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[+] I posted this before but I can't find my post so I couldn't see replies. I am pregnan... 5 replies
- thank you. I know I am going to try it -- I just had supply problems with my first and breastfed, pumped and bottlefed every single time for months. I killed myself to get him to 7 months of breastfeeding and I thought I learned that it's ok not to kill yourself. but now that suddenly im expecting twins (no twins in the family, no fertility drugs, nada!) I feel I'll be back in that situation and I'm afraid I can't handle...
Talk : : February 15, 2009
I posted this before but I can't find my post so I couldn't see replies. I am pregnant with twins and when I have them my toddler with be just over 2. I would like to breastfeed them but frankly it seems so daunting with a toddler in addition that I almost wish someone would tell me I can't. I know it's horrible but it all seems like so much.
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.15.09, 05:52 PM [ Flag ]thank you. I know I am going to try it -- I just had supply problems with my first and breastfed, pumped and bottlefed every single time for months. I killed myself to get him to 7 months of breastfeeding and I thought I learned that it's ok not to kill yourself. but now that suddenly im expecting twins (no twins in the family, no fertility drugs, nada!) I feel I'll be back in that situation and I'm afraid I can't handle it with my toddler and his needs as well. But, I'll give it a shot and try my best not to hate myself if it fails!
[ Reply | Options ]02.15.09, 06:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]why does it matter that you didn't have fertility treatments?
[ Reply | Options ]02.15.09, 06:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]i had a hard time bf'ing my first and i was on the fence about doing it with my second. then i realized how stupid i was being. it doesn't have to be a decision. you can try it. if it works, great. if not, also great. as a mom of three under three, you'll need to learn to be flexible anyway.
[ Reply | Options ]02.15.09, 06:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I had a lot of trouble bfing my singleton so was bummed that I was going to have twins (from that perspective). They were born when dd was 13 months. I ended p having trouble with twins (especially one) & frankly didn't have enough help to manage the pumping & toddler, so did formula. Twins were big surprise here too! GL.
[ Reply | Options ]02.15.09, 09:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] for those who breastfed, did you have trouble losing the last 5 pounds or so because ... 6 replies
- Yes. In my case it was the last 20 that would not budge. Once I stopped breastfeeding at 9 months, the weight literally melted away....
Talk : : February 13, 2009
for those who breastfed, did you have trouble losing the last 5 pounds or so because you were still breastfeeding? did you quickly lose those last few pounds after you stopped breastfeeding?
6 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.13.09, 08:43 PM [ Flag ]I gained a little weight when I stopped. It's a pity too -- when I was nursing, I was a rail with a rack.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]np: same here.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 09:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I'm bumping this. For those who had a really hard time losing weight while nursing (and NOT because you were eating a lot, believe me I have made that mistake ;)) did the weight come off easily when you stopped? I am down to once a day but its still impossible to lose weight.
[ Reply | Options ]02.14.09, 12:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]op: i dont think i overeat, but i definitely am not dieting. i exercise moderately (though i should go to the gym on a more regular basis). i gained 30 lbs, delivered 3 days after due date, ds was 7 lbs 6 ozs at birth.
[ Reply | Options ]02.14.09, 09:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yes. In my case it was the last 20 that would not budge. Once I stopped breastfeeding at 9 months, the weight literally melted away.
[ Reply | Options ]02.14.09, 09:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]i am hoping that happens for me. i dont want to buy new work clothes!!
[ Reply | Options ]02.14.09, 09:40 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] So Salma Hayek breastfed another woman's child, what do you think of this? I think it... 69 replies
- You people still DONT get it, breastfeeding is not creepy, its not sexual, its not weird, it is a way to feed and bond with your child. For as long as you both want to do it....
Talk : : February 12, 2009
So Salma Hayek breastfed another woman's child, what do you think of this? I think it was great.
69 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.12.09, 03:31 PM [ Flag ]It used t be a sought-after job, once upon a time: wet nurse. All the A-list gentry did it,
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I have a ton of breast milk,in this economy I would sell it if someone was buying.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]you can donate it to hospitals for babies in nicu born of crack addicted moms who could really use the boost. I'm not kidding
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
They didn't DO it, they hired people to do it for them.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
It's kind of freakish... and isn't her daughter 2? Why is she still BF?
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]her daughter is 1, so what if she was two?
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Why is she still BF??
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Are you an idiot? She can breastfeed her child as long as she likes.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]The American Academy of Pediactrics says you should breastfeed AT LEAST 6mos to a year and more if you and db are simpatico. Breast feeding is healthy. By the time a toddler is eating solid foods the bfeeding is a nutritional supplement.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]The heck with them
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
most other cultures BF their kids a lot longer than we do
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 06:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Her daughter is 16 months. I thought to age 2 was fine for breast-feeding before it starts to get a little creepy? I didn't mind it but I'm such a spazz about HIV transmission and my job in that field makes me a bit of loon, all I kept thinking was HIV is transmitted by blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. I guess I need to turn off my brain. And not because she feed an African baby. I'd think the same thing if it were a US White baby. Ugh. But I think it's a good way to promote breast feeding and breast milk banks.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]HIV doesnt get transmitted from baby to mom. If present, HIV is transmitted from mom to baby, usually during delivery and only rarely through breastmilk
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]It does happen and a few cases were brought to light in under developed Eastern European countries. The babies were infected by re-used needles. The baby infected the mother from the mother's nipples being cracked and bloody. But you're right. It is rare. Turning off my brain.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]yes but it's possible and there was that famous case where the baby died--got it from mom's bm--mom didn't know what was HIV+
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 09:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]that was elizabeth glaser. she got a blood transfusion due to bleeding after her daughter was born and the blood was tainted, this was early 80s. she nursed both her kids without knowing she had HIV. it was the first documented case of a mom passing it on to her children through breast milk.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 06:11 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
2 is creepy? Come on, a 2 year old is still quite young, 5 is creepy.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]You people still DONT get it, breastfeeding is not creepy, its not sexual, its not weird, it is a way to feed and bond with your child. For as long as you both want to do it.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I should have said after 2. I'm just no into putting a 6 year old up to a breast to feed.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Now I feel better about weaning both my kids on their 5th birthdays. (I didn't consider whether or not it was creepy; I was just really ready to be done, and I'd waited a year for them to give up that last only-on-Sunday-and-only-for-a-minute feed on their own.)
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]PLEASE tell us this is a joke???
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Nope.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]just threw up.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
YES, 2 is creepy!
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Did you breast feed?
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]^^^guess not.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 11:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Absolutely did, tyvm!
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 11:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I think it is wonderful (once you overcome the involuntary kneee-jerk ick-factor)
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I've done it. Sitting for a friend's kid, her first time leaving the kid with anyone. She went to a wedding 90 minutes away and left me EBM. Unfortunately, her dh didn't know you couldn't refreeze EBM, so it was sour sour sour. The kid screamed his head off for more than an hour. I didn't want to ruin her first evening out, and she wouldn't have been back for at least two hours even if I did call. So I nursed him.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Ahh, that's really sweet actually.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]What a great friend!
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Yikes.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Are you a mom? You sound heartless.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]You sound crazy. You really would have no problem if someone did this?
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]No. I would be more upset if my child was screaming and hungry.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]ITA!
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Crunch, crunch, crunch.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I've been on the other side of this. Went to pick up a friend at the airport, left dc with a mom friend. There was a huge accident on the way home and I was in a two-hour traffic jam. I called my friend in a panic and she offered to nurse him (she was an LL mom). Listening to my kid screaming in the background made it a no-brainer decision. My husband wasn't thrilled, but I was grateful.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]But at least you were able to give the go-ahead. It's not like your friend whipped out her tit and started feeding your baby and then told you after the fact. My husband would have been the same way and in all honestly me too. I would have preferred if my friend tried some formula.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I would much rather have my evening out ruined or give formula than my "friend" breastfeed my child. I would be incensed actually.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Simply 'ruining her evening out' wasn't an option. I'd been watching her kid for an hour. It was feeding time. He wouldn't take the bottle after the first sip. I kept trying, thinking he was away from mom, dad was the only other person who'd given him EBM, etc. -- I didn't consider that there was something wrong with the milk until he'd screamed for an hour. Even had my friend rushed home, that would have been 3+ hours past the kid's feeding time. And, as a bf'ing mom, I didn't have formula in the house.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Hey, you did what you felt was right. Personally I would have a huge problem if someone did this. Divergence of opinions.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I wish you were my friend. that's awesome!
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 06:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Personally, I might have preferred that she pump off some of her own milk and feed my kid her milk from a bottle, rather than from her breast. That said, I can GUARANTEE you I'd have gone ballistic if anyone gave my strictly-breastfed kid formula without my consent. I have no problems with moms who choose formula, but I wasn't one of them, and I wouldn't have wanted someone else to make that choice for me.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Did you ask your friend before you fed him? Did you tell her afterwards? What was her reaction? I don't think I would have been so bold. We are talking about a bodily fluid. And before people start screaming about breast milk banks, they screen and sterilize that milk very carefully. I would have ran out and bought every brand and type of formula and prayed the baby liked at least one of them.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]At the time, I was our local milk bank's largest donor. (Santa Clara, Ca.) And, no, I didn't ask her first. I call her husband's cell and asked what he thought, and if he thought I should ask her first. He didn't want to ruin her evening, either. He told her on the way home and I suppose it's possible she freaked out in the car. But when she picked up her kid, she thanked me.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Ditto.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
OMG, it's the hand that rocks the cradle! Did you tell them you nursed their child?
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 06:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Seems like a nice thing to do.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Creepy publicity stunt.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Wow, you UB people dont ever think someone is doing something actually kind and selfless, huh? What kind of people must you be in real life?
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]No, I just believe that real altruism does not shout 'look at me, I'm doing something kind and selfless!' It certainly does not have a video crew, YouTube video, and interview about doing something kind and selfless.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]ITA!
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]She didnt put it on youtube.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I didn't think it was a publicity stunt, though some people in the press said why didn't she ask for the cameras to be turned off. But why not just let them roll. I feel bad the mother could not breast feed and I'm sure it was because of malnutrition. If she has to use formula I now worry about the water she has to use to mix the formula. Poverty is just so vicious and unforgiving.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Exactly. I agree, but I dont think that she needed to tell them to turn the cameras off. It was nothing to be ashamed off, if she was giving the kid a bottle, should she turn off the cameras. NO. It was just a baby being fed, the most natural thing in the world.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
The ignorance and lack of sisterhood in some of these comments is what's really creepy. My Mom and her friends did this, as did my siblings and theirs and me and mine. As long as the mothers are healthy and producing good milk supplies, this seems very natural. btw-this happens all over the world but somehow has become taboo in North America and among the bourgeoisie.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Lack of sisterhood? I really think you're over-simplifying.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]If my opinion seems simple, great. It's an opinion. I think it's more of a control issue than anything. Being 'grossed-out' by a healthy, available source of breast milk, available to a hungry child isn't a health concern.The idea that it's more acceptable if pumped, instead of breast fed, seems to support this opinion.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 03:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Here's the video: http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/02/10/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-a-hungry- african-babe/
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 03:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]BEAUTIFUL!
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I think it was a very kind-hearted gesture.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 04:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]It really made me tear up. As a mother of an African child, I wish I'd had the opportunity to breastfeed him. I think what she did was amazing; I worry though of course about what will happen the next time the baby needs to eat -- will it be watered down formula? I know that in many impoverished communities they don't even have access to formula and instead feed a sort of homemade sugar water when there is no breastmilk available.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 06:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I wonder if this will spark a milk donation movement from healthy westerners to developing countries. I might even consider re-lactating for something like that! There could be an unlimited supply for communities that need it the most!
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 06:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I was just thinking of this. Instead of giving people rations they dont need, lets pur the formula companies out of business in 3rd world countries by donating milk here for the babies there-it would need to be sterilized and packaged off course, but imagine the health benefits!
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 03:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Was this a one-time event or this is all of the time?? If one of the bens of BF (and feeding in general)are to bond with the child, who is doing the bonding here? Mom is now not getting to bond with her kid right? If they want the health bens of B milk, then why doesn't Salma pump it and give it to the mom so mom can feed her own kid? This smacks to me of self-promotion on Salma's part. I'm turned off by it. There are plenty of kids who aren't BF'ed and they turned out fine. Personally I'd rather bottle feed my own kid than turn him over to someone else. So I think we really need the details: one-time event or for every feeding?
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]it was one time. chill.
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Many kids don't get to nurse for a variety of reasons and they aren't doomed to 'lack of bonding' with their parents as a result.It's the best there is, but sometimes it isn't available. My kids' relationships with other women,that did on occasion nurse them, isn't much different than the ones they have with others-and we're deeply bonded. I don't buy the bonding slant...
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 03:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Would be a shame to let those magnificent orbs of hers go to waste
[ Reply | Options ]02.13.09, 08:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] my 4 week old eats every 2 hours give or take (bf'ing). is this normal and when does ... 3 replies
- ^have you looked at kellymom.com there is a lot of useful information there on breastfeeding...
Talk : : February 12, 2009
my 4 week old eats every 2 hours give or take (bf'ing). is this normal and when does time between feedings increase?
3 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.12.09, 08:45 AM [ Flag ]Yes totally normal and for mine it took a few months
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 08:45 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]^have you looked at kellymom.com there is a lot of useful information there on breastfeeding
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 08:46 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
yes normal. Agree that kellymom is great. Every baby different but I'd say anotehr month and baby will be feeding less frequently.
[ Reply | Options ]02.12.09, 08:48 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] New moms - how do you meet other moms to for a moms group/play group, especially in m... 7 replies
- I ditto this if you are on the UWS- breastfeeding support groups are great too for new new moms-...
Talk : : February 10, 2009
New moms - how do you meet other moms to for a moms group/play group, especially in manhattan?
7 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.10.09, 01:39 PM [ Flag ]I met all my Mom friends through Babybites lunches when dc was small.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]take classes (although sometimes a lot of nannies). Join a new mom's group-the Prenatal Yoga Center on UWS had a great one. I bet there are more. I met moms at the playground in the warm weather. I met moms at Big City moms lunches and babybites lunches (look up their website-they have events weekly). These lunches were probably best. If you live in a doorman bldg could ask doorman if there are moms who would be interested in starting a playgroup. Also check out meetup.com for local groups. GL
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]JCC on the Upper West side has some great lunches and programs.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I ditto this if you are on the UWS- breastfeeding support groups are great too for new new moms-
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
our building started a network of mothers. put a sign up sheet at front desk and exchanged emails with everyone. doing small kids' parties throughout the year to introduce everyone (V Day party, Easter egg hunt, etc)
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Thank you. Would you pay an organization a nominal fee to set you up with a moms group?
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]no. our building is relatively small. recommendations above are great.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 02:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] My daughter is 2 months. For the last 2 weeks, she has been an angle during the day, ... 15 replies
Talk : : February 10, 2009
My daughter is 2 months. For the last 2 weeks, she has been an angle during the day, but come 7pm (+- an hour) she looses it and cries on and off until around midnight. Nothing seems to work, she doesn't eat properly ( I am breastfeeding), she only sleeps if I carry her in the babybjoern and wakes up the minute i put her down. Once she sleeps around midnight, she settles back into a routine of eating every 4 hours, not making much of a fuss. What is her problem? Witching hour? HELP
15 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.10.09, 07:19 AM [ Flag ]is she hungry? My son is 3mo but I'm bf and ff. He's having more Formula now because my breast weren't keeping up with his appetite. Is she having an issue with your milk? My dd was born with a milk allergy and at night (like your dd) she would cry out in pain and had to be put to sleep in my arms. Once I stopped BF she was ok..like another dc
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Is 7 pm too late to go to bed? Maybe she needs to go down earlier so she doesn't get overtired?
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 08:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]this was definitely true for db2 - he really wants to go to bed by 6:30pm at the latest.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:07 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Sigh, you have a fussy baby. On eof mine was like this. Walking outside seemed to help better than inside. This will settle down over the next two months, but it is very hard for you right now. Can DH take her for a walk outside so you can have a break form the fussing?
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:05 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yes. Fussy baby and witching hour. Unfortunately, it's common. But it will pass. There were a couple of months there where I always ate dinner standing up because my daughter was in the sling and needed movement.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:07 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]OR: OMG I forgot about that....still remember the crying etc. and dd is now 6. I remember at 5 months old eating dinner without a baby attached/slung to me and being ecstatic!
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Colic. Mine had it from week 3 until week 10. It was murder. Try "Happiest Baby on the Block" CD and/or book. But the sad truth is that nothing really, truly worked in our case. She simply had to grow out of it. I felt like I was in the 7th circle of hell. Make sure you & your DH are taking turns so that it's not all on you. Nighttime walks helped.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:06 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]^^^ Oh, and wear earplugs. Seriously. You can still hear everything, but it blunts the sound of the crying, which can drive you mad.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:07 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]np: OMG, that's a great idea. whenever db cries i am unable to think of anything other than "must stop this crying". i swear i'm losing the hearing on one side.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]The crying has a way of getting into your brain or something. I finally figured out the earplugs in the last week of the colic.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]for me it's not colic or any kind of incessant crying, but it's #2, so sometimes i can't get to him right away and if he gets worked up it can take a while to settle him. i may go buy earplugs today...
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:16 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]It's hardwired. Non-stop recordings of babies crying have been used on prisoners at the CIA prison in Afghanistan.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
yes sounds like colic to me. sorry
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:08 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
She may be hungrier that time of day -- what do you mean she does not eat properly? if you are feeding her as much as she wants during those hours what happens?
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]It is colic. I heard gripe water works. Never tried it with DS. But he had colic bad. Just literally had to wait like 6 weeks for it to pass. Utter misery.
[ Reply | Options ]02.10.09, 09:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] No diaper can contain my 9mo old's poop. Since 5mo, he has back poop with every dirt... 12 replies
- *sorry, I meant stopped only breastfeeding and added other foods....
Talk : : February 09, 2009
No diaper can contain my 9mo old's poop. Since 5mo, he has back poop with every dirty diaper and at least once a day, he soils his clothes. I have tried Huggies, Pampers, different types of each and different sizes but no luck. Anyone else ever have this problem and find a solution? Or am I stuck with this till he is potty trained?
12 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]02.09.09, 07:42 AM [ Flag ]my girlfriend was like you. Every single day her kids were pooping on their clothing. THEN I noticed she really didn't do a great job putting the pamper on. I put them pamper on her son one evening and he woke up dry. She then realized it was her technique. She never had an accident again
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]^^meant I put THE pamper not them pamper
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]op: he is my 2nd and I never had this problem with my 1st so I dont think it's how I put it on. It happens whenever dh or aneyone else watching him changes his diapers too.
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:46 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
So they still make the old fashioned plastic training pants we used to put over cloth diapers? Buy some and put over diaper and see if it helps
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]op: that is a good idea. I'll try this, thanks!
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Thank my mom! :) Good luck
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
i don't know. but i will say that my 4yo ds has the hugest bowel movements i have ever seen. they must be eight inches long. and they aren't thin little puny things either.
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]op: lol! I mentioned it to the ped and she laughed and said that he is a big boy with big poops. I guess some kids just have more volume!
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 07:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I had a peanut of a little girl and we always joked that once I stopped food was added to nursing, she pooped like a truck driver. It seems the size of the kid isn't the only contributor! We also used plastic overpants and toilet training very early. GL
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 09:31 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]*sorry, I meant stopped only breastfeeding and added other foods.
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 09:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Don't go by the weight chart on the box. Try going up a size and see if that helps - helped my DD and me! GL!
[ Reply | Options ]02.09.09, 08:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I suggest two diapers, one in his size, and a second in the next size up on top. GL
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[+] Anyone on who had Raynaud's phenomenon of the nipples during breastfeeding? Did you ... 1 reply
Talk : : August 16, 2008
Anyone on who had Raynaud's phenomenon of the nipples during breastfeeding? Did you also have another auto-immune disease as well?
1 reply [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.16.08, 12:07 PM [ Flag ]I had that with my second child, but not with my first or third. I have no other auto-immune disease that I know of. It's tough, but it faded away after a while.
[ Reply | Options ]08.16.08, 03:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] i envy moms with 6 or more kids 23 replies
- 4yrs later I got pregnant again right after we completed our home study. I'm 42, so getting up there in age. We went in for a new homestudy just after db turned 1yo. Swore that we weren't trying to get pregnant, I was still breastfeeding and didn't even have my period back yet. 4mos later I was pregnant so we were put on hold again. Unfortunately I had a miscarriage at 10wks. So no adopted dc or bio-baby. I can't help but think it's a sign....
Talk : : August 15, 2008
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[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 01:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I envy those with 4. We have 2 and will stick with that. But I originally wanted 4. I'd also like to foster kids but it's not something dh is into and you really both need to be on board.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I have 2 and want 4 also. I'm into adopting but everytime we've gotten close I got pregnant so now I'm scared to face our social worker.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I originally wanted to have 2 and then adopt 2. But having them never worked out so we just did the "adopt 2" part. We've got the greatest kids, we're really lucky.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 04:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Did you adopt a sibling group? I really feel called to adopt, dh is just going along, so I'm a little scared to push it. This last time we were trying so hard not to get pregnant and dh thinks it's a sign. We can't afford 5 dc.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 04:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Nope. Two domestic infant adoptions--kids are 6 & 2.5 now. My dh isn't ready for fostering so I might do something like CASA (court appointed advocate) when my kids are older. It's hard to get both spouses on the same page. Initially my dh was freaked out about domestic adoption and wanted to pursue international. But then he got educated (some workshops) about what it's really like and did a total 180.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 04:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]My dh was on board originally, but I got pregnant right after we closed on the house we purchased to be able to adopt. 4yrs later I got pregnant again right after we completed our home study. I'm 42, so getting up there in age. We went in for a new homestudy just after db turned 1yo. Swore that we weren't trying to get pregnant, I was still breastfeeding and didn't even have my period back yet. 4mos later I was pregnant so we were put on hold again. Unfortunately I had a miscarriage at 10wks. So no adopted dc or bio-baby. I can't help but think it's a sign.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 04:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Do you think you're going to try (to adopt) again?
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 06:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]As I said we're kind of scared to even approach our social worker again. Also our finances have taken quite a hit with us buying a house and having 2 dc. I want to look into state sponsored-adoptions because I really would like a little girl to fill in the 4yr gap between my bio-kids. However we are still mourning our lost baby. It's been less than a week since my miscarriage. I just don't know. I really liked being pregnant. Also I don't want to adopt a single child. I have 5 siblings, but my oldest brother has a different father. I think I've spent my entire life worried that he'll need a kidney or somrthing and none of us would be a match. I couldn't bear to adopt a child and be in that situation. Crazy I know.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 08:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I'm so sorry about your miscarriage--that must be hard. I do feel it will all work out. I think my children found me--once DS was born and came home everything made sense to me. GL.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 08:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Thank you. I think so too. I'm trying not to push but I just know our adopted dc are out there. I just wonder if now is not the time. I keep reading about older kid adoptions and wonder if maybe that's our path.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 08:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I envy anyone who can afford more than one. I am grateful for what I have though.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 05:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Children only cost as much as you let them.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 05:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]It's school that costs money. I live in an area that there is not a great public school. So close to $20K for PreK for one is all we can handle.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 05:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Children don't need pre-k.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 08:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
LOL!! I guess I don't need to clothe or educate my dc then. Well, heck I'll have 10. Thanks for showing me the light! I have to log off now & get busy since I am already 35 & only have one.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 05:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]What? Why don't you have to clothe or educate your dc's? This makes no sense.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 06:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]If they only cost as much as you let them . . .
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 06:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]That's true. You are right.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 06:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Do you live on a commune?
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 06:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]There are plenty on low cost options for clothes. Buy out of season, on sale, 2nd hand or swap with others. We purchased in an area not known for good publics, but our dc are zone for the one good school in the neighborhood and that's where they're going. With the time & money we save on not going private or shlepping them out of district, we can afford enrichment classes that fit our needs. Also living in our non-trendy neighborhood thats walking distance to museums, libraries, the zoo and botanic gardens means we can afford the space for all the dc we want as well as the cultural activities that make living in NYC worthwhile.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 08:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Wow, why on earth do you do that?
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 05:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Carol Brady?
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[+] How soon will I get my period back if I am breastfeeding?
Talk : : August 15, 2008
[+] breastfed my 9mo ds. he's sick for the first time and it's been pretty bad - a viral... 10 replies
- there are many good things about breastfeeding but it is hardly automatic protection from getting sick. Look at it this way-there was a time in history when ALL...
- I hear you. You know how breastfeeding is supposed to be good for preventing allergies? Well, turns out my dd had a milk allergy from birth and in...
Talk : : August 14, 2008
breastfed my 9mo ds. he's sick for the first time and it's been pretty bad - a viral infection with fever for about 7 - 8 days. i feel like breastfeeding should have prevented ds from getting this sick. and i know it's not for nothing i went through breastfeeding, but in a way, i'm disappointed... and feel like i wasnt able to protect my baby well; that i've failed in some way...
10 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.14.08, 06:16 PM [ Flag ]LOL! Fake!!!
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]My dd just got over a terrible virus too and she too had been bf. look, babies get sick you can't protect them from everything and BM is not going to protect them from communicable diseases. It sucks to see them ill but it happens with all babies.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]yeah...i know...i just felt bad and needed to express these thoughts i had. thanks for not LOL like the other reply.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]sorry (LOL mom) just makes no sense that BFing would keep a kid from getting sick. It is good for them but it's not a cure all. Sorry DB is sick though. That always sucks
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
how long was she sick by the way? with fever too? is your schedule all off now? mine is, and ds is just starting to eat solids again (slowly).
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Actually, breast milk CAN prevent many communicable diseases because the child/baby gets antibodies that the mother's body has produced after exposure to a pathogen (harmful bacterial or viral agent.) But if the mother has not been exposed to it first she will not have produced the specific antibodies that would attack those particular pathogens in the child's system. You have given your baby the best protection there is, yet there are no guarantees, so don't take it out on yourself.
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 03:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]yeah and my dr said that if I get the flu shot my baby will be protected from that strain of flu, also anything else I've been immunized for- this is nice if db is too young for some shots
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 03:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
there are many good things about breastfeeding but it is hardly automatic protection from getting sick. Look at it this way-there was a time in history when ALL babies were breastfed - do you think none of them were ever ill?
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I hear you. You know how breastfeeding is supposed to be good for preventing allergies? Well, turns out my dd had a milk allergy from birth and in fact my milk was making her sick. You can't win...
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I think of it this way; if you hadn't been BF, the illness might have been worse. That
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 06:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] Do you think it is safe to do Brazilian hair straightening treatment while I am still... 5 replies
- do you think i can do it while breastfeeding?...
Talk : : August 14, 2008
Do you think it is safe to do Brazilian hair straightening treatment while I am still breastfeeding? DB is 8 months and eating solids but I am still breastfeeding intermittently.
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.14.08, 01:39 PM [ Flag ]No way. Its not even safe w/out nursing.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 01:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]what about the japanese straightening process? what makes you think it is not safe?
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 01:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]That is safer. The Brazilian is loaded with formaldehyde and unsafe for inhalation.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 01:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]do you think i can do it while breastfeeding?
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 01:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]just buy a flat iron.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 01:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] HELP i gained 23 lbs w/ my preg, which i lost almost completely by the time she was a... 12 replies
- thing happened to me. Didn't drop it all until after breastfeeding - plus lost 5 more. Plus all the cleavage. lol....recommend a stringent diet to lose weight unless you stop breastfeeding, which i don't recommend stopping for that reason alone. Hang in there - do the breastfeeding and there will be plenty of time to lose weight...
- Just started weight watchers for breastfeeding mothers. Desparate to lose weight myself. 5 weeks pp and...
Talk : : August 14, 2008
HELP i gained 23 lbs w/ my preg, which i lost almost completely by the time she was about3 weeks...now I have gained back about 8-10 lbs...WHILE BREASTFEEDING??how???? i feel like bridget jones!
12 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.14.08, 09:07 AM [ Flag ]because you have a MONSTER appetite, if you are like me. and while bfing its easy to eat less healthy convenient food and get less exercise. i wouldnt freak out yet, i dropped 5-10 right after i weaned, but tryign to get moving adn watching the type of food you eat can help too.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:11 AM [ Flag | link to this post ](op) but I feel so FRIGGIN FAT!Nothing fits...nothing. and im so embara. bec eveyone was like, oh u lost the wieght good for u and now ppl are looking at me like im a cow.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]screw them. seriously, your body is feeding another human being. can you getout for a walk every day? what do you eat? drinking enough water?
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:13 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]i eat in My SLEEPi swear..middle of nite, i ate like 6 pcs of bread, a few nites before that a pint of ice cream, also i eat tons of edammame and tonz of trail mix its my fault i am overeating but i cannot stand the way i look its making me crazy. how fast can i lose 10 lbs?
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:16 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I wouldn't recommend a stringent diet to lose weight unless you stop breastfeeding, which i don't recommend stopping for that reason alone. Hang in there - do the breastfeeding and there will be plenty of time to lose weight later.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:23 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I have heard that hanging a mirror on or near the frig can help...
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 03:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Have U tried hanging a mirror on the fridge? (I've considered this myself!)
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 03:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]sorry, the last one took so long to post I thought I did something wrong....
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 04:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
and the newspapers not helping w/ all these TINY celebs 3 weeks postpartum running naked in st barbs
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Yup - Same thing happened to me. Didn't drop it all until after breastfeeding - plus lost 5 more. Plus all the cleavage. lol.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 09:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Just started weight watchers for breastfeeding mothers. Desparate to lose weight myself. 5 weeks pp and 20 lbs. to lose. I feel disgusting. My LC said you can safely go down to 1800 calories which is approximately what the ww points add up to. Good luck!
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 03:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]How old is your baby now?
[ Reply | Options ]09.11.08, 05:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to loose the baby weight? I had my d... 22 replies
- may not be the thing for you, but breastfeeding worked for me! At least with my first - I dropped back in a month. But with my second, I'm still 5# over...
- what, you just don't feel like breastfeeding?...
- No, it wasn't that I didn't feel like breastfeeding, it wasn't for me and my husband. Not something we were interested....
Talk : : August 13, 2008
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to loose the baby weight? I had my dc about two weeks ago..
22 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.13.08, 12:24 PM [ Flag ]may not be the thing for you, but breastfeeding worked for me! At least with my first - I dropped back in a month. But with my second, I'm still 5# over and he just turned two. blah.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yea.. I'm not breastfeeding. I didn't with my first and this time we aren't either. I have been eating right so far and I started to work out again a little. Nothing crazy, but I'm afraid it is going to be harder this time around
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]np: how are you working out? i went for a short walk 3 weeks pp and almost bled to death it seemed.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I did a video that we have. I didn't go crazy, but it felt really good to start working out again. I haven't done it for almost 10 months.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
what, you just don't feel like breastfeeding?
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]No, it wasn't that I didn't feel like breastfeeding, it wasn't for me and my husband. Not something we were interested.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:32 PM [ Flagged | link to this post ]You weren't "interested in" it? Do you think your baby was?
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]go to hell (np)
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]someone's angry.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
that's what I was thinking, just didn't have the courage to say it!
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Who the hell are you to tell me what I should or shouldn't do for my child. My 3 yr old daughter was bottle feed and she is perfectly fine. It is all personal preference and you shouldn't be rude or nasty.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I'm being neither of the above. Simply asked if you thought your baby wanted to nurse when it came out of your womb. (and I was a np, so there are more than 1 of us who question the "weren't interested" logic)
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
i wouldn't worry about it for another couple of weeks
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]too bad you are not BF. gaining weight is the way you body prepared for BF - you screw with nature, you screw yourself.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]What.. are you kidding me.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]what's not clear? yes, that's why you gain an extra 20+lbs in addition to baby weight. it's to lose it in the couple of months pp while lactating. this is not news.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Don't listen to them. I am bf'ing my 4 mo and have been eating right and begun exercising and have not lost an ounce. Every woman is different and you have to do what feels comfortable for you. I plan to do WW after I wean my ds.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
ding ding ding
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]*****What is wrong you all of you. I asked a simple question and I did't need to be told what I should have done for my child. I admire those that do breast feed, but it wasn't for me. I understand this is an open forum, but my god.. You don't need to be nasty.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]It's pretty clear the "best" way to lose baby weight at 2 weeks pp is to nurse the said baby. The other ways are the ways to lose weight at any other time - eat less and exercise. What, you thought there's a secret weapon only ub moms know about?
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 01:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Exactly. And the answer to your simple question was a simple answer. That you didn't like. Breastfeeding.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 01:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I didn't breastfeed either and the way I lost weight was by walking, walking, walking. I had a January baby so it wasn't always easy. But I aimed for 5 miles/day. Get a pedometer. Lifted 5 lb weights in front of the TV. And no drinking or fancy coffee drinks. At 4 months I was at pre-baby weight... but body is different anyway. GL and don't freak out-- yopu'll be happy with your weight by the end of the year.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] would love to see video of mom breastfeeding 8 yr old, website? 7 replies
Talk : : August 13, 2008
would love to see video of mom breastfeeding 8 yr old, website?
7 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.13.08, 12:19 PM [ Flag ]why would you love to see this??
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]ew.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:20 PM [ Flagged | link to this post ]saw one on u tube of a Bristish woman BF her 5? yo. It was very weird and creepy.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6rFsxpqNBE
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]wowzers
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yep. Did you get a load of the DH? Major skeeviness.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
youtube
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 01:03 PM [ Flagged | link to this post ]
[+] with my first baby, everyone said "sleep when the baby sleeps" get rest, focus on bre... 5 replies
Talk : : August 13, 2008
with my first baby, everyone said "sleep when the baby sleeps" get rest, focus on breastfeeding ect... but now I have a 2 year old and one due soon. How do I cope without help or daycare?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.13.08, 11:49 AM [ Flag ]You get help or school (my 2 yo started play school) or you're exhausted.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Mine are 21m apart and I have no help. With #1 I was all into routines etc but #2 just has to fit in and actually it has been much easier that I thought. My 1ds goes to a drop off class for a couple of hours twice a week which is a good break for both of us.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]I ditto that. Don't worry too much about rules and schedules. Just let things fall into place and find a routine. I've got three small children at home over the summer now and it's been chaotic - controlled chaos, that is. It works just fine.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Get whatever help you can afford. I had my neighbors 11yo come over and play with my 3yo while the baby and I slept.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]You'll cope just fine. You will probably not get much rest and rely more heavily on your DH to help you out.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] I talked to a mom yesterday who bf her son until he was 4!!! 7 replies
- Did anyone see that video of the British woman who was still breastfeeding her 8 y.o. I'm pretty open-minded but that really skeeved me out....
Talk : : August 13, 2008
I talked to a mom yesterday who bf her son until he was 4!!!
7 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.13.08, 11:45 AM [ Flag ]wow
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Each to their own but not for me.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]41 is way too old
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:48 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]i wouldn't judge her. there will be rules that you will break too in a major way.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 11:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]so? I bf till 3. And I'm so glad I did.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Did anyone see that video of the British woman who was still breastfeeding her 8 y.o. I'm pretty open-minded but that really skeeved me out.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]not right for me, but I can see 4 yrs old.
[ Reply | Options ]08.13.08, 12:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] I'm starting to hate breastfeeding and considering quitting. Ds is 3 1/2 months and b... 16 replies
- at least i could really see what he is eating and all the stress of breastfeeding wouldn't consume my day...
- The hype over breastfeeding is ridiculous.I was bottle fed and did not have my first cold until I was...you are totally free to stop bf'ing but have you considered pumping? i HATE breastfeeding but pumped 9 months for my first ds and am at 6 months for...
Talk : : August 12, 2008
I'm starting to hate breastfeeding and considering quitting. Ds is 3 1/2 months and becoming increasingly difficult to bf... he gets very distracted, nursing outside of my apartment is impossible, a number of times he's completely refused the breast, if he does bf he'll generally only nurse on one side... had lactation consult today and when nursing on one side he consumed about 1/2 of what he should in one feeding... he's gaining weight but on the low end... any BTDT? i feel so guilty about considering quitting but i am miserable and totally stressed all the time about him and eating
16 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.12.08, 05:03 PM [ Flag ]it's okay to quit, you are still a great mom
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]thx... i don't know if it is the answer but at least i could really see what he is eating and all the stress of breastfeeding wouldn't consume my day
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]don't stress, if db is happy and gaining weight and has wet diapers all is well.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
My dc only nursed on one side at each feeding from day one until he weaned at 2 years, so that in itself is really no big deal. My lc said some children are just more effecient and my supply was great. The fact that he wants to look around and gets distracted is great news. It means his brain is developing normally!! He is aware of his surroundings. I always just put a blanket over him when we were outside and that seemed to work. So, if you want to continue, you can - but ifyou don't, then don't. You're the mommy. But don't think db is not getting what he needs, because he is.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I had him weighed before and after today and he isn't getting what he needs from just one side. If he stayed on longer probably but not this time. I've tried the cover and he hates it. Totally swats at it. Thanks for your encouragement and you are right developmentally. that is good.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Good luck, whatever you decide!!
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]i would just pump and bottle feed until supply dwindles then slowly start mixing bm w/formula. the thing about stopping is that formula is so expensive!! but if cost is no issue then i would start the pumping i suggested.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
To add to the other posts: If you are stressed about it, that can affect your supply. I was stressed about keeping up with my voracious eater, and pumping 3-4 times a day. I've started doing just one feeding of formula and it has helped me a lot.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]it's not an either/or proposition. I BF'd for 15 months but had to supplement nearly the whole time. I just didn;t produce enough. I felt that DD got the good stuff from nursing and the calories she needed from formula. You might want to think about trying that. Kind of took the pressure off. GL
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 05:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]thanks. i am pretty confident my supply isn't the issue but i hear what you are saying. i think i need to start bottles some of the time be it breastmilk or formula... it will no doubt take the edge off if anything. ds will take formula no problem since i had to supplement at birth
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 06:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I had a lot of trouble breast-feeding too, i seem to remember it getting a LOT easier of of the sudden at around 4 or 5 months--so if you can just hang on?
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 06:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Ditto for me....but I also started giving a bottle of formula a day at that age. It made things much, much easier.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 06:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
You're not quitting, you've given him 14 weeks of breast feeding which is more than a lot if kids get, you've given him a really good start. Don't feel bad about it, you have to put your health and happiness first otherwise db won't be healthy and happy.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 06:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I absolutely cannot stand the hype over breastfeeding. I was bottle fed and not sick a day until
[ Reply | Options ]10.27.08, 03:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]The hype over breastfeeding is ridiculous.I was bottle fed and did not have my first cold until I was 6 years old. I am 36 and have never ever been to the hospital and get a winter cold every 10 years or so. All of my friends breast feed all of their kids and all have been chronically ill with colds and ear infections for years...this is a group of over 10 women.
[ Reply | Options ]10.27.08, 03:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
you are totally free to stop bf'ing but have you considered pumping? i HATE breastfeeding but pumped 9 months for my first ds and am at 6 months for second db. with ds #1 i supplemented with 1 bottle of formula a day ... ds #2 is just taking breast milk. just an option ...
[ Reply | Options ]10.27.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] What are the odds that a 40 year old woman will conceive if she has sex one time duri... 11 replies
- 43yo, breastfeeding, sex 2x 1wk after ovulation=11wks pregnant. And we were charting so as to NOT get pregnant....
Talk : : August 11, 2008
What are the odds that a 40 year old woman will conceive if she has sex one time during ovulation?
11 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.11.08, 04:12 PM [ Flag ]well, the odds of conceiving in a medicated cycle with iui for a 40 yr old are about 5%. so less than 5% in your case.
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]even with two previous unassisted pregnancies?
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]well the 2 previous pregnancies were when your eggs were younger...
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]...sigh...
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]i mean, it only takes one good egg and one good sperm...but the chances of any particular egg being "good" at 40 are just much lower. gl, though!
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
i did at 41.
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 04:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]43yo, breastfeeding, sex 2x 1wk after ovulation=11wks pregnant. And we were charting so as to NOT get pregnant.
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 07:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Go make love and stay out of this war zone. It can, at times, be rife w/negative vibe merchants on this site.
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 08:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]It happens. Don't think about the odds. It happened to me - after using IVF for the first one
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 08:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]41 and prego 22 weeks and was worried it would not happen, because it was our first attempt and we made love about 3 times while I was ovulating. I had bought the ov watch, which I think helped.
[ Reply | Options ]08.23.08, 04:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]it happened to me! had my son, second child, at 41 with no assistance and sex only once during ovulation.
[ Reply | Options ]01.29.09, 12:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] Anybody on here take meds for ADHD? Are any of them safe to take when breastfeeding?
Talk : : August 09, 2008
[+] We're TTC'ing #2 and I want to VBAC. Anyone have any providers to recommend? Home bir... 31 replies
- in, and a needle in your spine with no drugs coming through to numb it is pretty uncomfortable. but it was OK - mostly just achy. and I had plenty of other pain to distract me. 4) the nursing staff at NYU was EXCELLENT - wonderful breastfeeding support, great care. huuuuugely different from my last birth at st vincents, where when I asked to see a lactation consultant the nurse said "why?" and told me I didn't need one. 5) I hired a doula, who I thought was...
Talk : : August 09, 2008
We're TTC'ing #2 and I want to VBAC. Anyone have any providers to recommend? Home birth isn't an option, don't suggest it. I live in Queens but I'm thinking I'll go into Manhattan (my sister lives there, so I could use her place as a base). All the Queens hospitals seem to suck. If I go CNM I want one who isn't supercrunchy and won't bail if I end up choosing the epidural. Other requirements are some flexibility on monitoring (I'm willing to use the CTG, but not be strapped down) and good breastfeeding support, especially for jaundiced babies (I have a high chance of another one). #1 (emergency section for preeclampsia) was not born in NYC so I have no background at all.
31 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.09.08, 06:36 PM [ Flag ]I live in CT, so can't help with provider recs. However, having had an unsuccessful and a successful VBAC, I can give some advice. First of all, highly recommend going the midwife route. I ended up having an epi towards the end of my labor and my midwife was fine with it -- I was disappointed in myself and she made me feel a lot better. Most stories I hear about OBs generally are that first trimester they agree VBAC is a great option. Second trimester they start mentioning some problems that might occur. And third trimester, they really think it's not a good option for you. Another thing that is critical IME is that the OB backup is as committed to your VBAC as the midwives. In the end, they will have the final say and my first VBAC attempt the OBs were the ones who got antsy and pulled the plug and went c/s (I was at 9cm). My second and successfull VBAC, the OB was just as wonderful as the m/w and did not suddenly try to manage my care. He was just checking in on us from time to time.
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]You're asking too much--need to be in L&D for an epidural, and need to home birth if you don't want monitoring with a vbac (monitoring and iv fluids are generally insisted on for this). My advice: Pick an OB at St. Lukes Roosevelt, hire a doula, and labor at home so that the epidural and monitoring come at the end.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 01:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I agree with this advice. Signed, homebirth VBAC mom.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Wow. I am impressed that you did home vbac. Were you nervous? -OR above (hospital vbac--no drugs, but still...)
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 02:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]No, I'm not being snarky but I would have been more nervous in the hospital. I had an amazing midwife with every possible tool with her and a hospital to transfer to if it was needed (and it wasn't). It's the hospital that contains most of the dangers when it comes to successful vbac--induction/augmentation drugs, epidurals, monitoring, limited mobility, pressured time frames, etc. Wasn't interested in any of that.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 03:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]That's great--I'm so glad for you. I wouldn't have had the guts to do it.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I know some monitoring is required. That's not a problem. I don't expect most hospital providers to be willing to do occasional doppler checks on a VBAC. What I do not want is to be strapped down and on the CTG the entire time (I was on it for hours at a time last time), and I know some providers will work with you on that. (I also know that most VBAC friendly providers will let you have a heplock instead of an IV to make moving easier. This is fine, in fact i would prefer it to ensure I get a good stick.) As I said, home birth is not an option. One, chances are this baby's going to end up under the bili lights. two, I had a large blood loss last time. Three, my nearest hospitals are Flushing and North Shore Manhasset.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 03:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]most hospitals will require continuous external monitoring, not intermittent monitoring, which is what you're describing.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 03:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Not quite. Intermittent ascultation is handheld doppler (the studies comparing IA to cEFM used set periods of listening). The important thing with EFM is being able to run the recorded strip, and some OBs/CNMs are flexible about exactly how much time has to be spent on (allowing breaks for you to move, versus truly continuous monitoring). Again, EFM is not the issue, it's never being allowed off that I don't want. I know this is possible because I know people who have done it. Also, some hospitals have telemetry monitoring, which would make life a lot easier.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Continuous monitoring is protocol in a hospital vbac. Where I delivered, I was lucky enough to have a room with telemetry, but if you get one that doesn't, you are "tied" to the bed. No hospital I've heard of has telemetry in all the rooms, if in any at all. Also, most OBs will NOT let you have a heplock because they need to get two bags of fluids in you before they can give you an epi or a spinal, and if you need an emergency c, you need that anaesthesia (they don't like to use general because it's riskier, not because they give a crap if you're concious for the birth or not).
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yes, I'd need the IV if I did have the epidural. No question. But, as I understand it, if I don't want the epidural, I don't need the fluids and the heplock is fine. I'm not set on either epidural or unmedicated--I just want a provider that will support my choice either way. Look, I have to make the best of the situation that I'm in, which is that I need a hospital L&D birth. So please, don't tell me how it's impossible and I just need to do it at home, because I do know people who say their providers worked with them. If I were saying "I don't ever want to be monitored, I don't want the IV line in ever, I don't want the nurses touching me" then hell yeah, that would be unrealistic. I'm not asking that.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Ug. All I'm saying is that if you have a hospital vbac (as I did), there are LOTS of protocols. OBs and hospitals protect themselves against lawsuits, since vbacs are now considered "risky," though of course they are no more so than a repeat c. You have to follow the rules. If you don't want an epi, you pretty much have to walk into the hospital fully dilated, as I did (and I still got stuck with the fluids). Otherwise, it's protocol, and you'll get it--and the fluids, and the monitoring. Just hire a doula, and stay home until you're in transition, and you'll get what you want. Go to the hospital in active labor, and you won't--no matter who your OB is.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]However, I'm also asking about midwives--and they're less big on the epidural. Again, I'm not going to get one who says "fine! You don't need any monitoring, go sit in the Jacuzzi". Not only unrealistic but not very safe for a VBAC. But I do know I can get one who will say "you can have a break, get up, stretch". Do you see what I'm getting at here? I'm not asking for a home birth in the hospital, I'm asking for a provider with enough sensitivity to understand that I had a very bad experience last time.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Oh, and you certainly don't need prophylactic fluids "just in case"--I should know as I managed a CS under combined spinal-epidural last time without having an IV in before they wheeled me into the OR!
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Also, since I can't HB and no birth centers will take me (in or out of hospital) L&D is my only option anyway. VBACs are banned from the SLR BC, and I've yet to hear (from reading posts here and elsewhere) that their regular L&D is so much better than, say, St Vincent's or even Mt Sinai (where several people I know VBACed).
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 03:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Mt. Sinai is one of the worst places to try to vbac unless you're with Jacki Worth and her practice. St. Vincent's you have a much better chance with.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 03:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]interesting, someone recommended her Mt Sinai VBAC OB to me. I also know someone who VBACed there a few weeks ago--with the MFM team and a forceps delivery no less. She didn't want to go unmedicated, though.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
i use a doctor who has offices in manhattan and queens. i had a c-section last time and he said there's no reason for me not to try a vbac. there are a couple of drawbacks, one of which is that the hospital he uses is not very close to queens.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 01:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Not to be snarky, but considering the circumstances of your first delivery (the preeclampsia) aren't you at all worried about complications? Signed, mom who had perfectly easily delivery with no drugs for #1...unexpected emergency delivery at 32 weeks with lots of complications for poor db.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Not particularly. Preeclampsia has a 20% recurrence rate, which means I'd be a damn fool if I weren't monitored for it, but it would also be ridiculous to plan as if it were going to happen again. In my case it developed at 38 weeks and would never have resulted in a section if it had been correctly managed. Like, if my consultant OB hadn't said at 36 weeks "you don't need to see me again till 40 weeks".
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I had a great v-bac with Seth Finkelstein. His office is in Manhattan, but he delivers at NY Hospital Flushing and Lenox Hill.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I don't think Lenox Hill allows vbac anymore. -np
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Really? Mine was in December. If they changed policies, it was recent.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
i had 2 c's (dc's were both breach). my 2nd dc was pretty severely jaundiced and they almost wouldn't release dc to me. I delivered both kids at slr. i found them to be really helpful with the bf (no lc but nurses knew a fair amt, had nursed their own kids, had exp with trying to get latch right and getting milk supply after a c). the jaundice ended up being fine, I sort of forget exactly what was done to be honest at this point, but dc came home with me (phew)
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 04:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Had a GREAT VBAC with CBS midwives -- they deliver at SLR.
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 05:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]np- DR Rhee is mentioned on here. Her group take VBAC's at SLR
[ Reply | Options ]08.10.08, 05:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Interesting. I looked at them but they say only 3 VBAC attempts last year, only 1 successful. How was SLR otherwise? Do they have mandatory nursery stays?
[ Reply | Options ]08.11.08, 05:45 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]they do not. my baby roomed in almost continuously after the initial check and bath in the nrsery, adn they delayed that until after seh had fed and I was OK with it. i had an exceletn drug free birth in SLR L&D.
[ Reply | Options ]08.14.08, 03:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
I just had a successful VBAC in february at NYU, with spring obgyn (drs flagg, maldonado, etc). to some of your points/questions: 1) I could not use the midwife in the practice because she doesn't do VBACs. 2) They said I could have had a heplock instead of IV, but then I tested GBS+ so had to get IV with penicillin. 3) I had continuous external monitoring but I was not confined to the bed - I was able to get up, sit on birthing ball, walk around, etc. They just kept coming back and fussing with the belts, because I was constantly shifting them and they'd lose the signal, and I couldn't get too far away from the machine - my walking was pretty confined. but I did NOT have to just lie there on the bed. 3) my OB asked that I get the epidural cath placed as soon as I arrived at the hospital, so that I could avoid general anesthesia if I had to have an emergency C. I was fine with that, although I hated the process of getting it in, and a needle in your spine with no drugs coming through to numb it is pretty uncomfortable. but it was OK - mostly just achy. and I had plenty of other pain to distract me. 4) the nursing staff at NYU was EXCELLENT - wonderful breastfeeding support, great care. huuuuugely different from my last birth at st vincents, where when I asked to see a lactation consultant the nurse said "why?" and told me I didn't need one. 5) I hired a doula, who I thought was pretty irritating as a person, but did an excellent job in terms of expertise and imparting confidence to me. I didn't mind that she was not someone I wanted to hang out with, because I just wanted a professional who had VBAC experience. but I know most people want a doula they click with more on a personal level. the doula I hired was deborah badran.
[ Reply | Options ]08.12.08, 08:23 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]Did you feel that the drs at Spring were supportive of your vbac? Anyone in particular? How about the staff at NYU? Were you allowed to go past your due date (if you didn't go earlier on your own)? Did you request not to be on cefm? Sorry for all the questions and congrats on your vbac.
[ Reply | Options ]08.15.08, 04:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]This is so wonderful to hear, I am preg with #2 and had my first via CS at St. Vincent's with Dr. Maldonado. The very first thing she said to me the next day was that if I was planning to have another I should go straight to CS, it was not an emergency and a very comfortable 24 labor prior. She said I just stopped dilating after about 7+. I am committed to doing a VBAC this time and so far the midwife at spring obgyn is supportive, about to see Maldonado again this week. Worried they will try to convince me to do a CS. Perhaps the doula is the way to go?
[ Reply | Options ]09.07.08, 09:09 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] help! 9 wk old with reflux, on prevacid for week. will not seleep 13 replies
- Breastfeeding? If so, consider looking up the symptoms of oversupply. Kellymom.com has good info. If this is you, it IS fixable, but call a good IBCLC to work with you to fix it....
Talk : : August 09, 2008
help! 9 wk old with reflux, on prevacid for week. will not seleep
13 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.09.08, 06:07 PM [ Flag ]at 9 weeks they are all over the place anyway. Reflux or not. Just do what you can to get him to sleep as much as possible and wait it out.
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]till when? she is miserably overtired! have tried everything
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]oh sorry. Is the reflux better? My DD with reflux slept in her swing for the first few months. Have you tried that or a carseat? Being upright can help
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]meds not working. hated swing. her crib is propped on angle. have tried tummy sleeping
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]well if the meds aren't working, are they going to try something else? We tried a few things before we got something that worked really well. ANd even then she kept changing as she grew. Yuck. Sorry. I guess you will just have to muddle through for awhile. Talk to your doc asap though. So sad when they feel bad.
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]i guess is should call dr. they told me prevacid could take a week to two weeks to work. she's been on it ten days. this after two weeks on zantac. i'm thinking a higher does of zantac may have been the answer....
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]If I remember correctly, the zantac was supposed to work or not pretty quickly. I think the prevacid started helping right away (or within a few days) and got better and better. If she is no better, I would call and let them know. Maybe they need to up her dosage or maybe she needs soemthing else. It will work itself out eventually. Til then just sleep when you can. Sorry. I know how hard this is!
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
have her in upright position..i got a crib wedge that helped
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]already tried that. she will wake in ten minutes after nursing self to sleep, another problem!
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Nursing to sleep is not a problem, it is designed to make babies tired.
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Breastfeeding? If so, consider looking up the symptoms of oversupply. Kellymom.com has good info. If this is you, it IS fixable, but call a good IBCLC to work with you to fix it.
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]interesting. could oversupply be causing stomach upset? will look now pn kellymom, thanks
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Yes, definitely. Symptoms may include very gassy baby, green and/or mucousy/watery stools, baby who is fussy at the breast (very on/off), feeds frequently. Mom may have sore nipples from baby clamping or pulling, and may have frequent full breasts between feedings. Any of that sound familiar?
[ Reply | Options ]08.09.08, 06:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] Unless there is a medical reason not to do so, moms who don't bf their children are p... 12 replies
- oh please. every mom I know has a good reason for not breastfeeding, spare us your crazy judgements....
Talk : : August 08, 2008
Unless there is a medical reason not to do so, moms who don't bf their children are plain selfish.
12 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.08.08, 01:51 PM [ Flag ]trying to get something started are we?
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 01:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]troll
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 01:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]oh please. every mom I know has a good reason for not breastfeeding, spare us your crazy judgements.
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 01:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]HA! loser
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 01:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]why do you care? If you dress your kid funny, is that my business? No it isn't so why do you care what another mom does with THEIR dc
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]And people who make broad judgmental generalizations are ridiculous
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 02:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I honestly want to know why you care, and what affect formula feeding will have on the child?
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 02:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]I disagree with you and I'm pro bf
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 04:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]STFU
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 04:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]Bf's 3 yrs/each of my kids; neither you or me would be able to tell the difference between mine or the formula fed babies. Honestly, you read like an out of work lactation consultant.
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 07:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]you're lying. YOu couldn't possibly be that much of an extended bfer and really believe the bullshit you just wrote.
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 07:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
you are probably right. but why make people feel bad?
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 07:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
[+] whats the timing rule re drinking and breastfeeding? want a glass of wine tonight. ti... 9 replies
Talk : : August 08, 2008
whats the timing rule re drinking and breastfeeding? want a glass of wine tonight. tia!
9 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]08.08.08, 12:18 PM [ Flag ]a glass or even 2 is fine. My OB and my ped suggested I have a glass of wine or a beer every night since I had supply problems. Enjoy!
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]wow, great! did it boost your supply? mine is starting to go down too...
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]it did help. We had to supplement from pretty early on, but I did notice that the beer helped some. If I skipped a couple of days I noticed a difference. Now that's medical advice I can live with! ;-)
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]thanks!
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
How often are you nursing? When I was nursing frequently, I'd have the glass of wine right after I finished a nursing session.
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]will do around 6pm and then around 11pm. was thinking of having the wine around 7
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]you should be fine. Enjoy! (oh, and kellymom.com was always my go-to resource for these kinds of bfing questions)
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]thanks. its just so much easier (and better, i think) to ask real moms. :)
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
Personally, I wouldn't worry about one glass of wine at any point while bf'ing.
[ Reply | Options ]08.08.08, 12:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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