November 2012 - the birthplosion (thanks Peaky)

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Previous post-natal thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1579907-November-2012-babies-are-here-at-last

Stats list: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1485512-November-2012-Stats-List

Sat in the GP Walk in. Aaron feels quite hot (don't trust my thermometer) & seems to be gagging on mucous/coughing & spluttering too. Want to be sure its nothing.

garden not surprised you haven't posted, sounds like you've been through.the mill. Fingers crossed that's all your bad luck out of the way for at least the nxt yr!!

Hi VQ I was just going to comment on your weight post, that is fab well done. L had put on 200g at his weigh-in which is his biggest gain so far. He is now 3400g, 235g under birth weight so I am hopeful of being discharged in the next week or so. In old money he was 8lbs at birth and is 7lbs8 now, so he still doesn't look very big but he has quite long arms and legs. His Daddy is a beanpole so hopefully he will be the same.

I also keenly follow your and horsey's updates as your babies are each a day apart from mine. It sounds like you have had a very similar week to us with wind issues and/or growth spurts. It's been a tough one.

J has just had his first bottle of expressed milk, I can only get milk from one breast with the pump and I only got 2oz.

DP gave it to him and I was expecting him to fuss or look at least a little confused but my word this boy drained the bottle without hesitation then had a long feed from the breast too, he's out for the count now sprawled across my knee. little piggy!

blonder you are doing really well to persevere without getting disheartened. My DH is a fat bastard so I knew boy would chunk up fairly quickly. This week has been hard and I too have been encouraged by yours and horseys updates. It helps to know it is normal.

I am currently working on a safe co-sleeping device. I want to be able to have DS on the side away from DH but do not want him to fall out of bed. Ideally I want him back in the cot, but have to be realistic too. It may not happen for a while. Given a choice between a decent sleep with him, and no sleep in the cot, I know which I will take. It just needs to be safe.

Valium have you thought about one of those clip on bed cot thingys? I saw one somewhere once and thought it looked like the perfect compromise for safe cosleeping. I'm sure you could probably get one cheap-ish on ebay to try?

The antenatal thread is too quiet. I soooo want to join you guys now!! Bouncing on my ball (in between ow-ing because my back hurts) and having a curry tonight. I might even jump (if a crippled 39 weeker could do such a thing!?) dp tonight. Desperate time call for desperate measures and all!

8 days since section VQ just taking paracetamol for the pain relief now so thought I'd be ok but wasn't really. Had to walk v v slowly!

MM I never got that desperate

Now I think about it shelly I don't think I am either

MM they are pretty pricy unfortunately. Latest research suggests shagging does not do a jot to bring on labour so I would not bother.

kissy I was on PCM and Brufen for two full weeks.

I went into labour about 30mins after we DTD. Coincidence??!!

I don't think my DD weighed 10lb until she was 4mths let alone 4wks!! She also was a mere 1lb heavier than her birth weight at 4wks, compared to my little snausage dog who is already 1lb 2oz heavier at 12do!!

I was given co-codamol and ibuprofen VQ but had to stop the co-codamol as it causes constipation

LO definitely having a growth spurt today I reckon. Going to give her her first bath tonight

Lactulose all the way kissyfur :)

My goodness garden you have been through the mill. I hope things settle for you and you can have some happier days with your babies.

My fabulous rack could indeed grace the pages of Facebook. DH took a picture of me earlier with P's head sort of nestled between them facing forward - it looks as though I have two more babies smuggled up my top!

I also discovered that having a windy baby can have its advantages. PIL were round earlier and as I stood up to take P for a nappy change I am mortified to say that I let out several little gunfire like farts. My pelvic floor simply does not protect me from such things anymore. MIL exclaimed in delight "eeee, Penny! What a big noise from a little baby". I couldn't get out the room quick enough. I had to apologise to her for letting her take blame once we got out the room.

She also do a massive lovely yellow poo - this was handy as it added weight to the noises supposedly coming from the bottom of a 12 day old!

Babydetective is on FB! Hurrah for detective!

Hello catbag how are you?

Hello vq I sent you a pm :)

Well, it turned out that my incision wasn't infected- it was the fold of skin above it, likely caused by how much time I have to spend sat feeding the babies. I feed them together - in a tandem football hold I believe it's called- on a boppy pillow and so have to sit in the same position every time I feed them. This has led to my skin getting sweaty where there is an overhang and caused the infection :(

As per the excellent suggestions from you all, I put some tea tree oil onto a sanitary towel and kept it next to the infected skin by way of a crepe bandage I found in our medicine cabinet. I'm almost certain that it was the tea tree that sorted it out, rather than the hydrocortizone cream that the doctor gave me. I didn't like having to touch the area to put the cream on :(

Anyway it's all looking better now so all's good.

I've been feeling pretty sorry for myself this week. I was certain that the twins would find their own level and come to a routine by themselves by now. They have not. They will not sleep if they are not on me and appear to be cluster feeding from about 1pm until 9/10pm. I've felt so tired and so useless that I've teetered on the edge of tears for the last ten days or so. Last sunday I sat and sobbed to myself for an hour while feeding the babies. On top of everything I was feeling, I had caved in to my vanity and squeezed myself into the compression vest thing (like a corset) that I had bought to try and help get my figure back. It was fine while I was stood up, but then I sat down to feed the babies and it squashed me horribly and just seemed to serve to show me how hideously fat I am. I sobbed for Britain. What made it worse was that by the time I got it off, I felt like it had made my stomach swell and my ribs hurt. I looked bigger than when I put it on and hurt all over my middle. That'll teach me.

I decided yesterday to start imposing a routine on them instead as I had nothing to lose. Tried the self-settling thing with limited success yesterday, but measurably more success this morning. It gave me enough time to put some washing on, tidy up etc, but more than that, just have five/ten minutes at a time to myself. I feel more positive now :)

Good GRIEF, epic post. Sorry

Big hugs Catbag I had a major sib fest day yesterday. Surly it's hormones lol.

I've always gone on about wanting twins. N quite a few times DH has commented "imagin how crazy it would b if we had twins?!" I am so overwhelmed with 1 n can't imagine having two. (I won't even go on to how much I admire u for bf them both as I may switch on my blub fest again)

Right I'm off to ear a donut. The diet will start in Tuesday when LO is 6 weeks old.

stunt ouch! Hope the antibiotics work soon.

garden what a rough time, hope things calm down now.

catbag I think feeling sorry for oneself is almost a permanent state of mind. Give yourself a break.

Haven't weighed DS since day 5 when he had regained birth weight - he is three weeks old today. Going home on Sunday so will try and get to clinic on Monday to see. Have started topping up with formula (always intended to mix feed) and he seems happy whether given breast or bottle. Oddly enough wind coming up much, much more easily when it is a formula feed.

catbag you have given life to six children! You could be forgiven for looking like a Moomin. Please put the corset away for a year, if not put it on eBay. I am glad your wound has improved. Mine took nearly 4 weeks to be right again. So impressed with you feeding twins. It is more than hard feeding one. Deep respect!

I too am trying to impose a routine, and am having some success. I am also reading the baby whisperer again to ensure I am not too mean a mummy following Gina Ford.

Off to bed as my wee man is sleepy. DH feels like his balls are gonna explode, but he can sort that himself

I don't think I mean day 5. I don't know what I mean.

Hi everyone
Had a quick read through but haven't fully caught up. Hope those of you with wound pain and feeding issues settle soon. It's bloody hard in these early weeks isn't it? The world seems to me to be literally upside down!
Baby Belgrano still not great-not disastrously bad either but has a horrible cold-is v snotty and a bad cough which seems to then choke her with the mucus. She's been asleep literally all the time for the past 4 days. I'd say she's awake for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs a day in total, in short bursts. Is that normal?

She also has a horrible thrush nappy rash - bright scarlet bum which looks so sore. I have cream from Dr but its not working yet.

It's a lot to deal with at 2 wks old!

On the plus side she's very nearly regained birthweight now-60g under so we've been discharged by midwife. And feeding is fine except she doesn't want to feed much at the mo so I have sore norks but generally it's ok.

And i Can't believe there are grown up 6 wk old babies out there on this thread! Wow. That seems impossibly grown up.

At 4 weeks he's nearly 10lb. On my scales not official ones. That's losing 12.5% at 5 days. He was 8lb born.

Considering he wouldn't feed he's a good eater.

I was chatting to one of the baby baby mums today, hers has put on 1lb a week nearly since birth. Breast fed!!!

Oh and he's an official person today! With a bank account too!!

Oh and he's smiling!!!!! And sticking his Tongue out. And still licking mummy. And daddy. And anyone else who holds him.

Odd baby!!