Babies Born ~ September 2014

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

Quick update. EP just posted in the Homebirth thread that she is having tightening a every 6-7mins and hopes to have a babe in arm by evening :) yay EP

Kalina, that sounds like the perfect advice and it would have made me cry too. At least you know that you were doing all the right things.

BellyBelly Group

Raupe: EDD 1st Sept, baby #1 - GIRL - water birth
e_p: EDD 1st Sept, Baby # 2 - Surprise - Homebirth
Ladybug EDD 2nd Sept, baby #3 GIRL - Homebirth
~phyrephly~: EDD 3rd Sept, baby #2 - BOY - Homebirth
kalina: EDD 5th Sept, baby #3 - BOY - Public Hospital
Eivie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #1 - it's a BOY! - Planned CS
Cattie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #2 - surprise - Private
*Jessica*: EDD 14th Sept, baby #3 - SURPRISE - water birth
Williever: EDD 18th Sept, baby #2 - GIRL - VBAC goddess
wannabubby: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #1 - GIRL.
dantri: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #2
Tegam: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #5 - surprise - Homebirth
kellbell: EDD 24th Sept, baby #3 - surprise - Homebirth

Due


Cattie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #2 - surprise - Private
*Jessica*: EDD 14th Sept, baby #3 - SURPRISE - water birth
Williever: EDD 18th Sept, baby #2 - GIRL - VBAC goddess
wannabubby: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #1 - GIRL.
dantri: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #2
Tegam: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #5 - surprise - Homebirth
kellbell: EDD 24th Sept, baby #3 - surprise - Homebirth





ARRIVALS

1: Kalina - 2nd Sept, 5:06am - boy - Wt 4.22kg (9lb 5oz) L:51cm, H:36 cm
2: Ladybug - 2nd Sept, 8.29pm - girl - Wt 3.76kg (8lb 4oz) L: 51.5cm H: 34cm
3: Eivie - 4th Sept - boy - Wt:3.8kg (8lb 7oz) L: 48cm H: 34cm
4: Raupe - 5th Sept - Girl - Wt 3.429 (7lb 9oz) L: 52cm H: 35.5cm
5: Phyrephly - 10th Sept 5.20am - Girl - Wt: 3.9kg L: 50cm H: 49cm ?????? hoping 39cm at the most Phy??
6: E-P - 11th Sept 01.30am - Girl - waiting details

My poor baby is in hospital :(

Oh no Kalina, what's wrong?

Oh no! I hope he is better soon.

What's wrong?

Any update Kalina?

BellyBelly Group

Raupe: EDD 1st Sept, baby #1 - GIRL - water birth
e_p: EDD 1st Sept, Baby # 2 - Surprise - Homebirth
Ladybug EDD 2nd Sept, baby #3 GIRL - Homebirth
~phyrephly~: EDD 3rd Sept, baby #2 - BOY - Homebirth
kalina: EDD 5th Sept, baby #3 - BOY - Public Hospital
Eivie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #1 - it's a BOY! - Planned CS
Cattie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #2 - surprise - Private
*Jessica*: EDD 14th Sept, baby #3 - SURPRISE - water birth
Williever: EDD 18th Sept, baby #2 - GIRL - VBAC/Elective CS whatever is best
wannabubby: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #1 - GIRL.
dantri: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #2
Tegam: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #5 - surprise - Homebirth
kellbell: EDD 24th Sept, baby #3 - surprise - Homebirth

Due


Cattie: EDD 12th Sept, baby #2 - surprise - Private
*Jessica*: EDD 14th Sept, baby #3 - SURPRISE - water birth
Williever: EDD 18th Sept, baby #2 - GIRL - VBAC/Election CS whatever is best
dantri: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #2
Tegam: EDD 22nd Sept, baby #5 - surprise - Homebirth
kellbell: EDD 24th Sept, baby #3 - surprise - Homebirth





ARRIVALS

1: Kalina - 2nd Sept, 5:06am - boy - Wt 4.22kg (9lb 5oz) L:51cm, H:36 cm
2: Ladybug - 2nd Sept, 8.29pm - girl - Wt 3.76kg (8lb 4oz) L: 51.5cm H: 34cm
3: Eivie - 4th Sept - boy - Wt:3.8kg (8lb 7oz) L: 48cm H: 34cm
4: Raupe - 5th Sept - Girl - Wt 3.429 (7lb 9oz) L: 52cm H: 35.5cm
5: Phyrephly - 10th Sept 5.20am - Boy - Wt: 3.9kg L: 50cm H: 35cm
6: E-P - 11th Sept 01.30am - Girl - waiting details
7: Wannabubby -13th Sept, 8:55am, Wt: 3.99kg (8lb 13oz) and L: 50cm H:

3 x boys 4 x girls
biggest Kalina
smallest Raupe
longest Raupe
largest head Kalina (take a bow LOL)

average wt: 3.84kg
average length: 50.5cm
average head: 34.9cm

Hope everything is ok Kalina.

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 :heartbeat: 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

I hope his temp stays down, what a difficult time for you :(

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)

Yay for nice nurses. You will tend to get the same nurses as they know the babies history :)

Get well soon little David xo