hey all!! yay for baby buddies instead of belly buddies!!!
i'm a young mum from cobbitty nsw
Abigail Rose was born 24th Feb at 6 min past midnight - she's absolutely amazing! DH and I are smitten - does anybody else find they just watch their bubby when they're sleeping (worse than the tv!! lol)
Bec
Hello dear ladies and hi to those especially from the 16-28 feb belly buddies group who sheltered me during my final fortnight!!! LOL
So pleased to be here I thought I was going to be in the March thread for a while there.
Our first baby Barnaby was born 12 days late on 27 Feb at 5pm, 3.98kg, 58cm long (huge!), via emergency c-section under general anaesthetic resulting from sudden onset pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. APGARS 3-9-10. I spent the night in intensive care - bub on the other hand was just fine and kicked back with DP as a 'boarder' in the special care nursery until I was able to be released to the maternity ward the following day.
We arrived home yesterday. Very corny thing to happen, but his cute little going home rompers and wrap had to be replaced by a plain singlet and blanket when he wet all over himself (DP's first nappy blunder!). We are just stunned to have him here with us!
Barnaby is a gorgeous little fella, and very settled. He did have about 4.5 hours last night where he didn't settle between feeds, we got a bit worried but then he was back to his usual eat-sleep-eat-sleep cuteness after that. I am suspecting the home made garlic bread which was slathered in barely cooked garlic butter had something to do with his restlessness, as he had terrible wind for a few hours! Farting like a bullhorn.
Feeding is going wonderfully, I can't describe how happy I am about that. BF was one of those things that I decided I would do anything to achieve, but I was a bit paranoid that maybe it just 'wouldn't work' or the like. So to feel so comfy with it is amazing and more than I could have dreamed. Barnaby even ate his first bit of nipple scab today LOL
We made our first trip out already this arvo, I went to the GP for whooping cough injection and we then popped into work to show off bub.. DP and I both work for the same small company and this is the first 'purebred' baby! Everyone was so proud and excited, lots of tears.
At the GP, I asked him to check my BP and it was sky high! He wants me to monitor it at home and if it stays up as high as it is, come back in a week or two to discuss medication. A bit of a worry, it is 'supposed' to drop immediately upon delivery. Other than that, I'm exhausted, sore but getting better all the time. I think the high BP is making me feel a bit weird but that could be the lack of sleep!
Sorry to make this a total 'me' post... and that this post is cut and pasted from my original belly buddies thread....! Lazy!
Look forward to getting to know you all over the coming days weeks months etc and benefitting from your experiences. Enjoy your bubs!
Hello new mummas!
AliB- welcome to your gorgeous new man good to see you in here
Proverbs Mum- Im also a young mumma im 23
anyhunz- welcome to sweet joshua how everything going?
Big hello to Gliriel, mummato2 and shar
Ali, I too was worried about BF being PCOS - but what I learned was Metformin once again is a miracle worker. I'm on 2000mg per day - but apparently only minute amounts crosses the breastmilk and it helps prolactin (yet another hormone affected by PCOS)
So we have had success this time BF - I failed with Coops, lasted one week. Didn't realise that after the engorgement, sore nipples etc it's really easy - so I'm stoked this time is going well (except the first week I got mastitis and this week a milk blister)
My goal is to at least get to 6 months with Cary on my breast and hopefully if it's an issue express for the next 6 months......we'll take it a day at a time.
*big hi to everyone else* Hope you are all enjoying the early days of mummyhood xx
Hi all - i'm absolutely loving being a mummy!
BF is good - on the left side...right side has a massive crack in the middle which had both me and abbie yelling this morning. Called the lactation lady and am now expressing that side for the next 48 hrs while the crack heals!! phew! then we're going to fix her attachment - she knows how to do it, but the left side is her (and mine for now!!) favourite.
Hope everyone else is drama-less!!!
This thread has been very quiet - I'm as guilty as anyone. At present I am only managing to be active on facebook, bite size comments seems to be all I can handle at present. plus there is the opportunity to post lots of photos of my gorgeous boy!!
Hope everyone's doing well!
Proverbswife I'm glad you're loving mummyhood, isn't it ace!?!? Has that crack healed yet? I have a small one and I know what you mean about yelling - OUCH!! I hope mine gets better by itself, if not I'll be pulling out the new breast pump.
Chris I'm so happy that BF has worked well for you this time... any nipple woes this week? Did you need to take ABs for the mastitis? Milk blisters are weird too aren't they! I had one on about day 3.
Amy how did the little one measure up at your midwife appt?
Hi Lauren, Shar and Gliriel!
We seem to have lots of boys in here, am I right? Just 2 little girls I think. My bellybuddies who had their bubs in late jan / early feb all had girls, then the boy rush started.
AFM, we are going brilliantly. Barnaby is 16 days old, still feeding and sleeping really well. A bit more wakefulness and more crying, a grizzly period for a few hours each day with lots of feeds but then he sleeps for 4-5 hours straight after that so it's all worth it! We've been out a few times, including long family lunches on Saturday and Sunday, he got pretty unsettled then poor little fella. I have been getting 7-7.5 hours sleep a night for the past week which I am stoked about. DP has been taking good care of us too.
Look forward to hearing how you're all doing, I'm sure we'll get chattier as we all settle in.
May I please join, I had our son X on the 19th of Feb, I was induced at 39+6 days and it took 2 hours to dilate fully after my waters were broken and a massive 4 hours of pushing ( lip of cervix),I was in labour a total of 11 and a half hours, It was absolutely the worst experience of my life and I have been induced twice before this and given birth a total of 4 times!
Over a month on I still cant get over had bad it was BUT I have my beautiful baby to make it all worth it.
Look forward to getting to know you all!
Rebecca
Last edited by A+X+Me; March 24th, 2010 at 02:08 PM.
Hi everyone, well it appears I wasn't getting notifications, great to see that people have been posting!
Rebecca- Hi and welcome, nice to have you here! 4 hours sounds pretty horrific, what a way to go with your fourth baby, my goodness! I do hope it starts to fade into distant memory for you soon. How are you coping with 4?!
Hey Shar! Funny how we sadly wave goodbye to the parents and even more sadly greet the arrival of the inlaws!! Poor old inlaws! My parents headed north again too after being around for 6 weeks which I'm sad about. Are you still feeling very hormonal / baby blue-ish? So long as you're having more good days than bad days... if not have a chat to someone at your 6 week check up
Hi Roya nice to see you over here! 3 under 3.5, that's hard work. Seriously I cannot imagine. Mother's help sounds like something you need and richly deserve.
Chris, hi hon! We always seem to post days apart, we're never in the 'room' at the same time! I see you're still offering lots of pearls of wisdom on BB, you're the best! Unfortunately I'm more about seeking advice than giving advice at the moment if ever I'm on BB! LOL. It's great to hear details of how you're managing with two kids... your special toy/DVD box is a wonderful idea and it's great that Cooper has settled down. Also you had me off researching what EASY routine is, and I recall that a friend lent me a Tracey Hogg book. Is she one of 'those' authors who would not be welcome on the BB forums?!
AFM things are going very well on balance. Having some BF issues, oversupply and superfast flow in one boob, which I tried to manage with posture feeding and block feeding... all that happened is that my milky boob almost exploded.... hmmm thanks to advice on BB i've ditched the block feeding and just using posture feeding on the milky boob. He still throws up more after that boob but hey he doesn't seem to mind and he's still gaining weight...
... 880g in 13 days to be precise !?!?!?! I'm not sure if I should be concerned! So I won't be... I'll just carry on and see what is said at his 6 week check up. The nurse at the clinic said "Oh you'll be fine just don't overfeed him", I decided to ignore that!! Firstly I thought you couldn't overfeed a BF baby? And secondly I'm demand feeding (with a bit of managing crying through other means during his whingy arvo periods). And thirdly I don't want to muck around with things in the first 6 weeks. And fourthly he's just a little chubba!! He's gone from 4 at birth to 5 kg at 3.5 weeks. Such a weight to lug about while feeding, esp with the posture feeding and need to do lots of burping mid feed on the milky boob.
REcovery wise, I'm getting there. Scar seems fine, my energy levels are still not very high esp going for walks. Went to the weekly BF group at the clinic today, and chatted to some other new mums which was fun. Then went to the shopping centre and Barney yelled his way around Kmart - stresssfulll! DP was in at work for a few hours... dreading his full time return to work next week.
OK enough from me
Oh Chris no I'm not using dummies... but wonder if I should have an emergency one on hand 'just in case'... I probably would have used it once or twice!
ETA oops I missed Jaffaz and Lauren who've posted since I last did - hi ladies
Mummato2 thanks for the advice, focusing on the positives sounds like a great idea will give it a go! DS1 seems to be getting better, but I still feel like i'm constantly telling him off and then of course i feel guilty.
Ali hope you get the BF sorted, I didn't think you could over feed BF bubs either???
We are doing well, 4 week check for Lukas tomorrow at MCH nurse. Will be good to see how much weight he has put on! He also has a hip scan next week so I'm a little nervous about that (DS1 has hip dysplacia SP?). Will let you all know how we go fingers crossed all is ok.
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A bit of a worry, it is 'supposed' to drop immediately upon delivery. Other than that, I'm exhausted, sore but getting better all the time. I think the high BP is making me feel a bit weird but that could be the lack of sleep!
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