Babies Born February 1st - 15 2009

Hey all

Lachlan is feeding like a trooper now that i know how much he is getting!!!!

We have a mchn appointment this arvo so will see how much he has put on in 5 days!

so excited we get to pick up MY new car this week!!!

sterla : :jawdrop: thats an effort! glad to see oli's putting on the waight! have you been told that if you find the nipple sheald is slipping off to use lansnoh? (its in a purple tube) it helps HEAPS the LC told me that today...and no slipping sheald! (plus it helps if you have dry nipples too!)

Moose: woo thats fantasic your little sammy is gaining too! every ones bubs are getting bigger!

MelanieKate: oo i'll be interested to see how your man goes, what kind of car are you getting?

AFM: went to the LC today. he DOES have a postior toung tie, but its not as bad as the last LC told me :wall: got a smaller nipple sheald aaaaaaaaand darren got waighed...and guess what?
yesterday he put on 80g in a week yeah?... well 24 hrs later..ANOTHER 100g!! yes, myself and the LC checked on THREE scales..and 100g as been put on...after a poo and three piddles! i almost cried i was so happy! she told me that witht he sheald that he feeds longer/more often and to express after each feed to help the milk supply and so i can freeze some if i need/want a brake its there for DH or some one to feed. she told me i've done the hard yards and that i was RIGHT to listen to what darren wanted, even if its not 'normal' but im SOO happy. i go back saterday to check its not a fluke...but...this lady was fantastic and supported me in my ideas. we even tired to feed laying down, but darren gets freaked out by that :rofl: my boobs dont feel the same when im laying down!
i'm off to do some celabratory landry! :dance:

YAY Blip, wow, 100g in one day! Thats awesome, good on you for sticking to your guns. I am really pleased it has paid off for you and Darren. Well done mummy!

MelanieKate: Hope you get good news too for Lachlan! and congrats on getting a new car too. WOOT WOOT!

MelanieKate: That's fantastic that Lachlan is feeding so well. I bet he'll have put on heaps! :dance: Yay about getting your new car. What kind are getting?

Blip: That is awesome that Darren put that much weight on! Well done team blip! I'm so happy that you've finally had a positive experience with the LC! I can imagine feeling the need to weigh Darren three times - 100g in 24 hours after poos and piddles is amazing! Well done! :clap:

Moose: Sounds like Sammy is gaining really well :).

AFM: Quite a busy, eventful day for us. My mum took Oliver and I into town where we met my DH. DH and I went to our bank for an appointment while my mum took Oliver for a walk to her work to show him off! DH and I had the appointment to find out how ready we are to buy our first house - and it's looking really good! :D We should be able buy a house this year some time! It will be so good to get out of renting! After we left that appointment I realised that my left breast had been leaking and had somehow soaked through the nursing pad, my bra and the top I was wearing! So, there I was in the middle of the city with a big wet patch on my boob,,, so embarrassing! We found my mum and Oliver, and Oliver was ready for a feed, so I did my first public breastfeed (sort of) in a mothers room. Another mum came in with her 7 week old son. We chatted a bit... she expresses and then feeds her bub. I'm a bit self-conscious about the fact that I use nipple shields, so seeing another mum feeding in her own way made me feel good - made me realise that we just all do what's best for us and our bubs, whatever that may be.
And now, we're off to my parent's place for tea.

How are you other mums and bubs doing?

Lach only put on 90g in 5 days! should be more!!!

I'm getting a 2005 ford territory
7 seater

Moose: thank-you

sterla : well done on the 'public' b/f! i know the feeling about leaking - its happend to me too! but at least you know you and oli are in tune with each other! its good you could talk to the women in the parentals room, both your self and her are doing the best you can with feeding bubs...no matter how its done!

AFM: darren was a little gass worm last night. poor thing. better thismoring. he had a good feed...we manged to do a feed laying down so i was happy about that. we even managed to get out of the house - i went and printed some photos off, now i just need an album for all the photos...includeing all the belly photos i have (which i have to print off!) any one else looked back on belly photos (if you took them) and go "was i that big?" i know i have been!

We're a bit quiet aren't we? Well, we are all busy new mummies! :D

How is everyone going? I hope all you mummies and bubs are doing well. Oliver is having a decent sleep at the moment, so I've been catching up on a bit of housework and (more importantly ;)) on BB! Today has been my first full day home alone with Oliver. Because I had a c/s I've had DH home to help out (started off full days, then half days), and my mum took last week off to help out too - but today was just Oliver and me, and I think we did okay :D. I'm sure I'll be used to it very soon! Still, it was so nice having my DH and then my mum home with me for the company.

I'm pretty sure Oliver has started smiling - well, he may have been for awhile, but I wasn't sure if it was wind or genuine smiles. I'm convinced now that they're real smiles, cause he tends to do it a lot when DH and I are talking and playing with him. He's also started doing lots of coos - kind of like he's talking to us! So cute - my insides melt! :D

Blip: I hope Darren's wind settled down. It's so hard when they have trapped wind, cause all you can really do is wait it out with them. Well done on the lying-down feed! :dance: I wish I could work out how to feed in other positions, but for now I'm pretty stuck with the 'football hold'. It's the only position that seems to work with my silly, enormous bbs.

MelanieKate: I hope Lachlan's feeding is continuing to go well. I'm sure he'll be gaining big numbers very soon! How's the new car?

Sorry this has ended up so long - BB withdrawal has caused me to go overboard with my update! Woops!

Sterla: you have nothing on me re: long posts!! I am so glad Oliver is well and you will get used to being alone with him. I love my time with Sammy. You get into a little routine and before you know it, the day is over ( like today)

AFM, Sammy has been sleeping for....wait for it...8 HOURS~! YAY!~ That has been the last 2 nights only mind you but we have been putting her in bed around 7 to 7:30 and been giving her a dreamfeed ( feeding whilst she's sleeping) and she stirred at 4am and woke up at 5:45am this morning. Unfortunately, my boobs have not yet adjusted to that and I;ve been leaking and getting very sore boobs by 4am but that should settle in a day or 2. Other than that, Sammy is just an angel, I am soo lucky. She gets her fuss-pot moments, especially when its hot & humid. but I really can't complain. I also did my first BF in public, as outdoor on a bench at the playground in the middle of Manly! I was so proud of myself. I have a BF top which allows me to be very discreet and you can hardly see anything.

Hope everyone else is doing great, give us some news!

Back to dinner prep!

Mxx

Lach is feeding like a machine! He is finishing of 120ml bottles every 3hrs!!!

My car is so big and spacey now! I love it!

How are all you lovely ladies going?

Moose: :o Wow with the 8 hour sleeps!!! I haven't slept 8 hours since - well, I can't remember actually! Probably since sometime earlier in my pregnancy before my bladder became non-existent! Sammy must be such a good sleeper :D. Oliver sleeps well at night, but during the day he just seems to want to be awake all the time - I think there's just too much to see.
Well done on your public b/f!

MelanieKate: That's fantastic about Lachlan feeding so well! Enjoy your new car :).

Well, I'm off to feed Oliver, and then hopefully fit a shower in - I stink!!! :p

'ello my lovies!

Sterla - the laying down feed has worked a whole three times LOL...but for one of them i fell alseep whoops so i have no idea how long i was 'feeding' darren for! i tried that football hold while in SCN..but i swear my nipples point DOWN lol so its kidna hard for both of us heh. well done on your first day home alone with Oli! it's funny how fast the days seem to go when its just the two of you isnt it? as for the wind it is hard, infants friend is a god send! (when we give it to him at the right time haha)

Moose & sterla - you ladies think you guys have long posts! ;)

Moose: :clap: on the public BF! luck you've got b'f tops! i have over sized ones and even then "discreet" is next to impossable with a detachable nipple (also known as a nipple sheald!) im glad sammy is sleeping through the night for you - if you want to ease the sore boobs try expressing a little then do boob compression (as in massarge the boob but not stimulate the nipple) and it should help things along, i did it once when darren came out of SCN and it settled down my milk supply real fast!

MelanieKate: WOW you do have a hungry hungry little one dont you? glad he's doing well! getting used to driving a bigger car now?

AFM: darren and i had a rough night last night with wind, the poor little might. hes finaly alseep now..he's been over stimulated i think from everything! i guess it means his sight is getting better? i find out tomorrow how much wight he's gained. i feel better after seeing the LC last week, she said that 100g a week waight gain in BF babies is good, rather then the 150g that the MCHN told me :wall:. next week that should be cleared up becuase darren's getting a toung tie relase (cut) at a local doctor. the LC i saw saterday looked at it and told me if i had of been the the Roal Womens Hostpital she could have cut it but cus she was at my local hostpital she cant :( but this GP we're going to is known as "Dr Snip-it" as it cuts toung ties and versecimys i had my 6 week check up today and im doing good! my doctor told me i'd lost waight and i said "you only saw me Once before i got pregers...so you dont know what i look like when im not!" darren has also found out how to 'talk' or rather go "dawwwwwww" or "raaaaw" or some times "nah--nah..nooooo" (which i swear is him saying 'no' ) Ohh and he takes after his daddy - his farts are well timed - always whilest sitting on my knee and his burps always when im face to face with him! Ohh and if any one is worried about their milk supply try drinking RLT i was..i had one cup last night and this moring after i fed darren i got 50ml from one side (the second side offerd) plus leak-age from the other side!
I better go eat some lunch before darren wakes up!

went to the MCHN. Darren has put on 180g! (since she last saw him) or just over 50g since saterday! which im stoked about. he's been sleeping alot the last few days...and has grown (i asked her to do it for my own good along with a way-in) its funny 'becuase he still fits into 000's but he's getting a little too tall for them (getting tigher from sholders to feet) but still has room to fill out in them!
i got the LC tomorrow to check how darrens attaching. i could call and cancel it but i want to talk to her more about the toung tie, and how it happens and hopefully go over how to attach darren without a nipple sheald! plus i also want to find out if i have to give him any pandol before it as well...
i better go - darrens waking up!

Hi girls! i am finally back on the internet at home! I don't have time to look back at all the posts so could everyone give me a run down of all the bubs names and dates of birth? Would love to know.

If anyone doesn't know, Orson was born on Valentine's day! It was a quick birth, 2 hours, so intense. Will have to write up my birth story soon.

Things have been up and down. Breastfeeding is going great but i have had to start topping Orson up with formula after breastfeeds since yesterday as he has lost 610g since birth and now only weighs 3470g, not good. Hopfully he starts gaining and we can cut down the formula top ups. He was feeding every 4 hours but i have had to start waking him every 2 hours just fill him up and also increase my milk supply and he isnt liking it cause he keeps falling asleep at the boob! Going to have to fine a way around that so he is getting the milk he need.

Anyway that's us for now...so glad to be back!

Hi Antheia! Great that you're back! :D Orson must be 5 weeks tomorrow (he was born a day after Oliver). I hope the feeding sorts itself out.

Here's my update Antheia: My DS Oliver Thomas Eldrup was born on 13th Feb at 12.34am by emergency c/s (due to fetal distress). At birth he was 3.035kg and 50cm long - but he's much bigger now! I've been breastfeeding using a nipple shield, and Oliver has been gaining really, really well (he put on 540g in 8 days at our last check-up!). I've posted a birth story too which is there if you want to check it out :). Your birth story should be a very interesting read from the little bits I've heard!

New news from me... Oliver is 5 weeks today :dance:. I can't believe how quickly that time has passed.
I've been experimenting with my breastfeeding a bit. I'd been doing the football hold all the time since I'd left the hospital as it's been the easiest position for me, but today I tried the 'normal' hold and it actually worked! I'm glad I can do it, cause it will make b/f out and about much easier.

How is everyone else doing?

Babies born in our Group

1st Feb ??? Mkart86 "Anastasia" 3.5kg

2nd Feb 2:54pm *det* "Levi Peter James" 8lb

2nd Feb 7:36am Renstar "Ava Joyce" 8lb 1oz

4th Feb ??? jords Winter Lorraine 8lb 6oz

5th Feb ??? Cyathea "Marley" 9lb 4oz

5th Feb 8pm 1pj "Summer" 5lb 5oz

7th Feb 5:23pm MelanieKate "Lachlan Ashley" 5lb 15oz

8th Feb 12:50pm baby_blip "Darren Jay" 7lb 15oz

9th Feb 9pm Sydney moose "Samantha Joan Bea" 3.1kg

10th Feb ??? yvettemj "Lauren" 2650g

13th Feb 12:34am Sterla "Oliver Thomas Eldrup Purdy" 3.035kg

13th Feb 11:36am Andjxx "Harris" 8lb

13th Feb 6:25pm laura_133 "Bella Grace" 7lb 4oz

14th Feb 5:09am Antheia "Orson Phoenix Paul" 9lb 2oz

15th Feb 8:30am luua "Mae" 2.4kg & "Hana" 2.2kg

if i have any details wrong please let me know.... or if u want anything added in :)

Thanks for the list laura!

Sterla, love Oliver's name. I hear you on the football hold being so much easier. Especially since Orson's head is so heavy lol. Its so tiring laying on my arm.

Gotta get me a new avatar too!

Thanks for that list Laura! :)