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Post by kiri on Jun 14, 2018 9:24:24 GMT -6
I’m thinking I’m done BFing. My goal was to feed collostrum in the hospital and I did that. F has her 1st appointment this afternoon and we’ll talk to the pediatrician about things. We’re into day 3 here and no sign of anything happening, despite how much boob time she’s had. I know there’s still time but I’m not optimistic. Do what you think is best for you and baby. I don’t think that my milk came in until day 5 the first go around. I supplemented because of weight concerns until I had milk. Hopefully you are not stressed about it. I’m sure that your pedi will support whatever decision you make.
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Post by kiri on Jun 14, 2018 9:26:42 GMT -6
Doctor just came in. She thinks one more night because they want me to be fever free for 24 hours and that would give me 48 hours on these drugs. You poor thing. Hopefully the stay at the hospital is giving you time and R&R for your body to heal beyond the mastitis. Are you at least feeling better?
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Post by robot on Jun 14, 2018 9:30:16 GMT -6
I’m thinking I’m done BFing. My goal was to feed collostrum in the hospital and I did that. F has her 1st appointment this afternoon and we’ll talk to the pediatrician about things. We’re into day 3 here and no sign of anything happening, despite how much boob time she’s had. I know there’s still time but I’m not optimistic. Do what you think is best for you and baby. I don’t think that my milk came in until day 5 the first go around. I supplemented because of weight concerns until I had milk. Hopefully you are not stressed about it. I’m sure that your pedi will support whatever decision you make. Yeah, our pediatricians are great, they got me through the severe supply issues I had with DD1. (Essentially my milk never came in, so hence my doubt this time.) I’m not sure how I feel. I guess I wish it worked for me but I know from experience baby will be fine too.
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Post by theduchess on Jun 14, 2018 10:20:12 GMT -6
TTMA engorgement: my milk came in fast and furious. DD2 is barely 3 days old and my breasts are hard as rocks and she’s not demanding my supply. Obviously it took my milk longer to come in the first time around. I’m worried about mastitis if my body doesn’t expel this milk. Do I pump? Will my body self-regulate? Ow!
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Post by beersandweirs on Jun 14, 2018 10:34:14 GMT -6
TTMA engorgement: my milk came in fast and furious. DD2 is barely 3 days old and my breasts are hard as rocks and she’s not demanding my supply. Obviously it took my milk longer to come in the first time around. I’m worried about mastitis if my body doesn’t expel this milk. Do I pump? Will my body self-regulate? Ow! I had this too! I just made sure to really massage my breasts even though he wasn't eating the full supply. After about the second day of being engorged, it was a lot better.
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Post by birkmmm on Jun 14, 2018 11:57:38 GMT -6
TTMA engorgement: my milk came in fast and furious. DD2 is barely 3 days old and my breasts are hard as rocks and she’s not demanding my supply. Obviously it took my milk longer to come in the first time around. I’m worried about mastitis if my body doesn’t expel this milk. Do I pump? Will my body self-regulate? Ow! this happens to me, I just hand express until I am not in pain from engorgement. it should regulate and slow down in the next few days. The first couple weeks are so hard. I feel like I walk around with milk stained clothes 24/7
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Post by birkmmm on Jun 14, 2018 11:59:41 GMT -6
Anyone else have the Wonder Weeks app and follow it? I don't check it a lot because id rather not know my baby is about to be a grouch LOL but last night and today have been rough for Gemma poor baby just hasn't been happy. She's been sleeping and wakes up crying nurses cries and goes back to sleep. So I checked the app and sure enough she is in the middle of her first leap. makes sense!
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Post by kiri on Jun 14, 2018 12:23:32 GMT -6
Anyone else have the Wonder Weeks app and follow it? I don't check it a lot because id rather not know my baby is about to be a grouch LOL but last night and today have been rough for Gemma poor baby just hasn't been happy. She's been sleeping and wakes up crying nurses cries and goes back to sleep. So I checked the app and sure enough she is in the middle of her first leap. makes sense! I got the app but I’ll probably forget to check it. I did look at it yesterday since S was having a harder time settling down for bed but it looks like the first leap is at 6 weeks. I thought that I saw that the leaps weren’t scientifically proven but they did seem to coincide with fussiness with DS1 so who knows.
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Post by budders on Jun 14, 2018 12:34:36 GMT -6
TTMA engorgement: my milk came in fast and furious. DD2 is barely 3 days old and my breasts are hard as rocks and she’s not demanding my supply. Obviously it took my milk longer to come in the first time around. I’m worried about mastitis if my body doesn’t expel this milk. Do I pump? Will my body self-regulate? Ow! Do not pump, it will signal your body to make more. When I am engorged, I take a hot shower, and then hand express afterwards until my breasts feel softer. I massage and press on the hard spots as I hand express. I collected the milk in a bottle, and started my freezer storage.
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Post by armpants on Jun 14, 2018 14:22:45 GMT -6
Speedy I would take it. Even nort having eaten a ton anesthesia really constipates. When I had my egg retrieval to have DS I didn't take a stoll softener and my god that was a HUGE mistake.
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Post by armpants on Jun 14, 2018 14:36:26 GMT -6
Doctor just came in. She thinks one more night because they want me to be fever free for 24 hours and that would give me 48 hours on these drugs. You poor thing. Hopefully the stay at the hospital is giving you time and R&R for your body to heal beyond the mastitis. Are you at least feeling better? I really am. Plus H is bringing DS to visit me for a little bit since I'm feeling so much better. I can't wait!
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Post by armpants on Jun 14, 2018 14:38:27 GMT -6
robot do whatever gives you peace of mind. Breast feeding is hard and can be so freaking emotional. But as long as baby is fed it's all good.
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Post by jessila on Jun 14, 2018 15:37:06 GMT -6
Okay, question guys. The nurse offered me a stool softener this morning. I've already passed gas a number of times, but no urge to have a bowel movement. I haven't really been eating much though, had a BM the night before surgery, and I vomited a lot of what I had eaten last night. Should I take it or do you think I'll be okay? My BMs lately have been softer and the urge comes on fast so I'm worried about overdoing it and having diarrhea. I also never got stopped up with narcotics previously. Take it. Just do it for at least the first BM. The colace didn't make me gassy but helped things move along. I went Tuesday night prior to my c/s and then not again until Saturday morning. You don't want to have to push with those muscles right now.
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Post by robot on Jun 14, 2018 16:16:20 GMT -6
😭 I really overdid it today. I walked around Target, not for very long, but too much clearly. So many clots. My stitches hurt so bad.
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Post by Speedy on Jun 14, 2018 19:16:04 GMT -6
I'm laying here in bed waiting for the nurse to come check my vitals and incision. H is already out and F has been down for a half hour already. I just want her to hurry up so I can get some sleep before his next feeding!
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Post by mrsweasley on Jun 14, 2018 23:30:55 GMT -6
I am very antsy for the attempted version tomorrow. I should be sleeping but I can't. I have everything all packed and ready to go in case we end up delivering. I'm really nervous about the possibility of a c-section.
My dad came and met us halfway to take the kids for the weekend and it feels weird not to have them in the house either
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Post by lily on Jun 15, 2018 0:44:09 GMT -6
Hope you get some sleep mrsweasley and have a successful version!
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Post by adeline on Jun 15, 2018 0:44:15 GMT -6
mrsweasley I found it so weird knowing what day would be baby day too. I didn’t sleep at all the night before, kept looking at the clock scared I’d sleep through the alarm. All the best for tomorrow!
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Post by armpants on Jun 15, 2018 2:12:55 GMT -6
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Post by oreobitsy on Jun 15, 2018 6:18:24 GMT -6
Okay, question guys. The nurse offered me a stool softener this morning. I've already passed gas a number of times, but no urge to have a bowel movement. I haven't really been eating much though, had a BM the night before surgery, and I vomited a lot of what I had eaten last night. Should I take it or do you think I'll be okay? My BMs lately have been softer and the urge comes on fast so I'm worried about overdoing it and having diarrhea. I also never got stopped up with narcotics previously. I would definitely take the stool softener, maybe even for a week? I didn't take it very long and had a really painful bathroom visit about a week or two afterwards.
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Post by oreobitsy on Jun 15, 2018 6:20:03 GMT -6
mrsweasley Good luck and try to take advantage of the quiet time at home without kids.
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Post by Speedy on Jun 15, 2018 7:13:15 GMT -6
Looks like F might have a bit of jaundice. He was borderline so they're going to retest him today and see. If he is then he'll go under the light tonight, but they're hoping that with him eating and peeing that it'll resolve on its own.
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Post by armpants on Jun 15, 2018 7:16:06 GMT -6
I get to go home this afternoon! The doctor wants me to have one more round of the i.v antibiotics and then I can go!
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Post by mrsweasley on Jun 15, 2018 8:39:46 GMT -6
Okay, question guys. The nurse offered me a stool softener this morning. I've already passed gas a number of times, but no urge to have a bowel movement. I haven't really been eating much though, had a BM the night before surgery, and I vomited a lot of what I had eaten last night. Should I take it or do you think I'll be okay? My BMs lately have been softer and the urge comes on fast so I'm worried about overdoing it and having diarrhea. I also never got stopped up with narcotics previously. I would definitely take the stool softener, maybe even for a week? I didn't take it very long and had a really painful bathroom visit about a week or two afterwards. I think I took it for a month with DD, but my stitches were healing like a real bitch and I was paranoid
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Post by mrsweasley on Jun 15, 2018 8:41:35 GMT -6
So this naughty baby flipped on his own last night! The OB was thrilled we cleared most of his schedule for the day and we have a kid free weekend now. I'm a little paranoid he'll flip back, but we can just hope for the best
We're going to brunch because I haven't eaten anything since this morning and I'm starving
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Post by Speedy on Jun 15, 2018 8:55:22 GMT -6
I would definitely take the stool softener, maybe even for a week? I didn't take it very long and had a really painful bathroom visit about a week or two afterwards. I think I took it for a month with DD, but my stitches were healing like a real bitch and I was paranoid I ended up taking it last night, but I think I didn't have enough in my stomach to even make a bowel movement because all that came out was a little bit of yellow scum, and it made me super hungry/my stomach hurt. H had brought some food over for him that he warmed up and fed to me while I was feeding F, and I've eaten pretty well today so I'm hopeful that by tonight or tomorrow morning I'll have a BM.
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Post by Speedy on Jun 15, 2018 8:55:56 GMT -6
mrsweasley lol at the fact that the doctor was happy to have most of the day off
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Post by Speedy on Jun 15, 2018 8:59:23 GMT -6
Had a visit with the lactation consultant this morning. I guess I have a lot of colostrum, so it takes him a while to drink it and it fills him up really well which is why I had to actually wake him up last night for 2 of his feedings. She also said that's she's pretty sure my milk will start tomorrow, so yay!
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Post by mrsweasley on Jun 15, 2018 8:59:48 GMT -6
mrsweasley lol at the fact that the doctor was happy to have most of the day off He had booked time for the version and a possible c-section, so I think we were most of his schedule for the rest of the day. Hopefully baby stays head down and comes soon!
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Post by Speedy on Jun 15, 2018 9:00:14 GMT -6
mrsweasley lol at the fact that the doctor was happy to have most of the day off He had booked time for the version and a possible c-section, so I think we were most of his schedule for the rest of the day. Hopefully baby stays head down and comes soon! FX for you!!
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