The save my back campaign and look of the day

After the first five days after baby G was born my back was killing me so much I couldn't sleep at night - even though baby was sleeping really well :-(. So off to the chiropractor I went but still when breastfeeding I would get shooting pains in my back. But then when shopping in Target (for pink baby clothes ;-)), I stumbled upon a breastfeeding pillow that was on sale for $35 and I thought why not give it a go for that kinda money. AWESOME!! No more back pain!! And it cradles bub on it in a way that my arms are free to use my iPad/ read a book - eat my food lol. I am taking bub and I to the chiropractor tomorrow but I could easily not have an appointment, it's more for bub as I would like her to have a check up after her birth and I'm also having trouble with getting her to sleep on her back. I'll update the blog on how the appointment went, I'm very curious myself!

Look of the day isn't the greatest photo, I swear I'm going to use my maternity leave to learn how to take better photos with my expensive camera! It's a cotton on dress that buttons up Which is perfect for breastfeeding- I paid $39.95 for it which is against my spending amount policy but I bought it a day after coming home with bub as I felt comfortable in it. Lovisa necklace $9.95. I have a feeling my jewelry addiction is going to be seriously detailed by bubba, already I have lost my expensive ruby bracelet that I wore nonstop for 9 years :-(. When handling baby g it must of caught on something and broke off. I'm not terribly devastated as I know these things will happen I just wish I had it valued so I could of claimed it on insurance. Lesson learnt!

Compress me!

During my pregnancy I was a bit concerned about not necessarily losing the baby weight, but ensuring my tummy went back to pre baby size. I saw a lot of advertisements in the pregnancy magazines for SRC recovery shorts:http://www.recoveryshorts.com/. I ended up getting a pair of eBay really cheap. These shorts are great and I do recommend them - especially if you suffered from pelvic instability like I did. The downside for me was that it's really hot where I live and these shorts made me sweat which just wasn't good for 'that' area. I gave them a go again 2weeks post baby and they still we're highly uncomfortable because of the heat :-(.

My physio had told me that I had some stomach muscle separation. She said to just get a spanx like garment from Target and not to spend to much money. A month before baby was due I panicked and spent $128 online at Figure 8 Maternity:http://www.figure8maternity.com/postpartum.cfm. See previous post about the Belly Bandit and a splint belt and DVD for my stomach separation. Then just to be sure I bought a twenty dollar spanx like singlet from Trade Secrets! So due to the Xmas shipping delays the belly bandit and splint didn't turn up until a week and half after baby arrived. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I was forced to wear the spanx singlet instead - which worked perfectly, my physio was not kidding. A week after baby was born my Doctor was shocked that my uterus had contracted as well as it had. When I got the belly bandit it was not good, it was hard and uncomfortable and made me sweat! Putting that on EBay as its useless to me, I suspect it would still do the job but just very uncomfortably. The splint I'm still trying out so I will post in a few weeks how that has gone. So long story short, I recommend a basic cheap suck it in top over all the compression products they try to sell you!

Pink pink pink!

So after only having grey and yellow clothes due to baby G's gender being a surprise, I promptly went out and bought pink, pink, pink! Little girl clothes are SO adorable. Target and Best and Less were having pretty good sales (especially Target), Cotton On baby sale was very disappointing. Of course now we have been inundated with clothes from all our lovely family and friends so little miss has already got a wardrobe to rival mine! We have assorted sizes so I think I won't have to buy any more clothes for about three months.

Post maternity wear

I did some prep work on starting to collate a post maternity wardrobe (previous post). I bought a few strapless and button down dresses and play suits and a few black skirts to go with the bonds baby bump singlets. Do now I have a 12 day old, I am glad I prepared my wardrobe but I have also returned to pre baby weight and my tummy is flat already! Whoop whoop, so this means I can start making my normal wardrobe breast feeding friendly.

I'm excited as I have boxes of clothes I packed away during pregnancy and now I can pull them all out and redo my wardrobe!

Bounce bounce and Sling

Having already dropped a bomb on the little lamb cradle and swing (previous post), we accepted friends hand me down bouncer and rockers. Once Little G was born though it was apparent the hand me downs were not going to work as one was a rocker only and one was a vibration bouncer and we needed just one that did all. Off to Babies R Us where we picked up a cute pink Bright Starts vibrating bouncer which has been our holy grail! It was only $60 so very happy with that price as well. We also picked up a sling for $50. I tested it out with Baby G when she was a bit grizzly and went for a walk around the back yard - it sent her to sleep! Whoop whoop.

Baby G has arrived

New Year has started and my daughter has arrived :-). Note her hospital gender neutral outfit (though very cute!), not to worry she now has a billion pink dresses! Much love xxxx

How to serve an eviction notice

Two days over due! No sign of anything happening soon :-(. Even my maternity clothes are struggling with this big belly. Look of the day is cotton on long tank covered by a Ladakh pink flamingo singlet. It's hot and the long maxis are to heavy to wear.

I'm really not sure my belly button is going to survive this lol, still no stretch marks though - I suspect this is more due to genes, stable weight gain, omega 3 and lots of water. But I also have been slathering my belly twice a day with palmers oil and coconut creams. I also bought the travel pack with little versions including nipple and baby bottom cream.