April mummies baby club :-)

[lyndsey3010]

awww hun, maybe he just needs to clear his head and know for a fact that is what the truth is, i suppose u havent got anything to worry bout hun, u know she belongs to him, let the test prove u right, then he'll look like a fool.

Well put Lana, couldnt agree more

 

[mz_jackie86]

Thanks hun, i no i shouldnt worry cos i no she is his but i still cant help but have this lil voice in ma head saying what if...u no what i mean!!!!

 

[QueenMummyToBe]

The day is going good thanks Lyndsey.. Amelia is such a good little girl, she will go 4 - 5 hours without a feed and as soon as I've got her wind up after a feed she will fall asleep pretty much until her next feed!

I have my sister (she is still off school with the bullying) to help me out a little bit, the worst thing for me is definitely the nights! ..

Because I am exclusively expressing I have to get 8 expressions in to keep up my supply and some days it is just impossible to do so.. e.g if we need to go out.

Today I expressed at 1.30am, 6.30am, 10am and 2pm.. I know I am doing well though, I have 8 feeds in the freezer and 6 in the fridge.. so a nice little back stock and I've only been home a week!

What I am wondering is when should I just feed her by demand? She is back up to her birth weight now and I would quite like to not have to wake her for her feeds!

Any advice is welcomed!!

xx

 

[mz_jackie86]

OMG ash u must be tired expressin that much your poor boobies!!!

Cant answer ur question bout the demand feeding tho cos i DONT HAVE A CLUE BOUT ANY OF IT LOL!!

Do any of u think to yourselves i should have really read a book bout the basics lol cos i am sooooo dense when it comes to being a mum honestly mothering instinct hasnt kicked in as well as i would have liked! xx

 

[jenny_wren]

im demand feeding emily atm
she wakes up when shes hungry
most of the time she'll want
one every 4 hours but sometimes
especially at night she'll go 6 hours
and shes still gaining weight and
what not ... cant see the point in
making babies eat if they dont want to!



and jackie my instincts still not
kicked in either .. worried i might get pnd
i already get horrible days where
we sit and cry at eachother

xx​

 

[mz_jackie86]

Aw jenny glad to see im not the only one,
On monday all i done was cry at EVERYTHING!! Last night in bed i cried a lil bit! Today no tears so far lol...its wierd init all these emotions!!! xxx

 

[jenny_wren]

omg tell me about it
ill find myself crying at bargain hunt lol


love your avatar!!

april babies sure are a cute bunch
haven't seen an ugly one yet lol


xx​

 

[mellllly]

Wow Ash - Well done you, Im not surprised that your tired.

Graham went back to work the other week but is now off for obvious reasons, he thinks he will go back on Monday and I am dreading it, But my mum works shifts and finishes at 3 next week so not all bad.

How is the weather where everyone is? Its soo lovely here, Sophie has been a little grizzler today, I am sure she hates Wednesdays!! Managed a food shop today and she was fast asleep!!

Jac - The emotions are horrible, just take each day as it comes, its ok to let the tears out it does not mean you are a bad mum, we are getting used to our LO's as much as they are getting used to us. It does get better though honestly, I still have emotional days now!!

Sophie does so well at night, she has a feed every 3 hours during the day and then she sleeps from around 10pm through to 5am!!!

Well Graham's brothers funeral is on the 12th May at 2pm, thats going to be a hard day

 

[QueenMummyToBe]

Thanks Mellly
I hope you are okay and not letting everything get on top of you!!

I had loads and loads of tearful days in hospital, I felt so useless for not getting Amelia to latch on and I just wanted to be at home!!

Even though Dan was with me everyday 9am - 9pm in hospital it has felt like we have spent hardly any time together and yesterday I was tearful because I was so scared I wouldn't cope without him!

I still wish we had our own place, even though we are getting lots of help from my family it would be interesting to see how we would cope without all the help we have got!

xx

 

[lyndsey3010]

tears o rama my end as well! OH is just used to me being a blubbering idiot now I think. I get frustrated when Cooper doesn't latch on straight away, then he gets frustrated and we don't get anywhere.

Don't want to tempt fate but i THINK my nipples actually feel a little bit better today!

I'm not waking Coop for feeds, he seems to want to feed every 4-5 hours and then the midwife weighed him yesterday he was 7lbs so he only lost 1oz of his birth weight which is good.

Mellly, be thinking of you on the 12th, it is going to be a horrible day for you and Graham. Little Sophie will keep you strong. Big hugs
XX

 

[mama2b]

tears o rama my end as well! OH is just used to me being a blubbering idiot now I think. I get frustrated when Cooper doesn't latch on straight away, then he gets frustrated and we don't get anywhere.

Don't want to tempt fate but i THINK my nipples actually feel a little bit better today!

I'm not waking Coop for feeds, he seems to want to feed every 4-5 hours and then the midwife weighed him yesterday he was 7lbs so he only lost 1oz of his birth weight which is good.

Mellly, be thinking of you on the 12th, it is going to be a horrible day for you and Graham. Little Sophie will keep you strong. Big hugs
XX

Aww hun don't worry to much about him latching on straight away. Lucas sometimes takes bloody ages, he is snuffling away when its right in front of him, sometimes I have to laugh as he gets so cross then within seconds he is quiet as a mouse when he finally gets down to business.

Thats great about his weight. Lucas got weighed today and he is 8lb 11, was 8lbs 6 at birth then went down to 7lb 15 now he is packing it on the little chunk !!

I can't believe people have had sex already !! I told OH he is looking at an absolute minimum of 6 weeks and I will have to be blind drunk otherwise I think I will worry its going to hurt

 

[chel27]

hey how are you all?

went out to the lake today and feed the ducks as it was a lovely day amy has been a bit whingy today...but mostly good!!! she is getting used to going to bed at bout 8.30pm now which is good.

mellly will be thinking of you and your OH on 12th xx im sure sophie will help you get through the day xx

ashy good to see you back on here again...its about time we had more bubba pictures...dont ya think

god im getting so pissed about my weight now...dont think i have ever been so big

we got our holiday confirmation through today about our holiday...we are going to coombe haven in hastings for week in july...cant wait xx

 

[mellllly]

Thanks Lyndsey, Its going to be hard! I cant believe it was a week ago that it happened!!

Graham has gone out to my fave chinese tonight with a couple of his best friends. That will be good for him.

My best friend was round here and we had dinner and watched sex and the city, shes just gone now though so I feel all lonely now.

I feel soo useless girls, I feel like I can't do or say anything right, Graham has had a really hard day today and I think he passed that attitude onto Sophie as she has not been settled at all today. I am doing as much as I can. I know there isnt anything I can do or say to take his hurt and pain away HELP!!!

 

[mellllly]

hey chel! Sophie has been unsettled today as well! Weather has been gogeous though!
great news about holiday confirmation, I need a holiday!!

Hun I really wouldnt beat yourself up about your weight! You have just had a baby!! I find myself eating crap at the mo as there is just no time to eat anything remotly healthy, its just grab and go at the mo. I did buy some apples though as a healthy snack LOL!

 

[mz_jackie86]

It looks like we are all goin thru the same thing at the same time...i feel better knowing you guys are along for the ride with me...shame we didnt all live near each other we could have our own mother and baby groups!

Chell- dont worry bout ur weight hun u only just had a baby and im sure u look great! 4 days after having Arianna my nan asked if i had lost weight i nearly punched her then she offered me her bras as she had ordered them a few sizes bigger she is a size 26 how big do i look seriously, then at her hse the other day she rubbed ma belly and said dnt worry soon will all be gone! So me mum took her to one side and gave her hell im a size 16 ffs so dnt feel crappy hun we are allowed time before we become size zero dolly birds lol!!!

Melly- hope the funeral goes smoothly and the sun is shining for you!! will be thinking of you and your fam on the 12th hun! xx

Lyndsey and Mama2b- are you both still doing breast feeding then??? I given up now i coouldnt take it anymore.....

xxx

 

[chel27]

awww bless ya hun....maybe amy and sophie have both had bad days together amy is normally very good though!!!

i cant wait for our holiday its the best we can do as we wont go abroad with amy while shes this young so its better than nothing

god its really busy looking after 2 kids...but hey its fun and really worth it....

i know what you mean about the food hun.... because we go out for walks alot as well, we end up coming home bout 6pm and thats then to late to cook dinner cos of our sons bedtime routine so like today we had a kebab and i never end up cooking lately i then buy a small snack of apple or melon and make myself feel better

although i do think i eat alot more due to giving up smoking...infact i cant believe i never started smoking again...im well pleased with myself

 

[MelanieSweets]

So your all hiding over here

Well me and my little dude are home from hospital and what a manic few days since bubba arrived, its lovely but my god hard work already, i have been so teary also ... this is all so new to all of us xx

How ru all ladies, i've missed you all was in the April Mummies thread forever never thought it would be my turn x x

x Melly huggles for the sadness you and graham are going through at the moment x x

 

[lyndsey3010]

Yay mel! Welcome over! Don't keep us in suspense too much longer with ridley pics! LOVE the name btw it's fab.

Yep I'm still breast feeding, he's on the boob as I type (very slowly and one handed on my phone!!) dare I say it, we've definitely turned a corner. Day 5 was horrendous as I was ready to pack it in, but we're actually enjoying it and the pain has virtually gone

Am attempting to leave the house before lunch time today, wish me luck girls!!
X

 

[sam*~*louize]

Hi girlies

Mellly - keep strong and happy hun, bet your doing all you can for your OH, thinking of you. Well done on the netball, I can't wait to be able to walk around shopping (im trying today lol) and then get back runnning - Doing my 5th charity run on 31st May!

Melanie - Bless only 4 days old! Need to soo catch up on everyones little ones! Hope your doing well!

chel - i wanna go play with ducks lol, just don't think Layla would be bothered damnit, always take my niece and she loved it

Hows hannah doing? still in stinky hospital?

Ash - where do you find time to express and give it to her and do stuff?

jackie - your gran offering you her bras had me in giggles, what on earth did you reply to her??

jenny - still thinking of you and your sex after 11 days lol! But im healing more and more each day. Episiotomy and stitches aint good. Thanks god mine stayed in though, had a little bit of it unpicked the other day as it was soo tight was ripping where they'd tied it :O

all you girls BF, well done, i chose to BottleFeed and the pain my boobs were in, made me tink of all you trying to BF aswell as that pain!

Layla had a pretty crap night (before last ) and all yesterday, just out of her tiny routine she's in, cranky and feeding 2hourly. Think she a little constipated - anyone had this and when do you give water??? Crying in pain, then off, then pushing, then this morning there was a lump of poo, softish but certainly harder than her normal "slop" lol! She got weighed yesterday - day 10 and she's at her birth weight 7lb 2. So did lose and back up I think!

Had a crying day yesterday, but feel better now! Felt better at the start lol striaght after birth, then hormones got me lol!

 

[sam*~*louize]

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There ya go taken on Monday x