I know...that stinks!!!!!!! It is supposed to be just windy and cold on Wednesday here...praying it changes some more for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by ThreeMenAndALAdy
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I know...that stinks!!!!!!! It is supposed to be just windy and cold on Wednesday here...praying it changes some more for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by ThreeMenAndALAdy
Thanks. You seem like you're doing better today. I LOVE the name Eli!!!
I know it isn't the magic bullet! Just thinking get pg while body is still in shock (6 months or so after birth) from everything could sway girl!Quote:
Originally Posted by spinningmadly
Sorry the storm is hitting you Beachy :/ I just saw that on the news
uh oh....please tell me it didn't change!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by spinningmadly
Thats a good point , I think the few people I know with kids that close had girls. Hahaha except in DH's family , of course ahhhh
Oh maybe I'm outdated!! Haha sorry!
My news says sat/sun/mon for bc cost
Nc coast .. Stupid auto correct
Yucky storms. Here we have freezing cold temps and heavy wind with snowflakes. It is NASTY outside.
Rosie it that going on right now?
THe nasty cold weather? Yup. Actually it snowed yesterday but it all melted.
I woke up this AM really sad and cried for the first part of the day and then I went and picked up the boys from preschool and they were so sweet and we talked about the baby and I realized it will all be OK. Then I started thinking about my plan for #4 and it got me feeling much better!Quote:
Originally Posted by ThreeMenAndALAdy
NC, just for some perspective, I was really crushed when I found out DS2 was a boy. It wasn't that I didn't want a boy, it was just making me obsessive that I wanted to "lock in" at least one daughter. After I found out DS2 was a boy we went out to eat and I was so glum my DH said "look we can try again for a girl..." and I was still pregnant with DS2 when I was trying to figure out the hows and when of concieving my DD. There is a 3 and a half year gap between DS1 and 2; DD was concieved when DS2 was almost 8 monhs old, but sitll 7 months old!! Right now, living it, it is pretty crazy, DS2 is still in diapers and gets annoyed when I'm feeding the baby a lot, but my DH helps out a lot with DS2 and DS1 helps too, but I really feel like not giving my body time to recover from DS2's pregnancy really really swayed for me at least!
After the c-section, I felt it...I bouced back really fast from DS1 and 2's c-sections and pregnancy, but this one has been tough, but the reward has been so worth it...everyday I marvel and it amazes me that I actually have a daughter--that she is here in the flesh. It also made me appreciate my boys in new ways, and helped clear up the fog of longing.
I think your new sway plan sounds fabulous, and I know BF'ing isn't a magic pink bullet, but it does seem to sway pink quite often. As far as timing goes, my DH and I prob got pregnant with Lillian with sex in the am of the day I ovulated. I think timing is totally worthless. I think maternal condition/diet reigns supreme over anything else.
BTW, I am such a thread stalker! You guys are all sooo funny, and I love reading this thread!
Good luck tomorrow Rosie, I pray you will hear pink and go shopping...and Tiff, I def. think you should consider going for a 5th. My sister has 5 (1 DD, 4 boys after) and she loves having 5 and says that it's not any harder than 4, so I guess see how 4 goes and then add on if you really want to follow your dream. I can say in all honesty that I am so happy we went and tried again and had DD.
Don't you just hate that? It's like.. can we get through Halloween and Thanksgiving first before the dang snow arrives? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
I just decided nothing else would do, and it was all I did... I'm not sure what the protocol is in US Hospitals or elsewhere, but here it's important to begin breastfeeding after birth ASAP after birth... and, well, not do timed feeds... only feed on demand. And no supplementation. It's a give and take and if you don't tell your body to make it, it will start to decrease. So since I have such a big interest in pregnancy/birth/beyond, I was pretty read up on it and knew what I wanted and was going to do... and did, it's awesome. I'll support you with this bub! <3 <3 Let me know if you ever need any advice! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiffani3
I want to become (in the short-term goal) a doula and lactation consultant... and in a long-term goal, a midwife.
I wish it would wait until the day before Christmas Eve to snow..... haha
My little guy who's 2.5 still demands to nurse even though I swear there is nothing in there! :( I feel bad for him, and tell him that baby sister needs it to grow. He still does it though, it puzzles me! I guess it's the closeness and comfort bond.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Ya know I could probably kick myself right now. When DS2 was 3 months old our contraception failed...I took the morning after pill because the last thing I wanted was to get pregnant. It probably would have been my girl :-(
So is your scan today or tmw? I was thinking Friday for some reason. You still have a great chance of having a girl in there woman!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
ME TOO!!!! And along with it a short Winter! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Yeah my scan is tomorrow. We chose Saturday so Dh could be there and the boys too. They have the ultrasound thing hooked up to large screen tvs and couches in the room so you can bring up to 6 people with.
That's neat! The place we went to was like that too. My DH did a great job keeping the boys in the room! At first I thought it was a burden that we couldn't get a sitter but in the end I realized that it is special that they get to see their baby sibling and are somewhat interested the first few mins lol. I am also thanking the Lord that I've been able to have 2 medical/anatomy scans and now one more because she's so stubborn and won't let them see how close she is to my cervix! And the boys get to go each time. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
I can't wait until your scan tmw! How many hrs now?
Totally the closeness/comfort. As long as it's still mutual, no reason to stop, even if nothing is coming out! Do you think you'll tandem nurse with you girl or are you going to kind of stick with the 'don't offer/ask' unless he asks until he stops?Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly Spirit
I'm going with the flow... I figure if he still asks to nurse, then I'll let him. He still gets one nurse a night (he asks.) I've noticed a decrease in my milk and my boobs are achey but so far it's been okay. And so I very well may end up tandem nursing.
My scan is at 10:45am my time--central time zone. So what 16 hours to go or so! Like I posted on another thread I won't be home until around 3 or 4 pm though so I won't be able to update untl then since I don't have internet on my phone.
Thank you sweetie I'm defiantly going to go for it. It's in my mind now, I guess it will be hard but my two older boys are so helpful and ds1 loves babies he did say a couple of months ago he want me to have two babies so he might just get his wish lolQuote:
Originally Posted by auroara78
Suregena thank you I will call you when I'm in labor you can pop round and deliver my baby it can be your first project!!!!! Lol.
With the bf yeah will probably be quizzing you all the time. Thank you hun xx
I think my boys will like getting to see the baby on tv as DS1 calls it. He is a little confused and keeps asking if the baby is coming home with us. Nope not until spring!!! it is nice they provide places like that though because they are not allowed in the scan room at the clinic.
I asked my little psychic DS1 if we had another baby what would it be and he said girl so now it is a sealed deal! I told DH my plan and he just laughed.
He still doesn't know I know this is a boy....seeing him cheers me up so I haven't been sad around him at all.
Yay Tiffani! Let's do this together girl!
Thank you auroara! I really appreciate all your support! We love having you on this thread so crash anytime!!!
Good luck Rosie...you HAVE to hear pink. I really think you will. I have a good feeling about you!!
I just started the process to become a LLLI leader for that reason... I don't have the medical background to make accreditation as a lactation consultant "easy," so being a volunteer consultant is my first step.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena;
I hope so NC! Everyone seems to have a good feeling about me hearing pink which I appreciate! Just hope not to let ya'll down!
I agree Auroura stop by lots, we love to talk! haha I think the 243 pages proves it.
Heeheeh! Breastfeeding is so easy... I would love to help you any way I can, obviously over the internet - but you know!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiffani3
Any particular reason why you breastfed shorter each child? Not dissing! I'm just curious if there was a reason behind it... i.e. if it was because of issues I'd be curious to hear because sometimes I can point stuff out.
It's like my aunt... she was saying she just didn't make enough milk. The first question I asked her was when she first tried to breastfeed after my cousin's birth, and she said, "Over 24 hours later... they kept her in the nursery so I could sleep." and I told her that might have caused a rocky start *maybe* because the necessary immediate hormone response didn't happen immediately. It's not something that's magic, but waiting that long to breastfeed after birth would, to me, send the wrong signals to your body when it is at its most cocktail-y of hormones.
I usually explain supplementation like... 1 supplementation feed = 1+ less breastmilk feed.
Gosh, there are so many 'booby traps' in early breastfeeding (especially in the US because of things like getting constant free formula samples, etc. When you're in those early hard days/moments when you just want to give up, cry, curl into a ball and sleep... it makes it so tempting, like a big relief... but it doesn't help and hinders, instead.)
I'm rammmmmmmbling!
I guess I am a BF queen, haha.
I don't have medical background, either... so I should say that I would take a similar process. Part of doula courses are courses in breastfeeding. I'm all over it! Er, after the next baby! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shellbelle
Yay for ds1 love him! Yeah let's do this!!! I'm not gonna tell dh, he won't mind lol xxQuote:
Originally Posted by NCBeachyGrl
I'm actually thinking of doing a doula workshop in Austin, but right now I know that I wouldn't be able to be a birth doula. DH is gone too much and I will be attached to a baby for the next couple of years, but it seems like a good time to start the process. I suppose I could do post-partum work, because that would be easier to schedule. We'll see.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I need help breastfeeding too!
I don't make milk period. I try breastfeeding right away and pumping. Neither of my boys latched but I had the shield and pumped. I did it every 2 hours faithfully. No matter what I never ever made more than 2 ounces in my left breast and only could get 1/2 ounce in my right. All milk flow seems to stop around 8 weeks or sooner. Doc thinks its something wrong with me. Also it is EXTREMELY painful. My grandma had a super super hard time producing and my mom and two of my aunts were "dry" as well. Should I just give up trying? I tried supplements and different recipes, pills...you name it. NOthing touched my supply amount.
Thank you ladies! :)
Some people (me included) don't respond well to the pump. If I just looked at what I pumped, I would think that I didn't have milk, but I have exclusively bf two of my babies and they gained more weight faster than the charts said they should, so we knew I had it. If you can get the next baby to latch, you may find that your body responds better to a baby than to a machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Was your pain from trying to get the baby to latch, or from the pump?
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Originally Posted by Rosie85
It could be all sorts of things... I think there is a genuinely small percentage of women who can't produce enough. Have you read kellymom before? Were you sure you had a good latch? Breastfeeding should not be painful, i.e. not really beyond a couple weeks. The baby and you are learning simultaneously and getting that latch just right makes all the difference... in milk flow, milk stimulation, etc.
Do you know about foremilk/hindmilk? Have you tried laying skin to skin as OFTEN as possible and feeding more frequently then every 2 hours? Did you feed on one side *only* until baby seemed satisfied, even if that took 50 minutes, and even then did you still offer the other breast? I'm not sure what kind of suggestions/help you got but there is so much bad info out there, even by medical professionals...
http://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supp...ndular-tissue/
Do you have small breasts/very little tissue?
OH... also, the pump is a terrible indicator of how much milk you are making!!! I cannot stress this enough! A baby's ability to suck and create suction is FAR, FAR superior to a pump. Even if you get 1 drop of milk with a pump, that baby is very likely getting much, much more than that.