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[blueblue]

Hope, hope it is getting easier and that the Medela works again.

Hopeful, do you mean the white bit attached to yellow plastic bit that goes into the bottles?

 

[dairymomma]

Blue-on my medela, there was a little white flapper deal on that little yellow thing that stuck into the bottle. I think that's what she is referring to. It wears out after a while and replacing it should help some.

Hope-if your machine is new, it may still be under warranty so I'd contact Medela about your pump not working correctly. They may be able to troubleshoot over the phone or you could send it in for repairs.

 

[hopeful23456]

It's called the membrane! The more I changed mine the better it was (2-3 weeks) but I exclusively pumped too so that pump was going a lot.

https://m.target.com/p/medela-6pk-m...gclid=CJSD7Izh7MgCFY0AaQodIHwB9A&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Hope39]

Dairy it's not new, it was second hand which is why we took it to pieces complety and anti bacterial it

Thanks for the tip hopeful, I have some spare here

Xx

 

[dancareoi]

Neo natal told me they didn't let parents cup feed due to the risk of aspiration, then postnatal told me to do it, I didn't feel happy with trying. Hope Oscar is doing well now Hope, did he lose weight due to the milk going everywhere? Really struggling with expressing, want to spend all my time with her but have to spend so much expressing and still not getting enough milk for her x

He is doing fab now, he is gaining about 10oz a week. His birthweigh was 5lb12oz, he then went down to 5lb and at last weeks weigh in (6weeks old) he was 8lb 2oz

He lost weight because he couldnt latch properly and i had nothing to express my milk off with (i had ordered a medela which hadnt arrived). I never thought to go buy a hand pump When we went to a&e on day 5 my milk had come in and i expressed over 300ml and then my pump arrived the next day. I was expressing around 150-200 ml at each feed so we have stacks of milk in the freezer

Not sure if we will end up using the milk in the freezer though because i have cut out dairy now. He did a lot of grunting, groanig and straining for weeks so has given himself a hernia that needs operating on within the next week or so. We arent sure what was causing him an upset tummy so i have cut out dairy and we have been giving him colief (lactase enzymes) since saturday and he is like a new child he is only waking once in the night for a feed as opposed to grunting all night and keeping me awake

Im dreading his operation, he is so small to be put to sleep but i know he will be better for it

xx

Hope, my eldest had hernias. Hs first one was scary, because it used to pop out when he got distressed. He was 7 months old when he had his first operation.

It was done under general anaesthetic. I have to be honest and say, for us, it wasn't a very pleasant experience, but it didn't take long and he was out the same day.

6 months later he had another operation on the other side.

Both operations were successful and he's never had a problem since.

 

[Hope39]

Neo natal told me they didn't let parents cup feed due to the risk of aspiration, then postnatal told me to do it, I didn't feel happy with trying. Hope Oscar is doing well now Hope, did he lose weight due to the milk going everywhere? Really struggling with expressing, want to spend all my time with her but have to spend so much expressing and still not getting enough milk for her x

He is doing fab now, he is gaining about 10oz a week. His birthweigh was 5lb12oz, he then went down to 5lb and at last weeks weigh in (6weeks old) he was 8lb 2oz

He lost weight because he couldnt latch properly and i had nothing to express my milk off with (i had ordered a medela which hadnt arrived). I never thought to go buy a hand pump When we went to a&e on day 5 my milk had come in and i expressed over 300ml and then my pump arrived the next day. I was expressing around 150-200 ml at each feed so we have stacks of milk in the freezer

Not sure if we will end up using the milk in the freezer though because i have cut out dairy now. He did a lot of grunting, groanig and straining for weeks so has given himself a hernia that needs operating on within the next week or so. We arent sure what was causing him an upset tummy so i have cut out dairy and we have been giving him colief (lactase enzymes) since saturday and he is like a new child he is only waking once in the night for a feed as opposed to grunting all night and keeping me awake

Im dreading his operation, he is so small to be put to sleep but i know he will be better for it

xx

Hope, my eldest had hernias. Hs first one was scary, because it used to pop out when he got distressed. He was 7 months old when he had his first operation.

It was done under general anaesthetic. I have to be honest and say, for us, it wasn't a very pleasant experience, but it didn't take long and he was out the same day.

6 months later he had another operation on the other side.

Both operations were successful and he's never had a problem since.

Oscars pops out about 20 times a day his operation is supposed to be Tuesday but he has a really bad cold

The hernia is causing him a lot of discomfort, he not a happy little man at all at the moment and its heartbreaking, he is very distressed

When you say it wasn't pleasant, do you just mean because he was put to sleep and it was upsetting?

What was your little boy like after the op? Was he in much pain

Xx

 

[blueblue]

Hopeful, Dairy - thanks, I will get some and try replacing them. Hopeful, did you find exclusively pumping really difficult? Ellie still won't latch, her mouth is too small I think x

Hope - sorry Oscar is going through so much, I hope he is well enough to have his operation soon. Sorry you have to go through such a worrying time x

 

[hopeful23456]

Exclusively pumping was difficult as I had little help with the babies and after 12 weeks I worked full time too. pumping every 3-4 hours is tough

 

[ginny83]

exclusively pumping is such hard work! I did it for around 10-12 weeks with DS1 and even though I was still making milk, I just found it so exhausting. I read about someone who did it for 12 months - amazing mum!

 

[ginny83]

Well I'm back in this group for the next 8 months or so I hope!!

Got this today Super excited and of course super cautious.

https://i64.tinypic.com/2diemv4.jpg

 

[blueblue]

Ginny, congratulations! x

Hopeful, Ginny - pumping is so hard, I'm starting to wind it up now as I feel I'm missing out on time with LO and it's been so hard to have her, I want to treasure every moment. I'm still trying to bf her (topping up with bottles) but she doesn't feed well as she falls asleep so I think my milk will fail in the end

 

[Hope39]

Ooh ginny, you surprised me with that

Exclusively pumping is hard, I did it for 2.5 weeks and just seemed like I fed Oscar then pumped all day

Afm, Oscar has had his operation, I was a very good mummy and didn't cry when they took him off me but an hour later my mental state started to deteriorate rapidly. I began clock watching and after 1.5 hours I started to think the worse , I was sure they would have called me to recovery by then. After 2 hours I got the children's ward to ring and it turns out Oscar was very sleepy, they couldn't wake him up enough. Eventually we got called to go see him, he slept most of the day and came to life at about 10pm. We had a rough night in the hospital, he was unsettled and lots of children crying but thankfully got discharged at 8.30 in the morning . I was shattered as I had been up at 4 the day of his op

He doesn't seem to be In too much pain but has been really unsettled at night, still grunting a lot

Xx

 

[dairymomma]

Ginny-congrats! Wow! FX it's a very uneventful pregnancy.

Blue-don't beat yourself up about pumping/nursing. It's not an easy thing to do for some of us. I've never made it more than 6 months and it's gotten less with each baby. It's hard not to feel like you failed somehow but your baby is eating and you've gotten this far so good for you!

Hope-good to hear that Oscar came through his surgery pretty well and I hope the fussiness eases quickly.

 

[loeylo]

Congrats Ginny, lovely news!

Glad everything went well with the op Hope!

Afm- Gracie was 7lb at birth and was weighed at 20 days old and is up to 8lb6. We have the GP on Monday as she has weird breathing and I'm a bit worried about it. My OH thinks I'm paranoid though!

 

[nessaw]

Congrats ginny.x

 

[Madrid98]

Hi ladies! It's been such a long time since I posted here and on baby and bump in general. So happy to see how this thread keeps going with so many rainbows!

I'm pregnant again so I've decided to join you all again in our journeys. I'm just over 6 weeks and haven't had a scan and I don't think I'll get one until the 12 weeks one if I get that far. I'm back with the Fragmin and baby aspirin from 4 weeks and hoping all will be well with the baby.

Looking forward to get to know the new ones and to catch with the oldies like myself

 

[ab75]

Wow Ginny!!! Congratulations. Hope you have a happy and healthy 9 months xx

Congratulations Madrid, hope you also have a happy and healthy 9 months xx

Glad Oscar is on the mend Hope xx

 

[Madrid98]

Congrats ginny! I just saw your post! How exciting!!

 

[ginny83]

thanks ladies and congrats to you too Madrid - it was a bit of a shock that it happened this month. My first month on steroids with B threw my ovulation out of whack so I wasn't really expecting to be able to catch it.

Fingers crossed 2015 is just my luckiest year ever and this is the start of bringing home another healthy little bundle! Will be thinking positive thoughts when I do my first clexane injection tonight!

 

[wookie130]

Madrid, OMG! Congratulations! And to you as well, ginny!