Jan/Feb 2011 Mommies (Nov & Dec 2010 early babes)

Yvette - congrats!!! I am so happy for you! Wow, after everything you have been through with the castor oil etc LOL. I love the name Emily - for us (well more me than DH) it was either Emma or Emily if Nathan had been a girl...

Hope you have a quick recovery and that Emily is latching well! Enjoy every minute!

Sorry, not much time for personals. Hope everyone is doing well! Chris, gorgeous pics! Good luck for the BF. I think you are doing really well! Try the eglonyl - it will really help!

Off for a check up with Nathan at the Paed just now - cant wait for the weigh-in to see how he is doing!

Have a lovely day, and good luck to all the Moomie mommies who are almost there!

xxx

Morning ladies

Yvette congrats on the birth of Emily may she bring you heeps of joy, can't wait for your birth storie

Binks and so we wait with your

Ster, sorry to hear you can't breastfeed anymore on what formula are you going to put Inge on and what bottles are you going to try?

Mina I can't remember when is your due date again?

Chris how you feeling? Your babies are gorgeous well done!

I said to hubby we must take Aiden to the chiropracter even tho he winds well he still battles with cramps so lets hope it will relieve a bit of the cramps and wins it helped for my lg so lets hope it works for him as well

I have a little problem I can't get Aiden to settle when he has his screaming matches start his dad is the only one that can settle him by lying on his tummy problem I don't have a big tummy like dad so he doesn't like lying by him now here is the problem next week he is full time back at work so what the frik am I going to do??????

I think Llewellyn is going to be my little charmer he just has that flirty way when he looks at me when he drinks his bottle I sometimes feel so bad for Aiden I have to pillow feed him cause Llewellyn's sucking reflex is not as strong as Aiden's so Aiden barelly gets a chance to feed in my arms, hubby can't seem to get both of them to feed he will sit a half hour and when he takes the bottle out they haven't drank a drop I am the only one that manages to get them to feed within an half an hour, so my nights are a bit of a mission with hubby but I am not doing it alone at nights I am sorry it takes two to tango

My mil still here stying till sunday I am so frustrated all she does is wash the dishes and sit we have a park in the complex just down the road she won't even bother just to take my lg down there to play a little we have all just been stuck in the house, can you just imagine, and you know my hubby has this attitude with me when his mom is here "everything i do she can do better" and it's starting to work on my nerves. Yesterday she kept on saying we must get gripe water for Aiden so he starst why don't we have gripe water with this real attitude so I turned around at the both of them and said I am the nother here and I don't like the gripe water is a waste, so she goes but it worked for Arno as a baby so I said well I don't want to use it they are getting telement and bennets that is more then enough meds for them can you believe it he would rather take his mother side then mine

Ok enough moaning on my side babies are hungry again need to feed

chat later

Morning all

My word Yvette what were you up to????
Congratz on your little girl at least the wait is over.

Mina yip another induction i didnt have a problem with mine so im ok with it, its that 20 mins of pushing that got me.
We also thought i was next but look at Yvette anything can happen so dont count your chickens.

Chris good luck with the breast feeding, all i can say is its hard but stick to it as long as you can it becomes easier.

Sterr at least you gave Inge 3 days of important milk.

Hope you all have a fab day.

Oh my! What a night for you Yvette. I cant believe your baby is here so quickly. I really thought you will be able to do the normal thing but it is not in our hands. Congrats on the birth of Emily, may she bring you all the joy in the world.
Do you think the castor oil had anything to do with you going into labour?

Binks - Looks like you are next then. Are you going for an induction? I had such a bad experience with my first baby and an induction that I really dont want it again, so I will be waiting for Bernice to decide when she is ready for the world.
Every morning I wake up I know its another day passed with no labour. I am going for internal check up on saturday so I hope that will help speed up the whole process.
You say you are scared for the whole birth process and that makes 2 of us. I think it is because we know what is coming. I am really stressed even gets nightmares about it. I am very scared of needles so I dont do epiduruals. Just me and the pain. Hoping that because it is my 3 baby it will be quicker.

Ster - Good luck on the bottle. Remember to follow Vix advise on not to over heat the milk so that you will have a constipated baby, seems like that is the only problem with tin milk.

Chris - Your babies look so healthy and peaceful. What an amazing birth story. I know that you will cope with the feeding. I want to agree with Vix on the eglynol. Its really not a bad thing and it helps a mom with a new born to keep her sanity so for having 2 or 3 new borns it will really do the trick.

Hi Vix

Breastfeeding for me has unfortunately stopped. My breasts are so engorged that we cannot get Inge to latch. I went to a lady yesterday that is a Mid Wife and breast advisor and she really tried her best to help me. Even she couldn't get Inge to latch with a nipple shield. She also help me with the manual pump and I can only get about 10ml out. Then she tried the electrical pump and that also did not made a difference. The other problem is that my breast has inflamation in them - very hot and red. She told me that I can try with the breast pump (electrical) for about 48 hours but could end up with cracked nipples.

My biggest concern is that Inge is not getting enough milk in. So I made a call to stop breast feeding - at least she got colostrum the first 3 days.

Will chat a bit later again - I have a screamer that is hungry

Yvette- congratulations on the birth of your baby girl Emily, I am sure she will bring you and Craig much much joy! Glad she is feeding well!

Ster- thanks for updating us. How are you getting on? Is Inge drinking better now?

Chris- If you can get Alexia to drink on the breast then it will also help to stimulate milk production, the pumping doesn't even come close to the stimulation of baby sucking especially once the hormones kick in, you'll feel this full tingling sensation as your milk flows. My right boob can only produce about 40ml when I pump yet Alex can drink on it for ages even after exoressing there is still so much milk the pump couldn't retrieve. Having your babies. Discharged together has pro's and cons; if you plan to breast feed them all then I say let them be discharged together so that you can be at the hospital to BF them all regulally before discharge, I'm very sad I wasn't able to do that. But on the other hand (especially being a first time mommy) it might be an easier transition to bring them home seperately and get into a little routine one at a time. As sad I was that I could't BF Jono having Alex home first meant that we could all get adjusted to having a newborn in the house again before suddenly it s 2 newborns.

As for the Eglynol, mmmm, I think tranquilizer is probably the wrong word, makes it sound like it'll knock you out. It's a mild anti depressant/relaxer so it'll calm your nerves and the plus side is the milk production but it doesn't make you at all drowsey. Personally I think it's taking the edge off the stress at the moment which is the only way I'm coping. If you don't want to take it right now then just keep up your fluids and even take extra shots of the blackthornberry but I will pass you this little bit of advice; If you find you're battling with milk supply when they leave hospital then give the Eglynol a try before you consider putting them on formula, being prem the best thing for them really is BM. Besides formula for 3 is going to cost you a fortune. Also if you find when you get home with all 3 that things seem a little overwhelming and perhaps stressful try the Eglynol. I am just about keeping the stress levels reasonable and I only have 2 babies and I'm on the Eglynol. I refused to believe with C that an anti depressant would just give me a little help and I left it and left it until eventually at 5m I HAD to do something, as soon as I started on the meds I regained my coping skills. I can't believe how well I'm coping this time and I'm sure it's just the Eglynol calming my nerves.

Binks- I tried to latch Jono again in the afternoon but Alex was awake too and it just became too much, at the moment I need to latch Jono alone and with no pressure on him.

I'm pleased to hear things are progressing and by sat Vanya will be here with us! Xxxx

O.k back to sleep for me now feeding time at the zoo is finished.

Latest from Yvette

Baby Emily born at 02:50am - 2,8kg. Lots of hair and seems quite dark. Wonderful first breastfeed. I am sore and got days/night mixed up now, so feeling extra tired.

Congrats Yvette and DH on the arrival of the latest family member. Hope the little one will bring you a lot of joy