Just catching up on a few posts.
Prama, Jazz is younger than Lakshman but she also does the crawl thing (it's a natural reflex in new borns). I once had her on my belly and she managed to actually climb to my shoulder!
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Just catching up on a few posts.
Prama, Jazz is younger than Lakshman but she also does the crawl thing (it's a natural reflex in new borns). I once had her on my belly and she managed to actually climb to my shoulder!
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PRAMA your PM box is full - have sent you an email to your gmail account as i couldnt reply!!!
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Trina this past week I have been incredibley emotional and questioning myself about everythign I do. My MIL is ocmign next week and I my SIL too and we havent seen them for 3 years. I am just terrified as silly as it sounds. I dont really know them that well as they live in the UK and I Have this dreadfull fear that they wont htink I am doing the right thing with Will. SIlly I know but the things that go through your head are amazing. Also think that I aim finally starting to digest all that happened sine 36 weeks and I have found myself intears so often. I think I will ask the health nurse to hook me up with the mental health worker tommorow during her visit. The worker at our hospital helped me heaps when I got really down after 13 admission in a year. I think I just need to talk it all through. For me the tears are a real release and have bene trying to explain to hubby its not always bad thing that I dont always know why I am crying.
My body is also rebelling a bit physically now the adrenalin of the whole baby thing has died down a little. I have nerve damage in my right arm from the needles and it aches badly and lumps in my belly from the clexane needles and my belly is black and blue.
Danni I thought I was going great guns but since Friday my belly is very sore like I have torn a muscle. I know its just recovering from the op but it is very uncomefortabel atm and hard to get out of bed. MY bleeding has stopped though which is good.
I also think that this past week the sleep deprivation has caught up with me again hence more tears also. Hubby has been great doing the 1 am feed but Will gets the hiccups after a feed if he is put down to quickly and as I am asleep huby often does this so WIll has to be patted again and sleep is gone I am grateful forr is help though he has been wonderful
I cant beleive that Will is 4 weeks old today I am sure the rest of this year wil just fly by He has changed so much and is interacting amazingly and starting to make different sounds. He also loves his tummy time and pushes himself around. I tool loads of pics today for the one month mark and he followed the camera around as if to say look at me *L* of course I could be nuts too.
danni would love to see how our casts of jazz feet etc turn out. I am hoping to take footprints etc for posperity and ot put in his memory album. Just not enough hours in the day sometimes.
Got to run his nibs ia stiring need to put tea on first.
HOpe you guys are all doing well sorry I blabbed on about me so much.
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Yeah i am questioning a lot too, not my beautiful girls at all but other things. In the evenings i feel like i could cry and cry i have such a busy life but feel so alone.
Just love your new pics Bron Will is soo cute. Good idea speaking to someone, now that the initial baby high is over you start to see the tough time you had.
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Hi girls,
Doctor said that DJ had bad wind and was a bit colicky, but since taking the infacol drops it seems to be working well with DJ, he is still a bit windy tonight though but I think that is my fault from having a skim flat white at lunch today and it could have come through in my breastmilk. I try to limit the amount of caffeine I have but it is hard when you are so tired, which leads me to ask How much caffeine do you consume daily? and while I think about it, those that are expressing or even breastfeeding, are you drinking alcohol? if so how much etc? I always make sure I express alot before I have any alcohol or leave a 3-hour gap before breastfeeding. If I do drink alcohol, I don't have much, no more than 2 glasses of wine. Just wanted to find out others do since I was told that this was ok to do.
I went out to the shops with my friend and DJ today, was soooo nice to get out even if it was only for 2 hours.
I am sooooo behind in personals. I did type up a big response with personals yesterday but there was a database error so it didn't upload, and only now had a chance to post.
SJ - wow on your bestfriend coming outthat is great news sounds like you had a wonderful weekend.
Prama - just do what you think is right. Don't feel pressured on continuing with breastfeeding if you are in so much pain. I know alot of people who couldn't breastfeed so only used formula and their kids turned out perfectly fine, my nephew and niece are two of them and they are totally perfect.
Mumzy - thanks for the link, I have been cutting back on caffeine, and even bought decaf tea to drink. I am drinking only 2 caffeinated drinks per day so hoping that isn't a big cause of DJ's wind.
Trina - yes I get very emotional as well, but more so when I am very overtired. If I get a good sleep then I feel better and make sure you always take some time out for yourself.
Danni - I am recovering well from my c-section, it doesn't get sore at all, just every now and again I get a twinge. I am still taking it easy and not lifting heavy things, exercising or driving etc. I have to keep reminding myself I had surgery haha and not to overdo things.
Good news girls!!! Finally have community nurse coming out tomorrow Yipeeee so will get DJ weighed and measured etc and finally get some advice and answers to my big list of questions. She said she would be here around 2'ish and she better turn up otherwise she will have a very angry mother on her hands keheehe
Well I better go, almost feeding time for DJ.
Have a good night girls, hope we all can get a good night rest.
Shell xxxx
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sj - thanks for your thots. will reply tomorrow, i really appreciate everything you;ve said. thanks so much. sorry my inbox was full. i thot i had emptied some.
so glad your best friend is here.. wow, thats amazing!!!! i can imagine how excited you are!! thats fantastic. hehe does that mean you;re going to get pg again soon?
trina - how are you? im so sorry you feel alone... will dh be travelling all the time or only for this period? hope things are ok between the two of you. it's tough looking after 3 young girls and a baby by yourself. you do such an amazing job, and it's not an easy one. look after yourself. can someone help looking after the girls for at least half a day so you can just rest and sleep? or look after summer while the girls are in school?
bron - big hugs.... you've gone thru so much. ive been similar, just bursting into tears. it gets overwhelming sometimes. Im going to go talk to someone too. i need to find out why im down, the stupid gp just giving me anti-depressants isnt going to solve my problem. it will just mask it. i want to know why so that it doesnt happen again.
love will's shots, he's so yummo!
andie - thanks hun...
shell - i havent gone back to alcohol, though i had some Dom Benedict initially, it's a liquer that's supposed to aid women after childbirth. I dont drink coffee but for some reason dont feel like having tea as often as before. i needed tohave 2 cups before but now i forget to even have one. I have some chocolate and Sustagen with chocolate.
I love having smoked salmon etc. cant wait tohave mussels again.
i think that's all teh personals for now. im tired. we went for a swim earlier while mil looked after poopy. he slept, woke up for his bottle and then went back to sleep till we got home. then we had dinner and of cos he had to wake up just then! his gran reckons he's an angel and doesnt bother anyone at all. so we said we'll leave him there all the time now! lol! but she'll love it.
We saw a little boy throwing a huge tanty at the pool.. sigh.. we have that to look fwd to.
Who thinks their bub is the most beautiful baby in the whole world! LOL
going to bed.. zonked! tho i must admit since Poopy has been on formula more plus some EBM, im getting more sleep... he finishes his bottle in 15 mins, whereas bf used to take more than an hr.
Last edited by prama; April 8th, 2008 at 11:03 PM.
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AllGirls - We are very close. I am not going to mothers group this time, just don't have someone to care for the 2 year old. I went to the long jetty clinic (not far from my home) with #1 and still see some of the kids/mums from that group at school etc. Did you join a mothers group this time?
Sorry to those feeling teary and isolated....I am feeling good so far but it has only been 3 weeks and I find as you get more tired and more is expected of you, in terms of looking after the baby and doing everything else,the harder it gets.
Crawling reflex - Ari practically crawled up my chest after his birth to get to the breast...so amazing.
Recovery - In terms of "down there" recovery, I had no damage so am fine, cervix is still a bit low though. I am still bleeding and will probably continue for the 6 weeks like last time. I have weight to loose but my back and tummy muscles are improving each day and I can comfortably carry Ari and DS#2 when I have too.
Breastfeeding and the foods we eat - I generally don't avoid any foods but eat everything in moderation. I don't drink alcohol, soft drink, tea or coffee so that makes things easy but I do love chocolate (having a baby right before eater, bad idea) so I have been struggling not to eat too much.
I tool Ari to be weighed yesterday...at 3 weeks 2 days....
Bare weight: 5050g
Length: 57cms
Head: 38cms
Yay my milk is doing its job
I just put DS#2 in his cot but he has figured out how to climb out
Cheers, Hayley.
pics of my precious...here
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