I'm here. But feeling a bit foggy about everything so will come back when I'm feeling a bit more normal. Glad to be in this group though! By the way, my last post was less than two hours before I went into labour!
to all the new babies and for all the beautiful mothers!
Well Elijah is still doing very well, going to take him to the clinic on Monday to get him weighed. I love knowing how much he's gained hehe especially after his last gain of 300 grams in 4 days!! Ashton still adores him but has backed off! Let down still hurts like hell, and the other day I heard ANOTHER baby cry (on the telly of all places) and had 2 wet spots on my top LOL Think I'll need breastpads this time. Didn't with Ashton so it's a pain! Though he did feed a lot more than Elijah so that might be why. He really is perfect, just sleeps and feeds. Loves showers but hates baths. Prefers to be held upright and loves to snuggle into me in bed. Oh I love him so much it's made me want 10 more babies!
How is everyone settling in? Are the bubbas sleeping well? Feeding well? I hope you are all resting as much as possible. 4th time around I've learnt! When Ash sleeps, Elijah and I sleep. If I am tired I will pop Ashy in his pram and put a movie on and lay down. No point stressing the small things either, housework really CAN wait while I nap or rest LOL Taken me 4 babies to let it go and realise I can't do everything when it needs doing, and I feel so much better for it! I don't even feel sleep deprived!! Or maybe I am so sleep deprived I am delusional LMAO
Things are going well here. I've had a few anxious days between the birth and settling in at home, thinking that my antenatal anxiety was turning rapidly into PND, but I'm doing much better now that the hormones are settling down and things are looking decidedly less scary than they were! Feeling very positive and enjoying my little man. He is delightful! He bobs his head around when he looks for the boob, and smiles cheekily at my nipples. It is so cute!
We're co-sleeping and so far this is really working well. DS is easy, relaxed, content and a good sleeper. I love listening to his snuffles and grunts in the night, and I'm getting better at not waking up every time he snorts. Boob feeding has been an experience in itself, and I can see why lots of people find it really difficult and feel like giving up - but I've had lots of support from the midwives and my Doula, and we're bfing like experts already! DS has been preferring the left boob and struggled with the right, but he's doing quite well in football-hold on the right, so that's going okay. It's possible that his position in utero, and his delivery with the vacuum have caused him some neck pain stopping him from doing the madonna hold on the right. We're still practicing with feeding whilst lying down but we'll get there.
DS has regained his birthweight already, and is really alert and doing everything he should be. Everyone has been very impressed with his recovery from the birth, after he was on the CPAP for a little while. And we went down the street today with DS in the HAB, and got lots of nice smiles and comments from strangers in the street. That was kind of cool!
Mel, I don't know how you handle four boys as a single mumma, you really are a legend. I'm doing okay, but there's no way I'd be where I am without my DH helping me with cooking, cleaning, nappy changes, sleep, etc etc. You deserve a medal for how relaxed you seem to be! And thank you for your lovely comments in the BellyBuddies thread, I appreciate it
Hi to everyone, especially to Klee and baby Kristian! Glad you can join us, and my heartfelt sympathies for the loss of Phoebe.
hi guys! i found you! and i made it into this thread by 1 day!
it's 1am, and i have Jack asleep on my chest... i'm tired, but i can't seem to sleep tonight - i keep waiting for him to wake up. which is why (for the moment anyway) i have him on me. fingers crossed he can sleep longer than an hour!
So I had him sleep on my chest until the next feed (3:30am!), and then I fed him, changed him, and put him down by 4am. And he's still asleep! I slept in the room next door until 7:30 (DH slept on the nursing chair until 6am, he just told me), then I crawled back into bed with DH until just now. I'd still be asleep if I wasn't so hungry.
Not a bad end to a night that I was certain was going to have hourly feeds & lots of crying (from me & Jack). I wouldn't mind a few more of these confidence boosters.
I have been MIA because I've been bedridden. The mastitis really knocked me around, the fever was a shocker and it's just this afternoon that I am feeling a bit better. I've been on the antibiotics since Wednesday! I really overdid things, X is a good sleeper (3-4 hourly) and I was off to weddings, visits to family a few hours away and then I went back to work last Tuesday........midwife lectured me and said I was sick because my body was telling me to slow down. I have learned I can't live my life the way I used to, I need to slow down and I am not superwoman. A hard lesson to learn but easy to remember when the consequence has been so hard. I have been bedridden with fever for days and only been able to feed X, DH has had to do everything else.
Hi Klee- look forward to getting to know you
Seph- sorry to hear your birth didn't go as planned. I read a book once called of mice and men and this whole pregnancy journey keeps reminding me of that book. "the best laid plans.....". Saw ur pics on facebook, just gorgeous!!!
Entreat- sounds like you are enjoying things but losing a but if sleep. Please please try and rest, I wouldn't wish sickness on anyone while our babies are so tiny. We need to take care of us to take care of them.
Missymoo-how you look after 4 is simply amazing and inspiring. And you seem to do it taking everything in your stride. I'd love to hear your daily routine!!
Congratulations to you all on your babies. Am I the only one with a girl?
X is doing great, sleeps 3-4 hourly at night and 2-3 hourly during the day. She has snout 6 hours of awake time each day and about 4 hours of this is in the morning. We haven't been home enough to get into a routine so we have no times or anything. We are ending the day with a bath, some awake time and then a feed. She is a happy little thing.
I have SO much milk, another contributing factor to the mastitis. I have to go to bed at night with a towel strapped to my chest! Also when I feed, my other breast leaks badly. I hAve now taken to catching the drip and I get about 40ml's per feed! Midwife said that my milk will regulate and it should all settle down. I hope it does soon because right now breast feeding is pretty messy.....and painful because of the lumps, but they are getting better.
I am really glad to be in this group with you all. Xx
Sorry to hear about Phoebe, that must have been tough
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to all the new babies and
for all the beautiful mothers!
That was kind of cool!
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