I miss my ladies but have been feeling like I don't fit in here so well lately 
. (And I am limiting my internet time, like a good new mama 
.) I thought maybe we could do a weekly postpartum thread so those of us who have already popped have a place to keep in touch. I hope you ladies who are still suffering through the end stages of pregnancy don't feel like I'm hijacking your board (or torturing you with news of our babies!) . With dd1 I gave birth at the end of the month, so this wasn't an issue for me before!
We are doing fabulously! Sophia came Th morning, my milk was in by Friday evening and nursing is going wonderfully ... she is a pro, and no nipple pain or anything
. My letdown is really strong, though, so she gets a little overwhelmed sometimes. No complaints on her end, but there is some coughing and spluttering . Sometimes she doesn't even suck for a while and I can still hear her swallowing away. I'm just like, dang, I've stuck a fire hose in your mouth you poor thing! I am trying to nurse her "uphill" when I can, leaning back and bringing her up above my breast (one thing the recliner is really handy for!). The only problem it's causing is she's not so great at burping and she's swallowing a lot of air with all the gulping, so she can be a little fussy until I'm able to help her work the air out. It's usually only for a minute or two (and then she wants back at the tap ), but last night she was really hurting and cried for about 20 minutes, poor girl 
. I was finally able to get the burps out, though, and then she conked out and was fine the rest of the night.
We weighed her yesterday and she was 7 lb 12 oz (down from 8 lb 4 oz). She hadn't pooped since Friday, so I was telling her to keep that poop in until after she was weighed, but she went and pooped right before the appointment, the little stinker!
She still sleeps incessantly, although she's a little jaundiced and I know that makes them sleepy. Now that she had that huge poop yesterday I think the jaundice is starting to clear out. She has been having more alert periods since yesterday evening.
She is waking about every 2 hours at night to nurse, but goes right back to sleep, so that's good. I think if I could get her to stay awake a little longer and fill her belly more, she would sleep longer in between. So I've been trying to work those burps out and get her back to the breast. We'll see how that goes.
DD1 is doing pretty good, all things considered. The first day or two were pretty rough, with her wanting me to put the baby down and hold her, and not wanting me to have the baby in the sling, etc. But even then, she still had lots of hugs and kisses for Sophie and wanted to hold her, etc. I know there are many weeks / months of adjustment ahead of us, but I do feel like she is making the transition well so far, all things considered.
I cannot sing the praises of lying in enough. I haven't been following it to the letter ... I check my email, check in here, spent a ridiculous amount of time writing my birth story (but boy did I need to do that to help me process it!), talk on the phone some and have had a few visitors. But I do spend a lot of time in the bedroom with just me and her, and it's positively lovely (despite the fact that I'm still in the recliner due to back pain
. I feel so connected to her, and feel like I was able to figure out that fussy = needs to burp really quickly because of that. But yesterday I broke form and went out for an acupuncture appt because of the back pain. Then I realized my appt was 5 minutes from one of my best friend's houses who wouldn't be able to visit until next weekend, so I decided to swing by there so she could meet Sophie. And then I also realized it was right by the apprentice mw who was going to do a postpartum that day, so I volunteered to just stop by her house instead. So on day four after birth I went out and made 3 different stops 
:! The good news is that Sophie did GREAT in the car (dd1 was a car seat screamer, so this is a huge relief). But man, I really overdid it. My bleeding (which was almost nonexistent) really came on, and I also felt super disconnected from Sophie by the time I got home. I found myself praying she would stay asleep in her car seat so I could eat lunch without having to "deal" with her, and I kept being afraid that noises would wake her up, etc. I had to check myself, because these were totally new feelings ... up until that point I had not at all felt burdened by her, or that I've had to "deal" with her or that she is interfering with my life. I've felt like we were operating like a "unit" and in wonderful harmony. So that was a serious wake-up that I needed to get back to my lying-in! We took a looong nap together yesterday, and I feel much better now . I could spend hours watching her sleep and dream. She makes the cutest faces and wrinkles her forehead and has HUGE smiles while she's dreaming! It's so beautiful it makes me cry. And she loves being in my Maya sling -- she has been curled up like a little bug and conked out for the last two hours while I ate breakfast and did some catching up here. I love her SO MUCH 
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. (And I am limiting my internet time, like a good new mama .) I thought maybe we could do a weekly postpartum thread so those of us who have already popped have a place to keep in touch. I hope you ladies who are still suffering through the end stages of pregnancy don't feel like I'm hijacking your board (or torturing you with news of our babies!) . With dd1 I gave birth at the end of the month, so this wasn't an issue for me before!We are doing fabulously! Sophia came Th morning, my milk was in by Friday evening and nursing is going wonderfully ... she is a pro, and no nipple pain or anything
. My letdown is really strong, though, so she gets a little overwhelmed sometimes. No complaints on her end, but there is some coughing and spluttering . Sometimes she doesn't even suck for a while and I can still hear her swallowing away. I'm just like, dang, I've stuck a fire hose in your mouth you poor thing! I am trying to nurse her "uphill" when I can, leaning back and bringing her up above my breast (one thing the recliner is really handy for!). The only problem it's causing is she's not so great at burping and she's swallowing a lot of air with all the gulping, so she can be a little fussy until I'm able to help her work the air out. It's usually only for a minute or two (and then she wants back at the tap ), but last night she was really hurting and cried for about 20 minutes, poor girl . I was finally able to get the burps out, though, and then she conked out and was fine the rest of the night.We weighed her yesterday and she was 7 lb 12 oz (down from 8 lb 4 oz). She hadn't pooped since Friday, so I was telling her to keep that poop in until after she was weighed, but she went and pooped right before the appointment, the little stinker!
She still sleeps incessantly, although she's a little jaundiced and I know that makes them sleepy. Now that she had that huge poop yesterday I think the jaundice is starting to clear out. She has been having more alert periods since yesterday evening.
She is waking about every 2 hours at night to nurse, but goes right back to sleep, so that's good. I think if I could get her to stay awake a little longer and fill her belly more, she would sleep longer in between. So I've been trying to work those burps out and get her back to the breast. We'll see how that goes.
DD1 is doing pretty good, all things considered. The first day or two were pretty rough, with her wanting me to put the baby down and hold her, and not wanting me to have the baby in the sling, etc. But even then, she still had lots of hugs and kisses for Sophie and wanted to hold her, etc. I know there are many weeks / months of adjustment ahead of us, but I do feel like she is making the transition well so far, all things considered.
I cannot sing the praises of lying in enough. I haven't been following it to the letter ... I check my email, check in here, spent a ridiculous amount of time writing my birth story (but boy did I need to do that to help me process it!), talk on the phone some and have had a few visitors. But I do spend a lot of time in the bedroom with just me and her, and it's positively lovely (despite the fact that I'm still in the recliner due to back pain
. I feel so connected to her, and feel like I was able to figure out that fussy = needs to burp really quickly because of that. But yesterday I broke form and went out for an acupuncture appt because of the back pain. Then I realized my appt was 5 minutes from one of my best friend's houses who wouldn't be able to visit until next weekend, so I decided to swing by there so she could meet Sophie. And then I also realized it was right by the apprentice mw who was going to do a postpartum that day, so I volunteered to just stop by her house instead. So on day four after birth I went out and made 3 different stops :! The good news is that Sophie did GREAT in the car (dd1 was a car seat screamer, so this is a huge relief). But man, I really overdid it. My bleeding (which was almost nonexistent) really came on, and I also felt super disconnected from Sophie by the time I got home. I found myself praying she would stay asleep in her car seat so I could eat lunch without having to "deal" with her, and I kept being afraid that noises would wake her up, etc. I had to check myself, because these were totally new feelings ... up until that point I had not at all felt burdened by her, or that I've had to "deal" with her or that she is interfering with my life. I've felt like we were operating like a "unit" and in wonderful harmony. So that was a serious wake-up that I needed to get back to my lying-in! We took a looong nap together yesterday, and I feel much better now . I could spend hours watching her sleep and dream. She makes the cutest faces and wrinkles her forehead and has HUGE smiles while she's dreaming! It's so beautiful it makes me cry. And she loves being in my Maya sling -- she has been curled up like a little bug and conked out for the last two hours while I ate breakfast and did some catching up here. I love her SO MUCH .
to her and you as it's hard on mommy too. Sounds like your off to a good start though!
!!! I knew she was a piglet (my god does she love to nurse!!), but holy cow!! Six ounces in two days!!!
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). MW said she's probably getting antibodies from me, so hopefully it will be short-lived.
