Asher, that's lovely dancing with your littelist man, I am really enjoying Rosie, it helps that she is such a good girl, and Sophie was a nightmare, I was expecting the worst again and got a little poppet! I really enjoy night feeds, she doesn't even cry just lets out a little squeak!
Genies, after 6 weeks you can get a coil fitted, and i had a mirena coil b4 which is used for women with particually heavy periods, it has a small amount of hormone in it which stops your periods I found it took about 6 months of spotting but eventually my periods were very light or negligable from being really heavy and making me ill each month, There is varying feelings about the mirena but i got on really well with it and got pregnant 3 months after its removal so i don't feel it disturbed my fertility, and i had no other side effects.
Certainly may be worth finding out about if you are miserable with your periods.
Quick couple of questions
1. Anyone struggle in pain with an episotomy (sp?) after labour - Yesterday seemed the worse day where sitting on 2 pillows I was still struggling to sit down or bend. Anything that can help? I'm taking paracetamol regularly and do seem to feel slightly better after a shower.
2. In realationmy to point 1 - I haven't been for a no 2 since my waters broke. I've increased my fibre and am holding a towel on stitiches incase ot's apprehension but i'm just windy nothing else. I'm starting to get nervous - Anything I can take?
3. Novice Mummy here - Is it normal for a baby to be sick after they have been fed 3 hours ago and been asleep for couple of hours. James has been winded etc before being put down and is brining up varying amounts. I just don't know if being sick so late after a feed is normal or what can be done about it?
4. Did anyone ekse struggle to actually produce any colostrum (sp?) after labour? Hospital basically told me to give up and move to formula but i'm currently sticking with combi and doing skin to skin before feed and express after feed. Quantity has improved yesterday just wondering if it will work what i'm doing or not? I know you don't produce alot at the begining but at my most production I was 0.06ml from both breasts
I'm sorry for so many questions but just feel a little bit lost at the moment. I would have asked the MW but they forgot me yesterday for my first day home visit so am waiting in again today to see if they will remember me so I can ask.
Oh Jelly, huge hugs to you, I also had a labour i had not imagined, everything i thought it could be it wasn't and that was a shock with my 5th!
Some answers from my point of view xx
1, get bags of table salt from tesco and sit in a warm shallow salty bath to soak yout stitches, I found this helped a great deal, you can shower the rest of you off after if you want, but the aim is just to use really salty water round your sore bits, it really helped me.
2, Relax, try and get some time aside so you are not straining just sitting with your towel. Like you say eat plenty of stuff to keep you loose, and get something from the doctors if it just isn't happening, I have been 3 times in 2 weeks not the once a day i am used to, i seem to be a bit bunged up but not sure if half of it is just nerves about going! Relax and try not to worry too much, it is not as bad as you think once you have gone once!
3,Babies all sick up varying amounts from projectile to 'possets' just little burp fulls! All at different times too, as long as baby is gaining weight it is not a problem, and any variation on the theme is normal, but every baby is different!
4, the more your baby demands the more you will produce, it takes a while to kick in but basically the more you put baby to breast the more will be requested by your body and the more will get produced, it is a delayed reaction so don't expect it imediately, but it will increase your milk.
Eventually when you put baby to boob milk will be produced even if you have just fed, i certainly feel baby gan get more than i can with expressing, i can hear baby gulping after a while, but you and baby need to be patient for it to work! Rosie spits me out a few times b4 she gets milk if she has had her fill already.
Don't feel lost hun, plenty of answers here! Feel free to pm me anything, i may be able to help, each mummy and baby is different, my last baby was screamy and unsettled and projectile vomited each feed, Rosie is calm, quiet and feeds well with little sickness, it is different all round so i can only say what has worked for me or helped a baby sometime!
Hope something has helped xxxxxx
Well I am ok today, feeling more comfortable on the feeding, my boobs have settled and are used to little miss suck, she has an amazing suck on her, my poor nipples were quite sore!
I am wondering if i can help her poo, she has not pooed all day yesterday, i can hear her trying, i have changed my diet a bit because i was drinking lucozade and it was making her sick, so have stopped that and it has stopped her being sick but bunged her up! Will have to eat more veg i think, see if it goes into my milk!
Back soon, it's shopping day today, Rosie has had a nice bath, her first proper one because of her dryness, she liked it til i washed her hair, she smells all lovely and clean now, and i am still listening for her to poo!
My 2yr old got in the baby bath after, she loves water so i should have expected it really! 2 clean girls now anyway!
I need to go and have a shower, and get dressed, I am so used to lounging about in my pj's all morning! A baby is a great excuse, but Rosie is so good, i don't really have an excuse!
My 2 yr old called for Daddy last night, yes, result!!! Well done Sophie, keep it up so Mummy can stay in bed!!
Back soon,
tp xx
(carnt remember if i said it or not lol)
i know how you must be feeling 
he is only 4weeks (1 day) so there is not much out there, for DD we use karvol in her room works a treat not allowed to use it for ollie coz of his age. 
ive been trying not to think about it but mil has told us she has already made a start buying things for the bairns, my home already looks like elc with DD's things i need to have a clear out me thinks 
xxx
bless her! Im gonna get motivated and eat my tea, as the DH is dancing around the kitchen haha!!! and Roxy is due her 10pm feed soon!
