March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[Lou1234]

You wanted photos so here are some! Elizabeth looking thoughtful about something!

 

[Lou1234]

Me holding Elizabeth when she was about 15 hours old.

 

[Lou1234]

Not looking impressed about leaving the hospital.

 

[rose.]

Oh Lou, Elizabeth is absolutely gorgeous you must be so proud!

 

[sportysgirl]

Lou those photos are so cute! xx

 

[AmyB1978]

Lou, how cute! Thanks for sharing,

MrsC we are breast feeding, at the week stage she was still in the NICU and I had swelling and pain in my nipples but mainly from the pump. I used lanolin and gel ice packs (which be careful with ice as it can lessen your supply too.) Does it hurt while nursing or mainly after? I would try lanolin to help if it is dryness but also check he is latching well, cause it should not really hurt when he's sucking. You might wanna post on the breast feeding forum as well. Good luck and hang in there!

 

[katyblot]

Oh my goodness, so many exciting and happy announcements, while I've been gone!

Congratulations mrschezek, baby_maybe, Lou1234, bkay77, sethsmummy, Iprettii and starzz!

Really loving all your birth stories and photos!

Wowza it's been busy on here!!
Congrats to all the new mummies
I can't believe it's my due date tomorrow, I don't think he will make an appearance but how exciting
Xx

Happy due date for yesterday! How u doing? It was my due date too! But nothing going on here!

Hey girls, contractions are lasting 2 minutes, about 7 minutes apart, hoping this is it

Good luck heaveneats!


AFM - well the last 2 weeks hav been so stressful. I got a call from work when I was 38 +5 to say that I was gonna b made redundant so I had to go into work for 2 days worth of meetings, even tho had been on mat leave for 3 weeks! I was then given 48 hours to appeal against their decision. Needless to say I couldn't sleep during the entire time, and was so upset, angry and stressed! It's a good job baby didn't arrive early, coz I just became so detached from my pregnancy. well I got my appeal in just in time, sat up for hours infront of computer writing it! And hav now heard that I hav been successful, no longer jobless! Thank goodness, I can now giv a sigh of relief, and get back to thinking about baby, and actually enjoy the last few days of my last pregnancy. So even tho I'm now overdue I really don't want Lo to come out quite yet!

Big hugs to everyone xxx

 

[AmyB1978]

So glad your appeal worked!!! You must be so relieved! Enjoy your last bit of pregnancy!

 

[rose.]

Thank goodness the appeal worked Katy, how stressful! Now you definitely deserve to chill out and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy

 

[sethsmummy]

Hey Ladies,

Thank you for all the congratulations!

I tried to BF.. i got to midnight though and ethan had been sucking so hard i had a blood blister on one nipple and the other boob i couldnt see the nipple to get it in his mouth (i have one breast a lot bigger than the other) so went to bottle.. but he got 14 hours of colostrum so im happy.

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Here is baby Ethan We are now home and doing really well, i surprised how well im getting about and even shocked the midwives being up and in the shower by myself at 7am the next day. pretty good going if i do say so myself to say the lady in the room next to me had her section straight after me and she is still struggling today. I'm glad im healing good though.. missed ds1 too much to have to stay in any longer.

Congratulations to the other mummies who have had their babies and OMG Ipretty (i think it was you, apologies if not) our names being the same.. and babies being born on the same day!!

 

[rose.]

Congratulations on baby Ethan, he is lovely! And well done you for getting up and about so quickly sounds like you're going to have a nice quick recovery

 

[iprettii]

Okay so here is my birth story.

Keep in mind that in my head I was thinking this is going to be a long day since I was in the hospital with my daughter in labor for 26 hours.

March 5th my due date I was to be induced at 3:30pm (induced because I also have Gal bladder surgery in 2 weeks that I didn't want to change the date on)

At 3am I was getting very mild period like pains every 9 minutes and I just couldn't sleep, not because they hurt but for some reason I just couldn't sleep. So for 30 minutes I had mild pains 9 minutes apart. Then they went from 5 to 7 minutes apart. By 4am I decided I should let my mother know how I'm feeling (all the while I didn't think this was it) a half hour later they were coming 3 minutes apart and stronger so I called my husband who is in NY to let him know that he needs to get on the earlier flight just in case.

At 5 am I called the Dr and they told me to stay home as long as I could (until I couldn't bare it) then come in. 7:45am still 3 minutes apart but MUCH stronger, I couldn't bare it and we left for the hospital. I was admitted at 8:16am and was 3cm dilated. At 12pm I was given the epidural and I was 4cm dilated but I was also feeling tons of pressure. The doctor kept asking if I'm feeling relief, which I was but the pressure was still uncomfy. He also told me it would be about another 8-10 hours. At 2:15pm I was checked again and I was 10cm and my daughter was damn near out of me LOL. I felt the pressure but I had no urge to push so I didn't think it was time. Anyway they came rushing into the room to set up and 3 pushes later at 2:37pm weighing 7lbs 7oz at 19 inches long Chloé Arielle was born. =)

 

[Cherrybump]

Awww babies are super cute

Cant wait for my little bubs to show xxx

 

[baby_bray]

Wow iPrettii! She's gorgeous! Happy Birthday Baby Chloé! Welcome to the world! Sounds like things really moved along! Glad hubby made it!!! Congrats

 

[MrsK]

MrsC, I nursed my first son for 12 months, and unfortunately, the beginning is painful I know everyone says that if the latch is correct, it doesn't hurt-- but by the time I got DS's latch corrected, I was already so raw that I wanted to cry every time he nursed for the first 2 months. I know that sounds discouraging, but it's SO worth it-- if I could go back, I wouldn't change a thing. We had the best breastfeeding relationship after that, and since he wanted to eat every 2 hours at night until he was 8 months old (and every 3 after that), I was so, so thankful for not having to get up and make bottles all the time.

Have somebody experienced look at the latch to see if it's correct (his lips need to be turned outward.. push down on his chin every time he latches to make sure his bottom lip isn't turned in).. and then just keep going, no matter how awful it might feel at times. Believe me, it's worth it!!!

 

[MrsK]

Congrats on the beautiful babes-- lovely pictures!!

AFM, I can hardly walk. Ugh. I had bad SPD with my last pregnancy, starting at about 17 weeks. This time I hardly had any pain, so I thought I was going to get away with it... but a couple of days ago the pain started, and since last night, it's just been agony. Getting out of bed at night to pee is a complete nightmare.. Ugh.. all the more reason to want this baby out!

I'm having NO vaginal discharge.. does that happen to anyone? I remember last time having more and more and more those last few weeks... I definitely needed a pantyliner. This time, the discharge has decreased. A few weeks ago I still needed a pantyliner.. now.. nothing. I'm gonna ask the midwife about it next week, but was wondering if anyone else is in the same boat?

 

[katyblot]

Ipretti - loved hearing your birth story. And gav me hope for mine, as my first labour with my dd was really long too, hoping its shorter this time round too!
And love the pictures, esp the one of your 2 girls together!

Congrats again! Xxx

 

[sharnw]

Awww beautiful babies

 

[kraftykoala]

So many gorgeous babies, I'm getting so excited to meet my sprout now

 

[MrsChezek]

Love the pictures!!!! Such cuties

iPretti - ur birth story makes me want to cry! I pushed for 2 HOURS...I can't believe you pushed 3 times But good for you! You deserved it after your first long labor

Yay for all these babies! Keep 'em coming!!!!