I am the same as you Alison, had too many people here to keep up and my recovery hasn't been as it should have been either.
Hi to all the lovely mummies, sorry I have not been around much and sorry I have not replied to any of your posts, I miss you all sooooooo much...........................
I am not down or miserable, but just don't have the time nor the energy to post. I read and then want 2 post but then when I know I cant reply 2 everyones post I kinda feel selfish 2 just post about ourselves. So I don’t.
I am having problems with Lachie and Reflux (thanks for the post Nat to update everyone). Lachie always has puked alot and always gathered he was just getting rid of what he didn't need, seeing as his weight gain has been super. This puking has never really bothered him until recently, now after every feed he is in pain and looking to comfort feed for the pain and very frequently (Dummy is a godsent in this situation now and I never wanted to give him one - boy how your attitude changes). At the child health clinic the other day we were diagnosed and are now on medication. The medication is Omeprazole. Anyway this pain happens more often then not, but then yes we have good feeds too! I spoke to a Tresillian Nurse on MSN messenger and she said Reflux is so overdiagnosed, so I am really confused. She said a baby only needs to be fed every 3-4 hours no sooner and must sleep at least 2 hours each stint during the day with a pattern of Feed/Awake/Sleep (which I am struggeling with). She said my baby is overtired, so I am just going with what works at present, as he will only sleep long stints after a feed. Even with me doing part of what she said with the feeding, it has only slightly improved but then that could be the medication too, starting to work. Another sign of reflux is their poos apparently. Lachie's are explosive (and he has pain), really watery with that yellowy/brown colouring but with chunks of green and particles of black. The child health nurse watched us feed and said the simple fact that I had only fed him an hour before and he was furiously climbing up my body indicated reflux and the unsettledness after a feed. I just want to help him as I know he struggles and I hate to see him in pain.
He has also had conjunctivitis, cause naughty mummy poked him in the eye when he was thrusting himself around after a feed when screaming. And we got him circumcised a week and 1 day ago. So he is having a rather rough trot!
Other then all this he is such a good baby, and get anywhere from 3-5 hours between feeds at night, but more towards the 4-5 of late, we wake up with him at least 3 times a night, which I guess is good for a newborn, but boy am I tired, by the time you take an hour out of that each time to change nap nap, feed and nurse to sleep. Can't wait till this initial part is over to be honest is that naughty of me to say? Also find he won't sleep past 6-7am which I am really struggeling with especially after having such broken sleep. Gosh and I complained when I was pregnant with broken sleep, that doesn't even compare!!!!
As for me well only just starting 2 feel a little better. My profuse bleeding from the wound has nearly stopped after 3 weeks, thank god. This really got me down as any normal person would wonder how normal that could be bleeding like that from a wound. I was saturating my clothes constantly and only found some relief by putting a maternity pad there seeing as they are really absorbant, those dressings just don't work! Anyway after just seeing the hospital out here where I live, they said it was a haematoma (blood clot), under the skin, and they contacted my gyno and he suggested they put me on antibiotics to stop infection. He fobbed me off for two weeks and finally saw me and said lets see this illustrious bleeding that you and this doctor have explained. Like I was telling a fib, I tell ya, as if I wasn't upset enough! Anyway he saw it and said mmmm… interesting, and said that my skin had reacted badly to the stitches. So he cut them and ever since the bleeding has subsided. But as the child health nurse said, well it might have been that too, but I saw you 2 weeks ago and it was definitely a haematoma back then, and the biggest one I have ever seen. So guess it was a combination of the 2. No wonder I was not healing as I thought I should be. So hopefully finally on the mend now, only it is stinging down there now and I am not sure if it is cause there are no stitches, or the fact my pubic hairs have grown so long they are irritating it! I don't know I can't see I have this huge flabby bulge lol.
Wish I could be around more often, but it is hard and I guess it hasn't helped that I have had my mum here for 3 weeks from the birth and then we went away for a week and then wade has been home for a week and then my sister is coming this week. Had no time alone at all.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying your bubba's. I am not sure how active I will be on the forum until I am feeling a lot better.
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