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May 7th, 2016, 12:39 PM
#11
Swaying Advice Coach
Originally Posted by
TaytumJ
Hoping it stops being so painful soon though too! They aren't much fun! I figured I'd pump 3x a day after he eats to begin building up a stockpile, so we can just see how things go. Today I pumped for about 10 mins extra on each side and got 3oz so I figured that was a good start!
Successful blue sway in May of 2016! Thanks so much Gender Dreaming!
I would cut way back on that for now because I think it's making you have an oversupply (that is normal but should go away) and also may be making you sorer than necessary.
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May 7th, 2016, 12:41 PM
#12
Swaying Advice Coach
Originally Posted by
TaytumJ
Did you just let the other side stay hard? I'm going to try to do 5-10 on each side since I think that should be enough for the little guy right now.
5-10 pumping or nursing??
One of my guys would not always nurse enough and he ended up getting bad poops from foremilk vs. hind milk so I'd try to nurse one side dry even if you have to put him on the other breast for a bit to keep it from being super hurty.
What I have found is right before I'm about to lose my mind because it's so sore/full that means it's about to get better. Hang in there, your body knows what it's doing.
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May 7th, 2016, 01:52 PM
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First of all HUGE congrats on your son! My firstborn son is most definitely my BFF (shhh, don't tell the other kids lol)...
I agree with everyone that posted, great advice.
I am now breastfeeding my 4th child, I have done it with all 4 but not all as long as I would like to have and it was definitely my own fault. My babies did nurse on one side at a time in the beginning due to the same reasons (milk coma) and no matter what I did they would not wake, so next feed would be on the other breast. In the beginning it feels like you are always feeding it becomes very taxing and I personally did not run to pump I would hate for you to burn yourself out...
The fullness and soreness will subside after a few weeks. Baby Ava is now 4 1/2 months and is going strong(nothing but breast milk) despite me returning to work at 6 weeks postpartum. I pump on the way to work and driving home, Medela sells a car charger ( I am only out of the home 5 hours a day). I don't pump if I am home, I offer the breast always..
One mistake I have made for my previous babies is that if baby was fussy I automatically thought that they were still hungry and did not get enough milk from me and quickly give the hospital given samples of formula hence starts a downhill pattern..Less breast more formula less production.. babies are fussy for many other reasons, gas, tired etcc.. if they are peeing and pooping and of course gaining it should be fine.
It will get easier, even if feels like you are about to lose your mind (welcome to motherhood lol)!
Congrats again!
Last edited by Jany1025; May 7th, 2016 at 01:55 PM.
2 Boys 6 & 9 yrs old 6 year old IVF and has NF1 - PGD to test for NF1 and Gender
Cycle #1-August 2010-Transferred 1 Girl= BFN
Cycle #2- Nov 2010- No Unaffected Females to Transfer No Unaffected Males to Freeze
Cycle# 3- May 2011- 5 Fertilized --Frozen on Day 2 to Batch with Next Cycle
Cycle #4- June 2011- Transferred 3 Girls=-BFN
Cycle#5- September 2011-- Day 5 Biopsy-- Grade A Hatched Blastocyst Girl= BFN
Cycle #6- Different Doctor-Dr Braverman January 2012-Transferred 3 Girls=BFN
Cycle #7-April 2012 Transferred 6 Girls =BFN
Cycle #8-July 2012 Transferred 3 Girls=BFN--WTF!
Cycle #9-October 2012 Transferred 2 Girls- Beta-=13 Chemical Pregnancy...
April 2013- 40 yrs old- New RE- SIRM-NYC/Westchester- Transferred 2 Girl Blasts & 2 Girl Morulas= BFP!!!!
April 2015- 42 yrs old- SIRM- 1 Girl Transferred- BFP!!
Samantha
12/17/13 8pounds 3oz
Ava
12/28/15 8pounds 4oz
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May 7th, 2016, 05:50 PM
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Dream Vet
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May 10th, 2016, 03:57 PM
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Honestly, it's probably better to just learn as you go. When I nursed my first in 1991 they weren't as militant with the advice and while they did push the formula samples on me, at the same time there wasn't a lactation consultant standing over me going "no not like that you're doing it wrong" either. There is a learning curve for you and for the baby and every mom and baby pair is different. Sometimes I think the more they try to help you, the harder it is. Those yellow diapers are like gold haha!!
Don't be afraid of mastitis. It sounds awful and certainly isn't fun but does happen now and then (I never had it with my first though and I was horribly engorged OMG) and all you do is just nurse or pump more and then they can give you antibiotics if you need them. It isn't as scary as they make it sound.
If you're dying, then yeah pump a little out. I usually did it in the shower but that's cause I didn't have a pump haha. Just do enough so you're not totally miserable - you are trying to just relieve the pressure but not encourage your body to keep making more and more.
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May 10th, 2016, 07:07 PM
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Dream Vet
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May 10th, 2016, 07:27 PM
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I tell ya, I could write a book about the weirdness of having my first baby in the early 90's and my last in the 2010's. They are better about some things but the redonk advice they suddenly start insisting on with each consecutive kid was rather amusing. With my first, they barely let me have him rooming in with me and insisted on rushing him off to bathe him, with my last they were yelling at me to do kangaroo care. I"m like "pick a lane guys".
You know what you're doing more than they (or you) think. Imagine trying to learn to walk or talk if someone was hovering over you, shouting instructions constantly and never giving you a chance to find out what worked for you. I have no doubt you are doing great and over time it's going to get easier and easier.
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May 13th, 2016, 07:02 AM
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Dream Vet
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May 13th, 2016, 07:51 AM
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Dream Vet
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May 13th, 2016, 12:48 PM
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Doing what you can and hoping you're not screwing up too bad is the key to parenting.
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