June Bundles of Joy - 2016

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A lot has happened here so I will just copy and paste frim my journal.

Juniper Rosemary Ann was born this morning at 3.05am, she is in Nicu at the moment as she has a suspected infection and trouble with blood sugars and oxygen levels. I will probably be in a few days and she isn't in the room with me she is on antibiotics and oxygen and expected to improve soon.

The birth was bizarre! I was in a lot of pain for a long time but was only in 'early labour' and they tried to send me home.. Then evrntually let me stay but didn't want to fill the pool as I wasn't in active labour yet... I was in so much pain by then I asked for an epidural but they said it was too early.. Then all of a sudden my waters broke and she was born within less that half an hour! Apparently my 'active labour stage' was 10 minutes!!

I am pumping and hand expressing colostrum every 3 hours but Juniper is fed through a glucose drip and nil by mouth at the moment, she did feed early on abmnd I was allowed to pacify her using the breast in the evening. She gets fractious in the incubater as she wants to suck but I don't want to give a dummy really in case it interfears with bf.
 
Angel congratulations again - what a beautiful name! Absolutely stunning :cloud9: it sounds like a very kind persons name

I'm so sorry to hear she's in NICU :hugs: it's a very scary place. How are you feeling? That's great that she's off the oxygen already, I think sometimes they just need a bit of help to get started and then they pick know straight up again. Have they said what the infection is or how long she'll be on antibiotics?

Are you not able to get her out to feed her when she's fussing? The nurses in our NICU gave G sucrose to calm her down when she was hungry before she started to have any milk and that really helped. Fingers crossed you can feed her soon :hugs: :hugs:
 
Thank you, I've only been allowed to 'feed' her once since she went to nicu but it did help. I hope we will get to try again tomorrow. Just got 0.6ml for her when she's ready. :) Midwife told me to try to sleep a bit longer now, as lack of sleep will hinder the bf... Not sure whether i should or stick to expressing 3 hourly. :/
 
I just got up once through the night to express about 3 am. Georgia gets up 4-5 times a night to feed but my supply has been fine x
 
Congratulations Angel, I love her name. Sorry she's in the nicu but hopefully she'll be home very soon.
 
I'm still in hospital. not recovering great from haemorrhage. Leo isn't latching so I'm pumping. good supply as I got 100 ml after 30 mins on both boobs. hope that with the right support I can get him latched as exclusive pumping is killing me and I could sustain it.

as much as I just wasn't home I am keen to make sure I'm better first. loving all the babys being born.

I can hand on heart say no more babies for me. I think a third pregnancy would be viewed as a suicide attempt.
 
:hugs: Joey that's exactly how I feel. I told my dh I was sad because I felt like the decision had been taken out of my hands and the option of no3 was no longer available. He told me he was genuinely afraid that he'd be leaving the hospital without me or Georgia after the last one and he's making an appointment for a vasectomy asap :dohh:

It seems so crazy that some people just find it so easy to make babies and can even deliver without any medical support at all and others would probably die if left to their own devices.

That's excellent pumping! Sorry he's not latching :-( is he too sleepy or just not able to latch? Fingers crossed it's easily solved! I despise expressing, I think it might be a form of torture

Have you had a blood transfusion? I felt much better after the transfusions bit they're still seriously gross :haha:
 
Sorry Joey that sounds rough. Hopefully he gets the latch sorted soon. I've only really ever expressed by hand as I could never get on with my pump. :hugs:
 
I've asked for a transfusion as it worked so well last ti.email but they are reluctant. my haemoglobin was 7.5 and has gone to 8.3 so as it is rising I don't think they will. I know it's not something they do likely but they could practically cure me in a few hours where as it will take months on iron tablets.

I was so chuffed with how my labour had gone, I'd handled the pain so well and although agonising it was a positive experience. my mum had just left and was delighted and then I told them I didn't feel like I could sit up as there was something in my tummy. They kinda brushed it off until the bleeding started then they felt my tummy and discovered I was filled with clots. The Dr said the procedure she carried out would normally be done under GA but she hadn't time so I had just the gas and air and it was actually worse than delivering the baby.

so I am absolutely done. I am lucky to be here after two life threatening labours and I have two of the healthiest most handsome boys any mummy could wish for. Def time to count my blessings.
I spoke to a lactation consultant who has recommended some great nipper shields. she had given me one to try out and Leo was able to get a good hold of it. my nippers are just really flat and a bit inverted, so whilst I have a great supply and he is eager, we just can seem to get him latched naturally.
 
Here she is :)

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Melon1687/IMG_20160612_091343_zps3z6hregx.jpg
 
Oh angel <3 <3 All her hair! How is she today? Beautiful.

Joey i'm so sorry for you, to go through such a positive labour and then the trauma. Big hugs xx
 
Joey, hopefully they will relent and give the transfusion. It does seem silly to prolong treatment if it could be sorted swiftly.

I'm so sorry to hear that some of you ladies have had traumatic times and poorly babies. I am thinking of you all. Xx
 
Angel - she's beautiful, I hope she's able leave nicu soon.

Joey - I have pretty flat nipples too, have you considered using the pump just for a few minutes at a time to draw them out? I'm glad the nipple shields are helping, hopefully it'll get easier as he gets bigger.


Afm - I've finally stopped feeling this pregnancy is going too slow, I'm trying to enjoy what's left of it as realistically it's the last time I'll be pregnant, as much as I'd love a third there is no way I am going through surgery and years of ttc. In my mind I've still got another 3 weeks and a bit to go before I'll consider myself overdue so I'm just taking every day as it comes.
 
What a little angel with all that hair! She has a beautiful name too<3
 
:hugs: Joey. When I had Xander my hb went down to 6.1, I had two transfusions and was discharged when it got to 8.6 I think.

This time it was 7.9 when I had the second transfusion but I have no idea what it was when I was discharged. I know I'll still be on iron tablets for months though :-/

They'd put two units of blood aside for me because they'd had to match my antibodies but they had a hard time getting the second one for me. I think in the end it was the consultants not letting me leave HDU that talked them round. The blood people didn't think I needed the second one and didn't want to give the blood up. I suppose it's their job to preserve what they have :shrug:

Have they given you fluids? As well as the two transfusions I had 4 or 6 bags of fluid and something with jelly in the name but I can't remember what it was called. The combination definitely helped me feel better though. I had baby on the Thursday night and I felt dizzy and lightheaded even sitting upright for 5 minutes to visit G in NICU. By the next day I felt fine as long as I was lay down but I wasnt even able to stand to walk 5 steps to the loo till about 6pm. By Saturday so 48 hrs ish pp I felt tons and tons better.

Once I started to feel better I recovered quickly but the first few days were rough :hugs: I really hope you start to feel better soon. Keep pushing for a transfusion if you feel like you need one - it can't hurt to try :hugs:
 
Hugs joey sounds really tough :hugs:

Ahh she's beautiful angel x

I'm home now. Feels so strange! My DS adores his baby brother, it's so sweet to see :cloud9:

Mini rant but people's facebook etiquette has really annoyed me. I barely go on mine and didn't even post anything about the pregnancy. Anyway within two hours of me giving birth DHs dad had it announced on his page with me tagged to it. Luckily my settings require me to allow tagged stuff onto my wall first but if they didn't then it would have gone up there before I'd even had the chance to tell my friends and other close family members! Then my mum posted an announcement today without asking with a picture of me holding Henry in hospital all sweaty with no makeup and bird nest hair. I bloody hate facebook.
 
They Def won't do the transfusion. I'm disappointed as I know it would make me feel better but u did try. I think my levels are now over 8. funny thing is that first time they talked me into it and this time I'm begging for it. I think they need to remember that when levels are low in new mothers it's not like a normal patient who might be able to straight home to bed to rest. that should be a factor in their decision making.
 
Joey - what do they suggest you do? I'm not very clued up on it but I don't understand why they won't give you a transfusion, what's the alternative?

Tinkerbelle- that would cause a big argument for me, I would have to tell them both to remove it from their facebook immediately, it's not their news to share and they have no right to put things up without your permission!
 
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