I'm sorry I haven't been around again, Leo wants to feed continuously so all I can do is read and not type, I've been following everyone's journey but I am viciously slow typing one handed and don't bother so much of the time.
Ashlee hun You poor thing, a triple wammy. My DS1 gets ear infections all the time right from birth, they can be so rotten awful things. The antibiotics will fix Blake up real quick, dont you worry. As for PND hun, I've been diagnosed with it as well and have commenced zoloft (today, I've been putting it off). I've had it twice before and the AD's really help, they can take a while to kick in but you will feel like a new person when they do. I handled it better this time because it was expected (I was supposed to be on ADs when I was pregnant) and knew that these feelings weren't 'real' as such, but it's a horribly miserable time and I really want to send you many caring big hugs :hugs:. I know what you feel and just know, that any things negative you are thinking of yourself is just this awful disease, not who you are. And it's a completely hormonal thing, it doesn't take anything away from who you are. YOu'll be back feeling yourself in no time, just don't be hard on yourself and you've also been through quite an experience and had a rough ride at times, so be kind to yourself and allow yourself room to rest and recover. AD's can knock you around for a couple of days too and a lot of people stop taking them because of it, but persist through it and it will pass. Take care darlin
I want to say a big hello to all my old belly buddies that are here, I'll try and catch up properly now that things have settled down a bit!
OH, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY RAE AND MEL!!!!
A new thread so I have a good chance to start some personals!
Kristen - I'm sorry to hear about your milk issues, I hope you can pop on today and let us know how your MCHN visit went. I have heaps of milk, but can barely express a drop...my breasts just don't express so I hope that that is what is going on with you. The amount expressed can be a bit deceptive that way if you don't ahve cooperative breasts like me.
Tan - Yay for the growth spurt! Good on you for perservering, it's bloody awful sometimes that nipple cripple pain. I've really understood this time around due to Leo's tonguetie and attachment issues why many ladies give up, that breast pain is something else when they don't attach properly. Its' nasty. Izzy sounds like Leo too, doesn't like to be put down which is *groan* normal apparently. I use a baba sling, but it's a pain when you want to clean the toilet or something. Leo will scream very loudly if I don't pick him up as soon as he starts grizzling. Apparently it passes soon, but I remember my other kids being like that a long while.
Sez - Hi there!
Danni - How are you finding your nights with little Mason now?
Well here things are going okay. Leo had his second weigh in and has put on another 400 grms in one week, so a total of 760grms in two weeks (since his discharge from home maternity service). His tongue-tie is making it hard for him to feed but my milk kind of sprays down his throat so he's getting heaps that way. I'm worried how it will go when my milk settles though. Specialists don't like to fix the tongue-tie if the babies are gaining weight, but the nurse says that it's better to fix it now before my milk settles down because to her he's clearly not attaching properly (he can't stick his tongue out at all). So we might look at going private and just paying for it out of our own pockets. He will definately have speach issues if it's not fixed too, his tongue won't extend past his bottom gum so it's pretty extreme.
I have a question for everyone....what was your baby's length about 3 weeks old??
Leo's is 59cm....apparently he is a giant and is above the highest line on the chart....is that really giant? The nurse was like 'whoa'. His father is very tall and he's too long for 000 suits.
So Leo's stats today are : weight 4760grms, height 59cm, HC 37cm.
And he's sleeping still right now, so that's a miracle, maybe he will start to have day time sleeps! He's awake most of the day and we are getting 3hr intervals at night which are great. He doesn't want to be put down AT ALL though in the day and that can be really draining at times. He also screams for no apparent reason between 4pm and 9pm everynight, so I guess that's the unsettled time he's going to have. So the baby bonus came in and I'm going to invest in a rocking chair!
You poor thing, a triple wammy. My DS1 gets ear infections all the time right from birth, they can be so rotten awful things. The antibiotics will fix Blake up real quick, dont you worry. As for PND hun, I've been diagnosed with it as well and have commenced zoloft (today, I've been putting it off). I've had it twice before and the AD's really help, they can take a while to kick in but you will feel like a new person when they do. I handled it better this time because it was expected (I was supposed to be on ADs when I was pregnant) and knew that these feelings weren't 'real' as such, but it's a horribly miserable time and I really want to send you many caring big hugs :hugs:. I know what you feel and just know, that any things negative you are thinking of yourself is just this awful disease, not who you are. And it's a completely hormonal thing, it doesn't take anything away from who you are. YOu'll be back feeling yourself in no time, just don't be hard on yourself and you've also been through quite an experience and had a rough ride at times, so be kind to yourself and allow yourself room to rest and recover. AD's can knock you around for a couple of days too and a lot of people stop taking them because of it, but persist through it and it will pass. Take care darlin
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