Having a real crappy time at the moment My nipples are really sore and sensitive, I'm constipated (sorry tmi) and my bum hurts!! Leon is really grizzly and just won't settle unless in my arms and he is having wind pains at both exits.
Back for personals tomorrow...so tired. Pray that I have a good night tonight
sorry quick selfish post bella is having a monster baby night.. saw midwife and she said that she wasn't sure coz i didn't have the temp/flu symptoms everything else was pointing to it though. but now i am feeling pretty crappy been having migraines all day and now feel like i have a head cold i still dont have a temp though. am going to make an app at the doctors tomorrow just to find out if it is a blocked duct or mastitis. will catch up tomorrow hope u all have a good night xx
Holly - you sound like you are having a hard time. Do you have lots of support? have you seen a lactation specialist?
AFM - THe only way that Miss E would sleep last night was in the middle of our bed. I really don't like cosleeping, but it is the only way to get any sleep. I keep worrying that it will start a habit and that I will never get her out of the bed. My arms hurt from having to sleep strange, and I get cold as my top half is pretty much uncovered as I worry the blankets will end up over her head. I am thinking if I still feel how I do in a week, I am going to self check myself back into Northpark.
I am so sad today. My mum and stepdad (who is such a great dad to me) left to go back to QLd today. They have helped us so much and have been the most wonderful support. I miss them so much already (tears) It has been so nice to have them here and be in their company. I am not scared to be myslef or anything like that, I just really liked them being around and found it so comforting. (more tears).
Ashlyn has been lovely...she slept much better last night. Fed at 6:30pm, 10pm, 2am, 4am and 6:15am. She didnt really go back to sleep after 6:15am but I avoided cluster feeding her as I had mum here to help settle her.
Thankyou all for the tips on bathing and the dry skin. Good to know about most of them suffering from this and that it will go away. What do you mean by using olive oil in the bath?? Is there a special type? Can I jsut use QV oil?
Also I got given a heap of J&J bath products at my baby shower but I dont want to use them. DO you think if I took them back to Target or Kmart they would exchange for something else? I dont know whre my friends got them but I dont have the receipt and I know that they sell them.
Also another important question about caring for the belly button....now that the chord is off, how do I clean it? It is still kind of bleeding. not constnatly I just noticed a bit of dried blood on her clothes.
Ali, it's hard when your support leaves but you will be just fine - have you been contacted re: joining a parents group by your MHCN or the like? That is also a great support network. Maybe Woolworths or Coles will take the J&J stuff back or exchange it for Gaia products?
Megie, I'm the same - I don't really want J sleeping with us all the time but she sleeps so well in between us that I get more rest (but I also get a sore arm as I cradle her with it - maybe DP and I can swap sides each night to even it out).
Laura, I hope your pain gets better.
We had Miss J being very unsettled from 8-11pm when she was grizzly and feeding constantly. DP gave her 40ml of expressed milk and she drank it but then wanted more from the breast. She sucked constantly for an hour in bed from 10-11 which wasn't fun! On the up-side she slept from 11pm - 4am so I got 5 hours uninterrupted sleep - woohoo!!! Then back to sleep from 4.30 - 7.45am so I feel almost human. Better go and express again before her next feed... I feel like a cow
Nai- When you express, does she take from the bottle just as well as she does from the breast or does it affect the way that she suckles? I havnet expressed at all as I am worried about getting an over supply or that it will stuff up our feeding.
I need to call the MCHN as they were supposed to call me back to arrange a visit for this week and they havent. Good idea about swapping sides with DP. I am sure he wont mind.
I have been really productive today surprisingly. I have done 2 loads of washing and hung it out, left DD with DP and went to coles to get a couple of things, made the bed (even though I am sure I will be in it this arvo) and am about to make lunches for DP and I (hopefully before Ashlyn wakes up). I have so many thank you card to write and I want to ring family assistance this avo after Ashlyn's next feed, however if I dont get round to it today I will do it tomorrow.
Just a quick one
went to health centre today
levi is now 11pd 9oz- 5.292kg
what a boof
he fed every two hours overnite so bit tired today- he has a pain in the stomach- so massaging him heaps which seems to help clear it- IYKWIM! Had Rattatouie the other nite and dont think he liked it lol
gotta keep moving or i will fall asleep zzzzzz
mwah to all
Last edited by diva det; March 17th, 2009 at 01:40 PM.
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My nipples are really sore and sensitive, I'm constipated (sorry tmi) and my bum hurts!! Leon is really grizzly and just won't settle unless in my arms and he is having wind pains at both exits.
to everyone.
Ali, it's hard when your support leaves but you will be just fine - have you been contacted re: joining a parents group by your MHCN or the like? That is also a great support network. Maybe Woolworths or Coles will take the J&J stuff back or exchange it for Gaia products?
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