relief to have DH home again - this was his first week back at work and it's been HARD.
Mmm, Mgm, the first week alone can be a bit full on hey. If it's any help, we're almost at the end of our 5th week, and feeling kind of in a sort of routine! As in, I'm at the stage where I can pack both kids up and head out without tooo much trouble, even if we are an hour late.
Silas is sleeping on Rans on the couch and I've been waiting for him to wake up so I can feed him, but stuff it, I'm going to bed. I didn't get much sleep last night, and from the look of River's gums today, tonight could well be rough too, so I'm not staying up any longer!
Morning Girls!
Anyone have any suggestions for one breast that doesn't appear to give that much milk? Isabelle seems to get a lot of wind and we burp her heaps, but she seems to be getting worse the more I breast feed - So I started expressing and giving her the bottle, which seems to have reduced the wind and helps her settle - Weird I know, I thought that the breast was supposed to give LESS wind problems but who can tell with babies.
Anyway, when I express, the left boob always seems to struggle and hardly gives any milk - I can get about 90-100mls from the right one, but only about 20 from the left. Could this be the reason she's getting so much wind?
She's getting enough milk cause she's put on quite a bit of weight, but I think the one boob has a bit of a supply problem. Is there anything that can be done about this?
Does she drink from both boobs at feeds Jane? Cos you could always try offering that one first. I think I remember having that with River, sometimes one side would have more than the other, not always the same side. Feeding more from that side is really the only thing I can think of, without increasing the supply of the other side first.
As for wind, well who knows. Perhaps the bottle is creating bubbles that are actually big enough for her to bring up? As well as that the wind situation should be improving as they get older anyway, as their guts mature.
Jane generally the milk is based on a supply and demand situation. If you are only getting 20 mls from one side - try expressing more often from that one side for a while to increase the demand. Maybe try expressing that side first then the other and then returning to the first breast again. My sister also said having the baby next to you whilst you express can assist with the let down - so maybe try expressing with bubs next to you to see if that helps.
The other question is when bubs feeds on that breast is she emptying it or is she just getting the fore milk?
I am with the others on the one breast supply thing. I find one breast will put out more than the other, in fact, almost daily only one breast will be engorged and the other not. But they change from side to side. I think it just depends on how much stimulation the breast gets, for instance the vigorous sucking of a hungry feed can cause a bigger supply (as Nelle said about putting her on the weaker side first), and more frequent feeds, also comfort sucking. If I let Cian drain a boob and then come back an hour to comfort suck on it (to put him to sleep or to settle him if he gets upset), he isn't getting much milk but lots of love and the next day my supply on that side is way up.
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I'm still "block feeding". I stick to one side for four hours then switch and this seems to have helped my oversupply issue already. he was so unsettled and digestive from all the fore milk. he slept frm hid 1.30 am feed until his 4.30am feed last night! /i also used the slippery elm and for that feed he didn't reflux or gurgle so it may have helped. I only used a tiny amount in bm, too.
hope you are all doing ok and getting some sleep now and again.