introduction

May 4, 2000

Hello I would just like to introduce myself. My name is and

I am a SAHM to my ds Alec who is 2 and a half and my ds Peyton who is

6 days old today. This was my third pg my first pg was with twins

who were born at 25 wks and passed away four and six weeks after

being born. I pumped milk for them for the entire time they lived.

10 months after my second daughter passed away I had my ds who was

born 6 wks early. He also had to go to the nicu right when he was

born since he couldn't breathe on his own. I pumped when he was

first born since he didn't have the suck reflex and then worked

extensively with the lactation specialist to get him to nurse. I am

proud to say that I did it very successfully for 10 months. He

weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces when he was born and by the time he was 9

months he weighed a whopping 23 pounds. We tryed for 10 months to

get pg with our latest and it was an extremlly difficult pg I lost 37

pounds because of extreme ms and was hospitlized 7 times for PTL and

was also on strict bedrest and meds from 29 wks to 36 wks. Last

Friday I was actually induced at 39 weeks exactly. My first full

term baby the delivery was rough and I ended up having a c-sect

because his heartrate kept dropping and when my docter opened me up

she realized why he wasn't coming out he was crooked. But the end

result was awesome he was crying when he was born (also a first for

me) and his apgars were 8 9 and 8 and he weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces

and was 22 inches long. I got to try nursing him about 3 hours after

he was born. It was a little difficult at first but yesterday things

finally have taken off and he is nursing like a champ. So far he is

an easy baby and has been eating anywhere from every 2-5 hours. He

has been awake for the past three mornings for about 4 hours just

laying and looking around but seems to be content with that. Well

now that I have written a book hope to gain lots of valuable info and

support from this group since my goal is 1 year this time longer if

it works for us.

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