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Post by vvvvvfee on Oct 5, 2017 9:16:39 GMT -6
For the purposes of this check-in, we will define extended breastfeeding as breastfeeding beyond 1 year. Questions are repeated and suggestions are appreciated! 1. How old is your LO? 2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? 4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms? Tandem Nursing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any current challenges? Questions for other moms? Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 11:46:37 GMT -6
I just joined Extended Breastfeeding Support on FB and I'm really enjoying it. It's the one with 12,000+ members. Check it out 1. How old is your LO? 21 months 2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 4-6 and overnight 3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? Great question.... I am not sure I can isolate one best moment. I always enjoy the quiet time with her. I love to hold her and I love that she loves to nurse. 4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? I haven't had any bad moments that stand out. I had a few problems in the beginning but they resolved naturally with time (bad latch, used nipple shield, etc.) Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? Yeah I fawned over my nephews but I couldn't really "see" me with kids. I've always known I've wanted them but it's sort of a thing you have to do before you can picture yourself doing.... or it was for me!
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Post by vvvvvfee on Oct 5, 2017 11:54:20 GMT -6
1. How old is your LO? 2 2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 3 3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? When DS2 was born and latched on right away. There have been lots of nice, cozy moments nursing both kids, but I did feel particularly satisfied at that moment. 4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? When I had mastitis and thrush at the same time. I felt like death. There were also some bad moments when DS1 was a newborn and wouldn't nurse without a nipple shield and was just miserable all the time and wouldn't sleep.
Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? Before, I liked kids, but felt like I didn't know how to interact with them (I didn't have younger siblings and didn't do any babysitting or anything growing up). I definitely feel like more of a kid person now.
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Post by tomato on Oct 6, 2017 12:12:45 GMT -6
1. How old is your LO? 13 months
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? Usually 6ish. She's been sick so pretty much constantly nursing this week. And she did something to my left nipple so now it hurts when she nurses.
3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? I loved when she would be nursing and just look up at me and smile.
4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? When she was 5 or 6 weeks it was still pretty painful and I hated nursing her MOTN. I pulled her off in the middle of a nursing session several times because I couldn't stand it.
Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? Not at all. I still don't know what to do with other people's kids.
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Post by Dramaphile on Oct 6, 2017 12:33:09 GMT -6
1. How old is your LO? 22 months 2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? We are down to once per day at bedtime. The plan is to fully wean next week, which is going to be hard, but it is time. It's hard because now that she only gets milk at bedtime, she is so excited to get her Mama Milky before bed. I'm definitely going to miss the snuggles, not going to miss how toothy she gets when she's lazy/tired. 3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? Probably being able to donate my milk to my best friend when she had her son, she had to supplement with formula when her daughter was born, and having my milk in her freezer allowed her to relax and not worry so much about what he was getting in the earliest days. I feel blessed that I had enough supply to share with her and a few other local Mamas. 4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? Not necessarily a single moment, but the night before I get my period, sometimes I get this skin-crawly feeling while breastfeeding, and it just feels gross and I don't want anyone touching me. Those were some hard nights to get through. Luckily it was only once every few months.
Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? I've always been a "kid" person and always knew I wanted to have at least a couple. I worked at a lot of child-oriented jobs, like summer camps and I ran a daycare for 7 years. Now that I am out of that business and working in a office, it's more of a treat to get to hang out with kids, although I appreciate my adult time more, too.
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Post by lily on Oct 6, 2017 13:26:58 GMT -6
1. How old is your LO? - 2.5 years
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? - 2-3x
3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? - I’m really not sure. I loved calming those early toddler meltdowns with nursing. Oh! Maybe- I took DS to a college graduation when he was 5 weeks old. I wore him in a woven wrap & every time a baby cried, the lady next to me would whip around with this super angry face. But it never was my kid crying thanks to babywearing & breastfeeding.
4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? - hmm. When DS was 3 weeks old we drove to my best friend’s wedding, along with my other best friend & her new boyfriend I’d never met before. My first attempt at BF in public was in a Subway with a tired, overly hungry 3 week old. I got tangled in the nursing cover, the baby wouldn’t latch, I was starving, it was the first time LO had really had a bad crying fit. Yikes.
Pregnant & BFing Moms: How are you doing this week? Any issues with supply, pain, aversion? Questions for other moms? - according to the test I took this morning, I go here now! I’m charting so it’s an early positive, no symptoms other than the sore boobs / sensitive nips / slight supply dip that I get every cycle.
Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? - I become a baby person in my early twenties, and a kid person after my nephews & niece became toddlers. I’m definitely a kid person now.
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Post by vvvvvfee on Oct 6, 2017 13:29:52 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 15:29:54 GMT -6
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Post by tomato on Oct 6, 2017 19:52:57 GMT -6
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Post by enchanted on Oct 7, 2017 9:59:30 GMT -6
1) Turning two all too soon.
2) Two times still.
3) My favorite moments were always the last nursing session of the night when my son or daughter fell asleep and I would just rock for a little while. It's been at least six months since my daughter stopped falling asleep. Now she gets done, pops off, pulls my shirt up, gives me a hug and kiss, and gets down so her dad can put her to bed.
4) So very many. Breastfeeding has not been simple with either of my children, though for the past year, when it's been more about comfort than food, it's been easy with my daughter. The absolute worst, though, was when despite everything the LC told me to try, all the cookies and brewers yeast and herbal supplements and milk-friendly foods and teas, all the pumping I would do to try and increase my supply while giving a bottle after letting my son nurse for half an hour on each side, after all that, my milk dried up when he was six months old and our breastfeeding journey was over. I had made peace with not being able to EBF like I wanted, but knowing there was nothing there and he refused to latch because he was hungry was awful. I almost didn't even try to breastfeed my daughter because of it. I'm glad I did, even though she wasn't EBF either, but I really almost didn't try because why bother? Thankfully, it's obviously gone much better this time around.
I was always a kid and baby person. I still am in a lot of ways, but a friend asked if I wanted to hold her newborn recently and I (politely) said no. Not sure what that was about.
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Post by Dramaphile on Oct 9, 2017 6:31:18 GMT -6
Last nursing session last night, feeling all kind of things. I'm going to miss it (and it's going to be a challenging week for sure), but I'm ready.
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Post by lily on Oct 9, 2017 8:14:58 GMT -6
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Post by Nymeria on Oct 9, 2017 11:07:14 GMT -6
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Post by Nymeria on Oct 9, 2017 11:27:22 GMT -6
1. How old is your LO? 13 months this upcoming Friday
2. How many times per day does your LO nurse? 2-4 plus BM bottles on days I work in the office, 5-7 on days I'm with him all day
3. What was your best BFing moment of all time? I love when DS looks at me and smiles. Lately he'll start clapping while he's nursing and it's adorable.
4. What was your worst BFing moment of all time? Not a specific moment, but DS was a drowsy nurser and impossible to keep awake sometimes at the beginning so we had some weight gain issues that were really stressful.
Non-BFing question of the week: Were you a "kid person" before kids? Are you a "kid person" now that you've had kids? I think I've always been a kid person. I have 3 younger brothers and a ton of younger cousins so there's always been kids and babies around growing up and I've always loved it.
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