Well - i had to go too the doctor's the other day - turns out i have a bad case of mastitus! i have had temps of 38.6+, hot and cold sweats, bad continuous headache - have been sooo lethargic that kevin has had to help me walk around - and we wont mention how sore my boobs are! i havent even been able too hold Bianca for 3 days!
so doc has put me back on the pill to dry up my milk! kinda glad that the decision has been made for me!
Today im feeling a little bit better - but Bianca has been awake since 530am and hasnt slept! we thought she had bad wind - so went out and brought infants friend - she did a massive poo - but still hasnt settled! she is driving us insane! dont know what too do!
You poor thing. I had mastitis as well. It definitely hurts and in the end I had to give up breast feeding anyway because my daughter wasn't getting enough.
I found in the beginning when your baby is crying that you just have to do all that you can. Change nappy, burp, feed, cuddle until something works. It's hard in the beginning but after a while you do get in a groove of things. I know it probably doesn't feel like that yet, but hang in there and you'll see, things will work out
I think you and I live in the same area. I'm in River Hills, is that where you are?
My daughter Madison is now three and a half months old.
I hope things improve with your little girl . Take care hun.
i hope you don't mind me jumping on, i saw your posts and i just wanted to say congrats on baby bianca! i'm so sorry your going through all the feeding dramas, just a thought - when i put dd on formula she really reacted to s26 gold and was really unsettled, her paediatrician said it is really heavy and some babies can't handle it - i found changing formulas seemed to help.
Hollye - I read your thread - and sending you lots of big hugs!! In the end you need to do whatever is right for you and Mia - so don't beat yourself up too much on which ever decision you make, as long as you both are happy.
I have a general question - does anyone else suffer from hot/cold flushes? I have been told that it is to do with the hormones that arrive with your milk but i can't believe how extreme they have been. I wake up dripping with sweat during the night and sometimes i get the shivers so bad i have to go to bed to warm up.
Kylie - i really dont want too put the jinx on u - but that is exactly what i had before my mastitis started! i sooooooo hope u dont get it! it really isnt pleasant - i wouldnt wish it upon anyone!
Hollye - i read ur thread - and i know exactly what u are going thru - and everyone told me what i am going too tell u - Do what u think is best! If ur finding breast feeding hard and mia isnt happy than change too formula - i really didnt want too do that - i was determined to breastfeed - but since i got mastitis and the doctor told me it was prob best for me too dry up my milk, and my husband agree'd and supported me i really havent been happier - and apart from a bad day yesterday neither has Bianca! she is getting soooo much more milk - Also DH is happy cause he gets too share in the feeding and getting up of a night time - it makes him feel more helpful! i have certainly chilled alot more and relaxed and im enjoying Bianca more - but i did go thru moments were i felt like i had failed her! and the first time i went shopping with her and went into a change room i broke down and cried cause everyone else was breastfeeding and i was bottle feeding (even tho it was expressed milk) if u have tried everything and its not working or making either of u happy - just change! honestly u wont regret it! I dont!
but in the end what every u choose is ur choice and it will be the right one!
We will all support u no matter what decision u make! xo
Joshnchloesmummy - of course i dont mind! and thank u for ur congrats!!!
i actually spoke to a friend last night and she said the same about s26! however Bianca has had a good day today and hasnt whinged much at all - and last night was good too - so was wondering if S26 didnt agree with her - would she whinge more - or is that something that takes a couple of days too take affect every so often? she had a good night last night also - prob cause she was sooooo exhauseted after her sooky day tho!
so how do i know if its definatly the formula?
1stBub27 - Hello and welcome to our awesome group, im prob being biast here but i would have too say its one of the best groups! everyone is soooo helpful and nice
and congrats on ur bubba boy!
and my gosh it sounds like ur having a fun time too! im glad ive only had one day of bad crying (touch wood)
I have no idea what yesterday was about - cause we havent necessarily been too stressed around Bianca - i was when i going thru the decission too change to formula - but DH hasnt been at all - so dont think that was the reason
im tossing up maybe the brand of formula (although last night and today has been good)
or i have read that when they are about too go thru a growth spurt they can tend to get restless and hard to settle! sounds funny i know - but hey i will go with it! sounds like the easiest option!
as for increasing ur milk supply i cant help u with that! hold on - threaten ur boobs that u are going too dry ur milk up! cause as soon as i got the pill to dry mine up and the mastitis they have been totally FULL of milk - Dripping milk BIG time!!!!! but i did try nipple shields and they didnt help with supply for bianca - however i totally agree with u on the expressing!
MumofMaddison - i did try nipple shields and it worked for a little while - than that got sore aswell - now the big decission has been made and im formula feeding - and im now more relaxed and much happier!
And we did all that stuff yesterday - hahaha - and it didnt work - thank god and hopefully it was only a one off!
And yep u would be right! we both live in the same area! how trippy is that? how do u know that?
Hi everyone, can I join this thread? Bub, Liam Samuel, was born 3 weeks ago today! October 17. I'll get around to updating my signature soon and adding pics. I know some of you from the 'bubs due October' thread, but I'm pretty bad at posting regularly so I stopped. Great to see your familiar names again and congrats to you all on your new arrivals.
HJ - I feel your pain. We've had nearly 2 weeks where we were lucky to have only 3 hours of non-stop crying and more like 5 - 7 hours. You think you should be able to know what to give your baby to make them feel better and its so frustrating that nothing works. He's been so much better the past couple of days. Possible reasons?:
a) we're getting used to it and aren't stressing as much?
b) we're getting better at making sure he's feeding early and getting plenty (I'm using nipple shields and am now starting to wonder if they've reduced my suply...?? So we're supplementing with formula if we think he needs it - we're using Lactogen coz its what DH got from the shop)
c) we've gotten better at soothing him? Before we were mostly just trying to attend to him, now I'm trying to get past his crying to settle him down and sooth him by keeping him close to me, etc. Not that we weren't trying to settle him before or weren't trying to sooth him... It's hard to explain. Anyway, today he's been grumpy all day, but we haven't had the long crying bouts. Yesterday was a dream. Don't know if that might open some avenues to help....?
Does anyone have any tips on how to increase milk supply? I'm trying to express if we ever give formula so the 'supply/demand' thing is still happening. Breast pumps suck! And yes, expressing is a pain in the !%#.
I havent been on here for awhile - im totally at my wits end! Bianca does nothing but cry, cry, cry,cry - i cant even remember the last time i slept!
I have no idea what is wrong with her - we have tried EVERYTHING!
i can so see why some ppl go through PND - this is not a enjoyable time at all!
She is 3wks old today - got her weighed yesterday and she is now 3.9kgs - so has put on weight and is 56cm long - has grown 6cm!!!!!! my little girl is growing soooo fast!
HJ - big hugs, hang in there babe. it WILL get better. Mayb go get her checked for colic??!? great weight gain!
Mia had her check today too!! She has put on 220 grams in a week! good ol booby milk.. its not dodgy like i thought it was! She is also now 52.2 cm long. She now weighs 3980 grams (8lb 12oz)
wow that post actually took me 45 mins to write! lol
HJ - Hang in there hun... I know it must be so hard and everything is so much harder when are sleep deprived... I saw your other thread and I hope some of the advice you were given helps hun.
Hollye - Yay hun!! YOu are doing a brilliant job babe and trust your body and that amazing booby juice lovely!!
Rileynmia - Great to hear from you! I hope your MCHN can help out hun.
Blizz - Im not too sure about the pics, I do my own Christmas cards and last year Izzy was sitting and it was easy as to get her dressed up and posing - this year I have to work out how to get her to sit still for more than 2 seconds plus get her to hold James!! Hehe! Might prop them up on a bean bag I think!
to everyone else I am tired and need to go to bed! DH is doing a kitchen reno so I stayed at mums all day today and came home to new benchtops! We are just replacing them, the tiles and the doors but keeping the rest of the kitchen as is and it looks great so far even with gaping holes in the wall! I won't want to sell it once it's all done!
Hope you all get a great nights sleep - be good babies!! Happy 1 month to my little man! Time flies so fast, I got teary today thinking about how fast he is growing up already and he now weighs 5.1kgs!! Boof I tell you. Hollye - Mia is still smaller than Izzy at birth! Not too sure how I've had such huge babies - Im only 5foot1!!
Chat soon lovelies!
Birth announcements and thank you cards! Thanks for the reminder lovely! I have half done them on illustrator and need to finish them. I just went through all the pics of James and back to APril for Izzy of photos I need to print and there are over 100 of them! Harvey Norman has 12c prints at the moment so I will get them done in the next few day!
October 17. I'll get around to updating my signature soon and adding pics. I know some of you from the 'bubs due October' thread, but I'm pretty bad at posting regularly so I stopped. Great to see your familiar names again and congrats to you all on your new arrivals.
We are just replacing them, the tiles and the doors but keeping the rest of the kitchen as is and it looks great so far even with gaping holes in the wall! I won't want to sell it once it's all done!
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