18/04/2007
Well the past few days have been hectic, from sleeping beautifully over the weekend, to knowing that Daddy has to go back to work and staying awake and screaming all night!!!
We went off to the Lactation Day clinic at Dandenong Hospital. It was a very emotional day as Olivia had loads of trouble attatching and when she did, she was just chomping on my nipple...very painful, hence loads of tears. By the end of the day, the midwife wrote up a plan of expressing and bottle feeding. By the time I got home and spoke with Adam, we decided that we would add formula every 3rd bottle as I dont seem to be getting enough milk. We also went to the doctors that night as Olivia had really bad nappy rash that wouldnt budge. We got some cream which has seemed to make it much better.
As for the feeding, well she is going ok with what we are doing, although she is throwing up a bit more often and not pooing as much.....something to talk about with the midwife today.
My mum is coming over next week during the day to help out, coz every time I speak with her I'm in tears. I think I must have thought it was so much more easier than this and am possibly struggling without a routine of any sort.
At least I can manage a shower every day!!!!
