@ea301 that is impressive! I really hope I get my energy back in a few weeks. Lucas has been nursing like crazy. We are still in the hospital and just had all the vitals checked, meds given, diapers changed, and stomach & scar poked and prodded. I love the help at the hospital, and the nurses are amazing, but it's like the land of no rest. I'll miss the help, but can't wait to get some sleep at home!
I've gone pee 3 times in the last few hours. Every time I move to get up (while still laying down) liquid comes out. I'm just peeing on myself right? There has been no "gush" or other large amount beyond what goes in the toilet.
im all the sudden anxious about baby doing ok. The midwife I saw yesterday told me to do kick counts every day because my fundal height growth is a little low. I know it's no big deal but it's keeping me up. This baby needs to get born
@slartybartfast I'm with you with the anxiety. My full time job is counting kicks since he had a decel on my NST on Monday. Logically he nailed everything else after the decel but I still worry. Let's do this babies!
I woke up in MOTN and immediately felt my bottoms for wetness because it felt like I had either peed or maybe had fluids leaking.. nope, just sweaty! definitely over thinking any and everything.
DH's best friend got married this weekend about 3.5 hours away from our house. They have been friends since age 5 and DH is very close with him and his family. I'm 38+6 and haven't shown any movement at my last few checks. So, he left on Friday morning and said he would leave and drive home after the ceremony tonight - rather than stay for the entire reception. And he said he wouldn't drink, he just wanted to be back home in case baby comes early.
Today the leave time kept moving back to after this or after that until finally he calls me at midnight to say he is the only one left helping the groom's parents with loading up alcohol and moving stuff back to their house - basically cleaning the venue.
I just lost it. I told him he shouldn't even be there, shouldn't have stayed so late, and now he needs to stay bc I don't want to be up all night stressed about him driving that late, etc. And he goes off about how these are his best friends and how much the groom's family has done for him and how he cannot understand why I am so mad.
I guess I am mad because you never know when your first child is going to make his appearance and you should have left hours ago and you wouldn't be stuck cleaning up the wedding AND everyone would have understood that you have a very pregnant wife to get home to! I already spent the last week defending him for even going to my mom and friends and coworkers who all seemed shocked he would even go, and now he has pulled this.
Rant over - I'm just still in the heat of it and I can't decide if this is rational angry or hormonal angry!
Woke up to pee about an hour and a half ago, couldn't immediately fall back asleep. Timed out a few contractions about 8-10 min apart. Not painful enough to wake up DH. Doze back off for half an hour, and now back awake with no contractions. Went to pee, walked our stairs a couple of times, and now sitting on our exercise ball because I'm awake.
*edited to add* almost been awake for 6 hours now. Finally tired. DH is getting ready to go into work for a few hours to take care of payroll since he doesn't want to save it for tomorrow in case my now inconsistent contractions become actual contractions. Once he leaves, I'll go back to sleep for a few hours. Started watching Gilmore Girls from the pilot episode and realized there are many from the first season I did not watch back in the day.
Motn here and I'm breaking my no technology between 10pm and 5am rule. Sitting on the potty waiting to poop...I need entertainment! Technically I had my first movement earlier today but it was pathetic. I know I'll feel better once it's done but my body hates me! I stand up or lay down, feel like it's time. Sit on the potty and my body says "just kidding sucker!". Ugh.
On the other hand, my milk came in and I'm getting an ounce to 2 each time I pump (combined breasts) with my manual pump. This never happened with my first so I'm stupidly happy over this!
I am jealous of your pathetic poop! My body does the same thing, I'll be standing, or sitting on the couch and I get the feeling. So I hobble to the bathroom and when I sit on the toilet seat, it seems too uncomfortable and I can't go anymore.
@yellingbanana up again...same reason. After feeding the kiddo I was sure it was poo time. Nope. I hate my body. Now I'm laying down and I can't trust a fart!
My baby is a terrible sleeper at night. At first it was like, whatever, she's 3 weeks old. Now it's just frustrating though. Naps so well during the day in her bassinet. At night she cries the second you lay her in it. Goes 2-3 hours between feedings during the day. At night there's no pattern. Sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 45 minutes. Blah.
@cgss11 mine won't sleep in the bassinet period. Cosleeping makes me nervous, but until he gets used to the bassinet (which we're trying to do little by little during the day), he sleeps with me in the bed. Except I'm so paranoid that I'll roll over on him that I'm not actually sleeping that well.
MOTN- been up for an hour now watching the snow fall and trying to convince baby girl that she should come out today vs Tuesday. Nothing but a few jabs to the cervix and kicks to my belly button I take that as a no? *sigh*
My baby is a terrible sleeper at night. At first it was like, whatever, she's 3 weeks old. Now it's just frustrating though. Naps so well during the day in her bassinet. At night she cries the second you lay her in it. Goes 2-3 hours between feedings during the day. At night there's no pattern. Sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 45 minutes. Blah.
I'm sorry. Possible suggestions: maybe wake her up more during the day, or making sure there are some night lights on at night, do extra burping after feedings, try a nighttime routine (think bath), have an extra stimulating time (talk, play, bicycle kicks) in the evenings so that she is tired. I just realized that my baby needs extra burping, especially at night. I fed him, buried him, then he pooped. So I set him down for a minute while I got up from the couch, and when I picked him up he burped 3 more times without me even patting his back!
@cgss11 mine won't sleep in the bassinet period. Cosleeping makes me nervous, but until he gets used to the bassinet (which we're trying to do little by little during the day), he sleeps with me in the bed. Except I'm so paranoid that I'll roll over on him that I'm not actually sleeping that well.
I have to also admit that I have only been using the bassinet for naps during the day. Lucas has been choking on his spit up a few times since birth. At first the doctors/nurses and I decided that it was amniotic fluid coming from his lungs (post c-section babies are more likely to have fluid in lungs). But now he has down it a few times with breastmilk. He spits up but can't really get it out, and struggles getting it back in, so he chokes for a few seconds, or more than a few. Needless to say, it's made DH and I extra cautious about how and where he sleeps. So when he naps in the p&p or bassinet during the day, I'm constantly checking on him. At night, we have been sleeping in the recliner couches, with Lucas on my chest in some way. So that if he does start to choke, I will be there and on top of it (I'm a light sleeper). DH has been sleeping on the couch also, so that he can get up to change the baby, or hep me if I need it. When Lucas consistently shows he can clear his spit up from all positions, I'll be back in a bed. My Dds went straight to the bassinet though, they had trouble falling asleep in it, there were many nights where they slept in the baby swing.
I've pretty much been up since 3:30. Bathroom trips, contractions, stuffy nose, yadda yadda yadda. Today was our one day to sleep in and cuddle but that is not happening. I've already been working in bed for about a 1/2 hour so I suppose it's just time to get up and make some breakfast.
Mines not quite a week old but the first few days we struggled with night sleeping. Then we figured out she wanted/needed more milk at that time. She's bottle fed a mix of BM and formula so sometimes it's hard to pick up on cluster feeding cues (for me at least). Once we started giving her an extra ounce, she actually started sleeping better. It's still fitful sleeping but it's not constant whining or crying so that's a win. Newborns are noisy.
@sourlemon mine is a week old today. Those first few nights of cluster feeding were really rough but he's starting to get in a solid routine now--nurse for 30-45 minutes, sleep for 2-3 hours, repeat. The longer he nurses the longer he sleeps. Our problem is that he gets really pissed off if I try to put him in anything else to sleep, so for now he's mainly sleeping on my chest. We're working on getting him into his bassinet eventually though.
@gowenc Same here. She sleeps great in the bed with me. With the last week being so rough, I usually cave at least once in the night.
@sourlemon DH suggests giving a bottle before bed. I'm not totally opposed but then am confused by what I do. Should I pump then? She's been ebf, but had a couple bottles now and I usually go pump while DH gives it but I'm the one doing bedtime.
@cgss11 I'm not BF, just pumping and formula supplementation so I may not be the best person to answer. But I pump every time DD eats. If DH is giving the bottle I pump during the feed. If I'm giving the bottle then I pump right after. But again, since I'm not BF at all that could be wrong. I believe @dmontgo is BF and pumping, she may be a better person to ask.
@cgss11 We ran into issues with this over the past couple days.
Here's our deal: we left the hospital fairly solid with BF, at least as solid as you could be after a couple days. It would take him a few minutes to get the latch ok but it would be fine after that.
The first two nights at home he fed constantly, and we were exhausted. My MIL is here for a bit, and we figured we'd take shifts during the night so I could get an ok nights sleep since I'm basically feeding him all day long. I pumped a few times to have enough for a couple bottle feedings during the night.
Max ate so quickly and easily during those feedings, which was great because he'd pass the eff out super quickly afterward. The problem (at least this is our theory) is that the bottle has spoiled him a bit, because when I go to BF, it now takes him FOREVER to latch because he's frustrated that he has to work for the milk now. Again, this is just our theory but after reading stuff here and there it kinda makes sense.
Anyway, I'm now confused as to what to do too, because if it was too early for him to start the bottle (meaning he wasn't as good with BF as i thought he was), what's the point of pumping now, other than to stockpile the freezer for when he gets older?
I don't know if this helped you out any, other than to say that I'm confused as well, haha. I guess as long as your baby is still BF well even with the bottles at night, rock on. Not really the case with us, as it seems.
MOTN here. DS2 won't freaking latch so that makes nursing at night go really quickly and fun. Not. @sourlemon I need to blow my nose and I'm scared. Coughing would be horrible
Darn you moms with outside babies and your reminders that once this baby's out I don't get some luxurious break full of sleep and energy. sorry for the weird bold - Mobile issues
Soooo... pretty sure i am having a postpartum hemmorhaging incident. Lots of clots... had to run and wake up hubby so he could watch LO and keep an eye on me in case i go into shock. Doc says to keep an eye on it over the next couple of hours and if it doesnt stop, to go to the emergency room.
Thanks @karmba - its been about 2 hrs now and its slowed down considerably thank goodness. Hoping it was a one-time thing because that was pretty scary! I thought I was done with clots after my manual extraction after delivery!
Can't sleep. Baby is moving nonstop and I have to pee every 5 minutes. So I am watching "Bad moms" while DH snores. Any tips for getting LO to settle down so I can sleep?
DD wouldn't sleep after her 2am feeding. After taking turns with DH for 2 hours trying to get her to sleep, I decided I'd just hold her in bed and she really sleeps well on me (not on DH at all). So then I was up until 530 when DH got up to get toddler ready for school. I had him move the baby to the pack n play so I could get a nap. Slept right through my mom picking up the toddler so I feel kinda guilty I didn't give her a hug. But that 90 minutes of sleep was great.
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Lucas has been nursing like crazy. We are still in the hospital and just had all the vitals checked, meds given, diapers changed, and stomach & scar poked and prodded. I love the help at the hospital, and the nurses are amazing, but it's like the land of no rest. I'll miss the help, but can't wait to get some sleep at home!
im all the sudden anxious about baby doing ok. The midwife I saw yesterday told me to do kick counts every day because my fundal height growth is a little low. I know it's no big deal but it's keeping me up. This baby needs to get born
Went to L&D and they sent me home.
I just woke up from a dream that my students were all Nazi supporters. That was terrifying.
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Due December 27th with baby #7
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DH's best friend got married this weekend about 3.5 hours away from our house. They have been friends since age 5 and DH is very close with him and his family. I'm 38+6 and haven't shown any movement at my last few checks. So, he left on Friday morning and said he would leave and drive home after the ceremony tonight - rather than stay for the entire reception. And he said he wouldn't drink, he just wanted to be back home in case baby comes early.
Today the leave time kept moving back to after this or after that until finally he calls me at midnight to say he is the only one left helping the groom's parents with loading up alcohol and moving stuff back to their house - basically cleaning the venue.
I just lost it. I told him he shouldn't even be there, shouldn't have stayed so late, and now he needs to stay bc I don't want to be up all night stressed about him driving that late, etc. And he goes off about how these are his best friends and how much the groom's family has done for him and how he cannot understand why I am so mad.
I guess I am mad because you never know when your first child is going to make his appearance and you should have left hours ago and you wouldn't be stuck cleaning up the wedding AND everyone would have understood that you have a very pregnant wife to get home to! I already spent the last week defending him for even going to my mom and friends and coworkers who all seemed shocked he would even go, and now he has pulled this.
Rant over - I'm just still in the heat of it and I can't decide if this is rational angry or hormonal angry!
*edited to add* almost been awake for 6 hours now. Finally tired. DH is getting ready to go into work for a few hours to take care of payroll since he doesn't want to save it for tomorrow in case my now inconsistent contractions become actual contractions. Once he leaves, I'll go back to sleep for a few hours. Started watching Gilmore Girls from the pilot episode and realized there are many from the first season I did not watch back in the day.
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I have to also admit that I have only been using the bassinet for naps during the day. Lucas has been choking on his spit up a few times since birth. At first the doctors/nurses and I decided that it was amniotic fluid coming from his lungs (post c-section babies are more likely to have fluid in lungs). But now he has down it a few times with breastmilk. He spits up but can't really get it out, and struggles getting it back in, so he chokes for a few seconds, or more than a few. Needless to say, it's made DH and I extra cautious about how and where he sleeps. So when he naps in the p&p or bassinet during the day, I'm constantly checking on him. At night, we have been sleeping in the recliner couches, with Lucas on my chest in some way. So that if he does start to choke, I will be there and on top of it (I'm a light sleeper). DH has been sleeping on the couch also, so that he can get up to change the baby, or hep me if I need it. When Lucas consistently shows he can clear his spit up from all positions, I'll be back in a bed.
My Dds went straight to the bassinet though, they had trouble falling asleep in it, there were many nights where they slept in the baby swing.
@sourlemon DH suggests giving a bottle before bed. I'm not totally opposed but then am confused by what I do. Should I pump then? She's been ebf, but had a couple bottles now and I usually go pump while DH gives it but I'm the one doing bedtime.
Boobs and bf and pumping are confusing to me.
Here's our deal: we left the hospital fairly solid with BF, at least as solid as you could be after a couple days. It would take him a few minutes to get the latch ok but it would be fine after that.
The first two nights at home he fed constantly, and we were exhausted. My MIL is here for a bit, and we figured we'd take shifts during the night so I could get an ok nights sleep since I'm basically feeding him all day long. I pumped a few times to have enough for a couple bottle feedings during the night.
Max ate so quickly and easily during those feedings, which was great because he'd pass the eff out super quickly afterward. The problem (at least this is our theory) is that the bottle has spoiled him a bit, because when I go to BF, it now takes him FOREVER to latch because he's frustrated that he has to work for the milk now. Again, this is just our theory but after reading stuff here and there it kinda makes sense.
Anyway, I'm now confused as to what to do too, because if it was too early for him to start the bottle (meaning he wasn't as good with BF as i thought he was), what's the point of pumping now, other than to stockpile the freezer for when he gets older?
I don't know if this helped you out any, other than to say that I'm confused as well, haha. I guess as long as your baby is still BF well even with the bottles at night, rock on. Not really the case with us, as it seems.
Oh I also think I'm getting sick. Coughing a ton 7 days post c section is jut fantastic.
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DD wouldn't sleep after her 2am feeding. After taking turns with DH for 2 hours trying to get her to sleep, I decided I'd just hold her in bed and she really sleeps well on me (not on DH at all). So then I was up until 530 when DH got up to get toddler ready for school. I had him move the baby to the pack n play so I could get a nap. Slept right through my mom picking up the toddler so I feel kinda guilty I didn't give her a hug. But that 90 minutes of sleep was great.