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

[Cherrybump]

thanks skeet. think we have finally got this under control lol she eats every 4 hours and if she sleeps over we'll wake her for a feet. She was weighted again today by hv and is now back to her birth weight ...

Ryan is taking her down to her mums for a bit so i can catch some zz's and try and pump with the electric one as it dead noisy also midwife asked me to try and breastfeed again. so ill give it a bash later when he's back with her for the next feed lol

I use the aptamil formula but its not the comfort one i thought that was for stage 2 lol my mum got us the one with the colic and constipated one. Paige hasnt really poo since the day before yesterday she has little last night but barely anything there hv said this is normal they can hold it in for a few days. I just hope its not an exploitation lol. Ive already had a right pooy nappy where it was up her legs and little up her back right messy.

xxxx

 

[MrsChezek]

Sharn - could be hemmorhoids...you could have developed internal ones at birth - I forget did u push or have a section? They would hurt if u had a hard poop and they would also bleed. Your doc should be able to check - the trick
I read about pooping while constipated is to open your mouth and sing out as you deep breathe (I just make a silent ahhh) as our sphincter muscles feed off of each other so opening ur mouth and throat helps open ur bum. The last think you should do is tighten the muscles in fear so gritting your teeth or clenching makes things worse. Breathe through it like a contraction...hope that helps!!!

 

[Kte]

Sharn - go to see your GP, you might have an anal fissure. The glass like feeling could be it tearing when your going to the toilet and that is why your seeing the fresh blood. I'm not sure if piles cause the same or feels the same but I had a fissure after I had Chloe and it's horrible Main thing is, as hard as it is, keep going to the loo, and also try to get your stools as soft as possible. Fibre is good and keep hydrated! The Dr's will be able to give you some pain relief as well as something to help soften them for you. Also, if what they give, you isn't working go back! I was first given something called lactulose which took a while to kick in, they then gave me something called movicol and it was the best thing ever! I used to feel sore and swollen afterwards, paracetamol and a sits bath used to help with that. Hope you heal soon

I have decided today I need to get an outfit ready and get myself dressed first from now on otherwise I'm never going to get anywhere! Let alone Chloe to pre-school for 9am Monday - i'm seriously dreading that one! Yesterday we registered Sophie and the appointment was 11.30 - even with OH we were late, Sophie decided she was hungry just before we set off which is fine but then she had a massive poo so we had to change her nappy and whilst it was off she pee'd all over her clothes

 

[baby_maybe]

I'm dreading Monday morning too. Got to get 3 kids to school for 8.45am!!

 

[Cherrybump]

oh no lol i try to change paiges nappy quick lol because she pee'd all over the changing map when i had the midwife in lol had to pick her up super quick to as it was running down near her head ...

tried the boob early failed. I dunno what or how im going to manage it lol she literally scream cries as i pop the boob in takes little suck and pulls of again pretty sure paige does not like the boob lol. So ive pumped 50z today so far i know im going to have to keep going i wanna keep my supply up so looks like ill need to do it every 3 hours like i keep reading although i pump longer than 20mins and from one site i read it says it better to keep it to a min of 20 mins than doing it for so long :Z. oh wells. see what happens eh xx

 

[sharnw]

MrsChezek, yes I pushed.
Thank you ladies x

 

[skeet9924]

Sharn I feel the same way.. I had hemmoroids and I bleed every time I go to the bathroom.. I've been taking over the counter stool softness and they help .. I just have to Remeber to take them lol.

Cherry - sorry your having a hard time with bf some babies just don't like it.. I am really jealous that you feed every 4 hours! I'm lucky if I can push Carson to 2.5 hours..

 

[MrsChezek]

50 ounces???!!!! WOW! I pump 2-3 ounces per boob every 2-3 hours so I would never reach that!!! The estimate is that your baby needs 2.5 x (their weight in pounds) ounces of breastmilk per day. So if Paige was 10 lbs she would need 25 oz per day - that's what I've been told. Anyone hear otherwise? I'm curious...

 

[baby_bray]

50 ounces???!!!! WOW! I pump 2-3 ounces per boob every 2-3 hours so I would never reach that!!! The estimate is that your baby needs 2.5 x (their weight in pounds) ounces of breastmilk per day. So if Paige was 10 lbs she would need 25 oz per day - that's what I've been told. Anyone hear otherwise? I'm curious...

I read somewhere that the "weight X 2.5oz" was an outdated formula.
www.kellymom.com has a bunch of good information. Babies drink an average of 19-30oz a day, the recommendation was to start at 25oz a day and divide it by the number of times your baby feeds in one 24hr period to see how much per feeding as a starting point for estimating, obviously if they don't finish a bottle, don't force it and if they keep acting hungry then up it. https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/ Here's a calculator they have on their site to help!

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

You guys are seriously on top of this like a million times more than me! P eats every 2 hours, and he's gained a pound since last Tuesday. I have no idea how much he actually eats every day. He's got some breast milk jaundice going on, too, but told to keep going. Haven't even USED my pump yet!!

Fun hemorrhoids conversation I have them too, didn't until the last month of pregnancy and got much worse after labor. They don't bleed, thankfully, but are external, weird and uncomfortable. Is there anything that can be done to reverse them? Any ideas?

 

[skeet9924]

Sitz bathes and witch hazel helps a long with stool softners when I go for my 6 week check up I'm going to ask if they can prescribe me something .. Every time mine start to go down they flare up again

 

[MrsChezek]

Also, drink a TON of water! Especially if breastfeeding cause it deprives you of water. Sitz baths are super helpful and you can use over the counter creams that relieve burning and itching. I've just finally started to feel better with mine...

 

[Cherrybump]

I just relized the colic and constipated apitmal is the comfort one lol what a dafty.

Also my sister gave me her nipple shield paige latch little better but the stupid thing just kept fold back on it self. I will keep trying and see how well she does. Also noticed i had my pump turn the wrong way for how strong it is and now ive lost a wee white thing that goes inside it lol but it still works

 

[rose.]

Omg, Alfie did the most projectile poo I've ever seen this morning! I'd just taken his nappy off and cleaned him, was about to put the new one on and all of a sudden this stream of bright yellow poo squirted out and all over my leg, arm, hand and carpet!! I didn't know what to do! I just had to leave him nappyless on the changing mat and clean the poo off me, and then give him a bath. What a nightmare!!

 

[skeet9924]

Lol rose.. Carson had 2 of those it we were lucky enough to have a diaper that caught most of it.. He has ruined a few outfits that way

 

[Cherrybump]

Oh man! i just have a cry and laugh at your post rose. Ive not had a nappy like that yet where i take it off and she poo's again. Although omg what goes on in there bodies for there poo to smell so weird lol ive had 2 explosion from her today i could were a gag mask to clean it lol

 

[anna1986]

Lol rose thats so funny. William often gets me like that at least once a week!
My little man had his 8 week injections today and OMG hes been a nightmare since never ever heard him scream so much

 

[rose.]

I did have to laugh - once the cleaning up was done!! The worst thing was my friend was due round in 10 mins and there was me running around with no trousers on and Alfie covered in poo and wee!!

 

[Kte]

Always when you least need it

 

[MrsChezek]

Oh my gosh Hayden projectile pooped on a nurse when she was taking a rectal temp - it went like 3 feet!!! So embarrassing