June Bundles of Joy - 2016

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God, I must be really really lazy lol. I have 6 litres of expressed milk in my freezer from when Georgia was in SCBU so was going to do an evening bottle every day but the sterilising, warming and projectile vomit out the nose meant it's only happened once :-/
I may donate it through informal milk sharing because I don't think we'll use it with 6 months and we can't fit any actual food in our freezer lol.
 
Mommyx, wow that's crazy! I had so many bh today but they have been mild. I've been getting one almost every ten minutes.

I'm going to sleep early so I can get up earlier than usual to get extra walking in (if I get out if bed at 330am when the alarm goes off lol).
 
tinkerbelle93 said:
How is Arthur over two weeks old now boo??

Dory I found that introducing a bottle at night solved cluster feeding issues. DS would feed normally and easily in the day but from 9pm to 1am straight he would cluster feed, so introducing a bottle of formula meant straightforward bfing in the day then a bottle at 9 which stopped the hours of feeding.. So even though that bottle needed to be prepared and washed/sterilised it was nothing compared to what we were dealing with before :)
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This exactly! Arthur is clustering a LOT which is fine when the bigger two are in bed, but he doesn't seem to have any short feeds any more, so on a morning I'll sit down on the sofa to BF him and we'll still be there 45 mins later and if I take him off he'll cry and root for more which can go on for ages! If I give him a bottle of formula then he will potentially settle. Will have to see! EBM doesn't settle him from a bottle as I only get like 1-2oz which he wolfs down and it usually makes him hungrier! lol. The evening formula bottle works exactly how tinkerbelle described and when I start that it will mean I can go up to bed much earlier and DH will do it x
 
Previous c-section mums - I was watching a DVD last night ref birth & bf'ing & it said that mums who have a section often find that their milk (I think particularly the mature milk rather than colostrum but not completely sure) is slow to come in & hand expressing can help. What have your experiences been ref milk supply? There is a bf co-ordinator at my hospital who I will ask to see so i'll not be unsupported, but milk supply after a section was something I wondered about & the DVD confirmed that there might be an issue. Best to be informed :)
 
Squig I didn't have an issue. When I had xander my milk came in on day 4 which I think is pretty average :shrug: in any case Xander's weightloss in the first few days was about 7oz (he was allowed to lose up to 1lb so that was fine) and my milk came in and he started steadily gaining with no issues whatsoever.

Day 4 might be the later end of normal - I think day 3 might be more typical but it didn't really matter. Even this time my milk didn't come in till day 5 but we've still managed just fine.

While you're waiting for your milk to come in you'll have colostrum and squiggle will have enough. I was hard expressing for G and honestly I found it really difficult, and baby is much better at getting the milk than expressing, but if you want to do that the hospital can give you syringes to store the milk
 
I think it's so easy to worry that baby isn't getting enough when you breastfeeding after birth. Their tummies really are teeny tiny though and I found it reassuring to remember that. I was shocked at how much they gave her for top ups and she was often a bit sick.

Even if your milk takes a while and baby needs formula temporarily, plenty of breast stimulation and skin to skin should get it there in time. When G was having formula I saw it as her medicine because it was necessary to get her well enough and heavy enough for discharge.
 
I hope everyone is well, I can't remember how far back I should be reading but it's June tomorrow and officially our month! :dance:


I'm hoping to start expressing soon so I can build a supply of colostrum, expressing worked really well with DS and we were doing roughly 50/50 of breastmilk and formula. I'm hoping since it's a double pump it'll be easier to do more breastmilk but we'll see as I managed to express a lot of milk with ds but I don't know if that'll be the case again.


Squig - 2 days until you meet lo! I'm really excited for you :flower:
 
Can't believe tomorrow is June!

I've been having bh every five to ten mins since 1am this morning (it's almost 6am now). I did manage to get a bit of sleep during them though so they may have stopped or slowed during that time.
 
Happy 38 weeks Tinky

2 days til I'm due!

Is anyone or has anyone felt the urge they need to go to the toilet constantly? (#2) but can't go .. It's not constipation etc I'm getting pain in my lower back and bum on/off I read about it and obviously all I find is its a sign needing to go but can't and it could be contractions starting :nope: but I don't think it is that's just my instincts though but I've had on/off pains since last night
 
Yay for June tomorrow & more babies arriving soon! Can't wait to hear about them & see pics :)

Waiting around hospital to get all the preparation for my section done this afternoon & find out when to come in etc. Scan this morning was fine & Squiggle's movement is much better. So not coming up here tomorrow unless I have to - hoping for a last full day at home! I can hardly believe that we're finally going to have our own baby the day after tomorrow - I'm all teary just thinking about it.
 
Beccy, I think your body is giving you subtle signs that labour is near. I cannot believe you only have 2 days until due date. Xx

Squig, glad all is okay. Enjoy your day at home tomorrow and I'm looking forward to hearing all about baby's arrival on Thursday. Xx
 
Squig, so so excited for you and too see your little baby squiggle. :)

Yes Beccy, been 3 times today. I wake up in the night too and feel like I need to go, and I was a once a day/every two days kind of a person before.

I feel like I've been kicked in the foof today, so so uncomfertable!
 
Some promising signs ladies - I'll reckon we'll have a few new babies in the next week - so excited.
I'm having lots of period type cramps today in my lower tummy and back - hopefully things are getting ready. I still have sorting to do in the house and 3 more days after today in work.
 
Ugh beccy me as well. Happening a lot. And squig so soon!!!! Ahhhh! Can't believe it's almost June!

Starlight anything come of the contractions? Did you ring your Dr?


AFM taking DD strawberry picking this am and then to te store to get a last minute father's day gift (that's the 19th but since I don't know when baby is gonna come trying to be on top of things!).

My mil lent me her exercise ball so I'm gonna start bouncing each day while my dd takes her "quiet time"

Hope it does something. And omg anyone else peeing like 5times at night ? Ugh.
 
Mommy I loose count of the number of times I get up over night - some nights are much worse than others!
 
Same tinky. Just feels like at least once an hour now. It's insane. I can't wait til this boy is here I want to be done!
 
I've been doing a lot of nesting. Just steam cleaned the carpets and washed all the couch cushions. I have my ECV scheduled for tomorrow but I'm going to call in a little bit to cancel. I'm losing hope this baby will flip :( I have 2 more chiropractor appointments this week and an appointment with the midwife on Friday to see her position
 
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