2 weeks pp I had dropped all my pregnancy weight-- but--before you start grabbing a blunt object to gouge my eyes out with-- I gained 10lbs back when I went to work-- not sure if it was the stress of leaving LO or my ridiculous appetite. Either way, I am trying to make healthier choices and as much as I want to lose weight, BFing is more important to me now.
Anyone have experience with supply drops when sick? My supply has definitely taken a bit of a nose dive since being sick. I'm hoping it's just temporary.
Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure if you're supply drops when you're sick, it'll catch back up when you're better. As long as you still feed/pump like normal.
Anyone have experience with supply drops when sick? My supply has definitely taken a bit of a nose dive since being sick. I'm hoping it's just temporary.
Just keep nursing and pumping as usual when sick. Keep hydrated and drink even more water than you normally would. Usually supply will bounce back after the illness is out of your system.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and occasionally pumping for a bottle
Any solids? No, not until 6 months
Questions/AW? Not really a question, more a frustration. DD is in the distracted nursing phase. She used to nurse for maybe 5-6 min and be done. Now, she's eating for less time but it takes twice as long because she'll eat for a few seconds, then pull off to look around, then nurse again, then look around. Most of the time I don't mind (especially this weekend when we had family visiting.. gave me a good excuse for a break) but it's definitely frustrating at times.
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Spring (or winter if you're trying to escape the snow from wherever you are). The classic suggestions are Disneyland and/or the beach.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and phoning at work. Pumping at nights when I need to catch up.
Any solids? Not yet, but everyone around me is trying to feed him solids. He is so tall, people want to shove food in his face, when he isn't showing any of the signs of being ready to begin solids yet. Arg! Vent over.
Questions/AW? How often do you pumping mom's replace your valves and membranes?
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Well if you like to ski or board, definitely come in the winter and come to my ski resort! (Well, the one I work at anyway) But it is also awesome on the summer, there are tons of places to have outdoors fun, with a short drive from the cities.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and phoning at work. Pumping at nights when I need to catch up.
Any solids? Not yet, but everyone around me is trying to feed him solids. He is so tall, people want to shove food in his face, when he isn't showing any of the signs of being ready to begin solids yet. Arg! Vent over.
Questions/AW? How often do you pumping mom's replace your valves and membranes?
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Well if you like to ski or board, definitely come in the winter and come to my ski resort! (Well, the one I work at anyway) But it is also awesome on the summer, there are tons of places to have outdoors fun, with a short drive from the cities.
The general rule as I understand it is 1 month for membranes. However, I just kind of wait until I feel I am losing suction to change them.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and phoning at work. Pumping at nights when I need to catch up.
Any solids? Not yet, but everyone around me is trying to feed him solids. He is so tall, people want to shove food in his face, when he isn't showing any of the signs of being ready to begin solids yet. Arg! Vent over.
Questions/AW? How often do you pumping mom's replace your valves and membranes?
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Well if you like to ski or board, definitely come in the winter and come to my ski resort! (Well, the one I work at anyway) But it is also awesome on the summer, there are tons of places to have outdoors fun, with a short drive from the cities.
The general rule as I understand it is 1 month for membranes. However, I just kind of wait until I feel I am losing suction to change them.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping sometimes. He's been difficult with the bottles lately. Not quite sure how to handle that.
Any solids? Not yet. Will discuss @ 4 month check-up.
Questions/AW? I not sure anyone can really help but for the last 3 weeks or so, this guy is so stinky about taking a bottle. We've tried different bottles, fresh milk vs frozen, different nipple flows, different times of day...same result. It's a battle to get him to take it at all and when he does we can only get him to take an ounce, MAX. I'm out of ideas. I guess we should just keep on keepin' on.
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? We love our town so I have to say any time is great but if I must choose I'd say summer. Our beaches are the best! We have so many fabulous restaurants on the beach too. Lots of fun, local festivals during this time as well. It's just a laid back beach town. There is a lot to do but definitely no rush to do it (if that makes sense).
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping sometimes. He's been difficult with the bottles lately. Not quite sure how to handle that.
Any solids? Not yet. Will discuss @ 4 month check-up.
Questions/AW? I not sure anyone can really help but for the last 3 weeks or so, this guy is so stinky about taking a bottle. We've tried different bottles, fresh milk vs frozen, different nipple flows, different times of day...same result. It's a battle to get him to take it at all and when he does we can only get him to take an ounce, MAX. I'm out of ideas. I guess we should just keep on keepin' on.
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? We love our town so I have to say any time is great but if I must choose I'd say summer. Our beaches are the best! We have so many fabulous restaurants on the beach too. Lots of fun, local festivals during this time as well. It's just a laid back beach town. There is a lot to do but definitely no rush to do it (if that makes sense).
I had the exact same problem with bottles. At his four month check up, I asked about a tongue tie and it turned out he had one. Not a terrible one, but we still got it fixed. Haven't tried a bottle yet though.
Post by toadandbuggie on Jun 16, 2015 18:35:35 GMT -5
Question: has anybody noticed a supply dip when they don't eat much? Struggling to want to eat less to lose weight and noticing my milk supply tank when I do.
@holachica, I finally logged in on my computer! This is much easier. I would always lurk the spam page, and given that I can barely remember if I've showered any given day, I never could actually respond to everyone I wanted. Also, now I feel real on here lol
Post by babycfeb2015 on Jun 16, 2015 20:29:10 GMT -5
How do people who are not pumping know of their supply dips? I rarely pump so I feel like I would have no idea if my supply dropped. Im assuming my baby would be fussy/want to eat more?
Ive recently started losing weight again after staying the same for the past month or so which is great but I want to make sure it doesnt affect my milk supply.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?Nursing, pumping at work, formula for 1 to 2 feeds a day at daycare
Any solids? Not until 6 months.
Questions/AW? I still have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance with pumping, but power pumping seems to help. May need to go to an every three hour rather than every two hour schedule to support that. Despite the low pump output my nursing supply seems fine.
For those playing along with my feeding battles, the cold and gas drops are probably responsible for most of the runny poop episodes. Probably do have an imbalance while pumping, so added in a topoff session when I drop DS off at daycare to get some more in him. He gets 1 5-7oz bottle of breastmilk and 2 bottles of formula (7-8oz) at daycare, plus a couple ounces of formula or breastmilk (if I have it) as a snack so he's hungry, but not starving at pickup. Overfeeding isn't a concern since he didn't gain weight in the month he's been at daycare. My old public health nurse quit and my new one is the one that runs the breastfeeding support group I went to on leave.
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Now while it's not really rainy and you don't always need a jacket during the day. 70s is bikini weather. Have a Guinness and stroll around town. You can hit the big sights in a day if you're ambitious, take 2 or 3 for a more leisurely pace. Check out a megalithic monument or three.
@alyllyra, Cork, Ireland has a wildlife park that you can walk through and feed giraffes. I want to do it with DS at the end of the year.
Replaced the membranes and valves today, what a difference! Also, it quit making that funny noise. I think I had screwed up one of the valves when I was trying to take the stupid thing off to wash. It wouldn't come and I was trying to pry it off with a butter knife. In retrospect really dumb idea. It started making that funny noise the next day and I kept checking the tubes for leaks. But yay better pumping, I didn't want to cry at the end of my sessions today.
How do people who are not pumping know of their supply dips? I rarely pump so I feel like I would have no idea if my supply dropped. Im assuming my baby would be fussy/want to eat more?
Ive recently started losing weight again after staying the same for the past month or so which is great but I want to make sure it doesnt affect my milk supply.
I've wondered that too. I don't think I'd rely on fussiness and wanting to eat more because that can happen during a growth spurt.
seamonster I am now looking at ticket prizes for Cork! We were thinking of going to London for our anniversary this fall, but I've never been to Ireland so I could totally go there instead!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing at home, EBM in bottles at daycare. However, this week we eliminated the nursing session we'd have first thing in the morning to expedite our morning schedule/routine. I was sad about it but it's making things much less rushed/stressful
Any solids? Not yet. Waiting til 6 months, unless our pedi instructs us otherwise at our 4-month appt next week
Questions/AW? For BF'ers who don't pump - what do you do about the non-nursed boob in the mornings, after LO has STTN (or after hours of not emptying the boobs?) I'm guessing both breasts are huge and hard and contain 5+ oz of milk each. Is LO emptying both at this time? How do you deal with the non-nursed boob? I was always wondering this about non-pumpers when their LOs start STTN
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Hmmmm.. Braves game? Sweetwater Brewery tour?
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing at home, EBM in bottles at daycare. However, this week we eliminated the nursing session we'd have first thing in the morning to expedite our morning schedule/routine. I was sad about it but it's making things much less rushed/stressful
Any solids? Not yet. Waiting til 6 months, unless our pedi instructs us otherwise at our 4-month appt next week
Questions/AW? For BF'ers who don't pump - what do you do about the non-nursed boob in the mornings, after LO has STTN (or after hours of not emptying the boobs?) I'm guessing both breasts are huge and hard and contain 5+ oz of milk each. Is LO emptying both at this time? How do you deal with the non-nursed boob? I was always wondering this about non-pumpers when their LOs start STTN
GTKY: if I came to visit the city/area where you live, what time of year should it be and what's the one thing I should do? Hmmmm.. Braves game? Sweetwater Brewery tour?
Do you not want to pump it? DS only eats off one side so I usually have to pump it. But if it doesn't hurt, I wait until he's ready to eat again and feed him from that side.
Do you not want to pump it? DS only eats off one side so I usually have to pump it. But if it doesn't hurt, I wait until he's ready to eat again and feed him from that side.
Oh no, I definitely have to pump it! In the mornings, if it's early enough and he's still sleepy, sometimes he won't even finish one boob, and I end up having to pump both.
I was just curious about those who don't pump at all......
I am happy BFing has gone well this whole time, but I'm starting to feel as though my pump is like an old ball & chain....
Do you not want to pump it? DS only eats off one side so I usually have to pump it. But if it doesn't hurt, I wait until he's ready to eat again and feed him from that side.
Oh no, I definitely have to pump it! In the mornings, if it's early enough and he's still sleepy, sometimes he won't even finish one boob, and I end up having to pump both.
I was just curious about those who don't pump at all......
I am happy BFing has gone well this whole time, but I'm starting to feel as though my pump is like an old ball & chain....
DS nurses around 845pm and STTN. We nurse left side around 730am and right side around 9am, no matter what side(s) I nursed at bedtime. My body just figured it out. Sometimes I feel lopsided til he gets those first two feeds in, but not usually.
DS woke at 430 this morning so I nursed him left side (they felt pretty equal), but when we got up at 730 my left side was still much more full than my right, so I kept our typical routine. He hasn't had a 430 feed in a couple weeks.
Post by babycfeb2015 on Jun 17, 2015 13:13:40 GMT -5
nbad311 lol that would require him to STTN. Mine normally takes both sides in the am on the rare chance that happens. Usually its just a few minutes onthe 2nd side but its enough to take the edge off
nbad311 lol that would require him to STTN. Mine normally takes both sides in the am on the rare chance that happens. Usually its just a few minutes onthe 2nd side but its enough to take the edge off
This for me too! I avoid the pump at all costs - why bother when she's not going to drink it from a bottle.
nbad311 If I'm that full and too tired to get the pump (or the pump is unwashed - happens more often than I'd like to admitt) I usually hand express a little milk just to take the edge off.
seamonster I am now looking at ticket prizes for Cork! We were thinking of going to London for our anniversary this fall, but I've never been to Ireland so I could totally go there instead!
Dublin would be easier to fly into and then rent a car or take a bus or train to Cork. It's a 2 or 3 hour drive. Or fly into Dublin and then to Cork.
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