TTC and Beyond!

[brunettebimbo]

I can't believe everyone has nearly had their babies! Seems crazy! I think I've been part of this wonderful group for about a year now. Time definitely has flown!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Omg Ashlee-that's awful!! P.S-I saw your fb post about struggling with the BFing. I'm so sorry you're having a tough time! It really might be worth it to try EPing. It really is simple and fast! Just pump for 10-15 minutes whenever you would feed baby(so every 3 hours-ish). I always fed Kay the previous pump while I was pumping, so no extra time at all! It will be convienent when you have to go back to work too!

 

[goldstns]

M-Y B-O-O-B-S K-I-L-L!!! OMG. I am sitting her at work with 3 sports bra's on and leak pads. DH drives to work (we work together) and I told him NOT to hit any pot holes. I currently have Tylenol in my system. Next step might be a pain pill. Im hoping my issue with high prolactin wont prolong this attempt to dry up. One boob hasn't been touched in 38 hours and the other hasn't been touched in 26 hours. Its a bitter sweet feeling. Im excited for 3 hours a day back, but I feel like I am letting Alia down and not focusing on her by thinking/getting body ready for number 2.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Nikki- you did great and aren letting her down at all. My guess is in the long run shed rather have the sibling than be bf for a few more months!

And also-I feel your pain, it sucks but gets better pretty quickly!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Ashlee how awful for her. I'm glad they are both ok, but that is an awful situation.
Nikki I hope you feel better asap.
I slept for ten hours in the last 24 maybe I'm getting a summer cold or something.

 

[goldstns]

Hopefully your pregnant!

 

[Cowgirl07]

I'm not getting my hopes up. It could be the progesterone too, I'm trying to keep my ss to a minimum or to myself anyway.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Man Ashlee! That's a terrible story! My experience has left me debating another child and it wasn't even that bad. I got the spinal headache and now i'm terrified of it happening again. I'll revisit when Harper is 2 or 3, but for right now, i'm happy with one child.

So when do you start keeping babies up in the day? my mom seems to think that Harper is getting her days and nights mixed up and said I need to keep her up more in the day, but I have no idea how. She's 3 weeks old. She's still a newborn, and likes to sleep. When she's awake she's cranky and fussy and most times, nothing I do helps, and eventually she falls asleep. I don't want to keep her up all day just for her to act cranky. I'm kind of overwhelmed. I don't want to be doing the wrong thing, but it seems to early to try to keep her up. What did you other moms do, and when did you do it?

 

[goldstns]

Harper should be sleeping 14-18 hours every 24 hours. She should only be awake between 45min-1hr at a time.my mom suggested the same and I asked doc, she said no! The more tired a baby is the harder time the baby has when trying to fall asleep. So u can get into an ugly cycle.

the wind blowing even hurts my boobs. I swear my boobs r so big they r touching my chin !!

 

[asmcsm]

Cass- it was my friend that I used to work with at the salon in Anderson. I feel soooo bad for her. Even a couple of the nurses were freaked out about what happened.

Kara I'm thinking I may end up just having to EP. I would like to try and breast feed at least a couple times a day but we'll see what happens I guess. Just sucks.

Britt- based on her post I had thought that she had just gotten the blood patch for her spinal headache do I had told her about your experience and said I hoped that it would work and she'd get better then her DH told me about the rest. I just can't even imagine how scary that must have been. Also, I had to try and keep lux up more in the day because she had her days and nights mixed up. After about a week of keeping her in bright rooms during the day and then giving her a bath before bed and taking we In a dark room to eat before bed she started sleeping longer at night.

 

[Cowgirl07]

I'm sorry Ashlee.
Nikki-im sorry that made me giggle. I hope you feel better soon.
Afm I'm tired, we fenced today, I had a nosebleed , fenced some more. I want to clean but have no ambition.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Britt- it all really depends on the baby and is trial and error. Makayla never slept too much during the day until about 10 weeks she started taking very scheduled naps 7am-9:30am, a cat nap from 11-11:45ish, 1:00-3:30, and then another cat nap 4:30-5:30ish. She goes down for the night at 7:30, dream feed at 10:30, wakes at 6:00 like clockwork. It took a long time and A LOT of trial and error to establish that though. I have no doubt I had a fourth trimester colicky baby. Would she be happier if you wore her? That really helped me a ton. Also, I kind of had to force the nap schedule. Swaddle, paci, sometimes let her cry a bit. Swing? Stroller? What calms her the best? Makayla has always been happier moving. But I truly don't think there was much I could have done in the first weeks to really establish wake/sleep times. Like Ashlee said-a louder, brightly lit environment during the day and dimly lit and quiet at least an hour before bed can do wonders.

Nikki-have you tried to cut the dreamfeed yet? That's our next hurdle. Problem is I feel like makayla wants to go down earlier that 7:30 but I'm scared if I bump up her bedtime anymore, when I cut the dreamfeed she'll start waking in the middle of the night. DH is always up at 10:30, so if much rather him feed her at 10:30 then me have to get up at 1:00am!

 

[goldstns]

Kara- yes, these past 3 nights she had no dream feed. Doc said she's chunky enough to make it all night. So far pretty good. First night was bad, but I think her teeth hurt because we gave her Tylenol at midnight and she didn't wake after that. Last night she cried at 3am...i threw paci in her mouth and she was out. Alia goes down at 630pm...she seems to beg to go down then. However, she wakes at 5am usually...wished it was 530am, but no biggie.

katrina- did u get your nose hit? If not, I believe its an early preggo sign.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Wow she sleeps well Nikki! That's awesome

 

[Kiamaria83]

Hey girlies. I'm back from hols. It's so nice to spend 2 weeks with just my 2 fellas. Back to work tomorrow 😳 then I have to leave my boys and fly to London for a few days. I can't wait to finish for maternity leave.

Nikki your boobies sound painful! Hope they get better soon.

You girls are getting so close to having your babas . It's so exciting .im 27 weeks today, it seems to have flown by.
Katrina. I really want you to test and see 2 pretty lines.big big fx for you this month.

My due date is 14th oct, please could someone update the front page?

 

[Ingodshand]

Britt- both my babies had their day and nights mixed up. I just let them sleep when they wanted and it resolved itself in about a week. I know it is hard but just try to sleep when she does. Even if you just take an am and pm map with her. Then you can wear her the rest of the day to get your stuff done. It won't list long!!!

Ash- have you meet with a lc yet? I would recommend it since she might have good ideas for helping baby eat better. Also have you tried side nursing? I think that can really help babies eat more efficiently. It gets so much easier after 3 or 4 weeks!!!

 

[Cowgirl07]

No it didn't Nikki. I might test Thursday again.
Colette I'm glad you had a nice holiday.

 

[goldstns]

Today boobs r a bit better. Still hurt, but I feel like I can see light at the end of the tunnel today.

welcome back Colette. I think Morgan did the front page and I'm not sure she's still with us. I don't think anyone else can do it. Hopefully shell see your request.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Thank you ladies! I've been leaving the lights on during the day, as well as opening the curtains and darkening the rooms when it gets late. I'm pretty sure yesterday was just a bad day, or maybe the result of a spurt? She finally slept last night. She slept from 8:15pm-12:45am ate, then slept from 1am-3:45am ate, slept from 4-7am, ate, and is still asleep! Yesterday she just seemed so tired that she would not sleep.

I have a carrier I can put her in, but her head bounces around a lot. Maybe I could roll up a small blanket to get her more comfy in there. Today I am going to try to get our bedroom cleaned up. I'll lay her on the bed, or in the rock and play. We've just lived in the living room since she's been home. I need to start getting up and cleaning and doing stuff!

 

[wavescrash]

Leah had her 4 month check-up and shots today. She’s 15lbs 9.4oz (90th percentile), 25.5” long (90th percentile) and her head circumference is 16.25” (average/60th percentile.) Doc says we can start her on cereal if we want and suggests it since she’s taking 7oz bottles now. No signs of teeth coming in but did comment on how drooly she is. Also we were asked to bring in a stool sample to check for a milk protein allergy (which Hannah had) and sure enough it tested positive for traces of blood so he sent me home with a sample can of Alimentum :/ We have to take another stool sample back in a month to see if switching formula helps and then her next check-up is at 6 months old.