Can we start another 'clueless FTM' question thread?

Re: Can we start another 'clueless FTM' question thread?

• mrsdahamm member

  March 2014

  I was cathed once the epidural was placed. Up until then they made me use a bedpan since my water had broken they didn't want me walking around. I kind of feel like this was bullshit and can't help but wonder if I had been allowed to be up moving around (ie walking the halls) maybe I would've progressed and not needed a c section guess we'll never know

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• luvmybundle member

  March 2014

  so my baby is still breech but my doc is one of the few who is trained to deliver breech babies.  so i pretty much have a choice if i want to try to labor on my own or go ahead and schedule a c section.  i'm thinking i can try labor and if things don't work out i can have a c section.  am i crazy for wanting to try vaginal first?

  
  

  also, anyone ever seen a chiropractor during pregnancy?  i scheduled a consultation with one in case we can get lo to flip and also to see if it'll help my back lower back pain.  i have to walk hunched over and holding onto the dresser when i first get up to pee at night.

  

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• CactusGirl member

  March 2014

  I got my epidural, then once I was numb they used a cath, emptied my bladder, and took it out. It didn't go in again (even when pushing)

  
  

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• pepperedmoth member

  March 2014

  SomersIsles said:

  Affect I think, that's the verb. Effect is like "end result". .... I think..... lol

  You got it! Affect is a verb; effect is a noun.
  
  

  

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  March 2014

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• amdecker1016 member

  March 2014

  How long does it take for the umbilical cord stump or whatever its called to fall off?

  
  

  

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• amdecker1016 member

  March 2014

  Missanniewc82 said:

  Laura8388 said:

  amymheidecker said:

  How long does it take for the umbilical cord stump or whatever its called to fall off?

  
  Ryker's took about four days
  

  Geez we are going on 2 weeks!

  Yeah its been 8 days and still rooted!

  
  

  

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• kaking78 member

  March 2014

  @farmboyswife  and a few other STMs mentioned separating the "coffee milk" you pump from the regular milk. I love the idea, but I'm a little confused as to the timing.  If I have coffee while I'm pumping will the milk have caffeine in it? How long after having coffee will my milk be caffeine free again?

  
  

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• saisongbird member

  March 2014

  You can always bring a nursing cover with you.

  
  
  RIP Dr. Irving Fishman - 10/1/19-7/25/10 - thank you for holding on for me.
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• LaurenAsh23 member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Bringing this post back up to the top with a few questions... - any tips on helping clear up clogged tear ducts - anyone else feel like one breast is easier/more comfortable to nurse on than the other? - is there anyway to tell the difference between comfort feeding and actually needing to eat? Dd would suck all day if I let her I think. She came out sucking her fingers. We are trying our hardest not to give her a paci, just don't want to overfeed her either...

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• LaurenAsh23 member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  @jennibeanjld I've never heard this...I've been using my normal anti-persperant/deodorant the whole time with no issues.... Eta:spelling

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• lalaith50 member

  March 2014

  Jennibeanjld said:

  For BF moms - what are you using for deodorant? I went to Target to pick up a plain deodorant for the hospital bag, but everything they had was deodorant/antiperspirant which I've heard should be avoided while breast feeding. Any tips on what works for you?

  
  just personal preference (I didn't know it's an issue with BF) but I use Axe, a men's deodorant. I like how it smells, not too manly. And it's just a deodorant.

  
  

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• snappyK member

  March 2014

  If you're looking for a deodorant that's not an antiperspirant Tom's of Maine makes some that are pretty widely available. The most amazing, however, is the Crystal deodorant. It makes some sort of magical shield that doesn't stop you from sweating, but keeps you from smelling at all.

  
  

  Of course, I've only used it pre-preg, so I have no idea if it also works on wonky post-partum hormone smells!

  
  

  https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Stick-Body-Deodorant-sticks/dp/B000L978FU/
  

  
  

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• jennbaylor12 member

  March 2014

  I've gone back through several threads trying to find this answer and either have just missed it, no one had directly asked it or there are conflicting answers/opinions.....
  
  When LO is first born (in the hospital-first few weeks) and you're planning to EBF, assuming baby latches and things go well, when do you start pumping? I'm confused as to whether you start pumping right away to try to build your supply or you just keep putting LO on the breast to do so. Going along with that, when they're that little, are you offering/expecting them to nurse on both sides? Or are you offering one/pumping the other and then switching up at the next feeding?
  
  I apologize in advance if this has already been answered and I couldn't find it!

  
  

   

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• jh&kh member

  March 2014

  In the beginning, I fed on demand (per pediatricians advice). She started to put herself on a schedule eventually!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• pepperedmoth member

  March 2014

  jennbaylor12 said:

  I've gone back through several threads trying to find this answer and either have just missed it, no one had directly asked it or there are conflicting answers/opinions.....
  
  When LO is first born (in the hospital-first few weeks) and you're planning to EBF, assuming baby latches and things go well, when do you start pumping? I'm confused as to whether you start pumping right away to try to build your supply or you just keep putting LO on the breast to do so. Going along with that, when they're that little, are you offering/expecting them to nurse on both sides? Or are you offering one/pumping the other and then switching up at the next feeding?
  
  I apologize in advance if this has already been answered and I couldn't find it!

  Inside baby here, but my midwife and I talked about this at last visit.
  
  She recommended totally on-demand feeding at first to build supply, and only worrying about pumping later. The idea is to build one skill at a time. She said IF I was going back to work (I am) 4-6 weeks is a good time to introduce a bottle/start pumping some. So that's what I plan to do!

  

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• pepperedmoth member

  March 2014

  WisconsinCheese12 said:

  Was anyone else told that bf would mean that lo doesn't ever get on a feeding schedule, that they digest breast milk faster than formula so you could need to feed in an hour or you could need to feed again in 2 or 3 hours?!?!
  
  My mom is here and well that's what we were told, so lo eats every hour sometimes ever 3 hours... It's just whenever she's hungry and she doesn't seem to think that's normal or right.
  She says something might be wrong why she wants to eat random times. She also thinks that her digesting it quickly is bad too.
  
  ?!??

  Whaaaa???
  
  This is what I have been told:
  
  BF'd infants don't have much of a schedule at first and that is normal and OK. They will find their own schedule/can be nudged into one later.
  
  They may want to nurse multiple times close together and they may go a few hours between feeds and that is OK too. They get variable amounts at each feed and also have variable hunger. It's normal and healthy.
  
  No one has ever told me that BM is digested faster or slower than FF, just that it's usually digested Just Right as it's perfect for babies and their guts and adjusts for them. So however fast or slow she's digesting is probably fine.
  
  Inside baby here, though, just going by what I've learned.

  

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  March 2014

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• LaurenAsh23 member

  March 2014

  Anyone else have a baby who has a hard time going back to sleep at night? Lo gets up to nurse and then has a hard time falling back asleep...unless I put her in bed with me. Just wondering if anyone has any tricks or tips? We already don't turn lights on, don't really talk to her...

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• jennbaylor12 member

  March 2014

  jennbaylor12 said:

  I've gone back through several threads trying to find this answer and either have just missed it, no one had directly asked it or there are conflicting answers/opinions.....
  
  When LO is first born (in the hospital-first few weeks) and you're planning to EBF, assuming baby latches and things go well, when do you start pumping? I'm confused as to whether you start pumping right away to try to build your supply or you just keep putting LO on the breast to do so. Going along with that, when they're that little, are you offering/expecting them to nurse on both sides? Or are you offering one/pumping the other and then switching up at the next feeding?
  
  I apologize in advance if this has already been answered and I couldn't find it!

  Inside baby here, but my midwife and I talked about this at last visit.
  
  She recommended totally on-demand feeding at first to build supply, and only worrying about pumping later. The idea is to build one skill at a time. She said IF I was going back to work (I am) 4-6 weeks is a good time to introduce a bottle/start pumping some. So that's what I plan to do!
  
  Perfect, thanks! I will be going back to work but I was hoping, like you said, not to try to take too many new tasks on at once.

  
  

   

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