long cycles support thread :) the yelping vaginas club! (closed group)

[Rachel789]

Katya- how exciting that your bump is starting to show. I really miss mine!

Caroline- Shaelyn sleeps great during the day but she is a pain in the butt at night of course the tear is healing well and I feel better every day.

I hope you are able to go into labor on your own but as you said at least you know it will be by Monday. Keep us posted!

My breastmilk production finally picked up on day 8 thank God! I am able to pump a fair amount. The issue I am having now is Shaelyn feeds forever, like an hour or more sometimes and still seems hungry so I don't know if she is feeding correctly. The latch is good but she may not be sucking enough. I am about ready to just pump and feed her that way because it is so frustrating especially at night. I just wish I knew how much she was actually getting during the feedings. But I am excited I at least have milk for her!

 

[rmsh1]

Glad you have milk now Rachel, how are those rock hard boobs? Emma is a fast feeder, ten minutes is common for her, thank goodness. If Shaelyn is otherwise happy and healthy, she is getting enough milk. Is she properly sucking the whole time, or just nibbling some of it? She might just be suckling for some of the time, not drinking, for comfort. Emma does it a lot

 

[Rachel789]

She always seems to suck like crazy for the first 5 mins or so then it slows down. She always falls asleep and then when I take her off an put her to bed she wakes up crying so I put her back on and she does the same thing over and over again and acts hungry. So if its at night I usually just give in and give her a bottle so I can get to sleep.

 

[mrsc81]

Next sizes are odd, get a size smaller

Caroline I hope you go into labour before the induction

 

[mrsc81]

Those boobs are scarey when you wake up looking like Pamela Anderson and they hurt!

 

[Diddums]

Those boobs are scarey when you wake up looking like Pamela Anderson and they hurt!

 

[rmsh1]

She always seems to suck like crazy for the first 5 mins or so then it slows down. She always falls asleep and then when I take her off an put her to bed she wakes up crying so I put her back on and she does the same thing over and over again and acts hungry. So if its at night I usually just give in and give her a bottle so I can get to sleep.

I just put a LONG post in my journal about getting Emma to sleep (I went to a sleep clinic today) if you wanted to read it. It will apply to babies Shaelyn's age. But my problem was day time sleeping, not night time. At night they are allowed to feed to sleep, but not meant to during the day time.

If her suckling slows down, she might not be drinking as such, just suckling for comfort. Do her jaw bones near her ears stop moving up and down? That is a good way to see if she is feeding or suckling. If she is feeding, you will see her jaw bones going up and down.

When you put her down after a feed, maybe try rocking her bassinet every time she grizzles, that is what I am doing now, and has worked today for starters, will see how things go for the next few days. You don't rock her to sleep, just rock her til she stops grizzling. Every time she grizzles, rock again.

 

[rmsh1]

Those boobs are scarey when you wake up looking like Pamela Anderson and they hurt!

Yep! My right one was solid last night when Emma slept for 6 hours in a row . I was glad to get her on there to empty it a bit!

 

[Rachel789]

Thanks for the advice Bex! I will check out what you posted in your journal too.

 

[rmsh1]

Thanks for the advice Bex! I will check out what you posted in your journal too.

Let me know how it goes.

As for night time sleeping, I am very sure you are doing this already, but you have to keep all lights dimmed, speak only in whispers to her, or not at all, and zero playtime.

 

[bnporter81]

Rachel, thanks for letting us hear your story. And it kind of sounds like the baby is using your boobs as a sort of pacifier...just for comfort sometimes. My oldest one did that. She'd fall asleep and I'd take her off and lay her down and then she'd wake up a short while later moving her mouth around looking for it, so I would put her back on and then after a few sucks she'd be right back asleep. Oddly enough, she hated a real pacifier...guess mama was better Sometimes I'd have to wake her up a little while she was still latched on to try to make sure she was sucking/getting enough.

Caroline, you must be so miserable by now...bless your heartI hope she decides to come this weekend.

Katya, must be a great/comforting feeling being able to hear the heartbeat

Not much going on here. My daughter's 5th grade graduation is this Monday. She's got a beautiful pink and zebra print dress for it; I'll try to post a pic of her later on in the week. But anyway, it's hard to believe she's going into middle school next yearThen on Friday she's leaving for a week to go down to Florida with my ex-husband and I'm really going to miss her...she's only been gone for a week a few other times before and it always feels like an eternity until she's home. I dread it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend

 

[mrsc81]

Caroline I keep coming on here expecting to see you've had your little girl, hope your holding up ok, she will be here soon enough

Hope everyone is having a great weekend

How are you Newmrs? I know it must be disheartening still waiting for a bfp, let us know what your upto

 

[cmwilson]

Well ladies tomorrow is the big day! I don't know what time yet, the hospital will call in the morning with a time. Feeling nervous but excited! Don't think I'll get much sleep tonight even though I know I'm going to need it! Hopefully the induction will go smoothly and I won't need a ceasarian but I'm mentally prepared just in case. I'll try and let you know when she is here as soon as I can.

 

[rmsh1]

Good luck Caroline! We will all be eagerly awaiting news

 

[mrsc81]

Good luck, thinking of you

 

[Diddums]

Good luck Caroline, hope you have a nice straightforward birth will be thinking of you and your little girl xx

 

[Rachel789]

Good luck Caroline! I am sure everything will go smoothly, I can't wait to see pics of your baby girl

 

[seabean]

GOOD LUCK CAROLINE!!!!

 

[NewMrs2011]

Caroline I keep coming on here expecting to see you've had your little girl, hope your holding up ok, she will be here soon enough

Hope everyone is having a great weekend

How are you Newmrs? I know it must be disheartening still waiting for a bfp, let us know what your upto

Thank you for thinking of me! I'm ok thanks...pretty much given up on the whole ttc thing. It's never gonna happen. I've not even ovulated in the two years we've been trying so I've got absolutely no hope whatsoever. Sad but just the way it is I guess.

Hope everybody else is fine and all your gorgeous babies are doing well. Good luck to you today Caroline

 

[Diddums]

NewMrs sorry to hear you're feeling down! I know how you feel. I lost all hope after not ovulating for over a year! How's the weight loss going? Sorry I can't remember but Di you use opk and temp every month? Lots of hugs to you xxxx