Hi ladies, hope everyone is doing well. Kalina I'm sorry to hear that, how disappointing. Have you spoken to a mw or lc about it?
AFM it seems our big problem was that my milk hadn't come in yet. I thought it had but it was just a bigger supply of colostrum. I can feel it coming in now, boobs get hard and sore but it's still colostrum at the beginning of the session. We're on a routine of feeding 3 hourly starting with breast then expressed milk followed by formula. It's exhausting! DH banished me to the bed last night and said I wasn't allowed to get up for at least 6 hours lol. I cried when I closed the door and was asleep within 1 min. I've been having microsleeps which is really dangerous when I'm standing and holding the baby as my whole body lurches forward. The midwife has ordered DH to make sure I sleep. It breaks my heart skipping the breast part of the feeding schedule though. I really hope my milk supply increases quickly, I'm taking a large dose of my placenta pills which really seems to be helping.
I spoke to my mw about it today. She came out to do a quick home visit & assess how things were. I tried a feed while she was here & she said I was doing everything fine but he still didn't want to latch. She just reassured me that it doesn't matter how he's fed as long as he's healthy & she saw that I was stressing about getting him to feed. Her words to me when she saw the disappointment on my face were "you recognised he was having trouble, you fed him the best way you thought how & he's calm. He's not starving. Give yourself a pay on the back, breastfeeding is not for everyone. Stop stressing and enjoy your baby." I think I cried at that. Lol
How is everyone else doing? I cant believe DD (oh first time I've called her DD!!) is two weeks on Tuesday. I'm obsessed with her but man am I tired. I forgot what its like....
He has viral meningitis we brought him up on Thursday night with a fever of 38.7
He's doing better today but we have to be here until at least tomorrow afternoon & that's only if his temp stays under 38. He was taken off the antibiotics this morning.
He had to have a spinal at 2 Friday morning & I couldn't be there when they did it. His blood test cries were heartbreaking enough.
Oh KAlina, We often suggest that parents aren't there for that! There is no need to put you through that and its nice for you to be the reward cuddle at the end. Poor little man. i hope his temp stays down. Wonder where he picked that up from. Hope the staff are all being nice to you xx
Thank you ladies. Tegam, he has enterovirus. His paed said that is what has caused him to end up with meningitis. Apparently it could have been as simple as me passing on the bug I had when I have birth or he may have picked it up anywhere. We are very glad that we jumped on it so quickly & the temp has been his only symptom.
I've only had one crabby nurse so far & she wasn't even David's nurse, just some random nurse that came to fix up David's IV last night & commented in how much "junk" I had brought from home. I have my favourite nurse back this afternoon (yay)
Re: Babies Born ~ September 2014
yay EP
but man am I tired. I forgot what its like....
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