This thread is for parents who's baby was born February 1st-15th 2011
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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:
Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.
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Woohoo!!! Thankyou Olive!!! xx
Hi girls, I look forward to getting to know you all! My DD was born on the 1st of Feb. My 2nd DD & 3rd child. So far she has been a pure blessing, Bf's really well & sleeps great too! I honestly couldn't have asked for a better bubba! I think she is my reward for my 1st 2! I really must up-date my ticker now so will catch up with you all as you arrive!!
Alicia. xx
I had an emergency c section on 11.02.11, it was only an "emergency" bc I was booked in for a C section on 14 and I went into labour. I had Miranda at 15:04 and came home Sunday.
It was an emotional day as this was 30 years to the day that my sister was born sleeping. I said to my mum that I like to think my sister is watching over Miranda. I know it was really hard for my mum.
Anyhoo she is just beautiful and she is my last baby so I am enjoying the time although I am looking forward to more than 2hrs sleep at night
Look forward to sharing everyones baby journeys...
Great to meet you, look forward to getting to know you all.
My little one was born *th Dec, but at 31 weeks, actual due date 8th Feb.
So I have to go by his corrected age for all his milestone development, so would like to chat with this group.
He was 1.84kg born and is now 4.2kg at 1 week corrected age.
He is doing well, although got a stuffy nose at the mo, and keeping me awake all night, about every 2 hours.
Advice Wanted:
I am not sure what I should be doing.. Miranda is BF and attaches well, seems to drink well pretty much every 2 hours. However, she often falls asleep at the breast and and when I try to put her down she starts crying and often wont stop until I BF her again. I don't want to just leave her to cry but I need to put her down at times. Just wondering if anyone has this problem or has any thoughts...
Thanks
Wow am I slow! Ive been trying to find this thread but using my phone makes it hard til I realized it was a sticky thread! Lol!
Here I was wondering why our belly buddies group wen quiet so quickly
Well my little porkchop only ended up losing 20g off her original body weight, and has also put on 200g in one week! inkcheer: yay!! I was getting so worried because of all our feeding issues (see BF'ing chatter thread and a separate thread I posted)
But were going downhill with feeding again even using the shield! She will attach fine, and suck a few times and swallow once, then she pulls off and cries and whinges an just wont feed! If I let her, it will keep going on and on for hours! Last night she was feeding over 2 hours, and was STILL hungry, so we had to give her a bottle of EBM, which had around 65mL, and she gulped that down so quickly the poor thing!!! then slept so well afterwards
I don't know what to do?? Were seeing an ABA consultant shortly, and if that doesn't work, seeing the LC that recommended her, but I'm beginning to think that maybe we should go with EBM in a bottle as she seems so much happier, but I want to BF, I love the cuddles and closeness...
xxhope; I know your struggle and the wanting to BF I just found it too draining in the end my milk wasnt coming in huge amounts and with DS in hosp the only way he ws coming home was if he put on weight and was feeding so I ended up going on formula it was the best move I made though I wished I had BF in the end I had to think of my son and that was the main thing the decsion is yours in the end so take your time and speak to the professionals and weigh it up from there hope all goes well for you love and take care
We saw the ABA consultant, and the only thing she could suggest to us was that perhaps my nipple is too short, and that's why she can't attach without the shield, that and her mouth it too small because shes so small.
Other than that she couldn't help and just suggested that we cup feed til she's bigger, but we still don't know when/if that will happen and knowing how easily frustrated she gets, she won't like cup feeding, she HATED syringe feeding too, which they say is much the same. So well, yeah... I don't think we will be going with that :/
So unless this LC can help us, I think we will be feeding her with EBM in a bottle much to my utter disappointment. I feel like despite her putting on weight like a champ, she's so unhappy and unsettled when she feeds from me..
I just feel like such a failure; my baby cant feed from me, for whatever reason, and she's just so much happier and just a much more settled baby when she's fed from the bottle with my milk... What can I do!?
I wanted to occasionally give her EBM from a bottle, like when we wanted to go out, but not all the time, but I can't stand to see my baby screaming and so upset and frustrated, and then I can't sleep because she is CONSTANTLY, like she will feed for over TWO hours, and still be crying for more, so that means I can't sleep, neither can DH, and we are all just tired upset and frustrated...
Oh and, btw I should introduce myself to the people I don't know,
I had my baby girl on the 7th Feb at 7.18pm, and she weighed 7lb 3oz (3.24kg) after a 14hr natural labor and birth only using gas while pushing! (which I only found out the other day I was only pushing for 8mins! :O how crazy! Lol...)
Hope: you guys must have all been from the same bellybuddies group I just realised Well nice to meet you and kudos for doing labour au natural it was a long time but obviously well worth it hope you get some answers from the LC. It sucks so much that you can't feed your baby the way you want.
Well right now I can hear him dirtying the clean nappy I just put on him so I'm off to go brave the nappy change Is it so wrong that I love and hate doing this part? LOL
Kitty. I'm hearing ya! Especially after you've been wee'd on twice through out the night time ones and farted at constantly! Awesome.
Hope, that sucks about the BF. Hopefully there is something you can do. Just don't beat yourself up over it. I think itsgreat that even if you can't feed him from your own breast thatyou willstill give him breast milk.
You are a champ.
I have bought the smallest Decor containers (for single serve salad dressing) and hand expressedfor 10 mins and did not even get 1/2 the container filled prob 20mls.
I gave my wife the bottle with my 3 container worth in it and he devoured it in 20 seconds flat! I was hoping for a nice long,inimate feed for her. Nope! He was back on the boob in 40 seconds.
So I would love any tips on expressing. I have the advent manual pump too. But after 30 secs. I get fed up.
Any advice.
Most say to wait till after 6 weeks when milk is more abundant.....
We are going to see Billy connelly at the opera house next Tuesday and my mum is watching him. I bought that ready mixed formula if I can't express enough but would like to keep him exclusively on boob juice. Tips??? Lisa?
I have the Avent Isis manual pump and I freaking HATE it. I was lucky to get 20mls when I pumped using it. The BEST thing is the Medela Swing pump. I haven't had to pump for Lucy yet as she is a brilliant feeder, but I pumped for Anelise as she had a tongue tie and it was painful for me to feed her. I was able to express up to 240mls when she was only needing 120mls at a time. I had an abundance of frozen EBM and it really came in handy. I only left Anelise once when feeding her and my sister fed her my frozen EBM. I definitely advise getting an electric breast pump, or at least hiring one - most chemists and some hospitals hire them out. I think you can also hire them through the ABA?
Hi everyone
Just another quick one from me. Lucinda is going so well. She feeds pretty much constantly! She also doesn't like sleeping in her cradle, so she co sleeps with DH & I. I don't mind but I find I don't get a good nights sleep when she is in the bed with us.
Foxtel IQ has become my best friend and I am constantly setting things to record so that I have something to watch during those horrid 2am feeds. Malcolm in the middle has become a feeding favourite! lol
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even using the shield! She will attach fine, and suck a few times and swallow once, then she pulls off and cries and whinges an just wont feed! If I let her, it will keep going on and on for hours! Last night she was feeding over 2 hours, and was STILL hungry, so we had to give her a bottle of EBM, which had around 65mL, and she gulped that down so quickly the poor thing!!! 
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