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LuvTrav · May 2011

elisbu:
meimsx:
My confession; I had sex last night. Before my 6 week check up. It wasn't painful and I enjoyed it. I might have sex again this weekend. If I'm not completely exhausted.
<-------- yep !!

These post make me wish I knew how to do the thumbs up thingy! This is great news for me! 6 weeks is a LONG time! I like my nookie!

sparkymcgeee · May 2011

kammmmay:
kerrbear72:
augustjam16:
I just pumped in attempt to move things along. My MW recommended it on Monday but I couldn't bring myself to do it until today. I'm supposed to do it 10 min/side every 2 hours but once milk started coming out, I got upset and stopped. I actually cried...strange.
I'm barely dilated and baby is way, way high which is why she suggested this. I can't have sex with DH because he is sick so that option is out. She won't let me go past Tuesday so I had to do something but I feel really strange about pumping. Not sure I can do it again in 2 hours.

As far as I know, milk is not produced until a few days after baby is born. What you're pumping out is colostrum (and you will make more for baby).
Pregnancy hormones are a real b!tch. If you're not comfortable doing it, don't!
My OB is only letting me go until Tuesday because I am showing some signs of pre-e. I am on bed rest until then, so he suggested pumping. I was kind of scared because I figured if I pumped for a few days, my milk could come in and my baby would miss out on the colostrum. I have been looking for info on this and have found nothing, so I don't think there is any harm in it. I am going to try it today and see, but I can totally see where you are coming from. I don't think I would be able to do it every 2 hours.

Your milk won't come in until a certain hormone is released. It only releases when the placenta is delivered. You will have plenty of colostrum for the baby even if you pump now.

rainfallki · May 2011

kammmmay:
kerrbear72:
augustjam16:

I just pumped in attempt to move things along. My MW recommended it on Monday but I couldn't bring myself to do it until today. I'm supposed to do it 10 min/side every 2 hours but once milk started coming out, I got upset and stopped. I actually cried...strange.

I'm barely dilated and baby is way, way high which is why she suggested this. I can't have sex with DH because he is sick so that option is out. She won't let me go past Tuesday so I had to do something but I feel really strange about pumping. Not sure I can do it again in 2 hours.

As far as I know, milk is not produced until a few days after baby is born. What you're pumping out is colostrum (and you will make more for baby).

Pregnancy hormones are a real b!tch. If you're not comfortable doing it, don't!

My OB is only letting me go until Tuesday because I am showing some signs of pre-e. I am on bed rest until then, so he suggested pumping. I was kind of scared because I figured if I pumped for a few days, my milk could come in and my baby would miss out on the colostrum. I have been looking for info on this and have found nothing, so I don't think there is any harm in it. I am going to try it today and see, but I can totally see where you are coming from. I don't think I would be able to do it every 2 hours.

I don't think your milk will come in just from pumping - I think it's the delivery of the placenta that releases the hormone that causes your milk to come in. Check out this link.

kammmmay · May 2011

meimsx:
kammmmay:
kerrbear72:
augustjam16:
I just pumped in attempt to move things along. My MW recommended it on Monday but I couldn't bring myself to do it until today. I'm supposed to do it 10 min/side every 2 hours but once milk started coming out, I got upset and stopped. I actually cried...strange.
I'm barely dilated and baby is way, way high which is why she suggested this. I can't have sex with DH because he is sick so that option is out. She won't let me go past Tuesday so I had to do something but I feel really strange about pumping. Not sure I can do it again in 2 hours.

As far as I know, milk is not produced until a few days after baby is born. What you're pumping out is colostrum (and you will make more for baby).
Pregnancy hormones are a real b!tch. If you're not comfortable doing it, don't!
My OB is only letting me go until Tuesday because I am showing some signs of pre-e. I am on bed rest until then, so he suggested pumping. I was kind of scared because I figured if I pumped for a few days, my milk could come in and my baby would miss out on the colostrum. I have been looking for info on this and have found nothing, so I don't think there is any harm in it. I am going to try it today and see, but I can totally see where you are coming from. I don't think I would be able to do it every 2 hours.
Your milk won't come in until a certain hormone is released. It only releases when the placenta is delivered. You will have plenty of colostrum for the baby even if you pump now.

That's what I figured after I tried looking it up. I couldn't find anything that said your milk could come in by pumping during pregnancy. Thanks though! Now I really won't be worried at all.

Heather & Nayt · May 2011

I am thinking about giving up the whole pumping/bf rodeo we are on. I hate spending more time with my boobs then with my kids.

nycdueinmay · May 2011

pook:
I feel guilty because LO is a good eater and sleeper. People keep asking on Facebook if I'm miserable (some of them brand new parents too) and I'm not. I'm getting 8-9 hours of sleep at night, even though it's interrupted. Some of them are getting two???? I almost want to say that she keeps me up all night so I won't look like I'm lying or something.

We are having the same "issue" and I feel the same weird sense of guilt. Like last night she ate from 10-11p, then we all stayed up hanging out and watching movies until she ate again from 1-2a, slept from 2-6a, fed again from 6-7a, and slept until almost 11. So I got about 8 hours besides being up for feedings, and am still getting 1-2 naps a day if I want. I keep waiting for this to get hard...

I feel like it is the same as my pregnancy; everyone was immediately like "isn't pregnancy HORRIBLE?!". Well, no, I actually never really had a problem and enjoyed it. "Isn't having a newborn AWFUL?!" Well, no, we are all doing pretty well and are all fed and have slept and are happy. It just isn't want people want to hear, they want to hear that it is negative.

nycdueinmay · May 2011

My FFFC is that I want to shout my PP weight loss from the freakin' rooftops but I think it is socially unacceptable. I want to post it on every board on TB, I want to update my FB status, I want to text all my friends, I want to tell every grocery store cashier and starbucks barista and every friend who comes to visit. I gained a LOT of weight (I have a previously history of an eating disorder and always told myself I would eat whatever I wanted during pregnancy and not give a shiz about weight gain, so I did) and I have lost ~80% of it in these 12 days, not including the "boob weight" I've gained. I know no one wants to hear about it, but I was really worried about being able to lose it... I kind of want to rub it in my OB's face, too.

Speaking of OB, my second FFFC is that I am really going to miss her. It feels like a friend who cares about me and my health and my baby who I got to see every week, and now I don't get to see anymore. I know that is weird, but she is a really great doctor who really helped me through my pregnancy and I will miss not checking in and chatting every week.

jg_girl1 · May 2011

I don't know if it's just me being tired late at night but sometimes my daughter really scares me. Like horror movie scares me. I have very dim lights on when I feed her at night. When I put her on my chest or shoulder to burp her she makes a sound like the kid from "The Grudge" she then looks at me with these huge solid black eyes, wrinkles her forehead, and starts to claw at my chest with her tiny little hands. It is the creepiest thing I almost couldn't get back to sleep after it. How can something so cute during the day be so creepy at night.

theaustins05 · May 2011

My baby is the cutest...ever!

rainfallki · May 2011

jg_girl1:
I don't know if it's just me being tired late at night but sometimes my daughter really scares me. Like horror movie scares me. I have very dim lights on when I feed her at night. When I put her on my chest or shoulder to burp her she makes a sound like the kid from "The Grudge" she then looks at me with these huge solid black eyes, wrinkles her forehead, and starts to claw at my chest with her tiny little hands. It is the creepiest thing I almost couldn't get back to sleep after it. How can something so cute during the day be so creepy at night.

No baby for me yet, but this made me giggle a little because I could TOTALLY see myself having this same sort of thought. Of course, if I do and if I were to share it with DH, he would just try to do things to scare me even more.

LuvTrav · May 2011

jg_girl1:
I don't know if it's just me being tired late at night but sometimes my daughter really scares me. Like horror movie scares me. I have very dim lights on when I feed her at night. When I put her on my chest or shoulder to burp her she makes a sound like the kid from "The Grudge" she then looks at me with these huge solid black eyes, wrinkles her forehead, and starts to claw at my chest with her tiny little hands. It is the creepiest thing I almost couldn't get back to sleep after it. How can something so cute during the day be so creepy at night.

I am seriously cracking up right now!!

lilcoco13 · May 2011

Heather & Nayt:

I am thinking about giving up the whole pumping/bf rodeo we are on. I hate spending more time with my boobs then with my kids.

This! DS is already getting more formula than breast milk and he doesn't latch right and my nipples hurt so bad. It is hard to find time to pump. Is it worth the 1-2 bottles of breast milk he gets a day and the 10-20 minutes he spends actually at the breast at a time sleeping mostly? I try to tell myself that it is, but I am so tired of it.

kristennd · May 2011

lilcoco13:
Heather & Nayt:

I am thinking about giving up the whole pumping/bf rodeo we are on. I hate spending more time with my boobs then with my kids.
This! DS is already getting more formula than breast milk and he doesn't latch right and my nipples hurt so bad. It is hard to find time to pump. Is it worth the 1-2 bottles of breast milk he gets a day and the 10-20 minutes he spends actually at the breast at a time sleeping mostly? I try to tell myself that it is, but I am so tired of it.

Yep.

When I pumped this morning (which everyone says is the time you get the most), in 20 minutes I got about 10 ml (!!!) on one side and not even a drop on the other.

And I just can't trade sleep for extra pumping. Can not. I get outright nauseous trying to stay up those extra 30 minute blocks. Especially with him needing a bottle every 2 hours and then taking 45 minutes to get through it and (hopefully) back to sleep.

I really believe in the antibodies and I hate all the time taken up by washing/sterilizing bottles and I really REALLY don't want to work formula into our budget, but this is just not happening. My breasts have already shrunk back to pre-pregnancy size and never have those hard area either. That stuff only lasted a week.

augustjam16 · May 2011

Thanks for the pumping info ladies. I don't feel so bad now. I do think it may have stirred something up so I'll do it more tomorrow.

JUSTBEYOURSELF · May 2011

I too feel bad that my baby is so good. I sleep really well. I have no problems breast feeding and no supply issues at all. She slept most of the day and I got alot done. I was out shopping the day I was released from the hospital and the next day too! I truly hope this last!!! knock on wood...

This morning I woke up to a baby crying. I swore that it was coming from under the covers on the bed. I searched the bed nothing. I ran to Caitlins room and she woke up with me over her and gave me a huge smile (thank god) she just woke up and was not crying at all. and because I thought I heard a baby crying my boob was leaking like crazy. it really freaked me out. It really took me a few to convince myself that it was just a dream.

kammmmay · May 2011

MrsSparklebottom:
I am picking through a carton of ice cream with a spoon looking for chunks of cookie dough. And I'm contemplating writing a letter to Dreyer's complaining about the utter deficiency of cookie dough in their freaking ice cream.

This happens to me every time. Sometimes I even make my own cookie dough with no eggs, just to eat on its own. Its horribly bad, but I love cookie dough!!!

Temp38995750004016 · May 2011

nycdueinmay:

pook:
I feel guilty because LO is a good eater and sleeper. People keep asking on Facebook if I'm miserable (some of them brand new parents too) and I'm not. I'm getting 8-9 hours of sleep at night, even though it's interrupted. Some of them are getting two???? I almost want to say that she keeps me up all night so I won't look like I'm lying or something.

We are having the same "issue" and I feel the same weird sense of guilt. Like last night she ate from 10-11p, then we all stayed up hanging out and watching movies until she ate again from 1-2a, slept from 2-6a, fed again from 6-7a, and slept until almost 11. So I got about 8 hours besides being up for feedings, and am still getting 1-2 naps a day if I want. I keep waiting for this to get hard...

I feel like it is the same as my pregnancy; everyone was immediately like "isn't pregnancy HORRIBLE?!". Well, no, I actually never really had a problem and enjoyed it. "Isn't having a newborn AWFUL?!" Well, no, we are all doing pretty well and are all fed and have slept and are happy. It just isn't want people want to hear, they want to hear that it is negative.

I keep thinking mine is a "reward" for a tough pregnancy. = )

EJensify · May 2011

nycdueinmay:
My FFFC is that I want to shout my PP weight loss from the freakin' rooftops but I think it is socially unacceptable. I want to post it on every board on TB, I want to update my FB status, I want to text all my friends, I want to tell every grocery store cashier and starbucks barista and every friend who comes to visit.

I told everyone, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e, as soon as I lost the pregnancy weight...but then the weight kept coming off and I couldn't hold it in then, either. I've posted on facebook, mentioned it in my blog, call my mom every day I lost even a half pound, and casually slide it into conversation with anyone who will listen to me.

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