Babies born February 16th-28th 2009 #2

Heaven- So glad your nan has been able to help you out whilst you have been getting your left boobie back into business. I bet she loved helping you out. I have been by myself for the last 4 days (it seems like so much longer than that)! My parents went home to Qld and DP is back working 2 jobs so I would be without him from about 8:30am until midnight. I dont know how I but I just have managed. I do get quite teary at night time only because I miss DP and wish that he was here to bond with his baby girl and instead he is off earning money for us, but when he comes home we have the nicest cuddles and we have the weekends. One thing my mum said to me before she left was just to try and do one job each day. I have managed to do washing, ironing, sweeping, shower, etc (I even manage a bath in the evenings). The most important thing is not to stress if you dot get anything done. I do feel really proud of myslef at the end of each day if I ahve done something as well as looked after my baby girl. Do you have any friends that can come round and visit you in the day? It is nice just to have someone drop by for half an hour and for them to make you a cup of tea if you are struggling.

Kaz- I had a cracked nipple at hospital (it astounded me beacause each time they were latching DD on to me and since I have been doing it myslef, all has been fine). I did find that to heal it I just expressed a little milk and let them air dry as much as posible, at night time, i dont even wear a top. I do have some of that lanisoh cream but havent used it as the expressing milk on the nipples is working a treat.

Tarkine- Massive hugs to you hun. Please come in here when you can if you need some advice I am sure there are plenty of girls in here who can help. Keep telling yourslef that you are doing the best you can and that this is a massive learning curve for you and Alexander both and you will both get there.

Laura- :hooray: I want to see more photos!!!!!!

tarkine hun i hope you get some rest and i hope the MCHN has contacted you :hug:

ali it must be tough been home by ypurself for so long, id be teary too, i agree with your mum, one job a day i hope they can come and see you again soon!

kaz i hope they find out why your getting the fluid build up soon and that its nothing serious.

sara ive been thinking of you too latley, glad things seem to be on the improve!! your'll be a pro at BF before you know it!!

playschool concert was great!! loved seeing sophie enjoying herself so much!!!
DH has gone to a working bee at our kinder today so its me and the girls!!
milllie sleeping well

Em has been sleeping heaps today, Df prolly will be thinking I'm a liar when I say she hardly sleeps and is hard to settle.

Tarkine- Do you have family close by that can help you out? Sounds like you are having a rough time. Anyone that could come over and help you around the house or even just cuddle bubs when he is unsettled so you can rest?

Kaz- Is the pain just right at the start? I found for awhile I'd get horrible pain until the let down happened and then it was ok, have read that that was normal but if the pain lasted longer to look into attachment issues.

Heaven- You'll cope better than you expect once your DH is back at work, wait til bubs is asleep to shower or even when DH gets home jump in then, I ogten now shower of a night instead.

shell they always do that dont they :rolleyes:

i have a sore boobie :(

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...hp?photo=12910

that is a link to miss B!!!

Gorgeous Laura!!!

DD is being so clingy to mummy today! Everytime i put her down or give her to dp she whinges and cries.
I am trying to get ready to go out tonight!!!

It is amazing how many things mums have to do one handed!!

gorgeous photo laura!!

ali where you going tonight??

sshhhhh im enjoying a light beer and man its goooooooooooooood :lol:

I heard beer is good for milk supply or could've been some certain one.

Df has gone on his night out but was good and waited til Ash went to bed, now just to sort out miss E, she screams everytime the dummy drops out of her mouth. Too bad can't tie it in there!

Ali- Ooh where you off to tonight?

Ali, I can't believe how long your DP's work hours are. That must be so hard on all of you :hug: I find it hard enough with my DP's working hours. He works 3:30am-12pm and goes to bed at 7pm but at least he is around for the afternoon, although very tired! Hope you're having a good night out tonight!

Heaven, I wait til DP is home to have a shower! Good work on the feeding - you are doing exactly what I was doing a week ago. I have cracks on both nipples (heaps better now) but the right one was the worst so I expressed that side for about a week and didn't put DS on it at all, I just wanted it to heal. He just fed off the left and as you can imagine, my left boob was so much bigger! He is finally feeding well on both sides without pain apart from first latching on. I've suffered with cracks & bleeding due to poor attachment, engorgement that led to mastitis, nipple thrush and just good old nipple sensitivity (it doesn't help that DS has such a strong suck). I've cried so much in the last 3 weeks in pain, frustration & sheer desperation coz all I wanted to do was feed my baby and it was just so difficult! I'd also get so frustrated at him coz he'd be screaming and so desperate to feed and his arms would be going everywhere like he's swimming a freestyle marathon and his head turning madly trying to find the nipple all while I was trying to get him attached. I still sleep topless coz my nipples are so sensitive! Just keep doing what you're doing!!

Kaz, definitely get someone to check your attachment. I had terrible pain like you described and also ended up with cracked nipples.

Tarkine, hope things get better soon and you're able to get some decent sleep :hug:

AJP, glad the concert went well! What's wrong with your bb's??

Shell, hope all that sleeping today doesn't mead a restless night tonight.

Hi to everyone else. Man this post has taken me ages between eating dinner and feeding DS ( still feeding & typing one-handed!)

DS seems to really like one room in the house. When he's in there he's just quiet and wide-eyed looking around - so peaceful! Anyone else noticed similar in their bubs?

Wow - I go out for the day and there's so much to catch up on!!

Have fun tonight Ali!

Holly, J loves the light in our loungeroom and just lies back watching it all wide-eyed

Shell, yep I swear by beer - stout is the one to drink to bring your milk in (it's worked for me twice). Normal beer seems to increase your supply too. What side of town are you on? I might look at other GPs to take J to for the granuloma.

Laura, Bella is a real cutie!

Jols, the playschool concert sounds great. I will have to get DD1 to one at some stage - she loves Playchool.

Tarkine, I hope you get some rest hun. It's so much harder to deal with things when you are sleep deprived. With DP feeding DS hopefully you can have a break.

Kaz, I hope you get some answers on your fluid. I would also call the ABA or a lactation consultant. If it hurts you need to get it sorted out before it becomes a problem.

Today we took DD1 to her swimming lesson and I was SO impressed. In the last few weeks she has really progressed. Then we went to a friends house for lunch and ended up being there for 5 hours! Both the girls were really good although J was feeding every couple of hours and only catnapped.

AJP - I had 9 bags of saline over a couple of days and then three units of blood which took around 10 hours to go through with those evil 15 minutely vital obs so you get nil sleep!!

Thanks everyone for the advice re: attachment. I have spoken to a mate IRL who said it sounds like "ring barking" - so he has been attaching properly but then slipping during the feed and so he pulls his head back, sucking and then comes forward to re-attach properly. This has done damage where the nipple meets the areola. I'm going to air dry them more - have been doing the breast milk thing. If it doesn't improve I can give it a rest for 24 hours and express. I feel much better having an action plan.

Hi to everyone - sorry for the lack of personals. I am totally smashed - only got a 30 min arvo nap today. Off to bed now. Sleep well everyone. :hug:

Hi all,
Ok I have afew questions.

Does anyone elses' baby not self settling? I cannot for the life of me get E to self settle in a cot, rocker or anywhere else for that matter except in my arms, the stroller, boob or the car. I end up feeding her to sleep in the evenings, which can take some time if she is not that tired. I really want her to learn to self settle, as I am not that keen on carrying her around all day, or feeding to sleep in the evenings for that matter. I know what the answer is, I just don't think I have the willpower to do it like I did with J. I need to wrap her up, pop her in the cot drowsy, but awake and pat her when she gets distressed. But how long do I leave her going like that before I pick her up and comfort her??!! I hate hearing my baby cry.....

And another question - what do you do when you bub has finally gone to sleep and then poos themselves? Do you wake and change, or would you just leave them????

ajp- im glad u brought that up... i want to drink next weekend for my 21st but i dont really have enough milk to express enough bottles for the night.. do u think it would be ok to use formula for a day??

nai the beer certainly got my supply up :o too much, was so engorged last night, though i drank it for my satisfaction not to improve my supply!!
sounds like lunch was great!!

kaz wow 9 bags :o i got 3 and one of syntocin.lovely to contract all night AFTER giving birth :rolleyes: and two units of blood which was uncomfy, hurt my arm, i had it over 4 hours, they sped the last one up as i was having blood pressure issues and needed more saline. as for ob's i had them every 15 mins for about an hour then less often but yes i got woken for them too but this was during the day.
how are your energy levels??? im struggling bug time with fatigue, i had full blood examination the other day and get results tomorrow, are you on iron?? sorry for all the questions

meg were working on self settling, M is great overnight, i feed change bum them back on same side, then bed, i tell her its sleepytime several times then pop her into bed,ive dont that since the night we got home, i rarely have to settle during the night but usunally do after the pre dawn feed. she doesnt self settle during the day as easily

if shes asleep and poos i leave it

laura if you pump every morning this week you'll be surprised how much milk you get, otherwise have a beer at night :lol:

Meg, I leave it too and change at the next feed. J won't self-settle but neither would G until much later. I fed G to sleep and she is a great sleeper - slept through 7pm-7am from 6months (with a dreamfeed until 9months) and I reckon she has woken up less than 10 times during the night since then - and then it's only if she is sick or has a nightmare. J feeds to sleep or is rocked in someones arms generally. However she did fall aslepp on the cushion that G was holding her on this morning so I don't know if that counts as self-settling or trying to block out the over-enthusiastic big sister ;)
Also, thanks for the PM - I will follow that up!

Laura, I would try pumping every day - especially first thing in the morning and you will be surprised! I got 60ml in 10min this morning (and that was AFTER the 7am feed). I think at this age 120-130ml is a full feed (does anyone else know?)

AJP - yep the beer does definitely increase the engorgement :lol: I wonder why?

Meg- I am trying to rock miss E to sleep now as we speak been going for 15mins so far. In the day I have to get her to sleep with the hugabub or rocking in the bouncer or with her dummy. She won't self settle will just cry and work herself into a state. At night its bit easier cause she falls asleep on the boob and then I lie her next to me but she usually needs some patting as well to get her to sleep. In the day I change after a feed and at night between sides so if she poos again after that I leave it cause no way am I gonna wake her just to start all over again!

Kaz- Glad you got some help, not heard of "ring barking" got an interesting name to it! This BFing business can be so hard but gets so much easier. Hope you got a good night sleep.

Nai- I'm in Bentleigh so don't know if thats too far for you, ket me know and I can send you my GPs details. Thats great DD1 is swimming so well, we really need to look into swim lessons, Df was going to do some over summer with Ash but never got around to it so think I should just enrol her somewhere.

Laura- You prolly could do that you may just need to express at or after the party what you would've given so to keep up your supply. Maybe try her with some first so you know she'll take it.

We had a shocker start to the night last night. Started ok, I kicked back in bed with Em on my chest so she could fall asleep properly, had feed 9:15, fell asleep, I put her down, 5 mins later she was screaming and screamed for 2 hours. Poor thing seemed to be in pain and nearly lost her voice, I think it was wind pain cause she was drawing her legs up too. She'd fall asleep on me then just keep waking screaming. I did the whole massage on her tummy and riding her legs and everything whcih helped but as soon as I tried to put her down again screaming. I really should go get some wind drops I think.

Nai, you must be so proud of your DD1 for her swimming efforts! What age did she start?

Kaz, hope you had a good sleep last night.

Megie, nope Leon does not self settle either :rolleyes: If he poos in his sleep I leave it til he wakes, which is never long after anyway.

Shell, Leon has wind pain too, it's so awful to watch him struggle :( I'm in Mckinnon - we're so close! I wonder if we have the same GP ;)

Today we are going to my Dad's and stepmom's for a BBQ. They haven't met Leon yet and are busting to see us. I just hope they don't expect us to stay for long. They said it was a "late BBQ" whatever that means, and DP has work at 3:30am tomorrow so hope they understand.

Have a good day everyone xox

Holly- I noticed last night your location said McKinnon and I was thinking wow that just down the road from me! I wonder if we've passed each other down at the shops and things.

Lol Shell probably! I just updated my location last night as well! Are you a Coles, Safeway or IGA shopper?! If you shop at Coles I've probably pushed a trolley past you many times!

Lol, I usually go to safeway now, lines are alot shorter than coles and isles are bigger! For cheap fruit and veg check out the asian shop next to IGA in centre Rd. So cheap there.

Holly, DD1 started swimming lessons at 6months but we were taking her to the pool from 3months. I daresay we will do the same with DD2 as I will be starting to teach swimming soon. DP and I swim a lot and have always said that we don't care whatever else the girls want to do but they must learn to swim no matter what.

Haha Shell yes we love the asian grocery - they always try to sell you extra at the checkout!

Nai, swimming is top priority here too. I want DS to start lessons as soon as he can. I'm worried about the pool chemicals though and how it could affect his skin - DP has bad eczema so i wouls hate for DS to have some sort of reaction from it.

tarkine- :( Sad to hear you don't feel like you're coping very well at the moment :hug: We all have hard times, I have cried so much!! This motherhood business is really hard!! We are all here for you whenever you need to talk.
laura- Gorgeous pic!
Kaz- I was told the same thing! That attachment was perfect, so it wasn't worked out for ages :( But it wasn't perfect. If it hurts, it's not right! Just make sure you take him off each time if it's hurting and try to attach again. I hope you can sort it out!! Should heal up quickly once you do!! Grace does the same thing at the end of a feed, gets lazy and pulls off a bit, ouch!! Not cool.
Ali- You are doing so well with your DP working so much and everything!! You are a supermum!! Thanks for the tips!! Lucky DH doesn't care if I don't get anything done so I don't have any expectations at least, lol, he will just be pleasantly surprised if I do anything. Yep, I have some friends lined up to visit this week already! lol.
shell- Yep, I think I will be becoming a night showerer too, lol.
Jols- Oh no, what's up with the boobie now??
Holly- LOL, mine is heaps bigger too, esp at night, I wake up with one massive rock hard boobie! At least then at night she doesn't feed for as long coz there's so much in there and I can get back to sleep quicker! Except for the stupid expressing, getting sick of it, lol, but it's better than the pain!! You sound like you have had lots of troubles too, I'm glad things are looking up!! Must be such a relief!! Oh IKWYM about them getting frustrated and squirming around trying to feed!! I would get so frustrated and cry.
Nai- Wow, that sounds like a really good outing!! Can't wait until I can get out and do stuff. Not confident enough until I can use both my boobs again though :rofl: Plus not allowed to drive for 6 wks, bummer.
Meg- Nope, Grace doesn't self settle either. Have to rock her or feed her to sleep. She is better at night though. She must know it's night and I'm not in the mood, lol. If she's not quite asleep when I put her back to bed at night she mostly just drifts off to sleep when I turn the light off by herself, phew.

OMG I have taken so long typing this there's going to be a million new posts when I hit reply that I've missed.

Did you guys send out birth announcements?? I'm trying to make one up now with also a sort of thankyou attached for all the presents we've got. I need to get some better photos of her though!

OMG Grace has started this terrible screaming now where she will scream and hold her breath and she goes all blue around her mouth. It's scary!! And it's not like I've even left her crying for ages until she gets to that or something, she goes straight from happy to screaming like I'm trying to kill her!! lol. Mostly when she's getting her nappy changed and doesn't want to. Other times she loves getting her nappy off. No idea what her problem is, talk about mood swings :rofl:

ARRGHH JUST LOST MMY POST...

ajp-i hate beer lol do u mean pump after first morning feed?

nai- i have 2 containers in the freezer with about 130mls in each.

shell- thanks, im going to try and express as much as i can and if it comes to it i will try her on formula on friday and see if she takes it and if not then i guess i wont be drinking!!


holy crap i cant believe im turning 21... :(

holly - have a good day at the BBQ!!!

Hi everyone,

Meg - Mr. J has trouble self settling in the afternoon/evenings. We are trying everything at this point. Last night, nothing seemed to work until he was put back on the bb for a quick feed. I leave his nappy until the next change - I changed him once after a feed in hossy but was told that with disposables, they suck most of the moisture away from his skin and it would never be long before the next change anyway.
Shell - What are wind drops? I think that's why Mr. J was so unsettled last night. He finally poo'd early this morning and it was more solid so I think my milk may have changed?
Holly - Have a good time at the BBQ! Don't feel bad if you leave early - with your DP starting work at that hour and a newborn you'd be well within your rights to only stay an hour or two.
AJP - I am ok in the mornings energy wise if Mr. J has had some decent breaks between feeds overnight (but not my normal self still) but then after lunch I just hit a brick wall and need to lie down. I can barely think and anything and everything brings on the tears. I've never felt so tired in all my life. My iron levels halved from 119 at 28 weeks preg to 65 in hospital after the birth. I am taking breastfeeding multi-vitamins plus a natural iron supplement that doesn't constipate. It's called Floradix and you get it from health food stores. It's taken twice per day about 30 mins before meals (which can be a challenge!). Doesn't taste too bad. Did you get lots of fluid retention from all the transfusions? I blew up like a balloon!! :o
SJ - could the screaming and blue round the lips mean wind? I was told in hossy that if Mr. J turned a bit blue between his nose and lips and under his bottom lip it could be a sign of wind. Sounds scary if Grace is holding her breath but breathing is such a basic instrinct she will breathe again. Is she holding her breath while trying to push? You know how we do if we're straining on the toilet? :rofl:

AFM - Holding the back of Mr. J's head in place while he feeds makes it much more comfortable and stops him pulling back on my bb. Also, the swelling in my legs and feet is going down. I can almost make out my ankles again and my calves look mostly the right size!! Whoohooo! They told me it might take 6 weeks. Everything seems to take 6 weeks after a c-sect :rolleyes:

Hi to everyone else - hope you're all having a good day with your bubbas.

So sorry I haven't been around...just getting through the days and the nights! Gosh this really is the hardest job in the world...I LOVE it but I'm stuffed! DH back at work tomorrow so maybe Miss A and I will get into some sort of routine and then I will have a few minutes to catch up on how everyone is travelling! Still worried about the chucking and runny poos...seeing the Paed in 10 days...'sigh'.
Have a great day everyone...wishing you settled bubs and lots of sleep! Exxx

nai we started taking sophie to baby play at the pool at 3 months then lessons around 6 months, cant wait ot take millie to the pool!!

sara i was engorged due to drinking some beer :o !! was good though!
ive also heard about the blue been wind.

kaz i hit the wall too around 2-3 in the arvo, no sleeping here though cant with a toddler :( i'll see what my iron is tomorrow, not fluid really, just a small amount that i did notice around pubic area, boobs when my mik came in and feet in the hopital, i mananged to pee it all out!!

BBL...lunch ready

HI girls,
Great night here last night. We had a great night out at SIL house for a birthday dinner for her and Miss A was so well behaved. Only started to cry in the car on the way home as she was due for a feed and it was 11:30pm. She settled though by sucking on my little finger and fell asleep then she had a feed at midnight and slept through until 5:15am then 8:30am. I have to be happy with that. We went out for a walk today which was lovely. I have noticed that I am bleeding more (sorry TMI) today and my stitches feel a bit more tender (this was before I went for a walk as well. :(

In regfards to settling, Miss A will only settle on the boob, being rocked in arms or patted, or in the pram walking. I find it easier for her to slef settle at night after her feed but she is already very drowsy when I put her down. The hardest time I find to settle her now has been between 9am and lunchtime.

So much to catch up on...I will come back later for some personals as right now I just need to chill out on the couch and make the most of having time with DP.

hope you all are having a good weekend :)

Hi all

Wow so much to catch up on. You girls chat lots!!!! Sorry for not being round... combination of unsettled bubs, DH taking the laptop to work and being out and about doing stuff. Will do my best...

Ali - wow sounds like a dream night last night! Well done for getting out to SIL's house, with little A only a week old! Fabulous. Everyone must have been impressed!

SJ (and others!) - according to Baby Love, the blue around their mouth does not mean wind. My MIL is obsessed with DD "getting her wind up" and has commented on the blue around her mouth, but then I was reading Baby Love today and she says it is because of their thin skin and the proximity of the veins to the surface of baby's face, not wind. :dunno: All these conflicting theories etc!

Kaz- my ankles are almost back to normal as well! I can fit into normal shoes, am so excited. My Obs told me it would take a while so this was quicker than I'd thought! Now if only I could fit into my normal clothes... :rolleyes:

Laura - Happy 21st in advance!!!! Hope you have an awesome night :D GL with the expressing... I hope you can sort it out and have a few bevvies to celebrate. Even if you don't get enough to exclusively use expressed milk, Bella could always have one or two bottle of formula and the rest EBM.

Meg - self settling... Isabel is pretty good at night but during the day is pretty shocking. She's very unsettled during the day - to the point where I have had my MIL come round a few mornings just so I can shower and have breakfast before I go wherever I need to.

I think that I'm not going to stress about it until she's a little bit older... she doesn't understand at the moment.

Oh and also I do change at night, it wakes her up a little bit so I can feed her the other side. If Isabel doesn't feed both sides she only sleeps an hour or so... but if I get both sides into her she will sleep a bit longer. She's also got a bit of nappy rash so I'm trying not to leave her nappies on her longer than necessary, as she's in cloth.

Update on me... ended up at the Obs again on Friday as I was worried my epi was infected again... but apparently its all healing up really nicely, but I had a swab anyway as it has a bit of a nasty odour (sorry for the TMI :tmi: ) No idea what it is but I'm a bit self-conscious about the smell... :(

Update on DD... she has been feeding and sleeping really well today, feeding every 2hrs but going to sleep in between which is nice! I've even gotten her to sleep in her cradle twice which is awesome and unusual! Hope it doesn't mean she's going to party all night...

Had our 4wk check at the MCHN - she's stacked on 570g in two weeks and is now 4.7kg, which is the 90th percentile! She's also grown 5cm in length, which puts her at 57.5cm on the 95th percentile! She is going to be a tall girl!

But her head is little... only the 25th percentile. Weird!

Oh and Isabel smiled for the first time today!

Not much else to report... off to the MIL's for dinner (she's still cooking for us, love it) and then church.

Are any of the Melb girls going to the meet up on Friday?

Hope everyone has a great night tonight!!!

oohhhh op sounds like miss isabel is doing well!!!
millie is smiling too now which is lovely!
wheres the meet up??

Wow Isabel is doing very well! DD1 was the opposite 25th percentile for weight and 95th for head :lol: They grow into their bodies though - you can't tell that DD has a big head!

J is smiling too (I think) but it could be wind - I like to think it's a smile. She has dimples too - it's sooo cute!

Where's this meetup on Friday? I am going to one on Thursday in Footscray I think if I can get there.

nai millie has a dimple too,just on one side!

Hi girls - I'm about to start a thread in the post-birth body section but thought I'd give you a link to a photo of my rash jic anyone has seen it before or knows what it is or how to treat it?

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...hp?photo=12912

Ignore the 'sexy' looking socks! They're my TEDS stockings so I can avoid a blood clot!

looks nasty hun, is it itchy??

Kaz- Its weird, my sister had a similar rash flare up when she was pregnant and no one could explain it. She has always had sensitive skin tho, then after she had her son it started to settle so who knows. The wind drops are called infacol just at chemist.

I am really ****ed at Df right now. He tells me there family day at local cricket, knowing his friends I have to ask if its a proper family day or him and his mates standing round drinking. Well ends up that yeah there are kids there but mainly people standing round drinking but Df happens to be the biggest drinker gets wasted and lies passed out on couch for evening while I'm trying to feed and get Ash ready for bed, settle a crying baby. And now he is acting like I am being a ***** cause I don't want to talk to him.

Sorry bout the vent just very angry!

shell id be peeved off too hun :hug:

Shell - THat is really not on. I understand why you must be mad.

E is really unsettled tonight. Currently crying. J is also not asleep and whinging about going to bed. I am about to burst into tears from shear exhaustion.

Hey girls
just a quick one- got another migrane!!! DAMMM! Gonna have to do something about these damm migranes- nothing is hitting their sides and they keep on happening!

Otherwise all good here- Mr L has been on the boob ALLL arvo- man!! from around 3pm till now - ah well what can you do!

Just a quickie- are you girls wrapping your bubs- I find that if is the easiest way to settle bubs!! Wrap them really tight so that they cant escape- definately an art to it! Put one side of the wrap and one arm in and tuck it under their arm, then wrap over the other side and tuck in the other arm. Do it tight so houdini cant even escape!

If Levi can escape then he wakes- if he cant- he settles- makes a huge difference- it did with my twins as well! Gotta keep those arms still and under control. Just an idea!!!

mwah to all Be back when i can see properly again!

ok this is going to be an incredibly shelfish post from me.

i just need to get this off my chest as DF doesnt really understand.

I feel as though i have failed my daughter, the one thing she relies on me for i cannot give her.
I was almost in tears before buying a tin of formula at the supermarket.
i had plenty of milk (and i mean PLENTY) and now each feed she is draining both boobs and by time her next feed comes they have hardly filled back up and she is starving after she 'tries' to feed.
i was so ready to BF for at least 6 months as i failed with DS when he was born.
I have drained myself physically and emotionally with this breastfeeding business and i could tell that bella was starting to pick up on it too....
i hope i have made the right decision.

Am i allowed to formula feed and breast feed untill my supply stops?

hugs laura
you are able to do whatever is best for you and bubs!
if it works for you -then do it!

happy mum= happy baby
and dont ever let anyone tell you different

mwah