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June 2015 Moms
seesea
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Breastfeeding/Pumping/Formula Feeding Check-In 6/29 to 7/5
seesea
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I figure not everyone breastfeeds but there may be some feeding concerns we can discuss. Let's use this to continue to offer support, give updates, ask questions and/or offer advice and tips.
1. How old is your LO?
2. Breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding? A combination of two of all three?
3. Questions, concerns, and/or updates for the group.
Just for fun ...
1. How old is your LO?
2. Breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding? A combination of two of all three?
3. Questions, concerns, and/or updates for the group.
Just for fun ...
Re: Breastfeeding/Pumping/Formula Feeding Check-In 6/29 to 7/5
2. Breastfeeding and pumping
3. For those of you that are pumping to have a freezer stash...
-How are you storing your milk and keeping it organized?
I'm freezing storage bags flat and storing them in shoebox sized plastic containers. But is there a more efficient way I'm not aware of?!
-If you're using storage bags, how much milk are you storing in each bag?
Right now I have anywhere from 2oz to 4oz in each bag. I'm wondering if it's best to store a full feedings worth or in smaller increments that you could just add on to.
4. Sadly, I would have to go with 1 or 4 because I used to do my hair similar to those styles when I was in junior high.
Breastfeeding but pumping a little here and there to start a freezer stash...I'll probably introduce bottles after the 2 week mark.
DD clearly prefers one Boob to the other. How can I fix this? The preferred Boob is HUGE always so I look really lopsided. That nipple also hurts a lot more. From pumping, I can tell that the preferred Boob lets down and flows faster than the other, so I assume that's why she likes it so much. I'm thinking I'll start pumping from the other Boob more to get its production up? Any advice?
I also have to say 1 or 4 bc I totally did crazy bangs like that in elementary school. I grew up in New Jersey, so big hair was the in style.
Okay so I started out formula feeding. Didn't really want to breast feed.. Didn't with my other two children, and am on medicine for the c section and for depression, started the day she was born. The doctor, pediatricians,
Nurses and lactation consultant all said that the meds I am on won't hurt her... So I started introducing breast with formula.. And working towards more breast then bottle..
I feel horrible and guilty every time she nurses because I feel like I'm getting my baby high...
And then sometimes she nurses great! And other times she will nurse for 20 mins and then start screaming bloody murder and nothing helps... But a bottle.
Am I over feeding her? Under feeding her? Will the meds hurt her? Im taking half of the dose of pain meds they told me to take because I can't stand the fact that she's getting meds.
How do I know if she's eating enough or not over eating... She weighs 6.8 pounds. And eats over 1oz d formula.. If no boob is involved then 2oz bottle, every 3 to 4 hours. If I do both formula and breast in one feeding bottle depends on how well it went.
I exclusively pump.
My issue is overproduction but don't really know how to decrease it. I know most people would say thats a good problem but our freezer is basically full of milk and sometimes I make up to 3 x as much as she needs. Was looking to donate it but found out the place in my area charges people to buy the donated milk.
And I guess I would pick 7.
EBF and pumping when I go back to work in September. I pump twice a day just to get 4 ounces. The baby eats about every two hours during the day so I don't have time for another feeding, so I pump twice after feedings.
I'll find out today if I should stop eating dairy, which makes me nervous that my entire supply that I've stashed up in the freezer is now worthless.
2...because it's so fancy. Ha!
I feel like my life revolves around my boobs right now. I know things will level out, and we will find our groove...but the first couple of weeks are the hardest. Her smiles when she sleeps are one of the things that make it all worth it.
I would choose hair style #4. I attempted to rock something similar to that in junior high. My bangs never got that high though...so jealous.
Eta: grammar
Breastfeeding and pumping. She's already taken a few bottles without a problem.
We're having major gas issues, but I know it's normal. We're trying gas drops, but if anyone has anything that's worked well, I'd be interested. I should probably do a search...
#6, but only if the glasses come with.
1. How old is your LO?
The ewok is 5 days old
2. Breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding? A combination of two of all three?
Breastfeeding only right now. Only 2 days left until I can get a pump covered by insurance! Huzzah!
3. Questions, concerns, and/or updates for the group.
Ewok is noticeably 'tan', which means that I know we'll be getting the jaundice speech at his appt today.
Just for fun ... I'd choose #8 because I have always wanted really long hair and I can never seem to get it beyond a certain length. Tho I have rocked a do just like #4 when I was in Jr high. Like, the resemblance is pretty uncanny, tho her bangs ARE really high. Also jealous. Good gods, y'all. We used SO much hairspray back then...
2. Breastfeeding and some pumping to begin a stash for when I return to work
3. Breastfeeding is going well. He is up almost 3 lbs from his birth weight (5 lbs 5 oz at birth, now 8 lbs). I'm going to start pumping to start a stash. The LC recommended pumping in the morning before his morning feeding since that is when I will have the most milk. She the suggested instead of DH doing a full feeding, have DH bottle feed an ounce then I finish the feeding at the breast so we can save breastmilk. I think it sounds like a good idea. I will start that tomorrow.
4. Either 1 or 4
3 days
2. Breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding? A combination of two of all three?
Breaatfeeding
3. Questions, concerns, and/or updates for the group.
Breastfeeding was going really well until my milk came in. Now he won't latch right. He just dives right in like he's dying and now the poor nip nips are all cracked. He's jaundiced so I know he needs to eat frequently, but how do I get him to slow down? He's a Hobbit with his second breakfast and elvensies nipple-destruction time.
I say four because it looks like a bird, and that is just classy.
I hope his appt went well today.
Haircut #5 looks more me...hilarious.
Breastfeeding, and since yesterday started pumping during the day so DH can give him a bottle at night. Which works wonderfully for allowing me to get a little sleep.
Seems like LO is going through a growth spurt already. Yesterday and today, suddenly he insists on being constantly on the breast. He wasn't like this before. He's not sleeping that much because he always wants to eat. It's hard on me but the cool thing is, I can see him getting plumper and bigger on a daily basis. His fingers were super skinny when he was born, now they have filled out. His cheeks are plumper. So are his thighs. I get exhausted and start to resent bfing when I can't get away to do anything else, but I remind myself that he's growing fast and that it won't be this way forever.
Anyway, I had said thank you, I'll try doing some of those, and we are supposed to see a LC in the am
@BumpAdmin @BumpTara - looks like the software update deleted a bunch of replies on the boards. Not a huge deal, but FYI for your IT folks
My boobs are massive and so hard, when I roll over in bed on my side, I leak bc of the pressure.
Not returning to work until end of Sept, was hoping to start pump beg of sept but curious if something I don't know about for doing it early?
Not even sure how I got hooked up to the pump at one point overnight.
I have turned it on without connecting the tubing so many times. My husband laughs at me. I just sit there holding the bottle and listening to it buzz before I realize it's not sucking. Oh joy.
Edited because I'm tired.
All of the above, I can't seem to make enough milk. Little guy is still slow to gain even with supplementing so I'm stressed. Had latch issues and started taking fenugreek and oats so supply has improved but only on one breast. Trying to relax and close my eyes during feedings, lots of water...
Any other tips?
#1 or 4
2. EBF, and pumping for return to work.
3. White nipple?? My left nipple has been white since shortly after he was born, and there is a deep pain that is worse while feeding. I assumed it was a bad latch and would get better. I feel like his latch has improved, but it's not going away. The right side I no longer have any pain. I've googled it, but everything I've read talks about the nipple being white after feeding and returning to normal shortly after. Mine stays white. Any experience with this?
4. I have to go with #4, because I used to tease the sides of my hair like that back in the day!
I agree with @dancegurl1118, keep those breast stimulated, pump right after feedings, and eat and drink well. I'm also doing mothers milk tea 2-3 times a day to stimulate production.
Don't be too hard on yourself. The first couple of weeks are the hardest.
She said that basically they are just low in weight and it makes them tired, but because they are so tired, they want to eat but get tired from the effort of eating. So once they gain traction and turn the corner, the problem solves itself almost.
So she wants me to start feeding him from the breast when he cues (about every hour and 15-30 min) for 10-15 min, then pump directly after for another 15 minutes, then feed what I got from pumping directly to him. Since I can't get a pump until tomorrow, she loaned me one for today and tomorrow until I can pick mine up. She also suspects that the Dr tomorrow is going to recommend supplementing with a little formula - "topping off" and she said if he did not to get discouraged. Once we can get his energy up enough to feed with interest then he likely will perform better at the breast
Crossing my fingers that your LO gains the energy he needs to BF like a champ quickly. He'll be great!
1. I'm a week pp and breastfeeding has already gotten significantly better for me. I can't help but think I'm doing it wrong because there's no way it's this easy so quickly
2. LO doesn't poop everyday which adds to the thought I'm not BFing right. At the hospital they made it seem like she should be pooping every day, which she definitely isn't.
Anyone else's breastfed LO not pooping everyday?