Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008 #3

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I would say you are a large then!

Yoou can only but try them, and it will be great if it turns out that it was an attachment issue all along. But bear in mind your supply may have dropped a fair bit if he has not been draining your supply effectively But also give the Australian Breastfeeding Association a call, as they can help you how to build your supply back up again if need be. Their number is (07) 3844 8977 or (07) 3844 8166 or e-mail them here HTH

Woohooo then maybe i am not just the average gal then haha . I never thought of what u said your right my supply may have been dropping off because of the attachment issues. Plus ive noticed more supply since watching the video on attachment so thats helped but from what you said it still leads me to believe maybe just maybe i am not reaching my boobbie milk potential. If you could call it that! Thanks for the numbers it will come in VERY handy!! I am at the moment feeling pretty good with myself as this may have fixed a huge part of the issues.

I have noticed tho with the shield that attachment is different i cant egt the bottom part of the tissue in like fore but i am still feeling the breast have the let down. Going to weigh Josh on monday hoping on same weight as Wednesday or a gain. Just to put back the loss would be great at this point getting more wet nappies tho yay!!

Big Hugs Squidipa for the loss of weight, sounds like the shield is doing the trick, at least he can now stay on!! yay!!

With the pumping I would recommend just pumping after each feed to build up enough to see if you can get a full bottle/feed I would recommend 120-150ml for Josh, it may take a while as it depends on what your supply is, and please don't get disheartened if it isn't a lot, as after a full feed I hardly get 5-10ml, then try a full express and give him the bottle instead.

You can join MT and mine expressing parties each evening! We express, discuss what we have expressed, what has been different about that day. etc.

Got an update on my SIS, she will be in for at least 5 days,

Your right about if i am going to pump doing it after a feed didn't think of that hey good point! Love the idea of an expressing party :lmao.... Funny how much our brains are constantly learning i am on baby 4 and still learning.

I am sooo soo soo happy your SIL is o.k would be great for dr to find out whats going on. Probably good thing she is staying few days at hospital.

Sorry for the lack of personals i'm pretty tired we spent all afternoon at the hospital DF had a massive fall down our front stairs. The hospital was soooooo busy they apparently had a few fatalities this afternoon. We never heard the results of his xrays as we would had to of waited 7 hours!!!!! theres obviously nothing broken and he's strong and not showing any pain or discomfort but I know he would be hurting. boy did he scare me

Thanks Sweet for your on going support I have sent you a private message it is ridiculous after a fall and you still would have had to wait 7 hours!! how long did ya wait. On Saturdays we were there for 8 hours in total. I can understand you would have been scared if it was my hubbie i would have strangled him cause i would have been so scared. Ya know like when ay kids hurt them selves and ya get angry cause ya know what COULD HAVE HAPPENED !!! yeah like that! How did it happen did you see it? O.k enough questions now :lmao o.k maybe some more How The girls going? How ya coping? Hows the sleep? and feeding going??

Oh yeah, and squidipa - Nakita has shrunk too!!
18 days ago she measure 56cm, today she measured 55.5cm!!! First time her growth has stalled, but she'll be right!
Oh and we decided on a swing, the Fisher Price Rainforest Cradle swing, goes up to 11.3kg,

Hope thats wing turns out to be the best investment especially if your going to have more kids???????. We have a swing too but not like one of those but even still BOY do we use it we have rechargeable bateries constantly on charge two sets one on the go and one to charge.

Yeah with the nurses measuring him they always get different measurements so it seems he has shrunk twice lol Not really but ya know what i mean.

You girls .... i am having trouble keeping up on all your posts in between feeds and this post has taken me so far about 2 hours.

I have a toothache and the ache has spread to my jaw and ear.
I have a question for you guys. Would you move for money?

Your post was so long and so is myn so had to just pic something rather than everything to comment on leasha.. sorry

Hubbie also has a toothache i do understand the whole thumping ay self in the face thing as stupid as it sounds tho . You poor things *big Huggles* Hope it goes away soon! Can u see a dentist?? I am like you i think you mention your wisdom teeth coming and going as they grow. Well i am 28 and still waiting for them to finally finish growing some times nothing for ages then its all on. Hope yours finishes soon.

As for moving for money well i would be asking this.
Will a mortgage make me happy? is this what i want? If so at what cost?
Does it bother me being so far away from family no mater whom they are? At what cost i this o.k with me?
Are i content with where i am at now?
Will i be happy to stay here?
these are just a few i would be asking myself as money is not everything. and weigh up the answers BOTH of you Good luck!

We took a bunch of photos which you can check out

the photos are great was showing hubbie and we were like is that pool heated was it??? as bubs was so happy what happeneds if she pooped? or did you have some sort of nappy swimmers on? Photo's are great!! she looks so cruzzie in that pic on the orange i think it was pillow. I so hear ya on lost of postings i am so trying here to catch up haha! Thanks for your kind words and encouragement it means alot to US both!

Squidipa - for 35 minutes, you must be sooo happy! Keep persevering with it hun, if it keeps Josh happy and means you are less stressed then it is worth it.

Sorry you had to use a dummie But if he is happy now and rested thats what counts i guess. We use dummies here hey i got to 41 mins feeding so yeah im REAL HAPPY!!!

Squidipa - hope the nipple shields help sweetie PLEASE DON'T LOSE HEART ... remember we are ALWAYS here for you!! You are doing a FABBO JOB!!!!!

Hi to everyone else - gotta go, kids are in trouble!!

They are helping heaps i hope the kids didnt get up to to much bad stuff. Typical you take a moment for ya self and the kids get up to things.

Now to me well i normally get 118 mins total feeding time in a day that includes the pulling off time too witch is on aprox about 50 -60 times in that time period. Now today i have had in total 143 mins so far today my best feed time is 41 mins YAY mayeb the problem is fixed will go ge him weighed tomorrow to chck weigh gain and not more loss.

He hasnt pooed in 4 days now??? hrmmm dr said this is o.k as they can poo for few days then not for few days so i gues sill wait a bit lonegr hey. Anyone else had this issue??

Also i need a new tube for my pram tire does anyone know where to get them cheap and about how much are they i need a 12 1/2 x 1 3/4 tube.

Gonna post this now been typing on off for 3 or 4hours ill add more if i remember anything i left off.