hi everyone thought i should post! my boy came 2 weeks early on sep 1st via emergency c section due to failed 30 hour drug free induction, posterior position and cord around his neck! it was not the birth experience i was looking foward to but he might not have made it had it not turned out this way so im very thankful. He is quite a good bub sleeps 3 hours at a time sometimes 4, is bottle fed, mostly formula due to losing half a kilo in his first 3 days of life, low bsl's and i had no milk til day 6 coz ceaser can sometimes stuff it up.Im feeling like ive let him down but i didnt want him back in hospital and that is what was going to happen if he kept losing weight. He was a wopping 57cm long! and has huge feet and hands! i had a few tears for the first few days but im ok now he is asleep next to me as we speak! he is a guzzler, he has 150 ml bottles about 4 or 5 times a day and 4 at night! also has expressed milk about 50 mls if im lucky! i allready cant wait to try for another!
I've returned to the world of the living - finally. What a crazy few days it has been. Emotionally and physically draining. Yesterday was a terrible day, was certain PND was knocking on my door but I have bounced back overnight and the best news of all...Izzy has put on a bit of weight She gained 40g in 3 days which the health nurse said was a nice gain and she was happy with our progress especially given all the stress I placed upon myself.
The past few days really are a blur and quite depressing to be honest. But we turned the corner last night and I decided to take charge (after getting some fab advice from some of the BB girls!) and let Izzy demand feed as much as she wanted. I also decided to express in between feeds and only when I had time. We had a good hour or so of skin on skin breast feeding in bed this morning which was fantastic for both of us. Everything just seemed so much better! Izzy's attachment was better, my supply seemed better and I just felt a lot happier. And to top it off, my first express for the day which was after a few feeds, was my best so far - 110ml all up. Woohoo! We are back in the game - I think!
I've read your posts but not sure where to start with persies so hopefully now we're heading in the right direction again, I might get a bit more time to pop on here and say hi!
Gotta run. Izzy has just done yet another poo (that's about 6 for today and I'm so happy about it - honestly!) and is ready for another feed. Big hugs to all of you and thanks again for all the support and advice xx
well done taurean! im proud of you for keeping it up, my milk has almost gone and i only feed once every morning and once a night so i actually envy you! also breast fed babies demand more feeds than bottle fed so you are doing very well!
Just popping in quickly - Miss V is certainly keeping me on my toes.....she just won't settle once i put her in the bassinette - i feel like i am sitting with her on my chest all day!
Art - I tried to find you on FB and couldn't....am going to have another look around. The weigh in went well - has put on 450g since birth so I am happy with that. Still paranoid about my milk supply though.
She slept for 7 hours night before last - of course i knew that wouldn't last....and low and behold it didn't!
I feel for you girls pumping and feeding......I guess though you just have to put in the hard yards now and it will pay off and you will be blessed with a good supply
Just popping in to say all is well - V certainly needs a bath - her hair is laquered with vomit as is the suit shes in, my shirt, DH's shirt.....would love her to keep her regurgitations to herself!!!!
Hi everyone. Just checking in. Like everyone else I'm sure we are all very busy so don't have much time for personals. Frazer is doing well, was 250gms above his birth weight on Tuesday at over 4.5kg! Feeds were getting to be every 2 & bit hrs so we have upped his mls and he is averaging between 120 - 150mls a feed and we are now getting a solid 4-5hrs between so am pretty happy with that. Will enjoy having DH home for 1 more week and tonight am also enjoying my first alcoholic drink in about 11 months and DH is doing the night shift!!
Hoping everyone is doing well and getting as much sleep as possible.
Last edited by Pooley; September 27th, 2009 at 11:43 PM.
Quiet in here - all busy being mummies i guess
Art - we're off to Hawkes Bay for a few days, T's grandparents live down there, so we're quite looking forward to having a chnage of scene and some excited grandparents to do the nappy changing and baby minding duties By the way I never said thanks for attempting to be my birth announcer on BB - seems i got your number a little late as we had T before i checked the message!
Sanchez - 7 hours is impressive! Hope V gets into that habit soon for you.
Taurean - well done you for 110ml! That is a fantastic amount, and Izzy's weight gain is great news too.
Lily - thanks for letting me know about the shield experience, if it lets us feed our bub's how we want to then I agree we should just do it.
AFU - apart from one very difficult afternoon when T wouldn't sleep and just kept wanting to feed / or more like suck and cuddle we are doing really well. He is finally into 0000 clothes as of today and looking very cute if i do say so myself. We thought he was getting cradle cap earlier in the week, but a massage with oil and then some eco store baby shampoo once cleared it up. We are getting a bit of a pattern now with feeds, and after DH gives him a bottle of EBM about 10pm he only wakes once at night - yay. Only problem is he is so noisy when sleeping i'm awake half the night anyway! He does little cries which i think are most often sore tummy / trying to fill his nappy, if i go and check him he still has his eyes closed but making little faces and lots of noise. So this morning at 4am i gave up and woke him, although i suspect he wasnt far off waking anyway. Can't be far away from a full nights sleep i think. Infacol is really helping with the wind, and just being awake longer in the day gives him time to process his feed before laying down i think.
Have a good day mums x
he is asleep next to me as we speak! he is a guzzler, he has 150 ml bottles about 4 or 5 times a day and 4 at night! also has expressed milk about 50 mls if im lucky! i allready cant wait to try for another!
the swing is working for you, or at least your DH being home gives you a break. 
She gained 40g in 3 days which the health nurse said was a nice gain and she was happy with our progress especially given all the stress I placed upon myself.
By the way I never said thanks for attempting to be my birth announcer on BB - seems i got your number a little late as we had T before i checked the message!
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