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We viewed our first place yesterday :) it was alright. cross fingers we get it if not oh well atleast we ried. jsut need to take application in. we are looking to move out, it is VERY over crowded here. feel like im trapped in a box..
Eboni hasnt been doing number 2's, well it was almost a week since she last did one.. Yesterday she made up for not doing one. She did THREE!! and then one early this morning. Still demand feeding here :) she is doing wel. she came off yesterday and then attached herself! so proud!! Have my 6week check up monday and then weekly nurse visit on thursday and then she wil do the 6-8check up. Im nervous about my 6wk check up, i know they are going to talk contraception.. i havent thougth bout it yet. ive been so pre occupied! I dont want to use anything.. but i know they will suggest stuff and if i say no i dont want anything , Someone is going to have a b*tch...
Takecare xoxo
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JJJ - 10.30 until 8am?!!!! You lucky thing!! I cant wait until Edward sleeps for that long!!
Mini - yay on a full feed! Sounds like all of that hard work is paying off! 45 mins sounds like a good amount of time for a full feed. Edward feeds take about an 45 mins to an hour on average (including a nappy change). Sometimes during his night feeds he will only feed for about 15 mins on one side but then fall asleep for the second side. He also went through what I think was a growth spurt around six weeks, especially in the afternoons / early evening he was 'cluster' feeding (bascially non-stop feeding for about four hours - he wouldn't sleep and was grizzly for play and was only happy when he was on the boob!
Retro - good luck with the application on your own place! I hope you had a great birthday too!
Oops - better run, Eddie has woken up needing a feed. I have a rtten cold at the moment and am worried he is getting it.
Be back later.
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i will add she wasnt asleep for all of it probably 12 till 8 it is weird though coz even jamie was still waking at this stage but shes a pretty awesome baby :) and breastfeeding too so i thought she would feed more shes doing probably every 3 hours and stretching it out to 4 im a little worried shes not getting enough but shes not upset or anything so iguess shes ok
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Wow that is awesome JJJ, WTG Jazzy :dance:
Good luck with the house hunting Retrogal, and your 6 weeks checkup, do what you want to do contraception wise :crossfingers:
I hope your cold is very short lived Bubble :hug:
How was the Wiggles Mini? DD1 has only recently gotten into them so I hadn't bought tickets, but will next time they are in town :D Wooo Hooo for the awesome results after the oesteopath appointment, I sooo understand what it is like to be hooked up to the pump for so long, I think it was my third arm with DD1 :hug:
I hope you get some more sleep soon Sassy, it must be so hard :hug:
How are you going Ali?
AFM ~ been flat out working and doing the household stuff and most importantly looking after my girls. DD2 is rocketing along, feeding well, she is growing so darn fast and starting to chub up - of which I am super excited after DD1 only had a chubby face as she got older, never got the rolls on her legs, so I am hoping for some with DD2. We are now on a liquid form of Loces, and OUCH it is expensive, I ahve to speak with out PHI tomorrow to see if we can get some money back on it. I have to take DD2 to the Dr this week for her 2 month shots, and I am going to see if we can trial a combination of Losec and Gaviscon (depending on how we can administer it), as a friend has found that the combo works better than just the Losec. I also need to speak with her Paed about her final US results, hopefully no follow ups will be needed and she can be discharged and we can just see the GP for checks.
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cut and pasted from another thread! too lazy to retype....
I made the decision last night to just stop and give formula full time. So I have given her nearly 8 weeks ebm and cant be happier. I only wish I could have been one of those women who just shove them on and off they go. Now for the wonderful weaning process..... Am feeling at peace with it all though. Just make things easier in a sense and I have done it all before. I just hope shes ok on the formula. I will continue to express off for a few more days until I dont burst!
I hope everyone and their beautiful bubs are doing well. x o
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Mini- congratulations on making it to 8 weeks with ebm, you have done a fantastic job, you should be very proud of yourself! It is always a rough decision to make, glad to hear that you feel at peace!
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uve done awesome mel dont let anyone tell u otherwise u did better than me first time i lasted 5 days and its awesome ur feeling at peace with it shes such a gorgeous girl it wont matter if she has BM or Formula :)
ok now im really lazy and dont want to pump do u think it would be bad for her to have formula once in a while like when my mum baby sits? oh and if not i think i need an electric pump the manual one i have is just not fast enough
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:clap: :clap: :clap: Mini what an awesome job you have done, you should be so so proud of yourself :hug:
I have a double electric JJJ, an Ameda Purely Yours, but I am glad to say it isn't getting used much, but it is a great pump, very quick and efficient, but I wouldn't spend the $$ on one like that for just a bit fo pumping, I used it long term so got my $$ worth out of it with DD1 :)
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Well done Mini - you have done a fantastic job to get this far!!
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Thanks girls for the words of support. I only wish it could have lasted longer, however it didnt! Now to move forward! I have taken myself off the couch and can now do a lot more.....
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well AF is back damn witch lol i only started taking my mini pill a week ago and im feeling ok so far i hope that isnt wat set it off
BFing is still going awesome now pain free and jazzy is going good not gaining like her brother did but he was FF but shes not going backwards and the nurse doesnt seem very worried at all and ive been feeding a lot more relying on the dummy a lot less so im hoping that helps
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well done for getting this far mini :) youve done good!
Sorry ladies i havent been posting much. been lazy.
Update on Eboni she weighs 5.6(clothed) and bare she weighs 5.57, length 58.5 and hc 40.5 that was on the 9th dec. ive been so lazy i still havent put my birth story up.. oops.. BF is still going strong altho she did dribble abit of yellow stuff this morning but ive been reassured thats fine. We got santa photos done wednesday i was going to get in it but i didnt. wish i did now as santa was holding Eboni so far from him..
House hunting isnt going so well. we've been knocked back on three places. oh well need to try harder!!
Hope all is well with everyone and sorry for the short post
ETA- AF hasnt returned yet and i do a a script for the pill but im un sure of it i want to take it... and had my 6week check up on the 6th dec and everything is good. but seeing physio on tuesday to talk about my tear or something, have to go back monday to have an examination so she can see if im doing my pelvic floor exercises right, DP has to some as DD was restless
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Hi girls,
Things are going well here. No AF for me as yet. I have a script for the Mirena but my dh and I are a bit hesitant about getting it in...it looks scary! Will have to do some research. I think there are going to be some big conversations here about our future plans for children. I dont know if I am finished yet and I dont know if dh is either! Although it would be only 1 more if there was one! So we are just being as careful as we can be....which isnt safe at all!
Amy is now weighing 4.6kgs and is 54cms... dont remember her head circ! Shes doing fine on the formula too. Shes starting to wake up a bit more and is smiling and sometimes laughing and making sounds. She hits out at toys dangling from the A-frame. We went to have her needles this morning at the gp clinic which finished at 1030. I got there 4 minutes late and they wouldnt take me...needless to say I was upset and have had to book in an appointment to see the dr next week. I am going to have my whooping cough booster at the same time too.
Ok better go... hope you are all doing well
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Hi all, no AF here yet not looking forward to when that kicks in again!
Things are going ok here. We are waiting on some test results taken yesterday but Campbell may have whooping cough which will suck if he does. He had his injection on Friday so I will be spewing if he caught it just before he had his injection. Poor little man is miserable and having major problems sleeping and settling. We have his cot jacked up to the maximum the raiserscwill let you go and he slept a little better last night but he is barely making it to 3 hours between feeds day and night which is taking it's toll on me & dh. I ended up having a formula day on Saturday to give a rest from the constant feeding and expressing and he did sleep a bit better but we were straight back to ebm on Sunday and back to shorter times between feeds :(
He is now having thickener in his feeds to help with the regurgitation and it is great, he is bringing up heaps less. Had a weigh in yesterday and he is now 4175g @ 8w5d which is an increase of 480g in 11 days he is now out of some of his 0000's! He is crying when he finishes his bottle as if he wants more but we were told we were feeding him too much and to cut back so not sure whether to ignore that and let him eat until he stops or to listen and then put up with more frequent feeds. He should be having 750ml for his weight but yesterday he had 800 and still seems hungry - I don't want to give him too much and make him spew more, but I don't want to hold back either if he is hungry. I think today I will put a bit more in his bottles and see what happens. He has another weigh in next week so we will see if it makes a difference.
Still got heaps to do to get ready for Christmas. Am going to tackle Southland today with the double pram - wish me luck!
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Oh no marknjo.... what a bugger about the whooping cough. Amy is of to get her needles today and I am getting the booster. I hope he gets better real soon. Well done on the weight gain and congrats on still expressing. Its so hard to do it with another little one around. I must say though after 1 week of not expressing my nipples are so much better! Enjoy Southland today, you are very game! I went to Dandenong Plaza instead of Southland on Saturday thinking it would be quieter but it wasnt!!! I only have food to get so will just head to Parkmore instead... although that place is just as busy!
As for the increasing amount of feeds... Amy wants more too at the moment, so I am debating on increasing her amounts. We dont have any reflux issues though so Im not too much help in that department.
Hello to everyone. I hope you and your bubs are doing well x o
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Good news, not whooping cough just a terrible sounding cough! Thank goodness. He is getting a bit better every day which is great.
Have decided to go from EBM to formula feeds am only expressing once a day to take the pressure off and the bbs are settling down. The motilium wasn't making a huge difference and he seems to be more settled and less uncomfortable after a formula feed so decision made. I am just using up the frozen milk we have and then he will be on purely formula in a couple of days. At the moment I am alternating until all the EBM is used up.
Well got heaps to do for tomorrow so have a great Christmas everyone and stay safe.
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Just a quick Merry Christmas and Happy New year. We are off camping tomorrow for 2 weeks. Have a great one and catch up when I am back
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hi there ladies
Sorry i havnt been in for ages i come on the comp and get like 5 min before someone needs me.
I dunno when i last came in here so sorry if i repeat anything.
I ended up putting mason on formula at 7 weeks because he was feeding like every hour and was very unsettled and had very very watery poo's. as soon as i put him on he went to 3 to 4 hrs apart and slept so well.
my milk has only just dried up, had cabbage everyday, expressed tiny bits and drank sage tea to try to dry it up, it was sooooooooooo painful but we got there lol.
im scared to go back to baby clinic cause the nurse is so pro breastfeeding and i dont wanna get a lecture.
Mas is going to bed at like 9pm then wakes at 230 and 430 for bottles. he has done a few night where he has gone 9 to 530 and i was in so much shock and got my hopes up so much the next night.
Hope everyone had a great chrissy and all the bubs got spoilt. what did everyone get their bubs. we got mas mainly clothes but a bumbo seat and a little ride on car thing.
