spring 2011 baby's **we done it girls** :)

[Charliemarina]

ok so as discussed in our old thread we are now starting a group as most of us have had our beautiful bundles

firstly congrats to all ladies its been a fantastic journey and have loved getting to know you all, so start posting ladies

below are the tickers of all the babies ages for all the previous spring thread ladies, if anyone who wants to join who didnt join the pregnancy thread just let me know when ur baby was born and i will add u too the list it be great to get some new ladies here too
ok so here goes..........

FEB 2011 Babies....​

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Hero arrived wednesday 2/2/2011, 8.05am, weighing 2.2kg after scheduled c-section at 34+5
(original EDD: march 11)


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Serena Millie arrived sunday morning 2/6/2011 after scheduled c-section at 34+5,
she weighed 3lbs 8oz
(original EDD: march 16)


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Sophia Isabella arrived thursday 2/10/2011 after induction on feb 9 at 35+4,
she weighed 5lb 5.5oz
(original EDD: march 11)

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Eden Penny arrived friday morning 2/11/2011 at 7.52am, weighing 5lbs 5oz
and measuring 19.5 inches long after mommy's waters broke 12 hours before at 34+4
(original EDD: march 20)

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Linzie Sharon arrived on 2/12/2011 at 6.20(ish)pm, weiging 6lbs 12oz!
(original EDD, feb 28)

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Juliette Lyra arrived 2/15/2011 at 5.21am, she came by c-section and weighed 7lb 11oz!
(original EDD: march 22)

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Jaiden arrived thursday 2/17/2011 at 11.52am, weighing 6lbs 5oz!
(original EDD: march 7)

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Nathanial William Kal'el arrived 2/18/2011 at 3.34am,
weighing 6lbs 15.5oz (3kg160)
(original EDD: march 10)

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Abigail Paige arrived rather quickly on 2/19/2011 at 10.50pm,
she weighed 7lbs 1oz. byebye planned C-section!
(original EDD: march 4)

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Pippa's little girl arrived on 21/2/2011 at 7.08pm, after a 5 day induction (repect!),
she weighed 8lbs 3oz!
(original EDD: march 3rd)

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her little girl arrived after 9 hours of labour, weighing 9lbs!
(original EDD: february 28)

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Jack William arrived on 2/25/2011, at 4.27pm, weighing 6lbs!
(original EDD: march 19)

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Olivia arrived on 2/25/2011, at 7.07am, weighing 7lbs 10oz!
(original EDD: february 28)


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Thomas Robert Kirkland arrived 02/25/2011!
(Original EDD: march 11)




MARCH 2011

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Olly George arrived 3/2/2011 at 2.21pm via emergency c-section at 33+5!
he weighs 4lbs 8oz and he's gorgeous!
(orginal EDD: april 15)

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Benjamin arrived 3/8/2011 at 1am sharp, he weighed a tiny 5lbs 2oz (2kg350)
(original EDD: april 4)

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Maxwell Grant arrived 3/11/2011 at 4.08pm weighing 8lbs 7oz!
he quickly came naturally after being threatened with a c-section
(original EDD: march 22 )



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Not managed to finish the list just trying to do it wen i can lol slowly getting there

 

[roonsma]

Yipee!! Its great nearly all the babies are here, come on Aussie! xx

 

[braijackava]

Thanks Charliemarina!

 

[EpdTTC]

Yay! Here we are gals! I can hardly believe it still!

 

[Tulip]

GATECRASHING xx

 

[Lianne1986]

wooohhoooo

 

[Bittersweet]

Subscribing! Hoping your all okay with me stalking .x

 

[Beadette]

Yeay we have a parenting thread!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks Patsy x

 

[Charliemarina]

Subscribing! Hoping your all okay with me stalking .x

of course we dont mind hunny, your more than welcome

 

[Charliemarina]

hey girlie's sorry haven't been around last 2 days and haven't finished the list, iv been busy with the plans for our 2 daughters christening. how is everyone and there little cuties???

im having probs with breastfeeding at the moment well not so much the feeding itself its more about deciding weather to carry on with it or not heres why.....

since my c-section iv had high blood pressure, well anyway last Tuesday it was higher than usual so my doc asked me to come bk Friday to check it again and if its still high then i need meds to bring it down....so we spoke about my BF and how meds will effect my milk and baby as the meds will concentrate in my milk and she would be receiving them through it, he told me that no matter wat med he gave me for it it will most defiantly go into my milk and he also said that they PROBABLY wont effect little one....well probably isnt good enough for me to be honest i dont want her ingesting anything meds wise unless she is sick herself and has had them prescribed for her by a doc.
so this left me with no other choice but to stop breastfeeding so since Wednesaday she has been on formula and i have been in agony with engorgement i did express the milk to relive the pressure but only like 2 times in last 2 days, she takes to the bottle fine and has no probs with the change in taste of milk and if im totally honest about it she is alot more settled with formula (but id rather still be breastfeeding and having her unsettled IYKWIM)
thing is today my milk is near enough non existent and i never expected it to drop so fast which has left me now trying to bring my supply back up so that i can pump and dump (express then discard it) as i would like to still be able to breastfeed her again once off the meds, iv pumped today and only got 1oz and that was from both boobs so half and ounce from each when 3 days ago i could get 6oz from each breast sometimes more so iv been reading loads about re-lactation and am going to give it a firm trying so here i am home for as much as i can to just sit and pump at reg intervals, just cant believe this is all happening wen it was going so well, her latch was always first time, and she was very efficient at emptying the breast she seemed to really love it, just seems like all that is going to waste now, well hopefully i wont be on meds longer than a month and that my supply returns to normal

 

[roonsma]

Hiya! I've had on and off problems with low supply since my LO was born. I take Fenugreek and Milk thistle along with Domperidone(prescribed by my GP). My supply does seem improved so may be worth you giving one or all of them a go

 

[Tulip]

I've heard your supply doesn't stabilise until 6 weeks or so Patsy so if you keep pumping it should re-establish xxx

 

[Beadette]

I hope you can re-establish Patsy - as for the meds, I had no choice but to take them due to preeclampsia as my blood pressure was so high, even after I had the section and did not come down as quickly as expected. I was on A LOT of medication and was BFing (and still am)

I was on meds for 8 weeks post-section and he is almost 12 weeks and I've noticed no adverse effects (no difference since stopping meds either)

I was on 200mg Labetalol, 3 times a day and 20mg Nifidepine twice daily. My BP was so high i had to stay in hospital for a fortnight. It was 200/115 at its highest. I'm normally between 110/60 - 120/70

FWIW the staff at hospital were more bothered about me taking ibuprofen than BP medication with regard to bfing.

I've also recently read that beetroot juice can massively reduce high blood pressure. mine is normal now

xx

 

[tinybutterfly]

i was on some meds in the hospital as well, most of them can be taken while breastfeeding,
only a tiiiiiny amount comes into the milk supply, but it's too little to have any effect on baby.

a "trick" for high blood pressure that everyone here swears by (esp old ppl who suffer from it),
is to eat 3 little pickles a day...
nobody knows why it helps, but it does help with their bloodpressure, very weird



we're doing pretty good over here, we don't manage the household but whatever,
she gets fed, changed, washed, always clean clothes and plenty of love,
i don't care that the layer of dust is a bit thicker than it should be and that i have baby socks in every possible place and...

she has some issues with cramps every now and then, but we have homeopathic drops for that and they help ALOT! just a phase they have to get through i suppose... how long does this phase last?

 

[Charliemarina]

I hope you can re-establish Patsy - as for the meds, I had no choice but to take them due to preeclampsia as my blood pressure was so high, even after I had the section and did not come down as quickly as expected. I was on A LOT of medication and was BFing (and still am)

I was on meds for 8 weeks post-section and he is almost 12 weeks and I've noticed no adverse effects (no difference since stopping meds either)

I was on 200mg Labetalol, 3 times a day and 20mg Nifidepine twice daily. My BP was so high i had to stay in hospital for a fortnight. It was 200/115 at its highest. I'm normally between 110/60 - 120/70

FWIW the staff at hospital were more bothered about me taking ibuprofen than BP medication with regard to bfing.

I've also recently read that beetroot juice can massively reduce high blood pressure. mine is normal now

xx

thank u for the encouragement hunny, after reading ur post i have done research into how the meds effect LO and your right it shouldnt have any ill effects on her at all so im defo going to start BF her again YAY iv missed it so much these last few days

also after much expressing at reg intervals im now back upto getting 4 oz+ (thats from both boobs though) got feeling that next few days it will just become even better with her nursing aswell as me pumping between feeds

also for anyone who pumps using electric pump (mine is medela swing) do u find that after pumping u can hand express much more milk>>> iv found the pump only brings out a good amount when the milk is fast but once the flow slows down it doesnt bring out anything at all but if i hand express i get at least another ounce out of each???? i do actually think hand expressing is much better but it does take forever.

 

[roonsma]

I hope you can re-establish Patsy - as for the meds, I had no choice but to take them due to preeclampsia as my blood pressure was so high, even after I had the section and did not come down as quickly as expected. I was on A LOT of medication and was BFing (and still am)

I was on meds for 8 weeks post-section and he is almost 12 weeks and I've noticed no adverse effects (no difference since stopping meds either)

I was on 200mg Labetalol, 3 times a day and 20mg Nifidepine twice daily. My BP was so high i had to stay in hospital for a fortnight. It was 200/115 at its highest. I'm normally between 110/60 - 120/70

FWIW the staff at hospital were more bothered about me taking ibuprofen than BP medication with regard to bfing.

I've also recently read that beetroot juice can massively reduce high blood pressure. mine is normal now

xx

thank u for the encouragement hunny, after reading ur post i have done research into how the meds effect LO and your right it shouldnt have any ill effects on her at all :thumbsup: so im defo going to start BF her again YAY iv missed it so much these last few days

also after much expressing at reg intervals im now back upto getting 4 oz+ (thats from both boobs though) got feeling that next few days it will just become even better with her nursing aswell as me pumping between feeds

also for anyone who pumps using electric pump (mine is medela swing) do u find that after pumping u can hand express much more milk>>> iv found the pump only brings out a good amount when the milk is fast but once the flow slows down it doesnt bring out anything at all but if i hand express i get at least another ounce out of each???? i do actually think hand expressing is much better but it does take forever.

Sorry can't help you on that one, i've a cheapo TT hand pump that works ok for me.

Well done on the supply x

 

[aussiettc]

i have the medena mini eletricand never had problems with mine, alway had a good steady flow and got lots of milk

Only 5 more days andd i'll be joining you gals

Hope everyone is doing well.

Ok so totally off topic but Dh is now home with me and has been saying all weekend to just rest and he'll take care of the house work with is great right, the problem is that he hadsn't and now its starting to really annoy me. I've asked him when he's going to do and he keeps saying soon, dont worry but its just annoying. I was going to get my 11 year old to vaccum the other day and he even told him not to worry cause DH would do it, yet its still not done i think i'm gonna go crazy untill its done. maybe if i get up and start he'll get the idea and do it soon. MEN!!!!

 

[Charliemarina]

i have the medena mini eletricand never had problems with mine, alway had a good steady flow and got lots of milk

Only 5 more days andd i'll be joining you gals

Hope everyone is doing well.

Ok so totally off topic but Dh is now home with me and has been saying all weekend to just rest and he'll take care of the house work with is great right, the problem is that he hadsn't and now its starting to really annoy me. I've asked him when he's going to do and he keeps saying soon, dont worry but its just annoying. I was going to get my 11 year old to vaccum the other day and he even told him not to worry cause DH would do it, yet its still not done i think i'm gonna go crazy untill its done. maybe if i get up and start he'll get the idea and do it soon. MEN!!!!

5 more days hunny not long now and u be joining us officially here :thumbsup:

men are crap at getting motivated for cleaning hunny, when i went in for my c-section i told OH that i wont be coming home till house has had a good clean he soon came home after baby was born and sorted everything out he even went as far as washing my fav bed covers and changing them haha, i think also being home alone for few days helped as he wasnt at work i was in hosp so it gave him something to get on with lol xxxx

 

[babythinkpink]

Just wanted to say congrats on all your lovely babies, and welcome to the parenting threads!

 

[babysimpson]

Hi girls, Just want to say how great it is to see you all "graduate". I got convinced to come back after what happened but it has left me a little cautious. Never mind eh, just wanted to pop in and say hi and I miss you all xx