IVF Babies Due April/May/June 2011 #4

[LulusMum]

bourbon - look at a halo wrap, i think you can even have hands out on this one. also look at the woombie but to me they look tighter than the love me swaddles and arms go across their chest not up - i think.....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - had our first crap night, pretty good considering they are 4 weeks tmrw. prob is they r happy to sleep from 6-9am in the morn but max gets up at 7 on the dot, so cant even enjoy the sleep in. anyways, off for a nap:yes:

[KimInMellie]

Just in from Lychee:


After a long labour we are pleased to announce the arrival of
our baby boy Archie Alexander
born 2.34 PM weighing in at 3.6kg.
Can't believe I am finally a mummy!


:smiliedance: Congrats to Lychee and DH, and welcome to the world, Archie! :smiliedance:

[KimInMellie]

:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:



APRIL
:D Done & dusted! :D



MAY
Zultbear - 3rd - GIRL
Babydreaming2009 - 6th - GIRL
Bunnikins - 11th - BOY
Lilypily - 16th SURPRISE


JUNE
Winzy - 6th
Everythingcrossed - 6th - BOY
TNTbub - 8th - GIRL
Sharlsum - 10th (CS booked 23/5) - GIRL and BOY
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL



:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:
Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth & Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)



SMS Buddies
Sharlsum & TNTbub

[purplesparkles]

Hi everyone!

Sorry for the silence but Bub Hub hadnt been letting me post for some reason. I could read everyone else's posts but couldnt write my own.

Thanks for all the congrats on the arrival of Jackson on the 19th.

After reading some of the EPIC birth stories on here, mine seems all very tame.
Heading to bed on the 18th i was feeling very loose and floppy and when i woke up to go to the toilet at 1.15am i felt a small gush of liquid. Not enough to make a mess but enough to flood my PJ bottoms. I popped in a liner and went back to bed only to commence lower back-ache contactions a couple of minutes later.
I used my iPhone contraction time app for 20mins to determine how close they were and rang the hospital to let them know what was happening.

My contractions were about 5 mins apart but erratic and some deep breathing was enough to get me through them so the MW recommended i stay at home until either the pain got unbearable or my contractions settled into a steady rhythm and were a bit closer together.

I paced our house until 3am, by which point i needed to vocalise (humming, oddly enough) through the pain and the contractions were regular and 3min apart. So i rang the MW again and she said to come on in.
Woke up hubby again and we drove the 35mins to the hospital, with my pre-selected soundtrack of sing-a-long songs on the cd player. Bohemian Rhapsody anyone? :)

Arrived at the hospital, did all the usual checks etc and settled into the labour ward. In hindsight, my labour was fairly short but at the time it felt like ages as i was so tired between contractions that i wanted to sleep but as the pain was still mainly in my lower back the most comfortable position was standing up, leaning over the bed rail.

Hubby was fantastic, applying counter pressure to my back and then swapping to mopping me with a cold cloth when the pressure stopped helping.
I had always imagined my labour would be fairly active and pictured sitting on a fitball in the shower. None of that happened. I didnt even open up my specially packed 'labour bag' of aromatherapy, visual aids, stress balls etc!
At one point i was offered the gas and agreed to try it but after two puffs i threw up and pushed it away.

When i felt the need to push, my OB was called in and she checked my cervix. It was 10cm but still slightly in the way on one side so i had to go through another 3 or 4 contractions whilst fighting the urge to push. Those were the worst. By now i was on the bed, bracing my legs against the bottom and arching my back to stop from pushing. I had a vice grip on DHs hand on one side and the hand of our Midwifery student on the other (mine was the first birth she had witnessed).
I got the go ahead to push and three position changes later i wound up in a half-sitting up position on the bed with my legs braced on the bar.

At 7.56am Jackson was born. And at that point i realised that i had had my eyes shut virtually the entire time i had been in the labour ward!
The midwives and my OB were so impressed with how i had laboured and i heard them telling our student that she shouldnt expect all births to be like mine. I felt quite proud of that.

He was placed on my chest, DH cut the cord and we just sat and gazed at him while my OB showed our student MW what was going on down below. I had a small tear from Jackson's shoulders so she stitched that up after allowing my placenta to come away quite naturally. Just felt like doing a soft poo.

The MW helped me to encourage Jackson to feed and it amazed me how he knew just what to do. After the weighing and measuring, eating breakfast and showering we walked down the hall to our room in the Maternity Ward and there we stayed until Saturday morning.

I have nothing but praise for the staff at the hospital. They were fantastic with helping me learn how to breastfeed and were very patient with my questions and concerns. :)

Since coming home we have had some problems with feeding (attachment, low supply, lazy feeder that prefers to sleep) but after a visit from a fantastic lactation consultant yesterday, he is back on the boob and although still isnt drawing as well as we would like, things are heading in the right direction. I am also now taking Domperidone to boost my supply.

DH goes back to work tomorrow so that will be my first day on my own with Jackson, so fingers crossed it all goes well. :fingerscrossed:

[purplesparkles]

:celebrate: YAY! :cheerleader2: :cheerleader1:
Congrats Lychee and welcome Archie!
:hugs:

[lilypily]

:smiliedance: Congratulations lychee on the birth of Archie !!!!! So happy for you that its all over .......

[lilypily]

purple... I just love reading birth stories and yours is the stuff of dreams... what an awsome experience... well done...

[Hayls70]

congrats lychee on the arrival of archie xx

[bourbon11646]

Yay Lychee congratulations on the birth of Archie!!! See he made his way to the world finally!!
Enjoy the thrill & excitement & love that comes with being a mummy and now you can celebrate mothers day too!!
Take care & I'm looking forward in hearing how you and bub are in weeks ahead.

xx

[Moo79]

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I've been absent for so long, it's so hard to find time to get on the computer!

Congrats to all the new mummies since I've been on last! I've loved reading everyone's stories, & seeing what names you have all called your bubs.

AFM, Angus is 6 weeks old today, & I cannot believe how quickly time is flying! He is developing his own real little personality, & absolutely has DH & I wrapped around his little finger :)

Can I just say to all the more recent mummies, it does get easier! I'm only weeks in, but the thing I have learnt is to trust my instincts, & it seems to be working. Angus has silent reflux (I think, we see the Paed on Wed), so we've propped his cot up, & I hold him upright for 20 mins after feeds (challenging through the night when I'm half asleep, trust me!), which seems to be working.

But by far the biggest change we've made is to stop wrapping him. He would thrash about, & get his hands out of every wrap we tried anyway, so I borrowed a sleeping bag from a friend (didnt want to invest in any until I was sure they would work), & we've had the best 3 nights sleep since I had him (on Sat night he only woke up once!). So Bourbon, in answer to your question, 6 weeks is when we stopped wrapping. I wasnt too worried about his hands startling him, as he has always settled easier when they were up by his face. Might be worth trying for little Luca? I wasnt sure if I was "allowed" to stop wrapping, but I figure if he's more settled, I might as well do what works best for him.

Hope everyone else is well, have to run cause the little man has just woken up for a feed.

Take care
xx

[anemone]

Lychee & DH, CONGRATULATIONS on the arrival of little Archie. :smiliedance::hyper::smiliedance:What a cute name! Sorry to hear the labour was long, but I bet you were so excited to finally be in labour, and even more to meet your little man! Cant wait to hear the whole story!

[anemone]

Purple - great birth story. You did brilliantly!!
I so hear you on not having the time or presence of mind to unpack your birth pack - I was exactly the same, once you have a technique that's working it doesn't even cross your mind, does it? I think Kim said the same! Sort of amuses me that I spent weeks scouring the shops for stress balls, aromatherapy oils etc...oh well.

Sorry to hear there have been feeding issues. So common it seems. What tips did the lac consultant give you? I think I may book into see one too, cos Xavier gets v sleepy at the boob and also one of my nips is giving me grief. Was it a private LC and how much did they charge if you don't mind me asking?

Moo - I cant believe Angus is 6 weeks either! Sounds like its been a bit of a challenge with the reflux. What were the symptoms you noticed?
GL with the paed visit tomoz.
Very good to hear that things get easier - all of us newer mummies are v glad to hear that Im sure.
Interesting abt the wrapping and sleeping bag, hope those more settled nights continue.


Hello :wave: to all the new mums and mums-to-be. Zult - you may be next up hey? Any twinges??

AFM - a good 24 hours with X being fairly settled. Hate saying that as Im bound to be jinxing myself. The wrap me up is going well now he's used to it. We took him out in the pram for the first time, he looked so tiny in it! Will try and upload a photo to my profile. Pushing it up the hill I also realised how weak I still feel from the birth - will really have to pace myself, which is a challenge cos I have always been such an active person and was walking a lot and swimming right up to the birth. So this is a bit weird, but just have to listen to my body I guess.

Birth story coming I promise!

[anemone]

Here is my Birth Story, girls. Sorry its so long!! Like Kim, I have not pulled any punches, so be warned...



I’d been having pre-labour type contractions on alternate nights for a few days before, and had had a show about a week previously, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when I went into labour at 38+5 weeks. But I was! I think I was in denial cos Id only just gone on maternity leave and, although Id always had a feeling Id go early, I felt I had so much to do and would really have liked a week off before bubs arrived. But he had other plans!

That day I had gone to acupuncture, but did not have any kind of induction treatment, just a general labour preparation treatment.

That night in bed, (I had been sleeping in another room from DH as I was a very restless sleeper late in preg) I woke up at 1.30 am with a painful Braxton Hicks contraction similar to the ones I’d had on previous nights, but stronger. With it came a gush of fluid running down my leg. “OMG”, I thought, “this could be it”! I got up and put on a pad, which was soon saturated with pink-tinged fluid. My waters had definitely broken. I rang the hosp who advised to come in in 2 hours to be checked, warning me that labour does not always start up spontaneously after the waters break.

In my case though, it did. Contractions started up almost the minute I got off the phone, but they were quite mild and I could breathe through them. At first they were 8 mins apart, then 5, then some at 3 mins. But not lasting that long – most were 30 sec. I hurried to wake DH, who had to get with the program quickly. We got our stuff together and headed into the hosp (only 5 mins drive, thank god). Once there, they did a speculum examination and could see that I had definitely ruptured my membranes, was starting to dilate, and was having contractions 3-5 mins apart but still only 30-45 sec long. So I was advised to go home to let things get established.

There was a question mark over bub’s position (they did a quick scan – spine to the left but possible OP head.) This didn’t surprise me as I was feeling the contractions in my back, as well as internally, in my cervix area (not what I was expecting). So remembering Juju’s course from just the week before, I tried to adopt the all 4’s position or lean over something when I had a contraction (it is supposed to help an OP baby rotate to OA). But that just seemed to intensify the pain. Once at home, I found the most comfortable position was to drop to my knees (but with body upright) and hold onto a chair or something. DH tried some acupressure, but I wasn’t keen on being touched during a contraction. He was most useful timing them, which he did religiously! He was very good during the whole time we were at home, offering me drinks & food and telling me positive things.

I had a quick shower and noticed that the contractions were building in intensity, and some were lasting 60 seconds. I was needing to do more than breathe to get through the pain by this stage. So I started sniffing aromatherapy oil, but that didn’t help much. We put the TENS machine on me and that helped a lot, the buzzing sensation (which you boost with a button during the contraction) really helped counter it. I also tried rolling a grandma’s hair curler in my palm, a technique that had worked well in class, but that didn’t work for me. And the very idea of stamping or walking was repellant. So much for my active labour! I was also having to constantly change pads, and the bottom half of my clothes, as with every contraction there was a big gush of amniotic fluid.

As the contractions built up, I tried the next trick – vocalization. I chanted “aah” rhythmically, and as the waves built up further, that became a “HAAAH!” kind of sound. On Juju’s advice to “match the pain” I was getting quite loud! I remember dimly wondering what the neighbours would be thinking! It was also getting difficult to do anything like pack or call people between contractions, as 3 mins is not v long! I called the Labour ward again, and when they heard me on the phone during a contraction, the MW said she was convinced and I should come in now. This was about 11 am. We called our doula, let’s call her Sarah, and she arranged to meet us at hosp.

Arriving at hosp again, we had a job finding parking in the emergency section, and my DH had to restrain himself from yelling at contractors and others who were taking up parking but were definitely not emergencies. We also had to go up in the lift, with me “HAAH-ing” loudly, getting lots of “Is she alright, dear?” type enquiries. Luckily I was on subconscious mode by now so didn’t really care.

Back in labour suite, I decided to give it an hour before I had an internal b/c I knew that labour often dies off when you get to hosp. But things seemed to be building up. I modified the HAAH technique so that I fixed my eyes on various objects around the room and shouted the HAAH at them in turn. It all helped with the focus. I was getting some humdinger contractions, but I was worried I’d be only a couple of cm and with an OP baby, it could be a long labour.

Sarah arrived, leaving DH free to go and move the car. While he was gone, the MW came in and examined me internally. I couldn’t believe it – 7cm dilated and OA position! Luckily we had a room with a bath, so in I got. Sarah and DH took turns to put cold washcloths on my head and neck. The MWs came in every now and again to listen to bub’s heart, which I was amazed that they could do with a doppler under the water!

I don’t know how long I stayed in the bath, but DH reckoned 3 hours! The warmth really helped me relax between contractions. I was getting increasing pressure in my back passage, and the MWs told me they wanted me to let that build so that it became an overwhelming urge to push. It did start to increase and I felt a little like pushing, so I got out of the bath. They examined me and said I was fully dilated! Yay!! It looked like we’d be having the baby in a couple of hours (it was probably 3-4 pm at this stage, but I’m really guessing cos time became v warped).

They said they’d give me 30 mins or so to let the pushing urge build up. But my contractions seemed to have died down in frequency in the last hour or so, and in retrospect this was the first inkling something was amiss. That and the fact I hadn’t gone through any type of “transition-like” state in the lead up to fully dilated.

What happened after this is a little blurred in my brain – I was truly spaced out in Labour Land. I think there was a change of MW shift, and they became concerned I was not getting any strong pushing urge, although I had plenty of pressure there with contractions. The MW was making strange comments about “getting pressure from outside (meaning her supervisors and the docs)” to get things moving. I think I told her “screw that” or something similar! But we decided to start pushing anyhow.

I found it hard to adjust from externally vocalising to directing the energy inwards in a sustained push. Despite Juju’s “coffee plunger” imagery. So it took me quite a few contractions to get the idea. I sat on a birth stool for a while, which helped. But, worryingly, my contractions were getting further apart. I loved the respite, but it didn’t seem to be progressing. The MW returned saying the doc had suggested we start Syntocinon, the artificial hormone, to get things going. I was v reluctant, as I knew that would make the pain worse, and so far this had been a drug-free labour. Sarah mentioned I could talk to the doc. The doc came in and talked me through things. She was worried that a long second stage would increase my chance of bleeding (I had low platelets and was anaemic) and not be great for bubs or my pelvic floor. But bub’s heart rate looked good, so she decided instead to examine me internally to check I was actually fully dilated.

This is where it all went downhill rapidly. She did a very thorough and excruciating examination, which showed that I was still only 7-8 cm, with a v thin rim of cervix, but not fully dilated. And bub’s head was at an angle, it was not OA at all! She tried to manually rotate it – I can’t describe the pain of that, but it didn’t work. With this new info, my mojo disappeared. I couldn’t believe it, after things having gone so smoothly. I just felt utterly deflated and unable to cope with what could be a much longer labour than we were anticipating. We decided to put up the Synto, and sure enough, my contractions became intense. I started on the gas, but it didn’t do a lot for me except make me a bit woozy.

After a bit longer, with me wondering how I’d get through these newly strengthened and frequent contractions, she did another internal. Fully dilated this time for sure, but still the angled position. I was losing my resolve. I just wanted it over, and somewhere in my mind I’d given up. I half-heatedly decided to push for a bit longer though and they fixed a fetal heart clip to bub’s head to get an accurate trace. I tried various positions, and even though the MWs told me that some of my pushes were hitting the spot and moving bubs down, I was long past it.

The doc reviewed me again and we decided on a trial of forceps in theatre, with the option to convert to Caesarian if needed. I was very happy to agree at that stage. I would have a spinal put in theatre. From there it was a blur of consent forms and catheters and getting prepped, but it took a long time to arrange and I still had to cope with the contractions in the meantime, half-heartedly pushing because it really was an overwhelming urge now, finally, just way too late. I later found out on reading my discharge summary that the second stage was 3 hours, (and they prob mean from when I really was fully dilated, not from when I started pushing even earlier) so no wonder I was completely over it!

In theatre, once the spinal was in, I was so relieved. I was completely numb, and I knew the last 20-odd hours of pain were over (it was around 11 pm when I got to theatre). The theater staff were lovely, very reassuring. They first tried a Ventouse, but the cap kept slipping off, and so we needed forceps. I still had to push to help and eventually I saw my little man being lifted into the air and down onto my chest. It was the most indescribable feeling, primarily of relief, and overwhelming emotion to meet him! I was in floods of tears. I got to cut the cord (as per my birth plan – DH wasn’t keen!).

Unfortunately there was a further bit of bad news. They cut an episiotomy, as standard practice with forceps, but this extended into a 3rd degree tear. Meaning that it went right into the anal sphincter. Not good! Plus all the pushing while not fully dilated had given me huge hemorroids, which were even more painful than the tear! So I have been walking like John Wayne and standing as much as possible. I will really have to get stuck into the pelvic floor exercises to ensure everything gets back to normal. Like having a C/S I cannot lift anything heavy for 6 weeks.

The labour has stayed with me a long time, and for the first few days I had a lot of flash-backs. It has taken me a while to process how something that was looking so straightforward could suddenly go wrong. I don’t blame the midwife who thought I was fully dilated cos I know it can sometimes be hard to tell. I do feel that certain aspects were not ideally managed – and I was left way too long pushing and it would have been a good idea to have had an epidural after they found out I was not really fully dilated. But I have to take responsibility in that too, as I was trying to hold out for a natural birth for as long as possible.

There was also an undercurrent of tension between the MWs (and my doula) and docs, and unprofessional comments (by the MWs & doula about the doc) were made that impacted my mindset, distracted me, and should not have been said. But I am very happy that my gorgeous son arrived healthy and vaginally, and that I got right through first stage using natural methods alone.

What worked for me

Vocalisation – can’t believe how powerful a tool this was! TENS, the bath (but perhaps that contributed to my labour slowing??), heat packs – a little. The spinal at the end!

What didn’t work/ wasn’t tried

I didn’t get a chance to try the stress balls, stamping just felt wrong with so much pain in my cervix area, I didn’t like being touched much in a contraction, so we didn’t do much acupressure. The gas didnt do much for me either but maybe took the edge off things a little.

What I learned

That you really need to be flexible in your outlook. It’s great being positive and having a cheerleading squad around (i.e., comments by my doula about this being such a “textbook labour”, “going so smoothly” etc.), but that didn’t help much when we were forced to accept that in reality things were not as far along as they seemed. In retrospect, accepting an epi earlier on would have given me some respite, although I probably still would not have avoided the forceps. And next time, if there is one, I would maybe not have a doula – on one hand it was great to have someone experienced there who was just there for me and v hands on and a great support. But she did bring her own opinions into the room a little more than I’d have liked. DH handled things v calmly at home and before the doula got there, and he later told me he actually felt quite side-lined for much of the time after Sarah arrived, which is a shame. Or perhaps we just didn’t have the right person…

I’m also glad I packed for a few days stay after the birth, although I thought I’d be out in a day or two. Warm clothes were also a real must as the A/C was ferocious.

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

I'm a bit behind but Congratulations Lychee on the birth of baby Archie!:cheerleader2:

Anemone - I wish I was next but I predict someone may beat me to it lol. I have no symptoms at all. I have some BH that aren't regular which I've had for quite some time and that's it. I haven't even had any kind of "show". Just have to sit it out until Thursday and see what the OB has to say. Nothing much else I can do in the mean time lol.

thank you for sharing your birth story. You were doing so so well. That sucks about the tension with the staff. It doesn't exactly instil confidence. I'm so glad you got a viginal birth. I loved the part about the comments on "is she alright". I can just see that happening.

Purplesparkles - Thank you for sharing your birth story. If I could have one amazing labour like yours I would be eternally greatful to the gods that be.

[lilypily]

Wow anemone what an honest account of your birth story. So raw with emotion no wonder you had to take time to get your head around it afterwards. Thanks so much for sharing

[helstar2303]

congratulations Lychee!!! You finally made it! Welcome Archie xo

[sandramm1]

Congratulations Lychee on the birth of Archie,.

Wow what a labour Anemone- thanks for sharing your story.

[babydreaming2009]

Anemone - what a fabulous effort to have a natural labour - and you know what you did, you laboured naturally for many many hours and you should be very proud that you achieved so much of what you wanted for your birth. I love reading of the part when bubs is placed on Mum's chest, and am so glad that you had that wonderful experience with Xavier xx

Lychee - huge congratulations to you and DH on the arrival of Archie - gorgeous name!

Zult - I'm next up after you and don't think I'll be pipping you at the post. I think my Little Miss is happy to stay put. Haven't had any symptoms for over a week, no show, and no more BHs. I also have an ob appointment on Thursday, so will see what news that brings...

:impatient: Here's hoping both of our bubs get a wriggle along. I am so ready to meet my Little Miss...

[KimInMellie]

Hey zult, how are you hanging in there? Here's hoping you don't go too far past your EDD without bub in your arms. :)

PS & Anemone, thanks so much for sharing your stories. PS, your birth seems to have gone relatively smoothly but I don't think any birth can be 'tame'! ;) Well done you.

Anemone, I really appreciate your honesty and detail. I could completely relate to your comment about having flashbacks, and taking a while to process it all. For the first day or so after my birth, the very long, drawn out pain of it was too fresh in my mind, and that compounded by my sheer exhaustion gave the memory a very raw and somewhat negative feeling. I remember thinking in all seriousness that there was NO WAY I was ever going to go through that again. It took several days for the visceral memories to fade enough for me to remember why we will trying for a sibling for Calvin, sooner rather than later.

Moo, I can't believe Angus is already 6 weeks old! It doesn't seem possible that much time has passed ...

Hi to everyone and I will keep popping in - it's hard to find the time for long posts these days but I do read every day. :)

[KimInMellie]

P.S. Calvin is such an easy baby - I have been truly blessed. :)

[B1B2]

Congrats Lychee & DH on the arrival of Archie Alexander!! finally the little man is here, you must be thrilled!!

Belated congrats to Purplesparkles on the arrival of Jackson!

Belated congrats to Moo on the arrival of Angus, sounds like you're doing well!

[purplesparkles]

Anemone - She was a private LC, but one that was recommended by the MW at our Hospital. She came to our house on a Saturday morning, app lasted a bit over an hour. She charged $120, but hubby is taking the invoice in to our Private Health Insurance to see if we can get a bit back.
Well worth the money. Jackson is now back on the boob and due to the prescription for domperidone my supply is getting better every day.
Jackson had his 2 week weight check today and still has not recovered his birth weight so now we just need to overload him with calories... breast feed and then top up with expressed milk and if i run out of that then formula. But the main thing is he is no longer rejecting me and is attaching well again. Yay!

[Lychee]

Hi ladies

Thank u all so much for ur congrats! A special shout to say thanks for all the support in the last few days of my pregnancy. It was very tough on me & having u girls backing me every step of the way was fantastic. Thank u a thousand times over. Xxx

Typing one finger on iPhone so will b back once this little man learns how to sleep off the boob!

[anemone]

Hi girls,

Quiet on here atm!

Lychee, great to hear from you! So glad that bubs is here...Look forward to hearing the full story when you're up to it and bubs gives you a minute's peace!

Zult, hope you're hanging in there OK.

Kim, glad to hear Calvin is an easy baby! Good to hear he's being gentle on his mum. And it's good that you've been able to process your birth experience to some degree and are thinking about #2! Im finding it easier day by day as well, not thinking so much about the birth...just focusing on the little man...

Purple - thanks for the LC info. I have just contacted one - see below.

Simone, Bourbon, Hayls, Lilypily and everyone else, hope all's well with you.:wave:

AFM
One step fwd, two back with the BFg. Went to the local childhood health center for the BFg clinic. It was helpful firstly in diagnosing Xavier with oral thrush (prob due to the antibiotics Ive just finished), so we have started applying an oral gel to his mouth and my nipples. They also helped a little with positioning and Ive now moved from a dining room chair to the sofa when I feed. A bit easier on my shoulders. But I had full-on nipple pain last night during the night feeds, really excruciating, almost brought me to tears. And my nipples were looking a bit pinched and white, despite me making every attempt to position bubs properly... So this morning I have contacted an LC who was recommended by a friend, she comes round tonight and I hope the individualised attention sets us straight.

For those of you who are 2nd time mummies and breastfed the first time, when did you find it got easier?

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Anemone - I spoke to my LC about a month ago and she gave me some DVD's to watch. We burnt copies so I have them here for furture reference. I have never successfully breast fed my children so I'm hoping I can this time. The DVD's are called Mother & Baby, Breast feeding and the baby trilology. They are recorded by the ABA I believe and I have picked up some really good tips just from watching them. The baby trilology is more about settling bubs, recognising the tired signs and twin breast feeding. They are corny DVD's but it's still the same info.

AFM still hanging around have an OB appointment today so we'll see what she says. I had some pretty ouchy BH last night so hopefully my body is ready for bubs to be born.

[SimoneK]

Congratulations Lychee on the arrival of ARCHIE!!! :cheerleader2:
And thanks so much for your birth stories purple and Anemone. Typing one handed ATM. Don't seem to have time to do anything what with Hugh and my Mum here. Will try to write my birth story today if Hugolino decides to sleep and my mum decides to go out!:laughing:

[LulusMum]

Anemone - i breastfed Max and was expecting this tiem around to be easier. i guess in a way it has been in that i know about positioning, frequency etc - i know what to expect. But i guess i wasnt prepared for the baby to be 'different' if that makes sense. I thought all babies fed the same - the mechanics were the same so to speak - reality is that even though i nutted out breasfeeding max, ned and annabelle are individuals who both feed differently both form max and from each other. I was explained to me that breastfeeding is like riding a bike - you know the basics, but each baby is a different 'bike' so needs to be learned in its own way. Only now at almost 5 weeks we are on teh right track. ned feeds like a champion and has always been my star in that dept. Annabelle has been diagnosed with tounge tie which makes feeding more difficult, but we are getting there. Im not sure if what ive said helps or not, keep going though, your doing a wonderful job xx

As for us - life with a toddler and twins is beyond busy, we are getting heaps of help though, and have so many meals delivered by family i havent even dipped in to my "prepared for world war 3" freezer or pantry stocks yet. We have also hired a nanny to give a bit of relief once a week. Am enjoying every second though, these are my last babies so im trying to enjoy them as much as possible while they are tiny, they grow too quick. Means not much is getting done as i enjoy my couch cuddles too much:goodvibes: I hope you are all doing well and looking forward to mothersday with your new bundles - what a special day with the best pressies ever!

[sharlsum]

Hi Ladies Wow all the bub's been born well don and huge congrats to all the new mummys just in time for mothers day lol, i'm 35 + 2days today got my ob apppointment next friday to get my C/S date they are taking the twins out in 2 half weeks OMG i can't believe i made it this far i have been so scared like alot of people, went for growth scan 1 week ago and Mia-Rose was 1.9kgs and Elias was 2.1 Kgs if i have not had babies by next week i have another growth scan next week to check how much they have put on, so sorry i have not been on here for a long time just got my lap top back it was getting fixed

[babydreaming2009]

Hi Girls - sorry but this is a whinge post

My Little Miss is due today, but is showing no signs of making an appearance any time soon, and I feel almost depressed.

I am soooo looking forward to her arrival, and every minute she's not here, I miss her. Is that completely screwed up? She's still in my tummy kicking around...

I know I just need to take a chill pill and be grateful - it's just hard.

Ob appointment yesterday revealed that she won't be arriving anytime soon, and we started to talk about an induction date in 10 days time.

Zult - I hope you had better luck at your Ob appointment.

I feel horribly guilty for having these feelings - I can only imagine what the ladies in the TTC threads would think of this :no:

[sharlsum]

babydreaming2009- babe i know the feeling my twins are due in 2 weeks and 3 days till my c section ob wants me to have c section due to medi problems i had with dd so they are taking the twins out at 38 weeks and i fell them both kicking and moving all the time sometimes i wish they would just come out and meet mummy i love them and miss them so much i can't wait for there day to be here whern they are safe in my arms and cuddling up with me and dh and darling dd we are all wanting to meet them now lol i have my ob appointment next friday so i hopping they will give me the date of c section so that i feel like its all comming together then the big count down will be on soooooooooooo can't wait :smiliedance::cheerleader1::cheerleader2:

[everythingcrossed]

Morning Ladies,

Can someone please PM me the link to the "secret" Facebook group, so I can join??

Thanks girls, will pop in later with another post.
EC
xx

[lilypily]

Morning Ladies,

Can someone please PM me the link to the "secret" Facebook group, so I can join??

Thanks girls, will pop in later with another post.
EC
xx

Oh me too, it's very quiet in here and I'm assuming all the action will be on fb

[KimInMellie]

LP & EC, there's not a lot of 'action' there either right now - new mummies with no time on our hands mostly :) but to join you have to be added by a member. Find me here: Kim's FB page (http://www.facebook.com/KimInMellie) Add me as a friend and I'll add you to the group.

I'll delete the above link after a day or two to avoid spammers.

[anemone]

Thanks for the BF'g advise girls. :highfive: Its a little easier today, although dont want to jinx myself....

BD2009 - I feel for you, it must be torture waiting, when you just want to meet your long-awaited miracle. Sending you hugs and hope bubs makes an arrival v soon.

Zult - hope the obs appt went well.

Havent heard much from Bourbon recently - hope her and bubs are OK.

Gotta dash, trying to get to a shop and back before bubs needs feeding again...
BBL x

[KimInMellie]

babydreaming, I'm sure all of the mums-to-be who reach our due dates without a baby in our arms can relate to how you're feeling. Heck, I went into labour a few hours before my EDD and I can certainly understand what you're saying! Time seems to go so slowly when all that's left to do is wait for bubs' arrival. :fingerscrossed: for some action for you - and for

zult - what did your OB say yesterday? Any new developments?

:hugs: to everyone

AFM, Calvin is 2 weeks old today! :smiliedance: He's keeping his eyes open a lot, which is more than I can say for myself with this sleep deprivation :laughing: He's also starting to try to hold his head up a bit, which is a cute little effort. No big news to report except that he may be developing a bit of colic :( I hope it doesn't stick around. I read that it can start around 2 weeks (so right on target here) and peaks at 6-8 weeks! I don't know how I'll handle that many nights of post-feed screaming ...

[Lychee]

Babydreaming - bigs hugs. I can honestly say I know how u feel. It is very depressing to reach ur due date and still remain positive and grateful at the same time. I thought I would never have my baby, I ended up 6 days over and look at me now, I have a 5 day old! Not long to go for u either. I had an induction booked for 40+7 even though hossy policy is 40+10, I pulled the IVF card. A big change in mood can indicate the start of things too. I was so depressed on my edd but at 40+3 I had a massive breakdown after my ob appt and then pre-labour started that night. Had also had an internal same day and hot curry for dinner. Not sure if any of that helped. Ur bub isn't far off, 10 days absolute max. I know it still seems like ages though.

[Hayls70]

hi guys, sorry for the lack of posts from me, I struggle to post here and on facebook and do my emails!! I dont know how some of you find the time! I dont have an iphone either so I'm always having to sneak off into the computer room!mind you..Isla on my lap right now!

babydreaming- i feel for you..its such a long wait let alone reaching your due date and still no action! I have everything crossed for your labour to start..NOW! xx

[Samarasmum]

Happy Mothers day to all the new mumies and mums to be.
Enjoy your day.

[B1B2]

:celebrate:Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!:celebrate:

[sharlsum]

Hi Ladies'
May u All Be blessed today with the greatest gift, we have ever recieved of motherhood. As we continuously share every tear hopes and joys of our children, every moment being most precious. Enjoy and be filled with happiness today HAPPY MOTHERS DAY XXXXXXXXXXX:celebrate:

[bourbon11646]

Hi everyone :-)
Sorry I haven't posted much, the days go so fast, too fast, with a baby and I've always got something I want to do but don't get time. Some days I'm not out of my pjs til noon as I don't get a chance for myself.
Loving being a mum though especially when I watch all the funny quirks and things Luca does each day! Hes such a sweet baby.
I've had some shocker nights where I've been awake til 4:30am and him screaming buy some great nights too. He's on Infacol for wind now & much better.

I hope all the preggo ladies are going well, and the new mummies are coping and enjoying bubbs.

xx

[everythingcrossed]

LP & EC, there's not a lot of 'action' there either right now - new mummies with no time on our hands mostly :) but to join you have to be added by a member.
I'll delete the above link after a day or two to avoid spammers.

Friend request sent Kim. Thank you so much!!

EC xx

[lilypily]

Thought I was going into labour last night. Mum and dad are here but dh is 7 hours away at work. We decided dad would come in for the cs but in the end it ended up being a false alarm and I went to bed. I must admit I did freak out a bit about the whole thing. Dh home on wed night so saty in there bubba. 39 weeks today.

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies


Announcing the arrival of


Lilly Judith
Born 6/5/11
EDD: 3/5/2011
Time of Birth: 4:19am
Bubs Weight: 3690g or 8lbs 13oz
Bubs Length: 51cms
Head Circumference: 34cm

We are doing well. So far she's doing well feeding. Sleeping is goig OK as well. When I get a few more moments I'll do my birth story.

[anemone]

Zult - Oh wow, didn't realise it was all happening for you!
CONGRATULATIONS on the arrival of little Lilly! Gorgeous name! Glad to hear she's feeding and sleeping well so far. Look forward to reading your birth story soon.

Bourbon - no worries, I can relate. So hard to get things done, and also try and get some sleep in the day. I reckon you're doing well to be out of your PJ's by noon.

Lily - that would have been scary! Glad it was a false alarm, although great your parents are here just in case. I hope bubs holds on until your C/S date, or at least till Dh is home!

BD - hope you're going OK. Hang in there!

Hayls - great to hear from you. Hope Isla is doing well.

Kim - how's the colic going, sounds awful...have you found any good ways to calm Calvin when it starts?

Samara's Mum - hope you had a lovely mothers day. Where are you up to with your procedure that was planned?

AFM - busy WE - took Xavier out to dinner (very casual place) where he behaved v well, asleep in the sling the whole time. We also had our first visitors, which was fun (we held out a long time as we thought it would be too exhausting in the first couple of weeks, plus no family here so that helps...)

Also a short bushwalk yesterday. Did my mood a power of good getting out in the sunshine. And my mothers day pressie from DH - he minded X for a couple of hours while I took a luxurious bath. I have to tell you it was BLISS! :D
Although it was v strange as when I got out I was leaking milk from both boobs - first time thats happened outside a feeding session!

But today we will stay home and try to catch up on sleep :yes:b- missed all my chances for naps y'day so a bit grouchy today. Plus Im finding X isn't sleeping after all his feeds the way he did in the first week or so...Im hoping to learn better settling techniques at the ABA course on Weds, assuming I get there LOL...

[lilypily]

Zult congratulations on the birth of lilly. So happy for you..

[bourbon11646]

Zult - congratulations on the arrival of Lilly!! Love her name, I hope you are resting & recovering and bubbs is doing well.

xx

[KimInMellie]

Congrats ZULT! Welcome little Lilly Judith - both lovely names :)


:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:



APRIL
:D Done & dusted! :D



MAY
Babydreaming2009 - 6th - GIRL
Bunnikins - 11th - BOY
Lilypily - 16th SURPRISE


JUNE
Winzy - 6th
Everythingcrossed - 6th - BOY
TNTbub - 8th - GIRL
Sharlsum - 10th (CS booked 23/5) - GIRL and BOY
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL



:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:
Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth & Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)



SMS Buddies
Sharlsum & TNTbub

[helstar2303]

Anenome: Bf got easier for me at week 2 with DS, with him the first time I had nipple shields, expressing and bottle feeding. I said to myself at 2 weeks if he doesn't latch on without the shield i would consider formula. But nope he proved me wrong, latched on perfectly. Little miss this times she is 2 weeks and 2 days, sometimes latches onto the nipple only but I will perservere. She is getting a lot better, i think she gets confused with bottle to boob, most times she's fine, I think its also the right side she has trouble latching onto. I am trying more boob time now that Dh has gone back to work.

Babydreaming: I had the same depressed feeling too. But she will come when she's ready, hang in there :) when she arrives you'll be missing that kicking feeling inside :p

Congratulations Zultbear!!!! Awesome news

AFM: Well I have been a bit scarce here, but have been reading. Like most of you its been hard to have any time to yourself. I am also trying to type with one hand, but will try put Summer down. Dh left last Thursday to head to Dubai, missing him dearly at the moment. But its sort of nice to try get into some sort of routine, the last couple of days of him being home were hectic running around trying to get last minute things, it wasn't fair on bubs nor fair on me, but I didn't try to whinge as I know he wanted to spend as much time with us before he goes.

Summer has been a great baby, she has her baby moments which is expected but we can't wish for anything more. Though Dh did mention we might go for another baby!!! Eeek! I'd love to, but hmmmm. We now have 4 children amongst us, lets not be greedy honey! Lol. Though I am loving it more this time (not saying I didn't love it raising Ds on my own) but I am enjoying it more, having that extra support and love seeing Dh bond with Summer. And laugh at the power poo's she produces for Dh LOL! She is just gorgeous. She is smiling a lot too, and its not wind. I love her many different facial expressions, and i laugh when she cries. Ah she just cracks me up. I think I have heard her possibly laugh a couple of times I kid you not! There are many things she is doing, that a new born shouldn't be even the CHN are amazed. She has rolled over to her side a couple of times now and I had Dh to witness that and of course holding her head up. She is just growing too fast! I wish she would stop. I think she has lost that new born look too, she's only 2 weeks + 2 days old. I am wanting to get some baby photo's done and want that sweet newborn looks still. Hopefully I can get in with a photographer this week. Summer is way over her birth weight now, she lost 225gm in the first few days, then on day 6 she gained 265gms. And then at day 11 gained another 180grms. Powering on that girl is!

Sorry for rambling on about my girl, just so still in awe. AFM: Nipples are still tender but better than what the were in the first week. Mum has been making food for me that is suppose to help with my milk supply and also with the recovery of my body. Vietnamese Tradition, we are "supposely" not to leave the house for a month, not suppose to eat cold foods, including salad (I miss my salad's, but shhhhh don't tell mum, yes I have been sneaking in food lol) not suppose to drink cold drinks, can't drink tea's, suppose to rest. I am not doing all very well Haha. I will get back into some sort of exercise after the month is over though. There are other things too but I can't remember and I don't want to remember and just do things my way.

Sorry for the ramble, I am still here, baby girl just keeping me busy. She is asleep now and I hope she wakes for a last feed before we really go to bed. I want to poke her now. LOL

Ok hope all is going well with you all and your mother's day was spent being spoilt!

xox

[TNTDAD]

Letting you all know dw waters just broke please keep of facebook

TNTDAD

[lilypily]

Helstar what a lovely post about your daughter. It really was nice to read.

TNT hope it all hoes well good Luck

[Livvyloo]

Just sneaking in to congratulation ZULT on the birth of her daughter!!! Such wonderful news babe :) Time has flown since you announced your pregnancy! Glad to hear you're all doing well :) xxoo

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Thank you all so very much for your heartfelt congratulations. Livvy I see you have joined the "graduates". Very happy for you. Numbers look great! I haven't had time to read through all the post just yet.


Looking forward to TNT's birth announcments!

Well as you all know I was 2 days over due (due the Tuesday)and we had our OB appointment on the Thursday. The Wednesday night I had the ouchy BH.
So off we waddle to our OB appointment at 3:30pm on the Thursday. So we have a scan don and all is well bubs is ready to launch lol. So we discuss what we would like to do and we decided that an S&S was a good try first off and if nothing progressed then we would go in on the Tuesday 10th for a “waters breaking induction”. Well from my previous history I figured the S&S would most likely be enough to get things going.


So by the time we had left the OB I started getting more ouchy B/H. They continued all afternoon and by about 6pm I started timing them so I could get an idea of what was happening. They were getting really intense by this stage and I “knew” they were more than B/H. I couldn’t get comfortable in any position and my breathing started to get more heavy. I really had to breath theough each so called B/H. I wasn’t prepared to call them “labour pains” just yet.

By about 9:30pm I said to DH we really need to start timing these as I had stopped at 7pm because I was so uncomfortable. So we start timing them and they come at 2-3 mins apart and last from between 2-3 minutes each. I said to DH I think we sould call the hospital and see what the recommend for us to do.
So DH rings the hospital (this is about 10pm) and describes all my “symptoms” and she agrees that I need to come in and be checked. So a half an hour drive took less than 20 mins lol. Now we have a land cruiser Prado and they aren’t exactly built for “speed” so you can imaging the ride I had in between contractions lol.


So we arrive at the hospital and I had to be wheel chaired in because I really couldn’t walk. So up we go and straight into a birthing suite and I get checked and I’m 5cm dialated already. Now I think Whoo Hoo!!!!! Short labour we’re half way there.


Any way it just so happens my OB is already at the hospital for another lady so yay to that. So I’m labouring away and sucking down the gas like no tomorrow and we are all just waiting for my waters to break as OB thinks that when they break labour will be really quick.


So by 2am OB has to break my waters as they still haven’t done it them self. By this stage I’m so so tired and I couldn’t cope any more. And I had only progressed to 6cm. I kept saying to DH I couldn’t do it any more they are just so so painful. He kept saying I was doing well etc... Trying very hard to be so supportive and not knowing what to do or say god love him. So i said to OB I need pain relief and I got an epi. OMG instant relief. I was so much more comfortable. I still had some feeling in my legs and I could feel the urge to push so I wasn’t totally incapacited. So onec all the waters were done we just had to wait to fully dialate. OB said this baby will be born by 4am. So we had a time line to reach so to speak.


So 4am comes and the midwife goes and gets OB and by the time we start to “push” it’s just past 4am. So I’m pushing when told to get bubs to come down some more and It seemed to take forever for that to happen. In the end I had to have a vacuumme extraction (called a kiwi cup) because I just had no strength left . So slowly bubs head comes out and I could feel the “burning sensation” . And once her head was out her body was out and I was snuggling my new baby girl.


So all up it was a 9 hour labour and I must say it was much better that the 19 hour ones I had with my first 2!


I look at her and I just can’t believe she was created in a petrie dish. She is just so perfect. Just such a miracle. I am forever greatful to Dr De Ambrosis for this wonderful gift he has helped us to get.

[lilypily]

Zult, yay for wazza. Thanks for your birth story I loved it.

[anemone]

Zult. Great birth story. You did really well ! Sounds like the epidural was just the right strength - took away the pain but allowed you still to feel where to push. Loved the part about the 30 min journey taking 20 mins! Hope you and Lilly are getting to know one another and enjoying these first special days.

TNT - Good luck!

Helstar - gorgeous post about your daughter. It is so incredible hey? Hope you can book those newborn photos soon. Youve reminded me I need to get our camera out and take some pics of Xavier's little hands and feet while they are still so tiny!
Thanks for telling us abt your previous experience of BFg as well. It helps to know others have got through the teething problems and come out the other side.

AFM - bubs is pretty unsettled today - the sling has been a godsend. He's in it now on my lap as we speak. And now we are gearing up for the evening when he tends to "cluster feed". Thank god my nipples are feeling a bit better....

[TNTDAD]

Taylah rose born 155 this afternoon mum fine but sore bubs in nursery tube feed but she's fine

[lilypily]

Congratulations TNT on the birth of your early baby. Hope all goes well.

[TNTDAD]

Is in absolute awe of you all after seeing what my dw went through today she was such an inspiration
God I live my little girl so much
Sitting at home with a cold beer

tntdad

[8isenough]

Hi girls sorry to crash your thread I'm posting on behalf of Sharlsum.
She's in hospital and will be having her c/s Thursday/Friday. Baby A blood flow isn't to good and she's 4p6oz where as Baby B is doing well and is 5p6oz. She's had her steroid injection tonight and will have another tomorrow.
I'll keep you all posted.

[lilypily]

Sharlsmum good luck with your cs over the next day it two. Can't wait to hear that your babies are safe.

[sydney29]

Hey Girls

Sorry for being MIA for soo long. I have been very busy with family and been very lazy and suffering from low bp.

Firstly CONGRATULATIONS To all the new mums and bubs. This is all soo exciting :)

I got a msg from Sharlsum last night she is admitted in hospital will be having her c section this friday. The blood flow to baby A is too much and baby B is too low. Will keep you posted about sharls.

[TNTDAD]

Tntdad here dw wants to say sorry to sharlsmum as she was suppost to be her SMS buddy but she lost her number than got a ban from bubhub that no one will tell us how long this so we were unable to get her number back
She hopes that everything goes well for sharlsmum
Taylahs going really well

[Hayls70]

Congratulations TNT on the arrival of Taylah Rose, hope all is well x

Sharlsum- all the best for this friday's CS, not long til you see your beautiful babies xx

[everythingcrossed]

OMG two of my June buddies gone already!! Looks like its just you and me Sydney to see who will be lucky last LOL :celebrate:

OB told me today, that if I don't have this baby by the 3rd June, I will be induced that day - Yikes, it just got very very real!!!

Congratulations to TNTBub and TNTDad on the early arrival of Taylah :smiliedance:
Good luck Sharls for Friday, hope everything goes smoothly :fingerscrossed:

EC xx

[Winzy]

TNT: congratulations on the birth of Taylah rose! What a lovely name :)
Sharlsum: best wishes for your cs and the healthy birth of your two bubbies xo
Sydney & everything crossed: hi there cycle buddies! So u guys r still waiting too? All ready to go? Best wishes for both of your births :)
Afm: sorry I have been MIA for so long I am on mat leave now and will try to pop in a bit more regularly congratulations on all the new bubbies on this thread exciting times :) :) I'm 36 and a half weeks so eagerly counting down till June 7th

[TNTDAD]

Mum and bubs going great, hopefully breastfeed tomorrow yay for mum

[anemone]

Congratulations TNT on the arrival of Taylah Rose. Enjoy!

Sharlsum - Good luck for Friday, and sorry to hear the circumstances have been a bit stressful - but you are in the right place and you will soon be holding your bubs in your arms!

EC - wow, it's coming up soon hey?

Winzy - Yay for maternity leave...

AFM - bubs had a good day yesterday - was settled enough to let me have a shower AND check email AND make a phone call. What a treat! We have to be grateful for the small things...

Can anyone recommend a store that does breastfeeding singlets without the molded bra part? I bought 2 from Target months ago and they are great, Im living in them, LOL. But with only 2 they are constantly in the wash. Went back to Target yesterday and could only find the ones with the bras inside - not v comfy, esp to sleep in, cos the bra part doesn't fit very well..

[8isenough]

UPDATE ON SHARLSUM....Hi girls babies where delivered today unsure of all the detail but little girl came 1st Mia Rose 1.8kg and 2nd Little boy Elise(I think) 2.1kgs. Babies both have low blood sugar and that's all I know for now. Keep u posted

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations TNT on the birth of baby Taylah!:cheerleader1:

Also congratulations to SHARLSUM on the birth of your baby girl and baby boy.:cheerleader1::cheerleader2:

[Kitten1979]

Sorry to gate crash. Tntbub told me about how she was supposed be sharsmum txt buddy but got banned from bubhub for telling one lady off who was annoying her. She has no idea how long she is banned for no one has answered her husbands questions.

She has read about sharsmum and wants to congratuate her on her little girl and boy!!

She also says that she is being discharged Friday but Taylah has to stay. Which is heart breaking! An.d hopes sharsmum doesn't have to be separated from her twins.

[8isenough]

Sorry got his name wrong it's Elias. Both babies at this will have to stay in

[8isenough]

I have her number if TNT wants it??
I will let her know wat has happened

[Winzy]

Anemone: I got some nursing tank tops from kmart withot the bra part and a long sleeve nursing top from pumpkin patch 
Sharlsum: congratulations on the birth of your two bubbies! How exciting! I hope that all is well and u r feeling okay xoxo
Afm: does anyone know what the new budget means for paid parenting leave? apparently if a couple earns over 150 grand they are not elegible? Does this mean 150 grand while on maternity leave or in the year proceeding or what? Eek! Hope we can still get it we are banking on it...

[anemone]

Sharlsum, CONGRATULATIONS on the arrival of Elias and Mia. Gorgeous names. I hope they are both doing well and that you are getting some rest.

Winzy. Thanks for the tip - Ill try Kmart then, and they should be reasonable from there at least...

As for the PPL, I havent familiarised myself with the exact details yet, in fact I didnt even realise they were going to means test the PPL. But I would have thought they cannot make any changes if you have already been approved. Id imagine it would have to apply to babies born in the next financial year. I hope so or we will be losing out as well!

Wow, its very quiet on here (apart from all these birth announcements, LOL) hope everyone's doing OK.

[Frostysmum]

:celebrate:Very Good News Today!:celebrate:

We are very happy to welcome to the world Lilypily and DH's precious little miracle bundle this morning at 7:30am, Max Peter, 7 pounds 3 oz. :cheerleader2::cheerleader2::cheerleader2:Hmmm... no news about the mum from the text messages, but I presume she's OK.

[helstar2303]

CONGRATS to TNT on the birth of your baby girl!

Also CONGRATULATIONS to Lily Pily on your baby boy!!

And CONGRATULATIONS to Sharlsum!!

Hey Anenome, thank you, she is a blessing :) I did book the baby photo shoot and we had it done yesterday, I look forward to the end result. The photographer said cos she is a bit older (like 2 and a half weeks) it was a bit hard to do some other poses, I would of like a pose on her tummy but she wouldn't go haha. The photographer preferred the babies asleep when doing a shoot I was told to overstimulate her and then bathe and give her a good feed so that she would be sleepy by the time of our appt. So I did all that. She was a sleep up until she stripped her naked and then it took over an hour for her to sleep again, she was just too nosey haha. I'm glad she takes 2-3hours for a shoot for newborns. But even that she was easily woken but we'll see with the end result.

Winzy, I am still trying to get my head around all the paper work for the PPL which I am not claiming, I just want the baby bonus. Argh! Doing my head in.

Yes it is a bit quiet in here, also quiet in my house hold, bubs has been sleeping a lot today and yesterday. Sort of feels weird without her. Yesterday she was sleeping in the baby bouncer next to me and now she is in her cot and sleeping. She did have this huge out burst 2 days ago and geez she carried on for 4-5hours! But next day totally different bubs.

Not much to report, boobs are starting to fill up need to feed or express....hmmm maybe I will shower I will get a bit out. Hope everyone is well, everyone is going baby crazy and not having time to come on here. I can understand :)

All good, anyways take care everyone and hope to hear from you all soon
xoxo

[Hayls70]

Sharlsum- CONGRATULATIONS ON the birth of your dear little twins!!! Elias and Mia xxx hope all is well with you all xx

Lilypily- CONGRATS to you on the arrival of Max!! So happy for you xx

[bourbon11646]

Congrats Sharlsum & Lillypilly on the birth of your babies, such a happy exciting time enjoy every minute.

xx

[SimoneK]

Congratulations Zult on the birth of baby Lilly :cheerleader1:TNT on Taylah Rose :cheerleader1: and Sharlsum on Mia Rose :cheerleader1: and Elias :cheerleader2: and congrats to Lilypily on the arrival of Max :cheerleader2:
Wow, it's a baby boom!
Sorry i have been MIA. I had a really bad fall on mothers day (of all days) I was walking down a metal gangplank to get on a ferry to cross the river to the shops and it had been raining and my feet went out from under me and I slammed flat on my back.
I lay there for ages, unable to move, thinking I'd bloody broken it, and worried about my c-section stitches, but I think they're okay. Just had terrible pain in my lower back all week and very difficult to pick up baby Hugh. Luckily my mum is a massage therapist and has been helping. I think it's slowly getting better. As well as the back thing have been busy organising side trips for my mum and myself to take so she sees more of Thailand and trying to find a hotel for us after the month is up on this apartment and dealing with the embassy for citizenship and passport for Hugh and have a 2500 word uni thing due in a couple of days and my brain doesn't work.
Hugh is great but he stays awake alllll day so it's really hard to get anything done. I can't even eat most days.
So that's my excuse.
Birth story half finished, might have to wait til I get back to Vietnam (around the 1st of June?) til I post it.
Congrats again to everyone who's just had their bubs, and to everyone just about to! Gotta run and try to do about 50 things at once! :freakingout:

[bourbon11646]

Simone - ouch! Luckily u weren't holding Hugh at the time. U poor thing, did anyone come running to help you? I hope u feel better soon as our backs can cop a hammering from all this bf and rocking & holding bubs.
I know what u mean by not having time to eat. It's really hard to do anything when bub is crying or near crying!
I need a comfy sling to strap him to me! I have the baby bjorn but still figuring it out!
Take care x

[KimInMellie]

:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:



MAY
Babydreaming2009 - 6th - GIRL
Bunnikins - 11th - BOY



JUNE
Winzy - 6th
Everythingcrossed - 6th - BOY
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL


:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:
Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth & Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)
TNTbub - Taylah Rose - Arrived 10/5 (EDD 8/6)
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias - Arrived 12/5 (EDD 10/6)
Lilypily - Max Peter - Arrived 13/5 (EDD 16/5)



_______________
I can't believe we only have 5 ladies to go!!

[KimInMellie]

Wow! congratulations to TNTbub & Lilypily! This thread is moving so fast now!

I'm sorry to have been absent for the past week plus. Motherhood is keeping me busy. The first couple of weeks were crazy. After the hormonal cocktail of pregnancy & birth finally wore off and I got some semblance of my sanity back, I began to feel much better - that, and getting some sleep helped too of course. At three weeks old, Calvin is slowly transforming from a blob of baby ;) to a little human; he is awake and alert more these days and has even giggled in his sleep a few times which I find absolutely magical. We started playing lullabies for him at night just yesterday and I think he enjoys it. I know I enjoy it more when I go in to feed him at 3am. We moved him into his own room the 2nd night we were home. I'd planned to have him in our room in a bassinette but I got no sleep whatsoever that first night and was blearily aware that if I didn't get some sleep soon that I would surely go insane, so it was a pretty easy decision, really. We're all doing well with the new arrangement. Luckily, those few bad nights that I thought were colic were just the result of mummy's poor dinner choices. (Subway BMT sandwich doesn't agree with Calvin I guess!) It's all sorted now and though I wish he slept for longer periods at night - we get up every 3 hours or so for a feed - all in all he's a very easy baby.

Simone, what a horrible time to have a fall like that! (Not that there's a good time for it ... YKWIM.) Glad your mum is there to help out & give massages.

Has anyone heard anything about babydreaming? She would've had her bub by now ...

Bunnikins, you must be going a little nuts right now being 4 days over your EDD. :hugs:

Love to everyone :goodvibes:

[anemone]

CONGRATULATIONS Lilypily on the arrival of Max!! Cant wait to read all about it soon... Rest up and enjoy every minute of being a new mummy :smiliedance:

[anemone]

Kim - great to hear you're doing OK and Calvin doesn't have colic. Ive found that Xavier is a little sensitive to some food as well - mainly hot curries, which is pretty obvious really but I was hoping to get away with it since I was eating them regularly in preg. But the poo explosions and general unsettledness y'day have taught me my lesson!
Love the lullaby idea. Hopefully Calvin will learn to associate the songs with sleep time! I was thinking about getting a white noise CD to help X settle, at the moment I have the radio on low, and that helps a little....

Simone - OMG - you sound so hectic, with the stuff you have to do/organise - AND look after a new bub on top of it all, and with a bad back! Really bad luck about the fall, must have been a huge shock. Hope it starts to get better soon. Can you get an extension on the Uni assignment?

Bourbon - yes I need a better sling too. Let us know if you find a good one...I have a Baba Sling (shell type) which we are using atm. DH finds it OK, but I find it a real strain on my shoulders, and I worry about bub's neck in it. I have heard the Ergo ones are good but dont know if they are Ok for newborns. We also have a Baby Bjorn and we have struggled to even work out how to wear it. My doula is coming round tomoz and that s the first thing Ill ask her...

Babydreaming - hope all's OK with you and that bubs makes an appearance v soon...

Helstar - Oh wow, that sounds like a full-on process getting the shots. But Im sure well worth it in the end. How are you going with DH away and your step kids to look after as well as new bubs?

AFM - a few unsettled days with Xavier, and he was cluster feeding to the max last night. Luckily from 11pm he settled and we got some sleep - back to the usual pattern of 3-4 hourly feeds. Perhaps he was a bit dehyrated from poo explosions in the day, I have learnt the hard way not to eat hot curries now!

Anyone struggle to breastfeed their baby to sleep? I find X gets v drowsy on the boob at the end of a feed, I put him down in the bassinette, but he is often wide awake again 10 mins later. If I offer the breast again at that point he just comfort sucks...not great for my nipples, esp when he feeds every 1.5 - 2 hours in the evening. I would rather avoid a dummy at this stage, although will rethink after 6-8 weeks. He is a very "sucky" baby, so half the time DH or I have one of our fingers in his mouth, LOL...

[TNTDAD]

Quick update taylahs out if nursery with mum on ward as a boarder if jaundice test ok tomo my girls will be home

[LillyPonds]

Hi ladies

Congratulations to Sharlsum on the birth's of Mia Rose & Elias! :cheerleader1::cheerleader2:

And congratulations to Lilypily on the birth of baby Max Peter!:cheerleader2:

I can't believe there are only a few of us left in the thread to have our babies. Seems like only yesterday we were all joining and discussing nursery's and the like.

Kim - Glad to see all is well with Calvin. And I'm glad you've ruled out colic.

Bourbon - check out the Magical compact. We have that sling and it lies bubs flat across your chest as well as all the traditional ways. DH loves to carry bubs around like that lol. We haven't used the pram yet.

Anemone - I find that bubs always has an upset period and nothing I do can seem to comfort Lilly. I've tried the extra feed etc... Whilst DH is still at home he often takes her and lies with her on his chest to settle her. I have no clue as to what I'm going to do when DH goes back to work next week.

Simone - OMG that fall sounds terrible. And of all the times for it to happen as well. I hope it gets better soon for you.

AFM - All going well. I'm feeling much more confident in breastfeeding. I'm trying to express as often as I can so I can keep my supply going. Bubs is almost back to her birth weight. She had gained 100gms in the first week. So I must be doing something right lol. I agree with you all on the finding time to come on here to post. I feel a bit lost if I don't haha.

Have a great day ladies!

[ange81]

hi girls, sorry ive been MIA for so long... was a different story for us all a few months back.. how life has changed! barely time to do anything these days.. only get those few hrs here and there when bubs asleep!
congrats to all the new mummies!!! that list is looking soo long now.. its crazy!
if any of you would like to join us on facebook alot of us are continuing chatting over there, please add me.. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1176201137 would still love to stay in touch with u all once this thread completely dies off..
Ashlee is 6.5 weeks now, feeding and sleeping pretty well, we have our bad nights but thats to be expected. times def going quickly though. :)

[anemone]

just quickly - typing one-handed whilebubs is in sling.

Winzy - here is a link to some info on the budget and PPL.


http://moneybasics.nab.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/individual-fact-sheet-budget-2011.pdf

See pg 6. If I have it right then the 150K applies to the primary carer rather than the family as a whole - so if the mother (assuming shes the primary carer) earns less than this then its OK. i hope so anyway - cos it would truly suck to be counting on that money and have applied and for bubs to be born or heavily pg,and then lose it.

zult - thanks for the tips . hope it goes better than you expect when DH goes back to work...

[KimInMellie]

Bunnikins is 8 days over and being induced this evening - looks like we'll add another the the brood tomorrow! :smiliedance:

[anemone]

Good luck for today, Bunnikins!!

[bourbon11646]

Goodluck Bunnikins!! xx

[Winzy]

Anemone: hi there! I've heard that the hugabub sling is good cos it spreads the load over your back and keeps bubs nice n close so they apparently find em quite settling and u can also breastfeed in it so I got one but still waiting for bubs to try it out :) thanks also for your info on the budget and ppl I was freaking out a bit about it! I think u r right about the 150 k for the primary carer so phew! I think we should be right.  Now not that I know but I read a book called 'safeSleep space' that recommends letting bubs have some awake time after a feed and then putting bubs down to bed calm but awake so they learn to self settle. This is the theory but buggered if I know if it works or not!!!
Bunnikins: best wishes for your birth!!!
Afm: had a Freaky dream that bubs tried to push itself out through my belly and I had to push it back in this morning! And oh dear where did that bag of fruchocs go?! 

[KimInMellie]

Bunnikins had her bub!


:celebrate:
Congratulations to Bunnikins & DH
and welcome earthside little Hayden Troy!
Born May 20 at 4.09 pm, weighing in at 3.75kg.
According to Bun, 'Mumma puffed & daddy chuffed!'
:celebrate:

[KimInMellie]

:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:



JUNE
Winzy - 6th
Everythingcrossed - 6th - BOY
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL


:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:
Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth &Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)
Babydreaming ? EDD 6/5
TNTbub - Taylah Rose - Arrived 10/5 (EDD 8/6)
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias - Arrived 12/5 (EDD 10/6)
Lilypily - Max Peter - Arrived 13/5 (EDD 16/5)
Bunnikins - Hayden Troy - Arrived 20/5 (EDD 11/5)

[KimInMellie]

Anemone, I second Winzy on the hugabub. It looks fiddly at first, being just one long piece of cloth, but it's really supportive and doesn't get too hot for mum or bub. I tried Calvin in it about a week ago so I could have my hands free to make dinner and we both loved it. :)

[Lychee]

Wow a huge congrats to all the new mummies! Can't believe there is only three June girls to go.


Sent from my iPhone using Bub Hub

[lilypily]

Kim well done on the roll call , I can't believe we only have a few left.

[bourbon11646]

Kim - you are doing a GREAT job updating each roll call!!

Congrats to Bunnikins & Dh on your precious bundle xxx

[SimoneK]

Congratulations Bunnikins on the birth of :cheerleader2:Hayden! :cheerleader2:
Wow, i can't believe we're all almost all done.
AFM my back is finally getting better. God, it was horrible - being in pain all the time turned me into a real bi-atch. You know the fable of the bear with the thorn in its paw? I was the bear. And the bear had to write an essay for uni, too. The bear was not a happy bear. Luckily it submitted a terrible rush job of an assignment with 2 hours to spare before the deadline so now it is free to finish its birth story!!!
Jesus, what the heck am I talking about. Sleep deprived or what? :laughing:

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations to Bunnikins on the arrival of baby Hayden!:cheerleader2:

Crickey we're almost done. I second Lilypily on the list being so up to date! Great job considering we all know how busy everyone is.

[anemone]

CONGRATULATIONS to Bunnikins!! & Welcome to the world little Hayden! Hope you are getting some much needed rest and enjoying getting to know bubs!


Winzy and Kim - thanks for the HugAbub recommendation. I was actually lent one last week by my doula. Tried bub in it once and he loved it and slept, but second time he didnt seem keen (understatemnent of the century). But I i will keep persisting. I also have a Baby Bjorn, which seems a bit easier to do up/undo, but same thing - sometimes he'll settle in it and sometimes he'll scream blue murder. The interesting thing is that the sling he loves is the simple Baba sling (shell type) - he will nealry always settle in that. But its so painful on my neck and shoulders and I dont like using it while cooking as it puts his head at just the wrong height for all the bench tops etc and it would be so easy to bump his head. Trial and error I guess.

Kim - I agree - good on you for being so onto it with the rollcall.

Winzy - freaky dream!

Simone - poor bear! Glad to hear you got the assignment done. Look fwd to reading your birth story.

Lychee - hope all's going well with Archie!

:wave: to all the other mummies and the lucky last 3 ladies left to give birth.

AFM - taking it easy today as a few unsettled nights. The worst being sat - I had a very mild curry but Xavier obviously didn't think so...We will clearly have to rethink our takeaway choices!
Had my whooping cough jab the other day and have finally persuaded DH to do the same. WC is the one disease that really freaks me out - there is an epidemic currently in Sydney and newborns are at greatest risk. Of course we still cant protect him 100% till hes had the full course of vaxs but if both of us are immunised then that helps a lot.

Might try to go to the cinema (mums and bubs showing) this week to see Babies. Has anyone seen it?

[everythingcrossed]

Yay for me, first day of maternity leave!!!!!!

I have been cooking like the end of the world is coming LOL! But feel very organised now, bags all packed, freezer stocked, house clean - I think we are ready for this bubba!

Bit freaky seeing Winzy and I are next in line - I will race ya Winzy, but you will have to go before the 3rd as that is my inducement date :smiliedance:
OB told me that he will be doing a cervical examination on Wednesday, thinking that could bring things on too. Baby is engaged and I have been getting very sharp stabbing like pains most nights, so hopefully things are getting started.

We finished our ante natal classes too, just in time, DH is a little shell shocked to say the least.

Congratulations to all the recent mummies, can't wait to join you :hyper::hyper:
EC
xx

[Hayls70]

Congratulations Bunnykin on the birth of your little man Hayden xx hope mum and bubs doing well xx

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

I've just joined FB ad would like to be added to the FB page. I have no clue how to ask to be invited lol. Can someone help?

[KimInMellie]

Zult, go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/KimInMellie & click on the 'add as friend' button next to my name at the top of the page. A dialog box pops up asking if you want to send the friend request. Click 'send request' at the bottom right of the box. When I get your request, I can then add you to our BH facebook group. :)

[ange81]

yay zult!! glad u are joining us! I will add u on there too.
congrats Bunnikins on the birth of Hayden!!! :smiliedance:

[Winzy]

Bunnikins: Congratulations to you and DH on the birth of baby Hayden! How exciting!!
:smiliedance::hyper::celebrate::cheerleader2:

Everything crossed: Oh wow i didnt realise we were due on the same day wow! UR lucky being engaged my bubs is still hovering above the pelvis at 5/5ths so will be doing everything i can to bring bubs down this week. Best wishes if you do go before me :) :fingerscrossed::babydust1::goodvibes:

[LillyPonds]

Zult, go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/KimInMellie & click on the 'add as friend' button next to my name at the top of the page. A dialog box pops up asking if you want to send the friend request. Click 'send request' at the bottom right of the box. When I get your request, I can then add you to our BH facebook group. :)

Oh great thanks for that. My initals are NL but I've added a personal message explaining who I am.

Everything crossed - Yay for maternity leave. I ciuldn't wait to start.

Winzy - Some babies don't engage until birth itself. I think thats for subsequent births though.

[bourbon11646]

Sorry Zult just saw your message, glad to have u with us on FB :-)

[B1B2]

Congratulations Bunnikins on the arrival of Hayden!! awesome news!!

I've been MIA from here....... life is just crazy with twins and a toddler, I barely get to turn my computer on!
My babies are 7 weeks old, and smiliing lots, time has flown. They are growing well, but have really different personalities and are really difficult to synchronize feeds/sleeps because of that. Ewen takes big feeds and is a relaxed boy and is easy to put down (well relative to his sis!!) and will sleep 4hrly at night. However Aila is smaller, feeds every 2.5-3hrs and during the day catnaps for 40 mins at a time, she is constantly lookign around with big bright eyes and gets bored easily!! Needless to say, mummy is super tired after getting up ~2hrly every night. Plus I have mastitis.... oh well, it will get easier I know, sorry for the vent!

Might catch you on FB of that's ok?

Good luck for the coming weeks Winzy and Everythingcrossed!

[ange81]

good to hear from u B1B2! what is ur facebook?..
Kim - do u have it? :)
hopefully have u on there with us soon if ur not already.
mine is http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=1176201137

anemone and sandramm1 - any chance you will create an account just to join us girls on there?? :wave:

[KimInMellie]

anemone and sandramm1 - any chance you will create an account just to join us girls on there?? :wave:
haha no pressure! :p
B1B2, of course, the more the merrier, just add me or ange as a friend on one of the links above (or any others from our thread that you may be friends with on FB) and we'll add you to the group :)

Sounds like you have both ends of the spectrum with Ewen & Aila. Mastitis is no fun I'm sure. I've been dealing with nipple thrush and it's a killer. And I don't even have a bad case of it. Stupid antibiotics ...

EC, what did your OB say at your appt yesterday?

Hi to anemone, sandra, all our other very busy mummies & mummies to be :)

[Winzy]

Hi there all just relaxin sippin raspberry leaf tea and hoeing into a bag of cookie man cookies yummmm
Today I had the prebirth wax and sat with my knees allayed apart for he whole time and when I got up couldn't walk! Blimey! Also have been sitting over the fit ball with knees spouse to get bubs to move down and I think it might be working 2 hairdressers today told me geez it must be soon u r carrying low so hopefully that means the fit ball (and the Wednesday night business time with dh;)) were successful and bubs is movin on down...

[Winzy]

Sorry stupid iPhone autocorrect spouse and allayed were meat to be 'splayed'

[everythingcrossed]

Quick update from the OB on Wednesday - baby is very much engaged and won't be disengaging anytime soon, I am measuring a week in front still and inducement is still scheduled for next Friday 3rd!!

He told me to see him again on Tuesday if i don't see him before, so he thinks baby can still make an arrival before then, I'm not so sure, he seems pretty comfortable in there LOL! Just hoping he doesn't arrive on Monday, as that is my birthday and don't fancy being in labour that day :cantbelieveit:

I haven't had any Braxton Hicks, no mucus plug (that I know of??), just lots and lots of creamy mucus in the mornings when I get up.

Today I have an awful headache, due to the lack of sleep last night - I am starting to get really pee'd off not being able to sleep, cause I know this time next week, sleep will be a thing of the past.

1 week to go until bubba will be enticed to make an appearance :smiliedance:

EC
xx

[lilypily]

Good luck everythingcrossed, I hope you meet your baby soon and join us on Facebook. Hope it all goes well for you.

[Hayls70]

everythingcrossed- a week to go!! yay! Its such a pain when you cant sleep at the end of the pregnancy because you know you're going to get less soon!! Maybe do something nice for yourself like get a foot massage or pedicure!!

[SimoneK]

Hang in there Winzy and Everythingcrossed. The waiting is awful. Every day feels like a year, don't it? Soon you'll be typing one handed like the rest of us! (I told DH I was typing one handed and realised that in a different context it was quite a sleazy thing to say!) :laughing:

[Mya]

Hi ladies, Firstly, congratulations to all the mums. Extremley exciting for all.

Im currently in bed on iPhone but just wanted to let you all know that I had my twins "Chloe & Eva" (2.9 kilo and 2.4 kilos) on the 9th may via CS. Made it to exactly 37 wks.

Slow recovery, but home after 9 days.

I would love to catch up with you all so will jump on ipad soon.

Congrats to all again.
Nat

[Mya]

Just quickly, for mums who have some trouble settling their little ones etc.... I recommend the book "save our sleep" from Tissy Hall. So far twins r in a routine. I feed at 7am, 11am, 3pm and 7pm again then let them go through the night - which is on average 4-5 hrs. Doesn't matter what happened through the night, we are up at 7am for a feed to commence the day on routine. It's fantastic and gives some good advice. But my twins are making it easy for us at the moment. They self settle & burp well. My 3 yo daughter slept 40 mins at one time. I hope the twins don't change.

Question : for mummies with twins who bottle feed, do you feed same time, and if so, do u use rockers or what do you do? Hubby still home helping out (6wks off) so trying to establish a set up.

Hope you are all getting some zzzzzzz's

Xx

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations Mya on the birth of babies Chloe & Eva!:cheerleader1::cheerleader1:

[anemone]

hi girls.

Mya - huge congrats on the arrival of the twinnies. you sound super-organised...

I wish Xavier would feed on a 4-hourly schedule but he is more like 2.5-3 hrs...if i tried to stretch it Id have at least an hour of screaming every time...He does pull an occasional 4-hour gap between feeds and its such a treat LOL. Perhaps i should read that book...

Kim - sorry to hear abt the thrush, hope it goes soon. X got it, but luckily it was picked up quickly & treated so I dont think it got passed to me.

EC - sounds like it could happen before the induction - hope so.

AFM - I may have to give in to peer pressure and join FB so as to keep up with you all. Will look into it in a free moment...whenever that will be. Kim, can I use one of the links you've already posted?
Not too bad here but we are still struggling with the feeding. X is having tanties at the boob - getting v worked up and frustrated, screaming, and treating my nipple like a dog would a toy...
Think sometimes its frustration if the letdown doesnt happen straight away, other times maybe flow is too fast, other times ????. Not all feeds, just 2-3 a day but quite upsetting for us both. Will try and see the BF clinic on Weds. Im like - when is this BF'g thing going to get easier? :confused: He is nearly 6 weeks so hopefully SOON!!
On the plus side, lots of v cute smiles and almost a few "babbles".

:wave: to everyone xox A

[bourbon11646]

Kim - do u also have nipple thrush? So do I and it kills! I was on nilstatin tablets & drops for bub and it helped a bit but it's not gone completely and is hurting again. Now I'm trying Daktarin gel for me & bub.
What are you using?
It got SO painful at one stage I nearly gave up bf but I'm so glad I persevered.
Just wish it would get better, it prob hurts luca too.
Damn antibiotics at cs!

[babydreaming2009]

Hi Girls!

Sorry for taking so long to post but I am just coming out of the haze of newborn land and am finally making contact with the outside world.

My precious little girl - Jasmine Grace - arrived at 40w + 9 on the evening of 15 May... after a 26 hour labour. She was 1 oz short of 9 pounds, and was a healthy pink colour with lots of hair. She has the chubbiest cheeks I have ever seen and is just adored by her daddy (and me).

The birth went relatively well. I had one wish - to avoid a ceasar if at all possible, and despite telling me other doctors would have cut at the 22 hour mark (when I was still only 5 cms), my ob let me keep going and then coached me through a (relatively) short 30 minute pushing phase. I thank my childbearing hips (only time in my life) that I didn't tear at all.

The first two weeks have been challenging. My Little Miss lost just over 10% body weight in hospital, and then remained stagnant after 4 days at home. I thought the BF was going okay - she was attaching well, but then she would just go to sleep on the boob. So we are on 3 hourly feed cycles and top ups from EBM, and then if she is still hungry, we have formula as back-up.

So despite feeling like a milking machine for 2 out of every 3 hours, I am blissfully happy. DH has been amazing - really supportive, and so taken with his little princess.

I hope you are all doing well - and that your little ones are thriving. Look forward to catching up on all your posts in coming days.

xx

[babydreaming2009]

:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:




JUNE
Winzy - 6th
Everythingcrossed - 6th - BOY
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL



:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:


Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth &Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)
TNTbub - Taylah Rose - Arrived 10/5 (EDD 8/6)
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias - Arrived 12/5 (EDD 10/6)
Lilypily - Max Peter - Arrived 13/5 (EDD 16/5)
Babydreaming2009 - Jasmine Grace - Arrived 15/5 (EDD 6/5)
Bunnikins - Hayden Troy - Arrived 20/5 (EDD 11/5)


Just updating my little girl's arrival :cheerleader1:

[anemone]

Congratulations BabyDreaming on the arrival of Jasmine!

Gorgeous name! Sounds like the labour was pretty full on - you did so well to get through such a long labour and then get away with no tearing!

We had similar issues with bub's weight, so i can relate to the hassles with the formula topups. hope she can be off them soon.

[ange81]

Anemone - u can go to one of kims links or go here (my link) and add me if you come onto facebook! http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=1176201137 I can then help get u set up and add u to our group on there and u will find the rest of the girls on there..

congrats to Mya on the birth of the twins and to babydreaming on the birth of your little girl!!! :cheerleader1: :cheerleader1: :cheerleader1:

[KimInMellie]

Congratulations Babydreaming!! Like you said, it sounds like you've had a challenging first few weeks, but you're on top of things and it will get easier. A supportive & helpful DH makes so much difference, too. :)

Bourbon, yes I was dealing with nipple thrush for a bit there. I think I caught it early though, so it hasn't been too bad. I was doing Daktarin gel in Cal's mouth & on my nipples, and probiotics for me to replenish what was lost to anti-biotics during labour. Honestly, I think the probiotics are what made the difference. Calvin still has just a bit of thrush-related nappy rash, but I'm using Daktozin on it (which is a combo of zinc oxide barrier and clomatrizole anti-fungal) and that's worked well for clearing it up.

Anemone, like Ange said, use her link or one of mine once you've set up a FB account and we'll get you added to the group. That goes for anyone else who'd like to chat over there as well. I've loved this thread on BH so very much and hate to see it fade -- but it can be challenging to read back and then collect my thoughts for a long post and update. FB allows me to just read & post quick thoughts & photos and still keep up with everybody. :) We can certainly help you set your privacy settings in a way that works for you. On BFing, I was having similar reactions from Calvin for a week or so there when he hit 3 or 4 weeks - unlatching, screaming, pulling at the nipple - but he's stopped doing it now for the most part. Now his only thing is that he plays at the nipple, mouths it without sucking sometimes, but when I take him off and burp him and try again he's fine.

Mya, congrats on your twins! Thanks so much for letting us know how you're getting on.

EC, I read that you're gearing up for a Friday deliver at the latest ... I know you're super excited and nervous! Can't wait to read the good news. :)

Well, AFM ... Calvin is 5 weeks on Friday. I can hardly believe it! We're starting to get hints of smiles and he has such a good nature. Mornings are the best, because he's curious and babbling and very easy-going then. I'm still tired but getting used to it. How's everybody doing with lochia? I've still got a small amount, more an annoyance than anything, but hopefully by next week that will be a thing of the past. What I can't get over is how quickly the baby weight came off! I'm back down to my IVF weight - meaning still 5kg over what I was when I started down the IVF path and all those injections made me crazy and fat (hahaha). I still have a jelly belly but I'll get around to fixing that ... someday. Weirdly, I now have a linea nigra, which I didn't have at all during the pregnancy. :confused: I guess that will fade too?

Hugs & love to all :goodvibes:

[bourbon11646]

I also have a linear nigra, luca is 8 wks and mine not fading yet!!

[SimoneK]

Babydreaming - Congratulations on the birth of JASMINE. :cheerleader1: 9 days over? I think you are the winner of most overdue on this thread! And a 26 hour labour. You're amazing!

Mya - Great to hear from you and congrats on the birth of
CHLOE:cheerleader1: & EVA:cheerleader1:. I have the Tizzie Hall book and am roughly following it. It really works if you get them to bed by the magic hour of 7pm, doesn't it? 6, or 8 just don't cut it. When we're back in Melbourne (less than 3 weeks!) and he has his own room I'm going to try following the routines to the letter. It's been a bit hard moving around bangkok and sharing hotel rooms with my mum.

Anemone - Breast feeding is bloody hard. It sort of p's me off when breastfeeding advocates skip over how difficult it is. Better to be honest about what we're up against. I didn't think I'd be able to BF at all. It took over a week for my milk to come in - before which there was no sign it was going to - and it was really hard to find info on what to do. Poor Hugh was starving and all the books just said 'perservere' which was no help so in the end I fed him formula off a plastic spoon AND put him on the boob AND pumped like crazy and eventually something happened and now he's just on breastmilk. I actually think as soon as I started to feed him formula I relaxed that he wasn't starving, and started to make milk. I found it impossible to get him to latch on when I was in the sitting position, so fed him lying down on the bed all the time, and now I can't feed him sitting up! I can't get the angles right, it's like physics, and it does my back in every time I try. I'd better learn though, as I can't just lie on the ground if we go out in public!

Kim - I think I'm getting close to my pre-preg weight too (But yes, with Jelly belly...) I'm pretty amazed. I thought I'd be huge for ages. I think wearing a girdle thing for a month helped, and being a bit stressed and manic is good for weight loss, and also not having time to eat! After the birth my ankles and feet were so swollen and hideous that it totally stopped me worrying about the state of my stomach. I still have the linea negra, but I got it above my belly button, not below. That nipple thrush sounds awful. Hope the probiotics fix it all up! I agree that FB is easier to post on when you have no time and are holding a baby!

Winzy and Everythingcrossed - how's it going?

B1B2 - 7 weeks old! I salute you getting up 2 hours a night - and with mastitis. And you still managed to sound jolly in your post. Good on you!

AFM - From the length of this post you may have figured out that Hugh is miraculously asleep during the daytime. Amazing! I put him in his cot after his morning feed and he fell asleep! I could even have a shower! Or eat something! He usually only has two or three 10 mnute naps a day and THAT'S IT. Then he sleeps through the night, waking for a feed at about midnight, then 3. Maybe he is going through the 6 week growth spurt.
We fly back to Hanoi this afternoon which is fantastic - but I'm totally freaking about going on the plane. I really hope his ears are okay and he does't scream. I'm taking some expressed milk and may try to BF, although I'm not crash hot at doing it sitting up, and haven't attempted it in public before. I have a sling to carry him in, (but I don't seem to be able to position him right - more angles and maths and physics I suspect) and a carry-cot, but I'm not sure if they'll let me carry it onto the plane.
My mum left 5 days ago, and it's been good just having him on my own, although a lot harder with no one to hand him to when I need to eat/shower/etc.
I'm really excited about flying from Hanoi to Melbourne and moving into our flat in less than 3 weeks. Yay! Maybe some of us Melbourne girls can catch up sometime? He's starting to stir...better go have that shower. :wave:

[anemone]

Just v quickly as going out for X's 6 week jabs. Have taken the plunge and joined FB, under an alias though (I know, I'm paranoid!) - Ange I have added you using that link so you should see a friend request from Anita Taylor. Look forard to chatting more to you all soon

xoxA

[lilypily]

Birth Story Max Peter

On the day of the caesarean I woke up feeling like I had to be ready for this. Mick was now home from work and I felt like it was time to get this done. I was in a bit of a state before Mick got home but since he got back I was calm and ready to have my baby. He had been working 7 hours away and my Mum and Dad came up in case he didn’t make it.
I had an easy pregnancy, I put on a total of 2kg and barley looked pregnant. This pregnancy is an IVF pregnancy after 2 years of TTC. My partner Mick had a vasectomy and myself low ovarian reserve. My lovely sister stepped in with a donor egg and we were lucky enough to become pregnant after only 1 egg fertilised. This was meant to be. I had planned an elective CS right from the start as I wanted this baby to come in the world with minimum fuss and the safest possible delivery for the baby.
I slept well that night before the CS, I surprised myself, I got up an had a shower and we got dressed. We took some photos and then walking out the door we the first thing we saw was the planets all aligned in a once in a lifetime display which apparently meant the journey of new life. This was comforting as we drove to the hospital as it was the beginning of our babies life.
We arrived at hospital at 6am and parked the car and went in. Everything was still in night mode and there was nobody around. We went up to our room and met the midwife. I had to have a shower and wash in the special soap and get into a gown. After than I was chatting to Mick and we were watching TV. It was about 6.30am by this time and somebody came to wheel me to theatre. It was all happening and I just told myself to go with the flow, Mick was right by my side and we were on our way. Down in theatre Mick was taken to put on his scrubs and the anaesthetist assistant put the IV in my hand. Mick joined me and the anaesthetist walks into the room and introduces himself. His name is Gary. Mick askes how old he is as he looks all of 25 years old.
He askes me to walk into theatre and get up on the bed. Mick is invited into the theatre as well and I sit up on the bed. Im trying to hold it all together and the image that keeps me going is wanting to see the look on Mickys face when we meet our baby. Im asked to lean over and Mick holds me and tells me to focus on my breathing. It is cold in theatre and Gary the anaethatist tells me what he is doing. Tells me to keep very still. Mick is still right my my face telling me to focus on my breathing and I listen to his instructions and do what he says. The spinal block goes in and its no worse than a blood test, I cant believe it. He says my bum will go warm and then my legs. This in fact does happen right on cue. Before I am a dead weight they lie me down. Gary says that I may start to feel light headed and 60 seconds later I am light headed. He gives me somthings that makes me come back around. They discover that I have not put on my compression stockings so they quickly put them on so they can get stated. Gary helps out an jokes that putting on stockings is so beneath him , he was joking, but I know my Porsch driving doctor is not joking, it was beneath him!!
Mick is right my my head talking to me the whole time getting me to focus on my breathing and this gets me though every minute. Gary asks if I can feel him jiggling my belly. I tell him yes I can feel that. He then tells me it was him pinching me really hard. I’m ready to go.
I’m focusing on Mick being right by my side and tell him not to go away and stay by my head the whole time. Gary tells me my blood pressure is fine, everything is looking good and I am fine. He says they are working on me and says I will feel like somebody is looking around the bottom of my hand bag in there. Mick asks me what it feels like and I say it feels like somebody is trying to get a baby out. More pulling and pushing and it feels fine, I don’t mind the “rustling” in my belly, it feels fine. Then I hear a cry, and my Obs says “ its a bald one”. They hold a baby up over the screen for us to see. It was clean and tiny. I say “Its tiny” and they say that is normal and everything is good. I don’t cry, at this stage its a baby, not my baby but just a baby. Mick goes over to look and take photos of the baby and I immediately want him back by my side. The midwife comes over and says do I want the baby on my chest and I say yes. Mick comes back and asks if I’m happy with our name choice. I then ask “Oh what did we have” and he says we have a boy. Max Peter Thoren was born at 7.30am and is our baby boy.
Max is placed on my chest and its all a bit surreal really to have this baby on my chest. We are skin to skin and he is on me. I start to feel a bit faint so I ask if Mick can have the baby so they wrap him and Mick has baby Max in his arms. I remember looking up at him holding our baby and the look on his face was so proud and loving. He was stoked you could tell. I take a picture to capture the moment and I love this picture of my two boys.
Mick is taken into recovery with Max and I am stitched up and will join them shortly. My morphine is injected into my stomach with ultrasound to provide 24hours of pain relief. I am wheeled into recovery and attended to by a lovely nurse. I say to her “Oh my god I’ve just had a baby” and she said “yes you did”. She asks if I want to breastfeed and I tell her I do. Mick and Max come back and I am given icecubes to suck on. They are just lovely as I am SOOOO thirsty. Max is put on my boob and he has a suck. I notice that he is just the cutest baby I have ever seen. Mick has done a great job looking after him in recovery. He was stroking his forehead with his finger as he figured if mummy liked it then he might too.
We are wheeled back to the ward at 9am and left to our own devices. It is back in the ward that “the baby” becomes my Max and all the love and tears happen then. Its real and he is ours. It freaks me out that 3 hours earlier we drove to hospital and now I have a baby on my chest.
Mick did great getting me though the CS and he sleeps on the hospital floor every night for 5 nights. Max is never far away from him and even slept with Daddy every night. My recovery was unbelievable. I was in the shower the next morning and all the midwives remarked that I was doing great. They all have a crush on the anaesthetist and say that all his patients have a great recovery.
I had a great birth, a great CS team and a lovely birthing experience. I am so lucky to have my loving fiancé and baby Max.

[KimInMellie]

Lilypily, what a lovely, gentle birth story. I loved reading about when Max stopped being just 'a baby' and became your baby. I've been thinking recently how very much you and Mick went through to become Max's parents, how hard you worked for it, and I am truly in awe of your perseverence & strength. Well done.

Anemone, looking forward to chatting with Anita Taylor on FB. :-) How did Xavier handle his needles?

Simone, where will you be living in Melbourne? I think I've asked before but I can't remember. Haha on the physics of breastfeeding. It does take a bit of getting used to. Maybe you can just lay your seat all the way back on the plane whenever Hugh needs a feed. Wait, that would just take you from a C position to an L position.

Whoa, Calvin had a rough night last night; he would NOT stop fussing - screaming, really - until DH brought him into bed with us. It was the first time he spent all night in our bed, believe it or not, and it was wonderful but crowded. Also, I had to change the sheets this AM from all the spitup (not to mention a leaky nappy). Luckily, Cal has decided being a screaming mess isn't really his style and is back in his cot tonight. I got my first real, real smile this afternoon. We had left Cal in the pram after our walk b/c he was asleep, and when I went out to check on him he had a faraway look in his eye, off staring at the garden, and when I caught his attention & said hello sweetie he looked at me and cracked a big grin. Toooooo cute! :goodvibes:

[Winzy]

Lilypily: awww wow I got teary from your story thanks for sharing how beautiful!

Afm: just a quickie had a bit of blood at lunchtime today that they think is bloody show am having lots of bh I think not sure if they are contractions yet some are quite painful but most are fairly mellow they made me go in and get monitored and they said that they think I will prob go into labor in the next 24 to 48 hours so
looks like bubs might share dhs birthday :) how exciting can't wait to meet bubs!!!!!
????How long after your show did labour start ladies? ???

[KimInMellie]

Hey Winzy, I've been thinking of you today! I didn't have a bloody show until the day before labour started; I'd had some loss of my mucus plug but I read somewhere it's not bloody until you start to lose the last bit of it. I can't believe our thread may be wrapped up soon! I bet the girls in the July/Aug/Sept thread are watching this one ;) just like we watched the one before ours. (Or I did, anyway!)

EC, I have everything crossed for you!

[lilypily]

Winzy how exciting

[anemone]

Lilypilly - gorgeous birth story. Love the part about the planets lining up - they really did hey? And the cute anaethetist! But especially the part where Max became YOUR baby,. IKWYM! It is so wonderful that your long hard journey is over and now you are a family. And your Dh sounds like a real trooper.

Kim - perhaps it was a moon phase thing, cos Xavier absolutely cracked the sh&ts last night too, screaming for the best part of an hour. But probably due to his jabs in this case. See below. Glad you had a more restful sleep with him when he calmed down, and how delightful to get that special first smile just for mummy!

My lochia seems to have pretty much disappeared in the last week, which Im happy about. And yes I hear you on the baby weight thing - I think Ive lost all the weight from the preg, in fact I find it hard to get enough calories (and fluids!) in for the breastfeeding sometimes.

Simone - yes you are so right about BF'g. You did so well to keep going with it despite not much support by the sounds. I am finding it beyond difficult, still ... see below.
I have my fingers crossed that the plane trip goes very smoothly. Im sure it would be stressful. But hopefully the cabin staff are used to young bubs and can help out too.
Cant believe how little sleep Hugh has in the day - but it's good that he sleeps at night. I have no idea how you get anything done...

Bourbon -yes I still have the linea nigra too, and v dark pigmentation around the navel piercing site, but my nose mottling is getting less noticeable, LOL

Winzy - oh this sounds v promising! Hope that it's the start of the real thing! My show happened over a couple of days 5-7 days before bubs was born - although I was in denial at that stage. GOOD LUCK!

AFM
BFg dramas have taken over the last few days. X has been gettign increasingly fussy and worked up at the boob cos the let down doesnt always happen quickly enough for him. I's not a supply issue, Ive been informed, as he is weeing/pooing heaps and gaining weight, plus Im still leaking profusely and need 2 breast pads on each side to contain it. He had started refusing the right side nearly every time, which was worrying me as I was thinking the supply would start to diminish on that side. I went to the BFg clinic and they advised me to do "switch feeding" where you keep swapping side to side. And to use heat packs on the right to get it really full. Have had some success with that overnight, with longer feeds on the right. But it still feels touch and go...also the switch feeding is v hard to do in public, which stressed me y'day as we had both a GP appt for the vaxs / 6 week check and mother's group - i.e., 2 feeds in public. But we managed somehow, although they werent great feeds.

Xavier was inconsolable for over an hour in the evening though y'day, but eventually settled, took both boobs (yay!) and then slept quite well. Today is another day, LOL. I have a good friend coming over who will take bubs fora a wlak while I have a bath and colour my hair. So excited.:hyper:

Hope everyone has a great day :)

[Hayls70]

lily- thanks for sharing your precious birth story, what a lovely story, you told it so well! Welcome to the world Max Peter !!!

Winzy- good luck chicky!! I had the show start on the sunday, and went into labour on the Monday x

anemone- I've requested your friendship on fb, hope you get your bf sorted..it does take time!

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations to Babydreaming on the birth of Jasmine Grace!:cheerleader1:

Lilypily - Thank you for sharing your birth story. What a lovey story it was as well. I felt like an intruder in a very intimate moment. I'm very happy for you. I had been following your TTC diary so I know how very hard you've been trying.

[halyat]

Good luck Winzy. I have been following your story and will be interested if you have a girl or boy. I think after the bloody show I was in labour 24hours afterwards. If I was a betting woman I bet your in labour around now.

Halyat

[LadySchnitzel]

WINZY HAD A BOY!!!!! So it seems......there's a message on her facebook saying 'congratulations....can't wait to meet him'!!!

Congratulations Winzy and DH!!!

(When i get the official text I will post the actual details.....but this is all i have so far after stalking her FB wall!)

[KimInMellie]

Oh wow LadySchnitzel, thanks for letting us know! I just checked her FB page & you're right - but that's the only post about it. I bet that person doesn't realize she spilled the beans for Winzy! lol

So you know what that means, girls - this thread is nearly done! EC had her little boy, Jack, yesterday and apparently Winzy today. (Can't wait to hear the details, both of you!) Sydney29, if you're still reading best of luck for your birth :)

Off to update the roll call now - I know most of us are on FB now but I hate to leave it unfinished. :p

[KimInMellie]

:cheerleader1:2011 ROLL CALL :cheerleader2:



JUNE
Sydney29 - 11th - GIRL



:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:


Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth &Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)
TNTbub - Taylah Rose - Arrived 10/5 (EDD 8/6)
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias - Arrived 12/5 (EDD 10/6)
Lilypily - Max Peter - Arrived 13/5 (EDD 16/5)
Babydreaming2009 - Jasmine Grace - Arrived 15/5 (EDD 6/5)
Bunnikins - Hayden Troy - Arrived 20/5 (EDD 11/5)
Everythingcrossed - Jack Stephen Donald - Arrived 3/6 (EDD 6/6)
Winzy - Owen Jacob - Arrived 4/6 (EDD 6/6)

[lilypily]

Good work Kim we need to see it through, it was a very big thread. Can't wait to hear about the last of the arrivals and any more birth stories.

[LulusMum]

winzy's bubba is called 'owen jacob' -lovely name, congratulations to you and dh on a perfect boy!

[lilypily]

Owen Jacob is a lovely name. Congratulations!!!

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations to Winzy on the birth of baby Owen Jacob!:cheerleader2:

Congratulations to Everythingcrossed on the birth of baby Jack Stephen Donald!:cheerleader2:

Sydney29 - Can't wait for your birth!

I'm really a bit sad to see our thread close. It makes it so final.

[sydney29]

CONGRATS WINZY AND EC. :cheerleader1:

I feel soo lonely all alone up there on the roll call. I am getting admitted on thursday and they will induce me on friday. Could someone please tell me how to add myself to the Facebook group.

[ange81]

hi sydney! not long for u now!!! go to -
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=1176201137
(thats my facebook) and i will add u to our group!!! look forward to chatting over there! :smiliedance:

[ange81]

has anyone else noticed that nearly All the surprises ended up being BOYS!!
its just about 50/50 now! i really thought we'd end up with many more girls!
can u believe it just one more person to have there bubs then our thread is done! ive loved coming on here (just about daily) and going thru this journey with everyone!! you're all soo special to me and im glad we are continuing on with each other on facebook now.. if anyone else wants to come on who isnt over on there please click on my link and come join us! :wave:

[Hayls70]

CONGRATULATIONS WINZY on the arrival of little OWEN JACOB! fantastic news and welcome to mummyhood xx

AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYTHINGCROSSED on the arrival of JACK STEPHEN DONALD!! awesome news and hope you are both well!

so happy for both of you, it's such an amazing experience and it only gets better!!! Even with the lack of sleep and learning how to take care of bubs..the learning to breast feed!OMG that can be a challenge...it is still so awesome and you fall madly in love with the little munchkin..more everyday!!

[TNTbub]

Belated congratulations since I have been out of action on bubhub.

Congratulations sharlsmum on the safe arrival of Mia and Elias.

Congratulations Lilypily on the safe arrival of Max Peter.

Congratulations Babydreaming2009 on the safe arrival of Jasmine

Congratulations Bunnikins on the safe arrival of Hayden

Congratulations Everythingcrossed on the safe arrival of Jack.

Congratulations Winzy on the safe arrival of Owen.


Group cheer squad. :cheerleader2: :cheerleader1: :celebrate: :cheerleader2: :cheerleader1:

TNTbub

[TNTbub]

My birth story.

Waters break at 7:30 in the morning.

Arrive at hospital 0800. In a moderate amount of pain. Got given a panadiene forte and was told that if it was true labour it would keep going and if not then it would stop. 0830 contractions getting stronger and was moved to the birthing room. Left there for what seemed like and enternity. Had to get husband to ask them for the gas.

At this stage I was standing. Swigging on the gas, they became stronger and stronger but because I was told not to swig on the gas too much I didnt. I tried the bath and was in it for all of 30mins, it took the pain away from my back but I began to throw up. I went back to standing.

11:00 my legs began to buckle so I sat down. Which hurt.

11:20 I had to go to the bed something that was never in my birth plan. I was given no other option!

12:00 checked 3cm dilated. And in pain had pethidene.

13:00 pain increased ouch ouch ouch...!!!! Asked for epidural or caesarean. I just couldnt cope with the pain. They kept fobbing me off. Husband goes out to speak to nurse to demand pain relief. He was fobbed off. checked my cervix 6cms dilated I had no idea about that I was high on the pethidene.

Next thing I know is Im being ordered onto my back easier said than done.

13:55 Taylah Arrived into the world. :eek:

It was a shocking experience for me. So much so Im having counselling for what happened at the birth.

I didnt like being fobbed off and not being told what was going on. If the nurses had said hey there is NO time for epidural your daughter will be here within 1-2hours or soon then I would have refocused and got on with the pain and the task of birthing. I was there thinking they arent giving me pain relief and I am in PAIN and I could be doing this for the next 10 hours!!! No one told me anything!!!

And my daughter ended up in special care nursery she was a month premie. On a drip to regulate her blood sugars and a nasogastric tube for feeding as she didnt have that much of a suck reflex.

I wont go into it on here but if your interested in the rest of the story it will be in my pregnancy diary. The whole 4 day hospital stay was horrendous. I will NEVER birth at Sutherland hospital again. If Im lucky enough to have a second child.

TNTbub.

[anemone]

Congratulations Winzy on the arrival of Owen!:smiliedance::smiliedance: Rest up and enjoy getting to know your little man!!

Congratulations to EC on the birth of baby Jack :hyper::hyper:Enjoy every precious moment!

Sydney - not long now - got everything crossed for fri for you...

Yes im sad that this thread is ending too, its been a fantastic place to hang out for 9m +...What a journey, hey??

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

TNT - I'm so sorry you had such a dreadful birth experience. I can't imagine what an ordeal it must have been for you. I hope the counseling is helping.

Sydney - Any baby news yet? I hope so. I'll check on FB though!

[KimInMellie]

Congratulations to Sydney & DH
on the birth June 10 of
Ananya!

:celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate:

Wow, I can't believe we're all mummies now!! :smiliedance::smiliedance:

[KimInMellie]

:cheerleader1:April/May/June 2011 - Our Bubs Are Here! :cheerleader2:


:hyper:Babies Born - BH name, Baby's name, Date Arrived (EDD):hyper:


Josi - Cleo Violet & Noah Richard - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
lauralollipop - Bethany - Arrived 11/3 (EDD 29/3)
Moo79 - Angus David - Arrived 21/3 (EDD 6/4)
Hayls70 - Isla Rose - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 24/3)
bonnybaby - Ivy Mae - Arrived 22/3 (EDD 22/3)
Mahogany - Chelsea Peata Rumatiki Nikora Arrived 23/3 (EDD 10/4)
Ange - Ashlee May - Arrived 2/4 (EDD 1/4)
Lulusmum - Ned Richard & Annabelle Molly - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 28/4)
Carrington - Carrington Mackenzie - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 3/4)
B1B2 - Aila Elisabeth & Ewen Matthew - Arrived 4/4 (EDD 22/4)
bourbon11646 - Luca Chase - Arrived 5/4
Sandramm1 - Valentina Faith - Arrived 6/4 (EDD 10/4)
Kizmetzing - Isabelle - Arrived 15/4 (EDD 1/5)
Purplesparkles - Jackson Daniel - Arrived 19/4 (EDD 15/4)
SimoneK - Hugh - Arrived 20/4 (EDD 15/4)
Anemone- Xavier- Arrived 20/4 (EDD 29/4)
Kim - Calvin Theodore - Arrived 22/4 (EDD 21/4)
helstar2303 - Summer Bao - Arrived 23/4 (EDD 27/4)
Lychee - Archie Alexander - Arrived 1/5 (EDD 25/4)
Zultbear - Lilly Judith - Arrived 6/5 (EDD 3/5)
TNTbub - Taylah Rose - Arrived 10/5 (EDD 8/6)
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias - Arrived 12/5 (EDD 10/6)
Lilypily - Max Peter - Arrived 13/5 (EDD 16/5)
Babydreaming2009 - Jasmine Grace - Arrived 15/5 (EDD 6/5)
Bunnikins - Hayden Troy - Arrived 20/5 (EDD 11/5)
Everythingcrossed - Jack Stephen Donald - Arrived 3/6 (EDD 6/6)
Winzy - Owen Jacob - Arrived 4/6 (EDD 6/6)
Sydney29 - Ananya - Arrived 10/6 (EDD 11/6)

:babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1: :babydust1:

[LillyPonds]

Hi Ladies

Congratulations to Sydney on the arrival of baby Ananya!:cheerleader1:

Well we are all done having our bubs now. Can you believe it?

[josi]

Hi Ladies,
I know, I haven't been on here for so long... the twins are 13 weeks now and talk about keeping me busy!!! I've just purchased an I phone as I can't ever get to my computer these days so hopefully that will improve things!!

Huge congratulations to all the babies that have been born:

TNTbub - Taylah Rose
Sharlsum - Mia Rose & Elias
Lilypily - Max Peter
Babydreaming2009 - Jasmine Grace
Bunnikins - Hayden Troy
Everythingcrossed - Jack Stephen Donald
Winzy - Owen Jacob
Sydney29 - Ananya

:celebrate: :celebrate:

TnT bub - so sorry to hear about your birth story. How crappy when you are so disempowered.

Sorry i can't get to more personals but twins are on their way home.... just wanted to pop in and say a big :wave: and that I haven't forgotten you all. I'll try and get myself organised onto your facebook group & might have more luck checking in there.

So what can I say?? Busy, busy!!! It seems I've got one fairly easy bub (cleo) and one more difficult one (Noah). I'm still trying to work out if he has reflux or something as he screams when eating - but maybe he's overtired or stimulated??? still trying to work it all out.

Loving being a mum though - just the best feeling!

good luck for anyone else about to pop.

Josi (amanda)

[lilypily]

Jodi great to hear from you, please join out fb page, especially since you have an i phone now. Good luck with the babies double trouble omg!

[Winzy]

Hi there everyone sorry Ive been MIA for a while its been a very busy couple of weeks!!!

Well I will tell you my birth story and a quick update of life at home so it will be a bit of a marathon post sorry!

For DHs birthday we decided to have his family and my mum around for Sukiyaki at our place. The day before Id had a tiny bit of a show, but it wasnt mucousy, so didnt think much of it. At midday Mum and I went shopping together and as I was leaning over the trolley, i had my first more painful than usual BH contraction. "Ah she'll be right, its just BH, it could be another few days yet," thinks I. I had another painful contraction at the bakery as I was talking to my best mates mum and then rang mum and decided we'd better get home just in case. DH had taken the day off, and started to time the BH contractions just in case they were the real thing. They were between 5 and 7 minutes apart, so not really that regular, so I decided that they must be BH and plowed on. Doing the prep for dinner, they got worse, so I got Mum to take over the dinner while DH put the tens on me and I bounced on the fit ball for a while. By about 6:30pm DH thought it would be wise to ring the hospital. They suggested we stick it out at home for a little longer. The MIL, FIL, SIL and BIL all rocked up toting bottles of wine and pressies for DH. We said that we might'nt be there long as I was probably in labour. BIL says "Ah she'll be right, if you go too early they'll probably send you home anyway!" I agreed, so sat tight while we opened pressies and did the birthday cake. MIL served yum cha entrees and then I thought I might as well stick around and help instruct everyone on how to cook the main course. (Sukiyaki is a dish cooked at the table) so Im sitting there at the table, hair a sight, on my my fit ball, tens machine cranking, teaching a crash course in Japanese cookery! I then had a little lie down in bed as the pain was getting quite bad. By about 9:30pm we got a phone call from the hospital saying "uuum where are you? We really think you should come down now," so DH and I said our goodbyes and trundled off in the car, the pain was quite bad, so I had my labour blend essential oils, my stress balls, and my relaxation visualisations helping to distract me in the car. At one point DH was going to go a longer route to the hospital as the road was better, but i said "just get there now, I dont want to give birth in the car!"
We arrived, DH took my MASSIVE labour bag and idock and his bag up to 4 North. They put us in a room, then a midwife took us to the birthing suite. She said the one with the bath was available, so we could use that. I hadnt intended using the bath, as TENS was working for me at that stage. DH got everything set up - pictures to help visualisations on the wall, mantras from Juju Sunjin's 'Birth Skills,' meditations on the idock. They examined me and said that I must have been doing some hard labour at home, as I was 2 cm dilated. I laughed and said "I have been hosting a dinner party!"
First stage passed with me counting footsteps and pacing, sitting on the fit ball with the TENS, bouncing, with DH counting contractrations the whole way through. Then as it got worse I stood in front of a picture of my fave hellish running track at Maslins, visualised running up that hill as I moved my arms and legs, till DH got to 30 then looked at the pics of the view from the top of that hill as it subsided. This worked really well with the TENS to distract. The pain was starting to get worse, and I wanted something in my 'bag' to help me if i couldnt cope. So I asked to try the gas. The midwife suggested I get in the bath with the entonox, but I was still reluctant to take off the TENS. So I used the gas while on the fit ball, ended up vomiting, but felt fine with it after that. After a while, the midwife convinced me to give the bath a go, so I did, and OMG I am so glad I did! I immediately relaxed and the pain seemed to subside a little. DH moved the mantra, counting and colour flashcards into the bathroom and I took my stress ball with me, which I banged on the bath rail throughout contractions as dh counted. The midwife told me that first sign of wanting to push and they had to get me out of the bath. The bloody show came out and I thought it may have been my waters, and I started to feel like pushing, so I got out. BAD move. I put the TENS back on but the pain was a bit worse. She got me up on the bed and told me i was 7 cm and that my waters were bulging, but "oh hang on, there they go, your waters have broken" I think she broke my waters, but i was fine with that I just wanted it to be over. My middie then told me she was about to go off shift, DH and I looked at her imploringly, as if to say "dont leave!!" but the next middie was just as lovely. She got me hunched over a bean bag on the bed in the nick, and i just sucked on that gas, and banged the mattress with my stress ball, and vocalised rather loudly through the contractions, which were coming much more often and lasting longer. I REALLY wanted to push, and I got to 10 cm, but there was a bit of the rim of the cervix caught on bubbies head. Still no sign of the Ob, I thought that this must still be going to go on for ages, but just did the panting thing and resisted the urge to push. FINALLY the ob came in and I became aware of the sun shining through the windows so I thought awesome I must be nearly there!! He said, "theres a rim of the cervix caught on bubbies head, so next contraction, just push, then Ill flick the cervix out of the way, and he should slip down into the birth canal." Sure enough, one push later and I was in the pushing stage of labour. I remember that it hurt heaps and the hardest thing was not being able to vocalise, as I had to hold my breath and push. It went on for about 15 minutes or so, then Owen's head started to crown. I asked for a mirror as I wanted to be able to see what I was doing. I pushed, and he went back in a little bit, pushed again and he almost made it, but the ob told me to pause as I would have had a 3rd degree tear. He said that he recommended an episiotomy, and I said "whatever, just get it out!" I stopped looking, he made a little cut, which I didnt even feel, and then the next contraction out popped the head and he urged me to keep pushing, as DH said the cord was around his neck, but as the neck popped out the Ob flicked the cord out of the way, then, he slid out and they plopped him onto my chest, a warm, slippery, pink, grey, vernix covered ball of gorgeous baby! I was awestruck! A very cathartic song by Feist, 'Lover's Spit' was playing, the sun was streaming in the window, and bubby was rooting around for my breast, DH was hovering over so proud and excited you could see him BEAMING! I was in disbelief and so happy! Finally DH asked what we got, (it hadnt even occured to me!) and the ob had a look and we saw that he was definately a gorgeous little boy! Owen lay there on my chest, looking around, squawking, and having a tiny little breastfeed with the help of the middies, so I didnt really notice as I delivered the placenta and they stitched me up again. We both started calling him Owen right away, though we hadnt really had the name discussion, it seemed to fit. DH was awesome throughout it all, he didnt leave my side, and counted me through every contraction, rubbed my back and encouraged me through the hardest parts.

So there ya have it the mammoth birth story of Owen Jacob Lee!!

Ill be back to update you on the first week and a half of Owen's life, I just gotta go give him a feed now xxxxxxx

[LillyPonds]

What a lovely birth story Winzy. Ha Ha to hosting a dinner party. That would have been the last thing I would have wanted to do.

[Hayls70]

Awesome birth story Winzy! Sounded like the perfect birth. Hope all is going well with you and little Owen xx

Well done Kim on keeping up the roll call..and so exciting to see we are all on the mummy list now x

hi Josi, hope to see you on fb x

[lilypily]

I always get a tear in my eye when I read the actual birth bit. Awsome story well done

[anemone]

Winzy, great birth story! I have birth envy, LOL :) You did brilliantly with the Birth Skills - sounds like you were super-organised and used pretty much all of them, and they saw you through! Congratulations again on Owen and enjoy him!

Josi - wow, 13 weeks hey, that has really flown! I bet they are adorable. I have that screaming issue with Xavier at the boob at least once a day. It may not be reflux - I talked to my GP and the lac consultants abt it, and with X it's him getting frustrated when the let down isnt fast enough, or overwhelmed and choking when it does come and it floods him. Mind you I still wonder if theres also some reflux going on too. Have you spoken to your doc abt it? Hope to chat to you more soon on FB.

Sydney - congratulations again on Ananya. What a gorgeous name!

It's amazing that all the bubs have been born now!:smiliedance::smiliedance: Yay to all us new mummies on finally gettign there!