August 2018 babies (including the July early arrivals)

[birdy1978]

A new thread for those of us that are now in the post-natal phase: somewhere to chat about feeding, sleeping (or not) and all things newborn!

Can I join? DS was born on 16th August by ECS after complications in previous pregnancies. Had tongue tie so first few weeks were tough going :(
Getting there with feeding now but still using shields a lot of the time (but think it's because I'm scared it will hurt again. Not a little hurt, actually thought my nipples were going to fall off when he had tongue tie!!)
Cluster feeding-that's fun!! 😂

Hi chilledteacher. Painful feeding is so awful, I'm glad you seem to be through the other side. I'm getting pain at let down now. It doesn't last long, but it makes my toes curl each time. Hopefully it will go away once my supply settles. Also not feeling the love for cluster feeds.

How is everyone doing? Any baby smiles? I keep gurning at the baby in the hope that she will respond.

The cluster feeds are the worst so tiring and emotionally draining!! Ive had to stop breastfeeding due to my little girl possibly having g CMPA i was having a few problems feeding but ive since discovered that may have been due to reflux but i miss feeding so much and no one ever talks about what happens when you stop breastfeeding suddenly and how to deal with it @chilledteacher hope you see some improvement with the feeding now the tie is fixed @somersetsinger also hope your pain eases soon too this breastfeeding business is deffo not easy at all is it?!

Hi can I join? My baby was born at 34+3 on22/8 ... she shouldn’t even be here yet!!!
Might be a weird question but is anyone else feeling nostalgic about pregnancy or labour? I hated being pregnant this time as I was in a lot of pain with spd but my labour was so positive despite her early arrival and the care I received was amazing that it makes me a bit nostalgic. I wonder if it’s because I wasn’t ready for it yet or because it’s likely to be our last child but I find myself thinking I wish I could relive the experience again!! Crazy right?

Can I join? My first LG is 8 weeks old today and I’ve just joined mumsnet. Hoping to talk to people and have some way of entertaining myself during night feeds! We had issues with BF at the start and did a bit of mixed feeding for a while but we are now established BF only, even if she does forget how to latch occcasionally!

Welcome @Ballerina68 & @Theshort12 oh wow im sure that was tough and scary! How is she doing? And how are you? I must say i dont miss being pregnant as much as i thought i would!!! Id say with her being your last then with her being early it could have something to do with it and thats great you had a good labour. Mumsnet can deffo be a great way of putting some time in!! Good on you for working your way through the bf troubles as it can be so hard! Ive had to stop and i really miss it

Yeah the BF was really hard at the start I had a couple of people in the hospital who said some negative things and got in my head so I was freaking out about her not getting enough food for ages. I’m glad it worked out though even if I’m up 4 to 5 times a night 😂. Liking mumsnet so far seems to be a lot of positive women sharing experiences which I like :)

@Theshort12 that is awful why can people not be supportive of each other i found my professional support very good but family wasnt in particular my MIL it was she mustnt be getting enough, give her a bottle, my lg had been a bit unsettled which we now think was reflux and all i heard that week was give her a bottle and we had a small family do and she had asked me if i was going to have a drink i had said just the one or two and her reply was just give her a bottle that really annoyed me if now i am bottle feeding i would only have the one or two still as looking after a baby i wouldnt want to be getting drunk but ive put it down to her being able to bf and she perhaps felt a bit jealous?

We are both fine thanks we were very well looked after at the hospital and I cannot thank the staff enough for everything they did. Both bouncing back quite well considering. I don’t miss pregnancy really it’s more that I feel like I could relive the whole birth experience again. I think it’s mostly hormones combined with not being quite ready for her that makes me miss it. It seems to be easing off slightly so hopefully it will go soon!
Well done on getting through breastfeeding struggles. It can be so tough especially when people make stupid comments!! We are bottle feeding as I struggled with my first born and with her being early and my milk not coming in, combined with needing to monitor her intake at NICU it just didn’t seem like it was destined to be. I still get stupid comments as a bottle feeding Mum though so I think you just have to tune it out!

Thank you, I know it’s so frustrating getting comments. It was bad enough in the hospital but I can’t imagine how hard it would be getting that from family. Hope you are getting the support you need now. And ignore the bottle feeding comments I got those from my dad when I had to mixed feed, people just don’t know your situation and say stupid things.

Thats great too hear @Ballerina68 and yes people deffo make comments they shouldn't and without knowing or thinking of your situation