Babies Born ~ July 2012 #1

[Charlotte91]

First!!!!

[cathie5]

Hey been waiting for this thread to open.....

Cathie

[cathie5]

hey,

Little William is the best baby, he sleeps all night have to wake him for a feed. Last night we went to bed at 11.00pm and I woke at 5.00am and went holy @#$% better wake him. During the day he feeds stays awake for 1 hour than sleeps to next feed, he has already got himself into a routine..... I'm still sore going to see the DR tomorrow for a check up. Hope everyone is well and all your beuatiful babies and letting you get some sleep, sending everyone some magic sleeping dust.

cathie

[Charlotte91]

OK, I think I have a spare minute before tea! I'm sure Colby will wake up now.....

Alright.... Colby Tay.lor born 5-7-12 at 11.50pm at 39+5w after a labour that went off and on for days, but is documented at 21ish hours. I honestly thought I was going to die. Yeah, I'm a drama queen.
Apparently contractions are supposed to last well over a minute, especially at the end. But, I never had a contraction that lasted more than 40 seconds, but my God they were intense.
He's a beautiful bubby. Had his check up today and his birth weight was 2.8kg, discharge weight at 36 hours was 2.6kg and he's already 2.9kg. Guess that means my milk is doing OK.

It's so weird having a 'real baby', so different to DD.
Colby is a day sleeper and a night-partyer. Going to try and fix that as DH goes back to work next week and I need to have a decent sleep routine.
Breastfeeding is going well now that my milk has settled nicely and my nipples aren't as sensitive. I enjoy it during the day, it's just the nights where I feel like death and he wants to feed for ages.

How long does the stomach cramping go for? Still getting some decent cramps every few feeds, but I'm hardly bleeding anymore.

Love my little man, I can't believe he's here.

[MummyNaomi]

subbing - and then I'll go O/due and have an August babe

Char - last time I remember having the cramping for good 2-3 weeks - but it made my uterus and belly shrink back at an amazing rate so the pay off was good!

I'll add the birth list as everyone subscribes to the thread!

[MummyNaomi]

Babies Due/Born July 2012 - Our Arrivals

19th June - Cathie5 - William
4th July - lise - Atticus William
5th July - Charlotte91 - Co.lby Tay.lor
10th July - JennaJayen - Emily Jane
12th July - ~Ash~ - Bethany Maye
14th July - Maruschke - Baby Girl
15th July - MelissaI - Eliza Grace & Gemma Claire
24th July - PacRakMG - Baby Girl
24th July - k4t - Baby Girl
25th July - MummyNaomi - Annika Lee
2nd August - Nat82 - Hugo Bryan Alexander
8th August - cmkm - Jacob Louis Harrison

[lise]

I'm here!

Atticus William, born 4 July weighing 4.1kg via emergency c-section. Not what I had planned at all but in the end you just want them out safely. Still a little sore and probably overdoing it but that's life I think when you have a toddler too. Cathie don't know how you do it with 7!!!

Like Colby Atticus is more awake at night. Last night was the first he's spent in his own bassinet which was lovely (he's been sleeping in my arms which has meant I sleep half sitting up, not fun) but the trade off was he was awake every 45-90 mins rather than the 2-3 hours I get if he's in my arms...

Well he's awake now so better go.