Lisa, I didn't know you could get a drug for increasing milk supply... hmph. So much for "needing" formula top-ups. Although my darling one does better without those, he gained 11oz last week (about 40g a day - he's now a whole pound over his birthweight) so I must be stuffing him. No wonder he went off the formula! 60g (2oz... only translating for me LOL) under birth weight isn't so bad... although I can see why you'd worry. Can you express a bit too and increase your milk that way?

Crikey, I now get one and a half ounces (or 50 of the metric things) just from the let-down... I'm glad I caught it in a bottle yesterday as it usually soaks my breast pad, bra, top and even the top of my jeans! Anyway, hope your supply ups itself this much too, Lisa. As Emily said, weight is a daft way of measuring progress, so long as your baby is fine. I know we were re-hospitalised because of weight, but my DS was also not weeing and pooing enough, sleeping too much and very unsettled when awake, plus refusing food. Doesn't sound like Harry has that problem.

Hi Kristy and welcome to the gang! My DS was late too; he ended up being sucked out and not breathing on his own too and it took 10 mins for the first cry. Very traumatic, no? I agree, epidurals work fantastically, although I still wish I hadn't agreed to one (but then would have gone from nothing to a spinal, very full on!).

Kirsten, I did just over two hours with Liebling in the car yesterday and he was fine - the trick is to give a big feed and nappy change just before you set off. OK, it then takes 15 minutes to settle him, but if someone else can pack the car in that time you're away. I'd suggest expressing a bottle for him to take in the car and sitting in the back, that way you don't have to stop, pick him up, feed on the side of a raod/a supermarket carpark (I had to do that!), settle him again... I'm going to do that when we go visit my mother at the end of the month so we don't have to stop for five hours.

Lil, yay that Griffen is OK, although I can sympathise about Doctors and their handwriting - I worked for a doctor for two years and still had trouble. But then, so did the rest of the hospital, the blood labs and the X-ray department would call and ask me to visit and translate for them!

As for me, doing well. My friend has left now so Liebling is getting back to a normal day again, fewer outings and more entertaining himself as we don't have guests who want to cuddle him instead of letting him sit in his chair. I think it was the nappies causing the problems - last night we used cloth and he was asleep at 10, not 11 (which does wonders for my tiredness and sanity!) but was up twice for about 40 minutes at a time, one (quiet) nappy change the second time. But he slept until 8.45 and is now feeding, so I will see you anon!