fleur - sorry you're at the hospital for an extended time and that it was so unexpected. Are you allowed to stay with him overnight? My son was a lazy nurser too except I think it affected my supply because I don't recall my milk coming in at all. Hopefully, the staff will be able to find a way to convince Arthur that he really should fill his belly. Though sometimes I think babies are just small. A friend of mine had a really small baby and she stayed TINY. I mean, by a year she was maybe 16 pounds and wearing size 1 diapers. She went through all sorts of tests but she was eating a normal amount and hitting all her milestones. Now she's almost 2 and, while still very small, is actually getting chubby and is running around and starting to talk.
afm - yeah, not really enjoying the anemia. Also been diagnosed with post partum anxiety. I've heard of post partum depression and that anxiety can come with that but never a specific term for anxiety. I find it odd because I love the baby stage and I think Hannah's angry random cries are funny. She goes all red and her eyes bulge out....it's cute.
I guess it doesn't help I'm already prone to anxiety (got my first panic attack at age 9 and even a cup of coffee can trigger a random attack) and I also am a hypochondriac. So right now I am having horrible chest pains it sometimes hurts to breathe but the hospital checked it out and everything was fine except I now have high blood pressure. Since all the other tests were clear they're chalking it up to nerves. And I have had anxiety like this in the past. I have to now follow up with the doctor who diagnosed me every week until my official 8 week post partum checkup with my OB.
And does anyone else NOT enjoy nursing? I'm combi feeding and overall enjoy the arrangement. It really paid off the two days I was in hospital and separated from my baby. Hannah has very quickly learned how to latch--though she still gets over eager and "chompy" at times--and she is usually an active suckler. I don't have to keep prodding her or make her naked. I just simply don't like it. I find the times I use the bottle to be more soothing and I feel like I bond with her better as I can look into her eyes. I also don't like how nursing makes me want to pee.
I do go before each nursing session but halfway through I'm itching for the toilet again.
If I wasn't combi-feeding I know she'd be the type to want to hang off the boob all day and all night. It would drive me bonkers and I already have fragile nerves. She already could cluster feed off of formula which is supposedly not common. I am proud of myself for getting in as much nursing as I am and it's a comfort to see the seedy BF poop mixed in with the formula poop but I just could not imagine doing it 100%.
it's SO frustrating. Go through multiple flannels, burp cloths, bibs, and wraps a day. He's putting on weight though so it's not effecting his weight.. Just hoping he's not another lactose intolerant baby..
