November 2009 babies!

Hi ladies, Liam Robert was born on 19th July weighing 7lb14 by CS. Am recovering well from the operation and would have to say recovering from the pain of a CS is actually easier than recovering from the tear! Georgia is still not sure of Liam, but I'm trying to explain to her what I'm doing with him all the time. It's really only when he cries she gets quite upset. Poor thing doesn't really know what's happened!
Liam is doing well, no problems BF'ing yet which is great as Georgia was tongue tied. Only issue is having his days and nights mixed up, have been up with him between 10pm and 4am the last two nights! Funny how you appreciate it when they get into routines and sleep through the night!
Will put some pics up on our FB page.

Not long for you Snicket!

Congrats Jax, it sounds as though everything is going as well as can be expected for the first few days! I remember being very grateful when Alex settled into a routine (of sorts, it still took a while for him to sleep through consistently).

Chelle, don't worry too much about the tearing. I had a second degree tear and I had a big bubba too. I didn't think the recovery from the tear was too bad and I loved being able to walk around and do things for myself immediately after Alex was born. I felt so light! It's just different for everyone, so you never know, you might not getting any tearing at all!

Yay Jax that is fantastic news. Great to hear that you are feeling/recovering well and that the BF is going well. Hopefully you get into a routine with night and days soon. That is so cute about you needing to explain to Georgia what you are doing with this bubba all the time :) I'm sure she will be all over him soon playing mummy.

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Chelle, it's been 2 weeks since Liam's arrival and feel like I could quite easily pick Georgia up. I'm just avoiding it as I don't want to irritate anything. I've picked her up once at night to give her a hug. As long as you have some good family/friend support I wouldn't be worried if you need another CS. Not long for you now!!

I think we're slowly getting over the horrible first couple of weeks. Liam has been feeding non-stop since day one, but has put on about 350grms since birth, so can't complain really. Feeding is going well, exclusively bf'ing during the day and topping up with EBM at night so Mum gets SOME sleep

I think the terrible 2's have started with Georgia, it could just be the change, but the tanties are getting pretty bad She is a great big sister though, points out Liam's hair, hands, eyes, mouth etc etc. Strokes him while I'm feeding him and says 'nice'. Gives him and me a kiss everytime she goes somewhere and when she goes to bed. Very cute!

I was just searching back and noticed a ticker on crazymum's name - she's 10 weeks pregnant - so another from our group. I think she had 10 kids already? Will have to go have a nosey...

Wow great to hear a few more pregnancies on the way for our group :)

I'm doing really well, 31wks now and have reecently started on iron so I think that helps in making me feel great. Had a night out on Sat for a friends engagement which was fantastic. It seems so rare these days to get a good night out with my DH.

Great to hear the positive things on c/s with a toddler as I also had a c/s last time but will try for VBAC this time and see what happens!!

I hope everyone is keeping warm because it is so chilly. I'm like this and I live in Akld so I can only imagine how cold it is in the South Island (I don't miss Chch at times liek this although the snow would be cool). I have less than 6wks of work remaining and the motivation levels have seriously dived!

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Wow, big move but exciting that your DP's job is better money etc - and awesome that he got it so quickly!

I'm due this weekend, had a stretch and sweep today but cervix is posterior so MW couldn't get to it properly and said labour is possibly at least a week away. So quite bummed as totally over being pregnant now. So uncomfy and awkward, so will be glad when the new bubba finally arrives! I've got an appointment with an OB at the hospital next Wednesday and going to have another s&s with MW that afternoon, but thinking of booking to have a c/s next Friday if possible as don't think I can wait too much longer. Also getting that awful PUPPPS rash again so feeling a wee bit sorry for myself in this late pregnancy stage. What a whinger I am!

Cooper is still up during the night too. Sometimes he'll sleep through but only occassionally and then some nights he'll come in our bed, go straight to sleep and be no problem. Then nights like last night he sounds like Isabella, he was wriggling and kicking and sitting up and saying uh oh (losing his dummy) or saying more more as he wants to hold handfuls of my hair to sleep and crying out and all sorts!

I hope you and your kids get better soon Deb, winter illnesses suck! Cooper hasn't been sick in a bit but the last week or so it seems every 2nd kid has a cold so I'm just waiting for him to start sniffing and coughing again. I saw in another of your posts that you guys are going to try for #3 shortly Deb, yay, that's so exciting! I hope it happens quickly for you :)

All the best Chelle, in a few months all your preggie worries will be a distant memory...then you'll be wishing for more sleep!!

Not long for you Snicket either, so exciting all these siblings.

Stink about the move Deb, hope you've managed to find a place ok. And wow, #3, go you!

We are doing pretty good, Liam is still feeding constantly. He's snack feeding, so will feed for 5mins then fall asleep for half an hour. I think my supply is running low too as he will often just not latch on, especially in the evenings, it's becoming very exhausting. He wakes 3-4 times in the night and after the 2/3am feed he'll wake every hour. So at this stage I'm considering switching to bottle feeding. I have no time for Georgia and it's starting to affect her behaviour when it's just me and her at home. I feel so bad for her, I'm feeding constantly and she just lies on her couch with her bunny making grizzling sounds. It's a hard decision to make, but will see how it goes. Apart from that he's growing real quick and getting loads of smiles. Makes it all worthwhile

Hi girls, Kayla Rose arrived last Saturday - 10th September, right on her due date She weighed 8lb 4oz so heaps smaller than her 9lb 12oz brother!

I tried for a VBAC but ended up with another c/s. I got all the way to 10cm dialated and tried pushing but she was so far up and no sign of budging. Because of the previous c/s they only allow a short amount of pushing and only a little help with drugsto move things along, so once they'd allowed for that they decided it wasn't to be. Recovering well and feeling a lot better today.

Loads of cluster feeding, but so far things seem to be going well - just nervous about being on my own when DH goes back to work.

How;s everyone else and the other babies?

Yay, congrats tiptoes!! Love the name Hope you're recovering ok from your CS. I found the recovery quite good even with Georgia. She has just become very attached to DH as I spend all my time with Liam now.

We're going ok, still feeding heaps. I'm still bf'ing and will try to keep going until he's 3 months and see how we're going then. I have to work hard to try and stretch him out to 3 hourly feeding during the day, then hopefully the nights will come right. Am so exhausted still, throw a massive growth spurt in there too! Ah well, doesn't last forever.