JUNE 07...Starting thread!

[nannyjo]

Well i think i was the frist to 'pop' from the due in june thread so i thought it was about time we started the post-natal thread.

DS2 is 2 weeks on monday I had him 4 weeks early due to induction for OC. Everything is going really well and i think things are finally starting to settle down (i hope i haven't just spoken too soon!!)

He is really suffering with colic though and were getting about 4 hours sleep a night on average and with a 2.5 year old there is no chance of catching up in the day, but i shouldn't complain as i'm lucky to have got two wonderful boys. Thats it now NO MORE!!!!!9smile0

I know a few other june mums have had their babies so it would be lovely to hear from you to see how you are all getting on (when you get the chance )

oops

this double post thing only happens with my laptop....why?

Sorry derlor, I'll stay here!

Fucking afterpains are shit! I feel like I'm still in labour!

I'll put some pics on in a sec. I need to get dp to find the cable for the camera.

Holly i sympathise with with the afterpains, i've never had them before but this time i felt like i was being tortured they were excrutiating - only lasted a couple of days though, grit your teeth girl or just cry and scream, whatever helps x

I never had them with dd either. Every time I bf it feels like my insides are falling out! Apparently it's bad this time because the baby and placenta were so big and I delivered so quickly!

Do you get used to typing one handed?

defo worse each time. So when do we get the gory details Holly?

I'll just hand the small(ish) man to dp, then I can type properly!

Yup and seemingly they get worse with EVERY baby. MW said it was due to my fast delivery and large placenta too. (placenta was more painful to deliver than baby!!!)
IT'S JUST NOT FAIR like you've not been through enough already!
At least you know it only lasts 2-3 days and it does ease hang in there x
take paracetamol and an anti inflamatory regularly.

right Abbie awake and chewing on her fingers - so i'm off will check back in later, take care y'all x

I actually yelled out with my afterpains on several occasions.....they were scary sore!

Hello all, just woke up from an hours kip!

IKWYM afterpains, yesterday morning I woke up, went downstairs and just started crying, the pain is shit, but a bit better today.

I am good, how is everyone? Still finding my feet with DS, he's a little unsettled today and feeding LOADS at more frequent intervals than he has been... still working on routines etc, and the skin on his little face has gone all dry and sore

But on balance, I have got away with it really lightly, Sulli is a piece of piss, even for me who's rsponsibilities have only ever really extended to a cocker spaniel!

HI TA...glad it's all coming together for you. Just remember that this only lasts a few weeks. Em is already more alert and awake for longer periods and finally getting the hang of latching on. if she's not too hungry she can even manage it herself sometimes!

How's your feeding going?

Argh feeding
I think the hormone problem I had (have?) that caused me problems during the pregnancy/birth is also causing me problems with BFing.
I have, like, NO milk or colostrum. NADA. Poor mite latches on ok but nothing comes out, he gets bored and moves on. I have lost a lot of heart and am finding the bottle is fine for him so chances are, unless I get lucky in the next couple of days, FF it is.
It's no big deal, a little disappointing perhaps but then I am also pretty shy and flopping a boob out has never appealed so perhaps it's for the best!

I am taking to being a mum
I really hope that it stays this trouble free - of course it's confusing and a massive learning curve but I feel like I am coping.

Hey TA, that's tough. Chin up and keep repeating those positive thoughts...

I'm beginning to wonder if S hasn't got 'reflux light' -- some feeds are just horrific - twisting and screaming - (her) - burping takes forever - then sometimes it's all calm and lovely. I just dunno....I hope this osteopath can help us but it's not till Thursday. Groan.

Birth announcement!!

Hope you're doing ok bumper. Don't even THINK the bad mother stuff. It will come together, it's just bloody hard, especially with your first, but with every baby. Anyone who doesn't have a moments struggle or doubt is LYING!!!

Guess what - I survived the inlaws! (They only brought three of the other grandchildren with them, and BIL who is OK anyway. I disgraced myself though 'cos I got one of the GCs wrong - it wasn't the one I thought it was - that would explain why he had changed so much since last time I saw him! This will sound so materialistic and dreadful, but can you believe they didn't bring him a present. Just because he's the 11th...)

Thanks for all your kind messages. Just slept 4 WHOLE hours (me and bub!). It's is amazing how restorative a tiny bit can be when you have had none. Feel much calmer now, just swinging from one extreme to another! God, I gave poor dh a scare this morning. I was trying to let him sleep as long as poss (I knew I'd need him later) but when I was at my worst this morning both of us wailing I went into the bedroom and woke him, he literally lept 2 foot into the air thinking some serious was wrong! The look on his face was awful... but we are both ok now

We are about to feed then going to try a little trip to waitrose to get some infacol.

Thanks so much for your help, really appreciate it especially when we are all having our own problems...

Poor Bumper
How's it going? What got bub off to sleep in the end?

I'm so crap, I haven't read through the thread yet, just posting about myself, sorry!

Bumper, glad you got some sleep and you are feeling better. I found that colief worked for my dd. It is bloody expensive, but it produced the desired result!

Ria, you are not being materialistic expecting a pressie from the ILs. Just because he is their 11th doesn't mean he is less important to you or you dh! Meanies!

TA how's the feeding going? Have you seen a bfing counsellor?

She had a good feed eventually, and not too much wind.

Quick question for anyone - I'm expressing a bit of blood - is it still ok for LO to drink from that boob?

Is the blood from a cracked bit of nip? If it is get yourself some shields until it heals. It's ok to feed from it still, but your bubs might not like the taste and it'll hurt you!

Hi Holly,
no I haven't, my mum has been staying and whilst she's been brilliant and helpful she's not really an advocate of bfing, and I am ashamed to admit I sort of felt shy around her and didn't press it.

But I'm alright tbh
Bottles are proving to be less inconvenient than I feared, the only real bugger is the £££. Obviously I know BF is better for babies but I also can't help but think that I was bottle fed and I'm ok!

Afternoon ladies, Glad we've all settled into this thread now, makes it alot easier

Sorry to hear about bumper and TA having a hard time with the feeding lark.
Its sounds like TA you have made the right decision re:ff and now that you have decided that is the route you will take, you will enjoy him so much more now.

Bumper, it is true what you say babies shouldn't need much winding when exclusively bf and very rarely get colic, but sometimes they may have a reaction to something that you have eaten, so although its quite a tedious task you could make a diary of what you have eaten and see if somethings make him worse.

On my nipple front, 10 days in and i've had a huge breakthrough, no nipple shield on left breast , its healed nicely and totally comfortable to feed him on , I'm so pleased - my right breast is still quite cracked and toe curlingly painful when he latches on , but I now know it will get better.

dp and I are having the 'I'm more tired than you competition today '...boring!

OOOh claire I hate it when they do that....my DH is only to say that he's tired on pain of death, whihc is unfair of me really as he takes her away and settles her after I've been feeding so I can get straight back to sleep, and he's changed more nappies than me......but still!

Glad things are improving for you on the bf front.

Bumper...glad you got some sleep....but remember you can call me anytime...and I mean anytime. Since my mammoth sleep on Friday I've felt really upbeat...it will happen for you, although it is hard going through this stage. I suppose we should be thankful that they are summer babies....This nonsense must be so much harder when it is dark and cold.

Try again with the nipple shields and get soemone in tomorrow to help you with your latch. Once that is sorted, everything kind of falls into place!

TA.....you sound much better this afternoon and happy with your decision to FF. You're right of course, our generation were mostly FF. Modern formulas are much better nutritionally than they used to be as well. When I switched to formula with DS suddenly I was happy and relaxed, he was happy and relaxed and life was a much better place to be! I'm all for the happy mummy = happy baby school of thought!

Right, off to read Holly's birth announcement, back in a bit!

LOL, baby Will has just peed all over me for the first time! I'm finding it odd adjusting to a boy!

I didn't mean to sound like the bfing police there TA! Sorry!!