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Gosh we are here already, my little one needs to get a wriggle on. I wonder who is going to join this group? I am definitely not going to wait for full moon and miss my friends. Hello and congrats to all our new little bubs that have arrived.
I was due on the 14th of August but little miss decided to come 6 weeks 4 days early!! But in the end she will probably be more inline developmental wise with the August bubs, and I want to keep up with my Belly Buddies anyway!!!
Can't wait to see the rest of our mums and bubs in here!!!
Last edited by *Beema*; August 2nd, 2008 at 03:59 PM.
How are things going since you've come home? Settling in well?
Nakita put on 280grams this week - woohoo!!!, so she is now 2760grams
She is doing really well with the weight gain!! But her Jaundice isn't looking as good, it is back on her arms and leg, so my MW called her Paeditrician and she is now going in for a series of blood tests tomorrow and to get her levels done again. Then we are off to see the paediatrician on Friday rather than next week, he wants to check her out. They think that the Jaundice may be related to the fact that she is solely BF'd. Nakita has also been an angel today, sleeping a lot, yesterday hardly at all, so I hope she sleeps tonight as well - I need it!! And she hasn't chucked since her 10am feed - woo hoo, she must have been off for the day or so!! I would love more than a couple of hours sleep tonight... please.
Mountain Mummy is also going to be crashing this thread as we love our girls and Nakita will be more inline developmental wise with these bubs!!!
I think we are only waiting for a couple of girls now, been a crazy couple of days, babies everywhere!!
Settling in ok, first day home and all that. My mum cooked up some chicken soup and did a shepherd's pie for me so I didn't have to worry about dinner when I came home - plus she paid some people to clean our windows, and DH made sure the house was pretty clean so all is pretty good here!!!
DD is sleeping at the moment, conked out after her bottle. She has a touch of jaundice too, so have to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get any worse. I didn't know that being solely BF makes a difference to jaundice? DD has been FF from day one.
Glad Nakita is going great guns with weight gain. DD has only lost 90gm from her birth weight - so is obviously feeding well. Glad yours is sleeping well, cos mine doesn't really want to most of the time.. ahh I hear snuffling from the bassinette. that will be the angel (cos the monster boy is in the cot.. hehe)
I look forward to getting to know everyone here too - although time will be short I would imagine for me (cept on thursdays and fridays when DS is in day care!!)
Hey Mel, I thought some of the others would have made there way in here by now
Hehe about the windows getting cleaned, ours were done while I was in hossy, it was a nice surprise to come home to them clean!!
Now me....
Just to update you with our progress, Nakita started putting on weight, at 3 1/2 weeks she got back to her birth weight (after going backwards our first week at home - which was very disheartening), but we then followed with gains of 170grams, 130grams and the last week to Wednesday she put on 280grams.
We had however both noticed that her jaundice was returning to her arms and legs, so my MW called her Paediatrician and we had to get her bilirubin levels redone. That was a nightmare, the nurse didn't want to do the heel pr!ck, instead she went in the arm - OMG her arms are very tiny, I had to hold her down and her arm our straight, by the time she started getting blood she had drawn the needle almost all the way out and only got 1/2ml, so had to do the other arm, she poked and prodded, blood everywhere outside of the needle, none in it, Nakita still screaming. She blamed me for not getting the blood, I held her arm damn still so we could get it over and done with. Eventually she did the heel pr!ck and got a good flow, poor little tike, 15minutes it took I was in tears and she had her first tears, not happy!!
Our appointment with the Paediatrician got brought forward to Friday, and he did the full 6 weeks check up. Her Bilirubin levels were 169, the exact same figure as they were when we finished the phototherapy at WCH, the levels went back up after we finished it, so it too her 4 weeks to get the levels back down herself. It is referred to as Breast Fed Jaundice, which is caused by the same thing that breaks down Breast Milk, breaks down Bilirubin, so they are competing, there is no concern as her direct levels were only 5, it may take until she is 3 months for it to go completely. All her other BT's were great. Which I am thrilled that we don't have to go through the BT's again, for hopefully a long time!!
The Paediatrician is still astounded by her development, one of the best performing prems he has seen in a long time. He gave us the all clear!! Woo Hoo!!!
So as we approach her EDD, we have a fit and healthy, 00000 wearing, solely breast fed, not MCN wearing yet (needs to be a bit bigger to fit them!), and gorgeous (albeit a bit yellow still) little girl, we are thrilled!!
Glad Nakita is doing so well and got the all clear!!! Must be so weird to have her EDD arriving so long after her birth eh?
Mel - mums are great eh? Mum cooked lasagne and brought it over tonight, soo yummy. Man has food ever tasted so good to you after giving birth? I've got such an appetite too.
I've had a bit of time to get on top of my emails and catch up with BellyBelly today. Still need to do my birth story/announcement on here too!
Eli had his first checkup yesterday, he only lost 100g from his birth weight which my midwife was really happy with. He's really easy to feed, yay! My milk came in on Sunday night but today has come in major quantities and I got really sore rock hard leaky boobs this evening before he fed. Mum suggested warm flannels and expressing to help ease the pain. I'm typing this as he lies sleeping against my chest, soo cute
I had a major cry this afternoon too.. I was trying to be so strong and not get the cliche baby blues but I just ended up bawling my eyes out over nothing really. Feel heaps better for it now.
Kiwigirl - sometimes you just need a good cry huh... I haven't been crying but I've been awfully bloody cranky!!!!! lol Sometimes its just too hard dealing with a toddler and a newborn.... my milk has just about dried up now - which is great - no more leaking woohoo!!! Also switched DD over to S26 Gold, so we'll see how that goes... She's not the best sleeper in the world though - just like her brother!!!!!
Gawd, I just looked around my house - holy crap its a mess. Will have to try to tidy up when DS is having his nap (DH is just putting him down now). Hopefully little miss will wake up for a feed soon (rocking her rocker with my foot as I type at the moment) then hopefully she will have a HUGE sleep after that... doubt it though.. but I can dream...
Coffee fixes a lot of problems...
Vic - I'm having problems with MCN on DD cos she has skinny little legs and no bum, can't even imagine what it would be like using them on your teeny little one!!!!!
If that damn dog next door doesn't stop barking I'll go crazyyyyy.....
Just wanted to check in with everyone... thought LOTS of people would have made it in here by now.. ahh well.. nice and cosy ain't it.. lol
Yes I'm crashing this thread too!! (After all, I WAS due on the 4th!) I've been so caught up with waiting for the others to give birth that I totally forgot about baby buddy threads!!
Mel - I so hear you about dealing with a toddler and a newborn ... just add a preschooler and a 7 year old to the mix and *hey presto* welcome to hectic city!!
I cried alot after my 3rd was born, Kiwigirl, but this time I have been more cranky, I think being sleep deprived for the last few nights has gotten to me, and none of the kids were listening to me last night!! (it wasn't a full moon was it?? lol!) Took me 4 hours to settle Veygas down and get him to sleep - by 10pm I was absolutely exhausted!
he he he my house is a mess atm too! Trying to get back into the swing of things since DP went back to work last week ... I manage to get a few dishes done at a time, but alas, they pile up faster than I can do them, and clean clothes are still sitting in baskets waiting to be folded as more clean clothes get added to the pile!! Eh, it'll all get done eventually!! My care factor towards housework atm is zero. Thankfully though, our 7yo has chores!!
I am stoked to be a part of a baby buddies thread!! Shane was born August 3rd!! he was 2 and half weeks early- but he is doing really well- no special care or anything!! It will be great to have some feed back from people with bubs all the same age!! Cant wait to swap stories!!
He dropped a little bit of weight the first few days and came close to getting jaundice coz i was bfeeding- but he wasnt attaching properly- once we figured out how to do it right- he put it right back on!! His levels for jaundice where slighlty high- they nearly didnt let us go home until they settled- but his colouring was good- so we got to come home and were just told to keep an eye on him- and he has been looking good.
We have our first early childhood appt on tuesday the 19th- so i will see how his weight etc is going then.
He is a great sleeper- his best sleep was 5 hours!! averages about 3-4 usually. I am doing ok with the emotions- we had a bad night the ther night- he was so upset for no apparent reason- and had his first real howl- it nearly brke my heart and i did have a little cry- but then yesterday he was over it and i had my happy baby back!! Happy baby = happy mummy!!
He hates having his bum changed though!! Thats usually the only time he really howls!!
Beema.. Yay on the weight gain!! My boy loves his little chucks and he has been drooling in his sleep!! too cute- he ends up with this milky line down his cheek!! He is 00000 too- except for his bonds wondersuits- he fits the 0000- i wish all the clothes were the same size standard!! its so gard- some 00000 are too big- and some 0000 fit him!! lol All his "cute out fits" are too big- so he is stuck in wonder suits till he grows a bit more!!
KiwiGirl... Cries are much better out then in- let loose if you feel the need!! It feels funny when the milk comes through!! The mid wives kept asking if mine had come through yet in the first few days and i was like "im not sure" they said- "oh you will know!!" and sure enough on day 4- WOAH huge hard bulging boobies!!!!!!!Then when Shane had his marathon 5 hour sleep my boobies were nearly bursting coz they needed to be emptied!! lol We are getting into a good routine now- using both sides each feed- but alternating a bit too- coz he likes to have a nibble at the end of feeding to go to sleep. I am really enjoying breast feeding although DH is feeling a little left out coz he cant help there.. i am going to look into expressing soon so that he can help a bit with feeding- but im not 100% sure how to go about expressing- i heard a horror story from a friend who said she dried up after trying to express- i dont want that to happen- so i am going to do some research first.
Mel... LoL at your poor house!! I did my first tidy up while DS slept yesterday- he kept making little noises so i kept running to check on him thinking- just sleep a little more- I have nearly finished the lunge room- then the kitchen!! I never quite got to the dishes!! i am very lucky- my DH has taken some time off work to help us out- i had a c section- so i am on light duties for the next few weeks!! I am blessed with two perfect boys!! A big one and a little one!! Mum has visited and she has done alot of things for us too- made curtains- decorated the bassinette- lol but when she visits its all about gooing at the baby!!!
Mountainmummy... Lol glad to hear i am not the only one who does dishes in dribs and drabs- just have plates to go today (yes plates = a whole load!! its been a few days!! ) and my clean clothes are taking over the spare bed as we speak!! Glad i can shut the door on that one!!
I am sooo happy to meet you all!! Happy resting ladies!! i forget to do that during the day- and then regret it when i hear those cries at 2am and even more when they start again at 6am!! I will learn eventually before i totally wear myself out!!
Hiya Katti, its nice to meet you!!! I had a c-section too, plus I have pelvic instability so on very light duties in my house. DH goes back to work next week - scary!!!! Have to handle my terrors by myself - I may just go insane.... lol
Oh and I never rest during the day - but am used to waking up cos DS still doesn't sleep through the night anyway!!!
Oh and I'm no expert (BFing doesn't work for me) but I think if you express after a feed, your supply should be fine
MM - I do not envy your hectic city - I live in tantrum town myself..lol
Can you send your 7 year old around here for chores too? hehe
Thanks mel.. i thought thats the best way re the expressing.. then it should really INcrease the supply rather than drain it. Not sure exactly what happened with my friend- we just heard it from her partner- he said she got stressed out and then stopped making milk- i am pretty confident we will be ok.
I've expressed milk in the past and have had no problems with supply drying up - my first 3 breastfed over 12 months (my third to about 16-17 months!) so lets hope this little one goes the distance! Breast milk is a "supply and demand" kind of thing - the higher the demand, the greater the supply (or so a community childhood nurse once told me!) Personally, I haven't found anything to the contrary, so I'm guessing that it's right!!
Mel - lol @ your tantrum town!! If I sent my 7yo your way, I reckon he'd think he was on holidays!! The weather would be too nice for him to think about doing chores! (I think the cold weather keeps him motivated and thus warm!!)
hi everyone, my first time typing while feeding so apologies for no capitals and any mistakes lol.
well jazz was born on the 5th. c/s as well, though the recovery is going good, not too painful now just sore/tender, the bruise around the c/s hurts more than the c/s wound now. exclusively bfing which is going great, though shes only feeding one side at a time so i get lopsided between feeds. we got our first mega spew today and woah i tell ya i was surprised at how much and how far one tiny baby can spew. ditto for poos lol she'd be winning gold if they had an olympic event for that.
her sleeping is great, though shes a bit confused and sleeps all day and wants to party all night. we are cosleeping so its not too bad, dont have to get out of bed everytime she wakes.
had a touch of jaundice in the hospital, but she is going pink again now. born at 3790g, at day 3 she had lost about 300g, and she has gained back half of that at day 6 so yay very happy for my chubba bubba lol
hey vic i hear you on the taking blood, a paed doing jazz's discharge did a jaundice blood test, used her heel and it took about 5 minutes to get the blood out she was squeezing her foot and jazz was screaming. i had tears, the dr made me hold her legs down cos she was squirming, and shel looked like she was about to deck the dr hahahaha she doesnt remember now of course - jazz that is - but still!
kiwigirl - i hear you on the crying, i've been pretty good and thought i was going to bypass the 3 day blues but i crashed on my first night home bawling poor shel lol it only happens during dinner time, right when shes cooking,
Whoops cut of midsentence. Shel needed help with dinner lol. Well Jazz is down, bugger, hoped she might stay awake and sleep tonight, but i doubt it!
Bugger thought i might have been able to write some more, no such luck now the princess is squarking, needs me (and obviously not shel ) for some reason... shes clean, fed and burped! Just being a little velcro baby probably Back later
Last edited by Indadhanu; August 13th, 2008 at 06:34 PM.
So Nakita is "Due" tomorrow I can't believe it!! It is very weird Kiwigirl, she has really started to fill out now and has cute cheeks, her bum is even starting to fill out - it was just a mass of creased skin!!
Welcome Katti How big was Shane when he was born? I will have to try the 0000 wondersuits they might fit her, but yeah will be in the 00000 for a while yet, some are still too big!
I hear you with the happy baby = happy mummy!!
I have been expressing the whole time, my electric pump is my second best friend!! I would be lost without it. I usually just pump what is "left" if I and feeling engorged or sore
Mel, I have no idea on how Nakita is going to go with the Pea Pods we have when she actually gets up to weight, we have some others that might be better... will just have to wait and see!
Messy house here too, but we are home tomorrow and if Nakita actually sleeps and doesn't want to be a velcro baby the I might get it cleaned!!
Mountain Mummy I have to say I don't envy your hectic household, I am just keeping up - sort of with Nakita!! I couldn't imagine adding more to that at the moment!!
Sounds like you are recovering really well Leasha! I hope Jazz starts to party during the day time really soon! The BT's suck, I would have been much if she did just the heel *****! She had a lot of BT's in hospital, and we found the best there was a BF then the pathologist would do the heel ***** as she fed - she didn't even notice when we did that, the other times it was terrible, but not as bad as last week!
Eli has done fantastic on a nice small weight loss Kiwigirl, you must have great boobie milk!!
I have lasagne in the freezer but DH can't eat it cos it has tomato in it, I would so just love to heat it up for dinner!!!
You have to have a cry.... Day 9 for me was the day I crashed - big time!! My midwife walked in as I was pumping - which was what I spent most of my time doing - and looked at me and said I needed to cry, and I fell to pieces, she said to me as she was leaving have a good cry in the shower. I was washing all my pump stuff and bawling my eyes out and my OB came in, so she copped it too, but a lot of it was me stressing about having enough milk as I was struggling to keep up with what Nakita needed, so she organised Motilium for me which she had mentioned earlier but I must not have heard her properly!! The after she left Nakita's paediatrician came in and said we could go home.... NO!!!!! I cracked it again!!
But it was the best for me, my MW came back that night to check on me, she and my OB were worried and had caught up during the day, but I was much better that night! The first time I left the hospital and went home for 1/2 hour without Nakita was terrible I just wandered our house aimlessly collecting random items with tears pouring down my face - poor DH didn't know what to do as I didn't want help!
We get there in the end and it is worth it all!
So I started typing this post early evening Wednesday, now finishing it early morning Thursday, had 3 hours sleep so far, will see what I get after this feed!! Last night was a shocker, I don't think I really slept after her early morning feed, and Nakita wouldn't go down, became over tired would eat properly, at lunch I topped her up with EBM to fill her belly, then she actually went back to her normal feeding pattern, I think she was too exhausted to feed properly earlier. so that when I put her down she will sleep!
I am expressing what is left in my big boob as it is sore and it seems to have a better supply than the right and has been getting sore and lumpy - I think I have a blocked milk duct and if I leave it to the next feed it is gonna hurt like crazy!!
Now that I have finished this post Nakita's Due date is today, so her corrected age will be one day!!
Happy due date Nakita!!! Vic, you are doing so well with the expressing. I did think about expressing but with a toddler running around, thought it may have been biting off more than I could chew!!!! You'll have to post a pic of her in her first cloth!!! I don't have any pea pods, am getting success with fitted and covers at the moment for her, which I am most pleased about.
No tears here, but lots of yelling at my DH because we are both so tired!!! Luckily we have the kind of relationship where we can tell each other to "get f'd" and ten minutes later everything is all good again.
Leasha - hello!! Jazz is gorgeous. I suspected that we would be in the same buddies thread!!! Gotta love those velcro babies!!!!!
MM - Its cold here in the early hours.. I don't mind chores being completed at 3am...hehe
Well little miss still doesn't want to sleep after her 2.30am feed.... DH took her into the hallway last night away from the little light in the bedroom and she fell asleep pretty quickly, so thinking about taking my bubba moe into the bedroom, whack her in that and maybe she will take a little less than 1.5 hours to get back to sleep. DS has been waking at 6am too, so we are getting a little tired!!!!
Going to show her off at work today, so that should be fun. Also going shopping for a new lounge cos ours is really bad and not helping my pelvis!!!!
Which reminds me, better have breakfast and my daily dose of codeine!!!
Morning! Yay for Nakita's EDD finally arriving I can't imagine how much more emotional I'd have been in your shoes Vic, especially leaving her would have been heart breaking.
Had a great night last night so hopefully I won't get too grumpy with DH today like the last 2 days (glad I'm not the only one Mel!!!)
Eli seems to want to feed for 2 hours from 10pm - 12pm which is a bit exhausting, I think my midwife said they like to stock up then for later when they will sleep through the night. I fed him 3 times in the night but since we are co-sleeping, I barely woke up for two of the feeds, yay!
Leasha, how's your co-sleeping going? What positions do you lie in? I have been having him lying on top of me, stomach to stomach with his head on the side when I go to sleep but in the night have him lying in the middle of the bed facing me.
MM - I hear you on the dishes piling up!! I'm going to try and get a few things done today but two days ago I made the bed and picked up something and pulled something in my back like a pinched nerve feeling. OUch!
Hi Katti, nice to meet you! So glad Shane is doing well.
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I was in tears and she had her first tears, not happy!!
My care factor towards housework atm is zero. Thankfully though, our 7yo has chores!!
If I sent my 7yo your way, I reckon he'd think he was on holidays!! The weather would be too nice for him to think about doing chores! (I think the cold weather keeps him motivated and thus warm!!)
) for some reason... shes clean, fed and burped! Just being a little velcro baby probably
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I can't believe it!! It is very weird Kiwigirl, she has really started to fill out now and has cute cheeks, her bum is even starting to fill out - it was just a mass of creased skin!!
that when I put her down she will sleep!
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