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Breastfeeding
How was breastfeeding for you
[Poll]
DS has acid relux and milk protein allergy, and had torticollis, used to EP,
now we FF .
April siggy 3-6 month
Born 7lb, 15oz, 21-1/4, 2 mo - 12lbs, 14oz. 25", 3mo - 14lb, 4oz 26in , 4 mo - 16lb, 1oz, 26 3/4 in, 5 mo 18 lb, 4oz 27-3/4 in, 6 mo 28 3/4 in 19lb, 14oz
Born 7lb, 15oz, 21-1/4, 2 mo - 12lbs, 14oz. 25", 3mo - 14lb, 4oz 26in , 4 mo - 16lb, 1oz, 26 3/4 in, 5 mo 18 lb, 4oz 27-3/4 in, 6 mo 28 3/4 in 19lb, 14oz
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Re: How was breastfeeding for you
BFP#2: 8/14/11 M/C 8/30/11 6w1d
BFP #3: 10/26/11
Beta #1 @11dpo: 22 Beta #2 @13dpo: 90 Beta #3 @17dpo: 480
Missed m/c 12w3d 12/28/11, d&c 12/30/11
dx Homozygous C677T MTHFR
With DS#1, it was a horrific experience marked by bad latches, low supply, and DS#1's failure to gain weight adequately that left emotional scars I still bear 2 years later.
With DS#2, it's actually working the way it is supposed to - good latch, apparently a good supply, DS#2 is gaining appropriately as of our last weight check. I'm still waiting for the wheels to fall off and for things to go south the way they did with DS#1 though.
*** I voted easier than I thought *** BUT... Now that I am back at work it is harder than I thought. DD prefers the bottle and by the time I'm done working a 9 hour day I am just not up for the struggle of trying to get her to latch, so I have become pretty much an EPer (not by choice). Plus, not to mention the hassle in lugging my pump into work every day and struggling to keep my supply up.
Needless to say... we are beginning to wean. But BFing was one of the most enjoyable parts of becoming a mommy, I must admit!!!
Aww... keep up the hard work... it's so worth it!
It was not easy at first but it was not hard. I guess I consider myself lucky. We only had a latch issue the first few days but I was still in the hospital so I was able to see a LC all three days. She gave me so many tips and tricks and advice. They are wonderful! The hard part now is battling thrush, it stinks, I want it gone.
I am now starting to pump to get my stash up for when I go out of town and work. So I am really scared on how that is going to effect my supply and EBF. I am also scared on when I go back to work, I am a NICU RN so finding time may be hard. But I absolutely LOVE it and I never thought I would.
It has been way harder than I thought and we're still needing help. The first week I got cracked nipples. Then when DS was 8 days old I got mastitis. My supply dropped and at 2 weeks he had only gained 2 ozs. so we were told to supplement. I ended up pumping so we could supplement with EBM. Meanwhile we were told he had a tight frenulum/tongue tie. When we asked the pedi about it he said in his experience it's almost never a problem, so we didn't pursue fixing it. Week 3 we met with an LC who thought the tongue tie was the primary source of our problems (DS could only get about an ounc ein 30 min of nursing). So for that last week I've been nursing then pumping to keep up my supply. We met with a pedi ENT last Thurs who agreed his frenulum was tight and recommended clippling it, which we did. There seems to be some improvement in his nursing but it's hard to tell for sure. The whole feeding process takes around an hour and DS is eating every 2 hours. Luckily he sleeps pretty well at night, but I'm wiped out.
We have another weight check tomorrow and then following up with the LC on Sunday. Hoping he is able to nurse better than an ounce now. I really don't want to have to switch to the "it didn't work for me" category.
i voted easier because i thought it would be harder for me to get a good latch and establish supply but the above comment about the time commitment and that only i can feed him has been more difficult than i realized.