Sorry I haven't been on for a while, computer meltdown!!!!
Erin ~ Glad you like the Peanut Shell! Its really been a life saver for us. I find it hard to hold Seven over my shoulder for very long due to my back injury and the fact that she is a fatty boomba!! The peanut shell allows me to carry her for so much longer without getting achy, and she settles right down - except for last night when Daddy tried to use it and she thought it was time to play!
Mumma ~ Wow!! And I thought Seven gained weight quickly! Good on you and whatever you are doing, continue doing it. I personally attribute Seven's good weight gain to my chocolate eating habits!!! LOL
Captain ~ Yeah Seven likes her baths to calm her down too. So if, tonight, she is still awake at midnight, guess whose getting a bath then!!!
Candy ~ Please don't say you failed at breast feeding. You gave it a go, and from the looks of it, you are still trying. Erin is right, the first priority is to get your baby fed, who gives a blue wazoo how you do it. You will feel better in the fact knowing that you are looking after your baby. I work in a hospital and we are all go go go breastfeeding, but I tell my Mums "if it's not going to work for you, so what?" Good on you for continuing expressing, I can only imagine how tiring that must be for you.
A peanut shell is an all in one fabric sling that sits OVER your shoulder and baby fits nice and snuggly inside. You can lay them down, wear them sitting up facing you, facing out, on your back and, when they are a toddler it is great to support that huge bundle on your hip! Oh, and you can breastfeed in it too. We use ours every night to help settle Seven to sleep. They are magical!!!
Hi Indie and anyone else who has popped in but hasn't posted yet!!!
Seven is growing like a weed! Stays awake from about 11-2am the past 5 nights, and has a very very gurgly tummy but we are trying to combat that with Brauers Stomach Calm and Infants Friend. Seems to be working, she is able to fart and bring up her wind so much better now!
Speak of the little Madam, I hear her grunting for me! Better run.
Hello! Finally sticking my head in here, while waiting for Matthew to wake up. I just know that if I put my head down, that will be the minute he will want me.
Anyone else bleeding heavily still? Hoping it will start to ease off soon.
Looking forward to catching up properly once the mist of exhaustion starts to lift.
Yep!!! i am Kerry, although after my CS with my first son i bled like a period for 3 friggen months!!!
But this time its not quite as bad, but i am still using the HUGE maternity pads!
Nath is going well, seems a bit windy so i have cut out all the chocolate and caffine out and am eating to the strict lactation diet so hopefully that helps a bit.
He still wants to sleep with me every night and is breast feeding like a friggen champ! Please dont hate me anyone that is having a little trouble - but i still cant beleive how easy and wonderfully this has come to us. Still no problems or supply/nipple issues... or am i nieve and is it yet to come!
i am going to ABA meet ups to help support me in this, and to also keep going with it! i want to do it for at least 2 years!
WEll sweets, must head off, got to get the kidlets ready to go to the supermarket - wow thats fun now.
Take care and hope you are all have lovely milky nights with your beautiful babes!
Had my appt with the hospital lactation consultants and they agreed to try medication to increase my supply thank fully, so I started it today. I also double pump on the expressing machine now, DH thinks I'm like a milking station... good way to put him off haha
Turns out that both Madeleine & I have thrush which has been causing us all the issues with latching, the severe pain in my breasts, fever & headaches, so we both have started treatment although it doesn't seem to agree with Madeleine to much.
Kbowman, I was around that time, its almost stopped now, so hopefully it will be the same for you.
Calebsmum, thanks for your kind words, it's pretty tough this BF & you can really feel the pressure but at least there is plenty of support, if this medication doesn't work well I wont feel bad as I did all I could.
Better run, she has just woken up, take care everyone
CJ, that's good news that you've found the problem. Hopefully the treatments will work and you'll be able to bf.
Mummatotwo, having to cut out chocolate!!! That's what I look forward to each night, though maybe that's why Ashlyn doesn't like sleeping in the evenings.
Kerry, yep still bleeding here too. I actually thought it had stopped and then wham, it started again. Can't wait till it's finished (neither can DH, lol!)
Kell, how are the night wakings going? It's so exhausting being awake at night while everyone else is snoring away. Do you get much sleep during the day?
Eej, how's the peanut shell going? I've got a sling but haven't used it much yet, just trying to be careful after the c-section. Think I'm ready to really get into it now though.
Ashlyn is doing well. We have a visit with the health nurse today. She'll be here in an hour and both the girls are fast asleep. Danielle still needs to get up and dressed and have breakfast! We've had a bit of a stressful week though. MIL had major heart surgery on Tuesday. She's doing well though and should be out of intensive care today. But unfortunately my Gran had a heart attack and passed away yesterday. She was nearly 90 so it wasn't unexpected, but still feeling a little down. Poor Danielle is still not entirely understanding what's happened. She was asking if the ambulance was going to bring her back.
Hope everyone is doing well and starting to get some sleep!
Kerry ~ After DS I bled for a full 12 weeks and it was ridiculous. It was like a constant period! Found out it was due to retained products. Still spotting on the odd occasion and Seven is now 6 weeks old - OMG - but it is easing up. Matthew is only 2 weeks old, so it should start to ease up for you soon!
MT2 ~ I cut out caffiene and some other things from my diet as well, and cut back on the chocolate - I can't quite give that up!!! We are using a combination of Infants Friend and Brauers Stomach Calm with Seven before every feed and it is really working wonders! She isn't as grumpy now and easily brings up her wind and farts!!!! Don't feel bad for succeeding at BF! Congratulations!!!
Candy ~ Glad you have got some things to try to help with your supply. I am crossing my fingers it works for you!!!
Captain ~ Seven is still sleeping in bed with me, and we are now feeding 3hrly overnight, and most of the time we are both still asleep when it happens! Hooray! We started getting Seven off to sleep in a different room of the house then once she is asleep, she and I head off to bed and snuggle in together and for the past 2 nights she has stayed in bed, happily sleeping and feeding until morning! So hopefully this continues to work for us!! So sorry to hear about your Gran. May she rest in peace.
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