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Hi all,
I've been reading this newsgroup for a while now, but since I have now 'officially' promoted from m.k.p. to m.k.b., I thought i'd say Hi :-) A lot of names are familiar from m.k.p. anyway, and some of you might know me too. Anyway, I'm Cath, I'm Dutch and live in the south of the Netherlands. 9 days ago, saturday the 5th of july, I gave birth to a girl, we named her Fenna Sofie. Nursing has been going quite well, I've been going through the usual beginners troubles - my nipples still feel rather sore but I now recognise a bad latch immediately and relatch even though madame does not always agree with this. Engorgement started last wednesday and was over by friday. I feel quite confident I'm producing enough milk. Fenna was 3280 grams on birth, which is, I believe, about 7.2 pounds. She lost about 2 ounces when weighed last friday, but she was weighed again last sunday and had regained an ounce in two days! She does want to nurse constantly, and the pattern is still very erratic. In the night and till the afternoon she will sleep quite a lot, and there will be 2 to 3 hours between feeds. From about noon onwards she will want to feed very often, with sometimes only 40 minutes between the end of one feed and the beginning of the next. She'll keep this up, hardly sleeping between feeds, till about 10 at night, when she'll have her last feed of the day and sleep till about 2, nurse, and sleep again till about 5. Of course I've had my doubts about her daytime nursing 'pattern', thinking her fussiness might be due to other causes since the last feed was so recent, but she is then definately making the appropriate noises and motions (you call this a rooting motion?), and feeding will calm her down. She produces more than enough dirty nappies. I suppose I need some confirmation that this constant drinking during daytime is normal and I'm doing this right - I find new motherhood a rather emotional rollercoaster - the highs are very high, but the lows can get pretty darn low too :-) By the way, when you measure time between feeds, do you measure from the beginning of one feed to the next, or from the end of one to the beginning of the next? I got a lot of useful info from m.k.p, and I don't doubt that this group will be at least as informative :-) Cath Fenna, born 07/05/03 |
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By the way, when you measure time between feeds, do you measure from the
beginning of one feed to the next, or from the end of one to the beginning of the next? From the beginning. But really, it's much better not to look at the clock at all. :-) Leslie |
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Leslie wrote:
By the way, when you measure time between feeds, do you measure from the beginning of one feed to the next, or from the end of one to the beginning of the next? From the beginning. But really, it's much better not to look at the clock at all. :-) Leslie Good point - as she's doing fine anyway I think I'll just hide all the clocks in the house. Wow, typing while nursing now, I'm getting the hang of this :-) Cath Fenna, 07/05/03 |
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