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  1. #1
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    Aug 2006
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    Jodie, take care hun! Maybe you need to cut a few corners by getting internet groceries or sending DH out with a very specific list (!) If you have a drier put all your clothes through it for a few weeks, and maybe use a laundry trolley if you have to carry things around the house (these were all things i did to get thru when DH was away and I was having spd problems). Also maybe try writing a list of things for him to check off every day so he gets the idea that these are thinks you need him to do every day because you can't. If any friends say "Just ask if there's anything I can do" - ASK!!! It might be popping in for a cuppa and hanging the laundry out, or it might be bringing a casserole - you really need all the help you can get right now.

    feel like a food machine and that I am never going to get out of the house.
    Wow sounds like a bit of a theme - i had a tantie yesterday over the same thing! Cally Rest as much as you can while your mum is down, you'll be feeling quite different in a week or so's time (that's what I keep telling myself anyway - another week and my real life will start again LOL). I'm going to try to get out for a really short really easy little trip either tomorrow or tues - just for a coffee and a change of scenery. Only needs to be an hour or so...

    I had a nap this afternoon and slept so soundly I didn't even hear Elisabeth crying, woke up and thought it was time for the 3.00am feed!!!

  2. #2
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    Feb 2007
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    Cally, I totally understand the "feeling like a food machine" I had a little breakdown on Friday (very tired and mastitis was killing me) and I said to dh I feel like cow, all I do all day is sit on the couch with my boobs out and a child attached. I am feeling heaps better now though and feeding has become so much easier. Im sure it will get easier for you too. I have just mastered the feeding while laying down today, I could do it in hospital but not when I came home. Hang in there and keep trying.

    Jodie I agree with Marydean, if you have anyone offering to help then take them up on it. ALso try and relax and take it easy while you have your dh at home.

    Things are going great at my end. My mastitis seems to have gone (touch wood) and Logan is feeding and sleeping well. I think I am slowly getting the hang of being a mum