hi everyone!

We seem to have a nice mix of boys and girls, first time and experience mums in this thread

Zac was born 30 June at 12.56 pm (one day before due date). Weight 3.81 kg, 51.5 cm long and HC 36cm. Labour was induced and wasn't pleasant, and he was eventually born by 'emergency' c section, for which I was extremely grateful! (not an emergency in the sense that the world was going to end otherwise, although that was starting to look like a good alternative to me )

we're still experiencing BF problems - hospital comped him from birth due to my gestational diabetes, and in our ignorance we relied on the comping and thought my milk wasn't coming in (why didn't anyone tell me that the demand needed to be there for the supply to come??) End result is we are BF plus comping and it is doing my head in. Have been working with an LC and have a strategy to build up my supply, so fingers crossed

And now I will sound like a complete idiot, but I would love to hear from others just what it's like to come home with a new baby and only rely on BF - what's normal? I've gotten so used to filling him up on formula that I panic as soon as he cries or if he doesn't go straight to sleep. The LC thinks that he is probably getting too much formula as he stacked on the weight once we left hospital, and I am worried that I am creating a sumo baby!

It's a bit sad, but I kinda want somebody to come and stay with me and tell me what to do, what's normal, what I need to worry about etc... so grateful for these forums as I don't know many people with children and I'm not especially close to my family (geographically and emotionally).

Enough of the 'poor me' - you can tell it's the end of the day and my sleep tank is almost empty can't you?!