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July 2015 Moms
Jurse1018
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Today I cried a little in my closet...
Jurse1018
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1. I'm worried my milk is low. I'm only pumping around 3 Oz total each session when I'm at work and when nursing my LO sometimes seems fussy and unsatisfied. Tried Mothers Milk tea, makes baby crazy gassy. Took Fenugreek for a month, nothing. Now trying The Honest Co. Lactation Plus but not hopeful. Not sure what to do. I can only pump for 15ish minutes 3 times a day at work and I EBF at home. Tried to power pump yesterday and my LO woke up to eat right before bed. : (
2. Since we stopped swaddling a few weeks ago my sweet baby who slept all night us long gone. She's up two to three times a night and I'm exhausted.
3. Still too big for my clothes and a little too small for maternity clothes. Feel like I can't truly diet the way I could be because I'm nursing so instead I have two chins and look like a stuffed sausage in my clothes.
Just feeling weepy today and needed to get it out. Certainly open to any suggestions, especially re: milk supply. Thanks!
2. Since we stopped swaddling a few weeks ago my sweet baby who slept all night us long gone. She's up two to three times a night and I'm exhausted.
3. Still too big for my clothes and a little too small for maternity clothes. Feel like I can't truly diet the way I could be because I'm nursing so instead I have two chins and look like a stuffed sausage in my clothes.
Just feeling weepy today and needed to get it out. Certainly open to any suggestions, especially re: milk supply. Thanks!
Re: Today I cried a little in my closet...
My LO went from waking once per night at 3am to every 2 hours. We're now up at midnight, 2, 4 and 6am. This has been going on for the past month. It is so hard to be up all night then at work all day and get home and cook (sometimes) and do bottle washing etc. I have an hour commute each way and power pump on the drive in but it's not doing much.
I still have 30 lbs to lose, I look terrible and have an awful tire around my middle. I hate my work clothes now, nothing fits right, and everyone where I work looks like they just stepped out of the effing J Crew catalog. I also can't diet like I would like to because I'm so concerned about milk supply already. I did a Whole30 and lost a grand total of 4 lbs
My goal was EBF to 6 months, which is 1/6/16. Now I'm down to about 20 bags in the freezer and I think I'll *just* make it if my supply doesn't get any worse. You'd think with LO nursing 4x at night my supply would be awesome but it just keeps falling. Maybe it's exhaustion, idk.
No answers for you but a virtual hug! I feel ya, girl. This baby thing is just really, really hard.
And you are definitely not alone, our little ones are going through sleep regression and then teething also affects their sleep. My son is also waking up 3-5 times a night. What helps me is when I think that in a few months, he will be sleeping through the night and also that they will only be little once. I also haven't lost all my pregnancy weight and trust me I get hungry because of nursing but I know this is just a phase and eventually I'll go back to working out and exercising but right now I'm trying to enjoy my baby boy the most and eating well so he can also eat well. Even though there's times it gets hard, it is most definitely rewarding. You are doing great mama! You are not alone and don't be sad! You're beautiful no matter what and there's a baby girl who thinks you're her world!! Good luck!
2) My little guy still has never slept through the night. He was waking up twice a night. Now some nights it's 4 times! I'd love to go to bed when he does so I can get more than 3 hours of sleep at a time, but I have to stay up and pump again before bed. I haven't slept through the night in probably 7 months and it makes me sad.
3) None of my clothes fit either. I finally went out and bout two pair of regular (ie not maternity) jeans and they are the same size I wore before I lost 50 lbs prior to getting pregnant
At least you know you are not alone. The struggle is real.
I always wanted to ebf but had to supplement with formula when lo was 4 days old because she lost over 10% while waiting on my milk. Then it ended up the bm was the supplement. I finally stopped nursing all together when she hit 4 months old because my supply from a whole entire day of pumping from down to 1/2 oz (from an all time high of 5.5oz). The cruel joke is that it's been about 3 weeks since I quit nursing her and I still have a little milk.
@Jurse1018 pace feeding is a slow method of feeding baby that mimicks breastfeeding. There are videos on YouTube. Basically you do this so baby doesn't get used to the fast fliw of a bottle and seem like they need more milk. Really a baby doesn't need more than 4-5 (and 5 is a lot) ounces per feeding or 1-1.5 ounces per hour mom is away. The breastmilk changes to suite baby's needs so there's no need to increase the amount like with formula.