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asked by: ThriftyGal on January 10th, 2007
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So I got home today! I was there for so long because of some problems me and her were having with the breastfeeding. I won't go into details just now but the two most important things to know is, she's extremely fussy (they called it having "a personality" but really, she's just so pissed off always) and she's a cluster feeder. So I spent most nights trying to feed her, and she'ld get so upset if I broke her latch even once to try and fix it that she'ld get soooo worked up and scream until she was too upset to feed. Then when she's on the boob she'll suck for a couple minutes and fall right asleep. Wake up in a bit, get really pissed and scream her head off, feed for a couple of minutes... And so on. I spent yesterday from 3:00-8:30 doing this with her. She just gets sooo mad. I also tried waking her up every two hours to feed her but she'll fall right asleep without eating. She eats all night and when I try to make a routine at which to feed her during the days she won't have it. I try to get her uncomfy, naked, change her, wet her face with a wet cloth when she falls back asleep but nothing works. I spent sooo many hours with the lactritionist at the hospital. It's been so frustrating and I ended up bawling and feeling like such a failure and I gave her some formula in a cup a couple times after hours of battling it out with her, when I just couldn't do it anymore, and I bawled the whole time she drank the formula because I felt like I was putting crap into her little body but I had no idea when else to do. I've started pumping though and hopefully this will sort itself out in a while. The nurses said they were very surprised to see me stick with it, that 90 percent of people would have given up. Every time it's been hours and I haven't slept i'm so tempted to go make her a bottle but i'm battling it out and really determined! It's been a lot of crying though. (she's on my boob right now though and doing really good). Guess I did give you details. Haha...
Anyways, I was induced at 6 am and I had her by 12:34 (one two three four, neat eh!). Which I hear is very fast especially for a first baby. I handled it pretty well until about 11ish and then the contractions really starting hurting, I was surprised but breathing exercises really worked to help the contractions at first. I had demerol and laughing gas and it didn't really take the pain away but it made me feel happier about the pain. I had a shot of demerol (i thought normally it came in ivs) and it wore off towards the end, and it was hell, and I wanted an epidural but afterwards I was so glad I didn't have one. I only had to push I think about three times (my mom says 6 or 7 times but I think it was less) I really don't remember that much of the labour. I remember saying I had to go pee and having no one listen to me and ripping off the belly monitors and like stumping to the bathroom dragging my iv, and it ends up I didn't have to pee after all. I got two stitches. The funny thing is the next day my throat really hurt and I thought it was because of the hospital air being dry but then today I realized it was because I was screaming so loud. I'll give you guys some pictures, and I won't bother with the myspace thing because it seems a bit silly to do that extra work.


Now, the basics!



.Rowan .Sophia
born .Jan 5th at 12:34 am (one two three four, neat eh!)
exactly 9lbs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
22.5 "

thank you all very much for thinking about me, really.

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sexymomma replied on January 10th, 2007
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Omg she is so cute congrats Smile
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Melissa_20 replied on January 10th, 2007
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Omg she'sso precious and so big! I'm very proud of you tanya! Keep posting pics of that lovely lady! I bet you'll get her on a schedule after a while! Only 2 stitches and she was *that* big? Daymn girl! :p

love the name you picked btw!
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AyaMiyaki replied on January 10th, 2007
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Oooh, fast labor! Nice! I'm glad you got through it, and especially with only two stitches. I'm jealous!

I'm so sorry you're having trouble breastfeeding. Huge thumbs up for not giving up though! Hopefully you and .Rowan (i incredibly' love that name!) will get it worked out! If you have any questions, you can always post here or send me a pm or message through myspace!

And all that hair Shocked she's such a beauty!

Congrats, babe! Mr.
Green
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Sunflower_pie81 replied on January 10th, 2007
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Your doing a wonderful job love. Just stick with it hun, and it will work out eventually.....She is beautiful. I started crying when looking at the pictures of her because she reminded me of melia when she was first born. Wow she is soo cute.....Look at those cheeks. Her lips are rosie just like melia's were. Awww I love her already.

Isn't motherhood rewarding?

Again she is beautiful.
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arcadia replied on January 10th, 2007
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Oh .Tanya! She is absolutely breathtaking. I'm so proud of you! The name .Rowan is gorgeous. I hope things get better with feeding her- she's probably just ticked that she has to be out of your nice warm belly, haha. I'm really glad you're back &that you're both doing well &that's she's finally here! <3 <3
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oh_mommy replied on January 10th, 2007
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What! No far, u got her out faster then me, u only got 2 stiches I got so many stiches the doc wouldnt even bother countin! And your baby is bigger then reese was, how'd u manage that?

Anyways she very gorgous, does she need a boyfriend Laughing
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Jules replied on January 10th, 2007
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Oh she is so gorgeous! She doesn't look like a newborn - she's so filled out and unwrinkly! I love the 'i'm an egg' pic Laughing

i had the same probs as you with breastfeeding, although my probs didn't start til a bit later on, a few weeks maybe. He was permanently attached to my breast and would fall asleep all the time and then wake screaming cos my boob had gone further than one inch from his gob! I gotta say, at 10 weeks I gave in and put him on formula Sad

congratulations!!!!!! Smile
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lil_blaze2004 replied on January 10th, 2007
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Omg she looks just like trey!!! .W.E.I.Rd. She is absolutely beautifull!!! And if you had a 9 pounder one month early I know understand why your doc induced you. She would have been huuuuuuuge full term!

I'm glad your trying to stick with the breastfeeding and we missed you.

You holla if you need anything.

Check your pm's.
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Bridget replied on January 10th, 2007
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Tanya, she's absolutely gorgeous! I'm so proud of you! I love her name! She's so big, 9lbs is a lot but she's so long too. I'm glad you had a fast labor! Oh, i'm just so excited for you!
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Bridget replied on January 10th, 2007
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lil_blaze2004 wrote:
and if you had a 9 pounder one month early I know understand why your doc induced you.


crazy jess! She was due the day after she gave birth!
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Magical Logic replied on January 10th, 2007
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Congrats! That is great 9lbs and only 2 stiches. She is beautiful.
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lil_blaze2004 replied on January 10th, 2007
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iheartmybostonterrier wrote:
lil_blaze2004 wrote:
and if you had a 9 pounder one month early I know understand why your doc induced you.


crazy jess! She was due the day after she gave birth!


i thought she was due in february??? Embarassed

it's weird looking at those pics cause rowan looks so much like trey is eerie.
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ThriftyGal replied on January 10th, 2007
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Maybe I have a big cootch. Hopefully not though!

Thanks ladies. Yeah gen motherhood is rewarding, except when I can't feed her and I feel like a huge failure cause she's so upset.

I cried too when I uploaded the pictures and looked at them!
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Sunflower_pie81 replied on January 10th, 2007
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tanyaface wrote:
maybe I have a big cootch. Hopefully not though!


Thanks ladies. Yeah gen motherhood is rewarding, except when I can't feed her and I feel like a huge failure cause she's so upset.


I cried too when I uploaded the pictures and looked at them!


just keep at it. It will get better....Believe me because it was frusterating for me too at first. But once I got her on a scedual (after the first 2-3 weeks) we did sooooo good until she ended up in the hospital in december and she wouldnt' eat. Now I miss it sooooo much.

Again she is beautiful.
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ThriftyGal replied on January 10th, 2007
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Oh yeah guys, her cord smells sooooo stinky, it's all I can smell when hold her.

She doesn't look like a 9 pound baby to me. What do you guys think?

There were some babies in the nursery that looked wayyyy bigger than her but weighed less.
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lil_blaze2004 replied on January 10th, 2007
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Ya she doesn't look like a newborn. She's a big baby. 9lbs isn't a lot normally but it is when it's coming out of something so small. Lol
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Bridget replied on January 10th, 2007
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She looks big in the last pic (which is my favorite!) but she looks like a little peanut in the rest. I thought finn was a tiny little thing and all the nurses kept going on about what a big baby he was (he was 8 lbs 5 oz). It's those adorable chubby cheeks, those alone must weigh a pound!

So who do you think she looks like? I can't wait to see her with her eyes open!

Finn's cord smelled like a corpse the day it fell off. It's a little early but maybe hers is getting ready to fall off?

I just love her! I keep going back and looking at that last picture!
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Tazzy D replied on January 10th, 2007
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She is adorable and you did such a great job.. And dont ever feel like a failure. Some babies are just greedy lol... It takes time
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Sunflower_pie81 replied on January 10th, 2007
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For the next day or so just clean it everytime you change her. Amelia's didn't stink at all. And I dotn' know when it fell off I just noticed one day it was gone. Lol

I don't think that she looks big...Amelia was only 6 lbs 10 oz and every one thought that she was sooooooo tiny....But I think that my friend's baby which is 9.5 oz is really small after looking at amelia. She is perfect....She is just perfect.
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