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JOEBY- my myspace url is myspace.com/jnfr0614. How is everyone doing? It's so hard to find time to log on now a days w/ baby. She is the light of my life & I couldn't have asked for a better son- he is so helpful & protective of her. Today I go to the dr. for my 1 week post partum visit- basically to check my incision. It is very swollen on the right side, but other than that I have been managing fairly well. Not much soreness anymore. Liz did you pop yet? I haven't had the time to read all the posts, but will as soon as I get some spare time. Love & Luck to all of you!!!!

Hey Joey, in regards to bf, my experience has been a disaster. I never seem to make enough milk for these 9 lbs kids I pop out, and I wanted to nurse so bad this time. Whether from the c-sections and all the meds or what, I just can't seem to make it work. I finally started giving formula because she wasn't gaining any weight or pooping and now I feel so guilty. My b___sts never grew when pregnant either, seriously I'm like an A if lucky, so I don't know if that makes much of a difference or not, but I feel horrible to have stopped nursing, but I have two other kids who were getting ignored as well because I had my shirt up all day long trying to nurse. I hope the rest of you are having better luck at it than I have.

Bf for me is going ok. He's had one bottle (did excellant) and is now taking a binkie. Jaidyn refused the Gerber Nuks but seems "ok" with the Mam brand. I had small blisters at first and the cramps were sooo awful at first! I've had no bleeding/cracking and my nipples aren't too sore. His mouth is just so tiny its hard to get him to take in more than just the nipple, especially in the middle of the night when were both like half asleep! SAIRD - There were times when I first got home with him that it seemed like Alexea felt ignored! I kind of just went with the flow and tried to half hold her at the same time, haha! She was bf too so I know she was like whoa wait a minute those aren't yours! I don't think I'd manage to bf with more than one other kid unless they were older, maybe. Its funny Lexi will climb on the couch now when I'm feeding him and pet his head or point to my b___b and talk jibberish.

Saird...i feel exactly the same as you. I'm still b___stfeeding- for now while my husband is off work and helping withn my 2 year old but in 2 weeks when he goes back to work i can't dedicate the time i do to feeding the newborn without giving my 2 year old no attention! I might go to formula then- we shall see. My girl was also almost 9 pounds, my milk didn't come in until day 4 (by which time my nipples were hurtly so bad) and sometimes i have enough milk to satisfy her..sometimes i need to give her a small top up bottle after a feed to settle her and fill her up which i know doesn't help my supply but if i didn't give my nipples a rest they wouldn't heal. UGH...it's draining. Some days I'm like that's it! formula it is...then i change my mind. Don't feel guilty Saird, you did the best you could. I understand the guilty feelings though...so much pressure for people to b___stfeed and you want what is best but at the end of the day formula is perfectly fine, it's not like you're feeding your baby poison! she will thrive and no matter what the experts say, she won't lag behind. Beka, my best advice is that you should prepare yourself for the non stop feeding in the first week or so until your milk comes in properly...you feel like a cow that is being milked all day...and if you're lucky like me (haha not) you will probably get some nasty cracked nipples to go with it...sorry just being honest!!! then again...Britt is one of the lucky few and you might be like her and find it a breeze (jealous!!) I'm sure it'll get easier but right now Im in limbo... sorry to whinge, i know it'll get easier...

hey girls, sending my sympathies to those of you in the last weeks or overdue - it absolutely sucks, and so do all those 'well meaning' people - hang in there, just think its minutes, hours or days you have to wait now...hang in there just a bit longer. as for the b___st feeding, dont feel bad saird, im also struggling. At 5 days malachi had lost 17oz and we were back in hospital. I felt such a failure when it turned out my milk wasnt good quality and i had to top up after very feed with formula....but now hes so much chubbier and hes gone from 6.12 at 5 days too 9lbs at 3 weeks, so hes thriving. And its nice for dad to be able to feed him too, he fels more close to the baby since hes ben giving him th top ups. So its not all bad news. Plus i feel less like a milking machine! My sil had her first baby weighing in at almost 11lbs and her milk didnt come in at all and shes felt the same way you are, but now her lil boy is so big and chubby and alert, and hes been 100% formula fed. Hey i tend to disagree with all the negative vibes all the midwives and books give about bottle feeding. i mean there are so many mothers who end up bottle feeding because there having bf probs or big babies, or they have to work soon after the birth etc..and i think its wrong that they are made to feel like second cla__s mothers. there ive said my piece for the day!!!! I had no sleep last night as M is still not settling v well, and now he is v snuffly so we think hes got a cold. poor lil tyke. well i should go give him a cuddle. speak soon! x x x

Thanks for all the positive comments girls, cause I know I do feel horrible for not bf. Miss P, are you still nursing then or just giving formula or supplementing? I'm trying not to think about it, but I still feel guilty everytime I get out a bottle...

Hi all. I have stopped b___stfeeding as well. I wasn't producing enough milk for her and really haven't had time to sit and pump for a half hr at a time w her screaming every couple minutes from being bound up. One day last week I went to pump and found that i had no more milk so that's that. She's still having her pooping problems, and so far the prune juice has been working but Tuesday is her drs appt and I'm gonna ask to change her formula. She's on enfamil lipil w iron, and I'm guessing it's the iron in it that's binding her up, we'll see when we go to the drs. I can't imagine that giving her prune juice w her formula every feeding can be good for her but what do I know. Anyway, good luck to you all.

Well...it's the 18th and the baby is still in me. I went for an acupressure ma__sage yesterday and had the mot intense contractions all night that just stopped so abruptly this morning. It's weird...I only seem to contract at night, but I am always able to sleep through them at some point. I have my next appointment on Tuesday, and I have accepted that I will still be pregnant on Tuesday. Any luck anywhere else? Anyone feeling closer or doing anything special they can pa__s on? I hope all of the new mommies are enjoying their new role and spending time with all of their little ones...and of course getting some sort of rest...

Saird - Im still slogging it out as best i can and i reckon hes getting about 50/50 on average. I try and feed him for as long as i can and when he starts twisting i guess that means that im running on empty so then i pa__s him to dad (during the night that is) and he gives him anywhere between 30 - 90mls, depending how much hes taken from his feed with me. I felt rubbish when they told me - and of corse finding out that your baby is literelly starving away is not nice, especially when youve been doing your best to satisfy him 24hrs a day - i was quite weepy about the whole thing, but ive accepted it now and i know im doing the best i can for him and thats what i try and think. Dont feel guilty, its just the way your body works and thats not your fault. Youre doing the best you can for your littlun and thats what you should focus on. Babywish i see you had a similar problem to me. Ok well id best go its late - im hoping to get some sleep tonight, take care ladies x x x

Well I am in the hospital...no epidural yet...I have actually been waiting for about 3 hours, but find the contractions comforting even though they are painful. We are trying for a v____al birth, but I have a tiny pelvis and a big old baby...but we are still going to try and get him out the old fashioned way. Contractions came on strong at 4 a.m.and then I had a bloody show (again) at 4:15 and then that was it. Came to the hospital at 10 and was 100% effaced and 4 cm dilated...It has been almost 4 hours since I was last checked...hopefully I am a little farther along. I am thrilled to have a laptop and a blackberry in here...waiting is already making me crazy! My husband is sleeping on the couch with the game home. I am online...it really does feel like I am home...with IVs and monitors...wish me luck ladies...my little, well...I gues my "big" guy will be here before I know it...let's hope!

wow good luck! that's v exciting and funny you are emailing from the labor ward!! ah modern technology eh? good luck!!!

Good morning ladies!! It is the 20th and no babe yet! I go in at 8:30 this morning to get an u/s and check fluid levels and the babe...if all is well he will let me go (probably stripping membranes) if not then they send me up for induction- I SO HOPE NOT!!! GOOD LUCK HEATHER! I AM THINKING OF YOU!

OMG you are too much Heather! Hope everything went well and you are holding your boy as we speak! How are the rest of you ladies doing? I have a sore throat, slept only 2 hours last night and am at work right now. Today will definitely be my last day! I just can't take it anymore. Saturday can not come soon enough!!!

Well ladies...Arlo Rein has arrived. He came out at 12:07 a.m. on 10/20/08. He weighs 8 pounds and was 20.5 inches long. 20 hour labor, and a half hour of pushing. I went from 6-10 cm in about 2 hours and then pushed pushed pushed. I am SORE and SWOLLEN, but I am okay...He latched on immediately and is enjoying the b___b. I am exhausted. I was up for 36 hours straight, but got 2 hours this morning and feel okay...I plan to sleep today when he sleeps, but we have grandparents that don't want to leave. Can't stop looking at him. Crazy surreal experience...I am wishing all of you who have yet to deliver healthy easy deliveries. Ladies who have had theirs...I was thinking of all of your stories during the delivery...it helped tremendously! I am off to finally eat something...hyperemesis is gone...YAY!

Hi Ladies! Well back from my appt...have to be induced today...fluids are low so I have no choice!!! I go in at 1 or 2 this afternoon but he said that I am already 3cm, 100% effaced and head is engaged!

Wow Heather congrats!! Glad you guys are doing well, I had troubles getting DH to take our little girl and my cousin back to our house, haha, I was like grr I'm tired PLEASE leave! DH came back of course tho. Glad bf is going good for you so far! I've been lucky to not have troubles this time around either. EJ - Sorry it didn't go the way you hoped. I hope you have a good induction tho! Can't wait to hear your story! Good Luck!!!