September 2010 - we've met our little ones now!

[comixminx]

Or most of them at least - there are some late September ones still to come!

sassy thinking of saving it until bonfire night! I'll pop it on the roof of Dewsbury Hospital ready for when I strike my match there!

lol. Been sat here bfing babies thinking- oh i shouldn't have said that, i might have offended her. Relieved when i checked your reply. I do feel very strongly that she is very unsupportive of mothers. It's her way or wrong and that's just not how it is. You can see from the posts on here how much every baby differs. How can you have a one way to do things for every individual baby? It's ridiculous.
You can strike a match for wigan infirmiry an all. Jacob is visuably much larger than Isobel, but apparently they have the same head circumfirence and the same length when born and all the paperwork has the wrong surname. Also their weights are in kg on documents but they don't convert to the lbs we were told when they were born!
i'm undecided whether it's dyslexia or indicative of the standard of education people leaving school these days have! I did get very upset at the time but now it's just a case of rolling my eyes and shrugging my shoulders. :)

Lol too! At least you have some measurements! We were discharged without the red book and now have no record at all of his birth details. Anyway..... apparently I had him a day after I actually did so no wonder he didn't exist for a day! Absolute numpties! and it seems not only up north!
I'm a twinny! I can honestly say it was brill growing up with a twin! We were always and still are best friends. It's a completely different bond I think to other siblings. We do have an older brother too who we love loads but a twin thing is something else! They'll have a lovely future together. I'm sure!

Awh, i didn't know that. Thanks for that. Is your twin male or female, identical? (if female obviously)you'd be surprised how many people have asked me if mine are identical......including a midwife!!!! Didn't fill me with much confidence when i was under her care, i can tell you!
I'm north too. Wigan =Lancashire lass.

Hi everyone,

It seems like ages since I was last able to get on here, and its taken me all morning to catch up with the thread!

Logan is now 3 weeks old. HV weighed him on Monday and decided he was 9lb 9oz - but he was wearing a vest and a full nappy at the time so I think its slightly less. Although with the amount of milk he takes he probably is that weight now!

I'm ff, and hes taking between 5 and 6 ozs every 3 - 4 hours. Sometimes longer if we're out and about and he'll go a bit longer at night (sometimes).

Hes fine in the morning and first half of the afternoon. But when we get to about 330pm everything changes. He just wont settle. On Monday he was awake and grumbling from 330pm until gone 1030pm. During that time he had 3 full feeds, 2 'top ups', boiled water, nappies changed, cuddles, putting him down, rocking him in the car seat, nothing worked. He was so tired. And me too. I had to give him to DP because I was falling asleep, and he eventually fell asleep after another 2 ozs.

Thankfully the last 2 days haven't been quite so bad. But its still been difficult to settle him. Mentioned it to HV and MW and they couldn't suggest anything I haven't already tried. Anyone got any other suggestions? I'll try anything! I even had to go out yesterday and buy some dummies. Something we'd said we wouldn't do as neither of our older children had them.

Sorry for the long post.

Logan 3wks + 1

sassy Twinny is non identical female. She's blonde and I'm brunette and people always thought our brother was her twin as he's only 18 months older and was small for his age then.... don't know how they're so blonde and I'm really dark...? Now she looks like my sister but nobody believes we're twins!
My Dad has an identical twin and there are 8 other sets of twins in my parents' families so if I brave it again, there's every chance I'll have two. Yikes! Hopefull it'll be my sister who carries on the tradition.... not that I wouldn't love to but I'm convinced now that I will always massive babies And... I weighed 6.5lbs and my twin weighed 7lbs something.... our poor Mum!

Ha Ha to your midwife! How daft!!!

My mum is a twin, her brother passed away 2 years ago and she is lost without him. They were very close and my mum was a total tomboy doing everything he did as a kid!

Sorry to hear about your tears beaditAli, it's an emotional time and not surprising you are crying especially if you're tired. I know I'd be devastated without my lovely greyhound, without postnatal hormones and feeling guilty (which seems to me to be a large part of being a parent!). What a nightmare with your registering!

Glad you're still sticking with it sassy34264, hope the pain is easing.

Took Luke to the clinic today as he still hasn't poo'd. HV told me to eat a couple of oranges and take him to GP if he hasn't been in another couple of days . Plus his belly button is still very smelly and opens up if he cries a lot, her adivse was to put sudocrem on it and take him to GP if it gets worse. I remember now why I stopped going to the clinic with ds1. Luke is now 11lb 9oz so is still piling it on.

Have ordered new nursing bras which arrived today, yay! I only have 1 and have been washing it in the evening and drying it overnight ready for the morning which is a bit of a nightmare. Found a website that has free delivery and returns of loads of different nursing and maternity bras, been very impressed so far

4+3

My brother was a twin, but unfortunately his twin brother came out second and was stillborn. I think it's been hard for my mum this pregnancy. She has been on edge and anxious, as was I. Fortunately this twin pregnancy turned out far more happily......thank god.

beaditali They sound close to my babies weights....7.6lbs and 6.10lbs. Poor me!!!

Cinnamon Pain is at a low level in Isobel's boob, but apart from the little improvement on the 1st day, Jacob's boob is not improving and it's day 3. I'm still having to put my hand over my mouth to stop myself from screaming when he first latches on. I'll give it till Monday and then i'll go back to the doctors.

Thanks for the advice Mellymooks & Bellabelly

MW came yesterday late afternoon and cleaned up his cord and it was literally hanging by a thread. She also recommended keeping it dry and just just keeping an eye on the skin around it. And then, in last night's nappy, there it was, it had finally dropped off!! x

And yes, it totally makes sense that it will take time for him to learn the speed of my milk flow. It is still early days.

I'm just loving being a mommy and can't stop staring at him! Is he really mine??? It is totally overwhelming.

Cinnamon Isobel's belly cord was smelly in hospital and they put her on antibiotics. I would have thought that if it's smelly, it's infected. I can't see what sudocream is going to do. I'd go to the gp now.

ds1's cord didn't heal properly until he was about 2. It would open slightly and was very red inside whenever it got wet. I raised it several times and no-one ever did anything. Luke's has some kind of discharge from it which crusts over but is always on the inside of his bodysuits but has always been like that and midwives were happy so don't know if it's really a problem or I'm just being a worrier!

Know what you mean JodeyLea and this is my second, still look at ds1 like that and he's 3 1/2!

Hi all, had my six-week checkup today and enjoyed getting out and about with Aphra in a sling - makes a change from lying in bed or sitting in front of prerecorded Masterchef! Though I will need to catch up on some sleep later...

I'm finding that feeding goes well overnight and in the morning, but that in the later afternoon and evening I'm more sore, and perhaps I have less milk or something because I think she takes longer on the breast. Does anyone else find the same? In the mornings I'm quite happy with the way feeding's going, and looking forward to doing it for a long time, and in the evening I'm fed up and thinking sneaking thoughts of buying some formula! Not that I need to if I've expressed enough for a bottle of EBM for DP to give her - normally that's not that difficult, but last night I'd not done enough and she just kept on wanting to feed. We put her into her Amby hammock and she wouldn't settle; DP said she was still hungry and I'm afraid I snapped "she can't have any more! I've given her loads and my boobs are sore!" (There was 50 mls of EBM that could be given to her, luckily, so that was the answer, but it did feel pretty depressing at the time.)

comixminx I had a day like that last week, Lucy fed so much that for 2 days my boobs looked like deflated balloons. They are happily back to full size normal now and we get an impressive let down which shoots across the room.
I don't think she will be feeding longer due to less milk, evening and nighttime is a classic time to cluster feed. the more they feed the more you produce

Had her 1st injections this morning, 1 in each leg, poor mite. She didn't cry for long and has been sleeping it off most of the day

2 months exactly

Gosh a new thread! Everyone seems very busy with their little ones: big congrats to you all!

Well, my little fella had tongue tie, which resulted in bleeding cracked nipples and one long nightmare! He had it snipped and has fed like I know breastfeeding to be, since, thank god.

Has been a whirlwind really, and it feels like we have been a family of 6 forever. Never sure how much he feeds in the night as he slleps next to me and guzzles on and off when it suits, probably when I am sleeping!

He seems to be unsettled in the evenings, right around the time I was in labour: I think my DC3 did that too..
Have also discovered he has an umbilical granuloma: where the cord carries on being 'alive', wet and shiney and won't heal. DC3 also had this, bizarrely, and we sorted it by washing with cooled boiled water, putting a few grains of salt on for 10 mins (which dries it up), whilst covering it with gauze, then washing off again. As I remember, last time that took a week to heal permanently: this was under advice from a paediatrician.

Am trying to get into some kind of 'routine', but failing miserably: I H.E my other 3, so thankfully no school runs to manage any more. Also been told I have a slight vaginal prolapse, so clenching my pelvic floor like there's no tomorrow!

Now the only thing to sort is contraception: this is DEFINITELY us complete as a family now: 2 girls and 2 boys: done!

Ooooops: 3 weeks+5

catbus When the babies had their 8 week check up, i showed the doctor Jacob's belly button and said why is the bottom half of it translucebt. Does that sound like your DC3's? She said what it was called but i can't remember (i presume it's that). She said it can clear up on it's own, if not come back. I think i will do the salt thing, see if it helps. Thanks for that.

translucent

9 weeks today.

Just wondering if anyone else has been told 'they don't do 6 week check ups anymore'?

3+2

Nope, i've had mine.

Nope I'm booked in for mine.

Clemmie is feeding like a machine, sleeps a lot during the day and then almost like clockwork goes from 12-5 and then 6-9 which is ok.

Boobies hurt have mastitis but is getting better with AB's. Latch still really hurts on one side, I dread the times for that one to be used

3+1

sassy Yes, that sounds very much like it: we were referred to a paediatrician, who advised the salt treatment, after googling it!
The other alternative was silver nitrate, which would effectively freeze it, but risk of burning surrounding skin: not nice.

If you look up umblilical granuloma, you should find the same treatment advice, probably on patient.co.uk or similar.

I find it really odd that it's only happened to my sons and not my daughters?!

Thanks catbus. It's the same here, it's happened to Jacob, but not to his twin- Isobel.

I haven't had mine yet merlin8878 but have an appointment for it.

Well after what I said putting sudocrem on Luke's belly button at every nappy change it seems much better than it was.

Had a huge fight with dh last night/this morning and wondered if anyone else is having similar problems with their oh? Luke tends to cry for a couple of hours most evenings and he's feeling like he can't do anything right and that Luke doesn't like him. DS1 was cried most evening from 3pm-8pm and he coped so well with it, took him off me when he got home from work and we sorted it out together. This time around he's instantly stressed the moment he starts crying and I feel I have to stop him crying or take him away, plus he's shouting at ds1 a lot because he's stressed. He has a lot more responsibility at work now than he had when we had ds1 but I am working full time now whereas last time I had 6 months maternity leave and I feel if I can cope with it he should too. I don't see that there is much I can do until he out grows the newborn colicy evening crying but I am feeling a bit let down by him and actually not looking forward to him getting home from work which is really sad.

cinnamongreyhound

I know the feeling my O/H was the same as soon as Maria-Ann started with colic in the evening he would often say he felt like no matter what he did she would not stop crying. All I can say is it's took about 3 wks for him to get round his head that it's the colic and nothing that he has done :)

I've managed to upload some pics of Maria-Ann :)

3 wks + 3 days