Beach Bump Graduates!

[melissasbump]

Clare i think it was a combination of the fact i was delayed on the epidural for an extra 3 hours to try and increase the contractions and then a bad reaction to morphine afterwards.
My boobs have not produced a thing other than a tiny amount of colustrum after lots of manipulating and now they arent sensitive or anything, the milk may still come but there is no sign of it at the mo. Im happy with my decision though, and havent had any grief over it from MWs

By the way just wanted to say all the staff who dealt with me at the hospital were absolutly AMAZING!!! From MWs to consultants to Anethatists. Couldnt fault any of it! x

 

[Doodlepants]

Woo Mel I'm glad one of these babies sleeps!!!!
Congratulations on the birth of little Harrison, I'm glad you're all settling well

 

[melissasbump]

for Doodles... You are no way a failure xx

 

[Aaisrie]

Doods sounds like the same experience I had with Saraya, she crossed through 3 centiles [even though I was BF on demand] and was hospitalised before she started to gain on high cal formula and food. *hugs*

Mel sorry you had a rough time but glad you got good care!! I think sections can sometimes have an effect on your milk because it's something to do with labour the hormones it produces that tell your body to start producing the milk so sometimes women who labour a bit before their section as you did will produce milk as normal but it could just be that your didn't or it could be the medications

 

[curlew]

hann - logan is quite a lazy feeder hence it takes ages for him to have enough to fill his tummy up. We now have a bit of a routine of feeding for 20-25 mins, change nappy to reawaken, feed for 10 mins, rest for 10 and then feed for a further 10 minutes. All in all he gets about 40-45 minute feed over the course of an hour or more.

freckles - hugs honey. You aren't doing it all wrong. Babies drop and increase centiles all the time depending on their growth spurts.

claire - yep josh calls every night and is having a whale of a time.

sherri -sorry colby had a bad night. Hopefullly he will have a better night tonight.

Eve - sorry to hear atticus has an infection in his stump. Hopefully the anibiotics will sort him out quickly.

mel - hope your afternoon visitors didn't stay too long. Great that you managed to get out today even though Harrison slept through it all lol.

caz - Logan possets a little milk up after most of his feeds too. Its not normally anything to worry about unless its projectile vomiting. As long as he is having wet and dirty nappies and is generally content after a feed you should be fine.

doodles - you are in no way a failure. You have two lovely children and are a great mum. Some babies just don't do the breastfeeding thing and that is nothing to beat yourself up over. you may find that naomi has a bit of a spurt at her next weigh in and goes back up the centiles.

AFm - quiet and chilled day here today. Managed to get some ironing done this morning when Logan was sleeping and then sat out in the shade in the garden this afternoon watching DH putting down all the new chippings we got for the borders and driveway. Not sure what we have planned for tomorrow, may take Logan to the health centre to be weighed but will see how sleep goes tonight. Just have two of he HP movies left to watch before we go and see the final installment on wednesday which I am really looking forward to.

 

[Sherri81]

Omg, I am going to lose it on this child soon. He never did go to sleep really. He did that semi feed at 1AM and then grunted and groaned then started crying at 2AMish. I held him off til 4AM as I wasn't gonna repeat the pattern of him taking tiny amounts every hour or so. He took the same amount at 4 that he did at 1. Continued to grunt and groan and cry and whine. Finally, at 5:30 I couldn't handle it anymore so I tried cuddling him to sleep... which didn't work. I finally put him in the bed beside me with no blankets or pillows around at 6:15 and he continued to whine and fuss. I didn't sleep at all this entire time of course. Fed him again at 7 and he took even less this time around. Was hoping he'd sleep a bit then, but he didn't. Not even a little bit. At 8:30 I finally shut the bedroom door on Jim and let him cry. I couldn't handle I anymore.

So I haven't slept yet and it is now 11:09AM. He has been actively awake since 4:00AM. Before that he was sort of awake and then drifting. He just fell asleep at 11:00. So that's like 7 hours of awake time all at once! Thiscant be normal for a newborn.

I'm so frustrated...

 

[MrsWez]

Great story, Mel!

Doodle, can you express and feed her? I'm doing that with Jonathan and he is getting to be a little porker. I do like that I can monitor how much he is getting and he's still getting breastmilk.

Freckles,

Claire, hope Niamh gets better soon.

that's great, Hannah! i hope she continues to follow that pattern.

Sherri, sounds like a nightmare. Jonathan was up from 11pm till 4 this morning grunting, straining and crying. I hope Colby and you get some rest.

AFM, I'm thinking about moving Jonathan to his crib/cot sometime soon. He is such a loud sleeper, it's keeping Aaron and I up and none of us are getting sleep. He has been very very fussy the last 5 nights. I cuddle with him till he falls asleep and try to put him in his bassinet and fall asleep but it only lasts for a few minutes and he's up grunting and straining. If he wasn't mine or incredibly adorable and cuddly, he'd be on my neighbor's porch in a Moses basket with a note.

All that being said, I'm so incredibly grateful and happy to have him in my life. Didn't know I could love any person more but sometimes it's really frustrating. I keep telling myself he doesn't know any better and is just letting me know he needs me. And it makes the world good again.

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[Blue_bear]

Mel - you def shouldn't feel bad for not BF. A baby needs to be fed, end of in my eyes. Glad you didnt get any grief for it from the MWs.

Doods - You are most definately not a failure. I guess some babies just need more or less than others. I know i couldnt keep up with Joshua, he was just too hungry. You have done so weel so far and everyday is an achievement in my eyes!

Curlew - Well done on getting some ironing done! I ran rounbd with the hoover quickly this morning while J was asleep in his swing and DH was in the bath. I felt like i had really achieved something! lol.

Sherri - Bigs hugs, i really dont know what to suggest for you.

AFM - Joshua has slept pretty much all day, only waking to be fed so i suspect it could be a long night! lol. Had a much better night last night though.

 

[Blue_bear]

Wez - We are going to have to move J sooner rather than later too because he is such a noisy sleeper. He snuffles, snores, squeeks and it just keeps us awake. Moving him to his own room just seems like such a huge step though, dont think im ready just yet!

 

[caz_hills]

BB - we are the same. Ajay has slept all day minus two hours so we are setting ourselves up for a long night! I read the vergae baby sleeps for 16 hours a day - so on that basis Ajay will be up pretty much all night!

See you on here for the 3 am feed probably! I hope not for us all though... Wishing everyone a good nights sleep. x

 

[mummySS]

Evening all, I have been reading but too difficult to post long messages from my phone. Just a quick update from me - 24hr propess didn't do the trick, would you believe my cervix is still posterior and completely closed!! It's actually making me laugh, it just doesn't want to open!! Midwife said it may be that my pelvis is too narrow for the baby's head, in which case baby cannot hit the cervix and cause it to open...

Anyway, they are determined to send me into labour, so tomorrow they try the 6 hr pessary gel. I've told them I just KNOW it's not going to work (24 hrs of contractions did nothing so who are they kidding), but they insist on drawing out the whole thing.

I sound like a broken record but I REALLY hope to have some news tomorrow!

Thanks again for your lovely wishes and thoughts, it really means a lot. Love you gals xxx

Ps Doods sorry not to be able to cheer you up with news. Big special hug for you x

 

[Aaisrie]

Awwww Simmy that really sucks :[

 

[Clareabell]

Ah Simmy big hugs, hope you don't have annoying ward mates

 

[Katie40]

Hiya ladies can i join you? I was looking for people to chat to on here ive just posted a thread asking if anyone had a baby in May! I saw this thread but thought it was a picture thread of yummy mummies sunbathing! I should have looked inside it!

Im Katie I had a baby girl May 19th named Florence Charlotte weighing 6lbs 13oz x

 

[MrsWez]

I hope things pick up for you Simmy. You must have a cervix of steel.

 

[MrsWez]

Welcome Katie!!

 

[gw76]

Oh dear Simmy- I hope things work for you tomorrow...I had a catheter (spelling) put in my cervix and then a bubble of water was 'blown' up a couple of times (it hurt so much - labour was less painful - actually I have never felt pain like it in my life - they wanted to get me going quick because of my heart problems) - it worked and stimulated my cervix to dilate a few cm and then it was the pitocin and then that was me...

Hubby and I have decided to got back home - the UK - for a visit in September. OH parents and brothers live in Penkridge (a wee village/town near Stafford and Wolverhampton) and my family is in Glasgow...So, I have decided to persevere with the BF as I think it would be easier to be away from home and BFing. It is going pretty well, but Hailey is going through her 6week growth spurt I think - all I am doing is nursing her!

Doods - you gave others great advice/sent nice words to others who were feeling bad about the BFing thing not working = you are no failure... you'll be like me, hardest on yourself...whatever works for you and Naomi is what works for you and Naomi

Welcom Katie

Hope everyone has a good night...I am off to watch Coronation Street - Natasha has just left the Street - we are about 9 months behind you guys!

 

[amand_a]

Wow, so much to catch up on!

Congrats on all the new arrivals, not long and we will all be over here.

I am glad I came on today and found others struggling with feeding decisions too I am giving Billy his first full formula feed as I type and I am shattered.
Last week he lost 110g and is still not back at birth weight, we were persevering even with both of us ending up with thrush. But today DH went back to work and I made the decision to switch (I think). I cant spend all day on the couch feeding when I have a 2yo to look after, he was also never settled between feeds and constantly wanting to be held.
Last night he had a BF, 60mls of EBM and still cried until I gave him 60mls of formula.

I am so down about the whole thing I cant give birth to my babies and now I cant feed them either, feeling like such a failure.

 

[gw76]

Amanda, I know exactly how you feel! With my first I ended up on medication for PND because of the the pressure I felt to BF.... I realize now, with Hailey, is that BFing is flipping hard work and DS and I couldnt do it properly but Hailey and I can...either way, BF or FF, they both are perfectly healthy and happy. Whatever works for you and Billy is what works for you easier said than done I know, but try not to get 'down' on yourself - you are making the difficult, but best decision for you and Billy...

Take care - hugs

 

[Annamumof2]

hey girls sorry for the one sided post just a pop in to see how all are doing...

ive had to stop breastfeeding i didnt want to but its started to get less and less.

Flynn is 5wks today and i will be getting him weighed tomorrow... so if you guys have me on facebook you will see the update there if not feel free to add me... with a lil message to say who you are
Anna Duncanwaseustace

anyway i have been up my mums everyday helping my dad cheer him up and sort his garden you and the house... hes scared of leaving to much for mum.

anyway better scoot kids bugging me and Flynns taking a slow feed, i filled up his 5oz bottle and he seems to fall asleep quicker then his small 4oz bottles

take care all and congrats to anyone thats had there baby while ive been away