Babies Born August 16th ~ 31st 2009

[brekalilly]

Hi all!

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!!!

[~Trish~]

Hi all!

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!

[issy02]

Hi ladies,

Trish - hope your night is better tonight.... They are bound to have some rough ones...we all get them! Yes we have been very lucky with Lochie so far, he sleeps wonderfully, only up once a night for a feed then back to sleep till morn...im soooo hoping that continues but I know things can change so quickly and by week 6, it could be a completely diff story...
Oh and wonderful news about Alana's weight...sounds as though she is a healthy thriving baby girl...good work mumma!

Nadine - great news about Mia being more settled...Im sure things will be much better for you now.

brekalilly - Hi and welcome...congrats on baby Theo...

Koru - would also love to hear your birth stories...infact would love to hear everyone's birth stories! They are so interesting! Hope Orla is great...by the way, love the name (im irish and a bit bias...Lochlann is also Irish!)

Hi to everyone else!

AFM - Well, we are hoping and that Lochie continues his wonderful sleep patterns. He sleeps so well and we feel very rested. He was also weighed on tues and he has put on 340g is a week and is now 5kg. So he ofcourse looks huge for a 2 weeks old. We are still having attachment issues, but he is such a trooper with the nipple sheild. Im expressing twice a day to keep up supply but am throwing it away as Lochie doesnt seem to need the top up. Its criminal throwing away a full bottle of EBM daily, wish I could donate it to a milk bank but we dont have one in adelaide. Anywho...we have an appointment with the lactation consultant on tues so im hoping they can give me some tips on how to attach this wee man! Even my mum who is midwife cant get him on without the sheild...he's a bugger! Well, thats it for me, hope everyone is doing great!

Issy

[Saffi]

Just popping in to say hi to my late Aug belly buddies and see how you are all going. Sounds like all the bubs are doing well with weight gains.

Immi is 6 weeks old tomorrow. We are settling into being a family of four. DS seems to like his little sister and we haven't had any jealousy issues. He is throwing some huge tantrums but he is nearly 2 so I guess that's to be expected.

Seems like I am not the only one with a windy baby. Like Mia, Immi appears to have about 80% of the silent reflux symptoms. She cries much of the day, only settles when we hold her and can only get her to sleep when feeding or by bouncing her and even then she only sleeps for a few minutes or so. She does a bit better overnight, but still up every couple of hours. Am seeing the paed tomorrow so hopefully he can tell me what is happening. Didn't know about the lactose overload so that is something to try also. Using Brauers colic remedy at the moment but I don't think its doing anything.

Anyway, didn't come in here to complain.... I'll try to pop in from time to time and say hi, but as you know life with a newborn is so busy.

[Butterflyqld]

Using Brauers colic remedy at the moment but I don't think its doing anything.

Saffi: I am using Infants' Friend, I am not sure it is working either. Joshua is exactly like Immi. I was going to try Brauers next. Josh has got tongue tie which is being cut next Wednesday so hopefully it helps with the wind.

Kitty.Kat: Hi and welcome!

[brekalilly]

Hi all!!

Well, my little boy is now 2 weeks and 2 days old! Firstly, I'll tell you all about the labour.

I had to go in for induction at 7pm on 30th Aug (15 days overdue...) and the gel did the trick. I started having contractions at 1:15am and asked for gas about 2 hours later. I managed to hold out until the OB came in to see me at about 8:30am and then when he told me I was 5cm dialated, I promptly burst into tears! They all tried to tell me that was really good progress and they wouldn't have been surprised if I was only 2cm but I think they were just trying to make me feel better!! I did need the waters broken at that stage and the OB told me that despite him knowing I hadn't wanted one, I would need an epidural or I would risk ending up needing an emergency caesarean. Needless to say, I took the epidural which was done at abou 9:15am! I did manage a couple of naps, throughout the day and after pushing for around 45 mins, I asked for some help. Turns out, Theo was a little stuck! They used the forceps and suction to move him a little and after that, I pushed him out without too much trouble. He was finally born at 3:31pm! I had thought I was having a girl (just my guess) so I was a little surprised to see he was a boy! Anyway, he got 9 for both his apgar scores so I was really happy! Oh, and most importantly, 9lb 10oz and 53cm, and yes, stitches...

He's going well, no routine yet of course, but a very happy baby, doesn't really cry when he wakes up, just makes noises to let you know he's awake. He's had some good and bad sleeping and feeding days, but generally good, the maternal health nurse said he put on the amount of weight in 3 days that they like them to put on in a week so I don't think I need to be concerned about his eating habbits! Next visit is tomorrow, can't wait to see how much weight he's put on! Oh, am battling a cracked nipple on one side too, but hopefully that will heal since I'm expressing. We'll see how we go!

Anyway, sorry I've rambled on for so long hope you're all going well!

[Saffi]

Butterfly - the paed we saw today says that colic remedies don't work, but they don't do any harm either.

Further to previous post talked to the paed about Immi possibly having reflux. He said that a lot of the things Immi was doing was typical for a 6 week old baby and that in the next few weeks she should settle down a bit. He asked if she settles when I demand feed and hold her, if she does she probably doesn't have reflux as a baby with reflux wouldn't settle. He did give me a script for Losec in case she doesn't settle down.

Otherwise she is doing well. Is a little bit small so he supports formula compliment feeds and also thinks I should work on my supply.

[kitty.kat]

wow brekalilly sounds like you had a pretty full on labour.... I thought mine was interesting... mine started off with my water breaking when i was shopping at woolworths around lunch time... then it was midnight and the midwife said i was only 3 cm dialated... the contractions got worse and at 4am they said i was only 6cm dialated, all i could think of was how much longer is this going to be i was so exhausted.. then at 5.28am i finally had her.. being my 3rd child i thought i would be easier but obvious not!!

Im still trying to get use to having a newborn again... theres been a few ups and downs especially with breastfeeding.. hopefully we will get in a good routine sometime soon