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Can't wait to join in over here!!

I can join!!! Yay. We had a surprise and got a girl instead of a boy!!! She's only 4.5 hours old but nursing like a champ. We'll see how the sleeping goes. I'm scared!!

Hi! Joining (at 3am no less!)

Baby boy is (pretty much exactly) 1 day old and doing well. Latch is great and he's an aggressive little nurser... But my nipples are in agony. The first few sucks are sooo painful.

I also have no idea how to sleep. LO likes to take 90 min to nurse because he always falls asleep and likes to nap between boobs, so I think he's getting his zzz's then? Since I had him 24 hours ago, I've slept maybe 90 min.

Right now he's nestled for some skin to skin after his feast and it's heaven. Guess I'd rather this than sleep

Last night he slept from 11:45-3:45! And then 5-7 after nursing! Clearly I'm excited over 6 hours of sleep

@csross217: we are! She's doing 2 hour stretches and the occasional 3 hours the last few nights feeling pretty good about that!!

@YogiRunner: whoop!! That's great.

I'm feeling so bummed. I went and had my one week PP checkup yesterday to have my stitches looked at, and it turns out I separated some of them. I have to go back next week to see if something else needs to be done. Recovery has been so rough, and I just want to be back on my feet. I miss walks and being active. Idk how women with 4th degree tears do it bc this third degree is no joke. Ok, I'm done complaining. I am very fortunate to have an easy baby! He's so stinking cute too!!

@TrailRunner: I'm sorry. That sounds awful. I had "deep" second degree tears with my first and recovery was tough. Have you tried doing a sitz bath with Epsom salts? I found that really helped a lot.

Hi guys! LO is 15 days today, I'm a little late to the board!

I had a really hard time with anxiety the first week, and it did not help that I'm a FTM and DH went back to work in 3 days after she was born. I really felt almost paralyzed by my fears, and didn't even want to care for my baby because I thought I would hurt her. These were my big stressors:

1. Our cat started peeing on the floor
2. I thought I was getting a cold sore (which is so, so horrible for little ones to get) and I was afraid I was going to kill her by giving it to her (I was afraid to touch her for a solid 48 hours, and my hands are so beat up from OCD washing them 10,000 times)
3. Breast feeding sucked for that week. My nips were so angry and it felt like such a production. I felt like I couldn't leave the house because what if I had to feed her?
4. Sleep, anyone?
5. Her bili was high and she had to be on a bili-blanket for 5 days straight, 24/7. If it would have gone up, she would have had to be admitted to the hospital.
6. She had a blister on her arm that they cultured to make sure it wasn't herpes (!) or staph (MRSA!).

I'm pretty sure DH, MIL, and my mom thought I was going off the deep end. I was crying more than I wasn't. I was panicked. I was OCD. At one point I called my mom crying, and said I was afraid I was going to kill her. DH heard me and thought I was talking to myself. Needless to say, he was totally creeped out and thought he was going to have to take me to the mental hospital.

I think I started feeling better not only when my hormones came down a bit, but some of the "bad" things started turning around. I got better at breast feeding, her blister was just a plain old harmless blister, her bili went down and she came off the blanket, I never actually got that cold sore I thought was coming, I realized I could handle life and get out of the house by myself with the babe, and DD gained a bunch of weight and the pediatrician said that I can let her sleep 4 straight hours during the day and 6 at night (not that she does, but I love not having to wake her up!). I finally felt like I was handling it!

I now have a nice little morning routine that I enjoy with her (and coffee ), I'm catching up on some shows, and I'm getting out of the house more and more. We even went for a walk around the botanical gardens and ate in a Chinese restaurant!

Anyways, I hope you guys don't have that crappy anxiety, or at least not too bad, but if you do, know that I feel you! And if you need someone to talk to, this site is awesome, or let someone in your life know. It can and will get better!

@csross217: thanks! it sounds very similar to me!

Hi ladies! Happy to join in on this thread now

We are doing really well over here. Feeling thankful that DH is home with me for two weeks. Right now I'm dealing with crazy nipple pain. They are shredded! Anyone else? Am using the earth mama angel baby balm but it doesn't seem to be doing much... Am having baby checked for a tongue tie at his appt on Friday.

@YogiRunner: hope your nipples are feeling better! Our nursing sessions are about 10-15 min each side but usually with a burp or diaper change in between. So around 30 min total.

@rockinghorse: sounds like you're doing really well!! It's so fun to get out and about with baby ouch on the duct!!

@csross217: sorry about the fussies! Were you able to get some sleep last night? DS is up every two hours to feed so I usually get about 5-6 hours a night, all broken up though.

My nipples are finally feeling better, which has made an entire world of difference. I'm still having pain from the c section and taking Tylenol and Advil regularly. I'm anxious to start going for long walks and introducing exercise back into my life! But at only 9 days post, I've got a ways to go...

Happy Sunday mamas!

I'm here! Caleb arrived at 1:18 PM he weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20 inches long. Our C-section got bumped twice so there was a six hour delay but otherwise it was smooth sailing. Baby seems very calm and nurses well which is a relief because my first son was a colicky baby with reflux and required a Nicu stay for jaundice.

@gingerbebe: Such a cutie!

We're on our second night with Luke and all he wants to do is eat. I know it helps the milk come in but it's exhausting. I'm also getting terrible uterine contractions while he nurses.

@YogiRunner: aw, sounds exhausting mama. At this point I can't imagine DS not going right back to sleep after a nurse. Middle of the night is so hard. Were you able to get any sleep?