Hey Everyone - please can I join? Ollie was born 25th Jan
Still to do my birth story but between the stitches and pain and trying to get to grips with breast feeding and sleep haven't had a mo...
Read through a few posts and glad to see not the only one with sleep issues - at first Ollie wouldn't be put down - that was a low ebb for us - I was already shattered after 4 days slow labour ( contracting the whole time so v v little sleep - over the 4 days prob about 4 hours put together ) and delivering a 9lb 7 oz baby who was back to back ( little minx ). We managed to get him to go in his moses basket downstairs now but going up to our room and his crib is another story - maybe a couple of times he's had an hour in there but then he's up crying, most of the time 10 mins and he's objecting nut will fall to sleep on us no probs! - at the same time not sure if it's the feeding or he's just a little nocturnal and it's not the crib at all??
Been cluster feeding when my milk came in and there is no def pattern yet - mw says now he is poss having a growth spurt so he's demanding little and ofter to get supply up - it all feels a little scatty.
We decided to do shifts downstairs with Ollie tonight ( as last night Ollie wouldn't stay in his crib AT ALL ) - I have needed some catch up sleep desperately and just not been getting it with the feeding and Ollie's "issue" with his crib - so got some naps on one sofa while OH held Ollie ( he was fussing even in his moses basket earlier ) and just got woken up for feeds - not sure how much sleep I actually got in total. Woke up at 12.30 for a feed, then went in the shower ( have to wee in there as some of my stitches are on my labia and close to my urethra ( FUN!!! ) and even the jug down the front offers no relief to the stinging!! ) and had a hot bath and now letting OH have a sleep - Ollie has been asleep in his moses basket since his feed so that's a good 2 - 2 and a half hours sleep at least- I just wish he would do this in his crib. At a bit of a loss to what the problem is - we are going to try spending the day upstairs - get some music on as background noise and keep putting him down in his crib during the day hoping he just needs to get used to it. If that doesn't work we may try the moses basket upstairs to see if it is definately his crib that's the problem....
Fun items for today : Gave Ollie a bath, got him changed in to a nice new outfit and 5 mins after I was holdiing him and felt a load of gurgling in his nappy - low and behold - we were code brown ( well code mustard ) and he had - for the first time - leaked out of his nappy on to his new clothes :doh: it's like he planned it!
Second fun ( but totally gross ) item - getting out of the bath at 7ish tonight suddenly felt like my stitches were all coming undone and then a MASSIVE blood clot fell out on to the floor - thankfully OH - who is normally v squeemish - is much braver since the birth and didn't pass out when I shouted him !! it was the size of a tennis ball!!
Anyway - bit of a ramble but it's that time of night where the mind wanders!!
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Archie's not a big napper in the day so I rarely get much done! It has took some major getting used to as I was such a clean freak pre-baby!
girls, how are we? Hows hubby, Jo? How's little Florence, Lou?
This is my second cycle pp so not sure why its happened this time and not the first time? Anyone else had this? Not looking forward to AF atall now!
