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Aww Sinn. She is gorgeous! Such a lot of hair as well! Katie was born with loads of hair as well :) how are you getting on with the feeding?

I think katie is having a growth spurt as she is three weeks old and fed non stop pretty much all day. She's now asleep on my chest after yet another feed lol. It is so nice to know that it's my milk that is making her grow :)
 
Aww Sinn, I feel for you. Katie won't sleep overnight unless she's on me! She will be in a deep sleep, and the second I put her down she wakes up and screams until I put her on my chest again! Makes for some interesting nights.

I was about to give Katie a dummy today! She has nursed non stop and I had pretty much run out of milk. Thank god hubby calmed her down for a hours sleep so I got to relax and milk produced again. I would have given her dummy if she hasn't calmed down! It's really tough going. Don't feel bad about the choices you make. As long as baby is happy and healthy that's all that matters :)
 
Diddums sounds like a growth spurt, they cluster feed I. Order to produce more milk, don't worry about ever running out of milk your body will produce enough :)

It's tough but very very rewarding! Daisy used to only sleep on my chest too she too would be sound asleep and wake the second I lay her down!

I think some babies just need the closeness!

Xxx
 
Marcus never was and still isn't cuddly. He liked to self settle in his crib ad would get restless during hugs. People thought it was great to have such an "easy" baby but is sad too as he doesn't want to curl up and snuggle. Now and then now e gives us a hug :haha: x
 
Katie is a big cuddler. She like nothing best than sleeping on me after a feed. At night at the moment she mostly sleeps on me, surrounded by pillows so she can't roll etc. I really like the bond. Although saying that, she has just managed to self settle to sleep in her Moses basket after her 5.30am feed, was very impressed lol.

I had a major hiccup with Breastfeeding. Katie's latch was so bad that she basically ripped off half my right nipple. The injury was so bad that I would resent every time she was hungry. The LLL and everyone else I spoke to just said keep nursing and eventually it will heal. Well I tired that for a few more days and I was miserable, cranky, in pain, and would actually have preferred labour again to the on going bf pain I was having. My mum eventually suggested that I stop feeding her on my right side and give the nipple time to heal. So I'm currently feeding her from my left all the time (supply building up nicely) and I'm gently hand expressing 1-2oz from the right every 4-5 hours to maintain the supply so that eventually she can nurse on that side again. The nipple is healing up nicely, and already looks much better. Hopefully just a other week of hand expressing and it will have fully healed. Think I will first try electric pump to see how well it's healed and to make sure it won't rip open again. I stupidly put her back on that side a few days ago just to see how it was healing up and she ripped it back open and it bled (stupid mistake I won't be doing again!). I don't think her latch is the problem anymore, but more that when she sucks the breast tissue in, she caused the crack to open up again.

Anyone have any knowledge about tongue tie? Katie has a slightly heart shaped dip at the end of her tongue, that I've read can be a sign of TT. I also think her latch might be slightly shallower than normal. Who would I talk to about getting her checked for TT?
 
Diddums sounds like youve done the right thing, have you thought about a nipple shield? Might get you back to feeding g that side sooner?

As for the TT your mw/HV should check for it I can't remember when tho :dohh: if you are worried book an appointment with your gp and they will happily check for you :)

You are doing amazing! Love the pic of you wearing Katie, what carrier do you have? If you move on to ring slings let me know as I have made myself 2!

Xxx
 
tongue tie should be part on the initial check at birth. If her tongue is heart shape.then id defo say tongue tie. Id speak to the gp about referral for it to be snipped. If it is tt its one of the main causes for sore nipples with bf.

it can also cause speech lisp if its a bad tt

x
 
That's annoying Anna!

Samie the HV checked her for TT and said she doesn't have one. She did say her tongue was quite small which is why I might have problems latching properly. We're getting there slowly. Still only feeding her from the left side. The right is almost healed. I fed her from the right today, and while it didn't rip open it was tender, so will give it until Monday to fully heal then start feeding her from both sides again.

Katie generally drinks around 2-3oz per feed. Is that normal? She has at least 8 feed a day. Usually around 10-12 feeds a day. Xx
 
how do you know how much she feeds with bf??

2-3 oz is normal they go up pretty quick!
 
It was just an estimate based on how much she takes when I give her the odd bottle of ebm. She generally drinks 2oz of ebm so I assumed that's how much roughly she drank at the breast. I haven't a clue whether that tallys though. I haven't weighed her before and after a feed to see how much she drinks x
 
Diddums don't worry how much she's taking. She'll take as much as she needs. With feeding ebm per bottle bcoz it's so easy for her she'll drink the lot regardless of if they're already full. At the breast they'll feed like us, different amounts at diff times depending how hungry they are. Really glad your right breast is healing well. I had an open sore which would open and weep every time he fed on it. You've done well to battle on through. It gets so much easier and problem free after the initial weeks.
Hope everyone is well and has a wonderful xmas xxx
 
Diddums said:
It was just an estimate based on how much she takes when I give her the odd bottle of ebm. She generally drinks 2oz of ebm so I assumed that's how much roughly she drank at the breast. I haven't a clue whether that tallys though. I haven't weighed her before and after a feed to see how much she drinks x
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Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better in the boob department Diddums, it's hard work BFing isn't it?!

I have held off using my pump as yet but if Katie is finding expressed bottles ok I might try it with Sadie. DH is keen to feed her and I am keen for a bit more sleep! Plus I really want to see the new Anchorman film (how selfish!) and I could leave her with grandparents if I can express. That could be a job for the weekend I think. Sadie is really good at knowing the difference between dummies and nipples which I was worried about so I think she'll be ok with bottles. We bought the Medela teat that simulates breastfeeding so we will try that.

Hope everyone else is ok, we are getting on fine. Sadie suffering with puking after some feeds but HV not concerned as she said it's down to her over filling herself. I think she's right as she does feed for ages at times and then seems uncomfortable but not windy uncomfortable if you know what I mean? Awful but it helped that HV saw first hand the mega-vom as it covered me and the sofa!

At 2 weeks 5 days old Sadie now weighs 9lb up from 8lb 4oz at 1 week 5 days old so I know she is getting enough to grow x
 
Anna it's so annoying when that happens! Hope you are ok!

These new babies sound like they are doing fab! Breast feeding is hard work but so rewarding and it does get easier once they level out a bit! I really really really really really miss it!!!

Hope everyone else is ok!

What's everyone's plans for Xmas? Everyone comes to us and I cook there will be 10 of us :)

Xxx
 
Hi ladies I wanted to pop by and share my news. I'm expecting baby #3 :-) . It was planned , we were ntnp as such . I think I took cerazette for a few months but I didn't want it to mess my cycles up. So after expressing I tracked my af and it was crazy.
My last af was 18th October and I checked my app on phone and I was showing late . Tbh I didn't think I was going to see a bfp and 2 lines come up so quick. This time around I have hardly any symptoms and it was make me nervous. Well as you know with my diabetes I have regular check ups and today was scan day. Baby is measuring 8w 4 so a few days behind af but I was just happy enough to see baby and heartbeat. I have told a few close friends but don't think we will be putting it on fb. I like the secrecy of it. I will tell family but it's nice to have between close friends and family and not to everyone if that makes sense . I just had to tell you all xx
 
Wow pink that's amazing!! Massive congratulations!

Do you have a scan pic?

Xx
 
No because it was hard to get a clear one. Will definitely have one in 4 weeks :-) xx
 
Congrats again you must be over the moon!

Keep us posted in here won't ya?

Xxx
 
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