So I’ve been breastfeeding since Skye was born but I’m still not having a lot of milk come through so I’m having to give her formula to top her up, at the beginning hardly any milk came through, then a few weeks after I was easily getting 6ozs and now I’m lucky if I can get 3 out, why has it gone down?? I breastfeed and I pump on top of that too, any suggestions??
So idk if I’m an asshole for thinking this but a girl I used to go to school with is having her 3rd kid and she’s planning a baby shower and she had one with her other two. I feel like a baby shower is something you do with ur first pregnancy. I live far from my family so I didn’t have one but i did have a baby registry and I’m not even doing that with this pregnancy. Idk I just feel like 3 baby showers is a lot! Especially when she gets things handed to her. Idk maybe I’m an ass for thinking that
So I have a half sleeve tattoo of a peacock and a cherry blossom tree on my lower arm and I’m wanting to get the top part done but have no idea what to get to go with my peacock. Any ideas???
Ok, so my friend is wanting to get pregnant but..... Her fiancé does not want kids, at lease for another 3-5 years he said... so she came up with the idea to have me pee on a stick for her and show it to him so that he’ll be comfortable with not wearing a condom and finishing in her.. basically the whole idea is to make him think she’s pregnant already...... so I do this favor for her or should I tell my girl to chill? He and my husband are friends through us and he’s going to invite him over tonight and run it by him...
I’m scheduled for a c section Thursday and I’m a bit nervous. Have any of you had a c section? If so what was your experience?
I love how I repeatedly told my father in law not to let my daughter root through the toy box because she doesn’t want anything out of it anyway and he keeps picking her up and taking her to the toy box no matter how many times I tell her no and tell him she doesn’t even want anything out of there anyway. At first I told him “only let her get one toy” so she picks one up and he is still holding her over the toy box then tries to put her over the baby gate so she can grab more. I’m sorry but you aren’t the one that has to pick up all these toys. You aren’t the one who has to put them back. He never picks up toys. Everyone wants to get the toys out for her out no one ever wants to help me pick them back up. The fact that I said not to let her get anything out of the box more than 5 times really pisses me off. You may be her grandparent but you aren’t her parent. So now I have mass toys to pic up on top of the toys she already had out from this morning
Casey·
I got nothing out from pumping but baby gained weight pumping isn’t always a true reflection
sarah·
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@lovemyboys8, thanks Hun 😊, Skye is gaining weight really well and the health visitor is pleased with her progress, I thought my body wasn’t producing enough milk as every time after a feed she always still hungry x
Casey·
@sarahlucindagiddins, is she hungry or just looking for a little snack/top up? Ten minutes might satisfy her? Your supply will settle soon and you might manage to pump higher volumes. It’s so difficult to know when they are so little x
sarah·
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@casey19, exactly, she is on me for quite a while, she tends to eat her hand and start crying about 10 mins after a feed so I will give her 3ozs of formula and that tends to be enough, but before I would give her that I will put her back on me but the way she goes on like there’s no milk coming out and she gets very frustrated. I’ve spoken to the health visitor / midwife about producing more milk and they said to put Skye on me for longer and pump but nothing seems to work x
Casey·
@sarahlucindagiddins, try keep her close through her top up. When Hamish was little and I struggled with supply I would run a bath for us twice a day, with swim nappy on as he guaranteed pooped we would lie in the warm water I would try hand express slightly to start supply and latch him on. I needed my hubby there to help get him in and out safely and dry him when I got dried, worked for my supply. Also simple things like making sure you are getting enough water and try eating oats every day it’s meant to help supply and eating enough in general xx
sarah·
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@casey19, I’ll try having a bath with Skye, I’ve wanted to do that for the last few weeks but worried she wouldn’t like it, my eating is abit all over the place atm I get so busy with the kids and forget to eat. I didn’t breastfeed my first one and only managed a couple of months with my second, but this time I’m determined to do it for as long as possible 😊, thanks for the advice xx
Casey·
@sarahlucindagiddins, message me anytime I work with health visitors and speak to bf mums regularly their hands are tied to professional advice only. I loved our baths, helped a blocked duct as well! I scooped water over him and kept him cosy lying down my belly so most of him was covered in water. Proper Eating and water intake can greatly, even get oh to make a sandwich you can grab during the day, use slow cooker for tea time so you can throw food in and not think about it, baby led weaning slow cook app has some amazing recipes. I’m all for making life easier especially with a newborn! I would also say your supply should settle about 6-8 weeks but it’s also when a little sleep regression starts so is a confusing time xx
sarah·
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@casey19, I love the idea of the bath with Skye, skin to skin she loves 😊, oh I’m the same lol making life easier, everything is abit manic atm so any advice is appreciated 😊, I’m not getting a lot of sleep atm Skye is still getting into a routine but she is getting better and it’s hard to get any sleep during the day as I have 2 other kids too, but when they are in school I will try and sleep a little but I always have things to do xx
sarah·
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@lovemyboys8, that’s really interesting, I’ve never heard of that before lol I can relate to that as well she does have different sucking stages, I’m going to ask the health visitor to do the weigh feed and see what that says, thanks Hun 😊 xx