Breastfeeding/EP Check in 9/28-10/4

[Laverne]

hopefulreturn, i pump from oald side first thing after the early am feed.

[Laverne]

Sept 28, 2015 20:06:14 GMT -5 ars093s said:

carabassa, the sleeping bra is less structured so it doesn't feel like you're wearing a bra, but still provides some support. You just pull the cup area to one side when you're ready to nurse instead of having to unlatch from the strap like a regular nursing bra. I just bought another sleep bra, that's all I wear in the house these days. Amazon has some for around $15.

Not sure on the breast pads, I haven't been leaking (knock on wood) so I haven't had to wear the pads yet.

just picked up two from Walmart thar were cheap and surprisingly comfortable

[bcmomsaysso]

Sept 30, 2015 1:20:58 GMT -5 packmomma said:

One more question :I know you're supposed to pump up to 5 minutes after your breast stops producing. What do you do if it just keeps going? I don't want to stop early but my breasts leaked for an hour last night.

My LC said the 5 mins starts when the "spray" stops. Boobs will drip forever. And, if you keep pumping you likely will eventually have another let-down. An hour is way too long, that's torture lol

[packmomma]

Sept 30, 2015 8:23:32 GMT -5 bcmomsaysso said:

Sept 30, 2015 1:20:58 GMT -5 packmomma said:

One more question :I know you're supposed to pump up to 5 minutes after your breast stops producing. What do you do if it just keeps going? I don't want to stop early but my breasts leaked for an hour last night.

My LC said the 5 mins starts when the "spray" stops. Boobs will drip forever. And, if you keep pumping you likely will eventually have another let-down. An hour is way too long, that's torture lol

Oh thank god!! H was laughing because I looked so sad every time I saw another drop. I just felt "this cannot be right, I am missing something. " thank you for clearing that up.

[sweetsyrup]

Age of LO: almost 7 weeks
Breastfeeding, EP or a combination of both: EBF but will need to start pumping at work after next week

Supplementing with formula? Not yet.
How is it going?

Still going relatively well. I seem to have OALD on my left side and he doesn't always like to nurse on that side even after I pump an ounce or so off.

What has been the biggest struggle this last week? If you overcame it, what did you do? Not really any struggles, just some anxiety about pumping and meeting his needs when I start work. That and getting him to actually take a bottle.


Any triumphs you'd like to share? Not this week

Questions? For those of you who are bottle feeding, how much is your lo taking each day? We need to be careful about over feeding with B since he's already such a big kiddo.

[sweetsyrup]

Sept 28, 2015 19:35:21 GMT -5 trudytrudy said:

@wildermom I have an OALD and oversupply and I did with my first baby too. They got better as time went on, especially when I pumped less and did block feeding. I have the same thing this time too with my 6 week old.
Here is my crazy question....I've been dealing with hives and a serious case of eczema for about 5 weeks+ now and I am certain it is hormonal. I had a less serious case with my first. I'm wondering if I have an allergy to prolactin. Basically saying, I think I'm allergic to breastfeeding (along with everything else). Crazy I know, has anyone heard of such a thing? I took a Claritin last night along with using my ointments and still real itchy.

My cousin did! She bf for 4 months before she couldn't take it anymore. They went away as soon as she quit BF (and her supply decreased). I don't know if she found out if it was r/t the prolactin, but figured it was hormonal.

[DSHM13]

Have to AW it up a bit! Took Auri to the BF group and did a weighted feed. She is up 2oz over her birth weight...yay! And she took over 2oz from me in the feed which is over double what she took from me last week...yay! We get to start supplementing less but I still have to pump 3 times a day to help keep the supply up.

Also, for those with one side that produces less - the LCs told me to always start with my lesser producing side when nursing and to pump that side longer after nursing. We'll see how that goes!

[esgrunner]

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

[noname]

Sept 30, 2015 13:47:20 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

Google de quervain's tendonitis (aka mommy thumb). If this sounds like what you have, definitely take the advil and ice it, you don't want it to get worse. I had this with DD1 and ignored it until it got so bad I couldn't pick her up anymore. I got steroid shots in both wrists when she was 6 weeks old and that helped, but it didn't really go away until she started walking and I was carrying her less. It's flared up a bit with DD2, but I'm trying to be proactive- icing it when I can, wearing my brace, and being mindful when I pick her up to keep my thumb in line with the other fingers.

[Laverne]

Sept 30, 2015 13:56:00 GMT -5 noname said:

Sept 30, 2015 13:47:20 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

Google de quervain's tendonitis (aka mommy thumb). If this sounds like what you have, definitely take the advil and ice it, you don't want it to get worse. I had this with DD1 and ignored it until it got so bad I couldn't pick her up anymore. I got steroid shots in both wrists when she was 6 weeks old and that helped, but it didn't really go away until she started walking and I was carrying her less. It's flared up a bit with DD2, but I'm trying to be proactive- icing it when I can, wearing my brace, and being mindful when I pick her up to keep my thumb in line with the other fingers.

i think i have thismy pointer finger is numb on top and i get pain and feeks like tendon is ripping if i grasp with rotated wrist.

[esgrunner]

Sept 30, 2015 13:56:00 GMT -5 noname said:

Sept 30, 2015 13:47:20 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

Google de quervain's tendonitis (aka mommy thumb). If this sounds like what you have, definitely take the advil and ice it, you don't want it to get worse. I had this with DD1 and ignored it until it got so bad I couldn't pick her up anymore. I got steroid shots in both wrists when she was 6 weeks old and that helped, but it didn't really go away until she started walking and I was carrying her less. It's flared up a bit with DD2, but I'm trying to be proactive- icing it when I can, wearing my brace, and being mindful when I pick her up to keep my thumb in line with the other fingers.

Thank goodness it does not look like that. It is the outer part of my hand/wrist, not the thumb side. Thank you for sharing though. 
I think I actually figured out it is from the infant carrier. I carried him in it way too much last Saturday when I went to my nephews' soccer games.

[trudytrudy]

Sept 30, 2015 9:14:46 GMT -5 sweetsyrup said:

Sept 28, 2015 19:35:21 GMT -5 trudytrudy said:

@wildermom I have an OALD and oversupply and I did with my first baby too. They got better as time went on, especially when I pumped less and did block feeding. I have the same thing this time too with my 6 week old.
Here is my crazy question....I've been dealing with hives and a serious case of eczema for about 5 weeks+ now and I am certain it is hormonal. I had a less serious case with my first. I'm wondering if I have an allergy to prolactin. Basically saying, I think I'm allergic to breastfeeding (along with everything else). Crazy I know, has anyone heard of such a thing? I took a Claritin last night along with using my ointments and still real itchy.

My cousin did! She bf for 4 months before she couldn't take it anymore. They went away as soon as she quit BF (and her supply decreased). I don't know if she found out if it was r/t the prolactin, but figured it was hormonal.

Ugh! How miserable! I'm glad to learn I'm not the only one who claims to be allergic to bf but it seems like the only cure is to wean. I refuse (at least for now). Did your cousin have oversupply issues? I do and I'm hoping if I can bring my supply down maybe I'll find some relief.

[esgrunner]

Anyone having the evening clusterfeeding this week? LO is 7 weeks old. How much longer does this usually go? Another week or so?

[esgrunner]

I watched a bunch of YouTube videos today on proper latching and I think I picked up a few good tips and reminders for what I should be doing. I think I had gotten kind of lazy about trying to do it right!

[layloo08]

Sept 30, 2015 17:58:01 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

Anyone having the evening clusterfeeding this week? LO is 7 weeks old. How much longer does this usually go? Another week or so?

N is 4 weeks but we've been dealing with it too..

[DSHM13]

Oct 1, 2015 18:59:56 GMT -5 layloo08 said:

Sept 30, 2015 17:58:01 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

Anyone having the evening clusterfeeding this week? LO is 7 weeks old. How much longer does this usually go? Another week or so?

N is 4 weeks but we've been dealing with it too..

Oh man...today had been feeding ever hour or so for over an hour. My boobs are so sore...A is 3w 4d

[packmomma]

For everyone cluster feeding make sure you're using nipple butter. I waited until they were already sore and cracked before I did and it was a huge mistake. Sooth then before you need to.

[packmomma]

Does everyone always offer the second breast? I have been but I always have to wake him up to do it and that seems counter intuitive.

[layloo08]

Oct 2, 2015 0:22:13 GMT -5 packmomma said:

For everyone cluster feeding make sure you're using nipple butter. I waited until they were already sore and cracked before I did and it was a huge mistake. Sooth then before you need to.

Yeah, I'm scared I've waited almost too long. No cracks yet but omg sooo sore. I have to get some more coconut oil because we've designated our current jar to his bum.

With the hurricane bringing me so much rain, I may 2 day Amazon it so I don't have to venture out!

[oopsiedaisies]

layloo08

[zonagirl]

Oct 2, 2015 0:22:56 GMT -5 packmomma said:

Does everyone always offer the second breast? I have been but I always have to wake him up to do it and that seems counter intuitive.

I never offer the second one unless she is popping on and off the first and crying and has drained the one I'm on. Then I do because I assume she got all she could out of the first and is still hungry. But this doesn't happen often. I used to always offer both, but stopped a few weeks in and I like block feeding so much better, and I think it has helped with her gas!

[zonagirl]

hopefulreturn I weighed Ava and she gained four ounces in eight days. I would have felt badly about that if you hadn't posted the half oz a day thing. She gained exactly half an oz a day!

[hopefulreturn]

Sept 30, 2015 13:47:20 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

Ugh I dealt with tendinitis in my wrist last summer and then it kicked up again at the end of pregnancy. When I feel it coming on, I sleep in a brace and find that that helps me. Apparently I oddly twist my wrist often in my sleep! I also try to really pay attention that it isn't bent oddly under her for too long aside from breastfeeding where it is unavoidable.

[caitie713]

Oct 2, 2015 6:43:00 GMT -5 zonagirl said:

Oct 2, 2015 0:22:56 GMT -5 packmomma said:

Does everyone always offer the second breast? I have been but I always have to wake him up to do it and that seems counter intuitive.

I never offer the second one unless she is popping on and off the first and crying and has drained the one I'm on. Then I do because I assume she got all she could out of the first and is still hungry. But this doesn't happen often. I used to always offer both, but stopped a few weeks in and I like block feeding so much better, and I think it has helped with her gas!

+1

[caitie713]

Sept 30, 2015 13:47:20 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

I think I have some sort of tendinitis in my wrist from holding LO in football hold and/or being too aggressive with my compressions. WTH? I should take some Advil but I hate taking pain relievers. I will though, before it gets worse!

I had a problem like this. My hands kept falling asleep too, and when I would go to sit up at night by leaning on my arm it felt like my arm was burning. Anyway, apparently I shortened the muscle in my right arm from doing the football hold. So now we exclusively side lie to breastfeed that side.

[layloo08]

Oct 2, 2015 5:04:18 GMT -5 oopsiedaisies said:

layloo08

Umm, that looks perfect!

[htuzzi324]

Oct 2, 2015 0:22:56 GMT -5 packmomma said:

Does everyone always offer the second breast? I have been but I always have to wake him up to do it and that seems counter intuitive.

Not unless he is still acting hungry, which he has been since I'm starting every feed on my low supply side. Stupid boob.

[cbnola71]

So if you offer, or LO takes only one boob normally, when you pump due to LO taking a bottle, do you pump only the side that they would have eaten had then been BF?

[misstunes]

I am so late to this check in where has the week gone??

Age:7 weeks tomorrow

EBF, giving a bottle once a day during the week

How's it going/struggles? Its been getting dicey ever since the bottle introduction. I find after the bottle the next several feeds she's super fussy and popping on and off. Also having some spit up and she rarely does this otherwise. Usually she would be a two boob eater but lately she's been eating on,one side for like 5 minutes then screaming burping and falling asleep. We have been doing every 2 hours during the day so wondering if I should stretch it to 3, her weight gain has been fine.

[arimaythea]

Oct 2, 2015 11:06:06 GMT -5 cbnola71 said:

So if you offer, or LO takes only one boob normally, when you pump due to LO taking a bottle, do you pump only the side that they would have eaten had then been BF?

The LC at the breastfeeding support group I attend told me to pump both sides after a feed 1-2 times a day for building a stash for bottle feeding.

ETA - I realize now you are probably asking about pumping when you are away from LO. I would likely still pump both sides for efficiency in this case.