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Thanks, that reasuring to know the blood and goop is pretty normal :) I would love to keep the little peg, just not sure how to get the cord out without breaking the peg lol
Hollo I agree, the conflicting advice can get so confusing doesnt it! I guess everyone just has their own theories on what is right or wrong....feels like a bit of a mine feild at times tho! Wow 10 days over in both your pregnancies!! Did you get induced aswell??? Good luck with your five day check up :)
Kellbell Yea I had to get induced....stubborn little fella still wouldnt come out tho, his head was at a bad angle and he had an arm wedged against his face, so after labouring for about 6 hours I was taken off for an epidural, episiotomy and forceps birth. Not the birth experience I had imagined, but I have a happy healthy little boy so its all good. Its taken awhile to feel like moving again tho lol
Hope everyone elses bubs are going along fine and healthy, good luck to everyone with their weigh ins and check ups :)
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Hey Hollo - of course we want you to join us here.
I like the way the group is expanding.
Welcome to Helen, Tiggerlinda, and Anna T.
We needed more beautiful boys eh! and more gorgeous girls of course.
Tirion's cord came off on day 4 also. It was gooey for a while but has cleared now. Nurse said dont put anything on it. Years ago we used to put alcohol on them daily to dry them but no longer considered necessary.
Kell - I end up with Tirion in our bed in early hours of the morning after feeding and it is easier to keep sleeping. Never did like night shift. She feeds a lot over night at present and I would get very tired indeed if I were to get up to feed every time. Sometimes I dont remember getting her out of her hammock at all but notice that she is in bed with me!
Yay to thrush going away!:dance: That is worth celebrating - its damn hard to shift often. Well done. Sounds like you have loads of milk girl!
Jo - I love to snuggle the bubs in the bed too. A king size bed sounds like a plan! My big boys love to lie all over our bed at times when they just want to hang out with us. Not much room for me and DH when they do. At least they dont do so in the night.
Noah sounds like a great sleeper. I wish my DD would go for more than 3 hours overnight. I'm glad to hear you got some time on the pc. Are your teens on school hols? Mine are nocturnal when its holidays.
Mo - good idea to move the arrivals list:)
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so i;m confused do i post in this group or the april one or can i do both lol!!!
anyway!
Susanna Dawn finally entered the world at 5:13pm on Sunday night, weighing in at 8pounds2, 48cm long, 35cm head circumfrance :) waters broke with a trickle as I left the hospital after my CTG sat avo, then gushed about 6pm! had some acupressure and then contractions started about 9:30, were regular by 10:30! so was an 18 & 3/4 hours labour, but we made it through with only trying gas for 2 contractions! will have to sit down and write up
Susanna is such a delight! she's feeding really well, but unfortunately is more focussed on sleeping the day away and feeding at night...lil bit around the wrong way but we'll get there :D so its time for me to have a nap now lol! I'll be back later smetime!!
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well done MrsC, you are a champion! :-)
i too am co-sleeping at night. when i had hannah i really struggled for the first couple of weeks. she would stay in her basinette for 10mins then cry and this would happen ALL night. it wasnt until we started co-sleeping that i actually got some sleep. this time round we are co-sleeping with chelsea from the beginning. i find that i sleep better and so does the baby. she probably wakes up every few hours but doesnt even cry. just squiggles around so i give her my boob and we fall back to sleep.
helen- yep 10 days over with both. had to be induced both times. only needed my waters broken this time though which was good.
had check up and Chelsea is 4kg now, she was 3.94 when she was born so has already grown bigger than her birth weight and she is only 6 days old! guess my boobies are doing the job! :-)
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I co-sleep as well, i find it so much easier to feed Cookie & get some sleep.
Aussie you can post in which ever group you want or even post in both :)
Hollo well done to you & Chelsea on the weight gain.
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Great work Hollo & Chelsea on the weight gain!!!
Congrats MrsC :) cant wait to see pics of Susanna!
We had our community nurse visit yesterday.....Josh put on 270grams in the last week (3870g now, was 3855g at birth) and all his muscle/reflex tests were good too :) The nurse did seem to poopoo the amount of formula I offer him, her theory was at his weight anything more than 85mls and he is gutsing whereas I offer him the full 120ml and usually he only takes 100ml at most. Josh got his own back tho.....he peed on her lol the joy of boys!!
Im abit confused about the whole GP vs community nurse thing tho (doesnt take much to confuse me atm) So the nurse said I have to see the GP at 6 weeks to get checked over, and at 6 weeks Josh needs to see the GP or nurse for check up and shots, but if he goes to the nurse they cant check his heart the GP has to do that. So wouldnt it make sense to book us both in to GP at once and not worry about the nurse??
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Hi all, its hard to believe Bunny is 6 days old today!! in some ways it seems like only yesterday she was born, others seems like she has been here forever!
my milk has definitely come in now...and I think its a bit much and fast for my lil piggy (she certainly is a good sucker!), cause she keeps spitting lots back up then wanting more until she gets towards the end of the breast!! still getting wet nappies though so obviously is getting enough in her tummy~!
we had a great night tonight, I slept from 8:30 till 10:30, up till 12, then up from 12:30 till 1, then she didnt stir till 6!! I cant believe she slept for more than 2 hours during the night!! woohoo!! DH and I both certainly feel much better for it!
am still quite tender downstairs from the grazes...I do not know how those of u with cuts and tears manage! DH said I have one graze thats about a cm square where the skin has come off..ouch!
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thats great MrsC, are you guys co-sleeping or is bunny in her room in a cot?
we had a bit of a restless night last night, she was very fussy at the breast for a few hours in a row, it was a combination of gas that wouldnt come out and my boobs being drained i think. reminded me of when hannah was small, i think it can happen because a growth spurt is on the way and the more they suck the more milk comes in. doesnt make it any easier while it is happening though.
to tell you the truth i am sooooooooo sore downstairs still. it is really achey and throbby and when it isnt like that it is stingy! i hate it, cant sit, walk, stand lay down, go to the toilet without it hurting. how long does it hurt for?
DD1 has a temperature and i am freaking out that chelsea will get sick from her! god, i hope not!
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oh Hollo, the pain sounds absolutely horrible, I really feel for you, makes me feel bad for complaining about the pain I've had cause urs sounds sooo much worse! mum was telling me when she had me and she tore she left the hospital after a week and still couldnt walk properly, hopefully the healing really happens soon for u! have you got ice packs and ural on the go?? also, something my doula told me to do...use a hair dryer to help dry down there after u go to the toilet! it actually helps!
Hope that DD1s fever goes down really soon and that Chelsea and yourself dont get sick too!!
Susanna fed well at lunch time and no upchuck during it either..I expressed a little bit manually before I offered her the breast so that probably helped a bit!! I had some lovely one on one time with her this morning whislt she was awake too, got to dance around the house with her singing some of the old classic 60 songs to her hehe! was a real boost to my spirit thats for sure :)
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Sorry Ladies I have been a little AWOL since intro myself Miss C has had some bad nights with wind I have just found some great online demo's of some exercises that have made her body more realxed if anyone is interested google Dr Gregory La **** or Treat Collic. She is much more realxed in the body and calm after doing the exercises today hope this can help someone else.
Me I am still a little tired and let myself get into pain by forgetting to take the pain killers after the CS but hey will set reminders in the phone beacuse when I am in pain I get teary. Looking forward to setting my own rountine with Miss C once Mum goes home so I feel more in control of the suituation. She has been great taking the night shift but I must say I was sooo unsetteled hearing her cry last night that I just wanted to give it a try.
Expressing is going well getting 60mls for feeds for her 8 times a day and freezing 200mls think we may up the feeds to 70mls tommorrow to get her on track for the 700-800mls by 4 weeks.
Hollo and Mrs C - Sorry to hear you are in pain :hug:
Hope everyone is settling in well with thier new bundles and I promise I will try to keep up :)
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Tiggerlinda - Those colic exercises sound interesting. My DD has become a bit unsettled in the last few days. She sleeps a lot but fusses for a reasonable period each day now. Can I ask why you are expressing lots of milk at the mo? Did I miss something in a previous post?
I got a bit teary when I forgot to take pain relief in the first week or 2 post cs. You think you are OK then all of a sudden you are in pain and it is hard to cope.
Good to hear a bunch of us are co sleeping at times. Its interesting Hollo and Trinity as I remember I began co sleeping with DS2 due to tiredness with looking after DS1 as well. With this bub I automatically popped her in next to me so I could get more rest and it has helped. When DS2 was 4 months old I put him in the cot to sleep o'night and he quickly settled. I wonder if I will be as lucky with this one.
When I was in hospital I was reminded that it is not cosher with the SIDS advice to co sleep. All the studies that came out several years ago however identified that the risks were related to parents who were intoxicated. In other cultures it is the norm to co sleep - and it just feels right for me.
I agree Hollo (and Helen), there is so much advice from so many sources that you just have to make up your own mind in the end. And what is good for some is not for others. I used to particularly hate the old ladies in the super market who had to put their 2 bobs worth in. I think I have become pretty confident that I know what is right for me and bubs now a days so I dont let them bug me so much any more.
Go the great milky boobs!! (and the fortifying formulas - whatever is your way!).
Oh and the nurse said that you no longer are encouraged to wear a bra to bed - problem - wet bed from excessive milk supply at night!!!! Solution - sleep with a flannel nappy of towel - just dont lose it in the bed somewhere - ha ha
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Bron - Thanks we are expressing beacuse Miss C did not like attaching to the boob and it was a 2 hour fight to get a feed quite happy with it and she seems to be doing ok. I will PM you the link to the excercises we got sleep from 12am - 5am without the 3am feed last night she was so comfy :)
Happy Easter to all
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Hi ladies.
Hope you all had a happy easter.
School holidays now so I have to fight for my pc. I should get the old one up & running again, but where do I find the time for that LOL.
LOL Bron, I hear you on the wet soggy sheets, I sleep with a towel under me now, & I'm so glad I did last night, when I tool Noah's nappy off this morning he peed everywhere, will teach me for being lazy & not moving him to the change table.he he he he he
I was worried Noah would become a real sook at night & not sleep in his bed, but he does till about 4.30am so I guess he's happy with things.
Josh had a great weight gain Helen, that's awesome.
Ahhh bugger, gotta go, I have WW3 starting in the kitchen aarggggggghhhhhhhhh
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Tiggerlinda - thank you for the link to colic site. It is already working! DD slept really well after just 2 excercises and got rid of loads of wind!
Well done for keeping up the expressing and feeding. It is very frustrating when bubs wont attach in the early days. She should get the hang of it soon.
Happy Easter to all and I hope you have all enjoyed having partners home for the public hols. I love having the company and support!
We have had a lot of visitors which can be a bit tiring but fun.
Ohhhh so much chocolate and hot cross buns!! I hope all the GD mums are enjoying being able to have sweets again!!
Storm- ROFL ( I have never used that b4) when you mentioned the wee! I have regular debates in my head about whether I can be bothered getting up to change bubs. Good to hear Noah is in his bed for a good portion of the night. I think we spoil Tirion coz I dont have a toddler to get up for and we love to cuddle her.
Mrs C -Yes sometimes it seems like the baby could drown in milk in those early days. I often put her upright to feed. She still gulps and chokes though. When expressing off a bit it is best to hand express to avoid over stimulating supply - you probably know that already though ;)
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Happy Easter everyone!
These last few days have been so busy for me. I took a trip down the coast for a family get together and on the way home at about 7pm, in the pouring rain, I ran out of fuel in the middle of the highway! Bubs had a dirty nappy and was starting to stir for a feed so I had to change her on my lap and feed her whilst I waited for help to arrive. Luckily my parents were in the car right behind me and stopped at the next turn off to get some fuel and deliver it back to me (still took about half an hour). I will be filling my car up as soon as it hits halfway from now on!! It was my partner's 25th Birthday yesterday so that was pretty busy, too! Today I am going to head out to look for a few things I didn't get organised before DD's arrival (she was a couple of weeks early). Other then that things have been going pretty well -- sleeping, feeding and sending it all out the other end! She is also becoming more alert so we are going to try and find a nice rocker/bouncer with some dangling things for her to play around in. Tomorrow is a weigh and measure after 2 weeks without so it will be interesting to see where she is at.
Hope everyone is well. Take care xo
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Storm Thanks, I was pretty happy with his weight gain too :)
Jitterbug Good luck with your weigh and measure tomorrow. I havent bought a rocker yet, but we have borrowed one from a friend. Its the fisher price newborn to toddler one and Josh seems to love it! It has a vibrate setting on it, which must just hit the spot for wind....he sits there burping like crazy lol
Tiggerlinda where did you find the info on the colic exercises??? I would love to check them out.
Hollo I hope you are starting to feel less sore now!
AFM - we are doing ok. Went to a friends birthday last night, Josh slept soooo well even with other kids running around playing the whole time! Maybe I should noisy up the house at night to help him sleep better LOL. DH is out playing golf this arvo (sneaking in one last game before winter really comes in) he is back to work tomorrow after 2 weeks off, and Im sitting here thinking WOW so this is my new life now day in day out!! To be honest Im a little aprehensive about it all, hopefully thats normal tho and I will be fine once I adjust to everything, pretty sad tho that I miss him being here already!!
I hope everyone had a lovely, safe and happy Easter....and everyones little bubbas are doing well :)
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Helen - I have PM'd you the link hun hope they work for you too :hug:
SP - So glad they are working for you
Jitterbug - Yell out if you need anything I have some extras with Miss C and I am a Brissie Mum too I live in Taigum
Hope everyone is having a great easter :) I am surpised my blood loss had increased but gather it is ok. Off to GP for a check up on Wed as I am anemic and we need to mointor mine and Miss C's iron levels. Plus should get all the paperwork organised and book in the the Health Centre :)
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Nice to hear everyone had a nice 1st easter with their newborns.
Ours was good. Cookie got some jumpsuits & soft toys, while Maddi got to go on a egg hunt which she loved & she also got some Pj's, Dora dvd's & a doll.
The excitement of a baby is starting to wear off for Maddi & jealously is taking over. Yesterday she kicked Cookie in the head & the back on purpose, so we gave her a time out in cot.
She was fine after the time out till today when she went to kick her again argh. I swear I'll be grey before my 24th b'day!
Helen congrats on the great weight gain. With the health nurses i use to tell them what they wanted to hear & then just do my own thing at home. Some of them will make you feel so bad if your not doing everything by the book. I wouldn't even dare tell them I'm co-sleeping last time i got the biggest lecture.
Hollo & Aussie i only grazed both times but i remember how sore i was last time, i hope you both heal quickly.
Linda will you just express now or will you try & b/f later?
Bron- I only co-slept with DD1 because of lack of sleep but found i really loved it, especially waking up to big smiles or cuddles. So i didn't think twice about co-sleeping again.
Jo- Hope you got WW3 under control & i to often can't be bothed getting up to change Cookie so i do it in bed lol.
Jitter- Good thing your parents were behind you & gl with the weigh & measure tomorrow.
Is anyone's bub in 3x0's yet?
