Babies born~November 1st-15th 2009 #1

[~me~]

Hi.

Jody: Glad to see you sticking with us Ahh, it's nice to have a stiff drink again I do enjoy mine at the end of the day

Barb: You should have been advised on check out from the Hospital to make an appt for a 6wk post natal check with an OB. My OB prefers 8wks so that's when I am booked in. So perhaps check with the Hospital where you had Poppy and see what they say and what appt's they make for post natal checks. It would be best to have things checked out before you go back to Vietnam especially with the problems you had post natally. At this appt you would normally have a discussion about birth control options and also they may do a pap smear if you are due and generally check out everything and to make sure things have gone back to normal and also be given the all clear for you and DP to make love again if you haven't already

Nae: So glad you are back! Have you tried propping Shae up a bit when she sleeps? That is supposed to help with reflux. Would need to register with memento to have a look at your Thankyou's..may do that later. Hope things are settling down for you..they sound like they are.

Well...just had Tess's 4wk MHN check. She has put 200grms on so is doing well. She is a clingy baby during the day, still ok at night. I am trying her in her Cot, she would normally sleep in the bassinette as the Cot has been full of her clothers Managed on the weekend to finally sort her things out and move Ben's out to his room that he shares with Oscar. Tess's wardrobe is bigger than mine!!
She seems to be in a set routine at night of waking between 11pm and midnight and then 3am for feeds. Then after that feed it can be anywhere between 6:30am and 8am before she wakes. She is hungry during the day so I haven't had any time to express yet for mine and Bernie's night out on Saturday..better get onto that!
We had a pretty rough weekend in that Bernie and I both had a 24hr gastro bug. Bernie's was on Friday night with me playing nurse and he was fine on Saturday and mine all day Saturday. Bernie went into work late and came home early so I only had to manage a couple of hours on my own on Saturday and Oscar made Ben's lunch for me and kept Ben entertained!! So he helped out too I still had to contend with Miss Tess and praying that I didn't pass it onto her . I lost 3kilos in the process so I am now trying to make up for lost time
Tess has been very unsettled today, only cat naps when I hold her and wants to feed constantly. I think my milk supply was affected by the gastro and she hasn't been getting enough from yesterday as well as today as I couldn't even keep water down on Saturday, so now I am trying to rehydrate and eat to try and build it up again. So hopefully a better today tomorrow.

Hope everyone else is doing well..Merry Christmas to everyone !!

x Heather
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