Just wanted to share that I gave birth naturally to a healthy baby boy - 8 pounds, 3 ounces, at exactly 9pm on Tuesday 11th September.
I had been induced at 10am that morning. Only needed one gel to put me into labour. At 4.55, they broke my waters, used gas and air, and one shot of pethedine for pain relief.
I tore, and needed stiches. The next day they came away, and am really sore although bleeding is easing a little.
Joey is gorgeous, dark blue eyes which may burn brown, and med brown - blonde hair. I'll get photos up asap.
Last night was my first night home, found it tough as breastfeeding, waiting for community midwife to come now. ↓
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| Name: lil_dancer77 | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 11:02 AM |
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats fantastic!! welcome to the world little guy!
How are you feeling?? hope your doing ok and you make a speedy recovery. So glad that your little man finally arrived! I had to be induced as i was 2 weeks over so i understand how frustrating it can be!
Can't wait to see pics he sounds gorgeous! ↑ |
| Name: Ashley Dawn | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 11:39 AM |
| congrats!!! i'm glad everything went well for you and baby joey. ↑ |
| Name: caroline22 | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 11:44 AM |
Yay!!
congrats!!!
Hope you're feeling a little better....i just had my daughter on the fourth and i know how painful it can be...but just wait till they get older and look you in the eye and say "Mommy I love you!" It makes everything worth it. ↑ |
| Name: 04nidak | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 12:49 PM |
| Congrats! Joey sounds adorable, can't wait to see pictures! :-) I hope the midwife is able to help you with the breastfeeding, I know it can be difficult. Enjoy your little guy! :-) ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 1:52 PM |
Congratulations!! Welcome to the world Joey!!
If you ever need any help with breastfeeding just let me know. You can do it! I know it is hard in the begining but I know you can do it! Here are a few links that may be helpful. I would also say the easiest hold in the begining is the football hold. If you haven't tried that, do so, it may make a world of difference.
http://www.medela.com/NewFiles
/faq/latchon.html
http://www.askdrsears.com/
html/2/t021000.asp
http://www.kellymom.com/n
ewman/01starting_out_right.html
http://www.k
ellymom.com/bf/start/basics/latch-resources.h
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| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 1:55 PM |
Congrats!!
Glad every thing went smoothly
hes a nice size, how long was he??
and dont give up on the breast feeding, it gets better i promise ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 2:35 PM |
| congrats!!!!! Hope the breast feeding get better. The first couple of weeks are the hardest, but if you get a good latch down it will be much easier. ↑ |
| Name: Daisy-UK | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 3:16 PM |
Congrats !!!!!!! Happy Birthday Joey!!!!
Happy to hear you are both doing great and are settling in at home. Don't stress too much about nursing, it will get easier.
I'm so happy for you guys and best wishes, he sounds perfect and can't wait to see pictures.
You're a mommy now!!!!!!!! Nothing will ever be the same and you'll love every moment. Each day brings something new and you'll just be amazed! ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 3:33 PM |
I feel ok. Bit sore, and tired. And breasts are sore as milk is coming in. Breastfeeding is hard as it's on demand, and he has a habit of falling asleep at the breast.
But in love with the lil man. As he was late, his skin is dry so I need to use olive oil around his ankles. But he's a healthy, pudsy baby. Hope the pics I sent came out. ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 3:34 PM |
| Oh! he was 51 and a half centimetres long ... :) ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 3:43 PM |
Congrats! I am so happy to hear everything went well and that you are both safe. I had a c section, but I can promise the pain will be gone and you won't even remember what it was like in a month or so... maybe that's why I'm pregnant again? LOL
Good luck with everything! ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 5:03 PM |
http://www.breastfeedingbasics.com/ht
ml/waking_a_sleepy_baby.shtml
Here
is a great article about waking your sleepy baby. It has some wonderful info. I hope this helps. ↑ |
| Name: ..RoSey.. | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 6:50 PM |
WOW CONGRATS =D !!
Yes i know all about that pain !! it hurts to PEEE SO BAD AFTERWARDS !!
And the last thing u want is MORE pain with breastfeeding !! but it DOES get easier and it DOES stop hurting... i dont even feel izzy sucking on my boobs anymore lol..
goodluck with it all =P
motherhood is great ! ↑ |
| Name: lisaw07 | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 6:54 PM |
| I get induced on the 18th and I'm freaking out now. I hope mine goes as smoothly as yours did ↑ |
| Name: lacirrom | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 8:00 PM |
oh i am soooo happy for you....i still can't believe that you were do before me and cole ended up being 2 weeks earlier that joey and my little chunk even weighed more! lol i'm glad to hear that you induction went well...i knew it would...all of mine were great. i know breastfeeding can hurt...espcially in the begining when it triggers the afterpains. but it does get better. cole is 17 days old and already i hardly feel him on there anymore.
so anyways...congrats! ↑ |
| Name: NIKKIS | Date: Sep 15th, 2007 3:05 AM |
| Name: vane20 | Date: Sep 15th, 2007 3:47 AM |
Congratulations!!!! = )
Your little one sounds adorable! Take care and good luck with breastfeeding!! ↑ |
| Name: Logan | Date: Sep 16th, 2007 9:12 AM |
| Name: DaneseS | Date: Sep 16th, 2007 3:29 PM |
| CONGRATS MOMMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ↑ |
| Name: christiansmommy | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 12:23 AM |
| congrats girl! i was wondering when you were gonna get that baby out! so happy for you! i know you must be in tons of pain though. i had my little girl 2 days after you. :-) ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 8:15 PM |
| Name: lacirrom | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 11:14 PM |
| hi....i know it's hard to get online right after the baby is born but whenever you check this....i was wondering how the breastfeeding is going...i nursed gracie and i'm nursing cole so if you have any questions i will do my best to help you out. jjust let me know. :) ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 20th, 2007 1:58 PM |
I'm breastfeeding Joey, but I'm also compensating a little with SMA formula and expressed breastmilk to be sure that he's getting enough. My dilemma is that it's so hard to know what's he's getting off me when I feed him naturally, although I do hear a lot of swallowing so I know he's latched on well. He's a bit of a fussy boy, and will shake his head from left to right quite violently to get latched on, and at 4am in the morning, it can be so frustrating that I end up making up a bottle. So it's 50/50 between bottle and breast.
He was born at 8 pounds, 3 ounces. By his 4th day he had dropped to 7 pounds, 11 ounces. He was weighed again 2 days ago and was 7 pounds, 13 ounces. He gets weighed again tomorrow and fingers crossed that he is at least 7 pounds, 15 ounces!! ↑ |
| Name: lacirrom | Date: Sep 20th, 2007 3:56 PM |
i just thought i would let you know what "what to expect the first year" says about the whole weight thing so that maybe it will help you feel a little better....
Nearly all newborns are destined to lose some of their birthweight (usually between 5 and 10 percent) in the first 5days of life-because of normal postdelivery fluid loss. Breastfed babies, who will consume only teaspoons at a time of the premilk colostrum, generally lose more than bottle-fed babies. Most newborns have stopped losing by the fifth day and have regained or surpassed their birthweight by 10 to 14 day of age...
so it seems that joey is doing pretty good. i know what you mean about the whole thrashing his head back and forth when you are trying to get him latched on and it can be frustrating but just stick with it...you might be letting him get too hungry before you try to feed him and then by the time you are trying to get him latched on he is almost frantic...i made that mistake with gracie a few times and i found it went much better if i just started feeding her 10-15 min earlier. also, to help with my supply i pump often...i know that this is hard when you have a new baby to tend to, but it will really help. plus if you are giving him bottles you need to be pumping so that your supply doesn't go down even more. from the research i've done i've found that when breastfeeding you should never go more than 4 hours without expressing milk somehow, whether it be feeding baby or pumping. hope this helps :) ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Sep 20th, 2007 5:00 PM |
Please listen to the wonderful advice Lacirrom has given you, she is dead on. Do your best to stay away from formula, unfortunately by supplementing you can undermine your supply and set yourself up for faliure. Here is a great article about your baby getting enough. A lot of first time moms have a tuff time not knowing what is going in but I can promise you it is the perfect amount for your baby!!! Trust your body! You are doing great! Here is a link to that article please give it a look. I am sure it will make you feel better about the amount of milk you are producing and baby is getting.
http://www.kellymom
.com/newman/04enough_milk.htm
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| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 21st, 2007 10:27 AM |
| I see what you mean. It was my intention to solely breastfeed, but my community midwife made me feel bad about the 8 oz drop in weight, and told me to supplement with formula. That's why i started. Shes also adviced me not to pump, and she says that's too much. I worry because when I give him formula he seems to vomit a lot back and seems agitated and unwell. But when I breastfeed he seems fine and often goes to sleep after a feed or interacts with me. He never spews breastmilk. But the community midwife keeps coming and telling me if his weight isn't 7.15 pounds today then he'll have to go to the doctor. So I'm giving him formula, even though I'm convinced it's making him sick, in order to have him gain weight. I'm confused. I want what's best for my baby. My midwife says because my breasts aren't big (I'm B cup) then I need to compensate with formula ... but the midwives at the hospital told me I had a better supply of milk that many big breasted women. I don't know what to think. ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Sep 21st, 2007 12:35 PM |
OMG!!! Your midwife is so grossly misinformed about breastfeeding it is disgusting! I am sorry but that info she gave you is beyond WRONG!!!
1- Breastfeeding has absolutely NOTHING to do with the size of the breast EVER!!! She is extremely wrong!!!!! Trust your body because from the sound of it you are doing absolutely perfect.
2- Breastfed babies gain less then formula fed babies and this is also perfectly NORMAL!!!! Please read this link to ease your mind.
http://www.kellymom.com/babyc
oncerns/growth/growthcharts.html
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She told you NOT to pump?!?!?! What a freaking idiot!! I am sorry but this woman is beyond helpful she is hurting your chances BIG TIME!!! Of course you should pump there is absolutely no reason why not to pump. IF YOU DO NOT PUMP YOU WILL LESSEN YOUR SUPPLY!!!
I really don't say this often because doctors are normally right but I would tell your midwife to shove her breastfeeding advice! Briseis she is beyond WRONG!!!! Also tell her if you would be more than happy to go to a doctor to have his weight check because he is perfectly NORMAL!!!! I implore you PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO HER ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE INFORMATION!!!! Stop supplementing immediately and trust your body, she is setting you up for failure big time!!! I can't believe how grossly misinformed she is about breastfeeding. If you give me specifics I will give you info to give to her so she can become educated and not insisit on people formula feeding (which is what she is doing).
Here's a final bit of info.
" In the meantime pediatricians should be aware that breastfed babies tend to gain 600-650 g less in their first year than formula-fed babies, with the most marked differences seen between ages 3 and 9 months, Kathryn C. Dewey, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics." ↑ |
| Name: lacirrom | Date: Sep 21st, 2007 3:40 PM |
omg briseis!!!! i'm so sorry but this midwife is completely full of crap! everything she is telling you is wrong! i don't know whether she was taught wrong or whether she has just decided all of these things by herself but she is soooo wrong! i totally agree with mamal! tell her that you are more than happy to take joey to the doctor! there is no reason for this midwife to even be coming to your house all the time....just take joey to the doctor and talk to him/her about whats going on. there's no reason not to pump...it can only help things...never hurt!
and omg...there is no link what so ever as to what size your breasts are and breast feeding....for starters, your breast size usually changes during breastfeeding anyways. with gracie i was a 36c when i got pregnant, by the time she was 3 months old i was 38H! now with cole i was a 36D when i got pregnant and i'm back up to a 40F right now......you just never know what your boobs are going to do! this women is just soooo wrong.....it makes me so upset! i just want to slap her! ↑ |
| Name: A Mom To Be | Date: Sep 22nd, 2007 11:52 PM |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 23rd, 2007 1:07 PM |
Hi again,
Well my baby did get to 7.15 pounds thank goodness, but she still told me to take him to the doctor, which I did do, and my baby is fine. Airways clear. Weightgain normal. He was weighed again today (his 12th day) and he's now back to his birthweight at 8.3 pounds. I must admit I although believed all you told me, until this midwife told me different. So yeah, I also think she's wrong now, because my doctor reassured me that my baby is fine, even though she led me to believe there was something wrong with him. I do still breastfeed twice a day, and pump once anyway, but I'm sure my supply is going down, as I've been using formula. Can I build my supply back up again? ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 23rd, 2007 1:28 PM |
| oh and i agree. the midwife has been to my house 9 times since we were discharged from hospital and is still coming. I'm getting tired of it. i feel as though i'm being tested every time she comes, asks what hes been fed, and raises her eyebrows at me if i tell her i breastfed for one of his feeds, and then says 'well, lets pop him on the scales just to be sure that hes got enough' but apparently it's the norm over here. i wish it would stop though as between her coming daily, endless visitors, and caring for joey, i'm exhausted. i feel i have no time to breastfeed! do any of you feel that way? ↑ |
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