December 2007 Mummies

I felt all good after about 10 days! And at 6 weeks its def all normal again.

I love watching Mac sun bath naked. He loves it to and looks so blissed out.

Am suppose to be packing.... but am getting my last fix of Ohbaby for a while, although imagine I will have to come on once or twice in the next two weeks to check up.

Hi all, have been away at the beach and have come home to find that this thread has been quite busy! I have read through the posts but cant remember what everyone has said. Sorry!! I will try though.

Emz, Bella is a lazy sucker too. It takes around 1 1/2 hours for her to feed as she dozes off then I unlatch her thinking she has got enough but then she wakes up 5 mins later wanting a feed. It is very stressful. I too use EBM but really want to perservere with the breast feeding as I hate all the sterilising and washing.

LL, I tore and had stitches too. I personally thought the graze that I also got is 1000 times worse. Stiches seem to heal really fast. I have another problem now as it hurts to pee. MW gave me prescription for UTI but that didnt work. Not sure what else it could be?

Sally, I too am having sleeping issues. I am lucky to get a 3hr stretch during the day and only slightly longer at night. I dont know why as she gets EBM at night and sometimes packs away 160mls . We had a really tough night the other night where she wouldnt settle and we ended up driving her round in the car. We also bought a dummy the next day but I am not yet sure I want to use it.

Bellas hair is falling out!! Eek!! is this normal?

I am getting called now...wah wah.

Hope everyone is well!



Edited by Topsy

Thanks for the reassurance Bobbie. It looks like she has a mullet and a recedo (receding hairline).

Off to look at your photos.....

Lol girls . Liam has a receeding hairline too. Poor wee bubba.

DH is keen so we're going to try a dummy. I hope it will be helpful but I suspect it will be as he too loves sucking on his hands & fingers. Our next challenge is to get him sleeping in his basinette again...

DH is convinced that Liam doesn't like sleeping on his back. Could this be true? During the day he sleeps on his tummy on his mat on the lounge floor & during the nght he sleeps on his tummy on my or DH's chest...

This sleeping thing really isn't going at all how I wanted it too but I am determined to not let it upset me...

I'm worried about when DH goes back to work too (on Monday). During the day Jack is on 3-hourly feeds so by the time he goes back down for a nap there's only 2 hours until I wake him again (or sometimes he wakes earlier). At night though he seems to wake every 2 hours, so I only get an hour nap between getting up and expressing etc.

We had to tilt Jack's bassinet for the first couple of days as he was still really mucousy but has settled now with the bottle so at least its one victory, if somewhat small.

I know that an appt with a lactation consultant in Chch is about $60, which would be worth it if you could sort out the issues.

Jackson looks like he has a receeding hairline and mullet too. I'm just hoping that when his hair falls out it grows back as I was a very bald baby (until I was almost 4 ) so he better not follow me with that or I'll be gutted!

I tried him on his side earlier & he just rolled onto his back but I probably hadn't positioned him quite right. I have made a small breakthrough this afternoon though as he's currently asleep in his basinette on his back . I moved it into the lounge as I suspect he just likes to know he's near to us.

I had sushi for lunch today & was tempted to get a cream donut too but resisted the urge . Who else has been eating foods we couldn't during pregnancy?

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Hmm haven't had sushi yet but have had KFC (without nuking it in the microwave), a chicken mayo roll from KB's, segg, stuffing... I'm such a wee piggy!

Went out for our first walk today with Jackson, it was so nice to get out in the fresh air (had been out a bit before, but exercise is wonderful).

I'm pondering how long it will take me before I get sick of expressing milk... I know breast is best and all, but I say give me another few weeks and I'll be looking into what brand of formula to buy! I think its a self-conscious thing for me, I'm not proud of my boobs and I don't a) want to flop them out in public or b) have to pump in public/around family like a dairy cow. For now I'm just stockpiling as much as possible so DH can take a few feeds when I go back to work (part-time) in LESS THAN 2 WEEKS!

I hadn't weighed myself since I was about 30 weeks but I know that now I'm still 10kgs off my pre-preggy weight. My belly's not too bad, a few stretch marks below my belly button and a couple small ones above, and its quite small. Just needs to be tightened.

I'm loving my feet though! Almost forgot what they normally looked like, I can see my ankles and the bones on the top of my feet. Thank god for small victories aye!

Peachy, how easy was it for you to go back to boob after bottle feeding?

I actually think I have serious issues with the thought of breastfeeding though, and I'm constantly torn between the fact that breastmilk is best so I should and want to give it to him, but also that I need an op on my boobs and I could be called up at anytime so would have to stop b/fing / expressing. I also think of the extra damage that my giganta-boobs are causing now that the milks in. It's kind of between a rock and a hard place really. But the thought of b/fing freaks me out for some reason even though I didn't mind it for the first couple of days.

Surprisingly my weight is the same as it was before I got pregnant. My tummy could do with a bit of toning up but I'll hold off on the sit-ups for a bit longer . Not that I ever did any before... My tummy still is a little sore some days but it's generally healed very well.

We're having our last MW visit tomorrow too. We are quite glad really as she hasn't been terribly helpful since giving birth. I'm sure Plunket will be able to give us better/more advice etc.

I really feel for you girls who are having b/f'ing troubles. I am very lucky as it's going really well for us now. No more bleeding & lumps so I'm happy. Just remember you should do what's best for you & bubs. They say breast is best but not if you're losing your sanity

Topsy, is there a Plunket Family Centre where you live? You can book in & spend the entire day there & they help you out with sleeping, settling etc etc. They also have a lactation consultant who you can spend time with. It doesn't cost you anything (but I think they like you to give a donation). If you didn't want to pay for a private LC that might be a goer??