Holy Lactating Cow, Batman!!!!!! (and I'm referring to me being a lactating cow, not calling any of you lovelies one!) I am MIA for a two days and I have so much to catch up on!
ANGELA!!!!!! I literally have tears in my eyes and think I just had a letdown of milk as I'm so emotional for you right now!
WOW, I am thrilled for you, dear! and I love the photos of Ethan at his party, what an absolute cutie! I, too, have heard you are "super fertile" after birth...considering I got pg with my first try ever after getting off the pill, we decided to get back on the pill for the 6 months before we can try again as my doc calls me "fertile myrtle" and I need to heal properly first.
The pill may decrease my milk supply but because I have such an abundance, it may not be noticeable, but we have to keep a check on poppy's weight for a bit to make sure he is still gaining properly. We are hoping to try again in Sept. (well, when Poppy has a good long 5 hour stretch at night and we are rested, Charlie agrees to it....nights like a tough last night, we avoid talking about baby #2!!!
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Jules - i wish I knew how much Poppy was eating! But with the exclusive breastfeeding, it's too hard for me to tell - I keep a log of when he eats and for how long and he usually during the day (most days anyways) he will eat for about 20 minutes every 2 hours. Today he is sleeping for 3 hours as he was up eating and fussing all night - we are def in a growth spurt! When Charlie gives him a bottle of my expressed milk I will pump and usually get around 4oz from each breast - slightly less from one side and slightly more from the other but both will equal about 8 oz. However, he usually only eats from one side only, except in the growth spurts when he munches on both sides for awhile.
So I would hazard a guess that he eats about 3.5 - 4 oz each feeding, every 2 hours. Seems to be working as he's up a little over 11 pounds!!! my little chubby angel.
Purps - so glad to see you officially on here. We love you and are counting the days until the second tri hits for you and the nausea passes. Literally the morning of week 13, my nausea was gone. I, too, never actually got sick, just bad nausea. But it passed!!!! And I still can't eat yogurt. That started in the first tri.....I used to eat it all the time, but I still get EW feeling when I even see it. many hugs to you for a great 2nd the 3rd tri....no jinxing allowed here!
thanks MA - his hip ultrasound went very well and we got the all clear call from the doc this am. He is perfect!
He was so good during the ultrasound, and looked so cute, even though he was naked and shivering and hunched on his side but he still had a wide-eyed look which just melts me.
I've already gotten my period - very light but the bad, heavy cramps and ugh feelings are there again (different from the lochia), as well as my usual EWCM..... The Dr says it could be because I had such severe ones prior (reason for the pills - needed to regulate) and endometriosis that it is coming back with a vengeance after 10 months
leave it to me to not be the ones who don't get it while bf'ing...... but add me to that list of MA and Steph being pg this winter!
Steph -
AFM - the incision is healing...no more tunneling to the sides, the pocket just goes straight down now, and not too far either....just a wek or two more they tell me....still getting it cleaned and packed every day from the visiting nurse. Poppy is growing by leaps and bounds and during the growth spurt the arching and coughing and wheezing seems to be a little worse than last week - the zantac maybe can't keep up with the constant eating?? But it is better than before so I'm still happy. I just can't wait for him to be over the stage of "i need to poop but I don't know how" yet - the doc says he is trying to push poop out but at the same time holding it in as he doesn't know what to do yet - he strains ALL DAY LONG! and one day he will poop his brains out with about 6-8 big blowouts, then the next day, strain strain strain and just a few squirts! poor thing. But except for the growth spurts, he is sleeping 5 hours at night, waking to feed, back down within the hour, then sleep for another 3.5 - 4 hours....yay!
I have some of the newborn pics ready to post, he is such a cutie pie. I knitted the gray hat and the sheep....
Hugs to you all, I'm sure I missed some, but lack of sleep is making me loopy. Off to hold the angel again, my favorite job in the world!
bump pics for those interested (and a collage comparing 33 weeks in both pregnancies, I'm having fun doing that!!!).
and I dribbled my coffee down my chin! I was NOT expecting that so soon LOL! Lady, you are miss fertile myrtle - didn't you JUST start trying again? I am thrilled for you and for Ethan who gets a little brother or sister 
not waiting very patiently though! 
the "numbers" surrounding my own birth at 27 weeks also said that my own life should not have been possible, but God had other plans and I am trusting him for all of this! 
but at 4 weeks I felt nothing - it really is true what they say - no two pregnancies are alike!
