Sanchez - We had a problem where E wouldn't sleep unless she was on one of us, in the end we used one of DF's unwashed shirts as a bassinette mattress sheet and now once she's asleep we transfer her to the bassinette, and she still has that familiar smell of one of us. E also spits up a bit of milk if she has a bit of wind trapped underneath it... I wouldn't be stressing too much unless it's ALOT of milk all the time. Hopefully once she's weighed and has put on weight that will give you peace of mind, but you're doing a great job and we all have these moments from time to time.. I have them almost daily now DF has gone back to work lol. Also, I have Emily in short sleeve onesies and socks during the day, and at night in a wondersuit because most nights it still gets quite cool in my room, plus I have the fan on low.
Nicola - How did you get Wyatt to sleep on his back? Emily refuses to sleep on her back, she hates it. Even when I do get her into a deep sleep on her tummy and try to flip her, I can only get 10 to 15 mins out of her before she is awake and upset again. I've been using a sleep positioner and putting on her side to get some sleep, but stress out about it because everything you read screams SIDS SIDS SIDS at you and i'm worried about it. Would love to get her to be a back sleeper but she just does not like it one bit and I've given in so that we can both get some sleep. any advice???
I had a good night last night, she was a bit unsettled til midnight, but then slept soundly until 6am then straight back to sleep. Pooley came over today with little Frazer and he is just adorable... and was such a well behaved little lad!!! You did a good job cooking that one, he's beautiful!
3 sleeps til DF is home, can't wait!
Hope everyone else is getting some sleep and enjoying their bubs
Sanchez, I am sure that she is fine Sounds like her nappies are good and as long as she looks alert then she will be getting enough milk. Was it you asking the other day about when the boobs settle down? I would say that it is now for you. Mine are soft and don't look like they have anything in them but if I squeeze them milk comes out and A seems happy enough. As for sleeping on you, I say go with it... they all have a clingy day here and there, life is far less stessful if you just accept that you won't get her in the cot that night and try again tomorrow.
Janine and Pooley, yay for having meet-ups! Sometimes I wish that I still lived in Brisbane (except I think there was a 38 degree day a while ago?? - don't miss that!)
Hi everyone, I am a shocker at posting but I have been avidly reading everyones posts.Congrats to all. I had a very quick labour on 17/09/09. I awoke at around 3.30am to go to the toilet and had some cramping. I waited a few minutes and asked dh to start the contraction timer. First contraction was five minutes, then four minutes and then three minutes. I knew that I didn't have long as my first daughter had been born at home after a an hour and a half labour. Anyhoo my friend arrived and took the older two to my fathers house and dh took me to the hospital. By this stage I was in agony. We got up to the birthing suit and I went into the zone and started pushing. I told the midwife that I was pushing and she said that she didn't think that I was ready and asked if I would like anything. She was checking me and I told her I would like some pethidine and she said " no time for that you are fully dialated". So I continued pushing and at 6.41am Rosalie Christene Elizabeth entered the world. The labour certainly didn't go the way I was expecting however it really couldn't of been any better. So for her stats:
Weight: 9 pound 12 oz
Length: 53 cm
Head Circum: 35 cm
First Stage:1hour 45 minutes
Second Stage:26 minutes
Third Stage:4 minutes
oh wow, I've missed a lot since we've been in our own little world of trying to get some weight on Lottie!
I'll do a quick birth recap to catch up..
4th September, there I was at 8.30pm munching down a mars bar watching gossip girl (sad I know..) and I felt a slight trickle, went to the loo and my plug came out. First very mild contraction started 15 mins after that. They were quite irregular until intensifying at 12am (the was when they confirmed my labour actually started). Managed to have a nice bath at home then headed to hospital at 12.30am.
After 5 hours of contractions using the TENS & gas I was ready to start pushing slightly and 1 1/2 hours Charlotte was born. At the time I wanted to die (lol) but looking back it was a pretty good labour. I pushed her out with no contractions in the last 15 mins and not one stitch so I was pretty damned proud of myself. DH was absolutely wonderful. It was an amazing experience.
Charlotte Elizabeth
7lb 7oz
49cm
6.5 hour labour with gas
I'm going to take the time to read through everyone's posts now but I'm so behind! I really hope everyone is doing well.
We have a plan of action for Lottie's weight gain, I'm pretty much expressing 100% so we can calculate her exact intake and we're doing 85ml every 4 hours (in between she sleeps like an angel).
I'm on the herbs and some script meds (thank god DH is a pharmacist and thank you to the girls who mentioned these things as well!).
I feel my supply is increasing rapidly and I'm actually leaking now. The LC will help me get her back on the breast hopefully very soon (I still put her on for a suckle so we can have that skin to skin bonding).
Finally Lottie gained 100grams in 24 hours!! We were thrilled and so happy things are on the improve.
On the other hand our girl is an amazing sleeper and so easy to settle. She slept from 12am to 5.30am this morning and we actually had to wake her so she didn't miss her feed. In between that she's interactive and alert. We are totally smitten!!
I hope everyone is enjoying their little ones, its such an amazing experience so far (full on but amazing all the same!).
Hi girls,
Wow you get busy for a few days and it takes an hour to catch up reading all the posts!
It's so good to read all the stories about how everyone is going and feeling. It makes you feel like you're not alone, and recognise which things are going really well for us - so at least you can feel great about some aspect of the day ;-)
Tadhg is going really well, mostly a very calm and settled baby - although yesterday i thought someone had flown in and exchanged him as he was really grumpy. He is 4 weeks old now, and i'm finally getting the hang of feeding and burping - we were having a lot of crying trying to put him down to sleep after a feed, and after talking to my girlfriend i realised i was rushing him back to bed rather than calmly rubbing his back and getting burps. Also i started leaning back a bit to feed, as he is a very hungry feeder at the start and guzzles which contributes to wind. Good advise if anyone else has this issue - its called uphill feeding, and i think it makes them work a bit harder, rather than pouring milk down their little throat. My feeding is a little tricky as I need to use nipple shields due to flat nipples. I thought i had enough, but apparently not - especially when my breasts are full of milk. If i try to feed Tadhg without the shields he just keeps searching for something to latch on to. But if nipple shields allow me to feed him its worth it just as long as he doesnt bump them off before latching, they are washed and ready to go (a real pain at night), and you don't forget them when out (thank god he takes a dummy or it would have been a long drive home that day!).
I am really interested to see the various lengths of time people go between feeds. I started out trying to do every 3 hours, but i'm erring towards demand feeding now, as he had a couple of unsettled days and woke every 2 hours for a while, and its so hard to wake them up - especially if they are putting on good amounts of weight. I do think routines and waking would be useful if you have a night owl though, which fortunately I don't. Bring on the night sleeps though - we went 8:30 till 1:30 last night (then 3:30 and 6:30) - woo hoo, hopefully that continues or gets better!
Goodluck mummies!
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Wyatt is still a tummy sleeper and he is 21mnths tomorrow..it wouldnt matter what I did he would end up that way..and yes it is bad because of SIDS but sometimes you cant do anything other than try and move them back once they are asleep. I used an Angelcare sensor monitor for my peace of mind too.
Nicola - Yeah I have the angelcare s & m monitor as well... it does provide a bit of peace of mind but I still worry a bit. I was told off by a MW when I mentioned the tummy sleeping but there's not alot I can do about it! I've tried with no success and i'll be damned if i'm going to get up every 15mins to settle a cranky baby. Thanks for replying, you've made me feel like not such a terrible mother
Feeling a lot more human today after a reasonable night!
Thank you girls for all of your wonderful comments that make me feel less like an idiot!
Nicola - we have found that if we try and burp V by putting her upright - she brings up the entire feed, so have optioned against that as i just seemed to be feeding, vomit, feeding, vomit - we were going round in circles! Usually she falls asleep lying nuzzled into my boob....and if i keep her there for a solid amount of time i can get away with only trickles of breast milk escaping.
I am going against every SIDS rule in the book, V co-sleeps and sleeps on her side, because of the brace she has no way of rolling over so it is safe enough - but i have elevated the head of the bassinette.
Janine - V won't sleep on DH just me - i think she must smell the milk or something! That is cool that she sleeps on your husbands shirt....he must be chuffed!
Art - yeah it was me asking about the boobs - the bad one has gone back to being hard again when full....admittedly I did take some Fenugreek last night because i am paranoid...so maybe that is why...she is sleeping better though.
CONGRATS Kylie on Rosalie......sounds like a very nice birth and she was a whopper too - very good job!
PB - great to hear things are on the improve at the milk bar.....handy with a pharmacist in the family Keep us updated on how she goes getting back onto the boob.
Kelly - I know what you mean about the switching of babies! Do you remove the nipple shield half way through a feed once T has pulled your nipple out? Or do you leave it there for the entire feed? I am demand feeding - and she was having good 3-4 hour sleeps but is now more like 2-3 with periods of cluster feeding. I didn't want to start a schedule feeding as I know it wouldn't work with BF....I have seen too many women try to enforce a strict 4 hourly feeds, and so they ended up formula feeding because they had a very stroppy baby (ummm i wonder why?!).
Taurean - how are you holding up - has Izzy settled down any? Hope you are doing ok.
AFM - had a better night.....she slept more, which meant i got to sleep more Weigh in is tomorrow which i am looking forward to. We saw the Orthopaedis guy yesterday to check her brace...we have an ultrasound in 3 weeks to see how the hips are forming. We are going to Tonga in Nov so am really hoping she has the brace off by then.
I have to start looking at how to pack for a holiday with a newborn? Do i just take the box of 100 nappies?! I have no clue.....I have never felt more clueless in all my life!!!!
I know how you feel about the feeding, I was so there last Thurs/Friday. I cried so much in those two days I thought I was starting to get post natal! Lottie's weight is on the up! 3.20kg today so we are thrilled.
As long as Violet is having lots of wet nappies and a mustard poo here and there I'll bet she's doing fine!!
Just a quicky as I'm ducking into the city to do a little bit of shopping while mum watches Lottie. Before then I've got to pump as well.. ah the joys!
Sounds like her nappies are good and as long as she looks alert then she will be getting enough milk. Was it you asking the other day about when the boobs settle down? I would say that it is now for you. Mine are soft and don't look like they have anything in them but if I squeeze them milk comes out and A seems happy enough. As for sleeping on you, I say go with it... they all have a clingy day here and there, life is far less stessful if you just accept that you won't get her in the cot that night and try again tomorrow. 
and she was a whopper too - very good job!
Keep us updated on how she goes getting back onto the boob.
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