Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008

[MamaK]

Hello All!

I finally found the right thread! LOL
Our little bundle wasn't due until September 4th, but we were induced at 37wks so our daughter Seven arrived on August 15, which makes her 4 weeks old tomorrow! OMG

Seven was 6lb2oz at birth and within the first 2 weeks of life she gained 600g! She is now in 0000, the 00000 don't fit anymore (just)!!!!! If she keeps gaining weight like that I will have a porker baby for sure! I really should stop eating chocolate! ROFL

I won't even attempt to go back through the patst 18 pages and find out about everybody....I am sure I will catch on sooner or later!

Hope you are all well and enjoying your babies!!!!

[*Beema*]

Evening Mums and Bubs!

Personals first...

Hi CM4E and welcome to the thread - another Adelaidian!!!
That is a brilliant weight gain!! The time goes quickly hey!! I chat in this thread as my bubs was due the 14th August, she just decided to come early!! But developmental wise she will be a lot closer to our BBuddies. We are still in 00000

What was the reason for induction so early? Where did you have Seven? We had Nakita @ WCH.. just lol.. then transferred out to NECH when she was 5 days old, as I could have her with me in a room, rather than another 4 weeks in SCBU at WCH and me at home. Sorry for all the questions!

Yay Sasha - awesomes gains Kye
Bet you wish had a few of those old boredom hours now!! I wish I got them!

No worries MM, anytime! So glad he is doing well, more hug from me and sloppy kisses from Nakita!!

Thanks Rachel - every little bit counts!! Yay for the 5-6 hours - what a difference it makes!! OO have an awesome time at the NZ Logies...!!! I hope we get to see some piccies!!

Hugs Mel - I am getting used to not having the 2 am wakeups...Although I was pacing at 4:15am this morning trying to workout if I should wake her to feed, express or just go back to bed!!

As for me today...

MIL arrived about 9:30am, so we hung some washing out and had a cuppa before Nakita's feed, then she vacuumed and washed all my floors - OMG made a huge difference!! After her feed I got some weeding done, then did all the whipper snippering and edging - lawns look great now, like someone actually cares!! Then a quick shower and into playgroup - which was alot of fun, it is run by a physio who knows a couple of my friends who are physios, we sang songs, did exercises and chatted, was really lovely, Nakita is the youngest and smallest atm, and I think we are all going to keep together as the sessions don't run in the school holidays but we are planning to catch up in a park or something Each week a different specialist comes in with information, today the Early Learning Centre came in, and we did a calendar with Nakita's footprints on it, with glitter and stars - so cute, will have to photograph it! After playgroup caught uip with a freind, then picked up DH and dropped him of to pick up his car, caught up with SIL and MIL not long after getting home, just fed little miss, must prepare dinner, then a top up and bedtime, and we have friends coming over at 8:30 - eek and hour and a half.. okay must run..

Love to all!

[MamaK]

Hi Beema!

I had Seven at FMC, where I work. Initially we were Birth Centre, but because I was induced we ended up in Labour & Delivery but we still got our Waterbirth!!

I was induced because they thought Seven was too small - they estimated 2.4kg - and my BP was rising, not super bad, but it was affecting my proteins and they figured it was safer to induce rather than wait and see and hope things didn't get worse!

We got to go home the same day, and Seven was 2.77kg so way off what they estimated!!!!

I work with Prem babies so I know what your little one is up to!!!!

[*Beema*]

Cool CM4E, my cousin had a little boy at FMC at 35 weeks about 2 weeks after me

Yay for the waterbirth, that's brilliant that you still got it even though you were induced! Better to be safe then take the risk of letting the pregnancy go longer, things can go bad pretty quickly - and going home on the same day, how did you go?

Working with prems must be so rewarding yet also difficult when some don't make it - we had a mix of brilliant and terrible staff in SCBU at WCH, some were just really encouraging, cuddles, skin to skin, bf'ing on demand - even waiting until 5min to 3am for me to rush down by EBM freshly expressed, where as another would feed her half an hour early, with me missing out on changing her, being there for OB's, so that Nakita was fed before the end of her shift even though she wasn't due until the next shift!

Nice to know someone who knows where N is up to

[kiwigirl]

Welcome Kell and congrats on your little girl - love the photo in your signature, did you take it? Can I ask what's the meaning behind her name (love it by the way!). I *loved* having an "almost" waterbirth too - I was in there for the whole time except for the last 5-10 minutes because Eli's head was taking a while to come out hehe.

[squidipa]

Hi and welcome CM4E. I checked out your pics eailer in the week in gallery there very nice didnt know you were coming to join us hehe.
I didnt deliver in august but was due on the 8th. I had a c section elective on 31st these ladies have been my rock through out my pregnancy so i just had to stick with them after birth also.

sasha .... thats good measurements and gains congrats.

Brain farting sorry forgot everyone else plz forgive me. the last couple of days from 3pm till 7ish josh just has been a hand full and i am so tiered and my head is thumping actually its been like headaches everyday since birth. Was on to solicitor today for about 1 and ahalf hours got a new one and she seems quite good. Hopefully all things will come to a nice end soon. Alsop went to the gov site for adoption its about 500 all up to do an adoption so thats pretty sweet Some of the info was contradictory tho,. May ahve to ring them tomorrow.

I am so exhausted always more to say but this ugly duck with her pouch of flubber is going to wake josh even tho he has fallen back to sleep change and feed him. Not getting much good night sleep tho after the big sleep he does its in bed with me and out bed is so small when there is a pillow on the other side of josh either on edge of bed or between us and hubbie. I end up being a stiff biscuit all night its blinkin awful when we co sleep. But im to tiered to sit up and stay away to feed cant win I wake and are outa bed at around 5.30am before the 3 year old tries to prepare anything food like. havnt had the time to seep in on weekends eithor grrr!!
good nite ladies.

kiwi girl .... did you say onces you go camping around glinks gully or bayles? where do you go camping?

kel sweet how ay hanging in there full on full on? I love the 3 days of daycare i get break altho the day goes before i even get to blink it feels.

MM congrats your man is home again how ay all doing sweet?

[squidipa]

What a night i force fed josh at around 10 he went to sleep till 1 where he refused to sleep and i had to put him in bed with me at 3.30 he seemed wide awake and i wasnt. My legs were sore head thumping even to blink. My head is sill sore. All my energy felt like it was used in keeping him settled between 3 and 7 and up to 9 last night. I feel drain and exhausted. Yes ladies i am taking my iron tablets.

Hubbie prolly wont be coming home today between shifts or if he does it will be like on 1 hour. DESPRATLEY NEEDING SLEEP!

I hop you ladies all slept well. last night we even kept Mr Squidipa up

[nagromeyk]

Morning all,

Squidipa - hunny dont worry you are not the only one having trouble getting bub to sleep in the early hours of the morning. Kye is exactly the same, this morning was a prime example. He woke at 1:30am, I fed him and he was still wide awake at 3am. I ended up having to put the dummy in his mouth and put the Bee Gees CD on for him to settle

I've noticed a really interesting thing. I have been playing lullaby music to him at night and he seems to prefer the more vamped up songs rather than the soothing ones, hence why I decided to try the Bee Gees CD early this morning. I think he prefers hearing singing rather than just music. Funny hey?

Got our first smile yesterday and managed to get a brilliant pic (see ticker photo). Cant believe he will be a month old this coming Sunday.... omg!!

Anyways must go and get some things done while he is sleeping... have a good day everyone!

[squidipa]

hence why I decided to try the Bee Gees CD early this morning. I think he prefers hearing singing rather than just music. Funny hey?

Great pic i got my first smile in hospital and didnt even noticed till i printed out the pics hehe.
My kids were all the same liking real music than baby music. We played heaps of the beatles and queen and bee gee's, billy joel and stuff like that to them. Now the 10 year old is right into music but going more for Christian stuff like skillet, sonic flood, sonic youth, super chicks and reliant k, Carman, apologetix and all the usual stuff like hillsong and hosanna Breakthrough, parachute band , planetshakers and and more. She does tho have alot of other stuff like cindy lauper, madonna and that, she loves the 80's and has a real liking for music beyond her years. Music is so important for kids especially opening them up to a huge variety too. Good work mom!
Maybe music is so important to her as her father plays keyboard and guitar and she plays piano.

[TheBear]

We've got the same thing with Beth's choice of music - current favourites include MIKA, The Cure, Black Betty, Ministry of Sound Ibiza Collections. I think it's down to the beat and rhythym more than the singing, although she does like some of the pure vocal stuff by Ladysmith Black Mambazo too.

[Arimeh]

Morning all

Sasha - that is a gorgeous pic!!! Amazing how quick the time goes hey... M is 6 weeks tomorrow - arghhh!!!! Soon she'll be in high school.. Oh and A always loved metal - ministry is his favourite..lol

Squidipa - yup hearing ya on the no sleep during early hours!!!! DH was up till 1am trying to get her to settle (hadn't slept since about 7pm) and then she woke at 2am for a feed.... lucky for me she pretty much fell asleep straight after it.....

Bear - beth has good taste.. I looooove The Cure..

Hi Kel - welcome to this group!!!! I can't believe we are in the same baby buddies group - seemed like just last week we were talking on facebook about you being hassled by everyone... lol.. Seven is just gorgeous..

Vic - my floors got washed yesterday too!! Its amazing the difference it makes when you can't see the yoghurt/weetbix/milk stains on the floor!!!! LOL that playgroup sounds awesome... I'm thinking a lot about my garden, but its hard when you are not a green thumb and have NO idea about plants and stuff... we have plants still sitting in pots cos we don't know how to plant them.. PMSL...

MM - glad everything went smoothly what a waste of EBM though!!! arghhh!!!

[MamaK]

Beema ~ Yep, I love working in the NICU. It is so rewarding to give parents their 1st?s. First cuddle, first feed, first nappy change! I am sorry that you had some nurses who felt the need to feed your little girl before you even got there! I always like to wait for parents to come down before I go ahead and feed a bub ? if it is feasible that is.

KiwiGirl ~ Thanks, but no I did not take the picture, I am not that artistic! A friend of ours is building her photography portfolio and she took them when Seven was 5 days old! There are more in my photo gallery! We are heading back to her soon to get our first lot of professional ?Family Photos?. Can?t wait! Going to get DS to hold her on his bare chest to have a nice Brother & Sister shot! By the way, I like your pic in your sig too ? very cute!
Seven?s Daddy picked her 1st name, it?s just something he liked from very early on. I had initially said no to it, but changed my mind when I was about 34wks pregnant! Nilukshi is my best friend who passed in 2001. Alexandra is my best friend who lives in England.

Squidpea ~ Hiya! I wasn?t going to join, because Seven wasn?t due until September, but then I figured that all you ladies have babies at the same point that Seven is! So I thought why not!!! Can?t have too many friends now can you? 
So sorry you had a rough night last night. Seven did that to us a few nights ago and I was in tears, but she has settled now. I think it might have been something I ate! Did Josiah sleep better once he was in bed with you? Oh, I knew a little boy called Josiah - it?s a very precious, special name, I like it.

Mel ~ Yep, whining about people whining at me! LOL. Hope all is well with Mehkelti and the family!

Love & Hugs To All

[Indadhanu]

hi all

got a velcro baby today, i feel like shes just been attached to my boob all morning, screams bloody murder as soon as i put her down even if shes asleep! i got biten by a green spider just before, and even then i only got away with being in a different room from her for about a minute. shel cant take her obviously because we got a wii yesterday from my sister ($250!) and shel is 'testing' it to make sure it works...


Oh joy shes finally decided the rocker is her friend! Just have to rock it with my foot and she is fine YAY!

Exciting news, she has slept through the night the past two nights! Well, ok, the first night was 10am-5pm, and last night was 10pm-4am. YAY! Although I'm finding it hard to sleep through now woke up at 2am both nights with sore and super full boobies, stayed awake until 3am because I thought she'd wake up, but then expressed when she didn't. Also have a toothache. Well actually a jaw and ear ache, think my wisdom teeth are pushing again. They keep stopping and starting, so bloody annoying! Not getting too excited, shes probably just be gearing up for some all-nighters!

Got a bear hug baby sling (thanks to suse!)!!!!!! Came in the mail today! So tricky to work out! Does anyone have a ring sling, and how on earth do you put bub in?!?!?! Well I have a problem with her feet, where the heck do they go? Do I keep them in the sling or poke them out?

Well after 5 weeks the bleeding has FINALLY stopped, for good this time I am pretty sure as it went to clear which I think means it going away. Thank goodness for that, for a few days last week I had a cry because I was sure I'd be bleeding forever. It was red up until Sunday, was taking the energy out of me I am sure, even with the heavy duty iron tablets the midwife told me to take.

Well Shel is making lunch. Nice and healthy, chips and gravy hehe. I've stopped losing weight, bugger, a sign I should probably start doing exercise (or stop eating junk ). I will ... next week. Shel goes back to work next week which means I finally get the house to myself again. I loev having her home but it gives me the *****s that she is in holiday mode, wants to do this and that and all I want to do is sleep, and sometimes I want to go for a walk. Not actually go anywhere but just walk a bit, to the shops and back, but the concept seems lost on her! Anyway, lunch time.

Will have to buy a Wii fit, I could try and play it during the day while she is working and Jazz is not velcroed to me.

[squidipa]

CM4E.... thanks we liked the name choice too i think especially as its not that common but not to uncommon and its a Christian name to boot . Last night he finally settled for a while at 9 then i forced a feed on him and did his bum too. At 1 he became restless i kept putting dummie in but didnt really win the battle IYKWIM. I didn't want him in bed with me as i had only 3 hours sleep and i had not yet felt like i had slept enough. At 3.28 he woke and i fed him and settled him and slept like a sardine till 6 when i had to wake to wake kids up for school Josiah woke to. he then was restless constantly till 10:20 today and has been in his swing since then with a a few quick wake ups and dummie replacements. I am exhausted the 3 year old has been over hard work for me today too. Plus we had fancy dress up day to day for kids at school DD went as darth vader and DD as bat man who else hehe. Hubbie got home at 10.30ish and i just broke down in tears and now i am hunting old school eports down and cant find what i am looking for grrr.

Some times i feel like i need a holiday alone IYKWIM???

Problem is hubbie dont get home from work till after 7 and i want to still eat as a family and kids do too as i asked for their opinion. So we eat at 7.30 then teath and reading lights out normally is about 9.30 for the 10 year old then its time for me to sort josh out put alarms on cupboards and fridge pack away any left out stuff so the 3 year old dont get into, it brush teath toilet and bed. Check all kids are covered turn night light on in our room.

Josiah dont sleep long during day so we on a partial winner today i guess you could say but im to buggered to really see it as that so no napping during day. normally my body just shuts off when its all to much. Hubbie is doing lunch and dishes in his break before returning back to work. Josh is stirring gotta get of this thing!

[mountain mummy]

CM4E!!

I was also in the August due date group, but I was induced at 38 weeks due to idiopathic thrombocytopaenia - basically low platelets and haemoglobin. So my little man was born on July 21, but the ladies in this group are absolutely awesome, I just couldn't leave them!! (Oh The Bear is awesome too!!)

Veygas is still feeding small amounts more frequently, so I felt like a yoyo last night!! With the stitches and the dressing, I'm too scared to have him in bed with me again just yet.

Had a rough time at medicare today too ... the receipt from our initial consultation on monday hasn't been signed nor is there any indication on the receipt that the account has been paid (why would we have a receipt if it hadn't been paid?????) so the chick says can you go back to the doc and get it signed? I said I am NOT going all the way back to Wahroonga JUST for a signature! It's like a 2.5 hour drive from where we live!

Next, because we elected to go into hossie as self funded private patients (so that we could have the paediatric surgeon actually do the op rather than a student doc!!) we have paid that bill at the time of surgery, but apparently all of the paper work we have been given isn't good enough for medicare ... she says we need an itemised account (I thought what we had was itemised but she said it's just an estimate??? ) plus something which I questioned at the time, they haven't given us the original of the receipt, only a photocopy (which the hossie finance guy said was ok).

So, now we are some $800 odd out of pocket and have to do a heck of alot of chasing around to get everything fixed up so that we can claim what we are entitled to back - I don't think it even comes up to $300 back ...

Leash - I think significant others slip into holiday mode too easily! I had a go at my DP on Sunday cause there was sooooooo much work to do and I was stressing about our appt on monday and Veygas was screaming and where was dp?? Same place as yours - playing the Wii!!!

Mel - heck, I would rather express and end up having to chuck it than risk getting mastitis! (Rachel, I'm not even gonna ASK how painful that was!)

As for music - all of my kids have loved music. DS1 used to just have the radio going all night! DD loved (and still does) Massive Attack at night. The younger 2 aren't too keen on music at night, but during the day, in the house and in the car, we pretty much have music going all the time. All 4 of them like Bon Jovi, INXS, and heaps of other 80's stuff, plus more current stuff like the Veronicas, heaps of Natalia Imbruglia, and the occasional Broadway musical!

Well this has taken me about half an hour (to and fro) and I'm sure there are other personals, but I'm having a brain drain! Sorry to everyone I've missed and a big

[mountain mummy]

OMG!!!!! That hernia must have been so painful for Veygas cause today he has been smiling so much - and not just a quick little smile, these have been fully lighting up his face!!! it makes me teary to see him so happy!

[squidipa]

OMG!!!!! That hernia must have been so painful for Veygas cause today he has been smiling so much - and not just a quick little smile, these have been fully lighting up his face!!! it makes me teary to see him so happy!

Congrats thats great great news take some pictures sweet!

josh was asleep for about 30 mins he is stirring again this is the time where its all full intill 7pm when he is just exhausted an d sleeps. if i am lucky

[thepixie]

Hey all
Haven't been around today cause went out to meet some of the girls from the July thread and had a nap earlier on. Hope you all had a good day and your babies behaved for you!
Kel, welcome! Mel (Gudism) and I are both in two groups because our babies were due in July but the stubborn little buggers were nearly two weeks late.
Leash - hugs, you're very patient with Shel.... I wouldn't be! TBH she sounds as if she is acting like more of a stereotypical bloke than the real blokes! Hope Jaz gives you a break and it's a bit easier for you once you've got a bit of space!
Squidipa hang in there, seems like you're doing it tough!
Mel - I love the Cure - and MM haven't tried Massive Attack but I will - I love them too.
O and MM can you call the surgery and get them to fax you the receipts that you need?
Sasha, kel, rach vic and everyone else....
Night all!