June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Lil_Pixie]

Karli I am so very jealous of your sleep! Georgie wakes about every 2 hrs so nights are typically 9 11 1 3 and 5 ish. Last.night it was more like 90 mins between some feeds

Ladies who have any experience with expressing from birth did you get your period back fairly early? With Xander it didn't return till 8m pp but Georgia is 5 weeks old tomorrow and I swear I feel bloated and PMSey

I'm wondering if the delay in my milk, having barely any contact for the first week and not actually feeding for so long has caused my cycle to ramp up? Gutted!

I expressed from birth with ds1 and my cycle came back around 4 months PP i think, but that was 8 years ago so my memory could be out on the timeline I did also stop feeding/expressing completely by 8 wks as work circumstances didn't allow me to express

Oh good! Hopefully not yet then

Lovey to see you posting. Are you planning another home birth?

 

[Dory85]

I still don't have my period yet and no signs.

I exclusively breastfed Sophie from birth and got my period when she was 12 weeks but she was doing the occasional 6 hour stretch over night so I think that's why.

With my son it came back around 9/10 months and I exclusively pumped for almost a week at 9 days old when he was unwell.

 

[lynnikins]

yeah the plan is for a homebirth, i feel so much more at ease and comfortable here and being that i always end up around 42 wks they would be pushing to monitor me heaps in hospital which im not comfortable with

 

[Squig34]

I've missed so much - sorry i've been MIA & not available to offer support - i've been so busy with feeding & expressing, i've hardly had any time. Plus baby isn't sleeping. I'm really struggling with bf'ing too- I don't know how to get her to latch although she's interested, & you should see the size of the nipple shields I was recommended to get - I don't think her mouth is big enough

Joey, sorry to hear you had such a hard time. Hope you're recovering well. You could ask the hospital about donating milk, but you can also freeze it.

Angel, congratulations on the birth of Juniper! She is a cutie & such a sweet name sorry to hear she's been ill, but relieved for you that she's improving.

Ehj, unless i've gotten mixed up with dates, all the best for today!

Geralyn, hope all has gone well.

Love the other pics of babies & siblings. Glad to hear the Georgias & Arthur are doing well

Róise was back up to 5lb 4oz at her 10 day check (5lb 7 birth weight) & the touch of jaundice she had has cleared up. So she's doing well but is largely refusing to sleep at night. I'm so exhausted. But today she was given a ewan the dream sheep which seems to be helping her to settle. So FX!

Good luck to all the ladies still waiting on babies; I hope things happen soon & it certainly sounds like they are for some of you!

 

[joeybrooks]

squig was it the ardo ones?? Barbara the bf coordinator at the royal recommended them to me and they are working great. I've managed to get Leo to latch so many times now, I'm so chuffed. sometimes the shield can then come off after he has drawn my nipped out and feed without it.

my books are no sooner empty than I can feel them filling again. I'm very very grateful that I have such a great supply but it hurts!!

squigbare you going to go to any breastfeeding groups. I think when I can dace the world again I might go to the magic milk club. I look like a right eejit at the.minute trying to get him on though, I have to.get half naked, I think with the antics of me I'd definitely get thrown out of a public place, not.for feeding but for indecency.

 

[GeralynB]

Juliette Anne Lanigan was born 6/15 at 3:03am. 8lbs 5 oz 20 in. I started having regular timeable contractions Tuesday night so I called the midwife and she said to come to the hospital to get checked. I was 2cm so since I was 39 weeks they decided to do the c section then. It all happened so fast and I can't believe she's hear. Everything went great!

 

[AngelofTroy]

We tried exclusively breastfeeding but today's weigh in shows Juniper has now lost 11.5% of her birth weight. She seemed to bf ok, I have seen a bf specialist today and she found and divided a small tongue tie, but I don't think it will help. She is just so ravenous. She feeds and feeds which I know is normal but because the weight charts don't take inti account that she was so poorly If she gets to 12% lost then they will refer to paediatricians and keep us in here even longer. I just can't risk that so I've restarted forma top ups.. But needs SO much. She feeds for half an hour, gulping and guzzling, both sides, then takes 30-35ml formula and still wants more. I am double pumping after feeds to increase my supply but I will never keep up with this level of top ups. She ia still showing hunger signs now after draining both breasts and 5ml ebm and 30ml formula. I don't know whether to give more formula or what. ?!

Shit. Midwife just did obs and her breathing is fast again.

 

[Lavochain]

Welcome to the world lovely Juliette! Congratulations Geralyn.

 

[Dory85]

Congratulations Geralyn!

 

[mum22ttc#3]

Congratulations Geralyn

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Congratulations on the birth of Juliette Geralyn. Xx

Angel, is Juniper okay? You mentioned fast breathing? Xx

Good luck today EHJ. Xx

Squig, nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear you are suffering with baby sleep issues. Xx

 

[Tinky_82]

Welcome to the world Juliette well done Geralyn.

EHJ - good luck today I'm looking forward to seeing your little man.

Angel I hope Juniper is ok. I'm sure her weight will catch up soon would the fact that she was on the glucose drip make her hungrier than other babies?

 

[Squig34]

Congratulations Geralyn, Juliette is gorgeous!

Angel, so sorry to hear about Juniper's weight loss. I don't know about more formula - but if she's still hungry & losing weight, maybe that's the way to go - what are you being advised to do? What's the story with the fast breathing? Thinking of you!

squig was it the ardo ones?? Barbara the bf coordinator at the royal recommended them to me and they are working great. I've managed to get Leo to latch so many times now, I'm so chuffed. sometimes the shield can then come off after he has drawn my nipped out and feed without it.

my books are no sooner empty than I can feel them filling again. I'm very very grateful that I have such a great supply but it hurts!!

squigbare you going to go to any breastfeeding groups. I think when I can dace the world again I might go to the magic milk club. I look like a right eejit at the.minute trying to get him on though, I have to.get half naked, I think with the antics of me I'd definitely get thrown out of a public place, not.for feeding but for indecency.

yes the ardo ones but I had to order them online so I didn't have them in hospital so I haven't had any help with using them. Barbara was brilliantthe day I saw her though - it's just a shame I had to wait til Monday instead of being able to get help straight away on Saturday (although the midwives were good about trying to help me latch but the pumping was disastrous). Where is the magic milk club?

 

[AngelofTroy]

They have put her back on hourly observations due to her respiration date speeding up again The doctors will review her later. I don't really know what it means, they never said what the infection is, it says "query sepsis" somewhere on her notes though.

As for the weight thing, I think it is perfectly understandable that she has catching up to do, but they go by weight loss from birth weight rather than from when she started eating, and 12% loss is the cut off point for intervention. The formula top ups hopefully mean her weight will go up today.

I am not coping well at all any more, I think the adreneline has worn off and the full on shock of what happened + baby blues + extreme sleep ddprivation (less than 2 hours a night due to pumping and feeding) has broken me. I cried to the poor midwives all night, I want to go home, I want to see Micah properly, I haven't been outside aince I arrived here in labour on friday.

Everything feels overwhelming and I can't even make simple decisions let alone how to feed.

 

[Dory85]

They have put her back on hourly observations due to her respiration date speeding up again The doctors will review her later. I don't really know what it means, they never said what the infection is, it says "query sepsis" somewhere on her notes though.

As for the weight thing, I think it is perfectly understandable that she has catching up to do, but they go by weight loss from birth weight rather than from when she started eating, and 12% loss is the cut off point for intervention. The formula top ups hopefully mean her weight will go up today.

I am not coping well at all any more, I think the adreneline has worn off and the full on shock of what happened + baby blues + extreme sleep ddprivation (less than 2 hours a night due to pumping and feeding) has broken me. I cried to the poor midwives all night, I want to go home, I want to see Micah properly, I haven't been outside aince I arrived here in labour on friday.

Everything feels overwhelming and I can't even make simple decisions let alone how to feed.

Firstly, baby blues will have hit and be making things seem even harder. Give it time. You have been through a lot so give yourself permission to grieve for what you expected with your newborn but haven't managed because she's been unwell.

Have they given you an idea of how long she needs antibiotics for? I'm sorry if I'm telling you how to suck eggs with this but I understanding is something that helps me cope. 'Query sepsis' or '? Sepsis' means that they think it's sepsis but have not got all the factors to confirm this as a diagnosis yet (normally blood levels within certain parameters). Have you told your if her bloods are improving?

Respiratory rate is very sensitive. It is often the first thing to indicate deterioration which will be why they are keeping an eye on it if it's sped up but so many things can affect it. When Georgia was in trans care she her breathing went really fast and she had chest recession. The paed examined her and within seconds they had dragged her cot out of my room and round to special care. They then screened her for infection but in hindsight they think it was all down to her not being able to maintain her temperature and getting cold. Terrifying but much better than what they were looking for. They have to err on the side of caution and treat as the worst case scenario.

Afm - I contacted the tongue tie clinic that's out of my area yesterday and explained everything that's happened. They have given me an appointment for Wednesday where they will assess and snip if they think it would benefit. So for a week I asked my health visitors to ring the same clinic to book me in and they decided to go a different route that takes even longer than if I'd gone against policy and contacted them myself. It's honestly no wonder people who are struggling give up. I'm lucky that I know how the system works.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Thank you so much Dory, I wish the staff here made as much sense as you! I was never told the results of her blood cultures, but they tell me her CRP, they didn't do one yesterday but will do today. Her numbers were:
Day 0 (birth): 5
Day 1: 44
Day 2: 22
Day 3: 16
Today is day 5 and if it is under 4 they may stop antibiotics and discharge us. But with resp rate and weight issues maybe not. Noone can quite say. Her resp was high end of normal the the last 2 checks but theyre waiting for a doctor to review. Last one was 55 while asleep.

 

[wishuwerehere]

Congratulations Geralyn

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Congratulations geralyn! She's beautiful x

Massive hugs angel

 

[vaniilla]

Geralyn - Congratulations on your little girl!


Angel - I'm really sorry that your dd is having problems, I hope they're able to get to the bottom of the resp rate and hopefully with the top ups she'll have gained weight

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Angel, I can understand you feeling overwhelmed. Can you go take a stroll around the grounds just to get some fresh air.
Hopefully Juniper is fine, and with some formula you'll both be on your way to home soon. Xx