(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

[SugarBeth]

42 weeks pregnant - it's time to get baby out! Being induced tonight!

 

[Hoping girl 2]

42 weeks pregnant - it's time to get baby out! Being induced tonight!

Good luck! Hope it all goes smoothly for you xx

 

[Kaiecee]

Good luck

 

[brit3435]

Good luck sugarbeth! Can't wait to hear your birth story

 

[Lara310809]

Good luck SugarBeth!

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I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Molly slept through most of it; she sleeps through everything LOL. I'm not complaining because my last baby was impossible; she never slept and never wanted to be anywhere but my arms. It was hard, so Molly is easy in comparison. The nights are harder, but that's to be expected.

I'm now expressing and 90% of the time she feeds from a bottle; either EBM or formula. She's a good breastfeeder, but she's not great at the beginning of the feed; she wants it to come immediately, so if she sucks and it's not there she starts rooting again. Because she's on and off like a yoyo it takes ages for my letdown to come, and by that point she's frustrated and we've wasted a lot of time.

I never intended to BF past the hospital stay (long story, but personal choice), so in all honesty I'm happy if she ends up on formula; I've done more than I intended so I don't have any guilt in that respect. My dad is visiting at the moment, and with Christmas and visiting family etc it's been hard to pump more than twice a day, so other than that, and the odd BF, my boobs aren't really getting much stimulation, so I expect to dry up in the next few weeks.

My eldest two are obsessed with their baby sister; they won't leave her alone. My eldest is really helpful; tries to entertain Molly during nappy changes to stop her crying, and she puts the dummy back in her mouth etc. My second is too young to understand really and she's a bit rough, but in a caring way. She just wants to hug her all the time and doesn't understand that she could end up hurting her

 

[August3]

42 weeks pregnant - it's time to get baby out! Being induced tonight!

Good luck, SugarBeth.

Lara, Molly sounds like a great wee baby and great that her two big sisters have taken to her so well. I'm still expressing 6 times per day and it is very time consuming and tedious - I couldn't imagine keeping it going with three kiddies to look after so fair play for keeping it up.

My wee one is 4 weeks today (!!) and doing well. Her nights and days are a bit mixed up but not too worried about it just yet and in a few weeks we'll get there, I hope.

 

[DHBH0930]

Goodluck Sugarbeth! Hope you have a smooth delivery!

Kayla is doing well and is a week old today , her jaundice has improved and she has gained most of her weight back. We had a 1 week visit today (wanted to see her so soon since she had lost too much weight and was jaundice at the hospital) she is only 3oz away from birth weight now! she has a whole week to gain that back for her 2 week visit.

I intended to exclusively BF but with her weight issues we had to start supplementing with formula. I'm not making enough milk still, chances are cuz of the c section, the high BP, and my lack of an appetite. I mostly pump so I can see exactly what she is getting or she gets formula if I didn't make enough. I sometimes have her nurse when she is extra fussy.

I went from 160 to 230lbs during the pregnancy I have gotten down to 200 already. I think a lot of it fell off since I was on only an IV for 2 days. Now my stomach shrunk, I get full so easily and lack of sleep causing low appetite.

 

[Skadi]

Ava had me worried at first, in the hospital she was sleeping long periods in the day and then cluster feeding all night. Thank goodness after one day at home she is now pretty much sleeping through the night. She goes down around midnight and doesn't wake to feed until 5ish in the morning and then after a good feed goes back down until 9 or 10 am! It's a miracle after the sleeplessness that went on for nearly a year with my older daughter!

She is also exclusively breastfeeding and latched perfectly right from the start to the point where I never had painful nipples or anything. I have yet to break open the lansinoh!

I hate to sound like I am bragging but I'm just really thrilled after everything with her sister. Teaching a preemie to nurse was really hard work so its nice for it to all come so naturally this time.. and getting a preemie off the NICU schedule so you can get some sleep is impossible. I'm a little extra thankful for how well everything is going.

So in love with both my little girls

 

[brit3435]

Lara so glad your girls are taking to the new baby well! My 2 yr old is the same way she wants to help but is too rough.

DHBH it's great that Kayla is almost back to her birth weight! Vayda was one oz away from her birth weight at 11 days old but I've been mostly pumping and supplementing with about 4 oz of formula every day (20 oz breast milk) and I think she has gained some healthy weight since, her newborn clothes are getting snug!

Skadi I'm so glad your little one is breast feeding well! My first never latched and I know how frustrating that can be. Vayda loves to nurse but she doesn't latch well and it's painful so I'm mostly pumping. It's still so much easier than with my first no projectile vomiting and no problems keeping her body temp either. She is such an easy baby!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope all of you ladies had a wonderful holiday.

 

[SugarBeth]

Our rainbow Will was born yesterday at 2:31 am! He's 8 lbs.1oz and 20.5 inches long and just perfect! His birth story is HERE
And this is his first picture:
https://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af204/HomespunDreams/027_zps64d911f7.jpg

 

[Lara310809]

Congrats SugarBeth, what a cutie

 

[Kaiecee]

So no one delivered in Xmas?

 

[Lara310809]

I think Molly has a sacral dimple, but the paediatrician didn't say anything during her check before she was discharged from hospital, so I'm not sure. Apparently it's the least serious form of spina bifida, and I hardly took my prenatal vitamins

 

[lilrojo]

Haven't been on much but wanted to say happy New Years!

 

[Kaiecee]

Happy New Years ladies and all the wonderful little ones and the little ones still to come

 

[Lara310809]

How is everyone doing? Are any ladies still waiting for their babies?

 

[Lara310809]

Looks like this thread has died Have people moved over to a different one?

 

[brit3435]

Hi ladies, I know everyone is busy with their new babies but just wanted to pop in and say hi. How is everyone doing with their weight loss? I was up to 154 while pregnant and am now down to 127 only 8 more pounds to go. I think I'll lose about 5 when I wean which will probably be in the next couple of months since I'm exclusively pumping now. Is anyone's baby sleeping through the night? Vayda sleeps about 4 hours at a time at night, wakes up for about 20 mins to feed and then goes back to sleep for another 4 hours. She does that cycle 3 times, so I'm getting plenty of much needed sleep.

 

[Lara310809]

Molly's sleeping loads during the day and at night she has 2-3 feeds, so it's not too bad. I was combifeeding until a few days ago, but now I'm 100% formula feeding. She's a chubby monkey, where my other two were underweight, so I'm not used to all this feeding she's having 4oz per feed, she's wearing 0-3m at the moment, size 2 nappies.

She was a bit colicky a few weeks ago, so we switched her to comfort formula, but then she got really gassy and stank, plus the bottles were thick and gloopy, and it wasn't really helping, so we switched her back to regular formula and she seems fine again.

I haven't weighed myself in ages since my scales are broken, but hope to get to the diet in early feb when family have all gone home. My dad left today; he was here since before the birth, and my mum flies in for a week next week, and it's too chaotic to focus on healthy eating while things are upside down. I have to lose around two dress sizes though: I never lost my pregnancy weight after my first baby, so while I didn't gain much last time or this time,I still have a fair bit to lose from the first time

Molly's a month old already; how time has flown

 

[brit3435]

Vayda is in 0 to 3 month clothes as well. She was underweight when I was nursing her bc she wasn't getting enough and would only nurse on one side. So I started pumping and supplementing with 2 to 4 oz of formula and she went from 6lbs 13oz at 2 weeks to over 10lbs at her one month check up! I pump 25oz a day but she still acts hungry so she has a few oz of formula still.

Oh and I think I'm on my period I thought that didn't happen while breastfeeding.

Lara how are your older girls adjusting to Molly?