End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

[OmiOmen]

Thanks. BF'ing went fine right away this time. He was a greedy guy and fed for almost 24 hours straight and sucked really hard to get a lot of colostrum so I am now really over producing milk so that will take a while to settle down. Plus, he is used to over sucking so when my milk fully came in he was gulping too much in and started throwing up but I think we are getting the hang of feeding with gaps in to burp him enough.

 

[pebbie1]

We Omi. Glad you're both ok. Now to take time to recover and make sure you fully do, also with the mental recovery. Your OH must've been mortified. Bless him

Zfbaby, that's brilliant from your hv to take the time with you and not rush around and run out of the door again. It's good to know its wind. Poor little man. The baby massage should help him too.

Markus started smiling when you talk to him. So cute x

 

[charbaby]

Pebbie so cute Marlee is also smiling but it is so hard to catch it with the camera its like she knows what I am trying to do and then refuses to smile! lol

 

[pebbie1]

I know! It took forever to catch one on camera hahahaha

 

[Zfbaby]

Louis doesn't smile yet unless its a gas smile. Hopefully that will be soon. It'd be nice to see him happy. Feel like I've been feeding and burping him all day. Just managed to have a shower whilst dh tried to deal with his screaming. The hot water was bliss and I'm a lot less sticky now

 

[pebbie1]

Oh poor you! Hope you managed to relax a bit then. So are you going to stick to breast feeding now? I think I've been getting a lot more milk since yesterday. Today my boobs were swollen non stop and I only needed to look at Markus for them to start leaking hahahaha! So he's been drinking quicker and more regular as well today.

 

[babyface15]

omg omni how scary. I'm so glad you and lo are ok!! I wish you a speedy recovery and hope that you can work through the trauma of it all xxx

 

[CLH_X3]

Omi- glad your ok, and hope you recover really quick!! Glad your little one is ok aswel

Well I defo think baby blues have hit me, iv been crying every day for nearly a week now, over nothing, I just told my daughter off and cried!

 

[Little Ducky]

Bloody hell Omi, I'm sorry to hear you had such a rough time. I really hope now you can rest up & begin to recover from it all. X

BF is going well so far for Alastair and I I think, it hurts my nipples rather a lot but we're still trying to perfect latching etc.
Does anyone mind if I ask a bit of a TMI question regarding post birth BM's etc? Bit concerned I'm not normal LOL!

 

[babyface15]

little ducky ask away i had a question of my own

aw sorry to hear you've been teary clh I get a bit weepy here and there too xx

 

[Little Ducky]

little ducky ask away i had a question of my own

aw sorry to hear you've been teary clh I get a bit weepy here and there too xx

Well, I've heard its normal not to be able to go for a BM for a couple of days following birth, but when I 'tried' to go recently, the more I tried the more wee kept coming out! Wee I didn't even know I had! I couldn't stop it - is this a sign my pelvic floor is buggered? Will it fix itself? When will I manage to go? Lol! Sorry in advance!

 

[pebbie1]

Ducky, yeah it sounds like it. Your pelvic floor has been stretched massively so it takes time for it to go back to normal. Are you doing kegels?

Clh awwww bless hun! I've not had baby blues yet or if I did it was straight after birth. But I cried because I had mastitis, then cried because Markus had jaundice, then cried because of all the sick kids in hospital lol.

I'm actually feeling fantastic! I must say though that having a second baby is sooooooo much easier! I actually know what I'm doing now lol. So yeah, alls good. Now to get my bp fixed and then I'll be happy
Can nesting happen after the baby is born by the way? I've been constantly cleaning the house to a point where my hands hurt and are all dry hahahaha. My husband comments every night when he comes home how clean the house is. That's definitely not like my normal self lol!!

 

[babyface15]

I think this is normal. my nurse/midwife told me I wouldn't be able to stop my pee for the first while.
I had such a long pushing stage that when I went to use the bathroom the first time as soon as I saw the toilet I peed all over the floor. lol

what concerned me is that when I really need to go number two once I am in the bathroom I can't really stop it :S and I leak urine when I really have to go.

but my Dr and nurse just told me to be vigilant to do my kegels as many times as possible each day and it's already getting much better!!

as for the constipation I'm not sure, thankfully mines been a little soft since birth so I haven't had that trouble.

 

[OmiOmen]

Cute photo pebbie. It is so cute when they start to have a real smile.

As for BM mine took a few days and were not normal but my bowel had fallen down under organs it was supposed to be above and it was left out of my body for a while while waiting for a x-ray machine so I am guessing that is to be expected.

I had to stay in the high dependency unit of labour ward Tuesday and most of yesterday because of issues with the bladder side of thing. I am fed up oh hospital now and hope my appointment in July will be all I have to deal with now.

 

[Little Ducky]

Ducky, yeah it sounds like it. Your pelvic floor has been stretched massively so it takes time for it to go back to normal. Are you doing kegals?

I can't! I had an episiotomy and the stitches HURT, its all still so swollen down there I can't tense anything! I can't stop my wee mid flow, can't poo, end up weeing when I try... Its all pretty horrible! Really hope it hurrys up & fixes!

 

[OmiOmen]

I'm not supposed to do pelvic floor muscle exercises for a month but am pretty scared about the thought too. I won't know for 3 weeks if I will be able to stop my wee or not but I am pretty worried the damage may be permanent. Having babies is hard work.

 

[OmiOmen]

Oh and I noticed I did have the biggest baby after all. He put on 10 grams at his 5 day check too.

 

[pebbie1]

Ducky, yeah it sounds like it. Your pelvic floor has been stretched massively so it takes time for it to go back to normal. Are you doing kegals?

I can't! I had an episiotomy and the stitches HURT, its all still so swollen down there I can't tense anything! I can't stop my wee mid flow, can't poo, end up weeing when I try... Its all pretty horrible! Really hope it hurrys up & fixes!

Oh bless you! I had an episiotomy with Marielle and I tell you what, I was more scared of needing stitches this time round than the whole labour! Peeing with stitches is like hell. I pee'd in the shower or in the bath with some water in it. Fortunately this time round I only had some grazing and no stitches at all and no pain when weeing! So second time lucky

 

[CLH_X3]

I had like 2 stitches this time, and the women said I didn't have to have them but she could put a couple in if I wanted so I said yeah... Had hardly any stinging tho as I just lean forward and it don't hurt at all...

I can stop my wee when I go, might be because I was only pushing for 7 mins tho!

Aston had his tongue tie cut today, hes been crying for a while now cuz of the pain so iv spoke to a doctor and i can give him a dose of calpol if needed but he's just fell to sleep so guna see how he does

 

[OmiOmen]

aww, poor Aston. I hope the calpol helps.