Babies Born February 2007

Hello everyone! It is a little hard to get on the computer with tiny babies, isn't it! My little Sophie is going very well. We had her at the paediatric chiropractor this week as I ended up with a forceps delivery and I was worried she might have problems because of it. Lucky we did because her neck was out. She is all good now though.

I have a question for you all! How do you go with the milk when going commando with your boobs? Any time I have my boobs out, especially after a shower, they just drip all over the place!!

I hope you are all getting some sleep. My mum is staying with us at the moment and I was able to go back to bed for 3 hours this morning which was just bliss. My DH went back to work today which I am pretty upset about...I was loving having him at home.

Does anyone else cry when they realise how fast their baby is growing? Sophie is 2 weeks old today and I feel like it is going too fast! The maternal health nurse came today and Sophie has put on over 500g. My little baby is growing so quickly.

Hope you all have a good night. :D

Hi girls:)
I am not too happy atm,,,,,,,
last night in the shower i discovered my scar had sprung a leak,,, so i went to the docs to get it checked out,, and she told me there are 3 spots on it about 1cm long each where it has reopened,, and more patches that look like they are going to do it too. She only steri stripped it as the registrar at the hospital didnt think stitching it would help,,, but i dont think they are going to stick,, it is oozing way too much!!. To top it off, tonight i have a 39 degree temp :(. So am off to the emergenct dept and see if they can help..... seems like one thing after another.
will let u know how i go

Love Lil

Hi guys

Karen - I find that walking around with a face washer to catch the drips works well! I've read that all this dripping should stop soon. I hope so!

Lil - I hope everything is ok?? How frustrating, springing a leak like that! I hope it doesn't hurt too much???

Me - My breastfeeding issues have been SOLVED!!! Went to see the child health nurse today, and she has saved my life (or at least my sanity!). She gave me tips on how to get Bella to attach, and also to reduce the pain (it's all in the thumb!). She got me to feed her while we were there, and I was amazed that I didn't feel any pain whatsoever when putting her on the right side, which was the most damaged and usually the most painful.

I recommend to ANYONE who is having BF issues to seek professional help with it - you will be sooo glad you did! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted.

Fantastic news about the breastfeeding Michelle,,, wish i could get it right!! as it is all the attachment that is our problem here,,,,,, i have followed all the tips i can get,,,, but he is so stubborn. Can you relay the "thumb" technique here? i am getting desperate,,, feeds take like 1.5 hours for both sides at the moment,, and he still wants more after he has finished!! But my poor boobs ache like mad deep inside after he has mangled them, so any advice while fresh in your mind would be invaluable :D
And yes,, these darn "leaks" are soo painful,,, yestereday i was out shopping feeling great,, today i can hardly walk at all from the pain!!

Kel - as Michelle said hun,, as long as your baby arrives as safely as possible,, then the delivery was a success,,, dont be too hard on yourself hun,,,, you did great!!
Brooke - 700 grams in 3 weeks is impressive!! sounds like Chloe is loving mummas milk :)
Lisa - My second DS had a tongue tie,, right to the top of the tip of his tongue,, if he triee to stick it out,, he got a sharp "V" shape to it kind of like a snakes tongue lol. I too had to use sheilds,, and successfully used them for the whole 16 months i fed him for. He needed to ave it repaired at 3 though as it never tore or stretched while feeding like the early childhood nurse was hoping.
What a shock about your Mum,,,, she is soo lucky, bt it must be terribly painful for her!! She really must be a fighter to have survived that.
Karen - that is so nice of your mum to help out so you can get extra rest!!
Anyhow, i need to get some sleep before Griffen wakes up again to feed

Love Lil

Lil, they told me to hold my boob like a hamburger, believe it or not, with my thumb right near the part of my nipple which will be in contact with Bella's top lip. (I hope that makes sense???) The rest of my fingers are well away from the bottom part of the nipple and that allows bub to take more of the bottom part into their mouth. The nipple is the last part to go into bub's mouth. Also, I wasn't holding Bella far enough over - it's supposed to be like she's going to overshoot my boob! I wish I could draw a picture as it would be much easier to explain! lol

Have you tried talking to the Australian Breastfeeding Association? I believe they have a free counselling line where you can get help. I'm not sure my description will help or not, but I sure hope it does as the agony of not having bub attach properly was getting unbearable for me and they explained that as she wasn't attaching properly, she wasn't draining the milk ducts efficiently, therefore causing me to stop making enough milk so I had to feed more often and be in even more pain. Vicious circle I tell you!!!

I cry all the time when I think about Quinn growing up - he is over 3 weeks old and I don't like it one little bit - he is growing out of his clothes! I also carry around a face washer to wipe up the leaks - or just rub the milk into my nipples!

I'm getting better at breastfeeding - have been doing it all night and all day today...I have a blood blister on one nipple and that is getting better now - it doesn't hurt so much when he is feeding but more so afterwards and I'm walking around with hurty nipples!

Lisa: That is awful about your mum!!!! How scary for her! Glad to hear she is recovering though.

Lil: The ABA suggested I rub breastmilk into the nipples a lot and also to get everything lined up properly before they latch on - like Michelle said have their nose level with your nipple so they look like they are too far over, they need to have their head tilted back a little bit like they are skulling a drink. Hope these descriptions make some sense.... And I hope your "leaks" heal quickly for you!

Quinn slept for 7 1/2 hours last night!!!! I was very happy with that - that's the longest stretch of sleep I've had in I don't even know how long!!!!!! Maybe months!

Anyway time to have a shower - Quinn is having his first trip to the races today! He had his first restaurant adventure last night and slept the whole time (It was DP's birthday).

Hope all is good with you all and all nipple issues vanish!

a couple of things that have been helping me breastfeed is thinking about making Jemima reach for it not just having it near her mouth so she gets her mouth big enough.
the other thing is that it is called 'breast' feeding not 'nipple' feeding so i am sure to give her breast not just nipple.... bit hard when breast are getting so big so hard to manuever.
(i also sing the playschool song to her... "open wide come inside..." which is weird with her being named Jemima.
she is a piggy wiggy though she is always overflowing with milk i guess that will settle down when all my milk works itself out too.
the nurses told me to rub breast milk in to sore boobs too, one of them is borderline going to have probs but i am heaps more careful how i let her latch on to that one hoping like mad to keep it good.

how much weight are babies supposed to put on after they leave hospital? she was over her birthweight at discharge and i'm thinking she has put more on as well but i need better scales i only have digital ones and i hop on and weigh me (which was pleasant surprise this morning) and then i go and grab her and weigh us together and it looks like she is going well, i'll have to make an appointment at the clinic but i hate the way she sooks a little when she has to take all her clothes off (which i wont hate when she is 15 years old)

just heard the washing machine go off so i am going to attempt to hang some washing out, dont think i'm supposed to as i am so sore, but am hating feeling so helpless cant imagine how women recover when they have other children to look after!

jemima still hasnt worked out how to scream i am so lucky!

YAY!! For Isabella, Jamima and Beau!!!

Have been really busy with MIL and Nan the Great here....Tenny is doing great...Put on 500 grams last week. Had a look at the photos of the boys yesterday and we ended up spending $465 on photos!!! Bit more than we wanted to but that gives photos to all the relies!!

I found out yesterday that Russell Crowe's son is Tennyson too!! DH and I thought we were picking something uncommon. Names him after a winery from a wine we liked *lol* that we had on dinner when we first met...oh well!!

No time for personals...Gotta get organised. Going out for dinner tonight. Have EBM on hand, think I might have a few drinkes since I haven't in AGES!! The boys are coming with us...I bet Tenny will sleep though as was awake 5 hours straight this morning.

Michelle - thanks so much for the description,, i have tried it for the last 2 feeds,, and i can really feel the diference!! Also to everyone else with the advice on attachment,,,,,my nipples are in alot better shape, and not aching like mad betwen feeds,,, lets hope that things get even better :D
Kirsten - 7.5 hours in one go,,, that is absolutely brilliant!!!!!! Lets hope that he is setting a pattern there so you can get good sleep at night
Kel - i am not sure how much weight they were meant to have gained,, as little Griffen was still losing weight when i got discharged 6 days after birth. All i know,, is they are allowed a 10% loss in the first 5 days post delivery, and should have gained back to birth weight by 14 days old...... Griffen lost more than the 10%, but then again he did have a very rough start so the paeds were not too worried.
Spiddles - i hope dinner was great for you tonight,,,,, and that is such a lovely story to tell little Tennyson when he is older on the origins of his name!! Very romantic indeed :D
Anyhow, gotta go get some sleep before the feeding starts again :)
Love Lil

Hi everyone :)

Lil - OMG at your scar!!! I hope everything gets worked out for you. Are you ok now? Sending you some major healing vibes.

Kel - I know what you mean about having huge breasts that are hard to manouver!!! Mine are way over the top huge... I can't see Harrisons mouth most times to know if his mouth is open properly! The best thing I was taught to do is to roll up a terry nappy and put it under my boob so I can see better.

Kirsten - I cry thinking about Harry growing up too... it is such a huge reality for me because my first baby boy is turning 13 in April... he is sooooo grown up... having another baby boy in the house is a reminder to me that time truly does fly and to enjoy every single second of them. I am lucky that James is still a Mumma's boy and isn't too embarressed by me yet ;)

Michelle - I haven't had a chance to see the LC yet... she is coming tomorrow... the midwives at the hospital were shockers with putting Harrison on for me... I would end up sooooo upset and annoyed because I didn't think I would be able to do it before I got home... it was only when I was leaving the hospital, and Harry got checked over by the paed did I learn he had a TT... that is his main reason for not latching properly. It will be fantastic if the LC can show me better ways to help him attatch, TT and all.

Karen - My BB's leak everytime I am commando, think about Harry, look at Harry, or hear Harry or another baby, or something that sounds like a baby!!! lol
I have found the best way to stop my leaking is to give Harry a little suck, express a little, or catch it with a facewasher.

Me - Harrison is having an ultrasound done tomorrow morning to check his kidneys and bladder... just a precaution because of Noah's abnormalities... fingers sooooo tightly crossed that everything will be perfectly fine.
We have done some more calling around and found out that NO Dr's up here will snip Harrys TT at all!! They will circumcise, but not snip his TT... I am peeved that they don't see my baby not feeding properly more important than a circumcision. We can however get a referral to a Dr in Newcastle who will do it... so we are trying to get that info together to have it done asap... the sooner it is done, the easier it supposedly will be to re-teach him to feed.

i know this might sound a bit ridiculous girls,, but trust me,, it works everytime,,,,,
For leaking boobs,,, when you feel that tingle of a let down (which happens to me everytime i think about Griffen, or see him,, or even think about feeding him) place your hands over your boobs, so that your palm is over your nipples,, and apply firm pressure for aobut 20-30 seconds,,,, it sill stop the letdown so you wont leak milk. I got that tip with my first DS from a wise older midwife,, and it has been a lifesaver. And if you are in public when it happens,, just fold your arms over your chest, and use them to apply the pressure to your nipples, it is less conspicous than actually having your hands on your boobs.
Lisa - good luck hun getting Harrisons tonguetie fixed,,,,,,, i wish my second sons was done early too as he ended up having delayed speech from it,, and was so withdrawn from other kids in the end as he could not speak properly,, and was made fun of because he could not poke his tongue out...... very cruel to put a little kid through that. I wish you were up here,,, the local gps here do it without even a second thought,, they just put a squirt of anaesthetic spray in their mouth on the tie,, and snip it in the surgery.

Where abouts are you Lil?

I have heard that if I don't get his TT snipped, he could potentially not be able to poke his tongue out, lick ice cream, remove food from parts of his mouth (thus causing more tooth decay than necessary), talk properly or even eat properly when he starts on solids... I sooooo want to avoid any of these problems for my baby.
My Aunts little boy who is now 3, was born with TT and the Dr snipped it straight after diagnosing it in the hospital when he was only a few days old!!! It is times like this that I wish I still lived in Sydney!!! Grrrrr

Lisa - I live at Casino, about 1.5 hours south of the queensland border. My local GP here told me that if he was my gp when i had my 2nd DS,, he would have done him no probs,, but as he was already 3 when i started seeing him,, he said it was too late,, and i had to get into an ear nose throat specialist who then had to do a day surgery thing to fix it. They then cauterized the tie off, and fixed it that way. Only about 5 minutes in surgery,, but such a hassle to go through, as i was 7 months preggers then with my third son,,,,, so was quite an ordeal.

Morning everyone :)

Lil - awful to hear about your scar, I really hope it heals soon. Most of my stiches have just fallen out after two weeks of super irritation and the new skin is ichy but I feel so much better. Hope you're feeling good soon too.
re: the leakage stopping technique, my ABA book recommends the same thing, but does warn against using it too often because overuse can lead to blocked ducts and mastitis eek!

Lisa - That is dreadful news about your mum! Hoping she gets better soon too. How frustrating about getting Harrison's TT fixed! It seems ridiculous that they will do circumcisions but not TT snipping!! grrr!

Kylie - What an awesome story about Tennyson's name!! Great to hear he is doing so nicely.

Kel - Thankyou so much for sharing your story :) Sounds like you did splendidly, but I understand your feelings, it's hard when it doesn't quite go to plan :hugs:

Kirsten - Woohoo for sleep LOL! It feels sooo good, it's the simple thngs now! Good on you for going to a restauant and the races!! It's great to get out huh!

Michelle - Great that the LC could help you so much! They are awesome! Here's to happy nipples! LOL!

Karen - Good to hear the chiro could help Sophie. Do they think there might be any ongoing issues with her neck? Hope not.

Brooke - Yay for your little 'chubber' LOL! Good to hear she's doing so well.

Me - Doing well, sore nipples again! Ruby was going nuts last night, on... wiggle.. yank... off... flap... on... yank... flap... tug... off... push.. pull... off...*ouch!* for hours so my poor nipples are suffering a bit this morning.
Ruby is not putting on much weight, she's still not back at her birthweight, but that apparently has something to do with my PPH, so she's being checked again tomorrow.

Hope you're all having a great day :)

hi girls im tommygirl and i had my bub Jonah last wed the 21st feb.

i would love to pop on and get to know the girls from the other half of the feb thread.
i dont know how often i will get on now though.

Jonah is doing great im bottle feeding as again like when i had my 1st son (who is 6 now)
i have no milk what so ever....weird hay.
so Jonah is packing on the weight very nicely. feeding every 3.5 hours and sleeping heaps.
he gets alittle more unsettled from the 1am to 4am mark...great time to get unsettled hay.
well i better scoot off and do some washing im only having 6 weeks off as i have my own hairdressing business and i work from home so im making the most of my free time.
the other feb girls will tell you im a bit nuts i worked the day bfore my c section and i was still doing the school run for my 1st DS the day before too.......im crazy.

take it easy girls and i hope i can help in anyway i can.
looking forward to sharing experiences
with love TG

Hi Everyone!
I have another little girl to bring to the group! I gave birth to Charlotte Daisy on Monday 12th Feb at 3.55pm, weighing 3.3kg (7pd 5), 53cm long. My waters broke by itself, but not much happened, so I was induced. Well, Charlotte was quite comfy in her posterior position, and her heartrate was going down with each contraction, so she was vaccuumed out. That left me with an episiotomy, a tear and a million stitches, but it was all worth it! Charlotte is absolutely gorgeous (even if I say so myself) and is feeding like a champion! In the first few days, Charlotte was sucking so hard and I was trying to get her to latch on properly, so I ended up with the sorest nipples (grazes, scabs, blood blisters, the works), but as soon as my milk came in, they healed up (thank goodness). Yes, my nipples are still tender, but I think they are still getting used to the whole breastfeeding thing. I think she is putting on weight, cause she feels heavier, but I'll find out for sure on Thursday when I go to see the Community Nurse.

All I can say is so far so good, and it has been good to read about how everyone is working through the same sort of issues such as sleep and breatfeeding.

Take care!
Love Jess and Charlotte.

Oh, and by the way, I bought a Phil and Ted's pram on the weekend. It's perfect for a smaller car, it folds down really small and it has really good toddler seat options for later on down the track when number two comes along!
Cheers,
Jess.

Hi Jess
Congratulations, I love my phil and teds - Quinn likes to sleep in the cocoon :)

I went to see MCHN today - she showed me a few attachment things but still thinks I should go to the hospitla breastfeeding clinic, so I will make an appointment for that asap. I have my first mother's group today too - looking forward to that actually - I wasn't looking forward to it yesterday but I'm feeling way better than yesterday when I had engorgement and painful hot boobs and I was exhausted.

Anyway Quinn has put on another gms! Giant monster boy! He is doing really well, the only issue we seem to have is my dodgy nipples! Best I get that sorted!

Hope everyone else is well and there are no cracked bleedy nasty hurty nipples around! ( I got recommended to buy "other Mates" so I got some and haven't used them yet but am going to today...they are like silicone breastpad things that assist the healing of cracks etc!)
I'll let you all know how they go!

1 handed typing is another learning curve i've been touch typing since i was 7!

Jemima wants to feed all the time!!! whats with that??
is she not getting enough?
i've just had to feed her at 1,2,3.30, 4,5,6,8 and now 9!!!

going to clinic on fri so will ask them then

moooo

Hi girls, just showing my face in here! Congratulations all the February babies, you're in fab company as Liebling is now with you!

Kel, I've just had a day like that with my laddie, he's been on a feeding frenzy this morning! Have you been fully draining each breast, the fatty stuff at the end apparently makes them sleep more. Ha, didn't work for us today! I can't get the hang of one-handed either, have to wait until Liebling goes down for a nap at the moment.

Kirsten, I have sore nipples too. I'm going to get DH to look after Liebs tonight so I can have a hot bath as that seems to help a bit, even if I leak like mad when I get out. Are you expressing at all to relieve the pain?

Jess, I had a similar thing with the birth... induced and ended up with a vacuum and loads of bruising and pain! My induction started on the 12th too, maybe that's a date to avoid in the future.

Hi TG - I've been half-following the other Feb girls so I know who you are! Well, vaguely. The 21st is a fab date, that's my birthday too. Shame I was in hospital for it!

No more personals as you're all on another page. Sorry!

Well, I'm back and starting to relax a bit now. Liebling has had a very unsettled day and just wanted food all the time, but is otherwise really good. Sleeps most days, awake in the evening to play with Daddy, pretty much sleeps through until 5-6am... sometimes wakes at 2-3am but then just wants a snack and a burp. I hope this continues, as I said, he's been a bit off today and was up 9.30-3.00, which was a bit draining on me here alone.

how do i know if i have fully drained one breast??
Jemima sculls it down, overflows and goes to sleep or just doesnt want anymore and wants to sit up to let it all glug down into her belly
sometimes she wants a nappy change or quick nap and then she wants more... i usually then just offer her the other boob unless the original boob is hard or heaps heavy...
i cant wait to go to clinic and ask them.... dont want my afternoons to be full of hourly feeds....???.....
Benji said she laughed today.... they are now asleep on the couch together very cute.

Hi everyone.

Hope you and your wonderful bubs are all doing really well.
Just starting to feel as though i have regained some semblance of an existence. Beau is sleeping much better now. He has had a heap of wind despite all efforts to burp it up. We're slowly getting better at it.

I can't quiet get the hang of this one handed typing.....

Can someone tellme how i paste a link into my signature under Beau's name rather than having a whole web address appear. I can't seem to get it to work.

Can't believe Tenny is a month old today!!! Where has the time gone!!Has had his 4 week check up and is healthy as.

Kelly - I do the same as you...feed off the heavy one...When finished...burp and nappy change then offer the other. It seems to work. He has put on 1kg over birthweight in a month. So is 4.5kg. Probably isn't even Quinn's birthweight yet *lol* Is so hard when breastfeeding to know if they are getting enough. I always seem to worry about that. Usually at 2 weeks they have a growth spurt so thats why she is probably feeding more. She is such a cutie!!

Ryn - Congrats on the birth of Samual!! I don't think I had a chance!!

Lisa - I hope everything works out well with Harrison's TT. Must be so frustrating.

Welcome to all the new faces!! Hope everyone is well!!

Hey everyone,
I thought it should be about time i get my lazy self back in here and discussing things.

I had a boy on wed 21st and he weighed 11lbs 2 ounces! just over 5 kilo's, my gosh we were shocked, labour went well i had frequent contractions in the am then they completley died off when went to hospital but was 5 cms dilated, so they broke my waters then 1hr 24mins later out came lil William, didnt have any time for pain reliefe so was pretty proud of myself.

trying to breast feed but i really hate it, he is feeding every 3-4hrs at night but 2hrly during the day, boobs have calmed down since the milk came in but my left one keeps getting sharp stabbing pains through it, specially when its full dunno if thats normal? I never stuck with breastfeeding with the other 2 coz of things that happened. I really hope it eases soon so I can try to enjoy it this time around.

look forward to chatting to you all
Lesley

*yawn*
Hello everyone!

Whew how exhausting is this job!?
Quinn decided last night was going to be awake night, DP and I took it turns trying to settle him from about quarter to 4 - I finally got him to sleep with me on the couch at 6 am and then he slept till 10! Of course I had to get up to express at about 8:30 so there would be food for him when he woke up!

Went to MCHN yesterday and first mothers group! Quinn has put on another 630gms! He now weighs 4950 - so he has put on about the same amount as Tennis (I still love that Liam calls him that! - it's so cute!)

Mothers group was good too - there are 7 of us in the group and the others all seem very nice....and tired too :)

Ryn: I am expressing almost exclusively because of the nipple issues. I am going to a breastfeeding clinic on 9th March so hopefully they can help me a bit. I have a go on one boob every day - but one is very damaged and just too painful to directly feed from.

Lesley: I think that's how it feels when the breast is full - like a needle in your nipple? I get that when that breast is full - although I have had some problems with blocked ducts and almost mastitis so in my case it could be left over pains from that! Good on you for having such a big baby! Aren't the big ones beautiful? Then again the little ones are beautiful too!! They're all beautiful! THe little ones are easier on your back!

Kel - it is hard to tell when they;ve had enough - I went from feeding Quinn from both breasts to only one and he seemed to sleep longer then because he got all the fatty sleepy milk at the end, they say that the start of breastmilk is like a drink and then second half is like the meal...and what fills them up.

Time to go express again - I'm leaking everywhere!

Hope all is well!

Hi everyone, Hi new mums and bubs, hi ryn - glad you made it here! How hard is it to find time to play on here these days!!!
No more one hand typing for me. Chloe is sleeping in the baby bjorn (no sleep at this time of day in her cot - its impossible!)
Today we had lunch with Chloes greatnanna - she is 88 and so excited to get play time with her 8th greatgrandchild as she lives in the country and was in melbs for the day for an appt. Chloe stayed awake the whole time. It was almost like she knew she was the centre of attention for the new faces.
We haven't started mum's group yet. B/c I changes health centres we have to wait til the 22nd March, so I reckon Chloe will be the oldest there.

I better go and organise the dinner while my cherub sleeps..... preprepared dinner - thats a new one for me since motherhood!

BYE all

Hi everyone :hello: and welcome to all the new Mummys and Bubbas :)

Just a quick one tonight.
Everything with Harrison is good... I am still in pain while feeding but I am getting through it... I am sooooo looking forward to Harrisons tongue snip!!! We're getting the referral on Friday... then it is just a matter of going to Newcastle.

I have been sooooooo busy with James and Madeleine, Harrison and now my Mum is home, so I am helping to look after her and help her out. She has bad vision in the eye which socket was broken... and she is still in a lot of pain... she is starting to get depressed about her looks too as she has had a lot of surgery etc so isn't looking herself... but it has only been 11 days, there are still internal bruises and lots of swelling... I am trying to arrange a councellor to go and see her so she has someone to talk to without the fear of scaring or upsetting them, which I know is what she thinks she will do if she tells us how she really feels.

I will come back asap and do personals.
Hugs to all :grouphug:

Kel, if my breast has no hardness in whatsoever then I class it as empty. DS likes feeding to sleep, but wakes up if I take him off when he starts to doze, so it takes about 40 mins to drain a breast. We do both sides every feed with a nappy change and a burp. I've just had enough time for my breakfast and gettung dressed today so far; Liebling was up at 7, feedung, nappy, burping and dressing took 2 hours then he's back feeding at 10!

Right, one handed typing means I lose my text so have to start again!

Nat, winding is our problem as Liebling hates it. It's easier just to sit him up for half an hour until he burps alone than try to wake him and pat his back.

Kylie, happy one month bday to Tennis and thanks for the congratulations.

Lesley, I have been told BFing takes six weeks to really get; everyone else I see has beautiful feeders but we have a playtime so I'm dreading feeding in public.

Kirsten, glad I'm not the only tired one! I wish my DH would help more at nights, but he has only just moved back in and is still sleeping in the nursery, but did say well done t me this morning as Liebling only woke him once. DH is just fussy about sleep, nothing bad has happened, but it does just show a girl can't sleep with two men she loves at once!

Brooke, you have such a good idea... sadly, Liebling hated going in the baby björn so I'm back to feeding him!

Lisa, I really hope your mum is better soon.

OK, me... well, just a bit tired. Liebling is a bit heavy! He only woke up once last night but I couldn't get him back down again so was up for over an hour. I wish DH would do more at night! Still, it's not too bad and does stop engorgement. I finally have acleavage too! Libling loves sticking his fist in it when feeding, but it's still a bit too hairy to show off. Is anyone else doing cloth nappies and how are you finding them?

Hi guys

Well, as far as breastfeeding goes, I have failed! :( After my initial success after getting help, things went downhill. Isabella would attach correctly then change her position and would no longer be attached correctly. Breaking the suction hurt, no matter how I did it, then she'd get upset (as would I) as we'd have trouble getting her back on. I ended up losing it and told DH I couldn't take the pain anymore. He told me he would have given up long before I did, based on my description of the pain.

So now she's on formula. I felt really bad, but as DH pointed out, my other DD was on formula after two weeks as well, but is rarely sick. She had one day off school last year, so she's pretty healthy. I also had a lot more milk this time around, and I've been expressing once or twice a day to keep that going. My milk has almost run out though - I can feel it. I do feel sad about putting her on formula, but I am feeling so much better physically, and it's nice not to dread a feed like I was - especially as she's soooo hungry at the moment!

Will do personals later as Bella's awake and wants some attention!

Hi all
Ryn - I can really sympathise with the constant feedings atm.
Griffen loves to feed continuously in the late afternoons into the night. I find that if I dont have a whole 600ml bottle of water on hand every feeding and make sure i drink the lot of it,, then i start running low on supply of milk in the later parts of the day,, so i have 5 of those bottles sitting in my fridge and just have to remember to keep refilling them.

Michelle - dont be too hard on yourself for changing to formula hun,,,, afterall,, a happy mum leads to happy bub,, and that is what matters most :D

Lisa - i really hope your mum heals quickly soon,,,,,, she has been through such an ordeal!! and best of luck with Newcastle for little Harrison, fingers crossed the waiting lists arent going to be long.

Brooke - great about Chloe being such a little princess for her grandnanna!! also great she loves the baby bjorn too. I havent got a sling to use this time,, i have however bought a fisher price baby swing,, still to use it yet,, but hoping little Griffen likes it :D

Kirsten - 9th march is a fair way off to have to wait with nipple and feeding issues :(
i will have all my fingers crossed that the clinic gives you the answers you need to mend those nipples and be able to feed your little Quinn

Lesley - Congrats on the birth of William hun,,,,it really sounds like you did a great job!!

Spiddles - Congrats on the 1 month mark for little Tennyson!!

To all you other mums,,, :hello: ,,, it is really late,, and there are so many posts,, but I will try and get to everyone next time,
Love Lil

Michelle and Kirsten - You poor things!!! I know what its like and it sucks. Liam did the same as Bella and everytime would try and get him on would make a sound like a cricket by flicking his tounge back ) was a cute sound) I got frustrated. He was frustrated. I would be in tears and he would be screaming!!! I didn't end up going straight to fomula I ended up expressing every feed for 3 months then gave up as was going back to work and he was already cutting teeth!! Expressing was so mentally and physically draining. It felt like all you do is sterilise and pump. I was like can't go to bed yet..gotta get next feed ready. Can't go to bed gotta sterilise pump and put it beside the bed so when he finishes can start again. Can't go back to bed gotta sterilise!!. I hope Kirsten, it's not exhausting you as bad as what it did with me. When I went to formula, I didn't feel like a failure and neither should you Michelle. You did your best and what is right for you and your baby and Bella managed to get milk from you in the beginning which is most important

Speaking of backs and Babies...Doe'n't help when a 2 and a half who weighs 17 kgs jumps on your back when laying on your belly on the rug yelling "Pony Ride Mummy" I so need to go to the chiro can hardly walk!!

Prison break is on....will be back later for moe personals!!

Hi all.

A good night last night - I took Quinn to the Chiro yesterday and he had some issues in his back so they were fixed ap and last night he was really good slept for 6 1/2 hours then 3 1/2 and is now asleep again and I just got back from having him checked at the chiro again and he didn;t even wake up during the whole thing. YAY!

Ryn: Poor you having to do the nights on your own - my DH does at least one of the wake ups and if I am really exhausted he will do all of them! He seems to finction ok on not much sleep. I am doing cloth nappies only. Finding it no problem at all - I have some disposables that someone bought me but haven't used even one - I think Quinn will grow out of them before I open them.

Kylie: I have my moments with the whole cow routine - milking and sterilising and milking and getting up to milk then getting up to feed Quinn - expressing is not the best, but it's the best i can do right now - but I'm glad you know what it's like- It is way more exhausting than feeding!

Brooke: Why did you change health centres? Did you move?

Lil: Unfortunately that's the next clinic that has available places I am on the waiting list for next Tuesday...hopefully it is worth the wait and I get these issues sorted out!

Michelle: Don't feel bad about going to formula - you did your best and Isabella got all of the good stuff at the start :)

Lisa: Hopefully a counsellor can help your mum, poor thing has been through a pretty big ordeal and it's not surprising that she is feeling terrible about her looks - what a good daughter you are helping her out when you are so busy with your own family and a new baby too.

Quinn is one month today - GROWING UP TOO FAST!!!!

Hey everyone,

Just introducing myself.
I'm Amy & have just had my little man, Bodhi, on the 26th, weighing in at a whopping 9.4lb......7days overdue, little bugga:rolleyes:
The labor went well. Ended up going drug free except a tiny bit of gas which did absolutly nothing for the pain~ just made me slightly dizzy. I must admit tho, if i had been offered the epi i probably would of had it. I'm quite pleased with myself that i didn't tho:D who knew i could actually handle that much pain!

Anyway, i look forward to getting to know u all.

xoxox

Michelle, you haven't failed. Liebling is still having formula too; DH wants me to do more formula in the day but so far I've resisted. Can you still give Bella one breastfeed a day, or try to - I find that Liebling finds it harder to latch when he's upset and that's partly what caused the problem when I came home from hospital.

Lil, I find the drinking the hardest part! Just being able to get from the sofa to the kitchen to get a pint of water is hard without Liebling crying! And I can't hold the glass and operate the tap one-handed... yet. I make DH get me water all the time in the evening.

Kylie, I don't know if I could do months of that! Wow, I'm impressed. DH has said bottle-only when Liebling gets teeth; I think we'll see how it goes, but he doesn't understand that I'm a woman, I can cope with pain!

Kirsten, you're lucky with your DH! Mine does the last evening feed at 10ish for Liebling with anything I've expressed and some formula, after that I can get about 5 hours sleep and that seems to work for me. He's going to attempt sleeping with us again this weekend so I hope Liebling sleeps for longer tonight... but then again, DH over-fed him last night (I said he was doing so at the time!) so most of the formula was thrown up again, which would explain why Liebling was a bit more awake last night. Liebling is cloth during the day and disposable at night, because DH likes to help with the night-time routine and I'm the only one who likes cloth.

Hi Amy and Bodhi, good to "meet" you. How long was your labour? I didn't like the gas and air either, made me feel so drunk that I didn't want to use it. But then, I gave birth in a very pro-drugs, pro-intervention hospital so I'm very pleased I managed as long as I did refusing the drugs... even my DH was pushing for me to take them!

As for me, Liebling seems to be a bit more settled now. My mother thinks it would make Liebling more settled if we went and stayed with her, leaving DH here... yeah right, as if! He's just been a bit fractious because I've been doing more around the house and my mum hasn't been playing with him all night, it's just me and DH now. And I'm not going to have DH not seeing his son for a week or so! He (Liebling, not DH) almost enjoyed his bath last night too, remembered about 2 minutes in that he doesn't like baths so started screaming, but at least they're still short baths now. He's so cute!

I ended up calling the health visitor yesterday because my mum was telling me I have been doing everything "wrong" (Liebling should have timed feeds, I shouldn't co-sleep even for five minutes, I'm not feeding my baby enough, he's not being burped properly...) but luckily she put my mind at rest. Especially about the burping, my mother was having us try to get the wind up for half an hour at a time, no wonder we have all been so tired! Anyway, not going to whinge about it, we're doing well and are happy and that's the important thing. Can't wait to find out how much Liebling has grown on Monday, he looks and feels so much bigger.

Hmm, wonder if him sending my arm to sleep is also the most dangerous thing in the world, or if my whole body has to be asleep?

Ryn - Don't pay too much attention to your mum hun,,, it sounds like you are doing brilliantly without her being a control freak over all Leiblings care. As for having trouble drinking,,, i have a few 600ml water bottles filles waiting in my fridge,, and as soon as Griffen wakes, i change him, put him over my shoulder,,, grab a drink for me and head to my feeding chair where i have my boomerang pillow waiting. It is the only way i can cope
as i get a nasty case of the terrible dry mouth as soon as my milk lets down.

Amy - I have been awaiting your announcement hun,,,, considering you had an induction scheduled for today lol,,,,, very glad little Bodhi didnt want to wait that long lol :D He was born on my birthday!!

Hi guys, sorry to crash your thread! Congrats to all of you Feb new mums!

Michelle - you have not failed. You breastfed your baby for two weeks and you've done really well. Breastfeed is bloody hard sometimes and we don't the best we can with what we have :)

Ryn, I think all grandmothers think they know whats best!

Hi Mummas & Bubbas

Well i finally found my way here :)

I noticed a few familiar faces but i will do a quick intro of myself for all the people from the other half of the Feb thread.....

Im Char & i had a very handsome little boy BLAKE WILLIAM on february 10 @ 9.25am. He was exactly 7 pound & 48cm long. I had Gestational Diabetes so he was soooo much smaller than i expected, he is just adorable.

I am feeling like a BIG failure at the moment because it seems that im not going to be able to breastfeed Blake, but i really had my heart set on it, not to mention all the "BREAST IS BEST" pressure from everyone :(

Blake was 2 weeks early and had a small infection in his bowel a couple of days after he was born, so he had to be fed by a drip for 5 days. I had been asking the midwives if i should be expressing but they said "ohh no just wait, you will respond better to him than a pump" so i waited, then they decided on the 5th day that i should be expressing!! So i was off to a slow start anyway, but then he wasnt putting on weight quick enough so he was formula fed so we could closely monitor how much he was feeding AND...... i got pre eclampsia nearly a week after i had him & was put back in hospital for 4 days & put on meds for my blood pressure. So now my milk is almost non existent, i think last time i expressed i got about 40ml. i just feel like crying, i feel like such a FAILURE and that i should be trying harder :crying: Im sure i will get over it eventually. Im sure im not the only one with a newborn thats had to go pretty much straight onto formula

Sorry about the long sob story !!

Looking forward to catching up with those of you i already know & looking forward to getting to know those that i dont

Hope you're all enjoying your beautiful bubs

Love Char :D

Ryn- I think i started having contractions at like 1am monday morning, so that part was very long. But from the time i got to hospital~4pm~ to the time Bodhi was born~6:31pm~ was pretty fast.
My mother was here for about a week, she only left on thurs. Always have a ton of advice don't they lol

LiL- i am so happy i didn't have to be induced!
Ohhh & HAPPY B'DAY FOR MONDAY!!:D

Hey Char
Jemima would have been Blake i think if she was a boy...... the way i figure it with the breast feeding is that the ONLY way you would be a failure would be to keep trying when Blake needed formula just to please 'everyone else' a bit like the way i feel having drugs and ended up with c-section complete failure but the other choice was to jeopardise Jem's future!

we went to the clinic yesterday and they actually said she was a perfect specimen! kinda needed to hear it to reassure myself we were doing stuff right... she has put on 418grams since birth weight 300 and something since discharge so i am very lucky in the milking department. All her other bits were fab as well, colouring, reflexes, eyesight etc so that is so so good.

Bit weird at the moment coz she has gotten a little more vocal, some of our friends that had baby on same day boast that they know their little boys cries already but we have only had 2 days of some unsettleish times she didnt cry at all the first 10 days or so, we were blessed there!

it is funny feeding her is when i get to post these days! i will do personals next feed maybe!

ps - michelle you shouldnt be feeling like failure either, it is not like you didnt try!

Hi Guys,

I have posted in here once, but should introduce myself properly, for those who don't already know me.
My name is Nat, we had a baby boy " Beau " on February 16. Beau weighed in at 10 pound, 55 cm long and a HC of 37.5. Unfortunatley, despite eveyones best efforts including a vacume, Beau was born by emergency C section.

We are smitten with him, although have had a heap of trouble trying to settle him. We are now beginning to get some longer sleep periods of a night which I am so happy for.

Sleep deprivation really is a form of torture. Its amazing how revitilised you feel after even an hour.

Beau is sleeping now, so I am thankfully not having to master the single handed typing. How is everyone coping with their bubs, especially the new parents ?
I have had plenty of ups and downs, mainly sleep related i think. DH is wonderfully supportive and helpful and has one more week off work. (dreading him going back already)

Do you guys have extra support, eg mums, friends staying with you ?

I look forward to getting to know you all and sharing this magical experience.