May 2014 Moms
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Breastfeeding check in
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How's breastfeeding going this week?
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
EBF, EP, supplementing?
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
Raves and rants?
Anything else you want to share?
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
EBF, EP, supplementing?
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
Raves and rants?
Anything else you want to share?
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Great. I think we've made it to the breastfeeding is easy stage!
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? Almost 3w old, goes 2 hours or so from start to start.
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? DD1 is having a super hard time with me nursing DD2. She wants my constant attention. So now we all snuggle in the bed together during nursing sessions and i let DD1 watch TV. Yikes, the kiddo has watched more TV in the last 2w than in her entire life!
Raves and rants? Well, running around the playground chasing DD1 while nursing DD2 with one hand was interesting! I hope DD2 settles in a pattern soon so I can have an idea when to expect cluster feeding sessions.
Anything else you want to share?
Exhausting! Around the clock!
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
LO is 1 week and feedings are not on any schedule yet, sometimes hourly or every 2-3 hrs
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
Big challenge has been constant cluster feeding at night. I also have a 2 yo so I can't always nap during the day.
Raves and rants?
We had our 1st dr apt today and LO has already passed his birthweight!
Anything else you want to share? 2nd time mom, know what to expect with BFing and still wanted to give up this week.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? She's a little over a week old going 2-3 hours between feedings.
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?Just my right nipple pain. Using lanolin, and trying to correct her latch.
Raves and rants?Nothing right now.
Anything else you want to share? Nope.
4 weeks, still mostly 2-3 hours with some cluster feeding between 6-10 in the evening. Sometimes he takes a long morning nap now and goes 4 hours.
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? Still struggling with a shallow latch on the right side, but it's getting better. Just trying to be consistent about taking him off and trying to latch again when he gets lazy.
Raves and rants?
Nothing really. Just hoping to start getting some longer stretches at night soon.
How long between feedings? There is no between! Ok...occasionally a couple hours.
EBF
Challenges and solutions? Got to hear the conflicting bf'ing knowledge from a million nurses at the hospital. DS didn't want to eat at all for almost 12 hours of day 2, which scared me until one nurse told me it was probably because of his circumcision. Must've been right because know he's doing pretty well know and picked up that night.
Raves and rants: I'm engorged. Blech! But my milk came in pretty early so I don't have to wait around for that.
LCT - 5.15.14 ~ 9lbs, 22.5 inches
It's painful, hopefully I toughen up. He has a good latch so I think we just need to keep pushing through.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? 3 days, about every 3 hours since we got home yesterday. Hopefully we'll stick to this schedule more or less
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF and supplementing, getting my pump today
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? He loves having anything in his mouth so we "gave in" and let him have a paci- best decision ever, my nipples are thankful. We also let him have a little formula at each feeding, this was also a great decision so far- he's full and happy, but still nurses from me for at least 15 mins each feeding.
Raves and rants? I'm super happy with how things are going so far, I'm a FTM, so I don't know what's really right or wrong, but it's working for all of us right now and that's all I really care about.
Anything else you want to share? No one should feel guilty about doing what works for them. Also I discovered that wiping away the nipple cream before each feeding has made a huge difference.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? 3 weeks. It varies from 2-4. One night he went 5 and it was amazing!
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? The growth spurt was hard, but I just had to ride it out and it got better.
Raves and rants? Overall things are going fairly well
Anything else you want to share?
It's going well. I'm no longer engorged, but I still have a lot of milk.
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What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
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Plugging along
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
5w
EBF, EP, supplementing?
EBF
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
DH is at sea this week, had to move DS to a toddler bed...and DD is having à growth spurt. Had my hands full. Biggest challenge is tending to the toddler with à newborn that wont let up.
Raves and rants?
Anything else you want to share?
DS kissed his sister for the first time this morning (he is autistic). Melted my heart.
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It's going well but exhausting. I feel like a cow.
Age/length between feedings - 2 weeks/ 2-3 hours
EBF, EP, supplementing - all of the above
Challenges - had our 2 week appt yesterday and DS isn't gaining enough weight. He's eating fine but the doctor said to keep feeding him more to see if he'll eat more. We have another weight check on Monday.
Raves/rants -
rant - we've been following the doctor's advice but it just seems to make him throw up. I tried nursing him for longer instead of adding formula which seems to work but I nursed him for over an hour.
Rave- DS is nursing half the time without the nipple shield.
Great except DS went through a growth spurt and if he wasn't eating he wasn't happy
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
He is 2 weeks today. We go every 1-2 hours during the day and every 2-3 at night
EBF, EP, supplementing? I mostly EBF but I give a bottle of formula every night so I can pump to start saving some for when I go back to work.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? Baby went through a growth spurt which was hard. I just fed on demand and we got through it. He is much happier and more content
Raves and rants? None really. Looking forward to bigger stretches
Anything else you want to share?
Nope, just glad I stuck with it!
It was going. Past two days I've had a fussy pants who wants to nurse or be held. Ah growth spurts.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
LO is 3 weeks and a day. He lasts about 2-4 hours depending. It's usually 2.
EBF, EP, supplementing?
EBF.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
Sore nipples. Im guessing a sloppy latch. DS hates lanolin so I'm trying coconut oil.
Raves and rants?
None really at this time. Just meh.
Anything else you want to share?
Gripe water became our best friend.
If you feel flu like, get yourself to a doctor. Mastitis often is à result of clogged ducts and can go from mild to bad quickly.
BFP#2 2.5.11 (EDD 10.15.11) DS born 9.28.11
BFP#4 8.27.13 (EDD 5.6.14) DD born 4.23.14
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Another thought: Your duct issues are likely tied to the cracked nips. The pathway for the milk to drain might be where the crack is. At least that is what happened to me when I had that 1-2 punch with DS. In our case, fixing his sloppy latch resolved the issue. Things still had to heal up, but that helped us turn the corner.
BFP#2 2.5.11 (EDD 10.15.11) DS born 9.28.11
BFP#4 8.27.13 (EDD 5.6.14) DD born 4.23.14
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How old is LO ? How long between feedings? DD is 1 month old today. She goes 2-3 hours during the day, every hour at least in the evenings, and 3-4 hours at night.
EBF, EP, supplementing? Breastfeeding with occasional bottles of pumped BM.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? This week I've had shooting pain in my breasts/nipples and some burning in my nipples. It is not associated with feeding. Told LO's pediatrician and she prescribed nystatin cream for my nipples in case we were developing thrush, but she did not see any signs of thrush on LO. Hopefully it helps.
Raves and rants? Rant-- had a few tough days/nights with hourly feeding where I thought she would never stop feeding. It was so nice after a night of nonstop feeding to be able to tell DH that there was BM in the fridge, and I needed to get some sleep. I slept 3.5 hours after being up every hour feeding, and came back downstairs to find him feeding her a bottle, and everyone was much happier. For those of you waiting to be able to pump and give a bottle, hang in there-- it makes a huge difference when anyone else can feed and help you out!
Anything else you want to share? We made it one month! I'm very excited about that.
It's going fairly well, we still have a shallow latch on one side but it's my super overproducing side that tries to drown her so she doesn't like it. And at night I'm usually too sleepy to pull her off and fix it if she does latch on so then I get soreness for the day. She's gaining huge amounts though so I know she's getting plenty!
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? 9 days old, when she's up it's every half hour to hour then she sleeps for 2-3 hour stretches.
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF but I will likely start pumping in a bit here. I don't mind an over supply and donated last time so I may do that again.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? Hmmm...lefty trying to drown my baby! I might just start feeding her on my right only and pumping the left until she can keep up to it.
Raves and rants? Raves-she's one of the fastest gaining EBF babies my midwife has ever seen in all her years. Rants-I am leaking an absurd amount this time around. I can leak through 3 cloth pads, a padded bra, and a padded nursing tank no problem at feeding time.
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Keep up the good work Mamas!!
Going pretty well. She's eating like a champ.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings? She is 12 days old. I take her cues. Anywhere from 1 hour to 5 hours. Her doc said she was gaining weight just fine and not to wake her if she's sleeping. Last night she slept from 3:30 to 8:45. Woohoo!
EBF, EP, supplementing? EBF but on Monday when she is 2 weeks old, I'm going to try pumping so DH can feed her and to start a stash.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ? She threw up 2x yesterday. I don't know if it was anything I ate or if she was being a glutten. She fed for almost 30 min when she normally does 10-15 min. I'm also having issues with her burping. She will burp maybe 1 out of every 5 feeds. Solutions were feeding her less time on each boob to make sure she could keep the milk down. My mom is also visiting and is a nurse so it was comforting to have her here.
Raves and rants? Raves: incredibly thankful that BF has been so easy for both of us. Rant: I don't feel this "bonding time" when I'm feeding her. I'm also terrified to try pumping on Monday.
Anything else you want to share? DH goes back to work on Tuesday. Getting nervous about being alone with her.
Almost gave up earlier this week. Henry was tongue tied and we didn't have good latches. Some feeds were ok but some were crying agony. He also didn't feed efficiently so it would take forever. We were supplementing with for formula due to too much weight loss so I would only give him 15 min per side before giving a bottle.
How old is LO ? How long between feedings?
He is 10 days old, about 3 hours between during the day with one 5 hour stretch at night. He is a couple oz from birth weight thanks to the supplementation so we got the go ahead from the LC to let him cue us at night.
EBF, EP, supplementing?
Supplementing, usually just night now.
What challenges have you had this week, what solutions did you find ?
Saw an LC, had his tongue tie fixed, and started pumping to get my supply up and to give myself a break when necessary.
Raves and rants?
rave: most feedings are not painful now. oh and i need to eat 2500 calories a day! yes sir.
rant: SO time consuming. my life revolves around feeding, pumping, sterilizing, and nipple care. wash rinse repeat! also, i don't love nursing like i thought i would. it's boring. all i really want is for him to have my milk, don't care how he gets it. i might switch to pumping in a bit.
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i knew it would be hard but didn't realize how EMOTIONALLY hard it was. when i wanted to send hubby out for formula i'd think of my milk drying up and immediately burst into tears. it's primal or something.