sarah: im with you on the bad cramps with bubby in bed. When DH is in bed with us I've taken to rolling out of bed once C is asleep and then curling up at the foot of the bed just so i can be comfortable with no chance of me rolling on him lol
Sarah - no cramps here but starting to get some niggles in that area and am beginning to wonder if it means AF is just around the corner.
It's still a battle to give DS his bottle and he is taking half maybe 3/4 of his usual volume. Just did one which was almost his full quota. Seeing the nurse later today so will chat more about it to her then
I put Ella on Nan reflux formula yesterday because she has been real vomity and since the zantac is working i dont want her to bring it up.
And she slept from 7pm til 12:30 and then 1am until 6am it was awesome.
Anyone else ever used thickend formula for reflux it is harder to get a burp out of her.
AFM-I have been bleeding lightly for over 6 weeks now (tapered off at 4 weeks) for a few days then started again and last night i woke to a massive flood of bright red blood WTF! is it AF when i hadnt even stopped bleeding from birth or is there something wrong.
I only bled for a week and it was light as. Thought that was normal as they suctioned most of the blood during the Caesar? Anytime after 6 weeks is a period I thought but no clue if it is ongoing. Would assume because it is bright red that af is back though....
That was like me with DD. Waited it out and it seemed to last forever. For some reason, even though my tubes are completely out of my body.. I am waiting on my period and anxious for it. Wt? Too many years on birth control I suppose, so used to taking the bloody thing! I hope it stops soon darlin. xx
Ferrals, I bled for 6 weeks after my first c-section and then got af two weeks later. Can't remember when I got af after my second one, but I bled longer, however I did have a uterine infection from the csection. If you are worried, please see a doc. Are you taking iron supplements still?
Having much better nights here with S since the medicine! Last feed at 8pm, then bed, woke up at 3, put her down at 4, she put herself to sleep then awake at 7.30!! Only one other child woke up last night, and that was when I was crawling into bed, so I actually feel quite rested today! The older two slept through! Woohoo!!! Thank god for small miracles...
Ferrals, with MJ I bled for about 4 weeks then got AF 2 weeks later.
Bleeding is just stopping here, so light it might as well not be here iykwim, A is 5 weeks now. As Mel said, if you are concerned see a Dr.
Mel - glad u got a good night.
We has a bad night, think we are hitting a growth spurt, 2hrly feeds and MJ had a wet bed
Sorry there are so many babies with reflux, but glad it is getting sorted and they are happier.
We have some of the symptoms, but not the screaming, pretty sure it's just wind though.
Jaki - I am feeding on the right side almost upright, she sort of lies between my boobs, sounds like what you are doing, sucks less air tgat way... Also that side has a faster flow and she keeps pulling off and getting sprayed!
Just got home from the maternal child health nurse. She thinks that DS might have some reflux as he has many of the symptoms but just not the crying. He isn't a crying baby just a grizzly one. We are seeing a paediatrician on Wednesday so will raise with him then. Am a bit worried about his head circumference which has dropped from 50th to 25 percentile. Have posted about this in another thread.
health nurses, Aghh, poo to them!! dont know why i tell her anythiong! next check im just going to play along and feed her what she wants to hear.
had yet another check today, was going great, she even called to let me know about a cancellation closer to school pick up so it was convienient for me.
she wants me to have a sleep consultan out as i told her how she sleeps in with me at night, else im up and down all night with both girls, and she hasnt had the best sleeps during the day, ds2 just wont leave the poor bugger alone, every 5 mins hes litraly on top of her trying to kiss and cuddle her, if she is asleep he claims she made a noise and woke:eyeroll:
then it came time for the bloody scales.... 110g in 2 weeks..... therefor "the supply just isnt there, go to the doctor and get a script for domperidome" apparently it will give me a full supply but once i take it i have to continue to take it untill its time to wean her, stoping it will instantly dry up the milk.
ive had her, i dont want to go back in a week, yup my bub is getting "weekly weigh-ins" as her weight is not a steady gain, befor she even got on the scales lee said "were going to push for a 400 gain"
sorry rant over, i should know by know not to listen to these people!
sarah: thats bull about domperidone instantly drying up your milk when you stop taking it. I took it for about 3 weeks I think it was or 4 and all you need to do is wean yourself off it after a number of weeks by taking one every couple of days and then stop. plus the info sheet the hospital gave me with the tablets said that you shouldn't take it for longer than 8 weeks anyway. That just proves the health nurse knows jackcrap about that
I realise you'd be pretty busy Sarah with 4 kidletts but have you thought about expressing for a while to get an idea of exactly how much milk your producing? It will also help with making more milk if you do it regularly
I express regularly for DS and have found it particularly useful at the moment as he is off his milk. I can gauge how much he is drinking to prove he is off his food and monitor his intake. Some people can't express a lot or the pump isn't efficient and their bub can actually extract more than the pump so I would just use the expressing as a guide if you decide to do it but you can see how much they are drinking. I agree it will help make more milk if you do it for a minimum of 8 times a day for about 15 - 20 mins per side so it can be a bit of work particularly when you have other kids. I'm not sure if could do the amount of expressing I need to do if I had other children. Occupying one whilst expressing can be hard enough. I tend to feed DS a bottle whilst expressing which helps. There are also some herbs you can take like fenugreek for building supply.
Ugh laying here, w is wide awake! Go to sleeeeep!
Plus I'm all crampy, maybe what I thought was left over birth bleeding is the start of af.
This will sound bad but I was hoping it wouldn't come back as dh is trying to pressure me into having a FET really soon. I'm using the breastfeeding excuse but he still nags about it.
Worst night Eva! Slept from 7:30-11. Then 12-2, wide awake until 5. Then was passed out practically so I thought woohoo sleep in... Nope! Up again at 5:30!
Waaaahhh
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and MJ had a wet bed
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