@flowerpower5838 I'm wondering about point 3. Do you know why the recommend baby at the breast at all times and mom nursing day and night? The others I understand because they're clear risks in the SIDS literature but the nursing one is interesting to me.
Me: 36 | DH 35, Married 2007
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@whiska I went back and grabbed the copy that accompanied the image. It is as follows:
Have you considered bed sharing while breastfeeding? If a nursing parent is: 1. A non-smoker 2. Sober 3. Breastfeeding
And her baby is: 4. Healthy 5. On his back 6. Lightly dressed and unswaddled
And they: 7. share a safe surface including: - no super soft mattresses, no extra pillows, no toys, no heavy covers - clear of strings and cords - no cracks where an infant can fall and become lodged - sheets do not cover baby's head
Then the baby’s risk of SIDS is no greater than in a crib, and any breathing hazards have been hugely reduced.
I think it was just a poor way of describing breastfeeding? I can't say for sure. We didn't bed share or co-sleep, but I have seen a few comments of people quick to dismiss it as unsafe and thought this could be useful.
@whiska I dont think it means continuous breastfeeding, but there has been some evidence to show that breastfeeding (vs formula feeding) creates a safer cosleeping environment because mom & baby are better intune with each other
@whiska these are the guidelines est by prof McKenna at Notre Dame. He has a sleep lab there to study mother/baby dyads. I believe his explanation is 2-fold. 1) nursing moms are more aware of their infant and 2) BF babies have a lower incidence of respiratory infection. You can find his research here: cosleeping.nd.edu
Re: circumcision, we're talking about this in my house right now. My good friend is a nurse who is having a son 2 weeks before me, and is very against it. She grew up in Poland, where it is never done, and thinks it's akin to removing the gallbladder or appendix at birth - less-invasive, to be sure, but just as pointless. She recommended I look up the video "Elephant in the Hospital," for anyone interested, although I haven't watched it yet.
Re: bedsharing, we bedshared until 16 months (which was only 2 months ago) but it wasn't something we had planned on doing. That being said, I even took the mattress pad off my mattress to make it flatter. DD was also a December baby, so having no sheets or blankets was a bummer but we managed. It's been difficult to stop bedsharing, because my body is trained to wake up so often. I was always an insanely light sleeper, so that was a big part of why I felt comfortable with it.
TLDR: It's becoming more common in certain hospitals to perform traditional c-sections that allow women to immediately bond with their babies as they would during and after a vaginal birth, these are referred to in some places as "Gentle C-Sections" and might be an option to discuss with your doctor.
TLDR: Findings from research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry found that women who had fevers in the second trimester of pregnancy were 40 percent more likely to have a child with autism. Women who took acetaminophen to lower their fevers were less likely to have a child later diagnosed with autism, although it’s too early to say whether the acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — lowered the risk.
On a personal note, my stepdaughter was diagnosed this past year with high functioning autism and after reading the second article I asked her mom if she'd had any fevers while she was pregnant and she said she'd had several, so that one really hit home for me. I know I'll definitely be taking tylenol at the first sign of a fever if I get one because I believe autism runs in my family as well.
@leilagphillips I thought the fever findings were really interesting. I've been trying not to take Tylenol this pregnancy (so far would only have used it for mild headaches and just drink a lot of water instead), but if I had a fever I would definitely take it. I took it a few times when pregnant with DD, and then this came out right after she was born: https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20160817/acetaminophen-pregnancy-bad-mix#1
TLDR: there is an ASSOCIATION (as we've talked about before, not necessarily causal) between Tylenol use during pregnancy and ADHD/behavioral issues in kids.
So, I'm trying to avoid it unless I really need it this time, but for a fever I would take it.
Married May 2014 DD born August 2016 Baby #2 due December 2017
@cait5413 I also haven't taken Tylenol at all so far (same, I only would have needed it for mild headaches). I'd read that it could be unsafe to take in the first trimester, so I didn't want to take any chances. I have a chronic illness that I'm required to continue taking immunosuppressants for and being pregnant also naturally lowers our immune systems, so I know right now I'm especially susceptible to illness and infection and I'm being extra vigilant about washing my hands constantly.
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June 2016 - HSG clear
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DS - 12/9/17
TTC #2 December 2018
BFP 2/22/19, edd 11/4/19
DD - 11/1/19
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Have you considered bed sharing while breastfeeding?
If a nursing parent is:
1. A non-smoker
2. Sober
3. Breastfeeding
And her baby is:
4. Healthy
5. On his back
6. Lightly dressed and unswaddled
And they:
7. share a safe surface including:
- no super soft mattresses, no extra pillows, no toys, no heavy covers
- clear of strings and cords
- no cracks where an infant can fall and become lodged
- sheets do not cover baby's head
Then the baby’s risk of SIDS is no greater than in a crib, and any breathing hazards have been hugely reduced.
I think it was just a poor way of describing breastfeeding? I can't say for sure. We didn't bed share or co-sleep, but I have seen a few comments of people quick to dismiss it as unsafe and thought this could be useful.
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
I dont think it means continuous breastfeeding, but there has been some evidence to show that breastfeeding (vs formula feeding) creates a safer cosleeping environment because mom & baby are better intune with each other
Re: bedsharing, we bedshared until 16 months (which was only 2 months ago) but it wasn't something we had planned on doing. That being said, I even took the mattress pad off my mattress to make it flatter. DD was also a December baby, so having no sheets or blankets was a bummer but we managed. It's been difficult to stop bedsharing, because my body is trained to wake up so often. I was always an insanely light sleeper, so that was a big part of why I felt comfortable with it.
Just remembered two other completely unrelated articles that my mom shared with me recently.
Article 1 - https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/health/gentle-natural-c-section/index.html
TLDR: It's becoming more common in certain hospitals to perform traditional c-sections that allow women to immediately bond with their babies as they would during and after a vaginal birth, these are referred to in some places as "Gentle C-Sections" and might be an option to discuss with your doctor.
Article 2 - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fevers-during-pregnancy-raise-autism-risk-study-shows-n771616
TLDR: Findings from research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry found that women who had fevers in the second trimester of pregnancy were 40 percent more likely to have a child with autism. Women who took acetaminophen to lower their fevers were less likely to have a child later diagnosed with autism, although it’s too early to say whether the acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — lowered the risk.
On a personal note, my stepdaughter was diagnosed this past year with high functioning autism and after reading the second article I asked her mom if she'd had any fevers while she was pregnant and she said she'd had several, so that one really hit home for me. I know I'll definitely be taking tylenol at the first sign of a fever if I get one because I believe autism runs in my family as well.
TLDR: there is an ASSOCIATION (as we've talked about before, not necessarily causal) between Tylenol use during pregnancy and ADHD/behavioral issues in kids.
So, I'm trying to avoid it unless I really need it this time, but for a fever I would take it.
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bunmi-laditan/how-to-breastfeed-appropriately_b_5530806.html
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020