April Mummies 2011

[loopy82]

We've just had LO weighed and she's lost more, has gone over the 10% limit now, have until Sunday otherwise we'll be going back to hospital. Really don't understand it as she latches on well, feeds for ages and I seem to be producing quite a lot. The midwife said she looks really healthy too.

Know what you mean gertrude, I'm seeing bottles and formula in the near future and quite frankly it hurts after trying so hard.

 

[DanaBump]

i'm so sorry ladies you're having issues with bfing, i really need to start pumping as i feel like such a bad mom for not giving her everything she needs. it's so much easier to just mix a bottle of formula. she's only sleeping 3 hours a night even with formula, any ideas on how to get her to sleep longer? we even tried giving her more in her bottle and she was still up every 3-4 hours.

 

[cola pops]

Amelia grace was born at 20.26 weighing 7lb 13 oz just on gas and air. Came into delivery at 5 cm and had her within the hour!!

Congratulations Jakes, that was quick! xx

 

[QueenMummyToBe]

Hey everyone
It is lovely to see an April group (I live with my eyes opened by match sticks at the moment I am so tired!)

I had my gorgeous little man Tristan Chrisopher on 29th March (he was due 1st April) weighing 8lb 13oz

Here is a pic of him with his very proud big sister..

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I feel for all you ladies having breastfeeding issues, Tristan fed wonderfully for the first 5 days, then engorgement made his latch slip & I had such cracked, bleeding nipples then I developed mastitis & was confined to my bed for 24 hours with no energy so I expressed & hubby gave him bottles of expressed, then he started feeding on me again but all day, he would fall asleep & I'd move him & he would wake up & want to be latched straight back on! Then the mastitis spread & I had so much trauma to that side nothing would come out & it was so swollen he couldn't latch on.. so I had to feed him from one side only & that side couldn't produce enough on its own to satisfy him, he was still feeding all day & by midnight I had very little to give him so had to give him a formula top up, then hubby went back to work, Tristan was still feeding non stop & I had Amelia to think about as with him on me all the time I couldn't move from the bed/sofa.
So I started expressing & it is working for us, he has formula at night as the trauma to my mastitis side means I express very little now from it.
I really miss breastfeeding but it is certainly a completely different experience when you have two to look after!

Sorry for my long post, I just wanted to share my experiences.

For anyone whos babies are bf but aren't putting on weight try switch feeding, feed on one side until they fall asleep then move them to the other side & do that at least twice during a feed

xXx

 

[gertrude]

dana - as long as your baby is healthy who cares what she's fed? when did you last notice who was fed on what in the street?

loopy - I'm already under the hospital because of pickles weight we're back tomorrow to see if the top ups are helping or not and I'm really anxious about it I so want her to be healthy

 

[CottlestonPie]

Heh toby is such a musicy baby. He was crying his little heart out and as soon as I started watching Jools Holland he's fallen straight to sleep.

If im watching tv, he'll settle to tv theme tunes

 

[MissFox]

Hi Queen!
gertrude- really hope the top offs are helping.
Cottles- Rosie LOVES music too. Especially bass! We keep it low but her car seat is above one of the sides of the seat that the subwoofer is under Gets her calm every time.

Here's a picture I just took of Rosie

 

[DanaBump]

decided to use my new pump for the first time and was able to get a little over an ounce in about 15 min. makes me feel good to see her drinking it, makes me feel like a good mom and it didn't even hurt.

added bonus? dh is going to get up with her tonight so i can sleep the whole night.

 

[MissFox]

awesome dana!

 

[Sevenladybugs]

Well my little man came early. He was due 5/21/11 and was born at 34 wks on 4/10/11 after my waters broke at 32 wks and I spent a week and a half on bedrest at the hospital. He's still in NICU so I only get to see him a few hours a day and I am just aching to bring him home. He's just now regaining his birthweight of 4lb 6 oz ao we are waiting on him to gain enough weight that they will let him come home. We have been having some feeding issues, he is mostly being fed by gavage feeding through a nasogastric tube. He is nursing a bit, but he has to take all his feeds from breast or bottle before he can come home. I envy you moms who have your babies to cuddle all day!

 

[MissFox]

Congrats Seven- hope his NICU stay is short!

Well- it's gonna be a loooong night! Poor Rosie has HORRIBLE gas! She's sucking sucking sucking on her binki after eating for 2 hours with a 30 minute break then another 30 minutes then another 30 mintute break and just went 45 minutes but now she keeps falling asleep then loosing my nipple then waking up to it. She hasn't slept all afternoon either! Poor little pumpkin. I should take advantage of DH being awake and try to nap so I can be up with her longer. I hate seeing her like this.

 

[SazzleR]

Queen - reading your post has made me feel like I'm not alone. We were doing fine with feeding until yesterday afternoon when my milk started to come in. Rex's latch has now slipped cos my boobs are so hard & my nipples have become really sore MW suggested pumping a little before each feed to make them softer. Only done it twice but it's not working so well at the minute.

Gertrude - I feel the same as you. Really wanted BFing to work out but it doesn't feel like it will. I'm worried about Rex's first weigh in. He's really mucousy so is being sick after nearly every feed so I'm worried he's not going to get back to his birth weight.

Rex point blank refuses to sleep anywhere but on someone's chest. Even if I wait til he's totally zonked & put him in his basket he wakes up straight away or goes 20 mins max. So I'm knackered as daren't sleep with him on me for fear of squashing him or suffocating him. Hopefully as he gets more used to being on the outside he'll be able to sleep in his basket more. Any tips for getting LOs to sleep alone? Tried White noise last night but no luck! x

 

[MissFox]

The mucous is a bitch! Sorry BFing isn't going great too
Rosie sleeps on mine or DHs chest for the first part of the night (2 or 3hrs) but we also have a sleep positioner that gets put down inbetween us in bed. After I feed her she falls asleep then I put her in that all wrapped up warm. She HATES being cold. She is sleeping on my chest right now. If you have a swing you could try that? We are waiting until the weather warms up to make her sleep on her own all the time

 

[MissFox]

Well, Rosie had some HORRIBLE gas all afternoon and night so she's currently catching up on sleep (poor thing!) and I have some time to show her off
I can't wait to take her pictures in her easter dress!

 

[Emmy'sMommy]

Well, Rosie had some HORRIBLE gas all afternoon and night so she's currently catching up on sleep (poor thing!) and I have some time to show her off
I can't wait to take her pictures in her easter dress!

Aww..Im the same! I cant wait to take pictures of my girls in their dresses tomorrow!! Be sure to post some pics!

 

[MissFox]

Oh I will!!

 

[DanaBump]

i didn't get her an easter dress in a smaller size (we had one in 0-3 but she drowns in it), so instead she'll have an easter sleeper. her god mom brought over some headbands that actually fit her little head, so she'll have one of those too.

a week from today she also has her newborn photo shoot, can't wait!

anyone else seriously considering being a sahm now? dh put in for a higher paying position and if he gets it, i'm very seriously considering staying home for her first year. dropping her off with someone i don't know just seems so hard.

 

[gertrude]

Gertrude - I feel the same as you. Really wanted BFing to work out but it doesn't feel like it will. I'm worried about Rex's first weigh in. He's really mucousy so is being sick after nearly every feed so I'm worried he's not going to get back to his birth weight.

well fingers crossed we both get there stubborness I think might be our friend and joining every breastfeeding group we can find

Rex point blank refuses to sleep anywhere but on someone's chest. Even if I wait til he's totally zonked & put him in his basket he wakes up straight away or goes 20 mins max. So I'm knackered as daren't sleep with him on me for fear of squashing him or suffocating him. Hopefully as he gets more used to being on the outside he'll be able to sleep in his basket more. Any tips for getting LOs to sleep alone? Tried White noise last night but no luck! x

\For the first 4 nights she slept on me - I kicked OH out of the bed, got rid of the big duvet and just had a single across my legs, lost all the pillows except one and we slept like that - well I say slept, she only slept for 1hour max and I was just dozing but otherwise we couldn't have done it - it took a couple of nights before my OH twigged he needed to actually do more than just be in the room

well I have some great news - my little pickle has PUT ON WEIGHT

she's gained 130g in 2/3 days and we're discharged from the hospital again - YAY! that's over 4% of her body weight regained (she lost 11.4%) so that's great! Now we just have to keep it up - although she's having a real gribbly day today so hoping it's not all about to undo the good work! (although I do wonder if it's the 2 week growth spurt making her want more and more food)

better go she's crying and OH is trying his best but it's not working - think mum smells best again

 

[caro103]

thats great gertrude!

my little man got discharged from midwife today as he;s doing fab now , me however has been kept on both due to my rear end and that I seem to have become rather emotional...

anyone else experiencing touch of baby blues? not like me at all and finding it rather hard, dh bless him doesnt know how to handle my crying :S

 

[MissFox]

That's great he's been discharged!
Mommy blues... yea here and there I'm just crying. DH hates it but I can't really change it and it's not extreme for me right now. I was much worse while pregnant.

WOW!!! Rosie was just sleeping on my chest and decided she wasn't comfy so she pushed herself up tossed her head to the side and let her roll down on her side right into my arm (of course it was waiting and trying to get her since she was moving downward!). She was also in her sleep positioner on her side and got almost all the way onto her belly except for the arm under her... she had to move the side onthe bottom out because of where the padsare!