Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

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Murmers0110 said:
Question for the gals with kids already, For a vag birth and a mom who will nurse/pump what clothes would you recommend bringing to the hospital to use for the mom?gown va pants, tanks vs t shirts etc.



Also is anyone else planning to breast feed if so pumping? If so what are your plans?
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I would rec. also something very baggy and easy to get to, nursing bras aswell are great!

I exclusively BF Mason up until the day i got a BFP (it was on his first birthday!) and we stopped (I was already starting to wean him way before that but we were still doing 1 morning feeding at that point.) I pumped ALOT, i would often feed Mason on one side and pump on the other, just so i could have extra milk if needed. It came in VERY handy because i was able to go out on date nights with DH and leave my MIL breast milk to give Mason. I would rec. going to a lactation class before having the baby. It really helped me and gave me ALOT of info. I had a really hard time with my supply at first but with all the pumping i was able to bring it up and Mason was gaining a ton of weight :)


BTW- Happy V-day to everyone ! :)
 
I'm relieved to be past v day too.

I'm come to the conclusion 2nd tri honeymoon doesn't exist as i've been very achey and not at all glowing. I've been referred for physio as midwife thinks i'm starting with spd.

Saw the breastfeeding expert the other day. She rec purely feeding from breast for 4 weeks to get baby used to it, then can start to express so others can feed from bottle.she says if you use bottle before then it can put them off feeding from you.
 
I had my breastfeeding class last week. They said no artificial nipples fornthe first 2 weeks. Personally I don't want to nurse but I am going to in the hospital. After I go home I am going to pump. Are any of y'all wanting to strictly pump?
 
broodymrs said:
I'm relieved to be past v day too.

I'm come to the conclusion 2nd tri honeymoon doesn't exist as i've been very achey and not at all glowing. I've been referred for physio as midwife thinks i'm starting with spd.

Saw the breastfeeding expert the other day. She rec purely feeding from breast for 4 weeks to get baby used to it, then can start to express so others can feed from bottle.she says if you use bottle before then it can put them off feeding from you.
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Yay for Vday for you too!

I don't know when this honeymoon or glow is either. I look like poo with these spots on my face and feel like poo half the time too.

I have also heard the same in regards to breastfeeding.
 
Happy V-day to those who've reached it! Mine is on Monday. :thumbup:

I plan to breast feed and pump, but I'm a first timer so I'll probably need all of the help I can get. My mother breast fed all five of us though, so hopefully she'll be able to help me out with that. I'm going to read up on it as much as I can in the mean time though.
 
Congrats to everyone who's reached V-day! still seems like a long time away for me. Im planning to try and breast feed again, even though it didn't go great last time. I managed to breast feed for 1 month before switching to bottle so I'm hoping it'll go well this time :-)
 
I'm going to breast feed, at least try. I bf my 1st for about 7 months, until the hyperemesis got bad...I did pump some too, so DH could feed her and so I could have a cocktail or sleep or whatnot. Tbh, pumping was a huge pain in the butt for me...I'm not big on nursing in public, I have no problems with others doing it, I'm just not super comfortable doing it, so pumping was kind of necessary..
 
I have no issues with breast feeding in public, but I plan to use a cover for common courtesy. I may not have any issues with my breasts, but I'm sure that no random strangers (or anyone for that matter) care to see me nursing with my breast just out there in the open. :haha:
I'm also letting hospital visitors know that when I have my baby I have no problem with nursing in front of anyone, so if they don't want to see me feed my baby then they should come visit me during a time when I'm not nursing him because at that point I will probably be too exhausted and sore to care about common courtesy.
 
Ya, in the hospital people definitely saw me nursing when they came to visit! My poor brother, lol! But baby has to eat, and it's almost impossible to schedule visitors around feedings that early on!
 
KalonKiki said:
I have no issues with breast feeding in public, but I plan to use a cover for common courtesy. I may not have any issues with my breasts, but I'm sure that no random strangers (or anyone for that matter) care to see me nursing with my breast just out there in the open. :haha:
I'm also letting hospital visitors know that when I have my baby I have no problem with nursing in front of anyone, so if they don't want to see me feed my baby then they should come visit me during a time when I'm not nursing him because at that point I will probably be too exhausted and sore to care about common courtesy.
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OMG I couldn't be more different from you! I have always had insecurities with my boobs! They have always been tiny or small at best! I dont like them touched at all much less looked at by people other than my oh. No breast feeding in public for me at all! In fact inside I'm not even ok when I see other do it. I have some close girlfriends that do it or pump infront of me and I act like I don't care but that's just because I'm trying to break myself in with it of that makes sense? Am pretty uncomfortable with the idea of anyone man or baby sucking on my tit, I'm doing it in the hospital for the skin to skin time and to bond with her but once I go home I plan on pumping the exception is I any role out me tring to e lazy one night when Im tired and it seems easier to just put it in her mouth. LORD PLEASE BE WITH ME! This is where all of my stress/ worry/ anxiety comes from, breastfeeding/ pumping! Not childbirth! Sigh......
 
I LOVED Breastfeed and actually miss it sometimes! Once i started DS on solids he really wasnt that interested anymore. I also was nervous about BF in public at first but got over that VERY fast! I HIGHLY recommend the "utter cover" it was THE BEST cover i could find and i love it!!!! They often send me promo codes for it to get it for free, you just have to pay for shipping. Next time they send one i will post the code. It was honestly the best cover i had (i had tried like 5 different ones).

As for pumping, i honestly didnt like it that much but it was REALLY nice to have the extra supply of milk that i could use later. It just seemed like more of a hassle to pump but i also needed to do it to up my supply.

For the nipple confusion, i was told that at first too but honestly it made NO DIFFERENCE, he was perfectly fine and had not issues switching back and forth.
 
I feel like I will be okay BFing in public, but who knows once I am actually doing it. I am self consious, but I don't feel like I will when BFing. We will see. How long is everyone who is planning on BFing going to do it? I hope to go 6 months, but would love to go longer!
 
I'm going to breast feed as long as possible, but it really depends on if I can trick my body into not leaking while I'm at work, as pumping is not an option. I can come home for lunch to pump/nurse, but pumping before and after lunch isn't possible. I think the reason my employer isn't very "breastfeeding friendly" is because they can't sell it. We make a ton of money off formula, so why wouldn't we want our employees to buy it?

Hopefully, my OH will get promoted soon and I can work shorter shifts less often.

We went garage saling today and I bought so much baby stuff. I'm getting so excited and so anxious I can't hardly stand it! :-)
 
Luckily I'll be off work anyway so I can just purely breastfeed but I do have to go in for a day on the 31st so not sure how I'll go on with that if I'm not expressing yet. Thinking of getting my mum to bring him in every couple of hours for a feed.

My latest weird symptom which is worrying me: the entire right side of my face has gone numb and tingly. I've looked on google and it could be Bell's Palsy. My ex had Bell's Palsy and it was awful. One day he got up and I thought he'd had a stroke and it lasted for months. I'm so worried this is what it could be as apparantly pregnancy can trigger it. DH says I don't look any different. Going to see how I go out and see dr on mon if no change. The only treatment is steroids though so I'm not taking those if I can avoid it while pregnant so I might end up with a droopy face until Dylan is here :(
 
girlnboots, I am sure you already know this and just don't want the fight or hassle, but I am pretty sure employers have a legal obligation to allow you to pump.

Broodymrs, I am sorry your face is numb, hope they can do something.

I will be trying to bf my little girl. I desperately wanted to with my son but it didn't work out. I was devastated. I pumped some for about eight weeks. I was lazy about it and by the eighth week I was barely getting anything. I really want it to work this time, but I am trying to allow my self to be more flexible though so that if it doesn't work I don't feel so guilty.
As for public, I have no problems bf in public. I sometimes feel like a creeper because when out and about if I see someone nursing in public I can't help but smile and think good for them.
 
Broodymrs- i would def. go to the dr. soon. It might be nothing at all but still be safe and get it checked out :)

As for BF i plan on doing as least a year like i did with my son, more if he/she REALLY wants it :) we will see how it goes. I was told by my lactation specialist that the first couple months set your supply for the rest of the time so the more you feed/pump the better it is. I was pumping between feedings like crazy to get my supply up and it really did help.
 
Broody, I am sorry about your face! I would go to the doc too, just to make sure it is what you think it is. Also, maybe they can help out in some way.

I am planning on pumping also, so I can have some extra milk on hand. I hope to pump 1x a day as well as BF. I will do this the first 3 months until I have to go back to work, then I plan on pumping more as I will be at work. Boo to work!
 
I plan on setting my goal at 6 months.i may I lk get but I'll start with that. Sincebinwant tk strictly pump I have to pump every 2-3 hours fornthe dirt 6-8 weeks to set up my supply. It sounds horrid. Luckily I will become a stay at home mom so I don't have to worry about doing it at work. If it doesn't work out I at least already have a month and a half supply that one of my good friends has givin me. I am buying a deep freezer from Her and she is filling it with milk!

Broody go to the dr!
 
Hey all! Im away in the uk atm. Lots of kicking action going on here! :D

Getting so excited now as ive been buying lots of baby clothes.

Hope u are all well. Love to all bubs xxx
 
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