Babies Born March 2007

[Rachel]

Hi girls...only just found this thread today! Everyone sounds like they are doing great...Bec, I'm glad Sebastian is finally getting some rest - should you be getting some rest too?!

Am I strange? I'm not missing being pregnant - I love being able to move around, reach my feet and fit into my clothes again!

I am definitely going to have to look at getting a sling of some sort - Grace is a cuddles girl - loves being in our arms. Which is great, I have no problem giving her cuddles (no such thing as too many cuddles), but it does make it hard to get things done! Not so much a problem now that DH is still off work, but when he goes back to work at the end of next week it may prove challenging. Do any of you ladies have a sling?

We are so lucky that Grace is sleeping overnight - haven't done the 8 hours of continuous sleep though! She has been wide awake all day today, we played on the couch - I love it, I could sit there and play with her all day.

I know what you ladies mean about the boobs - oowwweee! We went to a wedding last night and Grace stayed with her Nanna and Pop and they fed her expressed milk, therefore I didn't feed Grace for a number of hours - I was ready to pop by the time we picked her up - it was horrid. She fed and I was still uncomfortable so then I expressed (I hate expressing, it's so horrid), it took 3 more feeds before I started to feel comfortable again. Then for the first time this morning I was leaking! I've been lucky with my nipples, my right one started to get sore after a day but it fixed itself up. I still get a pulling feeling for the first 10 seconds or so once Grace goes on but then it feels fine. The weirdest feeling i reckon is that tingling feeling when your breasts are re-filling after a feed - but it sort of feels normal now, how quickly we adjust.

DH has been super. He gets up through the night and changes Grace's nappy while I get ready for the feed. He is my rock, I'm so lucky.

I'm so glad we have a baby buddies group, it's so nice to be able to talk to people going through the same things, It's funny, but I feel like I know you ladies. Probably shared more personal information throughout the pregnany with all of you than what I did with my real life friends.

Karina I think from memory it can be up to 6 weeks, but it shouldn't be blood loss for that whole time.

Hope everyone has a good night and gets some sleep. Take care,