Babyshambelle
Olivia's mum & pregnant!
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Wow, I've been reading this section in anticipation for months and now I'm finally here!
Olivia Rose is now 12 days old (where has that time gone?!) and I *think* we are really getting the hang of this booby feeding.
When she was first born we were feeding fine, but then I got a diarrhoea and vomiting bug from the hospital which made me so unbelievably ill for 6 days...I couldn't eat, and what i was eating and drinking wasn't staying down, I was also on strong antibiotics for a third degree tear and lost over a litre of blood at delivery. Because of all this, I just wasn't making enough milk to satisfy her. She wouldn't settle, cried every second, wouldn't sleep and was a really unhappy baby. I was exhausted and wanted to give up. But something kept me going...like an inner strength and determination to do what I think is best for my amazing little baby girl. That along with the support of my OH really kept me on track.
As I got to feel better, me and Olivia stayed up a whole night and just fed and fed and fed which really brought my milk in, and then we wrote down everything...every feed, how long for, which boob, every nappy and its contents and all of a sudden a 'routine' appeared on the page in front of us!
I'm sure there will be bad days and weeks to come, but now every second I look at my little booby drunk baby girl I'm already so proud of what we have both got through and I'm so glad that I didn't give up. Today we went into town to register her birth, and I booby fed her in the Boots mum and baby room along with two mums who were feeding their little ones with formula they were making up from flasks and I was so proud of myself and my little missy.
Sorry this has got a bit long and emotional! There will be plenty of questions coming your way from me in the next few weeks, months and years I'm sure, but for now
I'm so glad to be here xxxxxx
Olivia Rose is now 12 days old (where has that time gone?!) and I *think* we are really getting the hang of this booby feeding.
When she was first born we were feeding fine, but then I got a diarrhoea and vomiting bug from the hospital which made me so unbelievably ill for 6 days...I couldn't eat, and what i was eating and drinking wasn't staying down, I was also on strong antibiotics for a third degree tear and lost over a litre of blood at delivery. Because of all this, I just wasn't making enough milk to satisfy her. She wouldn't settle, cried every second, wouldn't sleep and was a really unhappy baby. I was exhausted and wanted to give up. But something kept me going...like an inner strength and determination to do what I think is best for my amazing little baby girl. That along with the support of my OH really kept me on track.
As I got to feel better, me and Olivia stayed up a whole night and just fed and fed and fed which really brought my milk in, and then we wrote down everything...every feed, how long for, which boob, every nappy and its contents and all of a sudden a 'routine' appeared on the page in front of us!
I'm sure there will be bad days and weeks to come, but now every second I look at my little booby drunk baby girl I'm already so proud of what we have both got through and I'm so glad that I didn't give up. Today we went into town to register her birth, and I booby fed her in the Boots mum and baby room along with two mums who were feeding their little ones with formula they were making up from flasks and I was so proud of myself and my little missy.
Sorry this has got a bit long and emotional! There will be plenty of questions coming your way from me in the next few weeks, months and years I'm sure, but for now
I'm so glad to be here xxxxxx
Good luck for many more months of a booby drunk baby!!
