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Csltdk · July 2014

@sharmon1317‌ ugh that sounds terrible, i hope all gets worked out in the morning, it's gonna be a long night for you

JuniperGaze · July 2014

Gemma has been choking on my milk within the first few mins of her nursing sessions today. I'm worried I have a forceful letdown. I've been pumping pretty often per my LC because I've been using a nipple shield due to latching issues and I'm worried it's left my with an oversupply. So I haven't pumped at all today. I've fed her from one side the last 3-4 times, but she still ended up choking every couple mins. She is doing fine on the right side now. Anyone have any issues like this?

Aimes33m · July 2014

Csltdk said:
Is anyone else keeping LO upright after feeding for up to 15-20 minutes? I have an irrational fear of her spitting up and choking while I'm sleeping if I don't do this after a feeding

Yes! She's been spitting up after every feed so we're trying the upright thing for 20min after each feed. Honestly it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference. Eventually I lay her down and she spits up when I do.

We have LO in a bassinet next to our bed. She sleeps silently and soundly on one of us but as soon as I put her in the bassinet she's got tons of random sounds. I know babies are loud and plenty of people have had this problem but how do you sleep through them? I'm a light sleeper naturally and these days I feel like I can't even get to sleep bc I'm listening to every noise making sure she's okay.

jensavicci · July 2014

I'm awake enough to actually answer now.

As for the original question in the OP. labor has always been unbearable for me and this time wasn't any different. It's never stopped me from completely canceling out the idea of more children though. I'm pretty sure that this little guy is the last one though. At least for a long while he is. I would love another girl but, I wouldn't be devastated if I didn't have one. I'm completely in love with the children I do have.

So, has anyone else experienced fevers after giving birth? I had a random fever a few nights back and my doc said it sometimes happens after you've had a baby. That along with the shakes. That's brand new to me.

Csltdk · July 2014

Aimes33m said:

Csltdk said:
Is anyone else keeping LO upright after feeding for up to 15-20 minutes? I have an irrational fear of her spitting up and choking while I'm sleeping if I don't do this after a feeding

We have LO in a bassinet next to our bed. She sleeps silently and soundly on one of us but as soon as I put her in the bassinet she's got tons of random sounds. I know babies are loud and plenty of people have had this problem but how do you sleep through them? I'm a light sleeper naturally and these days I feel like I can't even get to sleep bc I'm listening to every noise making sure she's okay.

This is my daughter to a T. She can't get comfortable in her bassinet, I can hold her after a feeding and she's sound asleep and I put her down and it's all these little grunts and cries and wiggling which will turn into a screaming cry after 10 minutes. I think I'm going to try to have her take afternoon naps in her bassinet to get her used to it. Seems she hates being on her back though

jensavicci · July 2014

@alwaysnc4me‌

Nope! Doc did tests just to be sure there were no infections. She says that stress, pain and anxiety can also cause fevers. And I was in quite a lot of pain that night. It just kind of took me by surprise though.

ETA: I think also, if it were an infection, I would have experienced more or longer symptoms. It was really just a random one night fever o.O? Which cleared up by morning.

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glitterclaws · July 2014

I hear you guys on the noises. LO totally sleeps silently on me but the second I put him down, it's like the walking dead in there with the groaning and weird nasaly noises. And I don't sleep through it. Sigh.

I put him in his crib this morning to try to get some sleep. He did fall asleep and so did I. But when I woke up an hour later, he was wailing. I have no idea how long he had been crying for (we have a video monitor that I had on the pillow next to me but I was OUT). So now I'm terrified to let him sleep in his crib for fear that I'll miss his signals and he will feel neglected.

TL;DR - my LO is never moving out of our room because I'm crazy.

emineminem · July 2014

Hi mamas. Fed Maddie and got her down at 11 and was planning on a nice 3 hour sleep. 12:30 and she's letting me know just how silly that idea was.

alyss0nl · July 2014

Dylan woke up at midnight, drank 3 ounces, burped and all the like. It's now 1:12 and he's grunting and whining like he's hungry. Long night ahead of us!

Rawa1416 · July 2014

Anyone else have a slow eater? Sometimes it takes LO an hour to eat! Then usually about 30 min or more to settle down and sleep which leaves both of us an hr of sleep before the next feeding. Yikes. Hoping she speeds up a little eventually.

Athenanolen · July 2014

Csltdk said:
I know it's not nighttime anymore but can I just say how much I enjoy waking up completely drenched in sweat and not changing becuase I'm a gross indivual who goes back to sleep in her sweat drenched clothes after a feeding. Winning!

What is with the sweating???! I thought it was just me

middleschoolmommy · July 2014

DH fed Alexander at 11... 1230 rolls around and he is crying and eating his fingers. I feed him 2oz at 1 and think he will go to sleep...wrong! Still hungry. After yesterday's vomiting fiasco I waited 30 mins and THEN gave another 2oz. That was an hour ago and he is still wiiiiide awake. I handed him off to my grandpa, but I'm having a hard time going to sleep. I don't like Alexander being away from me when I sleep unless he's with DH. Hope I get over that soon.

Lhalliburton · July 2014

My brand new little guy just nursed for the first time (for an hour) after spending the day in the NICU since he could slow his breathing. I'm a happy mama

middleschoolmommy · July 2014

rachahall1 said:
Anyone else have a slow eater? Sometimes it takes LO an hour to eat! Then usually about 30 min or more to settle down and sleep which leaves both of us an hr of sleep before the next feeding. Yikes. Hoping she speeds up a little eventually.

Alexander has JUST started speeding up his feedings. He has been on the bottle (off feeding tube) for a month now. He would take at least 30mins in the beginning. With trying to burp him it would easily stretch to an hour. Now its about 30 mins with burping.

emineminem · July 2014

rachahall1 said:
Anyone else have a slow eater? Sometimes it takes LO an hour to eat! Then usually about 30 min or more to settle down and sleep which leaves both of us an hr of sleep before the next feeding. Yikes. Hoping she speeds up a little eventually.

Only once so far and I'm hoping it was a fluke - you have my sympathy!

@Athenanolen‌ night sweats are super common PP. It's your body's gross way of getting rid of excess fluid. I need mine to start because OMG my feet are so damn swollen!

Signing off...see you in two hours

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mamaloaf · July 2014

With the night sweats, anyone else wake up smelling like a teenage boy but not wet from sweat? My pits smell like I've run a damn marathon every morning.
#I'msexyandIknowit

JuniperGaze · July 2014

Nursing / feeding has really been on mine and DH'a minds.

Last night, when he came to bed, I started frantically searching the bed. DH asked what I was looking for and I said "the thing for the pump!" He said, "you're not pumping". I replied "oh, maybe I'm not pumping right now."

A little bit ago the baby started to cry and I just looked at DH. He said "she's probably hungry". But I thought I was laying in bed pumping and that's why I didn't get up right away. He said "this is something you have to do, I can't help with this" lol!

Right now I'm in the living room after nursing DD and I hear DH walking around the bedroom. When he comes out he says, "you need a bottle?" I said, "no" (we aren't using bottles yet). He asked what I needed then. I said I didn't need anything. He dreamed I was asking him for something.

Oy! Our lives have changed so much in the last 2 weeks!

Aab7114 · July 2014

rachahall1 said:
Anyone else have a slow eater? Sometimes it takes LO an hour to eat! Then usually about 30 min or more to settle down and sleep which leaves both of us an hr of sleep before the next feeding. Yikes. Hoping she speeds up a little eventually.

I have exactly the same issue! Will sometimes takes an hour and a half to eat and get settled. He falls asleep while eating which is most of the problem. I spend 30 minutes just waking him up to eat. I am also supposed to wake him up every 3 hrs so will and I are also getting little time to sleep. I am keeping my fingers crossed he gets better and more alert during feedings!

Aimes33m · July 2014

Csltdk said:

Aimes33m said:

Csltdk said:
Is anyone else keeping LO upright after feeding for up to 15-20 minutes? I have an irrational fear of her spitting up and choking while I'm sleeping if I don't do this after a feeding

We have LO in a bassinet next to our bed. She sleeps silently and soundly on one of us but as soon as I put her in the bassinet she's got tons of random sounds. I know babies are loud and plenty of people have had this problem but how do you sleep through them? I'm a light sleeper naturally and these days I feel like I can't even get to sleep bc I'm listening to every noise making sure she's okay.

This is my daughter to a T. She can't get comfortable in her bassinet, I can hold her after a feeding and she's sound asleep and I put her down and it's all these little grunts and cries and wiggling which will turn into a screaming cry after 10 minutes. I think I'm going to try to have her take afternoon naps in her bassinet to get her used to it. Seems she hates being on her back though

Identical. Let me know if you figure anything out that works!

VTKatie · July 2014

Amelia has been up for the last 4 hours feeding and crying. She falls asleep with my boob in her mouth and immediately wakes up if I try and put her down. DH has been zero help tonight. I asked him to rock her for a while and he put her in the swing 5 minutes later.....she immediately started screaming . Thanks for all the help dear:/

likeanoldtimemovie · July 2014

Alice makes the cutest sounds while sleeping!

Csltdk · July 2014

Hello 3:30, my daughter woke me up to a shit explosion that soaked through her diaper sleeper swaddle me and Basinet sheet. Sweet

marsalisails · July 2014

Upwith an inside baby and fake contractions. So frustrating

glitterclaws · July 2014

Csltdk said:
Hello 3:30, my daughter woke me up to a shit explosion that soaked through her diaper sleeper swaddle me and Basinet sheet. Sweet

You win the gold star tonight. Yikes!!

I'm up with just a run of the mill feeding. Knock on wood.

Csltdk · July 2014

csmith0085 said:

Csltdk said:

I'm up with just a run of the mill feeding. Knock on wood.
I would be scared to even type that!

emineminem · July 2014

Up with miss cranky pants. She fed for 20 on the right and then just held the left and dozed off for five minutes, then when I tried to put her down she decided to be wide awake and start rooting again. Five minutes in, hoping for a long one so we can sleeeeeeep.

TexasGirl81 · July 2014

Still with inside baby, but up with crazy Lili. For some reason right now she's seriously wide awake. Literally making Indian calls, and biting on my nails.

Crap! It just clicked on me. She's teething. Poor thing! Oh man, in the words of Samuel L Jackson, "go the fuck to sleep!"

Skeemer · July 2014

Up with the newborn DD which woke up DS at 4 am. Now DD is fast asleep, DS is wide awake & I drank a Red Bull so I could be a halfway decent human. I really should be using this time to clean my house since MIL & Step FIL are coming on Saturday...but it's dark outside & I'm cozy in the recliner.

middleschoolmommy · July 2014

Third night in a row for LO to marathon eat from 1am until at least 530am. He then sleeps through his 8am feeding. I let him because I'm so exhausted. ... but I probably just jinxed myself and will have a super wide awake baby still.

middleschoolmommy · July 2014

VTKatie said:
Amelia has been up for the last 4 hours feeding and crying. She falls asleep with my boob in her mouth and immediately wakes up if I try and put her down. DH has been zero help tonight. I asked him to rock her for a while and he put her in the swing 5 minutes later.....she immediately started screaming . Thanks for all the help dear:/

My DH is useless at night during the week. He complains when I make his get up on weekends. Last weekend he got up for the 2am feeding and said something along the lines of my needing to help. He got the bighest FUCK YOU stare ever.

Mamanorris81 · July 2014

Oh lawd, it's 1:20 and I still haven't been to sleep. Everytime I start to doze off Lennon wakes up. Tomorrow should be fun with a 2 year old that has been getting up at the crack of dawn.

ichamommy · July 2014

Baby asleep. Everyone else in the house asleep. SO WHY ARENT I?!?!?!

glitterclaws · July 2014

I am cautiously optimistic. This is the 2nd night in a row where my bear has eaten at 11pm and then not until 3:15am. It's been AH-mazing. Both nights I've woken up at around 2:15am panicked because he hadn't woken up yet (we were doing 11pm and then 1:30ish for a long time).

I'm hoping this sticks and I get used to it so I can actually start enjoying sleep!!

Eta to add - had another baby-smothered-in-bed panic attack/dream. Those really make me sweat.

Kellie012 · July 2014

Great question! I'm a FTM, up nursing my baby now. When I think back on her birth (last Sunday) it makes me want to do it again. I had a wonderful doula and supportive husband, and was able to go natural. My labor was 10 hours start to finish, but once it was over it felt like thirty minutes! It was such a great experience!

dobbyisfree · July 2014

Logan has a cold. I feel gipped because breastfed babies are supposed to be healthier, but I was the one that gave it to him. I wore a mask, but not soon enough. He only has nasal congestion, no fever, nothing in his chest, but he sounds so terrible when he breathes through his nose. Poor baby :-(

reils500 · July 2014

DS feeding on the hour tonight/now morning 1:30, 2:30 3:30, 4:30 & now 5:30 and DS1 wakes up at 6- praying he sleeps in. It's going to be a long day

honeybee434 · July 2014

suzelizabeth said:
When E is trying to latch he often puts his hands in his mouth or between his mouth and my nipple. That's not how it works, kid!

I hate this!! S does the same thing! Those baby hands/arms are surprisingly strong, too.

TRyan86 · July 2014

Almost morning here now and feeling a little awful and bad parenting. Apparently my MON math skills suck. Set my alarm to wake up at 4.5 hours instead of 3.5 hours.... DD is ravenous. She's 3 weeks old and doesn't always wake up on her own I eat.., well at least with the extra sleep I should be functional today.

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