Tata Tuesday!

[fishbulb]

I'm not feeling terribly creative today. Who wants to talk tatas?

To the morning and night only nursers/pumpers - what bras are you wearing during the day? I'm in old lady wireless bras at work now. They are an improvement, but I'd like to go back to my underwires but I'm scared of plugged ducts.

[katka512]

I'm still wearing my nursing bras because I haven't gone out to get new ones yet. I want to get fitted first because I really have no clue what size I am now.
I'm hoping sometime in the next few weeks I can do that. I'll probably get underwire ones.

[sanibel21]

I'll talk tatas! This has been the first week I have actively tried to cut down nursing sessions. Some days we were down to three. A couple days she seemed so much whinier than normal that after offering water and milk in sippy cups and bottles, I offered nursing and that's what's she wanted. So I dunno what I'm gonna do. I'm not too bent out if shape about it. I just really didn't see myself nursing longer than a year. I really didn't think she would want to. I'm also just concerned because she adamantly refuses WCM.
I'm back to wearing regular underwire bras but I've never had a big problem with clogged ducts, etc.

[mrssmith613]

fishbulb just curious about the underwires because I wore them with both of my kids and I never had a problem. Is plugged ducts something specific to you or something that they say happens?

[meggsm]

Heyo- still going mornin and night here. During the day I've been wearing nursing and normal push up bras. I haven't had a problem yet. But mine are padded not underwire. At the very end of my pregnancy the push ups were super uncomfortable and I changed to underwire but got plugged ducts while wearing them in early nursing days.

Plugged ducts are a thing that does happen. Not sure if it's mainly due to bras, and maybe now I know how to deal with them but I haven't had one during the day. I get super full still and sometimes have to work a little clog out at the end of the day when she nurses.

[fishbulb]

Apr 21, 2015 19:39:36 GMT -5 mrssmith613 said:

fishbulb just curious about the underwires because I wore them with both of my kids and I never had a problem. Is plugged ducts something specific to you or something that they say happens?

Mostly a something that they say happens concern. I had one or two clogged ducts early on but no issues in the past 9 or 10 months. There is also the problem that with nursing I'm up a full cup size (and post-preg, a band size) and I don't have any underwire bras in my new size. 

[jtizzay]

Hi! I'm nursing am and pm but I might drop one session my pump one. I know people bf through pg but it is skeeving me out and I'm exhausted and my production is down.

My doc recommends stopping after the first tri however that was if you're full time nursing still which I'm not. So I'm confused.

I am back in bras I wore while pg. so up a size. Most have underwire

[Deleted]

Hey ladies! I have successfully weaned from nursing to sleep. I still nurse before naps and then she usually wants to nurse when she wakes from sleeping. In all, we are still nursing 5-6 times a day.

She is still refusing WCM. I serve it cold so I'm wondering if she may like it better warmer.
I may also try almond milk to see if she likes that better and them transition to WCM. I have some frozen BM but she has never liked to drink it so I don't know what to do with all of that.

[Deleted]

jtizzay, I plan to start gently weaning mid second trimester if she hasn't started already. My supply is down too and I almost feel like she could easily wean bc she doesn't nurse with gusto for every session, just a few. Other times I'm pretty sure he is just comfort nursing bc she isn't really swallowing, she just latches and chills there for 10-15 minutes. I have also noticed she is eating more at meal time.

There was also a week or two where my nipples were getting raw from her nursing. That seems to have gone away.

GL weaning!

[sanibel21]

@babylentilbean I was just about to ask how the bfed babies were taking to WCM because my LO is refusing too. I haven't tried warming it up and I haven't tried any other kind of milk, only whole and 2% just to see if the whole was too thick. I feel really bad wanting to cut down if she's not going to replace some bm with WCM.

[ellabee]

sanibel21 and @babylentilbean, I started introducing WCM by adding .25oz to her 4oz bm bottles and heating per usual. Every few days I'd up the ratio and continued to heat it up. Then we transitioned to a learner sippy that was pretty much the same feel as a bottle. I did lukewarm WCM, then transitioned to cold WCM.

For the record, she also took a few bottles of straight soymilk without any problem either, so maybe she's just not as picky with the taste of her milk.

[ellabee]

Also, I tried my pre-pregnancy underwire bras last week. After a few days I went back to my old lady bravado non-under wire nursing bra. Maybe in time the old ones will feel comfortable again, but I just felt like I was all over the place. Probably need to get fitted for new ones I guess...

Question: for those that do morning/bedtime nursing - did you notice any change in your letdown? We've been on the morning/bedtime schedule for a few weeks now and I've noticed that my letdown takes much longer than it used to. I also don't feel it as much anymore. I'm wondering if this is the result of a lower supply in general?

[babycaps]

I'll talk bras!
Now that I'm completely dried up, im back to underwire bras. But they are all too big!!! 36AA doesn't exist but I found bras at H&M.
The one time I wore a underwire bra while breastfeeding, I got really uncomfortable and pretty sure it was almost a plugged duct.

jtizzay, if it's only twice a day, I wouldn't worry about stopping after first tri.

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Apr 22, 2015 8:19:04 GMT -5 sanibel21 said:

@babylentilbean I was just about to ask how the bfed babies were taking to WCM because my LO is refusing too. I haven't tried warming it up and I haven't tried any other kind of milk, only whole and 2% just to see if the whole was too thick. I feel really bad wanting to cut down if she's not going to replace some bm with WCM.

This is exactly why I still let her nurse as much as she wants.

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Apr 22, 2015 8:29:41 GMT -5 ellabee said:

sanibel21 and @babylentilbean, I started introducing WCM by adding .25oz to her 4oz bm bottles and heating per usual. Every few days I'd up the ratio and continued to heat it up. Then we transitioned to a learner sippy that was pretty much the same feel as a bottle. I did lukewarm WCM, then transitioned to cold WCM.

For the record, she also took a few bottles of straight soymilk without any problem either, so maybe she's just not as picky with the taste of her milk.

E has never taken BM in a bottle, ever. She also only likes to drink water from her sippy. I have frozen BM I could mix with wcm but I'm fearful that it won't work because she pretty much has always refused any milk from anywhere except me.

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Apr 22, 2015 8:33:57 GMT -5 ellabee said:

Also, I tried my pre-pregnancy underwire bras last week. After a few days I went back to my old lady bravado non-under wire nursing bra. Maybe in time the old ones will feel comfortable again, but I just felt like I was all over the place. Probably need to get fitted for new ones I guess...

Question: for those that do morning/bedtime nursing - did you notice any change in your letdown? We've been on the morning/bedtime schedule for a few weeks now and I've noticed that my letdown takes much longer than it used to. I also don't feel it as much anymore. I'm wondering if this is the result of a lower supply in general?

I think your supply does affect whether or not you can feel your letdown. I used to feel a very forceful letdown and since my supply has dropped I barely feel one at all. 

[ellabee]

Apr 22, 2015 9:43:29 GMT -5 @babylentilbean said:

Apr 22, 2015 8:29:41 GMT -5 ellabee said:

sanibel21 and @babylentilbean, I started introducing WCM by adding .25oz to her 4oz bm bottles and heating per usual. Every few days I'd up the ratio and continued to heat it up. Then we transitioned to a learner sippy that was pretty much the same feel as a bottle. I did lukewarm WCM, then transitioned to cold WCM.

For the record, she also took a few bottles of straight soymilk without any problem either, so maybe she's just not as picky with the taste of her milk.

E has never taken BM in a bottle, ever. She also only likes to drink water from her sippy. I have frozen BM I could mix with wcm but I'm fearful that it won't work because she pretty much has always refused any milk from anywhere except me.

Hmm yeah, that does make it tough. The only time I tried straight cold bm in a hard spout sippy DD looked at me like I was crazy and then had a tantrum, so I feel you. 

[katka512]

ellabee I don't think feeling let down is necessary related to supply. I have never felt let down (my LC was shocked) but my supply has always been great and I had oversupply in the beginning. My supply is lower now that we are just nursing in the morning, and I still don't feel let down.

[northernlghts]

So I posted this on the EP board too but I'm down to just pumping twice a day, 12hrs apart so now what? How do I drop the last two? One first and then the other? Do I decrease the time on one first and keep the same time on the other? I had been dropping by 2 mins every few days after I drop a pump so now do I decrease time every two days? Do I drop by more minutes?

But to answer the actual question that was asked, I'm still wearing a nursing bra. Once I finish pumping and give it a couple weeks to stabilize, I think I am going to get fitted.

I'm also still mixing bm with whole milk. Although she does take a bottle of whole if she wakes in the middle of the night to eat so she doesn't have issues with it. We do warm it slightly, but I have offered it cold with meals in a sippy cup. Still working on the sippy cup...

[fish8412]

@babylentilbean I would warm up the WCM and mix in it with some breastmilk (if you have any).

[fish8412]

FINALLY my period came back last week. It was one day longer than my "normal/usual" periods before getting pregnant. It didn't seem to effect my supply at all.

This week I am transitioning from nursing to bottle before the morning nap. LO has been doing fine with it. I am a little emotional about cutting out a nursing session. I still have tons of breastmilk in the freezer for her bottles. I am still nursing at wake up and bedtime.

Some days I wear nursing bras and other days I wear underwire bras...it depends on what I am wearing. I am not worried about the wiring causing clogged ducts.

[fish8412]

northernlghts I would start by decreasing the amount you pump in one session. So lets say you pump 6 oz...drop that to 4 oz for a few days and then 2 oz for a few days and then drop the session altogether. Repeat for the second pumping session.

[jtizzay]

Apr 22, 2015 10:39:04 GMT -5 fish8412 said:

northernlghts I would start by decreasing the amount you pump in one session. So lets say you pump 6 oz...drop that to 4 oz for a few days and then 2 oz for a few days and then drop the session altogether. Repeat for the second pumping session.

This' I did one oz at one session and decreased just one oz until the session was gone. I waited a few days and then continued dropping oz in another session.

[fishbulb]

Re WCM - J took to it easily. I started with 1/3 WCM, 2/3 BM, then vice versa after a few days, then finally all WCM a few days after that. He's happy with it cold. Either it's not the breastfeeding or my baby is weird.