Big Boys Need Love Too!
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** Just Jools **
Slow & steady does it!!!!
Hiya Jenn. Hope you're well. x
Fattyfattyboomboom
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wow so you are all on here!!!!
well I had the baby last week wednesday. He is a bouncing 8.3lb bsby boy, born naturally. It was all a bit of a rush. I went in on tuesday early afternoon to day that i thought my waters were tricking as I had had a "leak" but they check on the baby and said that my waters were in tact and that the baby had changed postion and was now engaged.
So it was weird as he must have moved within the last couple of days. Anyway we went back home ( 30 mins drive) and then after 39 minutes of being home I went into the kitchen and they actually went. SO I went back to the hospital at 6:30pm and had chris at exactly 5am. No epidual only gas and air and pethedine as I dialated quite fast and by the time the anethetist ( misspelled) was able to get back in to see me I was in full blown labour and the meds would not have had time to work so they had no choice but to just leave me to it.
I thought i would be going home the same day but unfortunately two things happened, 1) when baby came out he wasn't breathing well and so they had to take him to the NICU unit where he stayed for until thursday at noon and 2)i had second degree tears and lost over 1 litre of blood so i needed to stay in. So we thought we would be out thursday evening, but again the baby's blood sugars had dropped and they thought he may have a "tounge tie" which is the bit that we all have under our tounge is slighty more attached at the front which was stopping him from latching on properly. He was eating but as he seemed to not want any extra formula to top him up I just got on with things. but from noon on thursday to friday afternoon they he seemed unwell to the staff and he was getting jaundice . So they tested him and he was very very jaundice. So he was made to have phototherapy. In which he was in a little incubator which had a kind of like sun lamp over it. Which he stayed in for 2 more days. I only took him out for his 3 hourly feeds for 30 mins and I couldn't really cuddle him as he need to be naked in the light. But by monday he was all better and they finally let us go home. SO it has been rather tough. But he has been a star, such a sweet and contented baby. Never a whine out of him. He was happy under the light, Even now he rarely cries he needs from feed to feed so I get a chance to sleep, but when he is awake is he very alert. He is gorgous and I will put a pic on profile for y'all to see for 24 hours or then remove it. But he is a honestly lovely.
There were some really hairy moments, some funny and some just made me cry, but I would do it over again in a heartbeat. I think the hardest thing for me wasn't the labour, or the pain or the stiches but just seeing them trying to take blood from my son, who had been poked and prodded to within an inch of his life. He had a canula in his little hand and foot and at least 30 heal pricks to get sample after sample and i just got to the point hearing him cry in pain that i just couldn't take it. I just sat there and cried my eyes out, and even thinking of it now just made me want to cry. But he is happy and healthy now and I know they were just tryin to make sure he was ok.
I feel great even though I should be knackard. I sleep in 30 minute to 1 hour intervals but its a non issue. I am hoping tonight though to get 3.5 hours as he feeds are now 4 hours apart. I wake him for feeds so it is only going to be his 3am feed that I will have to deal with. Come 11pm he will have his food and I will be then be off to bed.
LU loves him and is being really helpful and sweet. He just keeps saying " hello christopher , I am your big brother!" it's all rather sweet. And it is his birthday on friday, so that will be our first family outing with the baby.
Anyway enough of all that, I hope you all are doing well and i will check back on here later, i STILL cant get the updates to the thread to come to my email so I just have to remember to check it.
speak later
p.s sorry for the typos but i am too lazy to check what i typed ATM
well I had the baby last week wednesday. He is a bouncing 8.3lb bsby boy, born naturally. It was all a bit of a rush. I went in on tuesday early afternoon to day that i thought my waters were tricking as I had had a "leak" but they check on the baby and said that my waters were in tact and that the baby had changed postion and was now engaged.
So it was weird as he must have moved within the last couple of days. Anyway we went back home ( 30 mins drive) and then after 39 minutes of being home I went into the kitchen and they actually went. SO I went back to the hospital at 6:30pm and had chris at exactly 5am. No epidual only gas and air and pethedine as I dialated quite fast and by the time the anethetist ( misspelled) was able to get back in to see me I was in full blown labour and the meds would not have had time to work so they had no choice but to just leave me to it.
I thought i would be going home the same day but unfortunately two things happened, 1) when baby came out he wasn't breathing well and so they had to take him to the NICU unit where he stayed for until thursday at noon and 2)i had second degree tears and lost over 1 litre of blood so i needed to stay in. So we thought we would be out thursday evening, but again the baby's blood sugars had dropped and they thought he may have a "tounge tie" which is the bit that we all have under our tounge is slighty more attached at the front which was stopping him from latching on properly. He was eating but as he seemed to not want any extra formula to top him up I just got on with things. but from noon on thursday to friday afternoon they he seemed unwell to the staff and he was getting jaundice . So they tested him and he was very very jaundice. So he was made to have phototherapy. In which he was in a little incubator which had a kind of like sun lamp over it. Which he stayed in for 2 more days. I only took him out for his 3 hourly feeds for 30 mins and I couldn't really cuddle him as he need to be naked in the light. But by monday he was all better and they finally let us go home. SO it has been rather tough. But he has been a star, such a sweet and contented baby. Never a whine out of him. He was happy under the light, Even now he rarely cries he needs from feed to feed so I get a chance to sleep, but when he is awake is he very alert. He is gorgous and I will put a pic on profile for y'all to see for 24 hours or then remove it. But he is a honestly lovely.
There were some really hairy moments, some funny and some just made me cry, but I would do it over again in a heartbeat. I think the hardest thing for me wasn't the labour, or the pain or the stiches but just seeing them trying to take blood from my son, who had been poked and prodded to within an inch of his life. He had a canula in his little hand and foot and at least 30 heal pricks to get sample after sample and i just got to the point hearing him cry in pain that i just couldn't take it. I just sat there and cried my eyes out, and even thinking of it now just made me want to cry. But he is happy and healthy now and I know they were just tryin to make sure he was ok.
I feel great even though I should be knackard. I sleep in 30 minute to 1 hour intervals but its a non issue. I am hoping tonight though to get 3.5 hours as he feeds are now 4 hours apart. I wake him for feeds so it is only going to be his 3am feed that I will have to deal with. Come 11pm he will have his food and I will be then be off to bed.
LU loves him and is being really helpful and sweet. He just keeps saying " hello christopher , I am your big brother!" it's all rather sweet. And it is his birthday on friday, so that will be our first family outing with the baby.
Anyway enough of all that, I hope you all are doing well and i will check back on here later, i STILL cant get the updates to the thread to come to my email so I just have to remember to check it.
speak later
p.s sorry for the typos but i am too lazy to check what i typed ATM
** Just Jools **
Slow & steady does it!!!!
Way to go Jenn!!! That's such wonderful news!! Congratulations!
Sounds like you've been through the mill a bit but have come through the other side.
Loads of love & hugs to you all.
Can't wait to see the pics. x x x
Jim
Big Boy
Hey well done Jenn, it's good to hear from you and congratulations.
My brother Alan had that as a kid, it wasn't picked up on until he was nearly 3, we all just thought he was a slow developer because he couldn't talk properly. As soon as the Dr noticed, he did the slitting himself and suddenly Alan could talk, and boy he has never stopped since.
My brother Alan had that as a kid, it wasn't picked up on until he was nearly 3, we all just thought he was a slow developer because he couldn't talk properly. As soon as the Dr noticed, he did the slitting himself and suddenly Alan could talk, and boy he has never stopped since.
Fattyfattyboomboom
Silver Member
thanks taz that is sweet of you. And you too frijj...it was hard but of course worth the effort. Jim, thanks hun. Yeah the midwife said if he has it it may sort itself out and just rip itself or the docs would do it. But TBH the ped never actually looked at his mouth which was a shock, and one midwife said she thought he might have it and another said she thought not, so I have no idea. I will mention it when I go to the GP's for my 6 week postnatal appt.
I am tired at the moment. I need to make sure I slow down a bit I looked at myself in the mirror and I look like a corpse. Not that I am over exhaughsted or anything, but since I lost so much blood and my iron levels are super low I can't replenish the blood well enough so i look soooooo pale and even lost the colour in my lips which doesnt help much.
anyway will drop a line in a bit.
Trying to watch what i eat at the moment. I lost nearly 2 stone from the birth which is great, but I wont really know what the lose is for a couple more weeks. Just trying to losely do slimming world, and trying to only eat when hungry and until I am am full. As I am BF and formula feeding I NEED to make sure that I take care of myself and my body.
Speak later.
I am tired at the moment. I need to make sure I slow down a bit I looked at myself in the mirror and I look like a corpse. Not that I am over exhaughsted or anything, but since I lost so much blood and my iron levels are super low I can't replenish the blood well enough so i look soooooo pale and even lost the colour in my lips which doesnt help much.
anyway will drop a line in a bit.
Trying to watch what i eat at the moment. I lost nearly 2 stone from the birth which is great, but I wont really know what the lose is for a couple more weeks. Just trying to losely do slimming world, and trying to only eat when hungry and until I am am full. As I am BF and formula feeding I NEED to make sure that I take care of myself and my body.
Speak later.
Fattyfattyboomboom
Silver Member
p.s my pics are on my profile, but they will only be there for 24 hours as I dont want pics of my kids on the internet. So if you wanna have a gander and you aren't on my friends list just let me know
Jenn
Jenn
Fattyfattyboomboom
Silver Member
thanks taz =-) where has everyone gone? elle? abz? gem? tyn?
Fattyfattyboomboom
Silver Member
thanks gem that was a lovely banner =-)
Jim, yeah I know, but still want to watch it a bit. I just want to make sure I don't gain anything. But I doubt I will...*LOL*
Jim, yeah I know, but still want to watch it a bit. I just want to make sure I don't gain anything. But I doubt I will...*LOL*
** Just Jools **
Slow & steady does it!!!!
Gorgeous pics hun. Beautiful kids. x x
Fattyfattyboomboom
Silver Member
frijj- thank you very much.I like to think my babies are gorgeous. My older boy always gets comments on his looks and his manners when we are out and it always makes me feel good and like I am being a good mother.
Chris looks just like Mattie did as a baby, so no doubt will be handsome just like their daddy.
Chris looks just like Mattie did as a baby, so no doubt will be handsome just like their daddy.
** Just Jools **
Slow & steady does it!!!!
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