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@.twist.: hope you're feeling good mama. and that you and the baby are doing great! BTW, as you're due date twin, I was a tad envious you already had your LO

I can't believe we (or atleast one of us!) can already start posting over here! It is getting so close! I am totally jealous of all you early August Mamas!

Looks like 4 of us can get this thread started! How are you ladies doing @.twist.:, @Jennyg: and @skipper2010:?

@.twist.: My lady bits hurt when I've done too much walking, and I feel like it hurts more this week than it did at the hospital! what the crap.

@.twist.: UTIs suck, I hope the antibiotics start working for you soon :(.

@.twist.: Oh no!!! Talk about when it rains, it pours!! Hope the antibiotics kick in soon to help manage the UTI so it's not so overwhelming for you. I'm sure your hubby understands.

And yes on sitting on super soft surfaces. Even the couch hurts sometimes unless I'm leaning back and sitting more on my bum than directly on my lady parts. If I have to sit on my lady parts like at the dining table, I grab a small pillow to help buffer the pain. Are you taking any pain meds?

I forgot to mention these night sweats are horrible!! I don't feel hot, but when I wake up to feed DS, I'm like holy moly! I'm drenched!!! Wonder when this will stop?

Yes on the achey feeling while peeing. Sometimes, it burns too. And if I need to pee, I need to go NOW. I feel like I can't hold it.

@.twist.: My OB prescribed me 600mg of ibuprofen and Norco which is a combination of hydrocodone and motrin. I take ibuprofen when I can't take the pain anymore. I've taken Norco once, but the hydrocodone knocks me out and I struggle to wake up for feedings so I quit taking it.

The hospital also sent me home with some perineum ice packs, some dermoplast, tucks pad, and epifoam. I use a tuck pad once in awhile also to help ease the pain.

@JennyG: Poor Jackson!!! Hopefully his bilirubin count goes down soon and no more heel pricks. Sucks that you have to sleep on the couch. Hope it's comfy at least, and that it's temporary. Convenience at this point is definitely a big plus.

Sleep is going well for me. I've been fortunate that DS is a great sleeper, even though he fusses a lot. He'll settle back down himself or a quick paci will do the trick.

My boobs are starting to leak/get engorged so I'm pumping more often than I was before. And my output in volume is all over the place. No idea what's causing the difference.

@.twist.: 5oz?!?!?! Holy cow!!! I haven't come close to that with BOTH boobs! LOL!

@MrsB2012: I'm currently EP because DS was too little to latch on at birth, and NICU told me to pump instead. We're trying to nurse before each session. He'll latch on and suck for a bit, but gets frustrated nothing is coming out as quickly as a bottle so when he's done trying, we bottle feed pumped milk. So far no problems.

@delight: I agree that tucks pads are amazing! The hospital gave me perineum ice packs that look like a long pad. They fit into my underwear/over my pad and I put tucks pads on top of the ice pack. However, upon discharge, the nurses says I need to quit using the ice packs and start using sitz baths.

Hey ladies! This has been a wild week! I spent 5 days in the hospital because of my c-section and have been busy spending the last few days adjusting to life with a newborn. I wish I could say sleep was good, but he's up every few hours at night and often times awake for 1-2 hours at a time. People tell me to sleep when he sleeps, but there's just too much to do! He's lucky he's so darn cute.

@.twist.: I wish I had a trick for longer stretches of sleep, but sadly I don't. lol My LO likes to cluster feed right now so that's not happening over here. haha

@.twist.: The nurses told me icing was to help reduce swelling while heat helps soothes soreness. I was on ice the moment after I gave birth till I was discharged. The nurses packed a sitz bath and told me to start using that when I got home. It helps cleanse my stitches after I pee anyhow, and it's soo soothing. I skipped a day of the sitz bath and found the area down south itchy/uncomfortable. If you don't have a sitz bath, a warm peri bottle to rinse off does the same thing, but it doesn't help with hemorrhoids if you have them.

I have some 'sour' areas on my labia that burn when I go to the bathroom. They're also very swollen. I found that taking a tuck pad and applying coconut oil has helped tremendously. Like almost 70% better I'd say. I also do the same to the hemorrhoids and they're way smaller. I've used coconut oil for lots of different things over the last few months and it's helped with everything, so I thought I'd try it down there and it's really been a lot better. Just incase you guys are wanting to try other things. It's helped me

We have a service in town where the public health nurses do a home visit the day after you're released from the hospital to check baby and see how you are doing. They found that Brooklyn hadn't gained any weight since leaving the hospital so they've been over 4 times in a week to monitor her. The nurse seemed very concerned as she is still basically the same as her discharge weight. Brooklyn only likes to eat every 4 or so hours from the end of the last feed so they have me feeding her every 3 hours from the start of a feed. It's hard because she doesn't want to eat that often so they say to get a cold cloth and apply it to her. I don't really agree with it because she's so happy and content all the time. She rarely cries, she's so smiley. So the weekend nurse called me today and yesterday and she seemed much less concerned and didn't feel the need to come out and weigh her, and said just see what she is at her appt on Tuesday.

The nurse said that Brooklyn isn't taking in enough milk on each feed so they told me to pump after each feed and then cup feed her an extra 20mls. I was pumping and pumping and only getting 2.5mls then I realized my pump isn't working properly haha. So we're going to buy a new one today I think.

It's just so hard, to have one nurse say she's concerned, to have another nurse say it's fine and I'm doing everything right. Then have my mother's instinct and thinking she's just fine. It's not like she's losing weight, she's just only gaining small amounts, I'm sure she'll have a growth spurt soon.

Do you guys have any concerns with your little ones? How do you handle people telling you one thing and then you feeling different? I have her first Dr appt on Tuesday so we'll see what the Dr says, I'm sure I'll feel better after that.

Hope eberyone is enjoying snuggles and love. Who knew how much love you could feel for one little being so quickly hey?

@MrsB2012: Thanks for the tip on tucks and coconut oil! I didn't get hemorrhoids during labor, but they showed up yesterday - ugh!!

I agree that if Brooklyn isn't losing weight, she's probably fine! How did you figure out your pump wasn't working properly?

Are you ladies following the vaccination schedule the CDC publishes or delaying them?

@lawbee11: glad you can join us! Congrats on the babe, it's just so amazing when you're home with them. I had my first movement I think 3 days post partum. I ended up getting Metamucil pills and still take them to help keep the hemorrhoids down. It wasn't that bad just take softeners and keep hydrated.

@lawbee11: I had my first bowel movement 3 days later. Taking the stool softeners definitely make it easier/more comfortable. I didn't have 'roids during delivery either, but got them just a couple days ago. Ugh! Thankfully, they're not bad but still!

@.twist.: I took the plunge (and a deep, deep breath) and looked down south at 2 weeks. Initial reaction - (O_O).

@skipper2010: I'm getting clogged ducts every other day it seems and they're uber painful despite me applying heat and massaging. Sigh.