Babies Born October 16th ~ 31st 2009

Hi ladies,

Thought i would come in here with my belly group. hehe even though Evangeline came a wk early. Hope you all don't mind. Anyway can you believe that Evangeline is already 7wks old :D Time flys when your having fun. Been really good so far, i read a few of you are having showers with bubs. We to have showers with her, have done so since she was about 3wks. haha she even falls asleep in the shower, a true little water baby i have. We had our 6wk check up last wk, Evangeline has gained 1kg since birth :dance: so now a big 4kg, and 53cm long. She feeds basically every 2hrs, but only for 10mins, but its apprently working for her. The only issue we really have is her wind :( It gets really bad, wakes her often and she will only suck on the breast to resettle. Thinking i may try the chrio, which i see some of you have been talking about. Though my DH is a little unsure.

Liz - Great big hugs hun. I know what a non-sleeping, crying baby is like. Ethan was exactly same, though now that he is a big 5 yr old, he is a great kid :D

Fi- :dance: Glad your mum is here to help

of course your welcome Rach :) nice weight gain :)

AFM : well I got a ph call at 8am this morning dr wants to see me tomorrow to discuss b/t urine test results in one I hope its nothing in another if is something maybe we can find why my feet are so huge, my belly is also bloated and sore as well :(and my wrists but my right foot is the worst so so sore :(

Luke was so good last night after the night before, he went down around 9.30pm woke at 1.30am, woke at 4.45am and woke at 8am when the ph woke both of us, thankfully didn't wkae jack was so nice... but man having a non day sleeping baby is tiring... he has had 2 x 1.5hr sleep since 8am *sigh*

ETA forgot we weighed luke again yesterday and holy weight gain he is 5.05kgs :shock: he is going to be a porker for sure.. oh and we are now onto full FF feeds no bb milk being made by me but I made it to 1month with expressing better than nothing if results tomorrow show something that can be cleared up easily I may ask for a script of motellum (sp)

Wow - I didn't realise my little man was such a heffalump... He was 4.2kgs at a week and a half old... gained 600g from the week before!
I just wish he slept as well as he eats!!

yeah Luke was 3770 at 1 1/2 weeks up to 4585grm at 3 1/2 w and yesterday 1 month he is 5050grm :lol:

evening ladies,
how are we all?
Rach; of course your welcome :D , i also have a question, as im prone to not knowing how to pronounce names.. how do you pronounce Evangeline? im so so sorry..

Alissa was only 3.620 @ about 3 1/2 weeks.. i havent weighed her since :redface: i feel terrible when i think that but the dr didnt seem worried, im taking her in on thursday for her 6 week check up, is that when they have their first lot of needles? ill double check, i have it written down here somewhere... lol

Alissa has been a little grizzly yesterday and today, all she seems to be doing is eating, sleeping, grizzling for a little while then the cycle starts again, but i read somewhere they have a 6 week growth spurt so im thinking this is what it is..
DH went back to work early this week, this sounds horrible but im so glad, all he did was whinge at me how i wont DTD with him, up until this past week i still had my stitches, and *TMI* but i am still bleeding (nothing heavy, just the norm pink/brown discharge) and TBH i am not even interested in sex.
My MIL has been so awesome, she took me op shopping today (FIL looked after DD) and brought me 2 pairs of jeans , coz i still dont fit in pre preg clothes :cry: i originally thought the jeans were size 12 and was a little upset about it not realising id put on so much weight, bt turns out they were size 10 (im normally a size 8 or smaller) but it just felt good to buy some nice things that actually fit (been living in trackies which is depressing) and didnt cost me a fotune, i think she spent $5 on the 2 pairs. Bargain :)

Anyway, i best go and bath my grumble bum.. but oh how i love her :)

take care xxx

Stevie - Its pronunced E- van -ge- line. As for the 6wk check up, yep Alissa will get her needles then. I found Evangeline was fine on the day of her needles, but she wwas very upset on day 2 and 3 after them :( She never got a temp from them though.

Shades - Your boy isn't a hellalump, lol, he is growing boy. hehe actually i have a pic of Evangeline and my friends little boy on FB next to each other. They were born 5hrs apart, Evie first, but her little man is a bit bigger. Though in saying that Evangeline has alot more chubba rolls compared to him :doh: but they are sooooo cute.

Rach - hehe Luke sounds like my buff. He was my chubba bubba :D Though in saying that he now is a tall lanky string bean :lol: He has always pretty much been on the 90% line in the blue book - must take after his buff of a dad :rolleyes:

Question: any of you lady's bubs getting a flat spot?? Bothe Eth and Lilli never got one, but Evangeline is starting to get one. Probly cause i have her strapped to the bed so she can't roll, but not taking any chances this time!! Anyway i find she prefers to look to one side, any hints on what i can do t make her look to the left??

Rach221 so good to hear from you, I was thinking about you the other day and hoping you would drop in and let us know how you are going. Glad it all seems to be going well, awesome news re the weight gain :dance:

Rach75 that's awesome news about your little porker :lol: I was just looking at Leila this morning and thinking she was starting to pork up too so it will be interesting to see how much she weighs now, last week she was 3.9kg so I might get her weighed again next week just to keep track of it and make sure she's still gaining a good amount of weight. Also you did an awesome job of expressing for a month. I only express occassionally and it is really hard work so well done to you, you've given Luke a fantastic start :clap:

Shades, he he I think we all wish they would sleep as well as they eat!! Glad your little one is growing so well too. Sounds like all our babies are doing well!

Stevie sometimes DH's really have no idea - as if you are going to feel like DTD so soon after giving birth and when virtually every spare minute of your day is taken up with looking after your baby :rolleyes: It's funny because towards the end of my pregnancy I actually felt like DTD a lot and for whatever reason DH wasn't that interested, I kept saying to him that he should get it while he can as it will be a long time before I feel like it again!!

With the post baby body thing, Stevie you were saying you still don't fit into pre-preg clothes - same here! How is every doing with this? I have no idea how long it should take before I start looking normal again but I'm certainly not looking like I used to and I'm not even going to try and get into my pre-preg clothes, it's trackies for me right now :lol: My belly is slowly shrinking but it still seems a little stretched and flabby in places (all the stretch marks don't help :cry:) and I wonder if it will ever go back to normal... pre-preg I quite liked my body, I was fit, toned and in proportion - now I just feel a little frumpy! Of course it's way too early for me to be worried about it but I am curious as to how long I should expect it to take before things go back to normal.... will they go back to normal??!

Oh and good news here, my SIL is preg with #2!! It's quite an anxious time as their first boy who is now about 14months has down syndrome which for whatever reason was only diagnosed a few months ago. Her risk factor during preg with him was 1:18,000 so they certainly didn't expect this to happen and amazingly no one picked it up until he was almost 12 months old! Seems like quite a mild case but it's hard to tell when they are so young, we just have to wait and see. He is so gorgeous though! The most adorable little boy in the world. Anyway, they have to have all of these extra tests done now to see if this baby is also affected - it's very unlikey as there was no genetic link to DS#1's case but just something they have to go through so the waiting is hard on all of us but :crossfingers: everything is going to be just fine.

hugs & kisses to all of your little bubbas!

Fi

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Alissa was only 3.620 @ about 3 1/2 weeks.. i havent weighed her since :redface: i feel terrible when i think that but the dr didnt seem worried, im taking her in on thursday for her 6 week check up, is that when they have their first lot of needles? ill double check, i have it written down here somewhere... lol

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you got to remember you have a little girl as well if you look in blue/red book whatever color yours is the scale weight wise is very different also what was she born luke was 3700gr born and its 2 mths for needles Luke is booked in for the 22nd

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Rach - hehe Luke sounds like my buff. He was my chubba bubba :D Though in saying that he now is a tall lanky string bean :lol: He has always pretty much been on the 90% line in the blue book - must take after his buff of a dad :rolleyes:

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yeah jack was same always 90% for weight and height he is now 50% for weight but still up there for height as for flat spot no idea luke sleeps on his belly

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Also you did an awesome job of expressing for a month. I only express occassionally and it is really hard work so well done to you, you've given Luke a fantastic start :clap:

With the post baby body thing, Stevie you were saying you still don't fit into pre-preg clothes - same here! How is every doing with this?

Fi

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thanks as for post baby look i felt great till this darn swelling set it now i look 4 mths pg again :(

so wish me luck see dr about results at 3.15pm today

Thinking of you Rach, hope all goes well at the doctors this arvo :crossfingers:

Hiya ladies,

Rach about the flat spot, the maternal nurse said to rotate where they sleep in the cot as they tend to look towards the light. So every time u put her to sleep alternate the ends that u put her down, that way she will use both sides of her head.

With the post pregnancy body, i found with my 1st preg it took me ages to get back to wat i was. But then i got pregnant 6 months later, so i dont think i really got back to wat i was previously. However with this pregnancy i seemed to have lost more weight. The arse of my pants go to the back of me knees and they r a couple of inches too big round the waist. I have a feeling its cause im running around my 15 month old and pushing the stroller everywhere (as i dont drive).

Hope all is well
Mzy

Quick post for me, Ill bbl ;)

Rach- Good luck!

so the verdict is in sought of kidney liver functions good, potassium levels slightly out of whack so now its off to a cadiologist to rule out a few post partum heart problems

but he has given me fluid tablets for a temprory releif measure till i can get into see a cardioligist...good thing not b/f can't when on fluid tablets all good i know tablets will give me mega releif

Sounds good Rach:) Hope those tablets work! Did this stop you from B/f?

rach2281-Welcome! Good to see you here:)

I was expressing and giving FF as well as Luke has attachment issues, anyway my milk seems to have dried up end of last week can't even hand express even a drop so had I still been expressing I would have had to decide between b/f or the tablets so thats why in one way its good milk has gone

Just popping in quickly, DS has his CHN checkup tomorrow, so hoping that all goes well

Hi everyone! Thought I'd pop in and introduce myself (I've been sticky-beaking around the thread, but haven't had a chance to post).

Ava Juliet was born 19.10.09 via planned C-Section, 2 weeks early (hence me not knowing anyone in this thread -- all my Belly Buddies are in the Nov 1-15 thread). Everything has gone really well so far. Ava came into the world looking around the room, and was so peaceful. She cried for a minute when she first arrived, but after that, didn't cry till we were in our room and she was ready for a feed. The rest of the time she was looking at me and DH, and at her new environment. I kept saying to DH "She's so calm", and the hospital staff couldn't believe how alert and curious and relaxed she was. Thankfully, she has kept this pleasent part of her personality :dance: Ava is our first child, and so far it's been fabulous, and we can't imagine life before her.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you girls!

welcome to the group Bub4me :)
Its coz we have little Libra babies that they are so calm :)
Alissa is the same, she's so peaceful and curious :)

ill BBl for more personals
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Hiya! I'm so excited - SIL has taken DS1 to the zoo with his cousin for the day, so I have the day alone to enjoy Jasper, catch up on housework and hopefully grab some zzzz's.
My little man is sound asleep on my chest in his sleepy wrap at the moment so I am taking the opportunity to read through your posts as I've been MIA for a while....

Rach75 - I wanted to recommend detox footpatches to you for your fluid retention earlier, but as you were breastfeeding then I couldn't. Now that you have ceased bfding, I reccommend you give them a try. I used to recommend them to alot of my ladies when I worked as a weight loss consultant and they received rave reviews! (Not that I'm saying you need to lose weight! They just happen to be brilliant for fluid retention). You can purchase them from health food stores or online. Footsies is a good brand.
This of course does not address the cause of the problem, but it may help with the severity of the symptoms. You put them on the bottom of your feet before bed, and keep them on overnight. It can be quite disgusting all the gunk that comes out at first!! Your GP will most likely roll his eyes if you mention something like this to him - but I promise you - they really work!! ;)

Fi - Speaking of post baby bodies, with DS1 I was back into my jeans 6 weeks after the birth - this time not so lucky. I have 5kg which appears to just be sitting on my butt and thighs, and does not appear to be budging with the breastfeeding alone :rolleyes:. So until it shifts, its tracky pants here for me also. Seems I'll have to order my double pram soon and go charging along the coast :dance:

LJ - Hope your app with the CHN goes well today. How has your little man been? Any more settled? Gosh, I remember I had such a tough ride for the first 12 weeks with DS1 - In those days I honestly thought I would never have another child! Really makes you appreciate it when you get a calm, colic-free baby...;)

Welcome Bub4me!!

Hi to all I've missed.

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