Reply With QuoteMelissaafter DD1 I had clots that big too and it turned out OK. I hope you manage the drive with the twins ok.
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Ugh have to do the 200km round trip to get this damn bleeding assessed. Golf ball sized clots this morning
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Melissa
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I had a few clots after DS1 also and they were nothing. I hope the trip finds nothing serious, must be frustrating having to travel that far with your girls xx
Maruschke, your DDs are gorgeous
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Melissa - I hope you got the all clear at your appt today
DD2 has been sleeping so much this afternoon, I'm really hoping it doesn't mean she's planning on pulling an all nighter tonight.
Wishing all mummy's and babies a good nights sleep tonight!
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Argh it's going to be one of those nights. I've put DS to sleep three times since 6pm and he wakes five mins after i've put him down. I need a drink!!!
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Mellissa - I ended back in hospital after the twins with huge clots.... I hope your alright thinking of you....
AFM - All is well my way, William is such a good baby. The 19 month old is the one giving me problems.
Sending you all sleepng dust soo all your little ones sleep at night for you.........
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Worst night ever! I swear my girls were tag teaming to leave me with the least possible amount of sleep. I think I ended up with a whole hours straight sleep in there somewhere - and that was with DF being up and about helping.
I am so tired!
I have no idea why DD2 wouldn't settle - I'm thinking it's bad wind but it didn't seem to be coming out as much as I'd expect. I'm worried that I might have mild thrush on my nipples and maybe that is upsetting her insides? She really didn't get much sleep at all last night until after 4 and she's still asleep now.
DD1 has a bad head cold and I think she might have a UTI so we're off to the doctors this morning.
My mum is coming over for lunch today so I'm hoping DD1 is feeling much better by then and can maybe spend the afternoon with Grandma so that I can get a sneaky afternoon nap.
I hope everyone had a better night last night!
Melissa - I've been thinking of you hun
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Selfish post ahead ladies...
Sitting here in tears with A on the boob half asleep. Which is what I've been doing for about three hours now. I get A to sleep, put him in his bassinet and he's awake five minutes later. No better in the hammock, in fact he's probably worse as he wakes instantly. DS1 was a shocking sleeper too, had all his day sleeps in my arms while I sat on the couch (he wouldn't even tolerate a sling/carrier, I had to be holding him myself!!), but he at least slept at night. DS2 wants me to hold him day AND night, and I'm just exhausted. I'm tired of him spewing on me (I've changed my top and bra three times already today) and on himself. I'm tired of holding him all the time, I'm tired of not having any personal space. I'm tired of having to sleep half sitting up so i can hold him. DH will be back at work full time next week and I have no idea how I'm supposed to cope with DS2 wanting to be held ALL DAY and still have time to play with DS1, not to mention changing his nappy etc. I just want to scream at DS2 and leave him to cry, but of course I can't do that. I've even thought about feeding him formula in the hope that without my milk issues (too much milk, fast flow/let down etc) he won't vomit as much and I can have some space back.
AAARRRGGGHHH, just ignore me, I just needed to vent.
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Ash, hope you get a chance to rest today, and that DD1 is okay xx
Cathie, hope Charlie settles down for you soon!
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Have you thought of expressing a little before each feed to make it easier for him to feed? Over the course of the day you could express enough for DH to feed DS2 once so you don't feel quite so over touched.
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Thanks ladies, I feel a bit better this afternoon. He had a good sleep in his bassinet and I got to lie on the couch and read a book, bliss!! We're at the end of a wonder week so hopefully he starts to improve again soon.
I hand express before feeding him but might try expressing properly so dh can feed, thanks Maruschke. I was hopeless at expressing with DS1 (which I found bizarre given how much milk I had???) so have been assuming it would be the same this time round but I should give it a go!
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Just wanting to send out a giant big group hug.
So on Sunday, I went to get my bleeding checked out. Had bloods taken, swabs, internal and was sent home with a prescription for ab's and something to control the bleeding which I could get filled if I started feeling like rubbish. Yesterday, I felt ok, bloods had shown very slight elevation in an inflammatory marker but nothing of concern so I hung onto the prescription. Yesterday evening, the ***** totally hit the fan. I was absolutely fine at about 8pm, pumped at half eight and noticed I felt slightly off. Half an hour later, I was shivering uncontrollably, not too much later I started burning up. I think I called my midwife at about 10pm, she came straight over and I went straight to our local hospital to get stabilised. At this point, I was barely coherent, could hardly walk and my temperature was 40.5 degrees. Once I was stable, I was rushed through to the big hospital an hour away ( in hindsight I feel a but ripped off cos I was soooo close to getting choppered out). It's weird, pretty much as soon as I got antibiotics on board (3 lots of iv), I picked up and my temp came down. I have never felt so ill in my life. We don't know exactly where the infection came from, whether it is uterine or not but I definitely do have mastitis along with it. Just can't believe how quickly I went down. I'm in hospital now, hoping I won't be in for long - feel like a crap mum cos I am too exhausted and sick to have the girls with me full time. Crapola last few days, can only get better.
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Melissa - I hope you feel better and don't have to spend too long in hospital.
:hugs and sleepy dust: for all the sleep deprived among us (which is obviously all of us just some on some days more than others.)
Lise - I definitely know how you feel being unable to put your little one down. Thankfully DD loves being worn so at least I can get my hands free. Ive decided to wait until she's gaining weight well and I'm less stressed about feeding before I even try to coax her into sleeping in the bassinet. One battle at a time. I fell asleep feeding her lying down on our sides last night and it was the best 4+ hours sleep we've ever had together.
We went on our first mother-daughter outing today to a local sling meet. DD was a little angel - fed well, slept the whole time I wore her and poop stayed contained to her nappy.
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Mel - I hope you recover quickly and get to go home, how scary, glad its all under control now. Totally agree with Maruschke - you are not a crap Mum, you are just in the middle of a crap time. Hope you are with the girls again soon xx
Lise - Hugs to you to, we all have those moments, glad it got a bit better today, vent away as thats exactly what we are all here for - to support each other as we are all going through similar things with newborns/settling etc. I've been getting frustrated at not being able to have a shower in the mornings, it seems all I do it feed, settle, play with DS and try to keep my house in order. 15 mins to have a darn shower seems too much to ask!! Fortunately in the last two days I've actually managed one before midday!! LOL
Ash - hows DD1 going? Hopefully she is on the mend for you (and her). Hope you've managed to catch up on some sleep too
PRMG - How are you going? I guess its not long till you move house now?
Char - yay for the housekeeper! Yay, it will be such a big help! I'd be lost without a cleaner now, it gives me so much time back with the kids.
Nat - your little man is divine! Congrats again xxx
Annika has had two much calmer days, she seems to have gotten over the refluxy/spewy weekend, so whatever was bothering her from my diet has clearly flushed through her system. We also introduced the dummy which has really helped her with wind. I read in the ABA book that dummys can be helpful to help windy/refluxy babies expel the wind, and it really seems to be helping. She spits it out once asleep, but it seems useful after a big feed to help her get it (wind etc) moving. She's a champion feeder/sucker so I'm not too fussed about it interfering with successful breastfeeding at this point. She makes some weird sounds in her sleep though, and as I wrap her (and her arms), she grunts and groans and eventually wriggles her way out of the muslin some nights hahahaha. I made an appt for her at the baby chiro after our horrid weekend which I will keep, I am still thinking that her super quick birth and wind/reflux may be related, so will still go even though she seems better, but don't have an appt until next Tues. This Chiro specialises in babies so keen to have her seen.
Better go, she's rousing for some booby juice
Nay
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Mel - Oh my goodness! How scary! You certainly aren't a bad mum, go easy on yourself and focus on getting well again.
Lise - I was shocking at expressing last time too so haven't wanted to give it a go this time around. I'm interested to read if it is better for you this time around.
k4t - Sounds like you had a nice day out!
Nay - Moving day is getting super close. We've got three weekends left here at home. Glad Annika is settling again for you.
Back later...DD2 is a bit unsettled atm.
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Well ladies Jacob finally decided to make his appearance.
I had asked for induction last week to no avail. Was having a rough time coping and at my appt yesterday again induction came up. I found out I was 3cm dilated so midwife did a S&S and got the ok for induction today at 8am from the big boss!
Well LO and behold didn't need the induction. Had irregular contractions from around 3.30am but still nothing too painful or regular when I arrived at the hospital at 8am. They set me up for induction, breathed through the pains, had a joke or 2 with midwife. At 9am they ob did an internal to break my waters and found I was 8cm dilated!!!! Holy crap! At around 9.45 they decided they needed to put a clip on his head to accurately monitor his heart rate and asked I lie on my back. Well, didn't I shock the staff! They could see his head!
So stats were
Born 10.08am
Weighing 3.25kg/7lb 1oz (yep he surprised us all, considering last week I was measuring 35cm/weeks)
Length 49cm
Head 36cm
He played around to get on the boob (was more interested in licking it) but we got a good feed and he's pretty much slept since!
We were discharged just after 3pm so enjoying newborn snuggles!
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