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12wk growth spurt - advice needed

jennbaylor12jennbaylor12 member
in March 2014 Moms
So the 12wk growth spurt is upon us at 11w1d, Yeehaw. I've attached a screen shot of his eating today - I'm drained! Literally!! Any advice for keeping up would be appreciated, especially with going to work this week :-/ I ebf except now I'm pumping for while at work. I drink water like crazy, I eat oatmeal in the mornings - would I notice more improvement if I ate it again in the afternoon or does the quantities not really matter? I've not had any supply issues thus far but am concerned for this growth spurt as he's eating so much more than at the 6wk one. As of last Friday he was 13lb11oz in the 80-something percentile

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Re: 12wk growth spurt - advice needed

  • MeggsMMeggsM member
    This is us too. I'm going to start pumping after our motn feeding.
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  • coreyelizcoreyeliz member
    We're in the same boat. I'm crossing my fingers that things go well with pumping at work starting tomorrow.

    I'm not sure if eating more oatmeal will help. All I can say is good luck! You're body will most likely keep up even if you're feeling drained.
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  • Pinecone21Pinecone21 member
    Yeah, mine started feeding for 60 minutes at a time instead of 10 yesterday. I still have one more week before going back to work, so I hope she gets through it by then!
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  • DiMamaDiMama member
    No advice just my experience (also an 11 week 1 day growth spurt) I use a shield so I can kind of see if DD is getting enough and even though I feel empty there is still milk left over in my shield. I also started feeding both sides....normally I don't.

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  • stephcrosby09stephcrosby09 member
    Watch the video put on by stanford university about expressing milk. I went back this week and feel like I couldnt keep up, but it shows about the important of massage and using your hands to express the most amount of milk, alongside your pump. I tried it in the middle of the night last night and I got good results.
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  • PankersPankers member
    Thanks for that link @babycaps‌ I just used the method and got more out!!! Especially from my crappy boob!! Yay!!


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  • Stowne101Stowne101 member
    babycaps said:
    stephcrosby09 said:
    Watch the video put on by stanford university about expressing milk. I went back this week and feel like I couldnt keep up, but it shows about the important of massage and using your hands to express the most amount of milk, alongside your pump. I tried it in the middle of the night last night and I got good results.
    thanks the video was very interesting. I am going to try that
    Link?
    https://newborns.stanford.edu/Breastfeeding/

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