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Hi everyone!

Mel - I am so excited you are having your baby tomorrow - please do text and let me know how you are getting on! You will be amazing!

Jenni - congratulations on the birth of Max, he sounds gorgeous!

Simmy - how are 'you doing now?

Samzi - yay for the sweep and hope you feel okay!

Curlew - know what you mean about being shattered, it's do worth it though :)

Can someone pm me the details of Jenni, Eve and Tors babies and I'll update the graduate thread, I have missed the details and want to add them tomorrow - sorry for the delay.

Afm - got 3 hours sleep during the day as my parents were watching her. She has been so good all day but really doesn't like being left on het own in the Moses basket. She will only sleep at night on us. It's tough. I know it's only day 2 though so hoping she'll start to like her basket soon. I hate leaving her in there for too long to cry though.
She also has strange eating habits of having huge feeds then not feeding for about 5 hours - nit sure if that's normal?
Other than that she is doing so well and I am loving being with her!
 
YAY for more babies!!!

Mel - good luck with your induction! I hope it works quickly and that you have your baby by the end of the day.

Jenni, Hann - congrats on the arrivals of your little ones!! I was hoping your babies would be coming soon.

This is a bit of a drive-by post as I have limited time but I am now a mama!:baby:

Daniel (aka "Cuddle Bug") was born on Thursday, July 14th at 8:47PM. So he's already one week old. :) It turns out that all my whining about "false labour" was actually me experiencing four days of early labour. My labour was anything but textbook as my contractions remained irregular all the way until I was about 7 or 8cm dilated. I was actually almost sent home when I showed up at the hospital even though my contractions were 5 -7 minutes apart and I was 4-5cm dilated. I felt so upset because I live 1 1/2 hours away and 5cm seemed rather progressed. But my cervix was high and I was only 50% effaced. They only kept me because Daniel's heartbeat dipped DRASTICALLY at every contraction.

Due to this drop of heartbeat I was sent to the high-risk maternity ward and I have now joined the club of emergency C-sections. The doctor really tried to let me have a vaginal birth and the decision wasn't made until I had already begun to push. I was knocked out and woke up to meet my little man. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.

And after one week I have decided to give up on breastfeeding. I have seen a lactation consultant along with every nurse on the maternity ward and I still can't get my man to nurse. He can latch just fine but he screams and then proceeds to fall asleep. It was taking an hour just to get him to suck for 10 minutes. I was quickly becoming a wreck. He had to spend two days in NICU simply because he wouldn't eat and his blood sugar dropped. So now I am bottle feeding and we're both happier and healthier. He now fills the proper amount of diapers and fusses less between feedings. I bought a pump today so I'm still going to be giving him some breast milk.

I love being a mom and am recovering well from the surgery. Daniel is overall a very good baby and is easy to take on outings...especially now that he is bottle-fed. saw his pediatrician today and all is just great. He surpassed his birth weight and his jaundice is all cleared up.
 
Starry, fantastic news congratulations! And well done for trying the BF, better to bottle feed though if its making you both happier! So glad you are doing so well xx
 
Congratulations Starry! I'll get your details onto the graduate site tomorrow too! Glad he is doing well and lovely name choice :)
 
Huge congrats Starry! we thought you were probably away having a baby! Well done on giving BF a go, but it seems better all round that he's now on formula.

Mel - how exciting, you will have a baby hopefully tomorrow or Sat! Wishing you all the best for tomorrow, you will be fantastic.

Doods - really laughing at the sticker on M's manly measuring tape. Aww bless... I grew up in a girly household and it is lovely :)

Hann - sounds like you're doing really well, it seems from all of you that it's pretty common for the babies not to like going in their baskets. And you sound pretty sane even though you must be knackered!

Afm, i'm doing fine - getting used to being overtaken in the baby queue :haha: Went out for a lovely family dinner tonight with my cousin who's visiting from Oz. She's going back tomorrow so i was really disappointed she didn't get to meet the baby... Other than that i am waiting for my induction on Sat... So i'm going to make the most of tomorrow!

xx
 
Starry I also had trouble with Jacob feeding. JAcob has a really hard suckle and drew blood from me...not just a drop but mouth fulls of blood and drops of milk...

The HV called him the little vampire and adviced me to take him off the breast and bottle feed him otherwise he will suck my nipples off....So he went onto formula milk at 4 days old but I am glad I gave it a go!

I couldnt even pump because my nipples were so sore! They are still clearing up now and are a little painful when I haven't got a bra on....My nipples look so unattractative now!

Doctor had to give me a special cream for my nipples aswell. I thought the doctor was going to fall off his chair when he saw them!

:flower:
 
Congratulations Starry x

Good luck for tomorrow Mel x

Simmy, hope baby comes soon, you've waited long enough x
 
Thanks Kel :hugs:

Sofie - ouchy!! I am always amazed by how 'sucky' newborns are, but Jacob sounds like something else!
 
Yay congratulations Mel!! I'm up so keep me posted! So happy uou didn't need the induction!

Have been bad and brought Annabelle into bed with me and she has slept for 2 hours (as have we!). She has more than a third of the bed too but I don't want to get too close. She just likes being near us so for now this works!

Sk - your nipple story sounds painful! My left one is a bit sore too as I didn't latch her on properly the first time and it hasn't had time to recover, hoping the lasinoh helps with it.
After her hour feed between 10.30-11.30 she is now feeding again - pretty much constantly. She loves her food!!
 
Wow this thread has been busy! Congrats to Starry and Jenni on their babies!

Mel how exciting! Keep us updated and good luck!

Hann if you figure out how to settle Annabelle in her basket please let me know! I know it's not ideal but Elliot sleeps on me at night and during the day he now sleeps for a few hours on his tummy in his basket. I know he would settle at night on his tummy but I'm too scared to do this and wouldn't be able to sleep through worry!

Elliot slept from 10.30pm til 3.20am so iv had quite a nice batch of sleep so far! Am meeting a friend in town tomorrow -still a bit daunting venturing out into public esp when he could need feeding at any time!
 
Hi everyone....just wanted to pop on real quick and say thanks for the good wishes!! On my ipad so can't upload pics but will do when I get home on Sunday. Max and I are doing well...Audrey is so happy to be a big sister and have a little brother....I am quite pleased as she had really wanted a sister. My section wasn't so bad, much better than last time...glad to have the morphine today though!!! good luck to the ladies that haven't delivered...I'll be sending you all labour dust and I'll be back on sunday!

Max Hamdan Leiras
July 21 3:19pm
8lbs 3oz, 21 inches long
And has stolen mommy's heart!!
 
good luck mel.


well its my due date, i ll be joining you ladies in the over due club.
 
Hann, so glad things are going well. Sounds like you're a great mommy! :)

Starry, big congrats! Looking forward to pictures :)

Mel, how wonderful that you went into labor right before your induction! Yey!

Simmy, good luck with the induction tomorrow! Hope you follow Mel's example :)

Freckles, try a nursing cover. They're awesome for feeding in public.

SK, can't believe your "vampire" story. Hope you get better soon.
 
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