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Naetha · 03/01/2008 08:10

Thought I'd start this thread now as I think there's already a couple of people to go on it, and I know there'll be an awful lot more!!

Will update when I get a chance

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katyt1 · 26/01/2008 13:37

my birth story too, tho too long sorry, is here hopefully, if i've linked it right.

katyt1 · 26/01/2008 13:43

congrats Mum2sons

some v inspirational stories on here, hope everyone is recovering well.

naetha - love the video, and the hair

susie - was it your mw who said that awful thing about slipping away? dreadful. can't imagine why anyone would every want to say that to a new mum. ignore her.
also at comments from parents (was that you too?) re weight loss.

plans for weekend...today aim was shower and walk round corner with both ds, first walk/trip out for me and ds2.
now nearly 2pm and neither have happened, yet!
i went back to bed, dh took ds1 shopping, dh now asleep, ds1 supposedly napping... not quite, and ds2 sleeping on daddy

will have to aim lower tomorrow

tomorrow am seeing mw, so that's bound to be emotional.

right, need food as missed lunch!

Susiemj · 26/01/2008 14:00

congratulatins BeckyAU, mum2sons, KT and Lilyloo.

Gosh, missed a lot! YAY babies!

KT - it was HV. hopefully only have to see her once more as she is a locum. she is godawful. that was only one of many helpful comments. her last parting shot was 'I haven't had so much fuss about a little baby in I can't remember how long.' She has been to the house three times, on HER request! two of those times sabela had put on weight. All the fuss was because she kept ringing up changing appointments, forgetting prescriptions, making appointments with the wrong doctor's surgery etc. .... I'll stop now. Calm down Susie, move away from the complaint form. breathe.....

katyt1 · 26/01/2008 14:17

susie - i complained about and changed my hv last time, she was USELESS, but not as awful as yours !!
change if you want, or ignore her after the last visit. you don't need them anyhow.
horrendous!

right, am trying to sort out some pics whilst everyone else asleep!

katyt1 · 26/01/2008 14:24

Right, some pics on profile - not fab, dh is not a whizz on the camera!!

Amani · 26/01/2008 17:06

Gingme/Lucky - hate my left boob because I'm on my second course of antibiotics and this fire-like pain still has not disappeared (I've had it for 5 weeks now). Had latch etc checked out which is fine, it's just an awful deep breast pain....

Congratulations to Mums2sons, Lily, Katy!

LuckySalem · 26/01/2008 17:07

Katy - Lovely pictures.

Still didn't get my bath last night by the time i'd tidied the house (parent's coming round) it was 11pm and I was too tired so went to bed. I'm planning on doing it tonight though. She seemed to love it in her little bath so I'm thinking bit more water to splash around in.

Well Aly spent ANOTHER night in the bed with us last night. I can't seem to get her to settle in her moses basket, she just screams the house down everytime I put her in but as soon as she came in the bed with us she was flat out. (Then proceeded to scream again when I tried to put her back in the basket) on a plus side she did sleep for 6 hours straight last night once she was in our bed. Might just give up and kick DP downstairs. lol

LuckySalem · 26/01/2008 17:10

Cross post - Oh Amani. Hope it gets better soon for you. Sounds painful.

Naetha · 26/01/2008 18:20

I know this is going to sound really daft, and apologies if it brings the mood down, but can I check that I'm not the only person here that is absolutely overwhelmed by fear of losing their LO?

I'm absolutely paranoid about SIDS guidance, worried that DS is too hot, or worrying if he spends a couple of hours in bed with us when he doesn't settle when DH had a beer 12 hours previously.

I just have this terrifying fear in the pit of my stomach that is bringing tears to my eyes at the moment that I'll go and check on him, and the worst imaginable will have happened.

I know this is probably just hormones, but finding it all a little overwhelming at the moment! Hopefully posting this will make me feel a bit better as well!

Thanks for listening

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LuckySalem · 26/01/2008 18:22

no naetha - your not alone. i find myself checking on aly every few minutes to make sure shes ok. dp thinks im nuts. when shes in bed with me i barely sleep cos im worried shes too hot/too cold/covers over her etc etc etc

gingeme · 26/01/2008 20:07

Congratulations mum2sons
No Neatha you are definately not the only one. I lay in the dark realy listening for lo's breathing and wait and wait and wait then I lay my hand very hastily on his tiny chest to feel it raise and fall and sigh a sigh of relief
Ouch Amani hope your feeling better soon.
Did some more bf in public today. Tesco cafe to be exact. No one asked me to leave though I did get a few funny looks. Mostly because I was trying to eat too I think. Didnt drop any on him though
Well lo's rooting and crying so better go.
Take care all xxx

LuckySalem · 26/01/2008 22:22

Congrats Gingme - I couldn't do the public feeding thing. My boobs are too big. In order to feed I have to wap them out THEN latch LO and THEN cover modesty so I tend to only feed in front of DP. Will go into another room when at family's house and when latched come back.

MamaMaiasaura · 26/01/2008 22:29

Naetha - you are not alone. I think we all worry. Tbh I am not as worried as I was with ds1.. I definately had precious first born with him

Lucky - lol at your lo with moses basket.. sounds so much like samuel. After him sleeping so well Thursday in moses basket I tried again last night with no joy at all. Dp has already been relegated to the sofa (although he spent much of preg there too )

HUge and massive congratulatins BeckyAU, mum2sons, KT and Lilyloo.

Fed LO at the park today whilst ds1 played and climbed trees. It was lovely as sun was shining and baby was in snuggly snowsuit and fed beautifully. (except for the initall pull off when milklet down so i squirted everywhere).

Got to go as Samuel starting to cry and i have toothache which has only just started... ow never had it before.

MamaMaiasaura · 26/01/2008 22:31

but quickly to say to lucky - i have large ones too (34/36 J) wearing a strappy vest under tops/layering helps with being discreet also so does a pashmina or similar xx

fruitful · 27/01/2008 10:35

Naetha, I've lost count of the number of times that I've woken a peacefully sleeping baby because I was checking that s/he was still breathing!

Amani · 27/01/2008 13:42

Same here Neatha - very paranoid about something happening to LO. We've got the Angelcare monitor which you has a 'heartbeat' monitoring setting that ticks everytime the heartbeats, which I sometimes use I am feeling a little paranoid.

LuckySalem · 28/01/2008 09:09

Can I ask you ladies some questions. I'm feeling abit bewildered by some things and want to check how to fix them.

1 - I can't get Aaliyah to settle in her moses basket at night (during the day she's fine) when we go to bed as soon as you put her in she starts screaming. I've fed and changed her and if she's in the bed with us she's fine but as soon as I put her down in her basket she screams the place down.

2 - After feeding babies I know you're meant to burp them but if I do that Aaliyah wakes up again and starts yelling. I've tried putting her back on the boob after winding her but again once she's fallen asleep and I try to wind her she wakes up and yells again. Is it a case of just keep feeding her and winding her until she stops crying or is there an easier way as I fear I could keep doing it for hours.

Cheers everyone.

Susiemj · 28/01/2008 09:52

Lucky - I do the same thing with Sabela - feed, wind feed. I usually find she gfalls asleep after a minute on the second feed and I don't usually wind her after this. Would this work for you?

I have a question myself. Sabela hardly burps - she farts for Wales but v few burps. How long do you wind your babies for? It's difficult to know if you don't really geta burp.

LuckySalem · 28/01/2008 10:31

I don't get burps, I just wind till she's had enough then she goes back on the boob. We get some good farts. In fact last night we had such a loud one I refused to believe DP when he told me it wasn't him. lol

Naetha · 28/01/2008 12:28

I get exactly the same with Ben - one thing we've tried with some success is infacol (Ben wasn't burping, but the air was making its presence known further down as trapped wind - very painful for him) followed by the boob , followed by a burp and a change (depending on how awake he is / how long since last change - no change at night unless smelly) followed by the boob until sleepy, then another burp session, then assuming he's full, cuddles in the dark with a dummy. He's a really sucky baby, and usually the last feed was just comfort sucking. My nipples are also less sore since using the dummy, mainly because he feeds with lots less fussing.

Having said that, things have been much harder the last few days - lots and lots of trapped wind, which has meant he's been in lots of abdominal pain which is only relieved by him being cuddled on my chest or sucking (either on a dummy, or my boob). Sometimes nothing works, and he just cries Only problem with the dummy is as soon as he falls asleep and the dummy falls out, he wakes up and cries again! Very much on a steep learning curve at the moment!

On a seperate note, my mum has decided to put in an appearance at short notice. Will be interesting to see how it goes, especially as I haven't had much time to clean the house (she is OCD about cleanliness) and won't with Ben only settling in my arms. The irony is as well, that he can't stand the coorie sling we got (he doesn't like being squahed in the foetal position), so I can't stick him in a sling and get on with it!

Right, he's fallen asleep on the boob...let's see if I can put him to bed before he noices!

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Naetha · 28/01/2008 12:29

Spoke to soon - he's wide awake!

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Susiemj · 28/01/2008 13:29

forget the housework. i tried to please my mum's little obsessions when she was here and it still went tits up.

please tell me how long you burp for!

MamaMaiasaura · 28/01/2008 14:12

As fdar as i remember with ds1 he didnt always need burping. Bottle fed babies tend to need winding after every feed as they take in an amount of air. Breastfed babies take alot less in.

Samuel also farts alot more than burps. If baby is settled and asleep then i wouldnt wake to wind them.

Re the moses basket thing, samuel is very similar. Actually he doesnt like me not being close by at any time, makes housework near impossible. Havent invested in a sling as tried a few on and werent comfy. Have ds1's old one but dont like it either.

Samuel has eye infection in left eye so having to put drops in. Also he has the snuffles so prob why he is wanting more cuddling.

Cant believe he was a month old yesterday. He has already changed so much and is taking interest in his surroundings. He was licking his giraffe yesterday. lol

beller · 28/01/2008 16:39

hi all!!

looks like George is the same as the others with his windy farts!! He does bring up some wind by burping, but most thru his bottom. One tip that i read was to lift them up under there arms so they are stretched out, then put them on your knee and burp them like that.... the stretching seems to loosen the wind? Not sure i have expl;ained that very well, but does seem to work. The infacol made George very sicky, so im using colief.
Im the same worrying about something happening to him too, although i think im getting better.
Awen like you, i cant believe that George is 4 weeks! He is good and will lseep in his basket, although he is growing at a rate of knots, so dont think he will be in there for too much longer! He even slept from 10-2, then 3-7 last night, couldnt believe it! The only reason he cried when put back down is wind, and he is a very windy baby!
He is crying again now, so got to go, will try and come back tomorrow, hope all is well xxx

lilyloo · 28/01/2008 20:34

Lucky no tips on the basket front as we have same prob here hence co sleeping.
I would only wind on the first part of the feed when they drink most tbh at night i don't always wind Martha at night as i tend to feed her lay down and then we just usually fall asleep.
As for the windy bottoms Martha has about 3 changes a day with combined poo explosions !