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wow i hope shes ok and u can get her diagnosed ok well jazzy's mouth has already started to clear up but i'll be taking a bit longer i think stupid thing is i think i was the one who started it but i dont know how i havent had antibiotics for ages and that normally causes mine might be the moisture in the bps and the fact thats its been really warm wish i had more bps meh i'll just have to keep washing them every day and im eating yougurt so im hoping that helps too
Beema- back at work already!!! Good luck finding out about dd... hope she is ok.
SPF- sounds like milk spots to me too. Amy has them and as beema said, they come and go and are completely normal.
JJJ- hope the thrush goes away quickly
sassy- xmas shopping..... wow! youre a star!
bubble- sounds like its all going well for you. your sleep sounds great
AFM- still working hard on the bf, feeling rather relaxed. Just super tired and am struggling to stay awake especially now! Went to the health nurse on Monday and Amy has popped on 470gms in 2 weeks and has also grown 1.5cm since birth. So things are going well despite still having to express all the time.... ok must go do it before I crash out:)
Hi all we have our first MHC visit tomorrow, I am keen to see how much weight Campbell has out on. I have been sticking to a strict 4hrly routine as I am paranoid that he won't grow but if he is doing well then I will look at letting him wake us during the night rather than setting my alarm. Even an extra hour of sleep will make a difference.
I have a doc a ppt tomorrow to get some drugs for my milk supply as I am only just producing enough and if Campbell starts taking more I won't be able to keep up. He is currently taking 90mls a feed but it won't be long before he needs more. I managed to express with dd until 4 1/2 months without the need for drugs but this time it is not as easy!
JJJ - I just noticed where you live. Small world, my mum was born and raised in St Arnaud! Left there many years ago though!
Well back to bed for me now, just finished expressing! Sweet dreams all!
beema: DD spewed heaps when she was a bub. it lasted till she was like 6months. she used to do huge power spews every feed and i was so worried she wasnt gettin any of the formula. because she was puttin on weight the docs never did anything about it. I hope things get better for u or something gets done about it.
mnj: r u expressing for every feed?
mini: nice to hear bubs is doing well and ur doing a great job with expressing.
JJJ: good to hear jazzys mouth is clearing up.
hmmmm do u have to wear Breast pads all the time or is it just till ya milk gets itself sorted out? i noticed i can go without them of a night now but i am not game enough not to wear them during the day lol.
anyone thought of contraception yet? i was lookin at gettin a mirena but i am slowly chickening out lol. i didnt like the mini pill cause it has to be taken basicallyt he same time everyday and u def cant miss one.
hello!! We are still around! just havent had time to post...
JJJ- hope the thrush is getting better... It hurts me too when i attach Eboni but im not sure if its thrush or just poor attachment on my end.... but i can see anythng in her mouth and then i freak when she spews and i see chunky spew but i can wpe it off.. and yes i too need to remember to change my breast pads i just forget oops..
Sassy- I havent thought bout contraception.. my nurse is pushing it EVERY visit! and im not kidding, she is saying the mirena or implanon but im not so keen. i was thinking the mini pill but not sure if ill remember to take it.. so i'm stuck on what to do.. ad if i say im not going to use anything she will suggest that i do and also my mum will say i should use something.. im not intending on DTD for awhile!!
Marknjo- Campbell will grow.. and put on weight! hope your appt with the doctor goes well and your milk supply builds up. Have you seen the lacation cookies?? there is a recipe somewhere on here.. they are yummy!
AFU- We are going good.. So Eboni got weighed on monday and she put on 340g!!! so she weighed 4.59kgs! in two weeks she has put on 640g!! im doing good!! I expressed some milk twice this week and DP gave DD it. she took almost 90mls the other day and last night took 60mls out of 100mls. I havent been napping when she has.. i forget and when i realise im tired she wakes up.. LAst night i was getting frustrated with feeding she had great attachment the other week and now not so great. but its still alright she still feeding. I bf in public today at a busy shopping centre. well wasnt in the busy part but it wasnt in the parents room! Woop Woop
Sorry if i missed anyone
public bfing for the win lol i havent needed to coz if shes in the car or the pram she sleeps
Hey retro.... where abouts did you get the brewers yeast for the cookies? Also did you have to buy a huge bag of flaxseed meal? I went to buy a bad and its kind of pointless paying that much money for something you only need 2 spoons worth! I will have to make them up as my supply goes up and down. Apparently my nipples are huge thats why my girls have rouble latching on and when I saw my girlfriends niples today (she was bfing her bub) I can see why! I thought my nipples were normal, but they arent.... I am obsessing about nipple sizes now!
Anyway I am so tired. Amy is waking a few times a night.... I wonder when I can let her sleep through coz she went back to sleep with us and missed a feed last night. I think she did about a 5 hour stretch but dont want to do it again if shes too young?
Anyway talking crud coz I am tired....
happy 4weeks Eboni and Mason!!
Mini- I havent made them but my sisters have. You can gt brewers yeast from health food shops. I'll have to ask my sister about the flaxseed meal.. My nipples are small i think. Its my aerola thats HUGE!! I was told by my sister when i was starting to bf that i needed toget most of my aerola in Eboni's mouth. I was like huh? she didnt realise i had HUGE aerolas haha.
ETA- I think Eboni slept from 10ish or bit before untl 2.30
Happy 4 weeks Eboni and Mason :dance:
Anastasia is now 6 weeks old (and one day!) :leap:
Thank's everyone, we hope we get some answers as well, she is growing like a weed so I reckon that that shell be easily over the 3.5kg mark, other than the reflux (we think) it the only issues, other than her hip scan tomorrow. We are off to the Paed today, my confidence was rocked this morning, Miss A was coughing and chocking on her vomit in her bassinett and was having trouble breathing, it was horrible, her mattress was elevated and it had been two hours since a feed, which she had slept on her tummy on my chest in the glider recliner chair, I am just glad that her appointment is this morning, because this isn't normal :(
Mini ~ I would ring a couple of health food stores and see if they have it in bulk bins, that way you can just buy a couple of scoops rather than a huge bag. Let Amy deman what she wants, if she is putting on weight and has plenty of wet and dirty nappies, I would let her sleep a bit longer if she needs to. Youa re doing such a great job hun!!!
Retro ~ all of my aerola never fit in DD1's mouth, I don't think they are particularly big either :lol: Miss E is going great guns with her weight, you are both doing a great job.
Sassy ~ contraception, not yet, just using condoms, I'm not a fan of the mini pill so not going there this time, may discuss the other options with my OB, but I'm not keen on the implanon either lol!
marknjo ~ how did you appointment go?
Bubble, SPF, Ali, hope you are all goind well :hug:
Must run, demanging 2 year old and I have to get organised!
Beema all the best with your appointment, thanks for the tips about the health food stoors. I will jump on the phone today. Although my supply is up and down all the time and today its huge! Amys face was covered as was her jump suit and my hand and if she doesnt wake up soon I will burst!
marknjo- how did you go at your appointment? Did you get your supply drugs? Actually I could make a batch of the lactation cookies and send some your way seeing you live in the next suburb! I also drink Activite regularly and take fenugreek tablets and have the occassional oats for breakfast.... seems to be helping as with lots of water!
sassy I havent thought about contraception yet. I suppose with my other 2 I was already heading towards formula so now I am looking more towards bfing I need to know what my options are. More than likely this is our last baby but if on the odd chance we were to decide to have one more then it would be starting next year... if we decide this is it then we will be looking at pemenant options....
Ok... Rebecca is hasseling me.... bbl for more personals:)
just adding on the contraception... I have had the implanon before and am not a fan of it. It makes me fat and moody. As do most regular pills! I have only just stopped bleeding but dont think I am ready to have sex yet.... just a question... who is doing it and how long after bub was born and also if c-sec or vaginal birth? I remember with Rebecca we tried at 3 weeks but it was weird so waited til 6 weeks and with Olivia as she was my first we just waited til 6 weeks....
i dunno i could probably try now but i dont feel like it lol thats with a VB with tiny stitched tear
Yeah... Im not up for it at all. I am too tired and Im a little afraid! I had a VB with just grazes but the walls of my vagina are looking a little pro lapsed so it makes it all a bit uncomfy. I need to do loads of pelvic floor exercises to strengthen it up!!!! I also have a bit of an anal fissure which I had with dd2... painful going to the loo and blood, so I just have to increase my fibre and drink loads of water. Pain Pain!
We attempted at 4 weeks post CS, and it wasn't particularly romantic :lol: but achievable, with my VB we attempted 6 weeks, but it was too painful, I had two tears and an episiotomy, and we found out at 10 weeks that one of the stiches hadn't dissolved and was over grown with tissue and nasty and had to be cut out out and because my platelets were still low, I kept bleeding so it had to be restitched :o
We saw her Paed - and boy do we love him :lol:, I went through the symptoms, when they started and how they have developed and changed. He said he wanted her on Losec straight away, he didn't want to stuff around with anything else at this stage and wants to know if it is working or not, and if not he wants to see us again without delay, because it can quickly result in poor weight gain and feeding aversions, and because it came on relatively quickly and the severity increased quickly he felt we didn't have time to play around.
He did her other checks and we are both completely happy with how she is going :)
Weight was 3740grams, up 1020 grams from birth :leap: and it is ALL my Boobies, and I have been off Motilium for three weeks!!!!!
HC 37cm, up from 34cm at birth
He didn't do length because it is so inaccurate and is more than happy if the weight and HC are going along a curve then to leave it at that.
Tomorrow she has the scan for Hip Dysplacia, but we wont get the offical results for two weeks, there are different grades, some requiring just follow up U/S, other requring double nappying to help pull the hips in and support them in their sockets and beyond that there are harnesses to wear 24/7 for weeks/months. We'll just wait and see what the scan says before we got too far ahead of ourselves worry about what ifs :)
Must run and get some things done before the girls awake :)
Beema, Amy is due for her hip u/s and review in December. Olivia was in a Pavlik Harness from 5 weeks to 8 months. Rebecca was borderline so we just had to have several scans and xrays.... so it just follows suit that Amy has it done. I had it when I was born. All my girls have had tallipes too:) I have a squishy tummy!
Oh that is great to know Mini, you would most certainly be an expert ~ I know where to come if I have questions! I hope that Amy's is all clear :)
Oh for anyone who has a girl I have a bunch of pink jump suits... brand snug as a bug... they are from the warehouse... my mums partner got them for cheap but I have heaps of them. They are the same style as the bonds wondersuits. Sizes 000x2, 0x2 and size 1x 2... there are 2 in each packet. If anyone wants them just let me know and I am happy to send them out....
Put me on the list Mini and see who else is interested, Miss A has only been in some 0000 :)
Sassy - He has been feeding 4 hrly and I have been expressing 3 1/2 hrly to try and get supply up. There is a longer gap overnight though up to 6hrs as DH does one of the night feeds so I only express if my bbs wake me up or if I am feeding I express either before or after the feed. This is what the midwives said to do at the hosp as sleep deprivation can obviously have an effect.
Retro & Mini - Have not seen the cookies, not really my thing though. I am sure they taste nice! I took Fenugreek with DD and still have some left but one of the midwives told me not to take them so she scared me off. I am not sure if they made a difference with DD maybe the possibly got me through an extra month but nothing noticeable. I have been trying to drink as much water as possible, eat healthily and sleep as much as possible but supply is still up and down :(
So firstly our appt with the MCHC went well. Campbell has put on 155g in 10 days so at 3 weeks he weighs 2885g. He has put on 1.5cm in length since birth and is now 50cm, head is 34.9cm. He is taking 90mls per feed of EBM which is 18mls more than what he supposedly needs for his weight so they are happy with his progress. I do have to go back for an extra appt this week so she can see how I am going with EBM supply.
The appy with the GP wasn't as positive, it was really more confusing than anything! The MCHN suggested Motilium to help EBM supply but GP had never heard of it being used for that and was a bit tentative about giving a script for it. He ended up getting on the internet and saw that the ABA had it on their website but he was still not sold on the idea. He ended up writing the script, making the dosage a lot smaller than what it said on the internet and making me promise to speak to my Ob about its use before getting the script filled.
So I rang my Ob and he was not really a promoter of using drugs to improve flow, he didn't think it really helped and that the old fashioned ways of eat, drink and sleep were the best to improve supply. So now I am a cross road, I have had the script filled but am not sure if I should try taking them or not. At a minimum I want to try and get to 12 weeks of feeding the little man EBM but at the rate I am going, I am really concerned that I am not going to make it that far. Any opinions? Do I try the Fenugreek first and see if that helps and risk supply dropping off, do I give the drugs a go or do I do nothing and hope that supply will miraculously increase by itself? Too much to think about really. It is stressing me out :(
As for contraception, we will most likely wait until after the 6 week appt before trying to DTD. In between finding the time, being too tired and worrying about it hurting then it will probably take that long to get around to it anyway! After having a manual placenta extraction, tearing and haemorrhoids, down below is still tender! Last time I used the mini pill but kept forgetting to take it so as soon as my milk dried up at 4 1/2 months I just went on to the regular pill and all was good. I am not sure what we will do this time. Campbell was our last bub so maybe I should send DH in for the snip!
Beema - I am glad your appt with your paed went well. Who do you see? It sounds like your little miss is doing really well. It is great to have a paed that you really like. We had Martin Tuszynski with DD and he was brilliant. We asked for him for Campbell but he was away at a conference so we have Simon Costello and so far he has been great too, completely different to Martin but he still makes you feel good about how well bubs is doing. I hope the hip scan went well and she wont need any intervention.
Went to the Big Softies sale yesterday and stocked up on sleeping bags for Campbell. I hope he takes to them as well as DD did as we found them to be fantastic for her.
Campbell was due for a feed 3 minutes ago! Better go and start it warming and get him ready! Hope everyone is have a great weekend so far. Crappy weather here :(
Hi Girls, I am still around, I have been reading but every time I sit down to write a reply I get interupted by 1 of the kiddies!
Things here are going really really well, Kate is such a dream baby- I feel so lucky to finally have a baby that is laid back and placid, although I am not getting to comfortable, as in the back of my mind I think that I could wake up any morning and it could all change. I am feeling very very lucky as she sleeps beautifully over night, anywhere between 5-8 hours, with a quick feed and back to bed.
Beema- I will keep all my fingers crossed that the Losec makes a differences for the refulx, it is such a horrible horrible thing to have to watch your baby go through. Liam was a reflux baby, and it was very nearly the reason we almost stopped at 2 kiddies, it broke my heart everytime I fed him and he screamed.
Mnj- Awesome news on Campbell's weight gain, and great work with the expressing, I take my hat off to anyone who does full time expressing!
DTD & Contraception- We haven't DTD yet, but I have just been to the dr today because I have a suspected uterine infection due to ragged membranes at birth, so it will be a little while longer for us- if the infection doesnt clear I will have to go back in for an ultrasound to look for retained product (gross!). For contraception I am going to have the mirena put in- most probably, I have the prescription and a referral back to the hospital to get it done, I just want to have a chat the GP re: possible side effects etc.
Other than that not much going on here, we are just about to hit the silly season running- we have stuff on every weekend now untill christmas, including Liam's birthday, which we will celebrate on 5th Dec to give him a bit of time between his birthday and christmas. Tori has her first ever dancing concert in Dec and is super excited about it.
Anyway I had better go, Kate is sleeping and Tori is at school, so I promised Liam I would play a game with him!
well we weighed jazzy friday coz the nurse wasnt there but she is now 4.13kgs so only a 100gm weight gain which is good but not the best
going to see the nurse friday again with jamie for his 18 month check and jazzy's check
Eboni got weighed today.. she has put on 320g since last week!! She weighs 4.95kg!! most certainly my little heffalump!!
Wow great to see all these babies doing well with their weight gains :) They are all different but perfect for them :)
marknjo ~ great work on the expressing, you can try Motilium to help with your supply, it helped me a lot with DD1, I expressed for her for a long time as we tried to get BF'ing established.
JJJ ~ 100grams is still a good gain hun, they have big and small weeks, and our Paed was happy with 100grams plus :)
Ali ~ thanks hun reflux isn't fun at all, we are going to be flat out for the rest of the year as well.
I hope everyone else is going well :)
AFM ~ we went to the GP yesterday as DD's Paed was interstate on holiday and the Losec wasn't lasting 24 hours, and she had a really bad episode yesterday morning, when I was holding her, she was basically drowning in milk, her sinuese and throat were full and all I could hear was a gurgling noise :( It was horrible, and scared the life out of me because I was already holding her up and didn't know what to do :( So she is now on a higher dose and we have split it into 2 doses and it seems to be helping more. She has been awake most of today, but at least she has been generally happy :) Miss A's scan went well, aside for the screaming, crying and throwing up :( But it looked pretty positive, but we won't get the final results until next week when her Paed returns.
Beema sorry to here about miss A I hope things starring getting better from now.
Ali hope the infection clears soon.
Hi every one else. On my phone so quick reply. We are good. Breastfeeding is still not happening properly but getting there slowly still pumping and.ebm. dd2 turns 2 today. Time flies. Take care x o
Hi everyone,
I have been keeping an eye on everyone's posts to keep up to date but have my mother in law here for the last week so haven't had a chance to post sorry! It has been so good having someone cok for us and just help out with bits and bobs - makes me realise how much easier it would be with family in the same state! However, also makes me proud that we have managed well on our own also!
Beema - poor little Miss A, there is a boy in my mothers group and the poor little thing is always crying in pain, it must break your heart. I hope it eases up for her soon.
Mini and MNJ - I admire you for expressing and being so persistent, I can only imagine it is even tougher in the early hours of the morning and think it is great you are both trying so hard. I hope things continue to go well and your supply increases. Happy birthday to DD2 Mini.
Ali - the silly season is both daunting and more exciting with a little one in tow, I bet the three of them keep you very busy! Hopefully there will be lots of play buddies for them to keep them occupied at all of your festivities!
Retro - woo hoo on Eboni's weight gain - she sounds like a very happy and healthy little girl, you should be very proud of yourself for doing such an amazing job!
DTD and contraception - we haven't tried yet (had my 6 week check up on thursday and all is good), so I think we will probably give it go sometime soon! Is vey weird though and it seems like such a long time since we have! DH was too freaked out by the end of my pregnancy that he was going to hit/hurt Edward! (And I was so exhausted I didn't mind! lol) Contraception - my Ob gave me the a prescription for the mini pill, however, he said it can make some women bloated so i am a bit hesitan about taking it. I am working really hard at losing weight (sensibly though as I don't want it to affect my milk) - I don't want to take anything that makes me fat! I was back to my pre-preg weight by the time I got home from hospital (however, still with a lot of tummy flab!!), but wanted to lose lots more kilos that have snuck up over the last few years. So i have lost 17kgs so far (11 of those was what i gained during pregnancy), so i am doing well to average a kilo per week on average, but would be just as happy to lose just half a kilo a week too. So - long story short, I think we might just use condoms and/or pull out.
AFM - following on from my comments above, we are keen to have another little one already, so we will start trying again in a year. My Ob thought that was a good time to wait. He made me feel much better about needing the emergency cesearean in the end. He said it was an Obstructed Labour so we were eft with no other choice. Even though I laboured well and ended up being fully dilated, edward was still not engaged at all and my pelvis was too tight. He said in all honesty it is likely the same will happen again next time but was more than happy to support me if I wanted to try a VBAC. He said was probably best to wait a year before TTC (which is what I was thinking anyway). He was so reassuring and made me feel so much better about it all (and I love that he is so pro-natural I really trust and beleive him when he says these things). I can't imagine having a baby with anyone else so his receptionist was great and said she would slot me in again and to ring next year before we start trying and she can let me know when he has holidays booked on for too! My DH stirs me up that I have a crush on him - is quite funny - but realy - I just have so much respect for him and feel in very good care with him.
Anyway - sorry for such a long 'me' post - I think i have rabbited on a bit!!
Is anyone else thinking of another one already? I am loving every minute of Edward and just feel so lucky to be part of the special 'motherhood' world.
i was like that too bubble but now im saying no more lol
DTD: we dtd the other night and there was no pain but i didnt have stitches or anything so i was lucky. only prob was DH, he arrived alittle to early lol. he kept sayin sorry it was funny. im a bit paranoid doing it again but. i am waiting on the gyno to ring me with a time to get my mirena in.
DS is feeding well and puttin on over 300g each week.
he isnt sleeping very long of a night still doing 2 to 2.5hr feeds of a night. It is really startin to get to me cause most of the time i dont get a chance to sleep durin the day cause he only has little naps of a morning and then has a big sleep in the arvo at 2 but DD sleeps from 12 to 2pm. im thinkin of giving DS a formula feed b4 bed to see if that will fill him a little longer of a night so i cant get a bit more sleep. at the mo he isnt going down till 1130pm then wakes at 130am, 330am,6am and 9am.
anyones bub had their needles yet? mason is gettin his on monday. DH is on night shift but i am going to make up get up and come with me cause it breaks my heart holding them when they get their needles. i made him do all DD's lol.
i tried gettin some pics of the 2 kids together the other day and they drove me insane. Mason was asleep most of the time and would wake up as soon as i stopped and DD decided that she would close her eyes and say ha ha my eyes r closed. im going to try again next week and santa hats on
sorry i dont get many personals done i am finding it so hard to get on the comp latly. mason is so demanding with his feeding and has a fair bit of wind still too. oh and his wind seems to really bother him at 3 in the mornign dunno y. we r normally up from our 3 feed till our 5 feed
Sassy- Sorry to hear you are not getting much sleep, I think everything seems so much harder when you are sleep deprived. I will cross my fingers that DS will start sleeping longer stretches overnight and give you a break soon. Good work on the weight gains though, at least you know all that feeding is doing good! Have you tried Brauers or Infants friend for the wind? I used infants friend with DS and it made a big difference.
Bubble- Good work on the weight loss, you must feel really great. As for TTC, for us, we are done, I feel really complete now. Although after having DD#1 I was the same, I couldnt wait to have another- hence the reason there is only 18 months between DD#1 & DS. Even after having DS and swearing I would not have anymore because he was such a difficult baby, there was still a piece of me that knew I wasn't done, hence having DD#2.
Beema- How is Miss A going on her Losec now? I remember when DS went onto it and it started to work- it was like a whole weight had been lifted off my shoulders, to not have him screaming and squirming after every feed was just awesome.
mini- Excellent work on the expressing, you are doing a great job! I hope DD2 had a wonderful birthday.
Retro- Eboni is doing so well with her weight gain, you must be so proud of yourself (&her)
AFM- Kate had her check up at the cardiac clinic at the children's hospital last week, for the heart murmur that the paed heard at the hospital. Good news is that there was no murmur detected, her ECG etc was perfect and we were discharged there on the spot. We are still having a good run of things here, I keep telling myself how lucky I am to have such a placid baby- part of me waits for the wheels to fall off it all, but I am going to keep enjoying it while I can.
I hope everyone is travelling well, and looking forward to hearing how all the beautiful bubba's are doing.
im a little worried about jazz she hasnt gained much weight at all according to the scales only 20gms in a week but 100gms the week before but shes grown 4 cms in 2 weeks so the MCHN said that could be why she hasnt gained much weight she said we'll see next week then worry about it wow i love her she makes me feel so good all the time well except with jamies talking but thats a whole nother thread
Ali: thanks hun. Great to hear nothing was detected on the tests.
JJJ: r they still doing bare weight or with clothes?
still bare
Sorry girls I have been so busy and every time I try and post... like now.... someone wants me! All is going well. Amy had her check up and has gained 420gms in 2 weeks and is now 4.1kg and 52cms. Shes doing well although must be having a grownth spurt coz all she does is eat! And cry! B/fing is still the same although i do think she is getting there slowly! Hopefully soon she will be able to do it on her own without the constant ebm top up. I express 4-5 times a day for her feeds and it does my head in.....
ok... am needed! hope youre all well x o
Hi everyone I guess we are all really busy at the moment with the new little one's :)
JJJ ~ how did your weighin go on Friday, been thinking of you and hoping for a good gain, DD1 was a slow gainier so I understand the stress of it :hug:
Mini~ wow WTG Amy and you that is a fabulous gain!!! You are doing an amazing job expressing and BF'ing darn proud of your efforts hun!! :leap:
Ali ~ great news on the test results wonderful news and big weight off your shoulders :dance:
Sassy ~ I hope you are getting more sleep hun, mine seems to have tapered off, waiting for Miss A to start sleeping a bit longer again.....
Bubble ~ that is great news from your check up, I am glad that you have further info about why the CS was done, it helps deal with it if it wasn't what you had planned for :hug:
AFM ~ Miss A is doing a lot better on the Losec, I attempted to drop it down and it was a big FAIL, so we will stick with it and see how she is in a few more weeks, they often say at around 3 months of age is enough. She is gaining weight well and has cracked the 4kg mark at 8 weeks of age :D I am really proud after such a difficult BF'ing journey with DD1 is is awesome to know that my body can actually do it!
I had my check with my OB this week and it was lovely to catch up but the news was dissappointing :( My uterus tore up on the left hand side during the CS so any future babies would have to be delivered by CS due to the extent of the tear :( The septum can't be removed it is too wide and thick, so we will always be high risk of M/C, Breech Babies and Pre Term Delivery. I am just not designed to carry babies to term, so I guess I just have to live with the fact that I will always have prem babies... I will also have to be medicated from early on and back on bed rest just to carry as long as possible, so it really feels quite sucky that any future pregnancies are going to be the same or worse again ~ I guess I am just not going to be one of those "barefoot and pregnant mothers to be!"
I hope everyone else is doing well and would love to hear an update on you all soon!!
Hey Beema sorry to hear about your ob appointment... are you thinking of more babies already???? Great stuff on Miss As weight gain and also well done on such a better journey with b/fing. You should be so proud of yourself.
I am home alone this weekend...dh comes home tonight. I survived! I have even done the housework! It helps that the girls have been great most of the time. Last night I even got some half decent sleep. I have been giving Amy bottles though instead of offering the boob too much this weekend coz of being home alone. It gives my nipples a chance to settle too coz with all that expressing and trying to feed/wrong attachment, they start to hurt a bit. I am so hoping for things to change really soon. I spoke to my LC on Friday and we are looking to have an end date around 10th December, which is only 2 weeks away. I dont know if I will be ready by then because I am actually seeing slight progress although I dont want to be expressing for an extended period coz its not pleasant and takes up time and I want to do 1 or the other. I re tried the nipple sheild the other day but it only aggrivates my nipple. So esentially I think its that she has a petite face, little mouth and my nipple is large, making it an effort to get on right and by that time she is all tired out. I read somewhere that the 5kg mark is when they seem to get big and stong wnough to make it work, so I will really try to hold off making decisions til then. Shes 4.1kgs now so maybe another onth or so?
Ok enough rambling from me. Please send me some postive b/fing vibes.....
sorry about the news beema :hug:
well its good news jazz gained 170gms in a week :) yay shes now 4.3kgs feels like shes slow to gain but then i realise jamie was FF and little jazz is exclusively BFed so that would explain it i dont think im ever gonna give her a bottle coz i really can be bothered expressing plus its more painful than feeding u guys that do it all the time deserve a medal coz u have to express then feed the baby it must take all day and u wouldnt have time for anything else
positive BFing vibes mini xoxoxoxox
hope all the bubs are doing well im sure we'll have more time to talk when the bubbas get a little bigger =]
Beema - sorry to hear about your bad news. Just remember you did a wonderful job of carrying Miss A as far as you could, and although it wasn't easy you did a great job and you are certainly a strong woman if yu need to tackle it again. Great new on her weight gain though - great job on the breastfeeding!
Retro - you FB pic this morning with Eboni in bed is so cute! She looks like she is doing great. Happy 22nd for this week too!
JJJ - woo hoo for the weight gain - you must be doing a great job with her feeds!
Mini - I am very impressed that you had all three on your own on the weekend (and managed housework too!) - and all of that amongst expressing too - super woman! DD3 is a lucky little girl. Sending you lots of positive b'feeding vibes.
AFM- Edward is doing well, he has his 8 week check on Thursday - he looks like he has grown even more since his 6 week check so it will be interesting to see how much weight he has put on. I put him into 'big boy' nappies on the weekend, he is officially out of newborn nappies.... : ( They still fit him (snuggly) but he was filling them up too much (with wee) and they were leaking. I change them really regulalrly but because he is feeding so much I think even one of his wees was too much for the nappy to handle!
Hope everyone else is doing well and gradually getting a bit more sleep!
sorry i havent posted in awhile.
bubble- yea it is cute. i found her sleeping like that i just had to take a picture, thanks for the birthday wishes :) this year has flown!!
Mini- Bfing vibes sent your way
Eboni got weighed last week she put on 270g so weighed 5.22kgs. she is getting weighed this afternoon. gets her needles next week. have to go for her 6 week check up with the MCHN. Feeding is going great guns :) When its booby time i generally say " do you want booby"" and her face lights up :) She is doing gummy smiles and cooing and making noises . i love the noises she makes while feeding. and she has a little laugh. Gosh i love her!! dont know where i'd be without her
I've been eating and eating but not feeling full!! she is feeding more
Hope all you mummas and bubbas are doing well!! and i will try to come in more often and i still have to put my birth story up!! talk about lazy haha
ETA- Eboni has been out of 0000 clothes for a couple weeks, is in 000 clothes and also out of newborn nappies. and is in infant nappies, has been for maybe 3weeks or so i dont know exactly
ur doing awesome with eboni go super mummy milk :)
jazz is gonna go for her needles in 2 weeks so not looking forward to that one i have her in 000 clothes but they are very big lol
Eboni now weighs 5.4kgs!!
Overnight my boobs didnt fill up :( but there is still milk in there... im not sure whats going on.. what can i take to boost my supply? previously my supply was fantastic! and always felt full..
Retro- I wake up like that sometimes, remember it doesnt mean that you don't have milk it probably means your supply is evening out. I would wait and see how she feeds over the course of the day before you get too worried about not having enough milk- I know on days that I wake up FULL of milk it takes Kate most of the day to really get them empty rather than absolutley draining them each feed.