I have a little girl who has fed/sucked for the last four hours. Methinks my antibiotics are wrecking havoc on their wee tums cos they are so unsettled. Poor wee dots.
I think we have had four hours, maybe five tops here overnight.
One day I will open my laptop so I can do some persies.
Cathie - yes I did, thanks very much - I have been trying to get on the computer earlier to reply but evil day today!
Lise - oh I hear what you are saying about the frequent feeding and sore nips. I just fed Miss G a bottle of EBM cos after today's marathon feeding, omg they needed a break. Feeling particularly gnawed and painful.
So today, I jumped in the shower at 7.20am after both girls had gone down. I got out of the shower and one girl was squawking (approx 7.30am) and I kid you not, these girls literally only stopped feeding at about 6pm. One would stop, then the other would start or they would both be going at once. I have three more days of antibiotics to go and am so tempted to stop them early as it seems such a coincidence that my tummy gets upset from them, then the girls start getting very unsettled.
Question about breastfeeding - when my milk came in, I was constantly feeling full, which I know is to be expected, and I would get loads of milk expressing. Now, I am bf probably 4 feeds (plus snacks) and expressing for two feeds and I always feel empty. When I express, I don't get very much off and I worry that the girls aren't getting enough. They are having loads of poos and wees a day but my boobies don't seem to fill up very much now and I am beginning to worry about my supply. Is this normal? Or could it be a combination of having been sick/being on multi antibiotics/dodgy tummy from antibiotics?
Your breast do adjust Mel and even though they're not full and hard like the first few days you should find you still have enough milk. I was always crap at expressing even though I had an over supply of milk. So I would think that as long as there's plenty of wet nappies and the girls are gaining weight you're fine. Having said that, I don't have twins obviously so not sure if that changes things so talk to your MACH nurse if you're worried.
Stupid phone won't let me edit - I meant to say that amount of milk expressed isn't an indication of supply, babies are much better suckers than pumps! But maybe also ask Barb, I'm not sure what effect your medication would have on your supply.
You mentioned the meds giving you an upset tummy - what are you on? I find if I have the generic brand of Amoxil I get sick but the normal brand is fine. Apparently some of the filler ingredients/coatings etc can be different and thus cause different interactions and different side effects. Could this be the problem?
Lise, that is actually good to know cos I know that but just need to be reassured.
Interesting about the coatings on drugs, never thought of that. My midwife said the three I was on shouldn't upset the girls but the combination of them together may make a difference. Didn't think of coatings though. I have made the decision to stop them though, I've been on them for over a week and my poor wee girls were just too upset,
Wow, lots of posts in the few days I've been lazy. Forgive me for not doing a full round of persies as on my phone.
Melissa - I hope your little ones settle down once you're off the antis.
CKJ - I don't know how you're doing it with uni. Make sure you apply for special consideration even if you do get all your assessment in on time.
We're having a good week. DD gained over 130g last week so still not back to birth weight quite but improving and the MCHN are happy. Breast feeding is going well. She's doing lots of comfort suckling during the day so I've just about given up pumping. (I did get 30ml from one pumping session yesterday - my most ever - but that was after she'd fallen asleep and refused to feed from the second side in the morning.) I'm loving feeding her now that my nipples don't hurt and I can finally feel confident shes getting enough. Managed one sleep in the cot yesterday too but otherwise she's having all her sleeps either being worn during the day or in bed with me at night. I guess she's guaranteed to be a well attached baby
Last night we had a 4+ hour screamfest before two good 3-4 hour sleeps. Tonight was better, just fussy and desperate to suckle before sleeping 4+ hours. We're now into our second sleep for the day so I'm going to try to doze off myself and join her.
Sorry for my lack of reply. I've been reading, usually on my phone, so it's hard to reply to everyone individually.
We're going okay. DD1 had a cold which has been passed on to DD2. She's all nasally and has a little cough and sneezing. It's sad and cute at the same time. She seems to be breathing easily enough though. We had her hip screening last week and I seriously nearly lost my nut. DD1's surgeon told us to get any new babies screened at the two week mark. I found a u/s centre that told me they would screen a baby at two weeks. So we took DD2 there and the guy doing the scan tried to refuse doing it. I told him what our surgeon said and then he bignoted himself saying that only three people in the entire state would be willing to scan a baby at two weeks, he being one of them. Ugh. So off he went to consult with another person, came back and agreed to scan. We already knew that it wouldn't be a perfectly accurate screen. Too many hormones still in her body making her hips soft, but at this point, they look okay. Unfortunately due to the severity of DD1's hips, there is a big chance of DD2's hips deteriorating, so we have to have another scan at 7 weeks. At the moment, we're taking precautions and have her in double nappies (helps keep the hips in correct position) and no swaddling, so she's in a halo sleep sack - which is a sleeping bag with a velcro attachment so her arms are swaddled in and her legs are free.
Other than that, she's going okay. Still feeding well, although she's gone to three hourly feeds overnight and four hourly during the day. She's a noisy baby which is something new for us as DD1 was so quiet. But DD2 grunts and squeaks, so funny.
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PRMG - What a tosser! But glad so far there is no sign of anything. We have Anni's Paed appt at 6 weeks and are getting a referral for an U/S then, so Anni will be 6 or 7 weeks. Paed was very happy with her hips at birth, but then we had no sign of what was to come with Bailz at birth either so their is no guarantee I guess. Sorry to hear of the rough days in your household with illness, hope it passes through quickly! Anni's very noisy too - she grunts and does this little squeaky sound when she is sleeping. Mum was joking today that she needed 'oiling' cos she's so squeaky
k4t - Sorry to hear about the hours of screaming but yay for the weight gain! Good on you for catching some Zzzzz's while bubs is sleeping!
My Mastitis is getting there. The issue that I have is that most of the blockage I have is behind the nipple which makes it hard to massage out during a feed, it is moving though, just slowly. This afternoons last two feeds were a little more tolerable (or maybe I am just used to it now), but once she latches on now, the pain does seem to subside a little, whereas earlier it was just constant until she came off. Seriously, childbirth was easier than this!!
DH went back to work today, it was easier than with DS as I am a lot more confident this time around, but it still sucked. DS missed him terribly and kept asking where he was. Fortunately we had a birthday party to attend this morning so he was soon distracted and then Nan kept him busy all arvo. DH missed the kids though
DD is growing at a massive rate. I am going to have to pack up some 0000 soon, they are just getting too tight. She is quite long in the torso so the onsies are a bit stretched. I cant believe I am thinking about packing up baby clothes already. We are almost finished our newborn nappies which is just as well as they are getting too small too. We have the CYH (same as MCHN) coming for a home visit on Monday so looking forward to finding out how much she weighs now. I am thinking she will be about 4100gm. Looking at piccies I wouldn't be surprised if she is averaging about a 300gm gain per week in the last few weeks
Anyway, must away, my coles groceries should be here any minute!
Mel, how are you and the girls now? Hope everyone has settled again, you must be superwoman coping with twins!
k4t, it's nice when you can actually enjoy feeding isn't it? I think it took me a good six or so weeks with DS1 but my boobs settled down much faster this time round. Mind you I still have HEAPS of milk, poor DS2 is always getting sprayed on his face/head and my tops are always saturated after a feed!
PRMG, what an idiot! Glad you finally got the scan but annoying it was such a drama. Fingers crossed the next scan is good too xx
Nai, glad to hear the pain seems to be subsiding, I agree it's worse than childbirth - at least it's acceptable to scream during labour, not so when feeding...! And I hear you on packing away clothes, and as for nappies, I had to give half the newborn nappies away cos Atticus was too chubby!!
Well I have two suck boys today, Finn has tonsillitis (5th bout this year!) and Atticus has a snotty nose, cough and a mild fever. I read that you shouldn't give babies under three months panadol without seeing a gp so called the Health Direct hotline who recommended no panadol and a visit to the gp within 24 hours. So I'm monitoring him tonight and will see how he goes. I was getting a bit paranoid about his cough because Finn has a barky cough and the gp took a swab to test for whooping cough, and I'd really hate for Atticus to have it as he hasn't had his first jabs yet. I wonder if I'll always be a paranoid mother?!
Otherwise I survived my first few days at home without Nick. Was a little tricky at times but probably made worse by Finn being sick, I'm hoping next week is easier
Well bed time for me - this time of night is Atticus' longest stretch so I try to take advantage!
Last edited by lise; August 17th, 2012 at 09:27 PM.
: Bad spelling on iPhone! I blame auto correct ;)
Naomi - glad your mastitis is settling.
Lise- here's hoping your two recover quickly.
I've realised being unsettled overnight is twice as big a challenge if you have to be up early in the morning. (Only having the one DD I have the luxury of not needing to get up for other children.) Yesterday we were out almost all day so DD didn't sleep much (lots of crying in the carseat and didn't get fed or changed quite as frequently as she usually is at home.) So come 10.30pm its no surprise she decided to cry non-stop until 1.30am. I got her to sleep in the ergo at one stage after 15min pacing the hall but she woke as soon as I took it off. Grr. Anyway, three hours of crying is not really that bad but last night it felt like the end of the world because I knew I had to get up at 5.30am for a fun run.
On the plus side she has slept practically all of today to make up for it including through the whole 5km fun walk. And we got to wave Dad across the finish line for the half marathon. I think 5km is the farthest I've walked since the birth. My legs are a bit achy now.
k4t - well done on the fun run, I am sooooooooooooo unfit at the moment Breastfeeding has been great for me from a weight loss perspective, but my fitness is crap, I need to start walking. I am eating chocolate icecream as I type this
Lise - How are the boys going? I hope they are both feeling better - Bailz has a cough, he woke up at 445am coughing, and is coughing in bed tonight, I think I'll keep him in our bed to keep an eye on him.
Very glad the mastitis is well behind us know, I am being super careful with attachment so I don't have a recurrence. It's nice to be enjoying breastfeeding again Anni has gained a kg since birth, now 4340gm, her 0000 are at the limit now, she's already in quite a few 000, I think by the end of the week I will have packed up the 0000 which is sad already! She's 4 weeks tomorrow, its gone so fast.
She has a chiro appt tomorrow, just to follow up from last weeks appt. I am enjoying her so much, she is such a delightful little thing. Tonight DS asked me who bought him his Fireman Sam Firestation which 'Annika' bought him, he then gave her a kiss and said "Thank you SO much Annika, I LOVE it", he's so beautiful with her, he gets so excited when she wakes up and loves to 'play' with her when she's on her playmat.
Other than that, after a crappy week with the mastitis and DH driving me insane for a few days, things have returned to normal, and it seems like Anni's always been here. Although I still pinch myself that we are now a family of four, and that I am lucky enough to have a beautiful son and a gorgeous daughter!
Must go to bed, am feeling all mushy and gushy now
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