Csab: Good to see you made it here. I'm breastfeeding and it's been far from smmooth. The only issue I don't have is attachment, Jude's a natural but after mastitis in week dot I'm now trying to cope with a baby who vomits up the vast majority of what he eats and I'm so worried about him. He was weighed the other day and he gained 400gs, which I'm pleased with since he only weighs a total of 2.8kgs so 400 is significant, but everyday I feel at my wits end with worry. I'm now living on Rescue Remedy.
Hippie: Awesome that you're enjoying the challenge. It's hugely life altering, isn't it? You seem to have taken to it brilliantly.
Tanstar: In what way is James sensitive to what you eat? How can you tell? I don't know if it's screamingly obvious, but I've had serious baby blues. A couple of doctors have suggested I am at risk of PND. Every time my ob visited in hospital I would break down and cry. Every day I have a little cry, I find it all a bit overwhelming because I really don't have a clue what I'm doing and all my family lives in Sydney. I really need my mummy at the moment. But most of the day I'm ok.
SamiH: What babymoon? The inlaws finally left. They would come by every day, move my furniture around and use up all my dishes and glasses and they never once offered to help and do anything productive except P me off completely. I was so glad to see their backs walking out the door last night. Go back to America and stay there!
AmandaJ: Julian sounds like an angel!
The baby bonus finally came but it's been such a big hassle. My husband is American and we applied for a permanent visa 3 years ago but it's taken the govt too long to process, so we had some hassles with the paper work. Finally the govt saw that we were submitting forms for our baby so 7 days after Jude was born guess what, we got the permanent visa granted. Lazy good for nothings. Anyway, I have to chase up the rent assistance because I think it got lost in the heap of paperwork somewhere at centrelink.
Also, on top of everything I have a lump in my boob that developed when I was pregnant and I've been ignoring it until now. The GP said it didn't feel like cancer, maybe a cyst but she's sending me for an ultrasound (not sure why not a mammogram) and so that's just the icing on the cake, isn't it? Bleh. If only I could have a full night's sleep.
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