Hi Heavenly, Welcome!!
Got grisly girl, BBL
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Hi Heavenly, Welcome!!
Got grisly girl, BBL
Welcome Heavenly!
The zantac does seem to be doing the trick, so just hoping it continues to work~! Gotta go, its feeding time at the zoo!
Hi Everyone
Thought I would come in and introduce myself, my name is Kelly and my precious daughter TARA ROSE was born on 12th October via elective c/s after 1 IVF cycle and 3 FET's (of which we used a total of 7 of our 15 embryo's). I opted for the c/s due to some ongoing health issues and it was found at delivery that I was placenta previa so the best case all around for us. I have recovered extremely well from the surgery and am feeling back to my old self.
Tara is such a good baby and only cry's for feeding, although she is a bit of a slow starter to get feeding and was taking about 1 1/2 hours to feed although touch wood she feed last night in 30 minutes and considering she is feeding between 3-4 hourly at the moment that certainly helps with sleep.
We attempted b/fing with Tara however I was diagnosed as being anemic 2 weeks before delivery and due to the placenta issue at birth I had a bit of blood loss so I'm now on iron supplements to get my levels back up. Unfortunately due to the low iron levels my milk has never really come in so Tara is a bottle baby with some expressed b/m although my milk is now already starting to dry up as I am only pumping 40ml per day for her.
Anyway, that's a little about us and where we are at the moment. I am looking forward to getting to know you all and sharing our parenthood journey's together.
Hi girls, sorry I have been MIA but little miss cranky pants is very demanding at the moment and I am trying everything, dont know if its colic or whether she is just a cranky cow but it is draining, night time isnt much better up every 1.5 to 2 hours so mummy is a cranky pants too lol. I have given up the coffee as well Skye and the chocolate omg life as I know it has ceased....it is all for the greater good though. She just doesnt sleep for long stretches unless she is in the HAB, but even night time she isnt sleeping for long and that is with me so i dont know i hope it is a phase.
Oz - it was great to catch up with you yesterday miss zoe is just the most peaceful happy beautiful bubba, you lucky cow lol and DS is adorable just wanna take him home. Thanks for the awesome pics there are some on fb if anyone wants to check out the girls.
V we will definately have to catch up for coffee, no wait, iced chocolate when you are up to it, cant wait to meet Olivia. Glad you are starting to feel better bummer on the boobies though.
brb bubba has a tanty going on xxx
ok back thank god for the dummy. Got her on the shoulder typing one handed, getting pretty quick at it now lol.
Welcome Heavenly xxx
Erybery: How did Ellas test go?? Hope she is settling for you.
Jen: hope the feeding issues get sorted hun
Skye: I feel your pain honey, Izzy hopefully will come good soon.
Well my mum has just turned up with cream buns and lamington cake so I am going to make a cup of tea and chill. Diet can start tomorrow xxxx
Hope everyone else is enjoying the joys and trials of motherhood and lets hope your little treasures start behaving xxxxxx
Just want to say a quick HI and big welcome to Heavenly and KellyD...
Hope you're all having as restful day as possible today and your bubs are going easy on you.
DD allowed me 9 hours of sleep between 930 last night and 830 this ! Of course I was up twice during that span but 9 hours is 9 hours and I'm feeling GREAT :dance:
V did she sleep for 9 hours????? OMG what am I doing wrong I cant even get 3...well done hon xxx
Welcome Kelly and congrats on the safe arrival of Tara....I had a c/s too and am finally starting to feel like my old self again...now if I can just get Laicee sorted out lol
hi girls!
welcome to our 2 new mummies!
Heavenly how'd u go getting serenity home? i bet the other kidlets love her to bits!
V-WTF 9 hours?!?!!?!?!? PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE share ur secret!
Nina-maybe i should come up there so we can keep each other company every hour when our girls are up! lmao
Not much going on here, just start TT DD1, we're 1 for 3 ATM, potty being the one accidents being 3, we'll get there though, good thing its a nice day for washing down here!!
Afternoon ladies,
Well Evangeline is already 3wks old. Wow that flew!!! We had her weighed and checked today. All going good, she is now 3300gm and 50cm long :dance: Booby milk is making her thrive. I really can't complain, she is a pretty good baby, and im soooo in love with her. Oh she also won the newborn catergory in the SIDS calender competion. She reminds some days so much of my other daughter, though lucky enough ive only called her Lilli once :(
V - Im with the other girls, 9hrs, pleaseeeee tell me how.
Nina - Ahh another dummy bubby :D Evangeline is a big sucker to, and yep loves being over my shoulder to :D
Skybie - Goodluck on TT, i remeber those days with Ethan :rolleyes:
Hey all serenity came home yesterday had a good night got a 4 hr sleep
kelly d just wondering why the anemia affected your milk as I'm like that too but my milks fine?
Just to clarify...she fed at 830 last night and went down at 930 and we went to bed aswell. Woke at 1230, up for an hour feed then woke again at 430 for another hour. Woke up again at 830 this morning. So it was interrupted...def not 9 hours straight lol!!!
Hi Heavenly
When I was discharged from hospital my iron levels were at 75 (pre delivery they were 86) which is very low and classified as Microcytic anemia. I'm on supplements for at least the next 4 months to try and get my levels back to normal range ie: over 100. When you are pregnant and/or b/fing your body uses up a lot of iron to grow the baby and to then produce milk. As my iron levels are so low, once my body uses up the iron stores I need to function everyday there is not much left to help with my milk production, hence the low amount of milk expressed. I was told that until my iron levels increase, my milk won't come in fully and this could take at least 6-8 weeks. The only problem with waiting that long is that Tara is now so used to having a bottle that even if I try to put her on the breast she flat out refuses as there is just not enough supply to satisfy her.
I am using the philosophy that she is thriving on the bottle and even if she only gets 1 expressed milk feed per day then that is better than nothing at all and I'll keep perservering with the expressing until it becomes evident that there is no more to give her. Something is better than nothing at all...
I think it's great you are so positive and realistically we went a healthy thriving bub so it's not really important what they drink as long as they get there
Morning all
Hi to the ladies I don't know.
Sorry for the lack of communication. Little Luke has control of the household and is causing me to do some one hand typing now!
Seems like we all are having good and bad days. Lukey is pretty good but we have our grizzly moments. In our house it's more mum whose not coping. All the different advice means I am struggling to know what to do and petrified i'll do something to ruin this perfect child i have being blessed with. so we have had quite a few tears but once again DH has being amazing.
Anyway today is a new day and I feel positive this morning so maybe today can be a tear free day.
Will try and go back and read the posts I have missed so sorry for the lack of personals. Thanks for the b'day wishes yesterday - yes the big 30!
BTW - how much washing do these things make! :D
Cam: Tell me about the washing :rolleyes:. Tara decided to have a big chuck up all over her bassinet this morning.... AHHH, so a full load of unplanned washing at 6.30am and no bed for her to sleep in, so she had to sleep with daddy in the big bed. Or should I say Tara slept in the big bed and daddy stayed awake watching and making sure she didn't get tangled in the bedclothes.
I hope today is better for you and lucky you to have such a supportive DH as well. It is pretty emotional having a newborn not to mention all the changes in hormones going through our body as well. Sending you a big :hug:.
Kellyd, doesnt matter how they're fed, so long as they are hun.
Cam, ur not going to ruin little lukey, babies are great like that, theyre very forgiving creatures! hope ur having a better day today xxx
Heavenly, soo happy to hear the little miss got home safely. u must be so relieved!
Chepie, how u going hun?
V hope ur still getting good sleeps hun, and hope ur boobies are better xxx
AFM, going well Izzy's sleeping better at night time which is good, still not smiling or cooing but she'll get there i guess. she's 7 weeks tomorrow! where does the time go hey?
TT with DD1 ended up with 2 for 2 yesterday. Today though she's taken a step back, flat out refused to put knickers on for a good hour but a promised trip to the park got them on her! then she wet through 3 pairs. but i went outside to save my washing and when i came back inside she had put herself on the toilet and did wee's and wanted me to look! lol so hopefully she's getting the hang of it. its soo hard to not get mad, mum asked me if i smacked her for wetting herself. i told her no, smacking isnt going to make the task any easier and i just told her that she cant wet her knickies and she needs to tell mummy when she needs to go to the toilet. its hard because its frustrating but smacking isnt the answer in this situation. I wonder how mum got me to TT if her answer was smacking! sheesh!
Afternoon gorgeous mummies
Hope everyone is travelling welll today!!
Ery- Glad to hear that the Zantac is working hun....
Kelly- Hi and welcome babe and little Tara!!! Boobie feed or bottle feed it doesn't matter as long as bub and mum are thriving - thats the most important thing hey ;)
NIna- Ohh you poor love up every 1-2 hours is really hard hey .....and not coffee and chocolate ohhh nooooooooooooooo - two of my saviours GL with stopping but you gotta do what you need to do though hey xxx Dummys are great!! Now if I could just get Charlotte onto it.......... ooohh how was your yummy afternoon tea???
Skybie- Congrats with the TT!!! we are kind of starting that with Aiden- no where near at your awesome stage but getting there!! How is sleep going for you all? Ginger ninjas - hhaaaa cracked me up!!
Rach - Thats lovely that she won her catergory in the calender - she is beautiful!!!
Heavenly-Congrats on Serenitys home coming that is wonderful news
Cam - Happy 30 th for yesterday!!! 30's are a great time ;) .....Its hard when people give us conflicting advice, it used to get me upset when Aiden was 1st born- till I turned around and snapped ( scottish temper) told people I will decide how things are done I am his mum and whatever works for us goes and if you don't like please keep your opions to yourself!!! :lol: Its hard enough as it is - without people telling you your are doing wrong!! Sorry for the rant
Ozstar- hope your well
Mayaness- hope things are great your way too!!
We are all good- tired but who isn't!! Charlotte witching hour is 3am- 5am.......feeding like a champ had her weighed and is now 4.5kg 53cm long and head is 37cm!! So all good!! Aiden has settled down and I have been more able to spend more time with him which is awesome!!! Went shopping yesterday to buy some new bras!! Sorry little excited her as I am only usually an A cup and I am now the proud wearer of a D cup!! ohhh so nice to feel more womanly!!:lol::lol::lol:
better go Charlotte bum is talking loud and clear!!!!!!!
Mwahhh xxxxx
big hi to those I have missed
lol, u should see them!! and to top it off DD1 has the tightest ringlets ever!, no doubt Izzy will too!:
yay on the big boobies!