Sleep deprivation: Readmission part 2

I am currently sat in a cafe up the road from the hospital having eaten a panini and had a flat white. 🥙☕️ Since readmission, we have started the 3 hour feeding regime: Breastfeeding for 20 mins Give expressed breast milk (EBM) taken earlier and done in arrears Give formula milk Express breast milk from …

Readmission

Despite everything appearing to have gone well when we left yesterday, when the Community Midwife came today and checked the baby's weight, it had fallen approximately 12%. The cut off at day 3 is 10%, which meant our baby needed readmission to the postnatal ward for a blood check and a feeding schedule. E was …

“Have a happy baby”

Approximately 4 years ago, our penultimate fertility doctor said this to us post myomectomy and today we are sat on the postnatal ward after E has given birth to our new baby girl. 😍 Since our first doctor-led antenatal clinics, we have known E would be having a planned (elective) Caesarean delivery and she has …

Somersaults and bladder kicking

It's been a busy old few weeks. E gradually felt more and more baby movements and started experiencing the oft talked about 'bladder kicks' as the baby increases in size. We didn't expect to get this far and because we were unsure (but hopeful) we booked in builders to do up our bathroom. In hindsight …