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Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 23:03

Was wondering if anyone could provide me with contacts/references for companies that provide maternity/home nursing services for a two month period?

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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 07:05

What is the legal situation re hiring a maternity nurse? Must she be sponsored?

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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 14:04

Could you perhaps talk to one of the Emirates Nurses that you particularly like and get her as a regular and that way kind of gurantee yourself a nurse?

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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 11:23

Meals, does this mean that one hour feeding schedules are the norm for infants of that age? I don't recall how it was for DD1, plus it was entirely different as she was exclusively breastfed, so I never really worried about how much she was having or when. She pretty much fed on demand and gained quite well in the first couple of the months.... From my understanding - their little tummy's are so tiny, they don't have massive amounts of energy and it takes them a while to get it all in! However, I saw the hospital recommended pediatrician last week who recommended that I shouldn't be letting J suck in the breast for more than 30 mins as it was going to use more energy past this point than he would gain through volume taken after this point. Now that you're finally at J's "birth date" I guess you're back to the beginning with a brand new new-born. My previous two LO's took a long time to feed too (exclusively bf) and I was told by the midwives and SCU nurses at home in OZ that anything past 1 hour was sucking for comfort... These LO's are testing us that's for sure!!! I would think J would get quicker soon... I hope so (cause I nearly dozed off twice last night during feeds!) but I just don't know!!! (I'm sorry... that's no help at all). I didn't mind when DD1 took over an hour to feed in the early days as she too was exclusively breastfed, so we ended up just doing loads of co sleeping - which meant she fed while I caught up on some sleep. It's an entirely different experience with J on account of the bottle feeding and pumping. A nurse from Emirates Nursing Home did show up last night thankfully. So she took care of the feeds while I just got up to pump. Getting a somewhat decent night's sleep makes all the difference though, I feel half alive. If Emirates Home Nursing are a bit more reliable with their services going forward, I'll just stick with them. The nurses there are excellent, but it's just the last minute cancellations that are annoying, particularly when I've factored their night shift on how I go about my daily routine.

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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 11:17

Anon, unfortunately I already have a maid and she already helps me during the day with the house and primarily looking after DD1 whilst I focus on DD2 whose care is proving to be quite time intensive. I don't think I can give my maid more responsibility on top of what she has already and I don't think I would trust her looking after DD2 considering she was born so prematurely, so I'd rather go with a maternity nurse. [quote'> How about hiring a second maid? Al Ahliya - 04 221 5521 www.alahliya.ae This company supplies nursemaids. edited by AnonDubai on 22/01/2011 Thanks will look into this but don't know if I can sponsor a second maid. But must be a good option surely.

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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 08:21

Meals, does this mean that one hour feeding schedules are the norm for infants of that age? I don't recall how it was for DD1, plus it was entirely different as she was exclusively breastfed, so I never really worried about how much she was having or when. She pretty much fed on demand and gained quite well in the first couple of the months.... From my understanding - their little tummy's are so tiny, they don't have massive amounts of energy and it takes them a while to get it all in! However, I saw the hospital recommended pediatrician last week who recommended that I shouldn't be letting J suck in the breast for more than 30 mins as it was going to use more energy past this point than he would gain through volume taken after this point. Now that you're finally at J's "birth date" I guess you're back to the beginning with a brand new new-born. My previous two LO's took a long time to feed too (exclusively bf) and I was told by the midwives and SCU nurses at home in OZ that anything past 1 hour was sucking for comfort... These LO's are testing us that's for sure!!! I would think J would get quicker soon... I hope so (cause I nearly dozed off twice last night during feeds!) but I just don't know!!! (I'm sorry... that's no help at all).

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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 06:59

Anon, unfortunately I already have a maid and she already helps me during the day with the house and primarily looking after DD1 whilst I focus on DD2 whose care is proving to be quite time intensive. I don't think I can give my maid more responsibility on top of what she has already and I don't think I would trust her looking after DD2 considering she was born so prematurely, so I'd rather go with a maternity nurse. [quote'> How about hiring a second maid? Al Ahliya - 04 221 5521 www.alahliya.ae This company supplies nursemaids. <em>edited by AnonDubai on 22/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 22:22

Anon, unfortunately I already have a maid and she already helps me during the day with the house and primarily looking after DD1 whilst I focus on DD2 whose care is proving to be quite time intensive. I don't think I can give my maid more responsibility on top of what she has already and I don't think I would trust her looking after DD2 considering she was born so prematurely, so I'd rather go with a maternity nurse. Meals, does this mean that one hour feeding schedules are the norm for infants of that age? I don't recall how it was for DD1, plus it was entirely different as she was exclusively breastfed, so I never really worried about how much she was having or when. She pretty much fed on demand and gained quite well in the first couple of the months....

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 21:20

I would suggest hiring a maid whose only job would be to help you with the baby at night. If you choose to get rid of her before her contract expires, you could transfer her sponsorship.

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 21:04

Oh LD I really feed for you. I can't think of an alternative... unless you could employ a maid to do the feed for you overnight? This way you could at least pump and sleep and do feeds during the day??? I know what you mean about the sleep... J still takes about an hour by the time we do nappy changes, b'feed, formula top ups, and the odd expressing overnight to keep supply up... I am shattered!!! I'm actually finding it very difficult driving due to tiredness :(

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 17:32

It might be worth flying one over from the UK? I really feel for you, sleep deprivation is tortuous. Why is it taking so long to feed? what do you wan the nurse for precisely? others may be able to help? DD is a very lazy, very slow feeder so it's not uncommon for her feeds to last the hour. However, I suppose I should check whether I'm feeding her too much. As I am feeding her only EBM, I need to pump after her feeds so that takes up another half hour. As for a British maternity nurse, can you do that, esp. as I would need one for only a couple of months? What are the sponsorship rules for this?

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 10:06

Hi LD this was many years ago but my friend's baby needed feeding on the hour every hour for the first 2 months after she was born due to a stomach defect, anyway Dubai Hospital had a home nursing service. Don't know if they still do it, but the nurses that they sent her at the time were fantastic.

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 10:02

It might be worth flying one over from the UK? I really feel for you, sleep deprivation is tortuous. Why is it taking so long to feed? what do you wan the nurse for precisely? others may be able to help?

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 08:17

LD this was the service recommended when people were asking at CH NICU... http://www.emirateshomenursing.ae/ HTH :) BTW You ok? How did the change in teet go? What teet did you choose to switch to? xx Meals I've already tried them and they're extremely unreliable. They've bailed out out on me way too many times right in the last minute i.e. right before a nurse was supposed to show up I get a call telling me that they can't because of scheduling conflicts/she's sick/she doesn't answer the phone, etc. Either they're grossly understaffed or they don't value my business. Either way, I'd like to find a more consistent alternative because this sleep deprivation is finally getting to me! Because of my feeding pumping schedule and DD's 3 hourly routine, I can only manage to get one to one and a half hours sleep every three hours. DD is still a lazy feeder so I've decided to postpone the teat change until she hits 3.5 kg and then I might potentially even drop a night feed... but till then I need some sleep!

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 08:09

LD this was the service recommended when people were asking at CH NICU... http://www.emirateshomenursing.ae/ HTH :) BTW You ok? How did the change in teet go? What teet did you choose to switch to? xx

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