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OldieMum's a new mum again

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OldieMum · 10/07/2006 21:33

Just a little note to say that our son, Michael, was born last Tuesday (4th), by c-section, weighing exactly 11lb. We arrived home this evening. He is a lovely baby, but has jaundice, so it's being monitored and we may have to be readmitted for treatment. I am fine - getting over the c-section more quickly this time than last, so far. The combination of his size and the jaundice means that I have a marathon job of feeding him on my hands!

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hoxtonchick · 10/07/2006 21:34

many congratulations oldiemum & welcome to michael. i've been looking for your announcement for days!

Thomcat · 10/07/2006 21:34

WICKEDCONGRATULATIONS

MrsDoolittle · 10/07/2006 21:34

Oh Many many congratulations Oldiemum
I'm really pleased for you and your lovely dh.
Welcome Michael!!
Goodluck with the feeding x x x

Lemmingswife · 10/07/2006 21:36

Congratulations on the birth of your big baby boy!

Ladymuck · 10/07/2006 21:37

Many, many congratulations! What a whopper!

hester · 10/07/2006 21:43

Many congrats OldieMum, from another old mum

Pruni · 10/07/2006 21:46

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hermykne · 10/07/2006 21:50

oldiemum well done congrats
my ds was born aroundtghis time 2 yrs ago

and he was a great feeder, just 2oz heavier than yours!, bit jaundiced in the early days too but i think breastfeeding and sunlight helps that.
he feed quickly and succintly no messing around - give me the milk - and he was content, regular feeding every 2hrs maybe but hardly cried and great napper!

Caribbeanqueen · 10/07/2006 21:50

Many congratulations

winnie · 10/07/2006 21:59

congratulations!

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Marina · 10/07/2006 22:08

Congratulations Oldiemum (smile) - that's not meant to be an early portrait of Michael by the way!
Hope he manages to dodge the lamps and that all goes well on the feeding front.

Arabica · 10/07/2006 22:16

Congratulations!!

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Adorabelle · 10/07/2006 23:03

Many Congratulations Well Done & Good
Luck with the feeding & jaundice.

morocco · 10/07/2006 23:07

congrats
hope Michael recovers soon and you too!

moondog · 10/07/2006 23:10

O hgrest news Oldie Mum!!
Congratulations
(How old are you btw???)

marthamoo · 10/07/2006 23:15

Oh well done you [smile} and ouch at 11 lbs !

milward · 10/07/2006 23:17

congrats oldiemum xxx

threelittlebabies · 11/07/2006 00:11

Many congratulations, hope feeding gets better for you both

jabberwocky · 11/07/2006 00:29

Congratulations!

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OldieMum · 11/07/2006 06:12

Thanks for the lovely messages.
Moondog - I'm 44. By the way, for those of you who don't know, there is a nice story behind this. I had DD at 41, after 6 attempts at IVF. We very much wanted another, so we tried again 3 times, using frozen embryos, but without success. The fertility unit told us that we had an almost negligible chance of success with a fresh cycle, unless we were prepared to find a donor egg. We didn't want to do this and, essentially, gave up and tried to reconcile ourselves to having only DD - a huge gift in herself. Then I got pregnant naturally.

DD also had jaundice, but more seriously than Michael seems to have. I had mentally prepared myself for this happpening again and it made me determined to badger the staff about his skin colour and bilirubin level. I'm glad I did. It's still below treatable level and the community midwife will take another test today. I really don't want to go back into the hospital. The staff are lovely and very skilled, but I've been up on the floor where they put the more serious cases and there were deaths every night for the last three. It's not a good atmosphere for anyone worrying about their baby's health, however trivial the problem in comparison with those poor parents dealing with bereavement.

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HumphreysCorner · 11/07/2006 16:59

Congratulations OldieMum-wow, what a bruiser at 11lb!

xxx

iota · 11/07/2006 17:02

Many congratulations OldieMum and welcome to Michael.

I feel like a whipper-snapper -I was only 42 when ds2 was born

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