June 2020 Babies - newborn snuggles, recovery, milk and night feeds!

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First post natal thread for June 2020 babies! Looking forward to seeing our birth club thread members here soon!

@umabb that sounds very much like my Freddie. The Colief is working wonders now. He's not as angry about his tummy and he is sleeping in his crib for 2-2.5 hours at a time. During the day he can nap about 3 hours in his pram, too. It's been a game changer for us x

@APD1981 thanks will defo speak to the HV about it xx

@mrssunshinexxx I’m so sorry to hear about your mum, I can’t begin to imagine how hard that must be for you, sounds like you are managing incredibly though! ♥️♥️

Ladies with stitches, On Saturday it will be 2 weeks since baby Grace was born, and just now when I had a bowel movement I felt a ‘pop’ almost from my stitches. Should I be concerned? I wasn’t pushing hard or straining, I just sat down and felt a pop.

It doesn’t hurt or anything, but just don’t know if it’s possible that I’ve opened up the tear?

Baby j slept 6 hours last night after a 3 hour cluster feed 🤯my boobs were like rocks this morning !. Still waiting for our tt referral For the bigger hospital but powering through with bf.Week 3 has been a lot better been out and about every day . I’m still taking paracetamol &my belly is still quite swelled But I’m hoping the kangaroo pouch isn’t here to stay . Was nice to finally shop for boys clothes as we were team yellow . If only the dreaded iron tablets constipation would go away I’d be loving life !

How are we feeling about our post natal bodies?
I'm 10 days in & quite impressed with my c section wound. I'm looking forward to being able to exercise.
We have no scales in the house so no clue how much weight I've got to lose.
I'm going to order some new bathroom scales I think.

@MsMiaWallace I'm so depressed at how none of my clothes fit. I'm still in my maternity clothes. I lost a lot of weight before getting pregnant, getting down to a size 12/14 and bought a whole new wardrobe of beautiful clothes last summer. They won't go near me now. I think I'm about a size 16 in regular clothes. When I lost weight I tracked calories of everything I ate so I've started to do that this week. I've set my calories to a maintenance level and to include breast feeding so not actively trying to lose weight yet but want to get back in the habit of eating better... and it's working. I'm eating far less crap now but still ravenous with BF! At my 6 week check (which isn't scheduled til baby is 7.5 weeks!) I'm going to ask my GP if I can start to cut calories a bit to lose weight whilst breastfeeding. I really miss proper exercise though and cannot wait til I can go and do a big swim!

@Mj2196 I'm so jealous! Benji currently seems to like to have two really long sleeps in the afternoon and early evening then is awake and feeding most of the night!! He might doze on me for a while but as soon as I put him down he wakes!! I got him in his crib for two hour long blocks last night before DH took him downstairs at 6 and let me sleep til 9! I dread nighttime and have no clue how to make it better!! 😩😩

@MsMiaWallace I'm not ready to face my weight gain yet! I lost 3 stone before my wedding the month before I got pregnant and am now 4 stone heavier than my wedding day 😬😬 (a good Stone if that must be my boobs I reckon!!) Want to start losing but can't stop stuffing my face with flapjack and biscuits!! 😂😂

I've just ordered some scales.... will see what the damage is once they arrive!!

I'm worried about C section scar. Seems v lumpy and I think they made the incision too high (acc to midwife) plus overhang.

On the positive side I am wearing a top today I last wore in January or so! Still look pg but at least not third trimester!

@MsMiaWallace I have one stone to lose I weighed myself 3 days ago baby is one week old today. I feel pretty grim to be honest by stomach was really flat and toned before and it's all jelly and wobbly now I'm struggling with it c section scar is neat but again I don't love it but maybe when it fades it will be better.
Once I'm healed I. Can't wait to speed walk with the pram I am eating pretty well.
How do you feel?

Thanks @Gigitree @umabb wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy she was the best mum in the world and would of been best grandma

@APD1981 maybe you could private message me please ? I feel for you x

@BabyBird20 Jamie feeds 2/3 hourly during the day , seems to be on constantly from 6pm .Oh I feel for you ! Nights were horrendous as He has severe tongue tie &when he wakes in the night hungry he gets so upset .constantly falling off the boob ,feeds were taking hours.so I’ve started expressing a 4oz bottle for during the night, so much easier he doesn’t get anywhere near as frustrated! He normally has 3boob feeds& his bottle Between 9pm/7am now.
I’ve still got the crib situation to deal with .. he’s been sleeping in his pram since a disastrous first night home 🤣 Snuzpod 3 -most expensive clothes dumper I own

@mrssunshinexxx I will do x I normally use the app on my phone so I'll log onto the website and work out how to PM xx

None of my pre pregnancy clothes fit apart from leggings and jumpers . I’ve lost a stone and probs still another 2 to go.
@Pegase how do you know it’s lumpy I don’t dare feel mine😬 . my overhang is so bad I’ve had to go out to buy loser high waisted trousers , I’m hoping there is still some swelling to go down yet .

@APD1981 thank you sorry I'm not sure how to private msg x

@APD1981 thank you sorry I'm not sure how to private msg x

@mrssunshinexxx just sent you a PM. Hope you are able to retrieve it x

@Mj2196 I have been having to put fusidin cream on it multiple times a day because of infection. I think where I have had to be moving the overhang and applying cream I have damaged it slightly as have a tiny bit of bleeding now so have to call GP tomorrow.

@Mj2196 so jealous .... we sit our sleepyhead in the snooze pod it works well - the pod itself is still too big for him

@Gigitree was it you asking about "popping a stitch"? Apols if not! Whoever it was, I've not felt any pop, but I find with every bowel movement (not at all strained, I have to wait until I can't-not-go 🤢) it all starts bleeding again like the pressure is opening it up? We're on day 17 now and sort of hoped it might feel a bit better than that.

Fairly happy with my postnatal body, back in normal clothes but loose trousers because of the stitches. I have 4kg to lose to get to pre-pregnancy weight. However, breastfeeders, it's really common to hold onto a few last pounds no matter what you do until baby is off the boob so don't sweat it too much! I was 55kg before first daughter, got pregnant still breastfeeding so my starting weight for this one was 56kg. Getting from 57-56 whilst breastfeeding was a real slog, the rest had fallen off naturally. I'm now 60 and have no intention of setting a goal weight below 56 all the time I'm part-Freesian cow. I'll be happy to get to 57 this year really. I had no idea that holding onto the last few pounds was a thing until extensive Googling revealed it's common and I'd stressed for months with no reason!

I'm back at work tomorrow (by "at" I mean working at home, but still). I can't imagine thinking beyond baby sick and hiccups, and screaming fits about hiccups, and poo. Hopefully she settles on me for a good few hours and I can type with two hands!

Those who are using colief and breastfeeding, how are you finding the logistics? I've only ever used infacol because it's easier and worked for DD1; DD2 is a much sicklier baby though and is easily vomiting whole feeds regularly so wondered if it's worth a try. She's gaining weight (weighed her on digital bathroom scales with me this morning!) so I guess enough is getting in; but I remember vomiting after every meal when pregnant and it's not pleasant!

@Pegase I’ve just finished a course of flucloxacillin and the corner of mine ( where the infection was) still bleeds when I pay it dry after I’ve cleaned it . It hasn’t closed or scabbed over yet . I find it easier to dry it lying down as I don’t gravity against me to have to lift the pouch 🤣 could you maybe try putting it on lying down ?

@umabb We’re still up feeding now so Im sure hes making up for it tonight lol . I wasn’t sure about a sleepyhead Re safe sleeping how are you finding it ? he’s a big boy and is still filling out nicely so hopefully the snuzpod will come in use soon, would be sooo nice not to have to crawl out of bed for every feed !

@Mj2196 maybe I should try the pram! He will sleep in that for 20 mins while we are out for a walk so might be able to get him down it it during the day! We struggle to get him to sleep any where other than on me or dh. It doesn't help that the last few days he's started vomiting milk/coughing spluttering and hiccuping if laid on his back. He slept on me from 7.30 til 10 tonight and now in the sleeping feeding stage, tried putting him down asleep once already and he woke within 2 mins 😭😭😭 another long night ahead I think!

On a breastfeeding note, does anyone else get random prickly feelings in boobs/nipples when not feeding? I've just noticed it the last couple of days, like something spiky is being dug in the boob. It's on both so hoping it's not mastitis but wondering if it might be thrush? It's getting more painful when he feeds again too!

That sounds like thrush. Mine has got quite bad and would say it feels like someone excavating deep in the breast with a hot knitting needle. The nipple part is like letdown pain but really stabby.

Have you checked baby's mouth?