Well I had a GP appointment today with Louie... Gawd what a day... turns out I did tear and could have done with a few stitches! So Vivienne, he is now looked at my hoohaa... I even had to bare down to see what shape everything was in down there. He said everything was great otherwise. Just a bit messy down there I suppose. Second thing was my supply... I've already had to give her a bottle today and usually my boobs are so full in the morning that she doesn't even empty one... this morning, she needed both and was whinging for more - I ended up getting her to settle without anymore. So spoke to Louie about that, he said it's common for mastitis to affect supply levels and there wasn't really anything he could give me because everything they used to give mother's for increasing supply has showen to cause heart attacks in infants and women. He is going to look into it for me though...

Saffi - Seems the Tuesday is better for everyone anyway!

Lauren, nvm about the bf'ing - as we all know they wouldn't sell formula if it was a suficient food source... I mean, with all the drama's that come with bf, what's so good about breastmilk anyway? Just looks like watered down milk to me...

Viv, I use the position mentioned earlier, the skin to skin position, shoulder position, laying bub length ways on my arm and walking around and patting her back and I also use the birth ball... I lay her on it tummy down and rock it or pat her back - seems to be effective, i guess because it's stretching them out so it's easier for it to come up? Not sure... Also Louie told me you mentioned I reccommended him... ROFL

I'm not sure what's going on with Rochelle, but I think she may be dropping a feed in the evening... She has only woken once the last two nights... Since birth she was waking 2 times a night. I too gave in on the dummy today... I really was trying to avoid giving her the extra bottle of formula... The dummy kept her satisfied (Once I finally got the little bugger to take it) for 5 minutes and then she screamed for food - so I gave in and gave her the bottle.. I mean i can't starve her!

Sorry, I think there was other personals I wanted to do, but I'm in a hurry and want to post a post for Barb regarding my supply problem.

Hope everyone sleeps well tonight.