lily
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Post by lily on May 1, 2018 7:51:47 GMT -6
How old is your LO?
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?
0-3 mo
Getting through growth spurts okay?
4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?
If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going?
9-12mo
Do you have plans to TTC that affect your BF plans?
Questions/AW?
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday?
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piratecat
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Post by piratecat on May 1, 2018 8:03:44 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 11 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping. My pumping supply has been down so he gets some formula at daycare.
9-12mo
Do you have plans to TTC that affect your BF plans? No plans yet.
Questions/AW? Recently, he has refused to nurse a few times, either after he gets home from daycare and before dinner, or after dinner and before bedtime. I'm not sure if it is just a phase (he is cutting some teeth too) or if it is a typical progression for his age.
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Definitely Christmas.
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itsmemeg
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Post by itsmemeg on May 1, 2018 9:25:20 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 5 days
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing
How’s it going? So far so good. Her latch is getting better so I’m trying some feeds without the shield. She latches better on my right than my left.
0-3 mo
Getting through growth spurts okay?
Haven’t hit any yet so stay tuned!
Questions/AW?
She is waking about every 1-1.5 hours to nurse but only nurses one side for about 5-10 minutes. She goes down back easily but I wish she would nurse both sides for 10 minutes a side and possibly sleep longer but alas...newborns
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday?
4th of July. We have a family reunion every weekend closest to the 4th so I have fond childhood memories of that and we still do them. I’ve never missed one in my entire life. Also, now that my mom lives at the lake we tend to spend some time there on/around the 4th which is always fun.
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Post by babystandish on May 1, 2018 9:54:58 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 11 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing
9-12mo
Do you have plans to TTC that affect your BF plans? We are NTNP since my cycle hasn’t returned yet. Once my cycle returns we will start TTC.
Questions/AW?
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Christmas! I love everything about it
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Post by lildiamondeyes on May 1, 2018 17:02:41 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Almost 12 month! Friday is the big day.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? It's going good. This is uncharted territory and I feel he doesn't nurse enough.
9-12mo
Do you have plans to TTC that affect your BF plans? Uhh, no. No immediate plans to ttc.
Questions/AW?
how is my baby a year already??
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Christmas
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Post by gimmesugar on May 3, 2018 9:59:52 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Turning 1 year old on Monday 😭
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping at work. Pumping output fluctuates, but we have a good stash in the deep freezer that we need to use anyway. I try not to stress about it since he eats a lot of solids at daycare and nurses fine on the weekend.
9-12mo
Do you have plans to TTC that affect your BF plans? Oh man, nope. It took us over 2 years to conceive DS, so I have accepted that he might be our 1 and only. He’s awesome, though, and MH and I both agree that we aren’t interested in adding another to the mix right now anyway. MH thinks I need to have a fair amount of time off from pumping everyday before we even consider it.
Questions/AW? 1st birthday party is this weekend!
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Christmas! My favorite time of year in general is October to December.
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smilesp
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Post by smilesp on May 5, 2018 8:51:15 GMT -6
LO is 1 month old.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?
Nursing...I’ve only had to pump a couple of times so far but will be regularly when I go back to work.
0-3 mo
Getting through growth spurts okay? I don’t know if we’ve had any yet.
Questions/AW?
How long does it take for supply to regulate? I’m leaking like crazy and literally have milk just spraying out.
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday?
4th of July. My small town has a really funny parade. And I like the food.
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itsmemeg
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Post by itsmemeg on May 6, 2018 18:16:06 GMT -6
smilesp I’m wondering the same for when supply regulates. I’m a leaky mess over here. Nurse on one side and the other is shooting out like a water hose. I didn’t have this with DS so it’s totally new to me.
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lily
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Post by lily on May 6, 2018 18:19:26 GMT -6
smilesp itsmemeg supply often regulates between 6-8 weeks but it can take up to 12 weeks. Could be longer for oversupply. My personal anecdote is supply mostly regulated around 7-8 weeks but I still had to wear breastpads for the first 6 months. But I wasn’t changing them all day like in the early weeks.
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smilesp
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Post by smilesp on May 6, 2018 18:23:20 GMT -6
smilesp I’m wondering the same for when supply regulates. I’m a leaky mess over here. Nurse on one side and the other is shooting out like a water hose. I didn’t have this with DS so it’s totally new to me. Yeah I had some leaking with DS1 but it wasn’t literally spraying out. Crazy. I guess it’s better than not enough though. Yesterday I felt something wet hitting my leg and looked up to see if the ceiling was leaking. Nope, just milk spraying out of my boob. |
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Post by babystandish on May 6, 2018 21:36:10 GMT -6
smilesp I’m wondering the same for when supply regulates. I’m a leaky mess over here. Nurse on one side and the other is shooting out like a water hose. I didn’t have this with DS so it’s totally new to me. Yeah I had some leaking with DS1 but it wasn’t literally spraying out. Crazy. I guess it’s better than not enough though. Yesterday I felt something wet hitting my leg and looked up to see if the ceiling was leaking. Nope, just milk spraying out of my boob. Mine didn’t stop leaking until DS was 18 months lol. Now I’m almost 12 months in with DD and both my breasts leak during let down still. I always have to have breast pads in. |
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Post by aves0708 on May 7, 2018 19:10:44 GMT -6
Tail end of 7 months.
Nursing. Things are going good.
4-8 months
She has her two bottom teeth and I think more are on their way soon. She’s been chomping on the teethers like crazy.
GTKY: Halloween!
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Post by sunfrogger on May 8, 2018 0:08:34 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 10w on Wed Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing. 0-3 moGetting through growth spurts okay? So far they don't seem to phase us. My DD1 was crazy when it came to growth spurts but honestly I haven't seen a difference with O. However... This one has srs reflux issues. We only eat one side at a time bc if we don't it all comes right back up, which i thought would make life much harder but it seems to have actually given me MORE supply so on struggling with oversupply and OALD again. Nursing is still suuuupeer messy. I'm looking forward to it calming down a bit. We still nurse pretty frequently for her age sometimes, so while I'm an advocate for on demand nursing, I'm trying to hold her to every 2-2.5 hours during the day. Not trying to nurse every hour forever... So. If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? I go back in 3 weeks 😩 Questions/AW?  GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Christmas! I love giving gifts. |
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gingy
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Post by gingy on May 8, 2018 13:17:54 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 8mo tomorrow
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping. Mostly good. He's a very distracted eater.
4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? He's cutting his first tooth now. Hasn't affected us yet.
Questions/AW?
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving. Best food holiday plus no gifts to buy for anyone. That shit stresses me out.
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Post by grumpycat on May 8, 2018 19:31:21 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Almost 7 months old.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing. Going well. He gets distracted and it is unpleasant. I've NIP a few times now and him getting distracted is honestly the biggest problem.
4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? Lots of drool but no teeth yet. Ds1 had a tooth pop out around 7 months old so I know it's coming.
If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? I SAHM.
Questions/AW? We survived six days apart when ds2 was about 5 months old. We had a destination wedding to attend. I pumped and ds2 reluctantly took a bottle but we were both very happy to get back to nursing when I returned! I pumped on the beach and on several flights. I felt like a badass.
GTKY: what’s your favorite holiday? Halloween.
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Post by grumpycat on May 9, 2018 2:32:57 GMT -6
smilesp itsmemeg I tend toward oversupply and I mostly just leak at night now or during first nursing session of the morning. I used a haakaa from like 1.5 months to 5 months during my MOTN feedings to collect the milk I was leaking anyway, help with engorgement, and build up my freezer supply. I was able to save enough just doing that for my vacation away from the baby.
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