Due Sept 2017

[gingmg]

My milk started coming back in a few weeks ago too.

 

[Savasanna]

How do you know when that happens? Is it actually leaking out on its own, without you guys having to do anything?

 

[Impatient27]

No milk for me yet either, but I keep having this yellow waxy stuff on my nipples. I presume dried/thick colostrum?

My belly feels huge to me but I'm measuring right on track. 20 pounds gained already 😬 I think it's mostly belly and boobs though - maybe a bit in the thighs and butt. Hopefully it'll slow down now though... I don't really want to surpass another big mark on the scale...

 

[MrsKChicago]

With my first I started finding a bit of crusty dried colostrum on my nipples, or occasionally on my shirt, so I tried hand expressing and got a little. This time Teddy was still nursing when I got pregnant, so I saw when it dried up, and a few weeks ago he was sick and wouldn't drink water so I tried letting him nurse more frequently and I was a little milky after he unlatched. I'm not sure if him being sick helped trigger it coming back. I finally weaned him off of his last nursing session when he was feeling better, but I can still express colostrum if I try.

 

[Savasanna]

How does one hand express? Are you literally just squeezing your boobs or is there a trick/method?

 

[gingmg]

I realized I had colostrum from hand expressing too. My son still nurses and it seemed like he was drinking again after my milk had dried up after the first trimester. I expressed to see if he really was getting anything and it had come back. I don't really know how to explain how to do it. I guess it's kinda like squeezing. I bet there are videos online that demonstrate it. I don't remember having colostrum before delivery last time though.

 

[MrsKChicago]

There are videos online, but technique isn't so important if you're just checking to see if there's anything there, vs trying to actually collect milk. I just gently squeeze and apply pressure in the direction of the nipple, if that makes sense. You don't want to squeeze the actual nipple, but up on the breast itself.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

No milk here. My boobs don't really know how to work LOL. Took them 3 days postpartum for me to get colostrum in my last pregnancy.

 

[Savasanna]

Ah, I don't think I have anything yet, then. I've tried giving them a squeeze in the shower a few times - nothing! That's ok.. I don't mind waiting on the leaking boobs.

 

[Dani_b]

I've noticed a few drops if I squeeze, but nothing major yet. 11 weeks tomorrow

 

[peach81]

No colostrum here. I check my nipples every day and... nothing. Not that I want my boobs dripping...

 

[ladybrown33]

I have breast milk well just tiny drops on my shirt or bra in the mornings.

I have gained 24 lbs so far and it's kind of hard to accept because this pregnancy still has about two months left. I know I should focus on healthy me and healthy baby but watching the scale go up is tough.

 

[peach81]

I have gained 24 lbs so far and it's kind of hard to accept because this pregnancy still has about two months left. I know I should focus on healthy me and healthy baby but watching the scale go up is tough.

I have gained a ridiculous amount of weight so far... well over 35 pounds. It's become so depressing that I can't even look at the scale anymore when I'm being weighed in during my prenatal visits. I just look away and tell myself that it won't matter after the baby is born.

 

[ladybrown33]

I have gained 24 lbs so far and it's kind of hard to accept because this pregnancy still has about two months left. I know I should focus on healthy me and healthy baby but watching the scale go up is tough.

I have gained a ridiculous amount of weight so far... well over 35 pounds. It's become so depressing that I can't even look at the scale anymore when I'm being weighed in during my prenatal visits. I just look away and tell myself that it won't matter after the baby is born.

I try the same thing

 

[Dani_b]

You get weighed at every appointment? We only get weighed at our booking appointment here, so I don't actually know how much weight I've gained

 

[peach81]

You get weighed at every appointment? We only get weighed at our booking appointment here, so I don't actually know how much weight I've gained

Really? That's odd. Yeah, my doctor's office keeps track of my pregnancy weight along with my other vitals.

 

[Dani_b]

You get weighed at every appointment? We only get weighed at our booking appointment here, so I don't actually know how much weight I've gained

Really? That's odd. Yeah, my doctor's office keeps track of my pregnancy weight along with my other vitals.

I get my blood pressure and urine checked at each visit, and the midwife has started listening to baby and measuring the bump

 

[Savasanna]

Me too. I'm weighed every appointment and they take a urine sample to check for protein and... sugar? Something else.

 

[MrsKChicago]

I'm weighed every visit too. I think sometimes sudden drastic weight changes can be a sign of potential issues.

 

[Tess08]

Yeh in the UK you only ge weighed at your booking appointment and then again at your final appointment before your due date. I remember finding it strange with my first so I asked my midwife why my weight wasn't being monitored and she said because as long as the baby is measuring fine and your urine samples/blood pressure etc is ok then it really doesn't matter how much weight the woman has or hasn't put on :/ x