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mommatotwo2
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AW: 1 Year!
mommatotwo2
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We made it! My LO is 1 today and I've met my original long term goal of 1 year of breastfeeding 
From the moment I found out I was pregnant with this baby, I knew I wanted to breastfeed longer than I breastfed my first. (About 6 weeks). In the hospital, I was able to nurse within 30 minutes of delivery. She latched great right away, and though we had to supplement with a couple of formula bottles due to her low blood sugar and a slight delay of my milk coming in, we went on to have a successful nursing relationship, without supplementation past the first few days.
I made my first goal six weeks, then 12 weeks (my maternity leave), then 6 months and a year. I was fortunate not to have any major breastfeeding difficulties, no thrush, mastitis, etc. I was extremely stubborn about letting nothing get in the way of non-stop on demand breastfeeding those early weeks/months, to establish an adequate supply. We did battle a major supply dip and daycare overfeeding, when I returned to work, and I worked hard for every single bottle of milk I pumped. I fought like crazy to make sure the overfeeding stopped.
Pumping for the past 9 months at work has been probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I've never had a great place to pump and had to deal with the challenge of finding the space and time to pump, this became especially difficult at 8 months when I changed jobs and went from a shared office (which was sometimes mine alone, when my coworkers traveled), to a cubicle at the new job, and a real lack of private space to pump. Throughout the whole duration, I had to pump many times in my car. I've spent many nights power pumping trying to get an extra ounce or two to make the 12 oz I'd need for daycare the next day. I plowed through my 50 oz freezer stash in no time, unfortunately.
This board has been tremendously supportive. I've come to know and respect many of you and appreciate the advice and support and even the "tough love" I needed to continue on bad days where I thought it was over. One of the best pieces of advice I have received and made my mantra is "Never Quit on a Bad Day". There have been so many "down" moments where I thought I just could not go on, and I would remember this wisdom and it would get me through.
I'll need your support more than ever now, as I worked toward a new goal- 2 years. We are working through the early stages of a probable dairy allergy. I've been dairy free for about 2 weeks now and our plan to transition LO to WCM at a year, with occasional nursing as long as we both desired, as been modified. We see the pediatrician this week for the 12 month well baby, and I'll talk about our options then, but it looks like I may not be hanging up (or throwing out the window) that pump as soon as I'd hoped. I'm thankful to be able to provide breastmilk for her still, while we are dealing with this hiccup in our plans.
So, thank you all for letting me share my success today, and thank you all for your wisdom and advice this past year!! For those of you still in the middle of your goal journey, keep up the great work, it is so worth it!
From the moment I found out I was pregnant with this baby, I knew I wanted to breastfeed longer than I breastfed my first. (About 6 weeks). In the hospital, I was able to nurse within 30 minutes of delivery. She latched great right away, and though we had to supplement with a couple of formula bottles due to her low blood sugar and a slight delay of my milk coming in, we went on to have a successful nursing relationship, without supplementation past the first few days.
I made my first goal six weeks, then 12 weeks (my maternity leave), then 6 months and a year. I was fortunate not to have any major breastfeeding difficulties, no thrush, mastitis, etc. I was extremely stubborn about letting nothing get in the way of non-stop on demand breastfeeding those early weeks/months, to establish an adequate supply. We did battle a major supply dip and daycare overfeeding, when I returned to work, and I worked hard for every single bottle of milk I pumped. I fought like crazy to make sure the overfeeding stopped.
Pumping for the past 9 months at work has been probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I've never had a great place to pump and had to deal with the challenge of finding the space and time to pump, this became especially difficult at 8 months when I changed jobs and went from a shared office (which was sometimes mine alone, when my coworkers traveled), to a cubicle at the new job, and a real lack of private space to pump. Throughout the whole duration, I had to pump many times in my car. I've spent many nights power pumping trying to get an extra ounce or two to make the 12 oz I'd need for daycare the next day. I plowed through my 50 oz freezer stash in no time, unfortunately.
This board has been tremendously supportive. I've come to know and respect many of you and appreciate the advice and support and even the "tough love" I needed to continue on bad days where I thought it was over. One of the best pieces of advice I have received and made my mantra is "Never Quit on a Bad Day". There have been so many "down" moments where I thought I just could not go on, and I would remember this wisdom and it would get me through.
I'll need your support more than ever now, as I worked toward a new goal- 2 years. We are working through the early stages of a probable dairy allergy. I've been dairy free for about 2 weeks now and our plan to transition LO to WCM at a year, with occasional nursing as long as we both desired, as been modified. We see the pediatrician this week for the 12 month well baby, and I'll talk about our options then, but it looks like I may not be hanging up (or throwing out the window) that pump as soon as I'd hoped. I'm thankful to be able to provide breastmilk for her still, while we are dealing with this hiccup in our plans.
So, thank you all for letting me share my success today, and thank you all for your wisdom and advice this past year!! For those of you still in the middle of your goal journey, keep up the great work, it is so worth it!
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Re: AW: 1 Year!
Sort of. He hadn't outgrown his MSPI by 12 mo so I wanted to keep sending my milk to DC. He was also still nursing a lot so I probably would have been pretty uncomfortable without pumping during the work day!
Failed multiple cycles of Clomid+TI and Clomid+IUI
3/2011 inj+IUI #1 BFP. 4/2011 missed m/c.
Fall 2011 inj+IUI #2&3 BFN
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Our IVF miracle, Baby Boy M, arrived on 11/8/2012!
Thank you! That is good to know! She does eat a good variety of solids, she's not picky at all, thankfully. Having to get a little mire creative with the whole dairy free thing, but so far its going ok!