Amelia was born on 22 June (due date was 2 July) after around 12 hours of labour which went well - the problems started afterwards when the midwife realised that there was still some placenta left behind which was creating issues with breastfeeding.
Amelia lost 13% of her birth weight so she was initially topped up on formula but things seem to be going ok now - she is back on breastmilk only and sleeps between 2.5 to 4 hrs between feeds (she tend to sleep 4hrs + at night!). We have another visit to the maternal health nurse on Monday so will hopefully have more positive news to post
Time is flying by - I cant believe she is 12 days old already!
I hear you on the time flying by! Goes far too quick!
Tristan is finally starting to look 'normal' in colour. He's not so yellow and glowing (Jaundice) He's also not as sleepy when feeding now either. Glad that his Jaundice is clearing up!
Hello Girls, congratulations on the arrival of your little ones, hope your all doing well.
Ethan is 3 weeks old today, not sure how that time went so quickly, he`s lost his new baby look and is starting to smile and make baby noises.
For once I actually have a little boy, his brothers were 2lbs heavier at birth, only problem is I had all 000 outfits but MIL and my Mum brought a couple of 0000 for me which fit him nicely, he only lost 30gms at 3 days old, he gets his first weigh in tomorrow, he`s quite heavy now and has got longer so I`ll be interested to know what he`s put on.
Matthew has been nicknamed mother Hen by me, he`s so very clucky, Adrian is at times as well but he`s a bit rougher.
BFing is going well, although I came down with suspected mastitis at 5 days, I rang my OB and he said it sounded like mastitis, I`ve never had a problem with BFing before so that was all new to me.
They grow up too quickly don`t they Sally. Wow @ sleeping 7 - 8 hours overnight, that`s wonderful.
We`re having a restless day here with Ethan, it`s continuing on from his restless night, he went down at 10.30pm, up at 1.15am until 3.50pm, up again at 5.55am, down at 6.25am, awake again at 7.15am and so it`s continued but on the good side we`re getting proper smiles today and lots of them, all week we`ve had half smiles but today they have been full on
His weigh in went well and has grown 3 cms and put on 690 gms since he was 3 days old, he`s now on 75th percentile for height and 50th for weight, sounds a bit strange saying that as both his brothers have always been on the 97th percentile for height and weight and still are.
Hi Dee and congratulations on your little boy
A quick update on me - I got Amelia weighed again on Friday and she had only put on 30g since Monday (so she is now 3.13kg, birthweight was 3.29), so I am now topping her up each feed with formula and also expressing when I can. Im taking sustagen three times a day along with fenugreek tablets to try and increase my supply. The nurse said my supply should start to increase by Monday (fingers crossed!).
She has been a bit restless today but will hopefully settle down again soon.
I am getting her weighed again on Thursday so hopefully she has put on at least the 15g per day they say is normal!
baby09, fingers crossed for you. Have you looked into the lactation cookies? I'm going to make some to try and boost my supply.
Dee, what an awesome weight gain!
Well, both my boys are sick ATM (and touch wood) Tristan only has a snotty nose and is restless. Brendan also has a cough, but he's been sick for 2 weeks now
Apart from that, everything is going well here.
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ATM (and touch wood) Tristan only has a snotty nose and is restless. Brendan also has a cough, but he's been sick for 2 weeks now 
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