ahhhh just lost my post b*gger!!! Will try the shorter version now lol

Jleigh - Sounds like you've had a rough couple of days, I'm a fan of having a good cry when it all gets too much. I've just been for a walk down to chemist and got some breastmilk bags and going to sit down and do my first "proper" express, rest I've done have just been to give my breasts some relief when they feel like bursting. Going to attempt a semi bottle feed tonight as A has taken to cluster feeding from about 5-11pm and my nipples need a break lol.

Superstar - I'm with you on the sleep, I LOVE my sleep - I've got a good sleeper and still feel like a zombie. I'm lucky she knows night from day too and her nightime feed is a dream feed where she barely wakes up and goes straight back down. I used to rub my belly everynight when I was pregnant before bed and tell her that it was bedtime & time to sleep, maybe she got the hint hahaha.

BW - thanks again for the expressing info, it's all such a learning curve this motherhood thing and nothing you read before really prepares you. Great news that you managed to get an appointment with the specialist so quickly and not the usual weeks or months that appointments can take.

Marni - wow that is a great weight gain, glad to hear little P is growing well.

Esme - hello, good to hear from you and that B is doing well too. Got a giggle with you squirting him in the face, I got myself in the eye other day trying to get her to latch properly.

Hello to anyone I've missed. Waiting excitedly for the other new mummies to join us when they can.

Not that much to report here except A is either having a grown spurt or trying to increase my milk supply as past couple of nights between about 5-11.30pm she has become a cluster feeding nightmare and my nipples are peeling like they were when I first started BF'ing OUCH. She only goes down for about half hour/hour and then up again crying unless she's being held or fed. That said once she is down and settled she is out for the count and went right through till 5.30 this morning

Have the CAFHS nurse coming for our home visit on Friday morning, she has to have her hearing rechecked as it came up a "refer" in hospital, so fingers crossed this one comes back normal and will be good to see how much she's put on since last week.