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Last edited by Trillian; October 17th, 2009 at 04:56 PM.
Woo Hoo!
First post to say I still have a newborn on the boob and this time I am not in floods of tears, cos we don't have Tongue Tie - yay us!!
Come on in everyone, the water's warm in here
Maya my DS never had a tongue tie but we had a rough start BF, isn't it awesome when it goes so smoothly second time round. Miss Z attaches perfectly and now that my milk is well and truly in I am getting all those gorgeous milk drunk looks.
I think it is finally sinking in that she is really here and all mine, I just cant get enough of her.
I have every intention of being way more active in this thread!!!
Just on day 3 of recovery from the big C...gosh, it's so much harder than recovering from natural! I'm really disliking not being able to do much...I couldn't even change a nappy until yesterday. DH is being amazing doing all the nappy changes, passing her to me for feeds, walking around burping etc. Yesterday, he gave me with a beautiful Pandora bracelet for 'giving him the best gift he has ever received'...so that was really sweet.
I'm chewing on arnica tablets and tissue salts like mad hoping to speed it all up a bit- I hate this level of dependency.
Still being in hospy is starting to do my head in. I can't wait to get her home but being here is preventing me from doing too much, I guess. We're going home tomorrow. Dh still has another 2-3 weeks off so that will be lovely. I'm missing DS like crazy. He's Dad has brought him in for a few visits but it's not the same.
As for Olivia- she's amazing. So far, she has been extremely easy. She's gotten herself into a very predictable 4 hourly feed routine...my milk just came in this morning so I've got my fingers crossed that she says with this for a while.
Not sure how I'm feeling re the delivery yet...very mixed...relieved but there's a whole lot of disappointment thats simmering just below the surface. I think I'll write a birth story...more for my own therapy than for anything else...love yours Maya.
That's it from me for now...sorry if that has seemed like a massive whinge!!!
Enoy your little girls...can't believe how many of them we have...
No way, V, it's not a whinge - that's what this thread and the previous thread is for, hun There's stuff your body didn't get to do that will affect you differently and as long as you know that you can't beat yourself up, ok? Put the stick away! And yes, birth story is in order, warts and all (after all, I referred to my own vagina, which I never thought I'd do, and my midwife will post the story onto the practice's website for the whole world to see me say that!) - it's part of the massive journey that is a person's new life It's YOUR story, what's more. Even without surgery, I'm relying on DP heaps to do stuff I prefer to do (cos I do it better...eeek, let GO of the friggin sweeping standards!!), because we've all got a recovery to do - it's only ever been out of economic necessity that you hear of women in developing countries who give birth and the next day are out in the fields! Those same cultures have still-strong traditions of keeping women off their feet and bonding with their babies for 40 days. My mum's culture has the same thing. Even today I'm conflicted because I'm missing a CFA meeting that I'm a delegate for...leeeeeeeeeeet gooooooooooooo. I can feel how torn you feel from your DS - he'll integrate it well because there's so much love and it's a special circumstance, which he'll learn about in good time. You WILL recover!
Anyhoo, boobs are large and pendulous today, but not rock hard - DS has been helping and from yesterday afternoon Tallarah ramped up her feeding activity and was on about 3-4 times an hour - nice to have a baby who doesn't shred me. That said, I have a lot of appreciation for rocky starts like the one I had with DS - do you find this, too, Oz?
Tallarah is a bit jaundiced, so she got some time today in the sling hammock by the window, then naked on me on the chair by the window. MW will come again today. Heel pr!ck test day.
Dp has taken DS for a big long walk to wang him out - he's been high as a kite since the birth and it's all we can do to try to snag him and bring him back down to earth and regulated emotion! It's just me and my girl and a pile of washing to be folded...all in good time.
Oh, here's my whinge - friggin pelvis thing is still haunting me My groin is pinging - not as bad as when I have the weight in my belly, but really sucky. And if that weren't bad enough, I get an SMS from my mum last night that throws us back to DS's birth...she's flipped a switch again, obviously been having a tipple or lots and decided it's a good idea to lash out at me via sms. Way to go. I forwarded it to my dad (my tip is that they've stopped talking again) and told him I was deleting the message to get on with things. Like it's not hard enough riding DS's emotional immaturity...and he actually deserves attention for it. Sigh.
Today is the day I go on FB to officially acknowledge the birth...yay me, I held out 3 days! I didn't think I'd make it
Hi everyone else and post in soon!
Last edited by Smoke Jaguar; October 18th, 2009 at 12:08 PM.
: forgot about silly autocensor!
Hi Girls, I joined the Sept 16-30th thread too,, but as Ella was born with only 7 mins till the 1st Oct I thought I wuld hang out in this thread too, plus its nice to be with the girls Ive just shared the last nine months with!
Have had 4 really rough days. She went a 17 hour stretch with NO sleeping, she screamed, cried, fussed, stared blankly and ate and ate and ate all from 5:30pm-10:30am the next day. and she hasnt been much better the past few days. She started out fine but now everything has just gone to pieces! I feel like a mad woman. even when she does manage to sleep it is only for an hour at a time max!!!! any ideas on settling a baby who HATES to sleep, also has major wind and gets seriously overtired?????
Im Rach, i was in the other october thread, though Evangeline decided to make her entrance 12 days early. Actually today is my due date . Anyway looking forward to chatting with you all, but i will admit i did sticky beak in your BB thread a few times, so recognise some of the user names.
Anyway for those who don't know me, i put my birth story up the other day.
My little Evangeline has settled in so very well She is a very content little baby, and i was actually told by a few mums from SIDS, that a baby born after you have lost one usually ends up with a very similar attidude. I do think this is correct, Lilli was a very easy baby to. lol its just their big brother thats always been the handful
Hi Rach, Evangeline is such a gorgeous name. I look forward to getting to know you. So many little girls born in our group.
Erybery I seen you had another thread going, I hope someone has been able to help.
Maya I hope the pelvis doesnt give you to much grief. I seen all the pics, she looks a lot like you.
V your DH sounds like such a sweetie. I hope you recover quickly, when your up for it let me know and we shall have another coffee date, will be fun with our girls lol.
Nina I think there will be a lot of one handed typing happening in this thread lol.
I feel so very lucky, little miss is just such a joy at the moment and I am absolutely in love with her.
Just had to hop on and bore Tallarah to sleep after she had a tough time dealing with my new supply.
Nina - how did you end up going tonight? You in a straight jacket yet? Thinking of you tonight
Tallarah has a Mongolian birthmark, which is pretty cool, because it's a small testament to her Mayan heritage, which is now quite diluted (her and Oscar have an eighth of my quarter! I know it's 'duh', it just is a bit sad, that's all!). She was tested for reflexes and muscle tone today and she's probably gonna be another bruiser...but a quieter one
DS copped a belly full of new milk and crashed - granted he was shattered from the last few days and a purposely full day of play today, but he was stoked with what came out of me! I'm about to put Tallarah down and give DS a dream-feed, cos my boobies are really aching, though not stupidly engorged like last time.
Oz - ahhhh!
Rach - welcome!!! Yanno, I had toyed with the name Evangeline...glad I didn't now, in a good way
Ok, attempting baby-separation now (she's in the HAB, successfully bored to sleep, he he!)
Ok, gotta go change my ticker soon...
DS LOVED his dream-feed! He was so blissed out and has been asking for Babu all day. I had to laugh when he ran to the loo this arvo, and it was so funny I didn't even mind cleaning up after him when he dribbled a bit whilst hopping onto the loo...the breastmilk is having a major laxative effect He said this morning that it tastes like fruit.
Meanwhile, Tallarah's loving it, too - just not taking as much as I need her to, I'm soooo full and she stops feeding a lot sooner than DS would. That's not an entirely bad thing, because at least I don't have a majorly windy baby like DS was. Last night was hard because she was a bit windy (learning how to cope with the let down, which thankfully isn't as forceful this time) and I ended up spending the night on the recliner so that I could kip for a bit, she could kip and it would keep her upright - I don't have the right bedhead or pillows to sleep elevated and be comfy. Still, as compensation, she's slept so much today (DS at this stage was not sleeping for long stretches and we had no sling to change the situation!) and I even got a nap or two, as well.
I took her outside, naked, today in the sun and we both thawed out. Tomorrow will be lovely and I wonder if I'll be up for going to the park with the boys. My pelvis will decide. This big tumult of hormones is throwing my ligament out so much. Even getting up to do simple things is a torment and DP thinks that at the height of it I need to still be nice and polite (he said some nasty things last night whilst venting about how short I had been when he didn't respond to requests for help...I feel for him, I just can't afford 'nice' when I feel like I'm being split in two and asking for immediate assistance to relieve the agony and he's groaning at having been disturbed again...poor love, has to get up, move a heater for me and hop back into bed - all without hanging onto walls and using an antique walking stick! Vent over).
Anyhow, really looking forward to this week's weather - I'd love to keep nappies off as much as possible whilst it's nice!
How's everyone else going?
Selina - how was today? I hope it was vastly better than last night
Skye - what's happening down on the flat lands? How was Pine Grove last week? I'm heading to the Cardi next week for my riding club's AGM, hopefully, so I'll need my banjo, too
K, gonna change ticker and watch some Buffy while the house is boy-free (up the mountain having dinner and watching MiL sing at the pub with her singing group).
Not sure if I actually qualify to be in here since Laicee was born 25th September but if this is where my belly buds are then here I am too...lol
Maya: the HAB has made some kind of magical difference to her, she has slept really well today 1st time in days and she started to get a little fussy earlier just popped her in the HAB and she settled straight away....it is a godsend..still getting the hang of how it works and always find I want to tighten it up when she is in it but its too late then...I will get it it is only day two.
Erin you sound like me I was living the hellish days in Colic County no sleep crying, feeding, crying, feeding...etc etc etc...I went and bought the Hug A Bub because I just had to be able to function and look after the other 3 and Laicee just basically wanted to be held upright constantly and it was driving me to distraction. Try the Hug A Bub honey it is awesome and had made a world of difference to Laicee.
Welcome Rach and Evangeline...look forward to getting to know you.
V-love: C section sux huh!! I have actually found the more I move around the better I feel, I actually feel 100% and often do too much because I feel so good and then I pay for it later and have to remind myself that hellllloooo you had major surgery 3 weeks ago stooopid ease up lol. Thats awesome DH is so attentive...I wish, as soon as I got home it was like ok mums home now we can go back to being lazy slobs and she will do it all. Sooo glad Olivia is being such a good girl makes life a bit easier. Dont beat yourself up about the birth...just look at your beautiful little girls face...does it matter how she got here...really??? The fact that she is here safe and sound is the main thing focus your energy on her not anything else...you did good hon....cant wait to meet her you me and KT can meet at the coffee club and all flop our boobies out together really give the anti breastfeeding nazis something to complain about hehehehe
Nina - Thankfully Miss Ella is settling much better today! Just hope it lasts, Ive found keeping her upright aainst my chest till she is almost asleep is helping. I have a peanut shell sling which Ive had her in but I find when Im getting her out of it she wakes up! also it doesnt allow her to be too upright though I watched a video on you tube and got an idea of putting a rolled blanket underneath her bck so that she is more upright so will try that.
It was my first day today without DH home as he took his sister to get eye surgery done. I must say I was very scared about how I would cope on my own but its been fine (apart from the millions of nappies I have had to change myself!!!)
Mayaness - the thought of laying out Ella naked in the sun sounds lovely though Im sacred shell get sunburnt!!
Rach- lovely to see you in here. Ella was 12 days early too, it felt weird to me when we reached her "due date" aswell.
V - hope your recovery is fast.
Oz - Good to hear you are loving having a prince AND a princess!
Hey Erin that is the beauty of the Hug a Bub they are upright on your chest and you have your hands free..I had the sling she hated it so I returned it and got the HAB. I think it is actually working too well lol, she has literally been asleep all day only waking for feeds she is a different baby today....but tomorrow is another day lol. I hope Ella is a good girl for mummy it makes all the difference if you can just get some rest.
Rach- hi there and welcome...I'll jump on and have a read of your birth story tomorrow
Maya- bummer about your pelvis, hon...that sounds so painful at a time when you NEED ease of mobility- I hope it lets up for you. Thanks for your words the other day, too.
Erybery- good news that Ella has started to settle down for you
Nina- Yep, with you on the moving around. I thought I was starting to feel heaps better the other day so I skipped some pain relief..bad move!! Have to remind myself just to chill and use this time to recover. I'm really not very good at staying still for too long but I would rather that than a drawn out recovery. Good work with the HAB...glad it's working for you...with the size of your fam, you need all the help you can get. Can't wait to meet lovely lil Laicee.
Oz- Our little girls sound very similar...Liv continues to be so very easy and we feel so lucky. She is so settled- almost too settled. Every time I feed her, she is asleep within 5 minutes. I have to continually wake her up by undressing her, wiping her with a wet washer...I feel really mean but it's the only way I can get her to finish a feed. Give me another 10 days and I think I'll be well mobile and rady to venture out...can't wait to see you guys.
Erybery good to hear that Ella is settling. The hug a bub is a really awesome sling and if you think you might wear Ella a bit then it is so worth the money.
V I am betting in a few weeks we will be complaining about having little girls that never sleep lol. Fingers crossed they stay just how they are. You just let me know when you ready and we will catch up.
Nina I am so happy for you that Laicee is loving the sling and feeling better. You must feel like a new woman.
Maya we will have to call you the milk queen lol. I hope your supply settles soon. Mine did really quickly, I have hardly even felt the letdown today.
Well Missy has been having some awake time during the day and then sleeping great at night. Last night she fought sleep from 7.30-9.45pm, I thought she would be overtired and be up all night but she didnt wake till 1.30am when DH moved her to the basinet, I fed her and then she slept from about 2am-8am.
Ok so I spoke too soon, she did another 6 hour no sleep and screaming last night again. We were lucky we got to see the paediatrician today as their was a cancellation and he thinks she is lactse intolerant so have to send a smaple off and meanwhile I need to cut all dairy from my diet and have been prescribed zantac to give her for reflux. Im a bit upset because he did say if she is lactose intolerant and doesnt settle down with my diet then we may have to think about putting her onto a lactose free formula! I hope it doesnt come to this as I am thouroughly enjoying breastfeeding now it doesnt hurt anymore and the thought of stopping so soon upsets me. Im gonna research other options too! anyways, I have let her go 4 hours now without a feed (as I was told I may be overfeeding her too and need to go 4 hourly, not 3 hourly and feed for ess time) so Ive gotta go and feed her. Any tips girls????
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There's stuff your body didn't get to do that will affect you differently and as long as you know that you can't beat yourself up, ok? Put the stick away! And yes, birth story is in order, warts and all (after all, I referred to my own vagina, which I never thought I'd do, and my midwife will post the story onto the practice's website for the whole world to see me say that!) - it's part of the massive journey that is a person's new life
My groin is pinging - not as bad as when I have the weight in my belly, but really sucky. And if that weren't bad enough, I get an SMS from my mum last night that throws us back to DS's birth...she's flipped a switch again, obviously been having a tipple or lots and decided it's a good idea to lash out at me via sms. Way to go. I forwarded it to my dad (my tip is that they've stopped talking again) and told him I was deleting the message to get on with things. Like it's not hard enough riding DS's emotional immaturity...and he actually deserves attention for it. Sigh.
. Anyway looking forward to chatting with you all, but i will admit i did sticky beak in your BB thread a few times, so recognise some of the user names.
She is a very content little baby, and i was actually told by a few mums from SIDS, that a baby born after you have lost one usually ends up with a very similar attidude. I do think this is correct, Lilli was a very easy baby to. lol its just their big brother thats always been the handful
He said this morning that it tastes like fruit.
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