kristen: please email me details of your photgrapher friend. would love to know details. Sometimes babies can "favour" one breast over the other. It can also be because the mother has a favourite or more comfortable side too, and the baby can pick up on this. Mason loves both sides equally thank goodness.
sarah: sooooooooooo glad you got to see Dr Patel. Not the best news that Noah needs plaster but atleast he is on track! Hope to see you in passing again soon
sez: hope you get some sleep soon babe. It does get easier and he should be sleeping better at night any time now...
Hi everyone. I don't have time for personals (but have read what everyone's up to). Just wanted to wish Ash all the best. I hope the medication gives you some relief very soon so you're not feeling so lost. Like Tan said, we're all here for you so please please please vent as much as you need to.
Oh thank you for the support girls, I really need and apprciate it. I start my meds tomorrow morning, and am very apprehensive. I feel like such a failure, but I read the info on the Beyond Blue website (best info if you know someone or thing you may have PND) and issues with breastfeeding is a BIG one in regards to devloping it, so I think this was a hige contributing factor,
Tan-I really appreciated the supportive words. I just hope I do't have to vent too much and bring everyone down. Wow maybe I'll try Blake without a nappy and see how he goes, he doesnt really like having no nappy on but it might be good for him! I'm just hoping Blakey gets better, I'm the less important person here, I hate seeing him in pain
Tara-It is so much better to not be alone - I thought I'd be the only one in the group to develop the condition. My GP thinks I developed it when I was preggers too, due to beng in hopsital, and in hindsight I totally agree. I am on Lovan, similar to Zoloft as far as I've read, have you heard of it? I hope everything is going well, and wow Leo is such a long, big boy, that just means he is healthy!!! Blake is also tongue tied, but not to the extremity Leo is. The doc who is doinghis circumcision next week also does tongue tie surgery so I'll ask him about that, Have you considered getting Lero circumcised or is it not for you??
Danni-Thank you sweetie, I know I've always got you, and I hope you know the same thing applies for you!
Kelly-Great news about the LC, I hope it all works out for you! I wish Blake would take a dummy, he just hates it
Kristen-I definitely think I have the support I need here on BB. You're all so wonderful and I'd be completely lost wihtout you!!!
Sarah-The other guy is an idiot - glad you got his plaster on though, heres hoping to it straightening out quickly!!
Sez-Thanks so much hun. I hope we can form a nice relationship over in Premmies !! I know what you mean about needing sleep, I should be leeping right now!!
Dan I think I might be in Melb on the Thurs of that week but not sure yet. I have to ask the specialist the plastering schedual. If I am down it would be cool to meet up.
Dan - would LOVE to catch up, Danni is coming to visit me in the next hour or so will try to sort something out. Kristen, Sez, Tara?? are in melbourne too and might be intersted?? Anyone else??
On the up for 1-1/2 hours..... Izzy has been up sooo much longer than that..maybe shes then overtired when i try to put her down..glad you could get some advice too - heres to hoping it works - mmm i jsut spent 15 minutes pacing with Izzy to get her to sleep - great habit i will have to break at some stage although my theme and philosophy at this stage is whatever works = espeically if it means your sanity!
Mel - glad your back is a bit better - must have been just awful you poor thing. Good luck to with the day night thing...so many adjustments hey!
Ash - vent away! thats what we are here for but i do hope your ad's work and you are feeling lots soon andhope Blake is too... glad you got on the beyond blue site too...the more resources you turn to the better and more supported you will feel (i hope)
Lulu-good to hear from you hope you are going well too!
Sarah - so glad you were able to get confirmation from the specialist - its awful when you get conflicting advice...hope the plaster isnt too uncomfortable for Noah. Big :hugs: to you both..hope you get some rest too hun. I wonder if youcan make it to Melbourne when Dan is here in July - maybe time a specialist appointment for that day!!??
Kelly - Good luck getting the attachment worked out - Im about to call the maternal helath centre and make an appointment to see an LC - although my right isnt as bad as it was its still really sore and Im sick of putting up with it , plus i want to get some sleeping advice too. Yay on the driving - i was a bit nervous yesterday, but like i said i called the insurance and they said its fine as long as i wasnt advised not to. Im more worried about other d**heads than me crashing becasue I was driving like a granny!
Anyway have fun getting out and about babe!
Kristen - the video and pics of Mia are GORGEOUS!! She is so you too!! Her eyes are the same! FUnny, Izzy has my mouth and chin - a combo of mine and Als nose and Als eyes! Al is half japanese so Im so curious to see if that will come out as she gets older!!
All other gorgeous mums and bubs - Huge hellos and hugs!!
Anyway ladies - we went to my mums for dinner last night - I fed Isabelle at about 730 and she fell asleep and we came home and she slept til 230!!! OMG my boobs were killing me and sorry to the girls having trouble expressing but she only feeds on one side so had to express to get relief and got 80mls in 5 minutes from one side...crazy. Have frozen it and am going to stockpile for a night out with the girls soon. She also got up at 730, slept for an hour and i fed her again and shes now fighting sleep AGAIN...Its really getting beyond me how to get her to sleep during the day... shes showing all signs of being exhausted from being awake since 930 but just wont sleep...
Well have a great day ladies -will talk soon Im sure.
xox
Sarah it would be awesome if you were in Melb too. We'll def have to work something out. It is awesome news that you and Juz were able to get Noah's foot sorted out. Must be such a relief.
Dan, Tan, Sarah, Alex - YES!! It would be great to have a huge meet up!! And anyone else in Melbourne who wants to join us - hmmm, by the time next month rocks around hopefully I would have got my ar*e into gear and be organised enough for something like that!!
Ash - best of luck with starting the meds hon. Here's hoping you'll be feeling 100% better before you know it!
Mel - you poor thing!! I hope your back is feeling heaps better but how scary for you! I do use a hand pump (Avent) but really don't get a lot out with hand expressing. That said, I think the motilium is starting to kick in as I've noticed my milk increasing when I express now (yay!) but I will give that a go too!
Dan - some of the best tips I have are from 'Save our Sleep'. Tizzy too recommends two main things - putting the baby down when it's awake, and always putting the baby down where you want it to wake up (ie same principle, so that when it wakes up it doesn't freak out not knowing where it is). Mia has improved 300% in the last week I think - and she's settling (sometimes still crying) within an average of 10-15 minutes and then sleeping usually for a good 1.5-3 hours depending on the time of day/night. And she also gets a good stretch between 10:30-3:30am using that book as a guide as well. I think you're definitely on the right track!!! Her measurements are also really similar to Mia's as well!!
Tan - how exciting! How was the mini-meet? Thanks for the kind words - I think she's cute, but every mother is biased!! hahaaa I know in a few months I will look back at that video and think "What on earth did I record that for?! She's not doing anything!" but the noises she makes are SO CUTE!! It's funny because I think she looks HEAPS like David, but definitely has my nose! I think it depends on the day!
And CUTE photos from today!! hehe I love the side by side shots!
As for our update - we had our MCHN appointment today and I'm feeling SO much better about our feeding. She's definitely put on enough weight and as I knew already, has grown heaps so that is a massive relief. It just seems that for whatever reason, but boobs just don't seem to respond as well to expressing but the MCHN said that she's definitely getting enough milk to put on weight.
So - stats as of today (4w + 3d) are:
4380g weight (average of 260g per week since last fortnight)
55cm length
37cm head circumference
So now feeling heaps better about it all!! Have my first mothers group thing next Wednesday too - has anyone else started theirs yet? What are they like? Mine goes for 6 weeks and then I'm not sure what happens. Do they start up again later or is that it?
I will find out the plastering schedule on Thursday when we go in next week, I hope we are in Melb for that week.
Tan, I guess I was the one on crack, I was thinking 4 weeks + 4 days = 1 month 4 days. I am such a dill. I pity this poor child of mine because he has an air head for a mum
Big hugs to Ashlee, you are doing fantastically and we are all here for each other, vent to us whenever you need to!
Will try to get to personals over the weekend, it has been a pretty full on week and I am trying to catch up on sleep wherever I can as my priority. Have a great weekend!!
Last edited by Sair; June 15th, 2007 at 11:08 PM.
: I really am a dill...
Kelly glad to hear that you have sorted out the issues with feeding. How is it all going? I wish Isobella would take a dummy too sometimes because sometimes she just wants the bb in her mouth to settle and I don’t really want to keep doing this.
Sarah I am so glad that you got to see the specialist and that you are on the way to fixing Noah’s foot.
Tan & Danni how cute do Mason and Izzy look together!!
hahaaa I know in a few months I will look back at that video and think "What on earth did I record that for?!
LOL Kristen you might think that but at this age anything that they do (besides cry) is cute – we can’t help ourselves going all goo goo gaa gaa over them. And we need to record as much of them at this age as possible cause they just grow up too quick!!
Well we had a good day yesterday Isobella was feeding every 4hours (ususally it is every hour and a half) and then last night she was fighting to go to sleep at 8 so I lay down next to her on the lounge (cause I was tired too) and we both fell asleep until 11:30 I changed her bum and ended up transferring her into bed with me and she woke every two hours for a feed and back to sleep again (and I hardly had to wake up either) so we are both nice and refreshed today. I am hoping that she has a longer spread between feeds again today
Tonight we have my brother’s girlfriends 21st and it is outside and it is so miserable here today and very windy too so I don’t think we will be out long.
Well my little princess is sleeping ATM so I should take advantage and try to get some cleaning done.
AWWWWW Mason and Izzy just look soooooooooo cute guys!!! Future couple???hehehehe
Well Toby had a great sleep last night..He fed at 7.30pm/ 1.30am/ 6am...then 9am!! I couldn't believe it!! What a good boy!! And went straight back to sleep to.. I feel great!!hehehe
Ash, hope u are feeling better babe and so is Blakey.. We are always thinking of you luv...Big super hugs...
Sarah, so glad that Noah is getting his foot looked after, and hope you catch up on some well needed sleep luv..
Everyone else a big and I will chat to you all later cause Toby is stirring and I still need to get dressed!!!
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and I will chat to you all later cause Toby is stirring and I still need to get dressed!!!
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