hi everyone!
Annalee was born on 9/11! after 22 hours of labor, i had a c-section because she wouldn't decend. Then i had issues with my epidural, there was one spot that wouldn't stay numb, so they had to pump me full of morphine because i could feel them stitching me up! (if your having a c-section, don't worry! this is def. not normal!) i'm so glad it's over, but it was way worth it! she was born 8 lbs 12 oz and 20.5 inches long. ive been home for a week, and have some questions:

at night she wont sleep in her crib, she has to be next to me in bed which really scares me, but its the only way for either of us to get any sleep! any sugestions? did any of you co-sleep?

i'm attempting to breastfeed, but unless i supplement with formula a few times a day she never seems satisfied, she just wants to suck and suck, which makes it really hard because my nipples hurt soo bad, their cracked and really painful. I'm going to hopefully talk to a lactation consultant on monday, but does anyone have any tips that worked for them? unless i supplement were both really miserable, shes always hungry and im in severe pain.

any insight would be great! thanks a lot!

Hi - i co slept a couple of times for the same reason. I found i didnt move when she was in bed with me. A girl that had a baby on here though put her baby's change mat in the bed with her and the baby on that so she didnt roll on something.
Re the cracked nipples...i get you there. It will get better. Hopefully the lactation consultant will be able to help more with positioning. The aim of the game is to get as much of the aereola in the baby's gob as possible. Try resting the baby on a pillow on your lap for extra support, baby should be across your chest though and not lying diagonally down (there are other postions that may be easier). She could be comofort sucking as well. Have you tried using a dummy/pacifier? You can use some lanolin (wool fat) on your nipples. It will help them heal, and doesnt need to be washed off when baby's ready for a feed. Breastmilk is also good and try giving them some 'airing' i know that sounds strange but it does help. Pumping after she feeds can help to increase supply as it imitates a baby sucking at the breast, and the more baby sucks the more milk will be made (supply and demand).If i can help with anything else let me know.
Good luck.
Congratulations on the birth of your little girl

and PS
you may know this but when detatching baby, wet/lick your finger and slip it in the side of babys mouth until you hear a 'pop' which means suction is broken. Will save alot of pain when getting baby off already sore nipples.

(i talk alot dont i...lol)

Why do i keep thinking of things??? especially when you probably already know them...

I re-read the post and realised you had a c-section...personally i think you are doing an amazing job for breastfeeding as much as you are coz thats apparently not easy on the abdominals...Have you tried lying down on your side when you feed her? Can take some of the pressure off.

I will shut-up now

i co-sleep with my little girl. but i bought a co-sleeper at target for like $30 and its amazing. you cant roll over on them and they stay in the bed. the only bad thin is if they wiggle a lot they kinda scoot down. but other then that i love it! you should definately think of getting one.

congrats on the new baby!

hi there! first of all congratulations!, well i co-sleep with my daughter a few hours , or sometimes all night long since she was born, well, first of all my bed is next to the wall and i put some folded sheets so she wont hit against the wall, i have light sleep so im not afraid i would roll over her, but if you are afraid that this can happen to you, they sell some ¨devices¨ for co-sleeping moms so that you wont roll over the baby, i try to make her sleep soemtimes on her crib, what i usually do, is i sit down for a while on her crib (yes its sounds funny but i do) and let her find her own way to sleep, onces shes deeply sleeping i get down and go to my bed, usually around 10 -10:30 pm, and then about 3 am she wakes up and i take her with me to the bed and sleeps with me the rest of the night.. ive been doing this since she was born, so that she can get used to both my bed and her crib, sometimes she sleeps the whole night in her crib, or with me , and this works for me really good...

About breastfeeding ive been breastfeeding since she was born, im starting to take off breastfeeding for now, shes 11 months, at first she was like your baby , i had ti give her formula too, but i pushed more into breastfeeding, at first it hurted really bad, i almost cried but it was just for the first week, and then i quit on formula, i only gived her formula if i couldnt breastfeed, which was almost never, my advice is even if you feel like its not coming out milk, let the baby keep sucking, stimulation really helps, if you keep stimulating more and more milk would come out, the secret is stimulation, even if you feel its not coming anything, it will believe me, i pumped my milk sometimes and it came 8 oz from each breast, i was a cow!!!, well thats my advice, take kare , lots of love ...alex