Hi ladies, just subbing. I've had an interesting time since my little man was born. He was born on the 08th Feb at 11.09am via emergency c-sect at 34+1 weeks. I only saw him for a couple of seconds when he was born then he was whisked off to the special care nursery for the remainder of my surgery. I was pushed in to see him in the SCN where I got to hold him for 5 mins before he had to go back into the incubator as he had been breathing quickly. He has been in the SCN all this time and today is the day he was finally discharged now that he is gaining weight and BFing at every feed. Felt like a long road. He weighed 2.66kg when he was born which the nurses said was a good effort for a premmie.

For feeding time the nurses have me waking him up every 3 hours and I have to pull off all his clothes to wake him up properly, then change his nappy and then if he still needs coaxing I do some physiotherapy with him. On getting him to sleep once he has finished eating I put his suit back on, burp him over my shoulder by patting his back and then rubbing his back up and down. After that I pat his bum lightly for a little bit and once I know he is asleep on my shoulder I ease him into the bassinett and then run away! LOL Today however he has been a little mixed around and is feeding every 2 hours but I don't mind. If I see him awake I check the nappy, give a cuddle and if he looks for the boob I give it to him. My main thing is him gaining weight.

For those who had c-sect, does it feel uncomfortable when you pee? Whenever I go to pee it feels like a huge tight pressure right near my left hip, sometimes its there, sometimes its barely noticeable.

DM: As strange as it sounds I'm glad my boobs feel sore LOL For a couple of days I lost my milk supply, be it stress or whatever, so i had to go on some tablets to get it back. So if my boobs are sore I know my milk is still there

BF: I can't wait to get smiles from him that aren't directly connected to the sounds emitting from his nappy LOL I just wanted to ask how you work out the corrected age? I thought I figured it out but then...blank...

Shan: I'm not too keen on the dummy either although I do have a stash of them just in case. The hospital gave me one that is supposed to help him BF but I just prefer letting him settle himself like you said. That said he was very unsettled earlier today and took us both a long time to settle so I'm not sure if my approach is working as well as I thought LOL

Hello to anyone I missed. It's been a big day for me, Chase is home for the first time and I have alot of laundry to do including many items that have been pooed/weed on during nappy changes LOL

Its nice to meet you all and looking forward to getting to know you!