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JuniDD · 04/03/2015 19:39

A lovely thread for all the JS Grad Grads to chat feeding, sleep and post-birth STUFF.

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Roll call please ladies and perhaps add the number of slings and buggies you have acquired at the time of posting... Wink

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willywallace · 12/03/2015 23:10

Where was she putting it?

ZylaB · 13/03/2015 00:22

On the graph, just not the right place on the graph! Having looked more closely, several of the dots are plotted incorrectly...grr. Think I might redo them in red pen! ;)

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 02:19

Thanks for the feeding advice viroids, at the minute supply isn't an issue luckily. I'm a good producer apparently Hmm but obviously that could change any time!

Hooray for Weight gain min! Grin

Tonight is my first night at home. Leaving mini lauren behind was the hardest thing I've ever done by far. I just feel so miserable. I know it's not forever but I keep thinking what if he wakes up and the nurses are busy? Or something happens and I'm not there! Will he know I've left him do you think?

FurryScoob · 13/03/2015 04:55

I'm sure he'll be fine lauren you need to get some sleep too! Could you put a little teddy or something up your top tomorrow & leave to with him when u go so he can still smell you?

Great weight gain min

Get the red pen out zyla not much point in a weight graph if its all wrong!

For the second night running I'm awake & DD's asleep Angry

Minion · 13/03/2015 05:38

Ahhh the joys of a baby who sleeps from 10:30-4:45 on the night I'm doing the night feeds!!
The subsequent huge vom wasn't too grand tho.
So were wide awake watching hollyoaks. That'll bore her to sleep...

ZylaB · 13/03/2015 07:10

I was going to say out a t shirt or something you've worn next to him lauren. I can't imagine how hard it is for you, he will be ok and soon be strong enough to come home with you x

Well I think I've managed no more than 2 hours sleep, broken up throughout the night...screams clingy child is screams and clingy :(

ZylaB · 13/03/2015 07:10

*screams=screamy

Nessalina · 13/03/2015 08:21

Morning all Smile

Well I'm not sure if J knows that his grandad is gone and is expressing himself accordingly, or if the 4 month blues have arrived, or if God forbid he's teething, but we've gone back to three wakes a night when he was reliably doing just one! Confused
Luckily he's not too bad at dropping back off, but it feels like he keeps waking me up at the worst point in my sleep cycle, so I'm just knackered today. Doesn't help that I had awful dreams about the funeral director turning up unannounced with the coroners report - I have to ring them today and I'm not looking forward to it Sad On the plus side, DH has some old friends coming over to visit so I think they're going to play pool and get pissed which will do him the world of good!

Lauren, I really feel for you, I can't imagine having to leave such a little baby! The good thing is that he will certainly not remember it or hold it against you, he's too little, and he won't forget about you, because you're his mama and he loves you completely Smile If the baby ward is anything like postnatal then there'll be a zillion midwives hanging about and he'll have all the attention he needs! Try to take advantage of the unbroken sleep whilst you can xxx

Yay for weight gain Min! Aha so satisfying when they put on Grin I haven't weighed J in ages, but he's a right chubber, so haven't felt the need... Can babies be too fat? Blush

Nessalina · 13/03/2015 08:22

And sympathy to you too Zyla! Any chance of you catching up with a snooze at some point today?

willywallace · 13/03/2015 08:49

Haha nooo chubby babies are delightful! Smile

Lauren that must be so hard but try to think of it as you're getting the rest you need to be there for him all day and to make enough milk for him etc. Hopefully it gives you a chance to recover from CS. Do you still have to get up to express in the night?

I also was awake whilst baby was sleeping. But only because I was in massive shock that she slept for 8 hours!!!! Please say it wasn't a fluke. Aaaand she's just ruined a clean nappy Angry .

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 12:02

Brew For those up in the night when their babies weren't Shock

I had to set alarm for about half way through the night to express. I'm only doing it once in the night though, and just doing it before I go to bed and when I wake up. I feel so much better for a sleep, much less emotional! Minilauren is under a sun lamp today for jaundice. He loves it in there!

I weighed myself today Shock I'm hoping that some of it is still baby paraphernalia though as I still look pregnant! My stomach is shrinking slowwwwwly!

Minion · 13/03/2015 13:46

Keep expressing, it'll be flat in no time.

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 14:45

Grin min does expressing suck the fat out too?

Minion · 13/03/2015 14:52

Scientifically I'm not sure, but I fitted back into my skinniest 7 days after birth...
I'm thinner now than I ever was cause of the amount of expressing I did.. my bum may have not got skinnier though
You can feel it working when you get the mega cramps.

willywallace · 13/03/2015 16:35

yeah presumably it should work the same as feeding no? I'm still fat though because I live off chocolate biscuits and bread.

Hope MiniLauren enjoyed his sunbathing. Babies have all the fun.

RPopz · 13/03/2015 18:35

After my bump went down I was thinner than pre pregnancy - must have been breastfeeding!! Sadly my biscuit habit has caught up on me now.

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 18:50

I'm loving these positive skinny stories Grin I thought the pulling when I expressed was my C section scar Blush ill take comfort in knowing its the fat being sucked out!

cookielove · 13/03/2015 20:07

Lauren E was in nicu for 10 days and it was horrible leaving him but he barely noticed. Is your lo being tube fed? As you can insist on that till breastfeeding is established then there won't be any nipple confusion. I think this is where I went wrong I had reluctant breastfeeder and nurses encouraging bottle feeds. Next time I will stick to what I want!

Oh I love getting E weighed just to be nosy, he is a little chunk of ooey gooey loveliness Blush Grin

Bad nights we have had recently fx it starts to improve soon :)

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 20:40

Oh cookie I hadn't realised E was in too! It's awful leaving them isn't it. I've came home earlier today to spend time with DD (left at 5. DP will be there until 11ish) and I had to make a huge effort not to randomly cry in front of her! He's being tube fed every other feed at the minute and using the tube to top up after we have tried with the bottle. I've already switched to a bottle with expressed milk just so he has continuity and so DP can do some of the 10pm cares so I can put DD to bed sometimes. I just want him home!

cookielove · 13/03/2015 21:53

Lauren E was 6 weeks early, so 10 days was pretty good! I really struggled with expressing my boobs just refused to give much and every day the amount he fed increased further and further away. By the time he came home it took 24hrs to express enough for one feed. I use to breastfed, formula top up, pump (get 20-40ml combined), every single feed for 6 weeks. I actually don't know how I survived! Shock

laurenamium · 13/03/2015 22:04

Oh wow cookie that's crazy! You're a saint! 10 days is amazing! It's been 5 days so far and miniL is 7 weeks early. I hope to beat your score Wink but realistically I know we will be there a good while Sad

cookielove · 14/03/2015 01:58

Lol nothing wrong with a bit of heathy competition Lauren

I think I was crazy looking back now, but I so wanted him to breastfeed still sad about it now, need to let it go!

willywallace · 14/03/2015 05:29

Definitely let it go Cookie. Breastfeeding is a pain in the arse wishing MrWil was up instead of me.

Chin up Lauren. You're doing so well. Really hard to juggle that kind of situation with two kids. How's DD taking it all?

Minion · 14/03/2015 06:35

Uhhhh. My childs still asleep and im awake.
How the hell did I let this happen?

laurenamium · 14/03/2015 10:57

You're all crazy being awake when your DC are sleeping! Grin

DD is happy to be home, she's taking it well but has really missed me. She keeps asking where her brother is too, I think she just wants some normal. Hopefully some routine from Monday will help her!