We have taken E to target and kroger... also to dave & busters once. If we didn't take her out, I would lose my mind from living my whole life in one room.
Has anyone here used a medela symphony (hospital rental) pump for a bit and then switched to a pisa, or whatever the insurance provides? How did they compare with output and suction? I had a breast reduction 10 years ago and am very lucky to pump about 18 ounces a day. I am currently renting a hospital grade pump because I was told that would be best for me. The rental fee is expensive so it would be nice to get the free pump from insurance but I am worried that it will make my supply drop drastically.
I used a hospital pump the whole time Eliza was in the NICU. They were in all the lactation rooms and I even had my own in her NICU room. Ronald McDonald House had them too. I just had to keep up with my tube parts. Came home and used my own PISA. I originally liked the "premie" setting on the hospital pumps (it's a newer upgrade). It's not really for premies so much as its for the beginning stages of pumping and works a different rhythm to get more milk out. LC told me to use it until I got atleast an ounce at a time per boob. So maybe a week PP? But once I was just pumping normally I couldn't tell the difference between the hospital grade and my own PISA, to be honest. I pump around 25 oz/day.
Post by htuzzi324 on Sept 12, 2015 22:12:07 GMT -5
We had to go to the pedi from the hospital...and then Kroger because the kids needed milk. So 4 days old. I wear him everywhere to deter people from touching him. I would go insane if we couldn't get out. Plus I probably would have murdered everyone in the house by now. I need to get out for everyone's sake.
Post by girlonabike on Sept 12, 2015 22:24:08 GMT -5
Yeah, nope. We went out with Liam a few times, and strangers just kept putting their grubby hands on him.
Nope, nope, nope.
We can wait a few weeks until he has his shots. Quick trips? Sure. But my husband wants to go out to sit-down restaurants (no, he'll get too fussy) and crowded areas with questionable immunization rates. Nope. We can wait a bit. Measles is no fucking joke.
Yeah, nope. We went out with Liam a few times, and strangers just kept putting their grubby hands on him.
Nope, nope, nope.
We can wait a few weeks until he has his shots. Quick trips? Sure. But my husband wants to go out to sit-down restaurants (no, he'll get too fussy) and crowded areas with questionable immunization rates. Nope. We can wait a bit. Measles is no fucking joke.
True, but on the CDC standard schedule, you don't get your first dose of the MMR vaccine until 12-15 months. You get some shots at two months (RSV, first dose of pertussis, polio, etc.) but the little ones are still mostly relying on herd immunity even then.
AFM I wear Isaac everywhere (the zoo, the library, dinner parties, grocery store, parks, farmers market, church, etc., etc.). Nobody's ever tried to touch him, really. I probably wouldn't go to Disney now, but especially with the older kids, we've just got to get out and live our lives. DS1 and DD both had hand foot and mouth disease from DS1's preschool this week. They put their little hands and kisses ALL OVER him before I knew they had it (or before I could stop them). He never got it. Go figure.
ETA I can't believe that someone would try to touch a stranger's baby. WTAF.
Boobs hurt. I increased block feeding time from 2 hours to 4 since her poop wasn't improving and she seemed distressed. So now I'm engorged on & off and it hurts so bad. Ugh.
Post by esgrunner on Sept 12, 2015 23:46:46 GMT -5
Feeling really lucky and cared for. I talked to my neighbor today, she has two kids and she shared some of her experiences with me(mostly we were talking about bfing and how challenging it is). She is going to come over a bit on Tuesday to give me a hand. She just sent me a message also saying her husband is going to make us some guacamole today! (One of the things we discussed was how to get good fats into our diet.) Maybe even more exciting...after I feed LO around 3, DH is going to completely take over and I am going to get s few hours of sleep in the guest room. Thank you, Medela PISA.
lemon200 aw thanks! My phone pics I just use pictapgo. For my other photos I have a Canon 60D with a Sigma 35mm lens. I edit them with Adobe Photoshop using a combo of actions and skills I've learned. I have a fine arts degree in graphic design so I took a few semesters of photography.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Sept 13, 2015 0:20:28 GMT -5
With my dd we went to Target on the way home from the hospital. Wore her and never had an issue with ppl getting too close. We've done the same with DS to this point. I wear him and nobody has gotten within 3 feet of him. He's probably had more people hold him at this age than my dd did, but we'd made an entire new circle of friends from being parents to dd. We just ask that people not come over to visit if they're sick.
I'm getting tired of having to explain to the husband that No, we can't go out to eat with Liam, or to a shopping center, or any other place where there are strange people. He is barely over 3 weeks old, hasn't had his immunizations yet, and barely has an immune system. Once he has his shots, we'll go out more. Sheesh!
Granted Ethan was still in the hospital at 3 weeks but had he not been I would have taken him places. We go somewhere everyday. But I also have a 3 yr old who can't be cooped up in the house because his brother hasn't had any shots yet. Places we'v gone. Grocery store, pet store, target, playgrounds, indoor play place , Costco. I guess i'm saying it's ok to take your infant out places.
We take W out (ob, ped, grandparents, pharmacy) but we're not big on people touching him so we keep him in his car seat. We are going to have to explain to family and friends that if they haven't had their Tdap and are not direct family (grandparents)then it's gonna be 2 months until they get to come hang out and hold him. There is whooping cough in the main city near us. H is very protective (maybe over) when it comes to people touching W. Is anyone else enforcing the 2 month (after immunizations) rule? Eta:for clarity
My pediatrician really really emphasized not having her around a bunch of people until 6 weeks. For the most part we stick around home most days, but she has been to restaurants, grocery stores, target. We just keep her in her stroller and obviously don't let people get all up in her business. I can understand keeping them at home for the first 6 weeks if it is something you can do, but if not I think keeping them in their stroller/wearing them is enough to keep the germs away.
Will your insurance cover a portion of the rental fee? I had the option to rent from the hospital or order the pisa. They only covered a percentage of the rental vs the whole cost of the pisa but it may be worth looking into.
I haven't called insurance yet mainly because I was waiting to decide if my supply would be enough to warrant keeping up with pumping. Now that I can feed her 75% breastmilk I want to keep up with it. I am hoping to get a chance to call on Monday to see. From what I read, my insurance only covers it if you have a baby in the nicu or have a prescription or medical reason. I am not sure if my reasoning is medical enough.
First, I would call your insurance ASAP because most of the time you have to get it done within one month of birth. Second, every insurance requires a prescription, your ob should be able to write you one easy-peasy. Last but not least, if your insurance doesn't offer to cover part of rental cost I would go ahead and get the PISA pump anyway. It's free for you and you can try it. If you don't like it, go back to what you've been renting and just do whatever the heck you want with the PISA. Keep it, sell it, let it collect dust, whatever. The point is if it's free, get it, try it. You don't have to like it.
Yeah, nope. We went out with Liam a few times, and strangers just kept putting their grubby hands on him.
Nope, nope, nope.
We can wait a few weeks until he has his shots. Quick trips? Sure. But my husband wants to go out to sit-down restaurants (no, he'll get too fussy) and crowded areas with questionable immunization rates. Nope. We can wait a bit. Measles is no fucking joke.
Who touches a stranger's baby? This is literally something I've never seen and can't even imagine.
I don't make people wash their hands before holding baby. I assume the people I hang out with are clean enough/responsible enough to not touch if they shouldn't.
tl;dr germ exposure is needed for a healthy immune system.
With newborns it's still good to be cautious but I like to think that going out with him in his wrap gives him access to germs but in smaller doses. That may be bullshit but he won't be fully immunized until much later and it's not realistic that I could hold off going places until he is.
Has anyone here used a medela symphony (hospital rental) pump for a bit and then switched to a pisa, or whatever the insurance provides? How did they compare with output and suction? I had a breast reduction 10 years ago and am very lucky to pump about 18 ounces a day. I am currently renting a hospital grade pump because I was told that would be best for me. The rental fee is expensive so it would be nice to get the free pump from insurance but I am worried that it will make my supply drop drastically.
I'm renting a hospital grade now in attempts to up my supply. I'm still pumping the same I did with my pump in style. I'm not impressed and returning the symphony on Tuesday. Might be different for other ppl though.
My mother and father (in their early 60's) have both made comments on the fact that I don't use baby powder when changing Little A. Is baby powder necessary? Or is this just a dated practice? I have a ton of baby powder and will use it when needed but they want me to use it every diaper change
No, if the baby breathes in the particles it can be bad for their lungs. I don't use it at all..
My mother and father (in their early 60's) have both made comments on the fact that I don't use baby powder when changing Little A. Is baby powder necessary? Or is this just a dated practice? I have a ton of baby powder and will use it when needed but they want me to use it every diaper change
No, if the baby breathes in the particles it can be bad for their lungs. I don't use it at all..
This is what our pediatrician told us too. We don't use it either.
My mother and father (in their early 60's) have both made comments on the fact that I don't use baby powder when changing Little A. Is baby powder necessary? Or is this just a dated practice? I have a ton of baby powder and will use it when needed but they want me to use it every diaper change
From what I've read this is an old practice. And baby powder is safer now than it was back then. We don't typically use it now, however I have used it on occasion when we have had a bad diaper rash.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Sept 13, 2015 7:01:24 GMT -5
I love my H. He just came in to check on me and baby. DD woke up around 2 am, so he put her back to bed and ended up falling asleep in her room. I said I'd be out to the living room shortly and he said to just try to go back to sleep for a bit. him!
tl;dr germ exposure is needed for a healthy immune system.
With newborns it's still good to be cautious but I like to think that going out with him in his wrap gives him access to germs but in smaller doses. That may be bullshit but he won't be fully immunized until much later and it's not realistic that I could hold off going places until he is.
I fully subscribe to the hygiene hypothesis. DD1 is going to have an awesome immune system by the time she is school-aged based on all the crap she's exposed to at daycare. But since a fever in a baby < 8 weeks can be an automatic hospitalization, I prefer to be more cautious in those first few weeks and avoid crowded places. I'm also more of a homebody in general, so it's not that difficult for me, but if I had to take her somewhere I wouldn't sweat it. I also know that because I work in healthcare and mostly only see sick people, my perception is probably a little skewed from the general public, making me a bit more paranoid.
But also keeping the baby away from crowds gets me out of having to go grocery shopping for a few weeks
Post by shannonabigail on Sept 13, 2015 7:43:55 GMT -5
Forgot how good a baby-free night's sleep could be. I slept from 11-6 and then my boobs woke me up. Pumped for 15 minutes then fell back asleep until 8:30! It was nice but now I'm ready to go get my baby!
Post by runningmommy519 on Sept 13, 2015 8:14:49 GMT -5
I am so tired. I am having dreams that I'm holding Ethan and I get really confused when I wake up.
Last night I dreamed Ds1 came into our room and laid by me. In the dream I had my arm around him and was rubbing his head. I woke up and my arm was around DH and I was rubbing his head. Thank god he didn't wake up because he probably would have thought I was initiating ST. Lol
My. Poor. Nipples. I've made it a week and everyone I've talked to and what you ladies have mentioned us that by 2 weeks it should be better. I don't want to wish away any moment of Autelia's life but to have iron nipples would be nice.
My. Poor. Nipples. I've made it a week and everyone I've talked to and what you ladies have mentioned us that by 2 weeks it should be better. I don't want to wish away any moment of Autelia's life but to have iron nipples would be nice.
I'm only a day or 2 ahead of you. If you have abrasions it's still going to hurt...i highly recommend getting some Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple butter. It healed my abrasions in about 48 hrs. Also, what does your nip look like when she's done nursing? Is it lipstick shaped? Or eraser shaped?
My. Poor. Nipples. I've made it a week and everyone I've talked to and what you ladies have mentioned us that by 2 weeks it should be better. I don't want to wish away any moment of Autelia's life but to have iron nipples would be nice.
I'm only a day or 2 ahead of you. If you have abrasions it's still going to hurt...i highly recommend getting some Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple butter. It healed my abrasions in about 48 hrs. Also, what does your nip look like when she's done nursing? Is it lipstick shaped? Or eraser shaped?
They aren't lipstick shaped. They are symmetrically rounded. I switched to reclining/biological nursing yesterday and that seems to have helped a teensy bit...but there was so much previous damage from the hospital that kept getting aggravated when doing cross cradle at home. I've been doing saline rinses and as soon as my siblings leave today, I'm going back to being topless to let them get air. I'll have to check out the nipple butter you mentioned! I've been using lanolin sand I have soothie gels and a hot/cold reusable gel pads arriving tomorrow! I think having to wear a bra with pads so soon hasn't helped at all.
DSHM13 polysporin and coconut oil healed mine. It took a little bit but definitely worked! Polysporin 2x daily and coconut oil all of the other times. I also expressed milk to let dry first then applied whatever I was applying.
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