I've missed you all!! Newborn haze is real - if they could bottle it they'd be rich.
@BridgetJonesDaiquiri how long did it take you to get back to birth weight? Are you BF? Or anyone really - we lost 10% by day 3!! Stayed the same til day 5 so now on big feeding push to gain.
Sorry for the sleep deprived- I have the opposite problem - an Excessively chilled baby who's not overly fussed about food. He's such a little love.
Eugh @happydays00 The end is in sight with the in laws for you thankfully. I think everyone should just be made by law to stay away for 2 weeks when a newborn arrives.
Congratulations @IVEgottheDECAF !!! He must have been the most wished out boy there is!!! Were you Saturday? That was my original due date.
@Florencenotflo DS struggled with latching terribly. He fed despite a poor latch not because of a good one if that makes sense. I'd say we get it 80% of the time now, just need the weight to start creeping up now. We had great help, almost too much at times, but the thing that worked for us was trying 1,000s of different positions, more than once. So we've now cracked that what works for us is rugby on the left and big standard position on the right, but slightly lower than you usually see. I'm topping up with formula too and like you think whatever works, at the end of the day, a fed baby is the best baby.
@Horehound Well done you too. It's such a slog especially without support. I've a good friend who has managed to stick with BF and she's been my cheerleader, and is on WhatsApp helping me all the time. I'd have probably given up already if it wasn't for her support. Can't believe the mw who was trying to attach him when he was stressed. That's our #1 rule too - dh figures it out - the second he gets frustrated trying to latch I lift him off onto my shoulder, it only takes a 10 second cuddle but it calms him instantly and 9 times out of 20 he'll go straight back on.
@Megan2018 That does sound like great support. Just keep trying different positions etc and be wary of any mw telling you the "right" way to do anything- there's 1,001 ways to do it, you just need to find the ways that work for you.
Good luck for today @sugarsprinklesrainbowdrops
So, the Dramatic entry into the world:
The dr gave away the sex about 10 minutes before I ended up delivering as we needed an emergency scan to determine position (drama 1 - he was sideways on so his spine to my hip 🙄) and the dr said “oh yes, he’s a big boy!!! 9 months with extra scans we avoided finding that out doc!! 😂 but he managed to turn him so the man could be forgiven for anything in my books - we were literally on our way to theatre for forceps then emergency c section if that didn’t work. Hero!
Drama 2 - my blood sugar ds kept going too low so they were pumping me full of glucose tablets and drinks which weren't working so had to have it intravenously... which on top of the tabs and drink sent it too high (for context 8.1!!) they said I'd have to go on a sliding scale drip to manage it, but the same sensible dr let me have a go at stabilising it myself as I'd been diet controlled throughout and I managed it - yay!
Drama 3 - the epidural failed a few hours in - I could feel all the pain again on the right hand side, along with the stabby spine pain (this was due to him being wrong way round in the end apparently) so was in pain but unable to move. Eventually it all wore off, but at least I could move in the end.
It was very nearly my worst case scenario labour... but saved at the last minute. And I genuinely wouldn't change any of it as I got my boy in the end 🥰