JULY 2014 - WE HAVE BABIES

[justhayley]

Well it's only mid June but I hear we have our first July 2014 baby - congratulations MrsC, also hear there is one going to be joining us very very soon so thought it was time to start a postnatal thread! Wow can you believe it's that time already!!!

I hope to be joining you on this thread in the next few weeks - have no desire to get to 40 /42 weeks in this heat thank you.

For now congratulations new mummies xxx

[MrsA2]

Ickle hope DS settled. Did he maybe want yet more milk? My DD has long feeds, probably because we are both still figuring it out and I don't think my latch is great, so sometimes goes back on three or four times - about 15/20 mins each time. I'm guessing you tried that though so excuse a stupid suggestion if so!

Wow it's melting hot tonight, just finished feeding DD who is only in a nappy but still I think I roasted her with our combined body heat.

[ismarah]

Ickle we've banished the phrase 'surely she can't still be hungry' because yes, she can and usually is.

If he doesn't finish a feed (bean falls asleep quite regularly right in the middle of things) then his suckling might be less effective than it will become as he gets older and more practiced. BF babies require feeding more regularly, especially as your milk level builds up in the beginning, than FF babies. Or so my own research has suggested.

[MrsA2]

Random question - some of DDs white babygrows have marks on from her cord. Will these come off in a normal 40 wash or do I need to use stain remover (in fact, is it even ok to use stain remover on newborn clothes?!).

Mine falls asleep regularly while feeding too. I just adore the drunken look she gets when full, so ridiculously cute.

[icklekid]

Thanks all for advice, whenever he falls asleep will try and wake to give more and see if that helps.coco can I give infacolnto 9 day old? Thought it could be colic but didn't know how old have to be for medicine? Have had a better day today so fingers crossed for tonight (and breasts huge so must be producing loads!)

mrsa I used vanish soap bwr without thinking to pretreat...bad mother alert?!

Day 10 midwife check tomorrow- can I expect anything exciting or just more of the same?

[AuntieMaggie]

ickle DS is like that in the evenings for about an hour or two where he can't seem to feed enough though alternates between launching himself at my boob like a starved demon (and anything else that gets anywhere near his mouth) and refusing to feed and screaming for no apparent reason. Eventually he calms down and falls to sleep.

Also the mw told me that day 9/10 is another 'difficult' one along with day 3 and 7 for feeding so maybe your ds is just having one of those.

Whichever boob he's not on runs like a bloody tap today!

[Incapinka]

Think around day10 us a growth spurt day where they are grouchy and feed all day long.

We had day 6 check today and were sent in to hospital for jaundice check. 3 1/2 hours later we were allowed home but have to go back tomorrow for another test to see if it is getting worse or better. Fingers crossed for some improvement. She is so fragile and special.

Hope everyone doing ok

[ismarah]

Anyone else errr...thinking of DTD any time soon? Idle thoughts here but still. Thoughts.

[icklekid]

Dtd- no chance however I'm still full of stitches/ incredibly sore! Normal delivery might be different. Very much missing intimacy with dh because we are tired/not got energy or time to ourselves. Keep saying in a couple of months will look very different!

[ItsAlwaysBetterOnHoliday]

Yeah, way too sore down there to even contemplate it at the mo. Which is kind of frustrating for both of us.

[AuntieMaggie]

DTD - if my tear heals soon... I was on a promise the night I was admitted to be induced... probably what sent my BP sky high!

[MrsA2]

Hmm I still have too much of a bruised tummy and podge post c section to be ready for DTD yet. Its'll be a bit odd having a snuffly baby in the room too? Will need to temporarily manoeuvre the cot to the other end of the bedroom!

[ismarah]

MrsA Shower.

[coco808]

ickle yes, infacol can be given from birth. I'm giving it to DS about 2-3 times a day and it seems to be helping

[MrsA2]

Ha ha Ismarah, good plan!

[coco808]

right, so DS has been feeding hourly since 11 a.m today and i am about to loose my mind. he is refusing to be put down and the only thing i've managed since morning is to brush my teeth and eat a sandwich

i've had 3 lots of vomit on my t shirt since morning, my hair is a mess and the house looks like a bomb has exploded in here...

[AuntieMaggie]

coco congratulations on managing to brush your teeth and eat a sandwich sounds like one of my bad days so you have my sympathy but forget the mess of the house it's not important. Concentrate on looking after you which is more important.

[icklekid]

Oh coco sounds hard work- hope that you manage to get a break tonight. Have you had company to help you? Could you use a sling if he won't go down? Know the covered in sick feeling!

Theo has awful constant diarrhoea and now I also have it. I have a lot of sympathy because its so painful not to mention tricky to clean stitches etc.

[mummytobejuly2014]

little 6day almost 7day old old man has fed throughout day every few hours but cannot get him to stop since 8pm. throws himself off boob/falls asleep at it yet goes mental anytime i try to put him down to sleep. fights himself to get back on. is this normal?

[ismarah]

Mummy has your milk come in? If not, then he's probably hungry. If it has, he might still be hungry, if he's not very efficient yet or your supply hasn't built up to suit him. Bean would never stop BF if it was up to her...sort of.

[Partylots]

Can I tentatively step in and say hello? I'm new! Just discovered mumsnet and am up feeding so thought why not.
My July baby was born on the 5th and was supposed to be a June baby. She was 9 days late and came after 72 hours of pretty horrendous pains! She's second baby and everyone led me to believe she 'd pop out with a sneeze but she's clearly a stubborn little bugger!
Didn't manage to breastfeed my first so this is a whole new world! At the moment it's relentless and really not as convenient as I want it to be as it's keeping me on sofa rather than looking after dd1 who is 2 and not happy with the whole situation!

[icklekid]

mummy very normal from my experience, just change positions, move locations, put baby down (even if crying) and get a drink. Then you are calmer and baby rorgets why wouldn't latch. Have had to do this many times when ds wants milk but fights taking it/latching properly!

Welcome party hope you are enjoying your dd2, can imagine this stage of feeding is hardest when you have dd1! Hope it gets better quickly.

[ismarah]

Welcome Party and congrats on your DD2.

I agree with what Ickle said about not fighting for a latch - you don't want baby to associate badly with BF. With my excellent combo of flattish nipples and lazy bean, I do assist her a bit, but mainly by pinching and shaping the nipple so I can position it better for her to latch when she attempts it.

Maybe try calling a BF helpline? If only for the added moral support..

[coco808]

thank you for the support I feel calmer today
not too bad a day today...although I hope I haven't just jinxed it!

I managed to go out for lunch solo today. Did the whole car seat and push cair fiesta on my own...feeling quite chuffed!

welcome party

I must say, hats off to you lovely ladies who still manage to type while feeding. It literally takes me hours to get a free hand to be able to do it. I love reading it all though when I am feeding

[ismarah]

DH is not in my good books today. He keeps doing half the thing that's needed, leaving me to discover bean's bottle has been washed but not refilled when she's screaming her head off. He also had to have lunch alone today, which obviously left me to make my own later when bean settled. So I got her to fall asleep and left her in her bed which is next door to his office. It wasn't until I came stomping up the stairs, lunch left unmade, to deal with her having woken up and screaming again that he realised the sound wasn't coming from downstairs. Not best pleased!

Then bean threw up on me just as I'd gotten showered and dressed. And now I realise I don't know how to dress anymore, especially in this heat. F*ck this heat.

[icklekid]

coco good job on solo car trip and lunch. Will have to attempt next week when dh back at work! Driving with baby scares me-will prob just go to supermarket nearby first!

Oh dear ismarah hope it was the wakeup call dh needed to step it up!

So yesterday I experienced what it was like to empty a breast- ds wouldn't latch and realised very flat and squishy. This is what happens when ds cluster feeds I guess, little man needs to stop growing!