Y'all I still can't believe we nursed for 18 months. The first year was the easiest and after that was hell because I stopped pumping after she turned one. So this next baby I'm thinking of mostly pumping and bottle feeding at home, and nursing when we go out so I don't gotta deal with bringing bottles lol
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I stopped pumping when she turned one and honestly I should have stopped nursing and only gave her expressed milk at that point, it would have saved me a lot of soreness that I'm still experiencing
Boobs are so much easier! Now that mine is 1 he gets whole milk when the boob isn’t available. Works well for us 💕. I’ve been breastfeeding for 4 years straight 😱😱😱😱
For me boob is easier because I don't have to get up in the middle of the night but that's about it. My daughter just started drinking milk this month. My boobs are still sore from when she was teething and constantly nursing right before she weaned! But wow 4 years that's a long time I'm not sure I'd even want to still have boobs after that lol
@dankerson, are you sure you don’t have an infection? They shouldn’t be sore like that. I had thrush for about a month and it was a nightmare!!!! Especially if you were bit, you might need a cream or antibiotic ❤️, not necessarily thrush, but there are a lot of different types of infections.
Haha- I love breastfeeding. Just not nipple issues (thrush etc).
@amysbabies maybe I did/do. I know she was nursing for comfort so not really getting milk. I was drying up from being pregnant also. So my boobs didn't have any lubrication on top of her constantly being on the boob and biting. It's still uncomfortable to lay on my chest. I'm basically touched out. And she still tries to nurse sometimes and she scratches my boobs in her sleep. I loved nursing but I definitely need a longggg break lol
Gifts for nurses?
Anyone planning to bring gifts for your nurses during/after delivery? If so, what are you giving them?
need suggestions....
So at work we have a drink thief. Any time we put a drink in the fridge it disappears. I swear I know who it is. So far he's taken drinks from everyone that works in the office, we even put a sign to not take anything you didn't pay for and wrote our names on the drinks. The person I think is taking them works out of the office so we never get to see who is drinking them.
took me 10 minutes to pump this from both breast after feeding Ethan for 25 minutes. My milk supply is going crazy yesterday I pumped 8 bottles my milk stash is going to be great
Pumping
I hate pumping. It's damn near impossible with a newborn and an almost 3 yr old. But my lo isn't gaining weight so I have to pump and bottle feed after every nursing session. So I breastfeed for 45 min (nurse, burp, change diaper, nurse, burp), bottle feed an extra ounce, then pump for 10-15 min. And do it all again next time. And lo does not like to sleep or be put down. How on earth do I do this?
I misunderstood the process of getting my breast pump via insurance, and now will not have it at the time I give birth. I should have within 5 days or so after. I want to breastfeed, but not exclusively by nursing. I intend to also pump and bottle feed so my husband is also able to feed her and bond. Do they have pumps for while you are in the hospital? And if I do end up having to wait a week or so to have my pump, will there be issues getting her to then take a bottle as well after only nursin...
I wish I would of bottle fed with expressed milk also