This thread is for parents who's baby was born August 1st ~ 15th 2009
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Just popping in quickly to say hello! Alana Jade was born on the 24th of August after a 4.5 hour labour. She weighed 4.21kg (not at all dainty LOL) and was 52cm long. She is feeding like a champion and settling in well.
Caden Andrew Linton born on the 23rd August at 2.05pm( just a day after his dad(me) born on the 22nd). He weighed in at 7 pound 13 ounces (around 3.54 kilos).
Hello there!
I've finally got round to finding the 'baby' thread
Orla Patience was born on August 20 at 2.05am weighing 3.24kg. Feeding well so far and getting used to my new life as a mummy
Hope everyone is well and that we'll be seeing everyone from the belly buddy thread in here very soon!
Welcome Dropbear and congrats on the arrival of Caden! It's lovely to see a dad in here . My DD Alana was born the day after my birthday too! Your Caden was born on my birthday LOL!
Hi Heather! Great to see you in here, I hope all is going well
Welcome also mad4e and congratulations on the arrival of Aiden!
We're going well, I'm feeling so exhausted though. I'm also a bit nervous about DH going back to work next week, I have no idea how I'll go doing kinder drop offs with 3 kids in tow!
wow...here we all are in our new thread...how exciting!
Well, just to recap...baby Lochie was born 23rd August at 3:36pm weighing 4.14kg (9lbs2oz) 53cm, head circ 36cm (Butterfly, our bubs were almost identical in all measurements!)
After a 13 hour labour (yes he took his time...he was so big and needed time to turn after being posterior for a bit) 4 of which were spent at home...we left for the hossy at 7cm dilated with buldging membranes and delivered naturally (we got our VBAC...YAY!!!!) along with a natural 3rd stage...bubs came out with his luggage! It was the most amazing experience of my life and DH was a puddle of tears as he watched his 2nd little man enter the world! We had a lovely hour long skin to skin...no swaddling just naked skin contact and a nice long breast feed before Lochie had to have his first bath (we would have waited a few days except he decided to crap everywhere and cause he came out with the placenta he was covered in blood!)....very messy delivery! I got a 2nd degree tear, but nothing too bad except for the few grazes that couldnt be stitched (bit stingy at loo time...!). DH, DS1, new bubba and I all went home 3 hours later to our very own warm and cosy house....no better feeling!
We couldnt have imagined that the delivery of our second son would go as smoothly and calmly as it did and we feel so empowered by our experience!
Now, the journey becomes extra interesting as we begin our new lives as a foursome...I cant wait! DS1 is absolutely in love with his little brother too and we are so proud of both our boys.
Congratulations to everyone else on the arrival of your bubbas.
As for things now...Lochie is doing very well. He has gained back his birth weight now and is just beautiful. We had a few attachment issues last week which had me expressing colostrum by hand and sucking it up with a syringe and finger feeding for the first day or so before my milk came in properly on day2/3. I then had to feed with a nipple sheild and express in between feeds to keep my supply going. However, we both had a successful day yesterday as Lochie fed without the nipple sheild for the second half of the day. Over night however, we were back to the sheild as I didnt want to fuss him around too much at 3 in the morning. But today, we are doing well again without the sheild and I am hoping we have turned a corner. DS1 was a champion feeder so this was a new experience for me, but I have stayed calm and persistent...
As for sleep...he is doing well. He feeds only once during the night (and goes straight back to sleep!) and sleeps till about 7:30-8 which is lovely! He did however pull an all nighter (hehehe) the other night which was nice, but I am under no illusion that this trend will continue. I remember DS1 was a great sleeper until 6 weeks when they start to wake up a bit...we then had to start from scratch. Lochie however has a very relaxed disposition and im hoping that continues.
Well, thats it for me for now, sorry for the essay
I hope you are all doing well.
Issy
P.S - Did anyone else get the baby blues? I did on about day 3/4 and it was horrible, i felt miserable. I never had it with DS1...maybe the drugs and interupted horomone process as a result of c-sec???? Who knows. I was warned about it, but didnt give it much thought...boy it surprise me! All better now though.
Issy - Well done on such an awesome birth! I'm glad Lochie is doing so well . I didn't get the baby blues this time, but I did with DS1, it was awful! Our hormones are so out of whack after having a bub!
All is going well here, Alana is feeding and sleeping well. She feeds 2 1/2 to 3 hourly during the day and has been sleeping up to 5 hours between feeds overnight which is nice. She had been co-sleeping with me for the first week because she was so unsettled overnight, but I worked out that she was really windy and once we fixed that she's been sleeping with no probs in her cot, *phew*!
Issy- Almost a complete match. I get some baby blues around day 3/4, especially at night (dinner time) It was just too much for me. Trying to keep my 20 month son from sitting on Joshua and cooking dinner and getting my 9 year old daughter to do her homework and have a shower.
Hi Heather, mad8e, Trish, Koru & Dropbear.
This is the first time I have used the computer in two days.
My house is a construction site at the moment. Everything is piled into our dining room while the back of our house is being extended.
Joshua is doing well. The midwife came over today and checked him out. He now weighs 4.32kgs. He is feeding every 2 hours during the day and stretching it abit longer at night. I couldn't tell you how long. I have been feeding and changing nappies in bed. He has been co-sleeping with me as well. I believe he has wind. I have tried Infacol but I am going to get some Infants Friend. This worked on my other son. It is all natural. Hoping to get it sorted so he will sleep in his cradle for longer than 2mins.
Not looking forward to Monday. My husband is back at work. School drop off, bottle feeding, bum changing, doing hair, breast feeding and having a shower all by myself.
For those that don't know the info, Mia Elise was born on the 18th August 2009 weighing 4.05kg, length 53cm and HC 36cm. Labour was 4hours long, including 20min of pushing (which felt like hours!!!!) and I got a 2nd degree tear (ripped in the same spot I did with DD).
Recovery has been pretty quick which is great.
Mia is going ok. We have had many sleepless nights and a generally unsettled baby and are trying to work out what the issue is. I first though silent reflux as she has 80% of the symptoms. So we took her to the dr and he prescribed Zantac. We used this for a few days but it hasn't worked. So I googled some more and now I am convinced that it is Lactose overload. This means I am not letting her drain the whole breast, so she doesn't get any or enough of the hinde milk which is the "fatty" milk. So this is causing her bad wind pains, and making her very unsettled with pain (especially during the night), she always seems hungry (fatty milk is the filling milk), poos are explosive/runny and each nappy has a poo (which is too much apparently) etc etc. So now I have to make sure that she drains the breast properly and have read to change breasts every 3hrs. If she wants a feed before that to use the same breast untill the 3hrs have been reached. Then switch etc. I feel so bad that I have been the cause of her pain
Other then that we are going well. Just hoping to get Mia settled soon so she is a happy bub.
Nadine, it's hard work atm isn't it? I hope Mia improves for you now with your new feeding method. Please don't feel bad, you are doing a great job with her .
Alana is a very windy baby and the first week was so hard, then I read some advice and it has made a huge difference. I stop feeding her every 5 minutes (the advice suggested every 3 minutes at first, but I thought I'd try 5) and I sit her up and burp her. Once a burp has come up we feed for another 5 minutes and repeat burping, all throughout her feed. It seems time consuming, but it pays off because she has far less wind now and sleeps much better. Don't get me wrong, she can still be unsettled with wind, but it's heaps better than it was before I tried that method
We had a pretty unsettled last night though, she has caught a cough from DS1 and she wouldn't sleep unless with me. I hope tonight is better!
Nadine - Its such a challenging period isnt it? Getting to know your baby, establish feeding and sleeping patterns all the while being a mum to another, a wife etc etc etc....
Im sure things will settle down soon. My sis had the same prob with her son last year, the lactose overload was so bad he had bloody poos...terribly upsetting for his tummy! But she got it sorted out with the same method you mentioned and from then on he was fantastic. Good luck!
Trish, it sounds as though Alana is going well. I co-slept with ds1 for over a year...it was the only way we could all get sleep. It didnt bother me much, we slept and he was settled there and really, looking back on it, it was for such a short time.
Hello to all the other ladies...
AFM - Lochie is going really well. He sleeps beautifully (atm!?!) last night it was from 8pm till 7am with one feed in between (2am). He seems to be having short naps in the morning but a long 3 hour sleep from about 2 till 5. He is still being lazy at the breast and refuses to attach without the sheild, but we are managing somehow. I have loads of milk which im having to throw out after expressing cause he doesnt need it. He is gaining loads of weight, sleeps well and is a very calm (lazy???) baby so we are just plodding along with things at the moment. I am however seeing a lactation consultant on Tuesday of next week to see if they can get him attached. Im not sure how long the sheild will serve us as it just doesnt allow them to feed as effectively in general...however, in saying that, Lochie does a pretty good job and certainly doesnt act or look like a child who is milk deprived!!!! hmmmmm....Im praying things continue going so well...
Thanks Trish and Issy Mia is alot more settled now. I now know what a properly emptied breast feels like and if I know she hasn't emptied it I put her back on that breast for the next feed untill it has been emptied. Seems to be working. Although now she is eating alot more so I think she is going through a growth spurt. Yesterday she fed heaps and I had to give her some (lactose free) formula in the afternoon (after attaching her to the breast first so I increase my supply) to satisfy her. She did do a 5hr stretch last night so that was nice (the night before was hell from her feeding every 3hrs so I only got 2hr block sleeps). And she doesn't seem to be in pain anymore which is so nice to see.
She is our little piggy and had gained 580g (undressed weight) in 11days!
AND..... we got our first smile today I was talking to her and she smiled. It was definately genuine as you can tell in their eyes. Makes your heart melt
Trish- Yes I had been doing that too (still do) as I thought that was the issue with Mia but it didn't seem to help. She burps really well though so that is atleast one less thing I have to worry about. I guess their systems have to get use to functioning properly.
Issy- Sounds like Lochie is a great baby. You're very lucky DD#1 was a content baby too so Mia being unsettled was a bit of a shock to us, lol. But hopefully we have that sorted now (untill something else gets sprung on us, haha).
Hi guys,
I've been a bit slack posting in here - have made a few entries in the other August thread when I got the chance.
Nadine that sounds exactly like what i'm going thru with Orla - trying to empty one breast fully and lots of 'burp breaks' seems to be helping. Although last night was atrocious! She screamed her head off for a few hours before finally dropping off at midnight and slept for 6 hours! Go figure! I'm hoping this is just her establishing a new 'pattern' since we seemed to be on top of things since last week.....hmmmmm....
Issy what a great birth experience you had Did you write it up in the Birth Stories section too?
I really must get round to writing my birth story but my mum is here from NZ at the mo - I think it's actually MORE work having her here as I am constantly having to defend my parenting choices: co-sleeping, cloth nappies (we had meant ot start those this week but ran out of time to get them organised before she arrived but I'm still getting the lectures!), demand feeding - all a bit strange to her!
OK better hang out the washing and try and grab a nap.....
Will post soon, but just wanted to say Hi!! Good luck with the bubs everyone, I have had some decent sleep the last 2 nights, fingers crossed for tonight!!!
Welcome brekalilly and congratulations on the arrival of Theo! I look forward to chatting with you
koru - I'd love to read your birth story! It is so hard when someone doesn't agree with your parenting choices and they are so verbal about it. Hopefully things calm down a bit soon
Nadine - I'm so glad that Mia is much more settled now, what a relief! How is Kayla coping with having a baby in the house?
issy - Wow, Lochie sounds like he is sleeping fantastically!
AFM - Alana is going well. I had her weighed by the MCHN this morning and she has put on 250g in a week and is just over her birth weight which apparently is great for a big bub! She now weighs 4.22kg and is 55cm long, not very tiny! We had a dodgy night last night, she was very unsettled. I hope tonight is a bit better!
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born 21/8/2009 at 6:55pm, 8lb 4oz, 52cm.
. My DD Alana was born the day after my birthday too! Your Caden was born on my birthday LOL!
Nadine, it's hard work atm isn't it? I hope Mia improves for you now with your new feeding method. Please don't feel bad, you are doing a great job with her
Mia is alot more settled now. I now know what a properly emptied breast feels like and if I know she hasn't emptied it I put her back on that breast for the next feed untill it has been emptied. Seems to be working. Although now she is eating alot more so I think she is going through a growth spurt. Yesterday she fed heaps and I had to give her some (lactose free) formula in the afternoon (after attaching her to the breast first so I increase my supply) to satisfy her. She did do a 5hr stretch last night so that was nice (the night before was hell from her feeding every 3hrs so I only got 2hr block sleeps). And she doesn't seem to be in pain anymore which is so nice to see.
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