Eva Leigh is here!

[toasty6]

Thank you Eline!

 

[liz1985]

Congratulations she's lovely x

 

[toasty6]

Thank you Liz!

 

[laura109]

She is so beautiful, congratulations xxxx

 

[toasty6]

Thanks Laura!

 

[MrsG_TTC42012]

Hey toasty6, how are you getting on?

I'm having an off day today, my oh has to go back to work on Monday (3days) and I just feel like we haven't had any time to spend together as family. We have had so many appointments to go to or visitors.
Plus for some reason Lucie just won't settle with my anymore, she will go to sleep with my oh but not me and just wants feeding constantly

The little piggy has put on a whole pound already and is now 7lb 9oz.

How you feeling? My dog stood on my c-section cut/wound/scar earlier. I burst out crying, it hurt so much.

Breastfeeding is still painful. Lucie doesn't seem to open wide enough anymore and has a habit or de-latching and then attaching herself but just on my nipple!!

 

[toasty6]

We are doing pretty good. I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling very well. I luckily have my husband for another two weeks before he goes back to work. We have had lots of car problems stressing us out lately so at least he is home to help with that.

I am curious how much Eva weighs now. My mom has a baby scale so when I go to her house Saturday I will weigh her. She cluster feeds every night from about 11pm to 3am or so, then settles down for feeds every 2.5-3 hours. I am still guiltily co-sleeping. The cluster feeding is impossible to deal with unless I just have her next to me and sometimes I can get her to feed side-lying and it's so much easier. My mom is a postpartum nurse and she makes me feel so bad for co-sleeping. She had a patient somewhat recently come in two weeks after having her baby and she had rolled on her in bed and smothered her. I realize the dangers but Eva just screams if we put her in the bassinet. My husband and I really don't move hardly an inch when sleeping and I make sure all pillows and blankets are nowhere near her face. The bassinets that attach to the bed with one side down are too expensive. I'm just hoping once she stops cluster feeding (if ever) we can wean her out of the bed and into the bassinet at least, but for now this will have to do. (And I swore not to co-sleep before giving birth... My how real life changes viewpoints).

My little piggy poops ALL THE TIME. Does yours?? She went for a few days without pooping and then she finally went and soiled 3 diapers while I was changing her. It just kept coming lol. But now she goes like 6-8 times a day?? She doesn't act fussy like her tummy hurts. It's pretty watery but I don't think it's diarrhea. She's not dehydrated, her fontanelle feels and looks the same and her mouth and skin are moist etc. She just poops often and it's always loud lol I can hear her squirtle from a mile away...

I hope your little one gets the hang of opening wider! Eva occasionally latches onto just my nip and it's killer. I always jump and unlatch her quickly before she makes me bleed or something. Ive heard that tongue tie releases sometimes take a while for baby to get used to and for the latch to improve. Hoping yours gets better soon!

Speaking of c-section scars: mine healed wonderfully, but I feel a big knot on one side of it. I think it's from when I was soooo constipated/impacted and had to use an enema etc and I had been straining so hard (involuntarily!). My incision had very slightly opened up on the right side, but it never bled more than just slight spotting on a pad I tucked against it. Anyways, it's all healed now but there's a big knot under the surface there. Hopefully it goes down eventually. It's not enough to warrant an early trip to the OB. My appointment for 2 weeks pp is next Wednesday, the first opening they had. Having a busy doctor sucks sometimes but oh well. I haven't had to take any pain meds today, yay. Even when I did take them I would try to spread them out if I could and usually I just took the 800 mg ibuprofen (Motrin) rather than the hydrocodone. I'm still sore above my scar, where all the uterus action happened, but it's getting noticeably better.