Can't wait for some of you guys to make your way in here!
Ethans going well - had the midwives visit today and they were happy with how we are both going - they went to do the heel ***** test etc and then realised he's not even 48h old yet!! So they're coming back tomorrow to do that and weigh him...
He's not feeding that much - I'm having to wake him which is really strange as the other boys fed every 1 1/2-2 hours before my milk came in! He was up last night with wind and a tummy ache so not sure what will happen tonight!
Have had heaps of visitors the last couple of days so am looking forward to a quieter day tomorrow...I haven't had any naps today so am starting to feel really tired...Hope to get the boys off to bed early so I can have a sleep as well!
Krisvee - I am lurking around don't worry. Logan is 1 week old today, I can't believe how fast it has gone. I stayed in hospital for a few days as i needed time to rest up after the exhausting marathon event of his birth. When they did the heel *****, they took 3 tries to get enough blood. The midwife thinks that she just was being too gentle and not squeezing hard enough. He didn't mind too much though.
Most of my visitors came whilst we were in hospital, and we have basically had no-one come over until today. It was really good and gave us all some rest time.
I just can't imagine how tiring it would be having a newborn as well as two others... i imagine it would be your rest time that was most effected. I hope you have an easier night tonight xx
Kylie - Great idea to stay in hospital and rest!! Good for you! Poor bubba having 3 goes at getting his blood...awwww. Thats nice that you've had some peace and quiet at home...
We'll see how he goes tonight...he's been a bit unhappy this evening but is down for a sleep now..I always find these early days hard as I don't know if it's wind or if he's still hungry...my milks not in yet so waiting for that as well...
Kylie - I hear you on the heel ***** taking more than one go, and my girls had to have bloods taken daily for 3 days to check on their jaundice levels. I think they both ended up with at least 5 heel ***** holes on each foot. They coped really well with it though, better than I did anyway!
Kristee - Hope your milk comes in soon and that Ethan starts to feed more frequently and without being woken.
I have one great feeder and one lazy feeder, which is making it a little tricky to feed them both at the same time, so I haven't been twin feeding yet. I ordered a twin feeding pillow yesterday, so when that arrives I will give it a go. Amber (who is the good feeder) has put on weight since we left hospital and was almost back to birth weight when weighed last on the 5th of Nov. Kaylee initially lost weight, but when weighed 2 days later had gained. As she is not a great feeder, I am really hoping that she has gained again when we get her weighed on Wednesday. I have plenty of milk, she is just too lazy to suck for very long.
Both girls were very unsettled yesterday, so I'm hoping today is a little better.
Well, Ethan was in bed with me all night...waking roughly every 2 hours for a feed...I just put him on and went back to sleep though - LOL! He's finally back in his bed this morning though...I feel like my milk is definitely on it's way in though!!
Shell - You are amazing feeding your 2 girls - I can't imagine what a huge job it is to have twins!! It's always a great feeling to see them gaining weight!! Hope it continues!
I really need to upload some photos and change my ticker...
Oh, and I'm so over these afterpains - I never had them this bad with Louis and Dylan...Hopefully in another day or so they should be gone I suppose...
I was completely convinced that our baby girl was going to arrive before her 31 Oct due date that I didn't explore any of the other belly buddy groups so I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone in here. Of course some of you girls have come over with me from October...
Jeff and I live in Canberra and work in IT (although we're both technically unemployed at the moment...taking a couple of months off to get to know our little girl).
Katherine Grace is a our first child. She made a relatively quick entry into the world on 1 Nov (only 5 hours of labour). She feeds a lot and sleeps a lot and makes us smile all day. So far our biggest problem has been deciding on how we want to spell her name (we started out with Kathryn) so we consider ourselves pretty blessed...touch wood.
Anyway, I look forward to sharing this adventure with you all.
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