Williever thankfully we live so close to the hospital! Glad to hear you've started the baby wearing How's the mucous? Are you bf + formula? How are you doing? Hope you've managed a drama- free shower
Thanks Eivie, it is tiring but ok with dh home at the moment... how is your feeding going?
Tegam stats are 3.75kg, 51.5cm, head 37cm. Thanks!
Bubby improved so we've taken him home yay! He seems like a real hungry one though, I'm doubting whether my milk supply will ever keep up We seem to keep needing to increase the top ups, instead of reducing.
Anyone already thinking of next babies? Are you guys planning anymore?
Cattie our feeding is going well. I'm putting him on the boob as much as possible. We've increased the amount of formula we offer but if he's had a good bf he doesn't drink much. I'm also lucky to have been lent a hospital grade double pump which means expressing is much more efficient so I feel like I have more time between feeds.
Out feeding is ebm topped up with formula. Today we tried a nipple shield which did not work at all. It was a bit stressful. Try again tomorrow. Left boob is filled with milk but blocked. Currently have ice packed into my top. Rock hard and so sore.
The feeding/pumping cycle is so tiring, but I feel I am doing better than with DS.
Bubs mucus seems to have cleared. Maybe I'll sleep more tonight?
Going home tomorrow. Currently down to Panadol for pain relief :-) yay me!
All in all a much better experience to last time!! Yay!
I'm so glad this time is a more positive experience for you Williever, you deserve that. I found expressing under a hot shower really helped when my left boob was rock hard and blocked. Just gently pressing and holding the hard areas cleared it and I watched milk squirt out for ages lol. It felt like a waste of my precious bm but I had no more blockages and the discomfort was all gone.
wannabubby it is hard to keep up sometimes! Wow a week old already! Seems like yesterday we were all complaining about pregnancy and babies not coming. Well I guess for some it really was yesterday... anyway....
Eivie envious of the double pump! So much easier when I was pumping at hospital. I'm pumping so little milk that dh convinced me it's not worth keeping for now, which makes it easier I just rinse the pump no thorough cleaning in between. Hope we can both stop pumping altogether soon!
Williever are you excited about going home? How has your ds been? Ouch about the boob, but good sign of milk production? Hope you can get bubs directly on soon. And taking bubs home goes well tmrw
I always said after my first that b/feeding was my greatest achievement, in life!
My nipples are killing me already, which is completely normal for me and I know what comes after my pain and a lot of patience, an abundance of milk.
Maya is really spewy with mucus, in my pregnant haze I remember reading quite a few babies were mucus spewy? I don't remember this with DS1 and 2 but MW (and google at 4am!) said it was normal, good in fact that she was getting it out.
Other than that I am head over heels in love! I have my first daughter and my DSD has a sister!
Feeding time...
Hi girls :-)
Just a quick one with our baby girls stats
Weight - 4374gms
Height - 57.7cm
Head - 35.5cm
Still in icu sedated but doing a bit better for now
Guess I can pack up the 0000s when we get home they are never going to fit her !
Oh my goodness Kellbell congrats on your little girl. When I saw this update I realised I must have missed a heap of posts somewhere xx sorry to hear she is unwell and I hope you can bring her home real soon xx
Jessica- baby maya is beautiful xx I love the hair =)
Wow this week has gone quickly! Midwife visits finished now as bubs has put on weight and my BP was finally at a normal level. She is such a placid little baby and LOVES her baths! Which is good. Seems strange but I have always wondered how id cope if my child didn't like baths (came from watching a friend who's daughter hated them)!
Anyways just thought I'd share that random fact =P
I just went for a huge walk to the bmx park, played a game of footy, a game of basket ball and walked back and you know what, not one bloody BH, nothing
Williever I am the same with Zen. I hope its just wind He can feed fine when sleeping, but when he wakes up fully he feds for a few minutes then pulls off screaming. He has been so unsettled these past two days. I have started eliminating foods in hope that I find something that fixes it. My mW has suggested block feeding so he gets the full fat milk, so I am doing that today. Fingers crossed it works! I am drinking the tea that helps with wind/colic/reflux with varied success. Sigh. It's s o triggering to when DS1 was born, he screamed non stop for months and months regardless of what I did. I was hoping DS2 would be different! At least he sleep on his own, DS1 had to be attached to me to sleep. I dont want to be Debbie Downer, just had a *meh* few days...
Yeah we're having stubborn wind issues here too. Turns him into what dh calls 'angry wombat' at least a couple of hours each day. Last night it was the final quarter of the Hawthorn v Port Adelaide game and we are Hawks supporters - made it very tense at the end when we almost lost!
Williever I thought you meant the wind (weather) outside was keeping you all up lol. Hope you and bubby managed some sleep.
Jessica I'm so happy you have a girl, I know it was what you were hoping for and little girls are just divine! The early phases of bf is so painful but it will be worth it. Is your little girl feeding well? Are you home yet?
Kellbell glad your little one is stable, must be a hard thing to see. Are you travelling back and forth a lot visiting and feeding her? We barely need 0000 too, lucky I didn't buy too many!
Wannabubby glad the weight and your bp are all good, and lol about the bath! It does make a big difference weather they like or hate things like that though!
Phy you must be so tired... hope you can make your little man more settled and less windy soon. It's great you know some things to try to reduce it.
Eivie same with you and your bubs. Wow wind is such an issue poor little bubbas!
Tegam wow I'm impressed at your efforts! I just wanted to sit or sleep during those last weeks... fx something happens soon!
Well my milk has come in yay, last night woke to rock hard sore and leaky boobs. Ds just doesn't want boob at night, will only give some half hearted sucks so he was no help in relieving me. Lucky this morning he had a good feed But he still guzzles the formula too so I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to keep expressing and getting engorged breasts, but it seems I still don't produce enough? Might give aba helpline a call! He also has a lot of wind, particularly at night.
Funny that many of you are not using 0000 where's as based upon DS I bought 000 and up. Penny is a tiny frame (average weight) and I am sending DH out this PM to get 0000 and below! Last night was freezing and I was layering her with huge clothes. Lol.
Cattie- we might be in the same position? I am trying to get more milk and topping up with formula. It's the formula giving her so much wind. She prefers the breast milk so that's good, but due to being engorged my levels dropped and now I'm fighting to get it back up. I have been icing them after each attempt and massaging using Olive oil. I have to say it is working as the swelling has gone down. So I'll keep at it. DS was formula feed so I have no problem with doing that again, but I'm having surprising feelings knowing that she's getting my milk. And the fact she loves it also makes me smile.
Williever how did dh go with the 0000 mission? My dh had to run out and buy some clothes too cos we had a boy! It does sound like we're experiencing similar bf issues, hard to know what to do! Sounds like you're on your way to success though, but it's great you're ok with formula. I'm ok with it too but lazy - if I can avoid the washing and sterilising, and bringing the stuff when we go out, that would be great!
I know we've discussed before but is anyone interested in doing a fb page now? I feel a lot more comfortable sharing photos and names there, and would love to know you guys a bit more personally. Maybe we could do one for those on fb for easier photos but keep the main chatter to here?
Re: Babies Born ~ September 2014
We seem to keep needing to increase the top ups, instead of reducing.
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