July and August 2007 babies!!!
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Topic: July and August 2007 babies!!!
Posted By: peanut butter
Subject: July and August 2007 babies!!!
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 9:46am
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since our first baby has arrived...congrats Mikaela. And congrats to Shell (our adopted August mum ). I thought we needed our own thread.
Emma can you please sticky this???? thanks bring on the babies!!! and the photos!! |
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 10:35am
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congrat to you both ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 11:37am
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 2:25pm
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wow this year is going sooo fast.. congrats to all the new mummies. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 4:16pm
LOL you need to call this July / Aug 07 mummies and kick out the 06 ones who are still on and tell them they have to resign from this spot!!! 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:36pm
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Congratulations ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 8:27am
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Us Augest 06 Mum's have moved over. I can't believe Auguest 07 babies are starting to get ready to enter the world. Congrat's. Wow thime fly's when your having fun. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Bombshell wrote:Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 9:10am
yip we have already moved on and argh! i know deb it just fly's by. i got a wee emotional when i saw this new 07 aug mums thread!! argh! my baby is all growned up  
big congrats to the new AUGUST 2007 mums your babies will all be beautiful and fantastic little angels   
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 9:29am
| he he he. Now the waiting begins...who will be next??? |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:56am
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Thanks nzpiper, good to have this thread up as we all start to 'pop' out our wee ones...looking forward to having some more people join me in the near future! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 6:04pm
Awwe not long shell & justme will be joining you - then let the rest of the babies come! Maybe even verity - haven't heard from her in quite a few days so maybe she's had bub as well .
Do you think we need to make this the July & August mummies thread? There's Mikaela & Glow in July. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 6:28pm
I'll PM Emma (Maya) and see if she can change the title!
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 6:56pm
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Sounds good nzpiper! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 9:12pm
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And WHAA-LA! Just like that the name has changed. Thanks emma!! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:25pm
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Ohhhhh Isabella looks so tiny and precious Shell. Congratulations. Hope everything is going well. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:39pm
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YAY GO JULY/August
So there is... Babe 1st, Miss 2nd, Myself 3rd, Baysmum 4th, Shell21 23rd, Mikaela 25th (Hope I got those dates right) Who will be next... ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 8:30am
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your not going to leave us june mums to come over here are you glow, miss & babe ? lol
congrats shell21, hows wee isabella going? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 8:34am
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Never Monique- Just our privileges of being late lol ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 9:20am
| justme should be next. she is booked for wed morning! |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 12:06pm
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Things are going good...Isabella is sleeping about 2-4 hours at a time which is not too bad I suppose and she settles straight away so I'm very lucky, she definitely isn't a grizzly bubs (or not yet anyway )
Only prob I'm having is with my poor nipples! She fed so much in the first 2 days they got really grazed and now my left nipple is REALLY bad  . I am having to express from my left breast and use a shield on the right while I wait for them to heal a bit. Other than that, Isabella is a great feeder, she can't seem to get enough!
Still a bit uncomfortable from c-sec but definitely not as bad as I thought I'd be ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 3:00pm
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Congrats to all you July mummy's, hope everything is going swell for you all... -------------  
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Posted By: aleisha
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 11:45am
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Congrats to all the new mommies!!!!
Shell21-Just keep feeding on the niples as much as it hurts and your legs kick when she starts to suckkle LOL(well mine did anyway) it will go away in a few days.There just getting used to it.And theyll toughen up soon!Mine were sore and cracked and bleeding for the first week everytime and i just kept on feeding.(with gritted teeth)Try a bit of bepanthen on them too.I used that a couple of times. But dont give up,wich is what a lot of people seem to do!
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Posted By: aleisha
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 11:46am
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Yeah Glow get your A*** back over to the june thread! Ha ha ha LMAO!!!
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Posted By: Mikaela
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 1:17pm
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I'm finally here! Been having a few issues with my account but it's all sorted now :)
I'm finding that my nipples are really painful as well, cracked and grazed. But things are starting to come together with feeding, and everything else is just fantastic, he's the easiest baby ever and we're having so much fun with him! ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 1:29pm
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hehe
Glad you are recovering well from your section Shell I would of died if i didnt have the "mothers mates" gel pads for my nipples on the second day of feeding. They are great for relieving the soreness & helping to heal the grazes, cracks, scabs etc!!! But yea, i cant talk, i could only did it for just over a week (Im deformed )------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 1:33pm
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Congrats girls!!!
Sucks about the nipples though. I can't imagine what that feels like. I think I'm a freak who has had no issues with mine at all. Hope they all heal up soon! |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:36pm
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Yup, its all good now in the BF department, they are healing nicely, have been using shields and lansinoh ointment (which is fantastic stuff!) and I think I'll be able to do away with the shield soon. I'm so relieved because I just love feeding her, having that contact, and she feeds great so I'm very lucky!
What I want to know is when does the 'jelly belly' go down??!! I suppose having a caesar doesn't help things... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 3:39pm
| The jelly feeling took me about 2 weeks to go down but it's still very floppy lol |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 4:20pm
With my first c-sec it took a few months to get back to my pre preg clothes etc, but still had an overhang/pouch jelly thing just above my pubic line- which i dont think i'll ever get rid of This time round, im all but back to pre Kalyx size. This is the worst part of c-sec's, getting all your tummy muscles cut & them never healing like the were before ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 7:05pm
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just saying a quick hi to all my fellow july/august mummies
I got my wee man weighed today and he is already 11lb!!! and im still having to suppliment feed him but im ok with that because he is still feeding really well off me...hes just a pig!
anyway better go have a nice bath before my toad wakes up for ANOTHER! feed!
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Posted By: verity
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 8:01pm
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hey, here is the beautiful little boy!!! Marco, born 28.07.07 8lb... he is doing really well now, sleeping much better, had a bit of an upset tummy on sunday night at but very relaxed now....very alert and georg!!!!! |
Posted By: verity
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 8:02pm
big sister Simona and Marco, first day home
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Posted By: verity
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 8:03pm
Bigger sisiter Jasmine and simona, and Marco, morning after the big push 
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 10:05pm
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Your girls look very proud verity! Now you need to post some of you & Marco. He's very cute!! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 9:16am
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Glow, thought I'd add to the list...please help me fill in the blanks...! (and correct any errors!)
Babe 1st July, Miss 2nd July, Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Justme 1st August...?????!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 9:34am
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Justme 1st August...?????!!! I think i have that right. All the best Justme, cant wait to add you to our list & see pic's
WOOHOO sounds like you & Astin are doing really well Amber. Kalyx is only 10lb 8oz, finally got him weighed!! Hows Isabella today? Gorgeous wee man you have there Verity. Look at all the hair these babies have? I have a ginger baldy lol 
When photobucket starts being kind to me i'll upload some photos ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 1:53pm
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My tummy muscles must be shot cause I still have a jelly belly mind you I couldnt b/feed this tiem round so could also be why my tummy hasnt shrunk as quick.
Glad to hear your healing nicely and able to continue to b/feed shell21. what lovely pics verity ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: YvetteandElla
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 5:45pm
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Just me - had a healthy Baby boy - Ethan today by C-section
Mummy and Baby are good We all cant wait to see the pictures Yay Justme ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:54am
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OMG, weighed myself this morning and I have lost 13kg already!!! I had put on 20kg all up, so it just goes to show that ALOT of it was fluid after all... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 10:33am
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 5:49pm
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Awww i want to be on the list!!! Waaaaa!! lol
Cant wait till i have a baby to talk about! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: YvetteandElla
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 6:04pm
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You dont have long to go now babytyme, I cant wait to be on the list either ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aleisha
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:21pm
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Cool name you have picked babytime ,i got a kylah too!Whats her middle name gonna be? My little ones Kylah Marie.
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:43pm
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Im thinking Kylah Paige :)
Either that or we have a backup name just incase she doesnt look like a Kylah.. Brooklyn Paige. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 9:25am
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How are all the beautiful July/August Mums & Bubs?
Are there any new additions yet? ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: aleisha
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 4:29pm
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Babytyme-that is just unbeleivable Brooklyn was our first choice before DH thought of Kylah towards the end ,it originally was Nikylah but we shortened it.Brooklyn was first name cause both our mothers are called Lynn!
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 4:41pm
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Aleisha! thats really funny.. seems we have the same taste in names lol ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 6:07pm
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Things are going well at this end...Bella and I went for our first walk the other day in the stroller. My mum has been staying for a few days to help out around the house so we went for a walk. Bella was so good and slept the whole time! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aleisha
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 6:24pm
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Yep seems we do!
Feel free to scroll through the long list of all my other kids names in my ticker for your next one!!! LOL (he he he) http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 7:21pm
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My dear fiance cant make up his mind about names.. i thought i was gunna e bad with choosing a name. so we have decded to wait ntil she is born to firmly agree on a name but im wanting Kylah ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 05 August 2007 at 8:35am
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babytyme, you have 3 names that my sister has! One of her girl's is Brooklyn, another has Paige a middle name, & dare I say it..... Kyla is their dog's name. BUT she's a very nice & cute doggy!! .
But I've heard Kyla a few other times & it's a very nice name. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 06 August 2007 at 10:24am
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Aghhhhhhh, I had such a bad sleep last night...I think Bella is going through a growth spurt because all she wanted to do yesterday was feed, feed, feed constantly. She finally slept for about 4 hours in the afternoon but when we tried to put her down for the night, she wasn't having any of it...finally got her down at 12.30 in the morning but she kept waking every 2 hours for another feed! It seems she has her day/night round the wrong way - how do you rectify this...??! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 08 August 2007 at 10:35pm
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Sussanah 7 lb ?? Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 4:45pm
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Thought I'd post my birth story (Bella's asleep so I've got the time!)...
23rd July - At 12 days overdue, went to hospital to discuss induction where they found that baby was not engaged at all and cervix was only 'mildly' ripe but I asked to be induced as I was so uncomfortable at this stage (doc and MW wanted me to wait another few days - yeah right!). Was admitted at 8pm and first dose of gel inserted at 8.30pm. Started having mild contractions by 10pm but managed to get some rest during the night.
24th July - Contractions continued through the night, they were irregular (2-3 contractions every 10 mins) but gaining in intensity...given another lot of gel at 8am where OB also discovered baby had turned posterior (go figure on top of everything else!) I was made to walk around the ward to try and move baby's head down as she was still very high and started to feel pain in my back. At around 12pm given third and final dose of gel which REALLY got things moving and I was having to really concentrate on each contraction. At this point I got moved to birthing room and got in the bath; contractions were 1-2 every 3 minutes and by 3pm contractions were 1 every 2 minutes. I was starting to feel really sick by this point and had about 3 huge vomits while in the bath  .
At 5pm got checked again by OB and found I was only 4 cm dilated!! (after all those painful and VERY strong contractions). Baby STILL hadn't moved down so OB performed a 'controlled' rupture of membranes which I remember as being VERY painful as he broke my waters and his house surgeon pressed on my stomach to avoid a prolapse of the cord. OUCH! Baby moved down a little after this but the contractions were literally unbearable at this point. MW made me walk down the corridor to try and move the head down further before I got back in the bath and bounced on the swiss ball (to encourage baby down more) while sucking on the gas like there was no tomorrow! At this point I'd had enough and begged for an epidural. Was 8cm dilated at this point.
Finally got given an epidural around 7pm which didn't work and began to feel the contractions get stronger and stronger despite 3 top ups of pain medication. At 8pm still had a posterior lip and was fully dilated and baby started going into stress with decelerations of her heart beat. OB was called from home to check me and discovered baby was not moving down and with each contraction her head was banging my pelvis and bruising my bladder...decided at 9pm that I needed an emergency c-section for obstructed labour.
What followed happened really quickly, met anaethetist (who had to be called in from home too) who gave me the good drugs and yay, I finally couldn't feel anything! OB explained everything and I was quickly carted off to theatre where Isabella Jane was born at 1005pm weighing no less than 9lbs 2.5oz!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 5:08pm
| Great to hear the story Shell even though I am yet to go through it. I cant seem to get enough of hearing of peoples stories. But you gotta wonder why they dont just cut to the chase a little sooner. I have heardof similar situations plenty of times. |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 7:11pm
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wow shell, what a ordeal u had ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 10:03am
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I had the greatest night last night...Isabella went to bed at 8.30pm, woke at 12.30am for a feed, went down again around 2am, woke at 6am for another feed and is STILL asleep!! I finally got some sleep! I feel like a new woman ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 11:40am
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Hi
Our baby seems to have a good day then a bad day, both BF and sleep as well. Difficult to know what sets it off, but it sounds like you had a marvellous night Shell21 |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 11:49am
| Bugger, how do I get a ticker to run? |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 11:50am
| does this work |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 12:06pm
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hi rackhell
i think you use the other code.. the url one? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 12:55pm
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I can't seem to make the ticker work. Blame it on sleep deprivation and guilt.
Our little girl is 13 days old and I'm so over the breastfeeding and subsequent not sleeping. Last night I was so exhausted from her not feeding and not sleeping that I let her cry alot. She's awake for about 4/5 hours at a time - she feeds I put her down in her bassinet when she's 'asleep' and she wakes again. We seem to do this a number of times. I changed her, fed from 10:30pm to 12:30am, burping her as we went, put her down and she didn't go to sleep. And then I let her cry until 2:30am where she fed off me for 10 minutes! then went to sleep, I put her down again after waiting 10 minutes to see if she needed anything. She woke and continued to cry. I changed her, put her down and I'm ashamed to say that I let her cry for the rest of the night until I was ready to 'wake' her at 8:30. A very long horrid night for both of us. I feel like I am the worst mum ever. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 1:01pm
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I think you probably feel like every other mother has felt Rackhell. Hope it improves....remember you will be able to hold this over her for the rest of her life..as mums tend to do
I just realised that within the next couple of weeks I will have to move myself out of the mumstobe and into this thread.....seems scary and sad to leave the other one 
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 1:16pm
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Thanks nzpiper. Feeling very teary today, but suspect is only because of tiredness.
Looking forward to hearing about Peanuts arrival within the next two weeks, and a big welcome to you from the July/August mummies. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 2:38pm
You are welcome Rackhell because I am sure you will be returning the encouragement when I am pulling MY hair out soon with a little one with no instructions that cant speak English!!! Oh the joys |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 4:05pm
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Sounds like a growth spurt, Rackhell...Isabella did this too...but when my milk finally increased to handle her demands, she has been sleeping really well. Just bear with it for another 24hrs and I'm sure things will improve...
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 4:07pm
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Sussanah 7 lb ?? Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb Lulu 9th August, Jaymie Grace, 7lb 5oz ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 12 August 2007 at 5:19pm
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Hi
You're so right Shell21, I think that this is what our little girl has been doing. Things have improved with cathy. After her truly rotten night when she wouldn't feed much or sleep (at all) we had the dream day yesterday, where she didn't muck around feeding or sleeping. In fact she slept between 4 and 5 hours yesterday, last night and today. I am wakeful from just looking in on her so much (can't believe my eyes and ears!). Left booby is sore from all the ferocious feeding that has been going on since our horrible night. This is probably what she should have been feeding like all along but was so busy mucking around that my boobs just got used to being 'toyed' with. The little girl does have a small case of nappy rash that resulted from me being exhausted and letting her cry that night. Double the guilt. My LMC comes tomorrow and I will ask her to assess what type of nappy rash that it is. I hadn't been using any type of barrier cream (didn't know that i should have been doing this). I'm such a novice at all this. Her spots are on her left bum cheek, red, raised, and one of them has a white head - i'm guessing that it might be the thrush type of nappy rash, but am unsure. What type of barrier creams are people using? Do you use it every nappy change? What cream/ointment are you using for thrush type nappy rash? |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 12 August 2007 at 6:48pm
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Glad to hear things are improving for you Rackhell . Yes, my poor boobies got a bit sore after Isabella's feeding frenzy too and they became so engorged with milk I had to wear my bra at night and then they leaked like crazy every time she cried . Glad I was at home!
Isabella got a bit of nappy rash too last week. My MW said to stay away from nappy wipes and just use a facecloth and water which I have been doing and to apply Sudocrem after each nappy change and this seems to be working - she only has a few raised spots left after about 4 days of doing this. You can buy Sudocrem at the chemist and you get a big tub for about $12. Don't worry - I am a complete novice too and sort of just 'feeling' my way around how I'm supposed to be doing things . Its a sort of learn-as-you-go job me thinks !
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 12 August 2007 at 9:43pm
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on the topic of creams, our antenatal class teacher mentioned somthing you can get on prescription (ie cheap and heapsof it) with zinc in it. Unfortunately the zinc part is the only thing I can remember. It is meant to be the same kind of thing our mums would have used on our bots...apart from some being bigger than we want I think they turned out ok
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 12:17am
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Sorry lurking..
You guys are doing a marvelous job! I had all the same kinda things with Sam, the crying and not sleeping and all of that when he was a week or so old and I know 6 weeks seems a long way away, but when they hit 6 weeks, they are just so awesome and even from 4 weeks onwards you will start to notice a difference. The first couple of weeks are so tough but you get through them and you don't even remember the tiring times. Sam had a wee bit of nappy rash when he was a newborn, and I used the Sudocrem that you get in the Bounty Pack. It's only a small tub, but it lasts for ages. Good luck ladies.
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 9:17am
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Thanks Renee! It is tiring but I'm so enjoying my little girl, despite the bad patches! But, yeah, I can't wait till she hits some of those milestones like smiling and showing her wee personality! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 11:02am
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im not sure if iv posted in here before but here i am
Astin is settling into a great routine now after a horid first few weeks!!! (i so know what ya mean rackhell!!!) my supply was increasing but then his demand was increasing more than i could keep up hense why i now give him topups and will probably have to until he starts solids where he will just need the solids and B/milk iv tried giving him just formula for 1 feed to see how much he took and he guzzled back 270mls! within half hour and then was happy as larry! i can tell when he starts getting full cos he starts making this cute little wimpering sound like "heh heh heh" ! lol so that is why i cant keep up!
during the day he does 3-4 hours sleeps between feeds and at night i feed him at 10pm then he wakes at 3am and then again at 8am so hes doing good with the night time, i just need to make sure that i feed him no earlier than 9.30pm otherwise hes up at 1am, 3.30am and 6.30am! i also find doing that baby bedtime routine works great!
my only prob now is that Astin is suddenly only going poos once every 2 days and in the hours leading up to that poo he is so upset!, he use to go every time he fed!!, i hope hes not a problem pooer like Bay!
We have our first plunket appointment on wednesday which im looking forward to, we are going over to Tauranga (where we use to live) to see Bays plunket nurse as the plunket here are soooooooo slack! but it works out good cos Bay has his 3.5 yr check up at the same time plus we are going to visit a few friends over there and also go get some professional family photos done of the 4 of us so we are making a day of it.
WOW! you can tell i dont get on here much now!! Blabbablabablaba! lol if anyone is even still reading this mumble! lol |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 5:18am
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i found bethapen works wonders on nappy rash clears up haleighs in a day or 2, we only ever got to the thrush like rash once and used the antibacterial i think it is in the bethapen, my mum used it on me when i was a baby which is why i used it.
sounds like a growth spur to me to, haleighs was horrible i was feeding every hr & i couldnt bfeed so i was expressing i spent all my time firmly attatched to the pump, we were lucky james never went through that couldve been cause he was formula fed. things get easier once bubs settles into its own routine, time flies so incredibly fast, it feels like only yesterday i had Haleigh & shes nearly 2 ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 1:24pm
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Thank you ladies for the support and encouragement.
My LMC checked out Cathys nappy rash, and it's not the thrush variety which is great to know at this stage. We had been given some Karitane ointment for nappy rash so have been using that in the meantime. It seems slow to work, but then again Cathy hasn't been upset when she's gone for a wee, so it's okay. Mind you I have some bethapen should things not clear up soon. My LMC also said that she could have had a reaction to the type of wipe that i had just started using. We had been using Pams (the pink ones with the pop up lid - so handy!) and ran out, then used something called Pharmacy First Wipes which are not as thick and soft as the pams ones. So I've stopped using these and are now alternating between a new lot of pams and johnsons disposable liners and water to clean her botty. I guess it's all trial and error, isn't it. Today she spent almost two hours awake feeding (about 40 mins each boob), changing and a bit of kicking around. The upside is that she does tend to sleep for 3 hours at a stretch allowing me to usually go for a sleep (although ohbaby eats into this considerably!) Cath is feeding a lot better, although today she projectile milked me. A friend has given me a 'mothers mate' from www.mummymatters.co.nz (a gel breast pad) to play with to help soothe my boobs (big nipple + little girl mouth = sore booby) and it does soothe it until the next time the little girl has a go. I've tried to use my breast pump to express off some milk when I get too engorged but i must not have been thinking hard enough about Cath as not a drop came out. So pleased i have you ladies to talk about things with. How long is your baby awake for? ... Cathy 16 days and counting
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 1:32pm
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Astin is starting to be awake more as time goes by. At first he was never awake! he fed and then straight back to sleep! but now he stays awake most feed (during the day cos at night he goes straight back to sleep) for about an hourish! hes soooooo nosey! and loves just looking around the room! and our calico curtains are his best friend! lol he thinks they are halerious!?
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 3:03pm
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Isabella is going through ANOTHER growth spurt (I think) and has transformed from being a perfect angel to a little horror in 24 hours...feed, feed, feed ALL night last night and screaming in between the not feeding...not fun! I hate to admit it, but I got so desperate last night I topped her up with some formula otherwise I don't think I would have got ANY sleep. Gave her 100mls in total which finally got her to sleep and she was down for 5 hours! I feel a bit guilty because I really am trying to stick to breastmilk and breastmilk only but sometimes I think Mum's sanity is just as important!
And I'm so tired today my brain is really not working. Just went to the shops and managed to forget my bag with EVERYTHING in it - I remembered when I got to the end of the road (and luckily DH was home to let me in the house! ) What a ditz! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 4:03pm
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We had our first outing today up to the mall to do some shopping - DH, Jaymie and I. It was GREAT to get out and Jaymie was an angel. All is well here, so far so good. Midwife coming tomorrow to take out my c-section staples and weigh Jaymie, and then we are going to Takapuna to the Farmers cardholder sale and then to visit Nana and Grandpa.
Jaymie is being good so far, on a four hour feeding schedule. I will be looking out for that two week growth spurt though! ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 4:41pm
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rackhell - Im so pleased you are getting some ideas from in here....
we used johnsons and a natural baby type raah cream on ella....and when she starts to get a little red around butt hole i use the lightest baby lotion which seems to stop the burn...make sure if you do this you also put it up her butt crack up her back as sometimes those poops burn up there! sad but true! Glad cathy is letting you get some sleep...she sounds like a pretty normal bubba and you are doing so well.... BTW I bought her a cute outfit at t and t sale today to add to the ozzie parcel i havent sent yet!!! yipppeee another bubba to spoil!! **lurker out** |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:58pm
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Geez lulu, you have a 4 hour feeding routine? man that's amazing. I hope that Jaymie keeps it up.
Shell21, I'm gonna reiterate what you pretty much told me - hang in there this too will pass. You are doing one of the most amazingly difficult jobs that there is to do, and I know you're doing a good job. Don't feel guilty about using formula, it's more important that you are sane and happy(ish) than worrying about the breastfeeding police and you're right the crying does seem to indicate that anohter growth spurt is upon you. Sleeping is a necessity for both you and baby and if a little formula gets the job done ... LAO forgetting your purse though! I almost can't remember what i was doing an hour ago, so I can't talk at all. Cathy is screaming in her bassinet, clean and cuddled, fed, butt is creamed and changed, and she's still going - i'm trying to not let her crying affect me too much (thinking those horrible thoughts of 'if i've done my job properly she would be asleep' and 'how come after 17 days i still can't interpret what each cry means!'). She knocked off the crying after 20 mins but she's wide awake. oh dear. I still haven't been out of the house (apart from walking around the block with her) by myself with Cath. It takes DH and myself working together in order to get out of the house at the moment. I don't seem to have enough time in the day to fit this in, along with breastfeeding/sleeping committments. I have no idea how other people manage to get up and be organised enough to go someplace. |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 10:33pm
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:47am
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Sussanah 7 lb ?? Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb Lulu 9th August, Jaymie Grace, 7lb 5oz Kim 15th August, Ellasmum2be 16th(?)August, Ella, 6lb 6oz ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:51am
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Thanks Rackhell...Yeah its hard work when Bella screams all day and I'm at my wits end. We had a better night last night, sticking to the 4 hourly routine again, but I'm still knackered and would love to put my head down again but Bella wouldn't go down after her last feed and is wide-eyed and awake in her bassinet! I'm hoping she'll drop off, but so far no joy!
Getting out of the house is good if you can do it, because Bella sleeps the whole time because of the rocking of the stroller which is great, and we both get some fresh air. When DH and I go to his parents for afternoon tea it takes us about an hour to get all the stuff together that we need and get in the car and go! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 3:09pm
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Sussanah 7 lb ?? Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb Lulu 9th August, Jaymie Grace, 7lb 5oz Kim 15th August, LilAngel4Me 15th August, Kylah Paige, 6lb 12oz Ellasmum2be 16th(?)August, Ella, 6lb 6oz ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 3:56pm
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 4:15pm
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You're doing a fab job keeping up with the baby list shell! Very efficient. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 5:02pm
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Cheers Italiah, although theres some gaps because I'm not sure of weights/names. Feel free to edit as you see fit! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 5:04pm
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I agree, nzpiper. I'd like to be more informed in the future, so make sure when you go in to labour to post us between your contractions!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 5:17pm
No worries Shell, I'm sure I will need something to do between contractions
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 10:29pm
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I think ellasmum had ella on the 15th..
Wow it feels strange moving to this post.. Not as strange as it feels hearing noise from in the bassinet thats been empty for so long.. This breastfeeding is going to be the most challenging, as well as sleeping as both me and DF are worried somethings gunna happen.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 4:21am
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb 14oz Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Sussanah 7 lb ?? Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb Lulu 9th August, Jaymie Grace, 7lb 5oz Kim 13th August, Samara Alisa 8lb LilAngel4Me 15th August, Kylah Paige, 6lb 12oz Ellasmum2be 16th(?)August, Ella, 6lb 6oz |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 4:23am
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just added Kim's details to the list Shell....as you probably read in August mumstobe....Samara came early....bloody early babies..grumble grumble grumble
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 9:24am
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Babe 1st July, Jakob Masa, 9lb 5oz
Miss 2nd July, Lily Maree, 8lb 10oz Glow 3rd July, Kalyx Angelo, 8lb 1oz Baysmum 4th July, Astin Luke, 7lb 10oz Virgobaby 23rd July, Stephen Idris Shell21 24th July, Isabella Jane, 9lb 2.5oz Mikaela 25th July, Alexander Verity 28th July, Marco, 8lb 14oz Rackhell 29th July, Catherine Susannah 7 lb 6oz Justme 1st August, Ethan James, 7lb Lulu 9th August, Jaymie Grace, 7lb 5oz Kim 13th August, Samara Alisa 8lb LilAngel4Me 15th August, Kylah Paige, 6lb 12oz Ellasmum2be 16th(?)August, Ella, 6lb 6oz Just edited to put my bubbas birth weight in |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 9:32am
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NZPIPER are you waiting for next WED??? LOL.....I was suprised to see you still in here waiting....
**LABOUR VIBES LABOUR VIBES** Rach (and others?) - have you tried putting Catherine in a bouncer? Ella would often go off to sleep in hers as it vibrated (and rocked but she doesnt like rocking)...if you dont have one i highly recommend a trip Kmart (best range) and get one that vibrates at least!!! She can still see you,is comfy (we put blanket over Ella while she was in it) and is a change from basinette. **Lurker out**
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 9:38am
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Shell21 Funnily enough our little girl doesn't really like the pram at the moment. We have 2 prams. A big old clunky one that you have to wrestle to put up or down and one of those snap and gos (a lightweight wheeled frame that a car seat can slot into)that was hired along with the car seat for the first six months. She doesn't like either very much so we're not doing much walking at the moment. When i want to walk and the weather cooperates she's deep in a sleep cycle and man does she get cranky if you move her!
DH has two days off and yesterday we went to see my parents in RotoVegas (1 1/2 hours away) and she loved being in it and slept the entire way there and back again. Amazing. Cath still has nappy rash. How long is nappy rash supposed to last? We're doing her butt every nappy change and still no big improvement. I'll get the midwife to look at it again today. Welcome LilAngel4Me. Breastfeeding I think is the hardest thing to sort initially, and it only really works if you're rested as well. Hope DF is keen and comfortable with nappy changing, bathing, rocking, pillow arranging, feeding you etc (which all helps). The hardest days for me were the first week that we took our little one home - so tiring and frustrating. I spent every day in tears and didn't really come out the other side until about 4 days ago. Hang in there nzpiper! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 10:19am
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no Bombshell I am not waiting till next WED...although that is my next appt with the MW and OB incase I need inducing. If I wasnt so goddamn sick right now I would have hopefully had the baby by now!!!
I think I need to be careful what I wish for as I had always joked that I wanted to cough and there was the baby.....well I spent ALL night coughing and now there is so much pressure in my pelvis it is either more baby or I'm about to cough myself inside out
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 10:50am
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Bella LOVES rocking...it seems to be the only way to get her to sleep during the day. Yesterday she didn't sleep much from 8am till 5pm, when we went out for tea and put her in the stroller and the 'rock, rock, rock' of the stroller sent her off to the land of the nod for a good 2 hours! I find myself having to 'rock' her bassinet just to get her to drift off! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 11:53am
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oh yeah the motion of the car and strollers are great too...I dont count those as rocking for Ella tho. BUt we did spend a lot of time at malls in those early weeks = she loved sound and moving around in the stroller and would sleep for hours if we were out - BUT NOT AT HOME!!!!
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 1:38pm
| we bought one of those basinets that vibrates and rocks and it has been a godsend!!! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 1:47pm
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Well our first night home went ok i thought.. im a little tired but to be expected.
She woke maybe every three hours for a feed, but she seems to only feed from one side? i dont have any luck with the other side? My nipples aren't cracked or bleeding they just hurt, is that because i need to get used to it? DF let me sleep this morning which was nice so i didnt get up untill half ten when she needed to feed again.. He cleaned the whole house and brought me in breakfast at our 6am feed. He is so sweet he almost cries when he holds her he thinks shes so precious.. Im so happy with the way things have turned out.. Well im off to write my birth story so will post it shortly. Man the bounty pack is good you get heaps of coupons for free photos :) And that sudocream i think im going to buy some of that.. Ohwe gave her a bath last night.. (well tried) And she really hated it she screamed and screamed is that normal? Also another thing, my lower ab. is sometimes REALLY sore like im curled up in feotel(sp) position as it hurts so much? Its after i pee.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |