so im not doing too well emotionally right now and to top it off i have some wicked poops...i am so not hungry and im afraid that im getting dehydrated...im trying to drink as much water as possible, but im nowhere near the 2L a day that i was drinking when pg...
how much water are you drinking a day if you are BFing??
Re: anyone get dehydrated in the beginning
when did you start pumping? can i ask why you EP instead of BFing? I would love to pump so someone else could do a feeding but i know that a bottle shouldnt be introduced until after 3-4w in a EBF baby, but im a mess...
Jacob Alexander 7/23/09
Allergic to Dairy, Eggs and Peanuts
Jameson Adam 6/1/11
Allergic to Peas...so far
Just wanted to let you know that I started pumping immediately (best to do first thing in the morning as you usually have the most milk then) and I introduced bottles immediately so my dh could help at night and there has been no problems.. I just make sure she sucks from the bottom of the nipple of the bottle where it is widest to help prevent any nipple confusion....
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Sure- I EP because DD was born at 35 weeks and was introduced to bottles right away. By the time she "got" BF'ing (around the time she would have been 40 weeks) she would eat for 5 minutes and then scream and pummel me because I wasn't a bottle. It didn't end and a nipple shield killed my supply (it took a lot of hard work to bring it back to what it is today). So I EP. It sucks balls and I wish everyday that I would have told them to get that f'ing bottle out of her mouth at the hospital, but here we are. My goal is for her to have BM for a year, hopefully without the need for formula. If I were you I would keep at BF'ing and introduce bottles around week 3 or 4, when Bf'ing is ?well established. you still have to pump at the time that LO eats, even if H is feeding, so it doesn't save you much. ?
Drink as much water or other fluids as you can. I probably drink about 80 oz a day now but it was much more when EC was born. I didn't want to eat a lot for a couple of weeks either.
Oh and it took almost 8 weeks for the constipation to go away. Fiber helped a lot.
You may want to put some slices of cucumber in a pitcher of water. That always tastes better to me.