Hi ladies,hope you're all well today!
As for the breastfeeding thing,don't worry about it too much at this stage.You're better off just seeing how you get on.I was adamant I wanted to breastfeed,but when Shay was born he wouldn't latch on.I had every midwife in the ward pulling my diddies and trying to shove them in his mouth,it was awful,he never latched on,not even once.He was crying coz he was starving,I was crying coz I felt like a failure as a mother,it was terrible,I put far too much pressure on myself,in the end he had to have a bottle.
With Oran,he did latch on after delivery,I was soo delighted.He wanted to be permanently on my boob though,my nipples were blistered and bleeding,and when he sucked it felt like I was being stabbed in the nipple.I was going home following day,and when they weighed him he had already lost 9ozs.She said if he'd lost more than 10 they wouldn't of been letting us home.
So the combination of my very painful nipples,his weight loss,and the fact I had a 2 yr old that needed my attention too I decided to get the bottles out as soon as I got home.Didn't feel it would be fair to have oran permanantly attached to me when shay was still a baby himself,and was used to having me all to himself.I didn't feel guilty this time,it was just the best decision all round for us.
Its a personal decision,you can decide to give it a go,or not,but be prepared that if you do give it a go its definately not as easy as it looks for some people,but i've also friends that have had no problems whatsoever,so you won't know til you try.
I'll still give it a try with this new baby and see what happens.
Yous are all so lucky to be getting all these scans!
In this country with our wonderful health system you get 1 scan and thats it.Mine is 16th nov when I'll be nearly 18 wks preg!I paid privately for my 1 at 11wks.My sister didn't have her 1st scan til she was 21wks and it was her 1st baby.Its a disgrace.There's no such thing as anomaly or nuchal scans or whatever they're called unless you pay for them.They do check the nuchal fold during the scan,but god 21 wks is a bit late in the day to hear something is wrong isn't it!!
I do love a good oul bitch about the hse!!(irish nhs)
