sept 2014: babies are here (or coming soon!)

[allisgood1]

Even though dc3 is end of August, thought I'd start a sept thread :-)

How are you all doing?

dS1 is 9 dats old. Feeding well and surely sleeping well but it's hard to know as I keep falling asleep at night feeding him!

I don't want to start an argument! Just that the key to establishing long term bf (if that's what you want to do) is to feed at every cue. It should only last for about 12 weeks so so until baby has your supply where they need it and your milk is well established.
Unfortunately that does mean baby will sometimes use you as a comfort.

Red they shouldn't have told you that. Unfortunately there's a lot of midwives who are still teaching 'old' ways of bf. Obviously there's a lot of good midwives with up to date info but still some old school ones and a 'schedule' or whatever they wantto call it, is really detrimental to bf.
Also, I know it can be a pain and messy but sometimes possetting isn't as bad as we think as their tummy is too small to hold much but they're increasing your supply. As long as baby is a happy puker don't worry too much about it and invest in lots of muslins

Thats the point though. Neither DS nor I were happy.

I'm sorry, but I think they actually gave me the right advise in saying that he was going for comfort rather than food for my own sanity.

Oh yes, knowing they're sucking for comfort does make you feel less like you're going mad! Otherwise I think you can start to worry about if they're getting enough etc.
Doing whatever you feel is best for the both of you is obviously the right thing to do I'm just saying that not everything they tell you is always right.

Hello all. Just hopping over from the antenatal board. Baby Jessica will be a week old tomorrow - can hardly believe it's been a week already, even though it's been hard at times. Am starting to get the 'knack' of breast feeding now after a few initial latch issues which gave me a cracked left nipple (was so, so painful for a few days)! Also the first few nights at home before my milk came in were really hard as Jessica was so hungry she was continuously asking for food as the colostrum obviously wasn't satisfying her, especially at night, so I hardly slept for about 4 days. Getting better now though. Also I had to go bra shopping in the week since my milk came in. I was a C cup at the start of pregnancy, went up to a DD in pregnancy, and got sized at Mothercare on Tues for some decent maternity ones as my DD bras were way too tight and I'm now a 36F! My boobs are like small boulders! Hope everyone else is doing okay. Sorry I haven't had a chance to read back over everyone's posts. xxx

Anyway ...

kitkat so glad to hear baby Jessica is doing well.

I was discharged by the MW yesterday, I mentioned the prolapse but was told to mention it to GP at the 6 week check. She weighed Elizabeth, she now weighs 6lb 10oz, an impressive gain in 18 days from her 5lb 9oz birth weight.

Hi all, it's been a tough couple of days. Eleanor is doing fantastic, such a happy little baby, she's taken to breastfeeding like a duck to water! Does often want feeding a lot though!

However I was having chest pains on Tuesday, Midwife sent me to GP, GP sent me to cardiac clinic at hospital, and I'm being treated with the assumption of DVT or pulmonary embolism initial tests looking good, but had to have a VQ scan today so I'm radioactive for the next 24 hours and not allowed to breastfeed, cuddle baby, and have to sit 6 foot away from her as much as possible so DH having to do everything! He's very happy though, just got to express my milk and dump it and bottle feed!

Omg cool you poor thing!

Wow cool that sounds scary :( hope you're ok x

Oh cool how awful. I'm glad it's looking positive but you must be so desperate to hold her.

Oh coolcat you poor thing. Sending you lots of virtual hugs. xxx

coolcat so sorry! Hope you are on the mend very soon x

Think it's the hardest thing I've ever done, seeing her wailing whilst Dad tries to get formula sorted, and all I can do is stand and watch :(

Checking in on the night feed here.

kit kat my baby Jessica is 6 weeks old on Sunday - it goes soo quick, scary! I bathed her today and she suddenly is getting on to fill the length of the baby bath when last time I checked I'm sure there was way more room!

coolcat that sounds really horrid for you. Hope it all gets sorted out soon so you can enjoy snuggly baby time ?

On Wednesday I rushed to get ready early (9am) to go to a baby/toddler group. As I was leaving to go home again my vision went really odd. When I looked at people their faces looked all wrong/out of alignment like a cubism painting is the best way I can describe it. Then got home and got a massive headache in my temples. So I reckon it must have been my first ever migraine. Not had the joy of migraines before! Hoping it's not a regular thing and was just brought on by lack of sleep and lack of breakfast that day!

Just finishing off night feed here praying DS will sleep when I put him down

mammy that sounds horrible. You've not had migraines before? Hope that's not some hideous post pregnancy thing I have to look forward to!

cool that sounds unbelievably difficult.

Well, I'm now officially on the post natal board

Baby girl arrived on Tues 16th sept at 1pm weighing 7 lb exactly. The ELCS was a better experience than I was expecting, and that was even with a slight complication. Recovery is also better than I was expecting, although I'm trying really hard to take things slowly.

Baby is just amazing, I can't believe how perfect she is. We had a bit of a rough start with feeding, but the breast feeding support at the hospital was so fantastic and we both are getting the hang of it now. She only really wants to sleep on us at the moment, but I guess it is only early days and we can work on that.

Hi ladies, can I join you please?

My September baby arrived on Monday, beautiful little girl we have called Matilda (after much debate as we didn't know sex of baby and didn't have a definite name decided) weighing 9lb11oz!

Just up giving her a breastfeed, thankfully had a much better night than last night which was our first night home, forgot how unsettled they are.

I haven't had time to read the whole thread but I will!

Cool that should be frustrating... Hope it will be over soon.... Bounding time with daddy, hey?
Top that sounds bad... Are you going to doctors?

About clothes, I had only three outfits that actually fitted my baby at birth . When we got home I was totally upset about this and the more my mum and hubby told me he will grow quickly we can just use bigger clothes the more I was annoyed so I went to mother are with the baby and bought quite a few babygro in sizes tiny baby and new born... This was just before he was 2 weeks old. He is 5.5 weeks now and all of those outfits are already small for him, so after trying to save money buying from sales,nearly new stuff, etc,I ended up paying a lot for baby to use only 3 weeks !! :) it is quite amazing how fast they grow up... As Top was also saying...

Regarding BF - this is just my experience and everyone may be different of course : at around 3 weeks, ds wanted to be on breast all the time - constantly , like every hour- and I did let him carry on... I now know he had a growth spurt - and what he was doing was getting milk but also increasing my supply - his weight gain showed it was a growth spurt then and right now he demands milk a lot more logically at between 2-4 hours at different times of the day and I realised my milk supply has actually gone up..

At the time I wasn't sure if it is comfort seeking or not and despite what a nurse in bf clinic told me, I was prepared to comfort him with breast after his first few dramatic days of no bf no cuddles... Now I am glad I did - although it was hard

Dreaming we were on the big baby thread iirc. Wow thats a good weight!

Ds was 9lb5 at birth induced at 38 weeks. Can you imagine if they let me go term! !!
Hes now 10lb5

I missed the last couple of messages while on night feeds... Team congratulations - so good c-section was better than you thought and lovely baby news x
Dream welcome - good size baby and lovely name too

Dreaming welcome and congratulations

Coolcat- wow that sounds scary. The 24 hours must be up soon, hope you are enjoying breastfeeding and cuddles again in the bear future.

Top- sounds like an aura. Please go get yourself checked out as it's new.

Well we are having a bit of a growth spurt here I think. DS was 3 weeks Wednesday. Yesterday he fed loads all morning then slept 12:45-4:30, fed, slept til 7:45, fed, slept until 10, fed, slept until 2 and then flipping up for 2 hours feeding and feeding and feeding. So I've had a v broken night. Hoping we get it the other way round today!

Congrats to all the new babys on this thread. Struggling to keep up .

Cool hope the 24 hours are up soon and you get to enjoy cuddles again soon. Must be so frustrating for you.

Welcome and congrats dreaming

allisgood yes I read on the nhs website about the aura thing before a migraine comes on. I feel poorly today, sore throat and exhausted... hope its not migraine related, though the nhs site also said you can feel off for about a week after a migraine. I've got my 6 week check with the doc on Tuesday so I'll mention it then.

I was supposed to be a bridesmaid at my friend's wedding next month. In my naivety I thought I could still do it despite having a baby. But now Jessica is here I have realised that a) I can't and won't leave her with anyone else, b) breastfeeding and bridesmaid dresses/duties do not mix, c) getting to the salon with the bride and other bridesmaids for 9am on wedding day would probably kill me lol. So I've stepped down and will just be a guest. My hubby is best man though so I hope I won't feel a bit left out. I feel a bit sad about it as I've never been a bridesmaid before and was looking forward to it, and the bride to be was a bridesmaid at my wedding, but Jessica is definitely my no.1 priority so I'm sure I'll get over it.