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August/September 2019 Babies (Due in Sept 19)

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IVEgottheDECAF · 09/09/2019 09:04

Couldnt see a post natal group so have taken it upon myself to start one! Will obviously still keep up on antenatal also until babies have all arrived!

Shall we start a list of arrivals?

IVEgotheDECAF - DC5 - boy - 07/09/19 - 9lb1oz

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Geegrl19 · 19/09/2019 10:28

@boodles101 That is just precious, adorable!

Lavellan · 19/09/2019 11:03

@Megan2018 oh wow well done and what a brilliant place that birth centre sounds like! Grin

Dyra · 19/09/2019 11:50

Oh they are so sweet @boodles101. 🥰

So glad your after care has been much better than the 'care' you received leading up to your delivery @Megan2018.

Karigan195 · 19/09/2019 13:04

How the heck did this get to 7 pages before I even found it lol.

I’ll go get reading......

Tefiti2 · 19/09/2019 14:12

Oh @boodles101 look at them!!
Had DDs tongue tie snipped yesterday - mich more traumatic for me than her!! But she is matching so so much better already and appears much more settled in between feeds, really hope it continues.

kyles101 · 19/09/2019 22:15

Argh, sorry been awol! Time flies with a newborn! And big boobs mean I need both hands to feed so can't even really Mumsnet and feed at the same time!! DS has been very fussy the last couple of days and won't be put down during the day at all. I'm hoping it's just a phase... we're still trying to get into a bit of a routine as DH and I are both trying to function on a tad too little sleep at the mo.

@boodles101 that is a beautiful photo!!

Glad everything is going well @Megan2018 that centre sounds amazing, I'm not surprised you're still there!! I was out of the doors of our hospital at the earliest opportunity!!

Megan2018 · 20/09/2019 07:07

Survived the first night at home!
Felicity not keen in bedside crib, managed an hour in there, eventually slept for 3 hours after we both fell asleep feeding lying down. Fortunately had made bed safe (no duvet or pillows) but still woke up in a panic.
But 3hrs together the most we’ve had in ages!

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IVEgottheDECAF · 20/09/2019 07:41

Well done for surviving first night back megan!
Cannot believe dc5 is almost 2 weeks old! Time flies! Up slightly past birth weight now at 9lb2. Health visitor this afternoon.

We seem to have settled into two night feeds roughly 2 and 5am so that isn't too bad at all although he can sometimes be tricky to resettle and i can spend 2 hours on feed, change and settle! Taking up to 5oz at each feed now which seems a lot!

I'm still feeling pretty good though! Absolutely no hints of baby blues which is good. I think i have just been too busy!

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iano · 20/09/2019 11:22

@kyles101 I'm with you on the needing both hands to feed! I don't remember this from my first, but he was a lot bigger so I'm hoping it won't take long before I'll have one hand free again.

Anyone else suffering from constipation? I was fine in hospital but these last two days I've been quite uncomfortable and now seem to have piles (lovely!). I suspect it's the iron tablets they've put me on. I'm not sure if I should just skip them... seems weird to take medication which causes me to end up with piles and needing to take lactulose...

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IVEgottheDECAF · 20/09/2019 11:27

Are you taking the iron tablets with fresh orange juice iano? This helps absorption and also helps constipation

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iano · 20/09/2019 12:11

Oh I didn't know that @IVEgottheDECAF! As it happens I've been having the morning ones with orange juice. Will take both like that going forward. Thank you!!

Karigan195 · 20/09/2019 13:15

Someone on the Facebook page recommended the snuzza hero. It clips to the nappy and sounds an alarm if thebany stops breathing. Awesome device! I am much less anxious when he sleeps long stetches or falls asleep in bed feeding

Dipsy77 · 20/09/2019 19:12

Had 5 day midwife check today ruby has gained 4oz and we were advised to move her into the next teat (faster flow) she is taking 3-4 oz every 3-4 hours but if she takes 3 she wants a further 2
2 hours later. THe midwife said the faster flow may help with her wind too although the fact I stupidly have 8 first size tests makes me feel like they were a bit of a waste of money. I'm really happy with her progress and the midwife said she is textbook, I think ruby was showing off a little sat there looking round gazing at the midwife no tears with the heel prick test but the minute the midwife left left she did a really big poo and screamed for her bottle Smile

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IVEgottheDECAF · 20/09/2019 20:09

Glad to hear Ruby is doing well dipsy! Alot of babies have lost weight by day 5 so she must be feeding good! Think we had lost about 8/9oz by day 5 but then regained it all plus an extra oz by day 12.

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Megan2018 · 20/09/2019 23:21

We had our 5 day check today, Felicity has lost 6.9% of birth weight so under the threshold to worry abut (8%). Heel prick test done.
Loads of poo today and this afternoon it went yellow with bits in so I’m pleased with that.
Also managed to go up and downstairs with her still latched on to get something so feeding confidence growing!
Tomorrow she has her first visitors (my parents).
So apart from a few loads of washing we spent the day in skin to skin. I could cuddle
her forever

Megan2018 · 21/09/2019 03:19

I know she is little,I know it will pass but Jesus I meed to get some sleep at night.
I have tried in the crib, in the bed with me, she has been fed 9 times since 10pm. Tried swaddling, tried white noise, she won’t even settle being held now. Been changed 3 times since 10pm.
Genuinely stumped. She is so good by day but seems to hate nights. At the point of just having to let her cry as if I try and hold her I think I’m in real danger of dropping her from exhaustion. Sad

Stroan · 21/09/2019 03:40

@megan2018 it will come, she is just too small to recognise day vs night and gets all the best milk at night too. The 4th trimester is a killer, lovely in the day but a killer at night.

Can you hand her to DH so you can get an hour of sleep? Even if she screams at him for an hour, it's amazing what a tiny little chunk of sleep does for you.

Regarding the crib, my HV recommended putting a t-shirt I had worn round the mattress and pre-heating it with a hot water bottle to try to trick the baby into not realising he had been put down.

Tefiti2 · 21/09/2019 04:01

Really sympathise @Megan2018 it’s bloody tough surviving on such little sleep. My DD gets really easily overstimulated and over tired as a result, have found the only thing that settle her sometimes is walking around in a dark room with her against my chest.

Megan2018 · 21/09/2019 04:07

@stroan I know but I can’t sleep if she screams so it is pointless waking DH up. He’ll take her in the day so I can sleep but I often can’t sleep in the day so its a vicious circle.

The feeding I can cope with but she is now screaming so much she won’t even feed. She just tries to twist my nipples off then headbuts me in frustration.

It's this horrible angry cry, I’m 100% sure there’s nothing wrong, she just winds herself up into a fury. Can’t hold her, can’t put her down.

On the plus side she can already roll on to her side and deliberately lies her head on her arm and also has started lifting her head up to nosey at things. She’ll be 6 days old in 2.5 hrs

Tefiti2 · 21/09/2019 04:50

Do you have a sling @megan2018?

Megan2018 · 21/09/2019 04:54

@Tefiti2 yes but not used it yet. I’m not alert enough to be using that though. I can’t even sit up in bed

kyles101 · 21/09/2019 07:32

Ah @Megan2018 it will pass. DS was like this for a few days and I felt like it was going to break me. He has settled eventually and will go back down nicely now - he does have a dummy though to help settle him and it works so we've stuck with it. It's the only time he has one.

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IVEgottheDECAF · 21/09/2019 07:55

Megan sorry you are finding this bit tricky, i would keep trying to steal a day time nap. Maybe after a relaxing bath? Put your pjs on and make the room dark

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Exitstrategist · 21/09/2019 09:24

Hi everyone- wow this is rough isn’t it. Baby girl is 5 days old today. I am EBF- milk came in day 2-3. Yesterday she only did one poo which is concerning. Seemed to have some wet nappies though not as many as expected. She is so lethargic by night- it’s impossible to wake her and she is going 5-6 hours without feeding. Better during the day but latching on is hard work and she favours one side. Midwife coming this morning. So I’m really panicking she’s not taking in enough and will be lower than 10%. Also, when is she going to start latching on without the hour crying and frustration

kyles101 · 21/09/2019 09:44

The first week or so is so tough. When DS got wound up like that I had to put him on my shoulder for a time out to calm down. Nine times out of ten when put back to the breast he would latch on nicely. You're both learning so be kind to each other. Just focus on feeding baby at the moment, if you can achieve that then that's a win for the day. Also, DS wasn't back to birth weight at 2 weeks but hv unconcerned as everything else perfect. Being weighed again on Monday so will see where we are then but his weight and length match perfectly on the 25 centile, if he was back at birth weight he would be 25 for length and 95 for weight so pretty out of proportion.