Babies Born ~ July 2012 #1

[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.

[JennaJayen]

I'm here too!

Emily Jane was born July 10th, weighing 3.95kg. Discharge weight was 3.67kg, not sure what she is now with all the cluster feeds she's been having the last couple of days, guess I'll find out next week when the mchn visits.
So far she's breastfeeding like a pro, has her days and nights messed up a bit but slept for 6 hours straight last night, I needed it but my boobs were so full and sore for it lol I'm producing so much milk at the moment I'm having express between feeds so I'm not in pain.
I have a 2nd degree tear as well, she was in such a hurry to get out once my waters broke, the stitches are hurting a lot but slowly getting better thanks to painkillers and an ice pack lol
Just waiting for her to wake up for her next feed before I head off to bed.

[*beannaithe*]

Hi there July mummies and bubbas!!!!! My wee girls and I will be jumping in to join you tomorrow :0

[Maruschke]

Our little girl joined us yesterday! 5lb11oz of pure joy, but she is in the SCN for a while.