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@HeartAbandoned: Thanks for starting the thread! How was your delivery? Were you surprised to go into labor early? As he was a little early did he get checked out by the NICU at all?
That's awesome he's breastfeeding well and gaining weight!

Little G was born on Jan 21st at 37w3d. It was really quick again, but I'm really thankful for that ( haha.) I thought that I handled the pain during labor better with B, I think maybe that's because we took prenatal classes and I had techniques to manage the pain better? I'm not sure. Or maybe it just hurt more this time even tho G was half a pound lighter than B.
Recovery is way better this time around. I remember thinking last time, "I'd rather go through labor everyday then recovery every day." Never would I say that this time hahah.
I'm not going to lie, I have a couple hemorrhoids, nothing too bothersome until late yesterday, one of them got really big and it's really uncomfortable. I'm trying to put a lot of ice on it and then hot water in the shower but so far it's not helping too much. I think it's aggravated from carrying around my 18 month old.
It's been OK of an adjustment with 2 under 2. B is doing pretty well but you can tell she gets upset when all the attention isn't on her. It's hard when I'm breastfeeding and B is trying to crawl on me. I'm really nervous for when my husband goes back to work. Luckily he has next week off still.
We have a Dr appt on Monday so we will find out how G is doing with weight. B had a really hard time gaining weight at first and it got quite stressful. I turned down the at home nursing service that does home checks to see how baby is doing. I found it stressful with B last time as they put on so much pressure for her to be gaining a certain amount of weight by a certain time. G is breastfeeding better then B did so I don't want to go through that again.

Can't wait for more mommas to join us!

@autumn865: Congratulations! Glad things went so smoothly for you!

@ndepet: I was just thinking I should come and post here too! I'm a first-time mom as well, and keep thinking, "wow, I'm a mom now!!" I'm definitely with you on the wrap/sling. It would be so handy to take him around with me so I can get a few things done (when I'm not "sleeping when he sleeps" of course). We have a Boba wrap so I might test it out tonight.

@ndepet: @Kbee: yay for more moms! This board hasn't gotten any love yet really

@ndepet: that's good that c section recovery is getting easier every day! I use my wrap /carrier all.the.time. I had never used a woven wrap but I bought one a few months ago and use it every day with G now. I really like it but it had a huge learning curve just to learn the one wrap haha. With B I only used soft structure carriers but G is just too little for those still.

@Kbee: 2 under 2 is going... not bad haha. The hardest thing is getting up and ready in the morning. I'm lucky that G only gets up twice a night, usually 1230 and 5ish. The hard part is she feeds for 45 minutes and then it takes me like an hour to fall back asleep as she's soooo loud! We're getting used to it ( with an insane amount of coffee haha. ) B is doing so well with G. The first day she wasn't sure of a sister, but now she just loves her. We really have to watch as she tries to like, lay on her and give her kisses or pick her up haha.
G's weight is good, she actually didn't lose any and was up 5 ounces past her birth weight at 5 days old. She only gained 4 ounces in the 10 days after that but they said that's still over target. SOunds like you're on the right track, as your milk is probably in I'm sure he'll keep gaining like a champ!

@ndepet: hi! I had to say I'm loving my Solly wrap. It's like a Moby but I really like the fabric on the Solly. My 2 week old loves it and immediately calms and falls asleep in it. So I'm not the most experienced baby wearer but just wanted to let you know what works for us!

@ndepet: I only have one so far, the Boba wrap. I put it on about an hour and a half ago, put LO in it, and let me tell you, this thing is AMAZING. It put him right to sleep, and it means we get some extra skin-to-skin time I've been able to make breakfast, clean up a little, and get some work-related work done. It's so great!!

@kbee today i stuck baby in the bouncy seat for a bit and got some much needed house work done! i'm only 6 days post csection so maaaaybe did a bit too much but at least the house is in functional order now!

i know you all get it, but can I tell you how much i love this kid? as first time mom, i knew i would love him but i looooooove him. he is amazing and i am just soaking up all his perfectness

how is everyone else?

@aria sending you good thoughts!! Hope things get better for you soon

@Kbee: That's encouraging that things get easier quickly. Could you send me a link to some of the videos you found helpful? I think I'm having the same issue. Nurses all said the latch looked good but my nipples are bleeding.

Mind if I join you girls? I had my baby early, so my March mamas group is going to take a while to catch up.

@LAZB: Of course, welcome! Congrats! Is this your first? or second or third?

@Aria: No problem! This stuff is not easy...

I should probably give our little story
L was born 2/7 at 36w3d. We weren't too shocked that she came early, our son was a little early too, so we thought it might happen again. She was born perfect and healthy, weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and 20.25 in.
The short birth story is that my water broke around 7:30 Friday night, we headed in to the hospital where they confirmed it. They started me on pitocin since I was only 1cm and only having light contractions. I got an epidural at 4 AM so I could sleep, woke up at 8 feeling a decent amount of pressure, doctor came and checked, and I was ready to push! L was born at 8:45 in 3 pushes with no tearing.
Recovery has been great for me, the cramps from breastfeeding are the worst part, but I'm mostly past that now.

@HeartAbandoned: we are in the leisure eaters club too lol wake ups are about 45 min to an hour here too
@Aria: I used the icky lanolin stuff and it did not work at all for sore nipples. I got the earth baby nipple butter and it was so much better!

@MrsB2012: thanks and yes, the cramps were terrible, I think they subsided around day five though, so much better now. 7 hours sounds amazing! I'm so happy that L is eating more because she is jaundiced and lost a fair amount of weight, but she has been eating at least every two hours for the last day and a half, so no sleep for me!
@ndepet: we aren't allowing any visitors for a while, we are even more paranoid about germs this time, but I did have a hard time letting others hold my son last time. Not everyone, but especially my FIL and SMIL, probably because they aren't my favorites. I felt like I carried him for nine months, why did I have to share now? I did though, I just was a little cranky about it.

@LAZB: I'm sorry to hear about your first

@MrsB2012: D has been cluster feeding now too. We've been up since 5am, he eats for 20 minutes, sleeps for 20 minutes, then start over! Going on 7 hours now. I'm exhausted and really sore! When does it end?

@ndepet: I've been mostly okay with people wanting to hold the baby, but I will say that my in-laws came earlier this week and were here for 3 hours. Despite the fact that my MIL tells me to take it easy, don't do any housework, sleep when the baby sleeps, etc., they still spent their entire 3 hours here holding the baby. Except of course for the 25 minutes when I had to nurse him, and then they took him right back. We made dinner for them, and they told us we could clean up so that they could get a final 10 minutes with their grandson before they had to leave (because my FIL had to get up early for work in the morning, how tough). So, they seemed to forget telling us that we should let other people help us out, because they didn't once offer to help or ask us if anything needed to be done while they were here. She did bring us some food for the freezer, which I will admit was nice. All in all, I understand they're his grandparents and they love him very much, and I'm totally okay with them wanting to hold him a lot. I feel selfish wanting to hold him with other people here, but I know that these early days are few and I want to have time holding my son at times other than nursing to encourage attachment and bonding. They're coming back tomorrow along with SIL and her husband, so we'll see how it goes.

@LAZB: Oh man, that's just so frustrating. I would feel the same way (and kind of do!).

Is it possible to have too many poopy diapers? At first L was barely having any wet or dirty diapers and we were concerned that she wasn't wating enough. Now I'm confident that she's eating enough, but she's already had 4 poopy diapers today! That seems excessive!

@ndepet: I remember getting really anxious and not letting other people other than DH hold my LO1. With LO2 I kinda have to so I've been trying to be better at letting people free up my hands. Maybe it's the hormones?!
@Kbee: 3 hours?! I would be itching for my baby back
!@LAZB: yeah I wouldn't worry about the poop. My LO is 3 weeks and there's something in her diaper every change every 2 hours or so.

Quick question.... What is everyone's baby's wake times? I feel like our LO is awake excessively. It isn't unusual for her to be awake 2+ hours at once during the day and always at night at least from 7-9 but sometimes longer and later (as I sit here rocking my wide awake baby). She's fussy a lot of the time but she is just AWAKE despite every effort of mine and DH.

Also, what did everyone do for valentines? We ordered Chinese food that I scarfed down while holding a screaming baby. I told DH we will go out for Valentines in 6 months when we can get away to someplace nice

@autumn865: My baby is about the same as LAZB. If she's not eating she's almost always asleep but she's still only 5 days old so I don't know if that makes a difference.

We didn't do much for Valentine's Day. It's actually my husbands birthday so he took C in the carrier to the bakery and picked up a cake for himself. Then we just spent a quiet evening at home.

@LAZB: I love the picture, your LO is so cute!