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Registry Stress?

Laura5533Laura5533 member
in August 2014 Moms
So we've had a few discussions about how stressful the registry can be for a FTM.  Here's a humorous take on Ten Things I Forgot to Put on My Baby Registry from ScaryMommy.com. 

Also, who knew breastmilk alcohol strips were a thing?!?!
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Re: Registry Stress?

  • BeachMBeachM member
    LOL I included the alcohol strips in a gift to a friend as a joke because she was so excited for wine after the baby was born.
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  • Danielle0989Danielle0989 member
    stoofewok said:
    Laura5533 said:
    So we've had a few discussions about how stressful the registry can be for a FTM.  Here's a humorous take on Ten Things I Forgot to Put on My Baby Registry from ScaryMommy.com. 

    Also, who knew breastmilk alcohol strips were a thing?!?!
    I totally did and plan on using them.

    YES! Now I can't wait to have my first mojito straight outta the delivery room! ;-)

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  • BeachMBeachM member
    Danielle0989 said:
    stoofewok said:
    Laura5533 said:
    So we've had a few discussions about how stressful the registry can be for a FTM.  Here's a humorous take on Ten Things I Forgot to Put on My Baby Registry from ScaryMommy.com. 

    Also, who knew breastmilk alcohol strips were a thing?!?!
    I totally did and plan on using them.

    YES! Now I can't wait to have my first mojito straight outta the delivery room! ;-)
    One of the last showers I went to included a gift of a bottle of champagne and a decorated "New Mommy" wine glass to be used in the hospital.  :)
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    PunkieNight said:

    In those first few months I think I would have killed for everything on that list. Except for the alcohol strips. My doc said as long as I was safe to drive I was safe to feed the baby. And honestly I didn't drink as much after birth as I thought I would. I was too busy sleeping, crying, and having a baby attached to my boob.


    I will probably indulge much more liberally after this LO arrives.
    This was me too. I was SO looking forward to my first beer after delivery, I had a friend bringing me an Octoberfest and everything. Then my taste buds went wacko and I couldn't even handle the thought of beer for several months. Even once I did enjoy it again, I was such a lightweight it took me 2.5 hours to finish one drink. Not exactly cause to worry about how much my kid was getting.

    If you do some research on how much alcohol goes into your breast milk you really will put your mind at ease. If you are safe to drive you are safe to nurse, and there really is no need to pump and dump, breast milk doesn't "hold on to alcohol", once it's out of your bloodstream it's out of your milk.

    Some other key factors you will learn about drinking after kids: First of all, when you are caring for a small child you want all your wits about you anyways and won't want more than 2 drinks. Second of all, you realize REALLY quickly that if you thought a hangover was bad before, a hangover when trying to care for a baby is 500 times worse.

    Breast milk test strips totally belong on the do not bother list, in my humble second time mom breastfeeding beer loving opinion ;)
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