Jan-Re: the right boob feeling fuller- I am the same- what I tend to do is when the right is feeling we to full, i tend to start on the right side first for a couple of feeds in a row, as she takes more milk from the first boob that is offered. Middy at hosp said that was okay.
Also, another question- Has anyone left there newborn yet with another person except DH/DP? My MIL wants DH and I to go out for a movie to get a break from Kaetlyn, but I don't feel comfortable just yet leaving her with someone else.
If anyone else has left their Newie, what age were they?
Blueflower - this morning I was just thinking my boobs feel like they have no milk. I have actually gone back to a bra that I was wearing while pregnant, instead of the bra's I had to rush out and get after coming home coz my other ones were way too small.
I don't know what I would do without this forum as a means to reassure me everything is normal.
I have a big day of visitors with afternoon so hopefully Georgie will behave the same as she does when it is just Dh and me. Also very thankful we had yet another good night which means I got a good amount of (broken) sleep.
Starfish - Glad to hear the breast pad thing worked for you. I have done it once or twice when Lach's really relly grumpy, but I must admit that this s not very often at all. I have a pretty chilled out little boy here who just adores his mummies mammaries!! lol
Sara - sorry it didnt seem to work for you but pmsl at ur hubby! lol
In regards to what DP is doing. I am a very very lucky girl. He does a great deal of the nappy changes, probably a good 80%. He also has given Lach every bath he has had since birth. That's his and Lachs special little thing. I always help out though. Adam also is really good when Lachs a little unsetteled at crazy hours of the morning. He always gives him daddy hugs to settle him down and give mummy a good half hour of sleep. Adam's absolutely briliant, and I couldnt ask for anything more! He has been helping me heaps with the housework, done heaps of washing loads..... I cannot praise him enough.
I am a little upset though, as he is going back to work tomorrow. I don't want him to go, but his dad really needs the help, and we are doing so well here. If I want him to have some tie off though, he is able to take it which is good.
Lach had a naughty night last night. His worst since we've been home. He was waking nearly every hour for a feed and a change. He nearly always setteled straight away though so I shouldnt complain.
Just wondering, does anyone else seem to have sore boobs? My nipples are fine, no signs of cracking or being misshapen or anything, just an area underneath my nipple seems to be a bit tender. I am worried its mastitis. I have been trying to massage the area, apply heat packs, and I always attempt to feed Lach starting on that side, so he gets most of his meal from that one.
I havent noticed a lump there, or any swelling or redness, but I think I'll keep going with what I'm doing and hopefully it gets a little better. If not, the MCHN is coming around on Tuesday so I'll get her to check it.
well apart from the sore boob, things are going great and I love every second of being a mum.... even the stiches are worth it! lol
And I must say..... I LOVE SALT BATHS!!! hehe
anyway, better fly. I am having a PJ day today, as I did too much yesterday and wore myself out.
Hope you're all going well and loving your new little families!!!
In regards to feeling like you dont have enough milk, I'd suggest to offer the breast a little bit more often as the more you feed the more milk you will make!
My breasts are still really full, but Zyon tends to cluster feed from around 5pm til 10pm, then sleeps 4-5hours & then feeds again every 3 hours til 5pm...
It is normal for your breasts to settle into what bubs is needing, but it might still be a bit early or that, so to build up/keep your supply I'd offer more feeds!?
WE have been out all morning at the shops, I wore Zy in the HAB & he slept the whole time (about 3.5hours!) When I got home my breasts were so massive! So have just fed him & he's laying in the bassinette looking around...
He loves being in the HAB & I adore wearing him so it works perfectly for both of us!
I just weighed myself & I am 3kgs lighter than last Friday (still 12kgs to go, but I am hoping the breastfeeding this time (unlike with Indah!) will help shed the extra kgs!
I am also exclusively breastfeeding, we go overseas in 5ish wks so I definately want his food on tap!!! hee hee
I have given ALL my maternity stuff away, no more bubba's for us, which is devastating, but I am also looking forward to our future endeavours!!!
My Dh does all the housework & alot of cooking too, which is a huge help, he does heaps with Maddy & Indah so I can focus on Zy's newborn stage & soak it all up...
Avaleigh and I have had a good morning. She has managed to sleep 1.5hrs and is now just stirring for her next feed. It took her a while to settle after her last feed, but managed to get 3 burps out of her and lots of cuddles and she went to sleep. Not bad for us!
Jason thinks that Avaleigh smiled at him yesterday. Could have she or is it too early to get smiles??!!
Well better go tend to her before she gets too restless.
hmmm over 24hrs has passed and no one has posted!! Such a big change from the pg thread.....
Well we went out today and got the 'magic juice' that Mel has spoken about to help with Avaleigh's colic. I hope it helps!! She ws real bad last night, held her from 2pm - 10pm!! and I thought that we would have been up all night or that we would need to co-sleep again. But I fed Avaleigh, bathed her and then gave her another small feed, popped her in the basinnette and we went to sleep. Well I hope she went to sleep too! I didnt hear her screaming or anything so she must have. I sometimes wonder if I am just sleeping through her cries because I always seem to wake up at feeding time and not before. hmm who knows!
Well going to go relax on the couch before the next feed. Hope everyone is well!
he he Veroncia. I was thinking the same thing.... noone for 24 hours!! crazy times.
Well, have had a good day today after my biggest scare so far last night.
Lach broke out in a rash on his elbows and torso. I ***** myself!!!!!
Tried to call the MCHN hotline number, but it was engaged for over half an hour. So called the nurse on call number.... I am loving this nurse on call business!
So, it looks like Lach had a bit of heat rash. it has setteled down heaps. He didnt havea temp or antyhing so that was a little reassuring. We spoke to a pharmacist today and she mentioned that it could also be because Lach is used to being inundated with all my hormones and his body is just reacting to the fact that he no longer has them in his system.
Anyone elses bub with a rash?
He is still feeding like a trooper, and giving me plenty of work in the nappy change department!! lol
But I am loving everysecond!
Being a mummy rocks! hehe I will never get over how good this feeling is.
Anys, hope you are all going really well, and hope ur bubbas are behaving themselves!!
There are 34 days in july right?? lol well I don't care I'm crashing this thread!!
I hope your all going well I'm sorry I haven't read back on what's been going on, I'm lucky that I have the time to write this. it's probably feeding time right now, but Xavier is enjoying sleeping on daddy. Very content.
I'll try for some pics up soon, but i'm really slack when it comes to these things.
Update on where we are at, we had 2 nights in hosi, they decided that all was going so well they would suggest we go home if ready. Yes I was ready to sleep in my own bed.
I have but a birth story up, I hope it makes sense, i didn't know what to include and what to leave.
In short it was nice and quick, a little on the ouchy side. I do feel like Nathan has a new found respect for me now, after what he saw happen. I am proud of myself for not having any drugs except gas.
Was a little teary, tired and emotional last night, I think I'm over that now, Nathan lost a fair bit of sleep last night so that I could get some proper sleep. Finally we got Xavier feeding for 10 mins and sleeping for about 2 hours. and he's been doing that all day. My milk has already come in and so far so good (I don't want to jinx it) Although the little sucker has jaws like a vice clamp!!
Welcome back Bec, welcome to the thread and Yeah for being home so early!!! I cant believe that you were back so quick- same for Dee and Tracey. I stayed in hosi for 5 days, and only on the fifth day I felt confident to come home with BFing and a newborn. I guess I really wanted to make sure that I was BF properly before coming home and I was lucky that the hosi I went to is very pro breast feeding.
Well we have had the best day today. Kaetlyn slept really well last night, so gave me a good night sleep. Aaron went and collected her for feeds, so i fed in bed and just got up to put her back in her cot. We have got into the habit of her sleeping on us then we put her into the cot after she is well and truly asleep. After three nights of lots of tears (from me and her) this solution works best. It breaks my heart to hear her crying (not to mention hurts my BBies)in her cot when she is put there to go to sleep. If she only cried for 5 mins it would be ok, but its not and she would prob cry all night long if we let her.
V- good luck with the magic potion. Let me know how you go!! I find that Kaetlyn is doing way more farts than burbs, so a little play normally gets the farts to come out.
Oh I wanted to mention to you also that our bubs were almost the same sizes. I laughed when I saw what Avaleigh was on your birth announcement!
LOL at no-one posting. I have to admit that I have read the posts but didn't really have time to post anything. HAve had a bad couple of days with a little grumbly daughter. I think that she is like her mother in the fact that if she dosn't get enought sleep, it affects her for the whole day.
Nicky- Kaetlyn has a rash on her face, its called 'newborn rash' its bright red with little pimples on it (and i know I cant squeeze them!!!!). I am not sure about putting anything on it, as it is apparently bad to use creams at the moment and is due to the hormones as well. If it gets worse I will take her to a doc (we need to find a good family GP to use), as I never need one. LOL I had to find a doctor when I was PG to get a refferal to an OB!
Tracey- thanks for the tidbit on BF- I keep forgetting, the more she drinks, the more I make for her, so will give her the left breast equeally.
Well Thats about all I have time for. Aaron and Kaetlyn are watching the football at the moment. so it gives me some spare time to run around the house tidying up- Oh and I think I am on dish duty tonight- Aaron cooked dinner.
Hugs to all
xoxo
Last edited by blueflower; August 6th, 2007 at 07:24 PM.
: Really Bad spelling!!!
Well, there is no way I am going to attempt personals, there is WAY TOO MUCH to catch up on.
Just will give you an update on Seb and I - he has terrible terrible wind pain and screams this awful high pitched scream and brings his legs up to his tummy and is just inconsolable after some feeds (but not all... weird).
It just breaks my heart that he's hurting and I can't do anything to make it better. We give him nice warm baths if he gets too out of control, I went out today and bought some infacol so will start that with BFs tonight ... he seems like he's really blocked up with poo too ... his poos are not like normal BF poos (but they are the same colour, just not the little seed looking poo, his is really thick and pasty like the same consistency as mustard). Is this normal? I have not seenn any BF poos that look like this (and I'm a kids nurse - so I've seen HEAPS of BF poo).
We are going to see the MCHN on Thursday so will ask her - but thought you all might be able to answer me beforehand.
Hope everyone is going well, will promise to try and get on here more when Seb settles down!
Wow! What a great night we had here last night!
between 11pm and 6 am, Lach only woke twice. Fed and changed him both times, so that took an hour each as he was mighty hungry... but I actually got blocks of sleep lasting longer than 1 hour! lol
We went shopping again yewsterday, adn boy does he love that! He loves the car rides and pram rides. He stays asleep the whloe time, which is good, cos I am a little bit worried about this breast feeding in public caper!
How long will Lach be a newborn? well... I dont really know. If it is this magic 5kg mark... then Lach may not be such a newborn anymore!
MCHN is coming today for weighing and measuring. So I am looking forward to hearing how well/ not well he is doing. I swear he has gotten bigger. His cheeks have def gotten chubbier!
Better go, MCHN will be here in halfa, and I need to tidy the lounge room.
Have a good day all
Hugs
Nicky
P.S Sara, thanks for the reassurance in regards to the rash. I did speak to a pharmacist yesterday who told me somehting very similar.
this parenting caper is so scary sometimes! lol
lol Sara! good question.. the huggies nappies says that their newborn nappies fits bubs up to 5 kg so maybe thats when they are no longer newborns???
We just tried some of the magic juice andgot a nice big burp out of avaleigh!! she was a little unsettled afterwards but is happily sucking away at her dummy in my arms..
Rebecca - welcome to the thread!! great that you got to go home so early. looks like you were hit with the baby blues, all normal i've been told! Imfeeling good since my lil break down the other day. I read your birth story. Well done for doing it all with only gas. I dont know how people could manage it. I hated the feeling of the contractions and even with an epidural it hurt to push avaleigh out so well done!!
Kylie - good luck with the infacol, i hope it works for you. Its so bad when bub gets blocked up with poo! Avaleigh has been a lil blocked up but all good now. So the seed-like poo is normal for a bf bub?? I;ve been a lil concerned but too afraid to talk about my baby's poo!!
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