Anyone doing FET/IVF in Jan 2013 till everyone's BFP (Everyone Welcome)

[~Brandy~]

I agree Mells! They are constantly amazing me

Mine have started the sloberfest I assume were leading up to teething...

 

[FirstTry]

I've been MIA for a while. Awesome photo, Lotus! Thrilled for you!

Sandy: glad the chemo is coming to an end. I hope your DH is on his way to a complete recovery!

Sweet: beautiful boys!

As for us, we are grateful for DS every day, even the ones when he screeches all day :/
As soon as I get the go ahead, we're going to try for #2.

 

[Sweetness_87]

Lotus how are you coming along??

 

[LotusBlossom]

Lotus how are you coming along??

Hi Sweet! Love the new pic. I am 15 weeks and anxious for my next appt, on Tues. I am feeling better, walking when it's not oppressively hot and started prenatal yoga. It's so nice to move my body again. We are doing an early gender scan on July 2, so DH can skype with me. I can't wait! I wish I could feel baby move or something, though. It's hard to wait for the next appt when they are so spread out and I feel no movement yet.

How are you and your boys? How old are they now?

 

[Mells54]

Lotus! 15 weeks already! I'm glad you are feeling well. Can't wait to hear if you are team blue or pink.

 

[Sweetness_87]

Lotus that's soooo exciting !!! You will feel movement before you know it !!! I can't wait to hear about your next scan. I still can't believe it's here for ya!! Sandy is next I can feel it! Keep me posted bout your next scan

Boys dojng great six month pics fri but they turn 7 months July 3 !

 

[~Brandy~]

Lotus time will fly past before you know it! 15 weeks already Sheesh that time has flown by for me. My girls are 15 weeks today.

Sweetness u believe 6 months Omg! How fun congrats!


AFM my twins started giggling oh boy does that me up

 

[L4hope]

Lotus I felt the same way waiting for movement. It'll happen any time now!

Sweet boys are looking good. It goes too fast right?! We just did 9month pics last week.

 

[Sweetness_87]

L4- yes goes by soooo quick! You should post some pics!!

Brandy- glad your gals are doing great!!

How's everyone else?

 

[MoBaby]

time is moving fast! my LO is almost 15 weeks now! Its crazy. He is growing like crazy and almost 15 lbs! I've struggled with BFing and he had to start having some formula (half/half) since about 10 weeks (there ended up being lots of issues with is suckling and my supply and nothing would increase it) and since he started taking the bottle I havent been able to nurse him as his suck changed so now I pump his milk. But I think I am getting less and less milk so not sure how much longer that will happen. Plus the pump hurts my bbs even on lowest setting. I love giving him breast milk though as it makes me feel like I am doing something special for him.

He started daycare at 12 weeks and has been sick for the last 2 I had to take him to see the ped because I thought he may have croup but he just has a cold. I wish I could take it away (I had it too) b/c his poor nose is so stuffy and he cries everytime he coughs

 

[jack79]

Aww poor little thing! Hope he feels better soon Mo. BF def doesn't sound easy. My friend had a baby a couple of weeks ago and has mastitis - sounds horrible.
Lovely to hear from everyone.
Lotus - time is starting to go quickly now!! I started feeling little movements around 17 wks but wasn't even sure if it was baby of not in the very beginning!
I'm 26 weeks now. Not long to go! Xx

 

[Sweetness_87]

Mo- oh no poor baby!!! I completely feel you both mine including me had the good old summer cold. They would cough so much they would projectile vomit. I too wish I could take it from them too. They both doing better now though.

Jack not too much longer

 

[LotusBlossom]

Mo- I hope baby boy feels better soon! As a nanny I worked with sick babies and it is so hard to watch them suffer with a cold. Breastfeeding is intimidating. I plan to do it, so I am trying to learn all I can now (taking a class, reading up on technique) and stocking up on soothing creams and those gel pads. Eek!

Jack! You're on lettuce! It's so amazing. 26 weeks! How are you feeling? I'm on avocado. I feel like maybe I felt baby move a few times, but I am looking forward to knowing it is for sure baby and feeling it consistently. We find out the sex in 3 days!!!!!

 

[MoBaby]

Lotus bfing wasn't intimidating to me but now I see why! I am scared to try it again...
I never suffered sore nipples or cracked nipples or any nipple trauma. But that could be due to one of the reasons bfing went south for us...
Get the baby nursing right away if you can. I did it as soon as I was in recovery. It was amazing! And also when the lactation consultants come in the next day have them check the babies palate and make sure baby isnt tongue tied and have them check the latch. My LC that came in didn't check anything. She saw he was on me had no jaundice and weight was good and that was it. I wish I had known what to ask then as it would have allowed me to nurse longer and not have to supplement. Also if at anytime you feel like baby isn't getting enough do not give a bottle. But instead call the LC and get an appt. let LC be the ones to make that call as moms a lot of times think it's an issue when it's not. My LO may have a tongue tie in the back but since we stopped nursing and I pump and supplement I didn't pursue it because when the suggestion was made it was too late. Also his palate is too high up so when he nurses he doesn't really latch correctly so his suck didn't tell my body to keep up and he was only getting 2 Oz when he was at a point of needing 4-5 oz if I would have known what to look for then we may have been able to correct the issue before it was too late. Next time I plan on seeing LC every 2 weeks at least until he's 2 months old to make sure things are going correctly.
My goal was 1 yr if bfing but it's not going to happen so I'm going to try to pump until he's 6 months if my supply doesn't drop anymore. But remember if you have to give formula it's okay and you are not a bad mom for doing so. I sobbed and actually became very depressed when bfing started going south because I felt like an awful person when in reality I did everything I could to try and bring my milk back up. Lots of babies are formula fed (me!) and do perfect fine. But give bfing your all before giving in.

Jack can't believe how far along you are!!!

 

[LotusBlossom]

Mo- Thank you so much for the advice! I'll make sure I get all the help I can in the beginning. I plan to only breastfeed, so hopefully I can make that happen. It's amazing to read your posts about your little one. How far we have come! ❤️❤️❤️

 

[L4hope]

Mo, hope your little one is feeling better. I dread having to deal with daycare germs. But once he gets through it that immunity will build.
Hope you can continue to pump. I too have had challenges with bfing. With persistence we have managed to continue with a hybrid of nursing and bottles with pumping and formula when needed. At one point I thought pumping was going to stop because I was getting much but it turned around and I started getting a good supply.

Lotus it's wonderful to see how far everyone has come. So excited for everyone!

Here's an updated pic of my big boy! No worries about him growing anymore!!!

 

[~Brandy~]

L4 he is absolutely adorable!

 

[MoBaby]

L4 he is adorable! I am for now continuing to give mixed feedings as well. Breastmilk in daytime and formula at night. Is there anything you did to help increase your supply? I've been taking domperidone for weeks now and havent seen a change Right now my goal is to pump through July and I will reevaluate at the end. I am pumping 5-6x per day as with work I cant do anymore than that. Usually 5 with work schedule and 6 on weekends.

 

[Sweetness_87]

L4 he's sooooooo cute!!! I love it!! I'm just going formula now. Have been since 4 months.

 

[Sandy83]

L4, He is gorgeous! xx