Josef Thomas arrived Wednesday 5th Nov 5.20pm, we've been home since Monday.
Unfortunately my husband had to return to his fly in/fly out job earlier than we'd hoped due to lack of cover arranged by his work, so last night was the first night without him home.. but I decided i wasn't ready to be alone and stayed at my parents who live only about 6 houses down the road. I HAD intended to stay on my own in my own place tonight but now I feel like I'm wanting company so decided I'm going to walk over to mum's again after Josef wakes up. At least I can have a leisurely shower at mum's and know someone's there if needed! Last night was great because I got a bit more sleep than our horror Monday night (Josef, hubbie and I didn't sleep at all as JOsef was so unsettled with tummy pains/wind) and mum took him when he was unsettled after his 3am feed, so I could go back to bed, and he slept until I woke him at 8.30 ! why couldn't he have done that earlier in the evening hehe. Tho it's not good for him to sleep so long I guess as he needs to gain more weight - he lost 400grams while in hospital and only gained 75g of it before we were discharged. I have a feeling though he's catching up as he is feeding much better in the last few days. I was getting concerned becuase he was acting as if he was having tummy pains and was farting like a trooper, really often and loud/smelly. His last pooey nappy was saturday night and then we had nothing for days, but then last night he did 3 pooey nappies in 3 hours!! his tummy seems better now.
I'm going to get a followup appt with a lactation nurse to make sure I'm doing things right, feeding is a bit painful and i'm losing some skin off the nipples. But at least I know I'm producing enough because last night I tried out my expressing machine and got 90mls which I fed to Josef in a little medicine cup to give my boobies a rest !
My sister arrives from Melbourne tomorrow night and staying with me for two nights, so I should be in a better frame of mind to manage by my own by Monday hopefully.. then it's only two more sleeps til hubbie comes home!
I had my very first communal breastfeeding session today when two girlfriends visited with their 3 month olds! it wasn't as difficult/embarrassing as I thought it might be! Josef still need encouragement tho so it's not just a matter of slipping a nipple in subtly ! - so I'm not ready for cafe feeding just yet ! ;-)
Hope everyone is managing well and well done you more-than-one-bub super mummies!!!!
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