Vix - my DH seems to think that now he's back at work its all over. No need to help with anything anymore. He's sleeping now after I let him know that I only got about 3 hours sleep last night! He better be making up for it on the weekend...
Oh & he might not be groping me yet, but he's still asking for 'favours'... ha ha, yeah sure... when I get some sleep!
haha clover - amen to that re: getting sleep. DP is already suggesting 'favours' lol hes dreamin!!
Pretz - thats awesome that Noah is putting on weight. i to am still having pains. i woke up not last night but the night before to feed Cooper and i was in agony, then DP woke up and i asked him to go get me a heat pack i couldnt move coz it hurt so bad. so i think what your experiencing is normal good work on only havin 3kgs to go until you reach ur pre preg weight and yes 10 weeks sounds like an eternity away but unfortunately itll be here before you know it. im glad your mum is staying so long, my mum leaves tomoro. it went to quick. im not ready for her to go hope you manage to get some Z's while Noah is sleeping.
Brydz - sounds like your going thru the exact same thing that i went thru. and in the end Cooper came naturally the day before i was due to be induced. so im hoping the same thing happens for you. regardless you'll be holding your little man so soon. im so excited for you. cant wait to hear some news. all the best hunni. will be thinking of you xx
AFM - Cooper had his photo shoot today (pix on FB) i cant wait to see more. they are all sooooo cute. it was a little hard coz hes not a fan of being naked so i had to give him a feed and cuddle him to sleep so that he would co operate a little better haha but i love all the ones ive seen so far and cant wait to see more. we have a 'sprinkler' almost everytime his nappy is change but today was the first time he got himself in the face lol. i wish i got a photo of his face when it happened. it was priceless.
Warning *ME POST*, i will ctach up on all your posts & post tomoro when i am more together again.
Had Tynan weighed again today and he has lost weight, was already giving him one FF feed a day and expressing and topping up before bedtime for the past 4 days and he has been sooo settled and happy, but he has still lost weight. Left hospital 290g lighter than birth weight, 5 days later he had put on 85g, but today had lost 50g, so only 35g heavier than when leaving hospital and still 255g lighter than birth weight & he is 3 weeks on friday!! He has at least 6-8 pooey & wet nappies a day, is happy, sleeping well, very alert & active and he has grown 2.5cm in length but is just not gaining weight.
The midwife suggested topping up with formula at least 3 times a day(which i am fine with cause i want my little man to be thriving, not starving), switch feeding (5 mins a side, for a total of 30 mins) then expressing after feeds which i have been doing anyway(even if i can't get anything just to stimulate the nipple is great!!), and we re weigh next wednesday!! I have been beside myself all afternoon & in tears as i only want whats best for Ty and i hate to think he is wasting away and this next week is going to be sooo long!! If no improvement by next week, she said we will have to re-evaluate the BF again.
I think DH is going to ring the hospital tonight, as when we were in there they said if we were ever worried about how much breastmilk he was getting to come in and weigh him before & after a feed (fully dressed so even if he wees etc it will be in nappy), so i think we may do that to try and put our minds at ease a bit or so we can about this the way we see best!!
Sorry for the rant, just upset and needed to let it out!
Hope you are all well and i will get to persies tomoro xx
Raffy - your pictures of Coop are fabulous!! sooooooo handsome! I bet your very pleased with them. i really can't wait til Vinny is here and I can get his pictures done
Sparkles - hello!! Sorry to hear that your feeding isn't going so well. I really hope things pick up for you this week Tynan is gorgeous by the way! Hope you are doing well xo
AFM - definitely had a show this afternoon! woohoo! Figure I must be getting closer now, I was really cranky this arvo because we were meant to go for our walk but mum fell asleep on the couch and I was left watching crappy daytime tv really bored! LOL. I ended up going to bed and having a 45 minute nap..
I finally went for a walk with mum at 5pm for about an hour around the cemetery. downside, we didn't find the grave we were searching for. upside, now im having some niggly sorta crampy pains on and off yay. fingers crossed its really the start of something!!!
I will keep you posted if anything happens during the night Vix will be the one to know
Cant wait to hear your BA Brydz if tonight is the night!!!
I havent been coming on here regularly enough, so starting tomorrow I am!!! So no persies from me tonight as its 6:20pm and I havent even thought about tea and both the kiddies are still asleep!!
Pretz - I did notice you said that Noah in the last few days has been feeding every 1.5 - 2 hrs, which is the same as Ben. I thought I was going loopy through the night feeding that often but glad to hear your little man is doing the same so it must be a growth spurt??
Got Ben weighed by the health nurse yesterday and since coming out of hospital he has put on about 700g and now weighs 4.8kg in the nakey. She asked me if I was feeding him TOO much??? AHHH no! 3 hours and only having 1 side. I then got told thats completely fine. Hmm, wasnt going to stop feeding him even if she thought I was over doing it!!
Anyhoo, got to go get dinner on. Have a good night all you mummies and GO BRYDZ, GO!!
waiting sucks.
sorry to disappoint you all. i don't think he is coming tonight, i'm back where i started, just not feeling ANYTHING happening right now.
can't sleep though. that sucks. keep waking up hot and sweaty and its not even hot in the house, usually the heaters are on or the fire is going, but they aren't.
can't believe i'm now officially 6 days overdue! he better get a move on because i'm not exactly looking forward to induction as an option. although at least I know its only 4 more days...
Nikki - nice to see you! wow Ben is doing a great job putting on weight. He must be getting a lot out of his feeds! well done
all your babies are gorgeous ladies. i'm sooooooooooooo jealous that you've had them for several weeks now and I'm still waiting feel like I don't fit into this group no more.
When they are all start walking & talking Brydz, Vinny will be right there with them, don't worry.
Nikki - I BFed DS for almost 2 years, he fed 2 hourly through the day right up to 8 months & sometimes after. It was also 2 hourly at night if he was sick or going through a growth spurt, so its very normal. BFing is very different to FF, alot of people don't realise that. It digests easier, so they need feeding more often. DS was a one side feeder too. Summer is starting to settle to one side, 2 hourly also & is starting to do longer stretches over night. Last night was 1.15 - 7.15!! She's started the cluster feeding of an arvo, which makes cooking dinner hard, but the sleep is soooo good!!
Sparkles - PHONE the ABA! Sometimes nurses, although with the best intentions don't always get it right.
Brydz - all in good time!
AFM: Could NOT settle Alannah last night until midnight. Geez Louise!! Fed her almost hourly from 7pm, even gave her a bath. She had refluz a little more than normal last night so everytime we laid her in her bed (already propped up) she would wake up after about 10 mins. I fed her a final time around 11.30pm and then DH (shock horror ) got me to make her a FF and he gave it to her. She crashed within 5 mins and did not wake up till 5.30am. Pretty impressed but going to bed earlier would have been nicer. I have now been up since then and my head is spinning as I type this.
Off to the dentist tomorrow to have a molar pulled out. Oh joy!
Fingers crossed a nurse calls me tomorrow to arrange for an appointment next week. Would love to have Alannah weighed. WSAH - get your act together. GOV'T - GIve WSAH some funding! Grrrrrrr.
Time for my 3rd coffee.
xxxxx
BTW - I gave her some Brauers Stomach Calm last night. lmao. Next time I am getting DH to record her - the facials she pulls are an absolute crack up. =D
Sparkles - I was going to suggest you go into the BFing forum here & ask Barb for ideas. She's BB's own lactation consultant & is very good.
There are alot of things you can do before going to FF. CHN's are great, but they don't know as much as you think about BFing. I don't want to sound nasty, but my first 2 failed attempts at BFing I went to them for help & didn't get it. It wasn't til with DS the CHN called a LC that we worked out what was going on & sorted it out. As great as my first health nurses were, I felt so let down that they didn't go that bit further for me. Noone even mentioned an LC.
morning ladies.
hoping today will be the day. have had irregular contractions all night. ranging from 7 mins to 20 mins apart. starting to increase in their intensity as time passes. I was up half the night because I couldn't sleep from discomfort (and excitement I guess). Showered at like 630am and that took the edge off it for a while and I managed to get a little more sleep. Have had 2 in 10 minutes since waking up again, just waiting to see when the next one is to time them and see if they are starting to be more regular.
If they are I might talk mum into going over to Bendigo early and hang out at my sisters for the day as I'm already booked for an u/sound at 345 this arvo and if anything is going to happen I'd rather be there relaxing than rush at the last minute.
Just a thought Brydz, contractions don't always get regular (though usually they do, just not for me the last 2 labours). So I just wanted to say that going to your sisters sounds like a great idea. Its so much easier when you can be relaxed. I'd wait til you can't talk through contractions to ring the hospital & try to hang out at home as long as possible.
If it gets too much, go in.
So excited for you hun! Don't think you'll be having that u/s today
Vix - HUGE about DH being a PITA! My DH wouldn't dare start groping me if he knows what's good for him as that's the last thing on my mind at the moment! lol Men sometimes!! Arrgh!! Hope you hear back about seeing the Nurse next week. Hope Allanah has settled a bit better for you at night now.
Clover - Awesome to hear that Summer slept so well for you through the night the other night! I can't wait for Noah to start doing that too! I could REALLY do with some sleep for longer than 2-3 hours at a time as it seems it's the most I've been getting since he was born!!
Raffy - HUGE for you missing your Mummy honey. I can only imagine how you feel and don't even want to think about how I will be feeling when my Mum goes home too. I don't even want to start thinking about it yet... Hope your pain is improving. I have been much better over the last day but still having some mild pain and discomfort, but know it is normal and will pass soon (can't wait though as it sucks when you try and walk around with bubs while in pain). Coopers photo shoot pics on FB is just GORGEOUS! I'm glad to hear that my baby isn't the only one that screams and hates his clothes being off. Noah hates it too! I still haven't gotten my photo shoot pics from the lady who took them, but should today as she said it takes about a week or so.
Sparkles - Oh honey, I know exactly how you feel as I felt the same way since last week until I got Noah weighed this week as he only gained a little bit of weight the first week we were home and I was stressed/worried/beside myself that he wasn't gaining enough weight and that he wouldn't have gained enough. I know it's hard, but remember (this is what I was told by the pediatrician when I phoned the week before as I was worried Noah wasn't drinking enough) that if your bub has 6-8 wet diapers and pooey one's that he is getting enough to drink and if he settles after feeding, then it's ok. I'm sure that he will gain more this week as he (like Noah) will have a growth spurt again soon and will make up for it.
Brydz - Hope today is the day for you honey! Great news on those contractions. I hope this is it! I too am very very excited for you!! Come on Vinny, we're all waiting to meet/see you and you've made your Mummy wait long enough now. lol In the meantime, rest, relax and sleep when you can for as long as you can.... hehehe
Nikki - Glad to hear that Noah wasn't the only one feeding every 1.5-2 hours the last few days. I believe it definitely must be a growth spurt they're having. I don't mind him feeding that often during the day, but the nights does kill you. Wow, good on Ben for his excellent weight gain! I can't believe Noah has reached the 3 week mark and Ben is about to reach the 3 week mark already! Time sure does go by sooooooo fast! Every day is starting to feel more and more like a blur to me and I'm starting to become MORE forgetful than ever! lol
AFM, had a pretty good night last night as Noah went to sleep around 8pm and didn't wake for his feed until 1:45am, so I got about 3 hours sleep uninterupted! Yay!!! He then slept again from about 3:00am til 5:00am when the alarm went off for DH to go to work and Noah woke up. Have been up since then and he is asleep now, but due for a feed in about 5 mins as I have to get him ready and get going as I have my physio appt with the physio at the hospital this morning and afterwards we're going to Births, Deaths and Marriages so I can hand in his Birth Certificate Application and things.
Brydz- how exciting, you will be holding your little man in no time!!
Thanks for the advice, i posted in the BFing forum as well. To keep my & DH's sanity we have been topping up with formula & Ty is a different baby, he is soooo content and sleeps really well during the day & night, he will BF for 30-40 mins(mostly sleeping in this time, as he does!!), then top up of formula while i am expressing, not getting much but at least stimulating, then play for about 30 mins then self settle for a 2 hour sleep! Don't know where we are really going with this but going to call the hospital in the next few days and get some advice and a number for a LC as to whether my supply is low, my let down is slow or ty is just lazt etc etc. The thing is since his first feed while i was in recovery he has latched on GREAT, i think he is just lazy and finds comfort in lying on the boob, we have tried stripping him off, the switch feeding, a cool damp washer, tickling his feet etc but he just loves snozing on there and i worry that since he has done this since birth my supply probably isn't great cause he hardly gets any milk. DH went and bought some digital kitchen scales and we have been weighing him before & after feeds and he looks to be getting only about 30mls of breast milk, we then did it before & after formula to check accuracy and spot on to the ml he drank he put on in grams. Also weighed my EBM, as breast milk is slighter lighter than a ml to a gram. So of course now i feel bad, if that is all he has been getting since birth, the poor boy!! This morning though, he seemed to get about 40ml and then i was able to express about 40ml, all soo confusing. I love BFing him, but in the end i just want him to be happy & healthy!!
I have ended up doing a ME post again, i am thinking of you all & your bubs, just got alot going on in my mind at the moment & need to get it out...sorry!!!
xx
Sparkles - you are doing a brilliant job. BF is not an easy task to learn for you and Tynan. I have been drink Ferugreek Tea (once a day) and yesterday I could feel a massive improvement in my boobs, they seem fuller all the time now and the poor little miss for the first time choked on my letdown and then was showered in it! This stuff seriously works and it might just make life easier for you to hun. If you like, I can find out where my gf bought my box from and let you know - pretty sure she bought it online. There are also tablets you can buy but I don't know anything about them. I have not been expressing at all so this tea really does work. I also know from alot of experience that stressing about bf is not very good for your supply - any stress infact....try and relax matey. MASSIVE hugs - keep going. The FF are great too as it gives you a little room for flexibility. I did not give Alannah one last night and she slept from 8pm - 3am as obviously my last feed satisfied her.
AFM: Dentist today to have a molar yanked out!
Love ya'll,
xxxxx
BTW: CHN phoned and wanted to see me next Wednesday - cant do it as I have my 6 week check up with my OBGYN.....which is sad as it is the last time I will see her So have to wait to see her on Friday. Alannah will be almost 6 weeks by then. What a JOKE! :X
good work on only havin 3kgs to go until you reach ur pre preg weight
hope you manage to get some Z's while Noah is sleeping.
) got me to make her a FF and he gave it to her. She crashed within 5 mins and did not wake up till 5.30am. Pretty impressed but going to bed earlier would have been nicer. I have now been up since then and my head is spinning as I type this.
about DH being a PITA! My DH wouldn't dare start groping me if he knows what's good for him as that's the last thing on my mind at the moment! lol Men sometimes!! Arrgh!! Hope you hear back about seeing the Nurse next week. Hope Allanah has settled a bit better for you at night now.
Great news on those contractions. I hope this is it! I too am very very excited for you!! Come on Vinny, we're all waiting to meet/see you and you've made your Mummy wait long enough now. lol In the meantime, rest, relax and sleep when you can for as long as you can.... hehehe 
I can't believe Noah has reached the 3 week mark and Ben is about to reach the 3 week mark already! Time sure does go by sooooooo fast! Every day is starting to feel more and more like a blur to me and I'm starting to become MORE forgetful than ever! lol
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