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Petalouda · 31/03/2011 21:27
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stuffedmk ·
13/04/2011 12:18
Beetle I managed to not vomit this time round but with DS1 I couldn't hold down the tea and toast either...unlike you though, I did not manage to avoid the baby lol 
Cycle when I say I'm still expressing, I'd reckon I'm lucky to get more than 20 ml total from both boobies so I'm not sure I'd class it as still breast feeding personally, by the time he's dribbled half of it out it's hardly worth it but makes me feel better lol.
Nappies less leaky at the mo....touch wood....haven't done anything different so maybe he just needed to grow a tiny bit.
Petalouda ·
13/04/2011 15:53
Quickie: inspired by that bbc3 programme, I'm in a coffee shop, and totally just breastfed F! Only safe lefty, righty's like a fountain and won't be out in public just yet!
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Petalouda ·
13/04/2011 16:03
Update: turns out fountain-righty won't be tamed. Just found it's leaked enormously, no pad could tame it. Glad I've got a nice dark zip top on top of my vest. And mothercare 2 doors down from here! Oopsie!
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Thaney ·
13/04/2011 16:44
Finally found five minutes so here is my story.
Woke up at 02:11 on my due date thinking "ooh, was that a contraction?" Hadn't had any braxton hicks at all so had nothing to compare it to. Just felt like period pain really. Stayed put in bed for half an hour or so, before (tmi alert) getting an urge to empty my bowels. Spent another hour or alternating between going to the loo and wandering run the lounge. Eventually thought I ought to wake DH up as this really felt like it was it.
I got in the bath for a bit while he rang the midwife triage line. They said to stay put until I was was having minute long contractions every two minutes. The contractions were quite irregular, some over a minute long but five apart followed by a very short one a couple of minutes later. Around 7.30ish I hit the magic number and we set off. The journey was hideous, I wasn't liking sitting down anyway and going over speed bumps mid contraction was something I wouldn't like to repeat in a hurry.
The contractions slowed right down in the car but speeded up again when I got to the hospital, they were coming thick and fast. Went to the triage room only to be told that they weren't open yet 
so I would have to go straight to the labour ward two floors up. They then told me they were having a shift change to I would have to go to the waiting room. What seemed like an eternity later, the triage department opened and I was sent back down stairs again. There were two other ladies waiting but they seemed happy enough sitting there so thankfully I got seen first. Every part of the examination & checks had to be done one at a time between contractions. Turns out I was already five cm dilated, so, you guessed it, I had to go back upstairs again!
Anyway, I didn't get on with the gas & air so decided just to go the whole hog and have an epidural. They were really struggling to monitor the babies heart beat throughout. The bands around me kept slipping so they put one of those clip things on the babies head, but that was only working intermittently. The epidural didn't actually work properly but I think this was a blessing. It was good enough to take the edge off the pain but I could still feel everything that was going on. At 13.45 I was told to start pushing. Shortly after they decided that the babes heart rate was too erratic so they brought out the ventouse.
At 14:02 Amelia was born 
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I got a quick cuddle before they took her to clean her up while I was stitched up. I had 2nd degree tearing,
Soon after I got to have skin to skin and fed her for the first time. She is such a gorgeous little poppet, I already can't imagine life without her.
Like everyone else said, life on the postnatal ward was dreadful but that's another story.
Lots of love to everyone and their little ones.
Cyclebump ·
13/04/2011 16:53
Hi girls, good to hear I wasn't the only one with crap postnatal care! I too threatened to discharge myself. Mum marched to the front desk and said 'Get her notes, she's leaving.' and they did
H has started being a super screamer at night 
Last night was fairly horrendous, nearly dropped him because I fell asleep with him on my chest. Luckily no harm done but DP demanded I lie down while he took baby for nearly an hour. He's got a few tummy gripes so we'll be starting the Infacol tonight!
Bfing is going loads better and H is rejecting the formula. Still not enough to leak but I too have attempted my first public feed while with my friend Jennie. She has an 11-week old and he's her third so she's being so lovely and supportive. She made me a 'baby cake' made up of nappies, little clothes and things. Was gorgeous!
Sounds like second degree tears are the April standard. I too had one.
I'm feeling a bit low at the moment, I think it's the usual hormonal stuff. Feel so guilty though, H is so fab, I should be thrilled. Hope you're feeling better Beetle x x
Cyclebump ·
14/04/2011 10:44
Whoever invented Infacol deserves a sodding Nobel Prize! H and I were like clockwork last night and I actually got to sleep in the bed with DP!
H still won't sleep in the crib so he ended up in the bouncy chair all night but we took it into the bedroom and apart from a massive poo explosion and subsequent weeing all over the changing table, his clothes, me and everywhere else, it was a good night.
Sounds like you had a good experience Thaney, it sucks that the gas and air didn't work for you, I wanted to take some home because it was so fab. I was on another planet at one point
You paused to birth the head NotAnother? I had no idea it was coming, so I just pushed all the way through. Oops.
Petalouda ·
14/04/2011 12:04
Oh, and I agree with cycle about the head thing. First I knew about it was when his head came out. Although I think I might have realised and at least attempted to do it slowly! Not that it made any difference!
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Alibabaandthe80nappies ·
14/04/2011 14:37
Hi everyone :)
Cycle - glad you've got a pump that works for you, makes such a difference not to be sat for bloody hours expressing!
We got some sleep last night - hurrah! I went to bed at 10 and slept until midnight, then fed T and he slept until 5.45 in his own bed! Then another feed and 2 more hours sleep with him in our bed - I feel vaguely human today, and DS1 is happy to have his mummy back rather than a snarling thing.
Midwife visit today, and T has gained 7oz in the last week! So he is well on his way back to birthweight - hurrah!
Petalouda ·
14/04/2011 21:36
I looked at the moby wraps, but I got a maya wrap ring sling instead. Mainly because it was cheaper, and looked a lot simpler!
I took it out with us the other day (fountain-boob day), and it was ok for short periods of time but got a bit heavy & uncomfortable. But, that's what I expected from a one-shoulder jobby, and I'm not that fit at the moment!
I'm planning to start popping out with F in the sling and build up wearing times.
My maya wrap is brown (khaki) with green & yellow stripes on the shoulder and tail. It was the cheapest colour, along with the pinky striped one! But I didn't thing DH would use something that girly (neither would I tbh!).
F's been pretty restless today, I can't remember how many times I've fed him, but frankly I'm amazed that I managed to tidy the house up a bit! Currently watching the Misbehaving Mums To Be programme on BBC3, just to make me feel a bit smug & superior!
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NotAnotherNewNappy ·
15/04/2011 04:53
As we're all about product placement today..
My 'swaddle me' thingies arrived. They are great, really lightweight and easy to use. Even DH can swaddle DD2 now
She has thrown up nearly every feed today. I know something is getting through, as she's still weeing and pooing lots, but tends to do a massive projectile vomit while she's being winded. DH kept suggesting she has reflux and I expsrienced my first low patch since the birth. DD1 had rotten reflux which drove me to the edge of PND.
PIL are here at the moment, which is nice as DD1 adores them plus they areextremely helpful and supportive of our parenting choices .
Petalouda ·
15/04/2011 12:33
Quick sling question - what should F wear in a sling? I can't work out whether I should put him in a fleece suit because it's chilly out, or if he'd overheat because he'll have my bodyheat.
Any ideas?
(tbh, I feel a bit out of my depth working out his clothing in general... )
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stuffedmk ·
15/04/2011 13:04
RE clothing, er on the side of being a bit cool rather than too warm.
I'm glad I'm not the only one whos sleepy newborn has decided that night time is the best time to start waking up...T will sleep in his bouncy chair fine but I am trying hard not to keep putting him in it just for an easy life, he has to get used to his cot...although another night like last night and I may well succumb to the bouncy chair spell
I find T will have a dummy but only when he is already calm so the seems little point then lol.
NANN with you on the reflux, it is horrible, DS1 had it really badly, I remember there was a big patch on the carpet and stains all down the side of the chair in his room where I fed him from projectile vomit at every feed (I did clean it! but there is only so much you can do lol), T seems to have it a bit but not to the same extent as yet (touch wood). Fingers crossed things improve for you.
TMI!! I am mildly concerned that I may have a bit of a prolapse not bad, but it just doesn't feel quite right down there (didn't really notice it while everything else was still tender or I would have asked the midwife) am doing my pelvic floor exercises and hoping it is just swelling that has yet to go down but will be talking to the Dr if it doesn't improve soon.
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BeetleBaby ·
15/04/2011 13:21
More product placement here, I got a Hug-a-Bub sling from ebay and absolutely love it. Only had it on around the house so far but Sam seemed so comfy and settled it was brill. Hadn't actually thought about what he'd wear while using the sling outside the house though... >is as confused as petal about clothes!<
Last night was our first night without my lovely Mum to help who has headed back up North. I sobbed as she left, it was like leaving home to start uni with this odd sense of homesickness and panic. But hugs with Sam and DH made everything feel better.
We've been heading to the breastfeeding clinic at every opportunity and yesterday managed to get Sam latched onto my boob! I am apparently a milk producing machine! Despite spending over an hour on a double electric pump my boobs were still engorged and one of the BF Advisors still had to help me get Sam latched, but we did it and it was amazing (and reassuring). I did feel a bit of a spectacle as all the other mums seemed in awe of the milk I could produce, I offered to share if they would share the constant leaking and pain! No one took up the offer 
They advised I should keep expressing and bottle feeding as at the moment it takes 3 hands to help Sam get latched but that I shouldn't worry about using the bottles and he will still BF once my milk production calms down. Which I think is what I really needed to hear.
The BF Clinic also loaned me an electric double pump which I use every two hours...It's now known as 'Daisy'
Petalouda ·
15/04/2011 16:40
We've just walked up to the shop - which doesn't sound as impressive as I think it should! But it's uphill, and quite far away! I am officially ridiculously unfit - but at least I now smell like something other than milk & baby sick!
And I have a whole heap of chocolate & biscuits to eat !
Took the pram, as I still couldn't work out the best sling outfit. F was all bundled up (probably went overboard, if anything), looking cute, and even had 2 old ladies cooing over him on the way back!
I think I might have had a taste of those elusive exercise endorphins - never had that before... maybe I'll even do more exercise!
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