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Just read it!! Yaaah congrats jess!
Congrates Jess!!!
Alish, I'm doing the 10-15 min on each boob....45 min later Tea wants more!!! So don't think she is to satified so finish off with expressing. Getting better but it is hard work:P Your doing a super job.
But get this I was told by a midwife when I first left hossy to feed baby every 2 HOURS!!! So from the beginning I have been doing that until I talked to another midwife and she was horrified I was going through that even at night and told me 4 hour intervals. Lol, I was exhausted but thank god it is longer between feeds.
Hope everyone is having a relaxed night (If that is possible with a newborn:).
Glad everyones babes are gaining wait! It's all going so fast
Curly - yep, I think I'd have a nervous breakdown if I was told to feed every 2 hours...by the time a feed was finished you'd get maybe an hour or so to yourself before starting all over again!!!
Alish - sometimes feeds are 10 mins each side, sometimes 30 or so minutes or so, other times it might be 25 mins one side, and 10-15 the other. The joys of demand feeding! The gap between feeds also varies - she might go 4 or so hours after a 30 min feed, and then after an hour long feed, be looking for more 90 mins later. DD has had my double chin since birth, funny given she's so long and skinny everywhere else :). I love now though that she gets a big full milk belly after feeds :D
Congrats to Jess on the birth of Zane! I bet she was so relieved that he was in the 8lb range, rather than 10lb+ that her doctors etc were predicting!!
Poor DD has the hiccups yet again (gets them after almost every feed) - I feel so bad for her, it must be so exhausting :(
Bit desperate for some sleep (thanks to DD1) so can't reply to everyone but Kimbles - how is feeding going now? Are your nipples physically ripped up or do they look alright but hurt? I only ask because you said they were on fire and I just realized the last time I heard someone describe it that way it turned out she had nipple vasospasms. Just though I would mention it in case it helps.
Alish- Tobias's Dad threatened to kill Tobias whilst I was pregnant so no help from him at all. I left him of course
Kimbles- naw poor bubby. The hiccups are just horrible for them
Curly- I wouldn't wish 2hrly feeds on anyone. I've been doing it for 5weeks now
Jess- Congrats :D
Art - they just hurt. They were cracked early on in hospital, but now they just hurt. I wondered about vasospasms, as I really notice the pain when it's cold. Trying to keep them warm for now. It's getting better though.
Kimbles, might be worth a chat to the Dr, you can get a medication to help. But hopefully it clears up soon for you xx
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kimbles - mine havent cleared up either - they are getting better though, i apply a really thick layer of lansinoh on them and only use disposable breast pads for now - the washable ones were sticking to my nipples and id pull them off and they would rip and bleed! i find feeding hayden in the football hold works best for my attachment - but everyone is different.
curly - 2 hrly feeds would do my head in! 4 hours does hayden nicely, she drains my boobies nicely after 4 hours. im expressing after every feed to make sure theyre empty and that makes up a bottle for hayds' 9pm feed.. dh does that one
damprye - thats right, sorry i forgot about that.. how is tobias going now?
congrats jess, im so glad its all over for you now.
hello to art, zap & sheree
I've actually stopped using nursing pads as I found they made it worse - as my nipples didn't get a chance to dry properly. Thankfully I'm not leaking, so I can get away with it. I'm so glad they're not bleeding though - I think if that were the case I'd be formula all the way, so I'm super impressed Alish that you've kept going :)
I'm using my Palmers nursing butter like crazy!!
Hey ladies! I am going to buy some washable nursing pads as I leak like a tap at night and cannot justify buying the sposies for another year! Besides by the end of the day they scratch against my nipples!!
Had no idea I could be waiting up to 5 weeks for the paid parental leave! Dh has being looking for a second job with no luck for the last few weeks we are down to our last $$. Very hard not to worry but hopefully dh will find something soon.
Hi gals,
Zap, I like the idea of washable pads, where do you get them from? Yes I agree the sposies scratch and think they would of made the sticky backing better to stick on the bra with, I find the pads on the floor every where cos they fall off:) I know it is hard not to worry with $$$, I understand my DH is in the same boat for 2nd job but it will work out in the end...just the waiting. Fingers crossed for Dh's.x
Alish, well done on mastering the footy grip. I can't seem to master it! Oh that cream is awesome, it is my love atm:) Just a few natural tips, cooled cammomile tea bags on your nipps is super soothing and healing, and just a tad freaky but cooked and cooled cabage leafs on boobs, helps with cracks and bleeds. Are you still taking your RLT? Again helps with milk flow and shrinks back uterus so nice and neat again!:) Just a few naturopath tricks (still yet to try them myself but never know).x
Kimbles, hope the nipps have stopped bleeding. Is the palmers butter working a treat?
Art, hope you managed some Z Z's:)
Damprye, hope you and family are well. Yes 2 hours feeds was KILLING me! Getting better...just a little cos now Teala is used to it and misses it.
Sheree, hope you and Ruby are going well. Hope your feeling better.x
I swear Teala knows when I am on here! She cries her little buns off! Feel like she is hungry every 45 minutes, so think its time for a top up on formula today.x
i bought all my washables off ebay - new of course - all avent brand - dh was wary of buying bamboo ones lol.. i couldnt have given two stuffs - meh, his money! ;)
you can also get them out of chemist warehouse/target/kmart etc i think??
i gave my rlt away!! haha wat r the odds that they actually do something after the birth!! thanks for the tips re: nipples! i will try some of them i think!
must be a stressful time for all our dh's!!
have a lovely day ladies! someone is calling out for some boob! x
Curly- once they get into feeding so often, it's hard to get them out of it. DS2 was feeding 3-4hrly when he was born but his jaundice got so severe we had no choice but to feed 2hrly and also start expressing and topping up. I fought so hard not to have him go on the bottle but now I'm glad he will take it when need be.
Zap- I'm still waiting for my payments to come through and bub is over 5weeks. IMO payments should start being paid towards the end of the pregnancy, you know, so they can actually be used to buy bub what they need before they arrive. The government ****s me with how they do things.
Alish- Ooh I love the footy hold. I used to use that when feeding DS1 as he wouldn't crossfeed. This time I've actually had to learn how to feed a bub in the "normal" crossfeeding position as Tobias doesn't like feeding footy held. Footy comes so naturally to me but crossfeeding took a while to get used to (still kinda getting used to it but am doing much better) but takes two hands cos otherwise my boob suffocates him lol.
I'm gonna sound like a bit of a nutcase but I only use disposable breastpads when I go out. When I'm home, I use a folded up terry towelling nappy. Comes in handy when bub detaches and milk goes everywhere making it near impossible to reattach. I did forget to do the ole switcheroo once but thankfully noone noticed lol.
Tobias is doing alright. Cute as a button he is :) Didn't get to hit the hay till nearly 3am and was feeding near hourly but I'm doing ok so far today, although getting majorly ****ed at DS1's behaviour but that is cos he's being a ****head atm.
Generally I alternate between across tummy and football holds. Whatever gets DD to attach!
I am still waiting for proof of DD's birth to be sent back so I can finish my paid parental leave claim. Thank goodness for paid leave from work in the meantime!!
how long do you/did you have to wear your stockings for after your c/s guys?
mine give me the worse calf muscle pains - they dont cut in or anything i just wake up all night with pain and my legs collapsed when i got out of bed this morning
they told me 4 weeks??
I never had to with my c section from memory? How many weeks are you on now two?
Just did first kinder drop off with all the boys! Got home and realized my breast pads where on the wrong way! Thank god Alessio was in his carrying on my chest cause I am soaked through!!
2 weeks! i rang the hospital and they said take em off wear em of a night!
hahahahahaha that is hilarious!!!
Alish - I wore mine for 5 days (24 hours unless I was in the shower) in hospital and then they told me I was ok.
Alish- When you are up and walking around, you shouldn't have to wear then but long periods of little movement, especially laying down, is when it is most important as that's when clots have the highest risk of forming. I had natural but I still got myself a clot and had to wear them for 3weeks.
Zap- OMG that is hilarious! I didn't put mine the wrong way, I was using a nappy but ended up with a soaked shirt yesterday. Was so embarrasing, worst of all, the wet patch was cold when my shirt touched my belly lol
Zap, wet t.shirt competition eat your heart out.lol:) Babies are definately good accessories for covering up things like leaks.
Alish, thanks for the where to go on boob pads! I got to take my stockings off once let out. I was in for three days but that is steep 4 weeks or more. When are you allowed to drive?
kimbles/alish? how is your c healing? I have pain today but almost like ovulation pain. is that possible for it to happen after 2 weeks? (lol no more babies yet thank you mr egg)
Damprye, I love the cloth nappy for pads. Did you just cut it up? Tobias sounds like he is thriving:) Ds1 probaly still adjusting to not being your only lil fella. He will find his feet:)
Hi art, sheree n jess.x
Phew im beet! So many visitors takes it toll. Does anybody else notice their bub jumps off the boob, as if having a bad dream? Ouch Teala just did it and ripped me a new nipple!!
curly - mine is fine, hasnt given me much trouble since i left hossy - every now and then ill get a little twinge of pain but nothing serious. how is yours?
no idea re: your pain!? could your uterus be still contracting back down? (does it take this long??) i dunno im just throwing useless ideas out i think lol..
yep hayden is ripping off my left nipple - i have a 2mm split in it from the little devil.
im really not enjoying breastfeeding one bit
damprye - thanks! i thought that might be the case, so i put them back on this arvo while i had a little rest on the couch. the muscle pain is terrible though.
bahaha the other week when i ran out of clean washable breast pads & sposies i cut up a maternity pad and shoved them in my bra - always an alternative!! it worked a treat!
what a d!ckhead i am - went and bought a "bulk pack" of pads - tena brand - pulled them out and they are incontinence pads, they are 3 size the size of my hand! WTF!! i dont even have undies big enough to fit them in lol.. lucky they were cheap :)
my visitors have eased up, thank god, but mine was never one or two, it was 5 or 10 all at once, very overwhelming!
hello to all the yummy mummies, art - havent heard from you in a while, hope erin is well and all is good with you & your family x
Curly - I sometimes feel twinges near my c/s stitches, usually when I'm relaxed and lying down. The only other discomfort I get is from my stomach muscles sometimes, can't wait to start exercising to get some strength back!
DD has had an unsettled feed day today, I've only managed to give her 4 & 1/2 feeds. Hoping it's because the weather was a lot warmer today and she wasn't used to it. My poor boobs were so full and sore I managed to express 150mls...!
ETA: cheeky little monkey woke up just as our dinner came out the oven, ready for a feed. She polished off 90ml of expressed, then spent 15 mins on a boob..!
Curly- I just fold a whole one up so it is 4x as thick and put it all the way across. Couldn't believe it when I leaked through all that! I had a lot of visitors with James but asked people to back off this time and it was so worth it :)
Alish- :rofl: that is so amusing, perhaps you could cut them up for your boobage?
Kimbles- Yay on the good expressing. Btw, being too engorged can make unsettled feeding even harder so you definately done the right thing by both of you :)
Hi everyone else
AFM- I got the Mirena put in today and it HURT! And bub has the windy pops today lol
I found the mirena to be great!! But this time round I will be getting a more permanent solution!!
Got to go to bed while I have the chance so just a quick update:
So far everything is going really well with three, the biggest sacrifice is my computer time. Erin is just lovely. She generally naps for a few hours in the morning and again in the evening with a few small naps in between. Quite often she sleeps though the whole evening drama which makes life easier. It is early days, but maybe, just maybe she is different to the others. She actually sleeps in the car! And I have seen her wake, open her eyes and then go back to sleep or I can cuddle her back to sleep. The other two would snap wide awake as soon as they stirred and then they had to be fed instantly or they would scream - they never ever self settled, right from day one so hopefully she is an upgraded model with a sleep function!
The big kids are going well. W is really shining. He is turning into a super confident, caring, polite boy. He has really grown up since Erin arrived. A is still having a bit of an issue with the baby - she likes E and kisses her all the time but gets very upset if DH is holding her.
Glad to hear everything is going well for you art! Ds3 gets a little jealous and frustrated here too!
Damprye hope you're well it would be doing it all yourself 24/7. Even though dh does sweet FA 90% of the time he sorts dinner most nights and gets a cleaning spurt once every couple of weeks!
Alish how are you feeling Hun?? How is the BF going?
Hi Kimbles and jess!!
Going good here. Looks like our financial dry spell if fixed for now! Paid parental leave has kicked in and DH has an "interview" (beer or two!) for a plastering job today. Thank god we where at the end of our rope and it was a very scary feeling. My inlaws where going to the bank today to borrow against their house for us but now they won't have to. As painful as they can be it was a nice reminder that they do love us!!
damprye - dh suggested i use them as dd cloth nappy liners bahahah.. they would cover her! ill find a use for them im sure :)
what is mirena?
they kept pestering me in hossy about contraception. as if im going anywhere near that thing for a while!!!!
zap - oh good, glad the stress of money is behind you! - how long did yours take to kick in? i lodged mine yesterday! down to my last $100, i hate asking dh for money!! he would give it to me if i asked but its my ego ;)
bf still the same - i ended up getting a prescription for motilium and i think its started to work, i squirted h in the face this morning haha! im still hatin it though!
get that mess cleaned up this morning? ;)
how is alessio sleeping of a night? still good? im going to see how long h sleeps through on the weekend.
hello everyone else xxx
Alish- the mirena is an iud and lasts 5years. Not a fan of it but I like to be double covered and I suck at taking the pill, refuse to even try depovera and couldn't handle all the complications that come with implanon again (the arm one) so is mirena and condoms here. One for her, one for him lol.
Glad you've started on motiliam. I had to go on that when DS1 was 10weeks cos he had a growth spurt and I could not keep up with that hefer lol.
Zap- yays for the money stresses starting to ease.
Art- So glad things are going well for you and your family :)
AFM- Finally got to sleep at 7am this morning. Would have been 5:30 but DS1 came in my room and started playing up. He went to sleep just before 7 and then DS2 woke at 8 for a feed. At least I got an hour huh? FX tonight is better
i dont even know what an iud is haha!
yesss i suck at the pill too!! i was on it since i was 14 youd think i wouldnt forget to take it!
i think we r going to just go withdraw method, i know its not safe but i dont really want to start contraceptive again!!
hope he starts to settle for you soon & that you get some rest, im buggared sometimes with 4 hourly wakeups so i feel for you xx
Alish I managed to keep my cool but the floor is still really sticky so will take a few goes to get it clean!!
I am getting my tubes clamped. Shop is shut no more babies here!! Have an app in 3 weeks to be put on the waiting list. Four under four is contraception enough at the moment!!
Alessio is averaging a nice 6 - 7 hour stretch at night but is very grumpy and wants cuddles pretty much all day. Oh well won't be forever! I am actually enjoying him the most out of all my babies cause I know he is the last!
For those of you who've got your paid parental leave sorted, have you already receives confirmation that he birth has been registered, or did you not need it?
they just signed the back of the centrelink form and i just handed that into centrelink, i had already done the application on the internet
That reminds me... I haven't registered his birth!!
I just filled out and signed the form
My c is still painful when I walk or bend to much. Yesterday Tea, DH and i did grocerries and bub pooped stinking the entire cereal isle so I stupidly decided to race back to the car and carry the capsule...killer pain :( Sux relying on DH or others to lift things and carry things for me so strengthening the muscles is gonna be awesome! Sounds like you gals are healing nicely:)
Well done on thinking of protection ladies...I cant believe im saying this but i can not wait to get some lovin from DH! I know!! Wt? Blame it on the hormones but no way i am going there. I think we are gonna use condoms cos we would like to have another baby in a year and a half. So zap thats it? You have done a awesome job making beautiful babies so you deserve a rest if thats what you have decided.
Bring on the baby bonus! Will be helpful thats forsure:) Have a fab night....I am typing one handed and bf! So bbl for personals.xo
I've been given a script for the mini pill, now just have to remember to get it filled!!
Finally have some free time!
Zap, last one here too. DH was going to get the snip all last year but obviously didn't get around to it! I did consider getting my tubes tied but I couldn't get away from the kids to stay in hospital for a night or two - by the time I could leave them I was already knocked up again lol
Curly, bummer the C-sect cut is sore :( Sucks when you have to rely on someone else to do your jobs.
You girls have just reminded me that I should register Erin! We have a crappy baby bonus here - it is $1250 and income tested so we only got about $1000 of it last time. I am too scared I will have to pay some back if I get it now so I will wait until tax time in March to claim it.
Erin had a weigh in today and she is now 4.7kg, up 200g from her birth weight. DD1 was sick today and it is hard managing a clingy sick toddler and a newborn. Fingers crossed that no one else catches it.
Re birth control - not sure what we are doing. Basically by the time we get to bed we are both too tired for any action anyway! I hate the first times after a baby. I don't get pregnant when breastfeeding, apparently until I night wean (hence Erin lol). But I am sure (mostly sure...) that Erin is the last so we will have to do something more permanent - and actually get around to doing it this time.
Hi to everyone else, hope all is going well (posts are on the previous page and I have a goldfish memory atm)
So DD has been attaching well (not feeding wonderfully but attaching well still) for the last 2 days. Until the most recent feed - I was expecting my right nipple to have fallen off when she finally finished :(
Tell me when it stops hurting so much again?!!
kimbles im hearin ya - i tried letting h sleep and letting her wake up on her own (which only made half an hours difference anyway) and she near ripped my nipples off... owwww theyre so sore! :(:(
i tried garlic again last night and she has been so unsettled, we had a crap night ... boooo ... im going to miss my garlic! her stomach sounds like a thunderstorm. mean mummy.
curly - that sucks your scar is still hurting, i hope it feels better soon, they gave me tummy exercises to do, did they give them to you as well?
i actually do want to dtd with dh also, but the thought of getting pregnant again scares me haha im not ready.. plus the bleeding is still here.
have a good day everyone