Thanks for those links on the breast crawl MR. I have heard about it but I think I will really research it more this time. I can't wait to get started breastfeeding again! I said to DH today I wonder if DS will want to go back on the boob once he sees the baby feeding.
Shanti - teehee that's funny, hope the cleanup wasn't too bad!
BG - hope the wedding and photos went well!
As I'm leaking colustrum already, is it a good idea to express some and freeze it? Would I just express with a pump or do it with a syringe (that's how the midwives did it in hospital last time). Any benefit to trying to express so early?
You can pump and store it for when your baby is born - it can come in handy just in case they need extra or you have any problems bfing early on. I read about it in an ABA mag once - a woman did it and her baby was early and ended up needing the milk. I was thinking about doing the same thing if I ever manage to get pg again.
If you're leaking more than drops you pick up with a syringe then I would just hand express in to a sterile-ish bottle or cup. I don't think you need the stimulation from a pump at this stage.
Usually expressing colostrum before birth is only done when there is a known risk of early labour or other complication. However if you are leaking it anyway, saving some wouldn't hurt. You won't need much though - even 5mls is a big feed in the first couple of days!
Got to say - I don't miss the poo-splosions. I think my worst poo story was when DS2 was a few months old. We had borrowed a bassinet from a work colleague/friend, but he'd move to London since, and we were returning the bassinet to his sister. His parents were there when we dropped it back, and his mum wanted to hold the baby. Unfortunately he chose to do a huge messy poo while he was on her lap - all over him and her - I was so embarrassed.
I am pretty sure I am now in unchartered (for me anyway) territory. I stopped BFing Sarah around 4 months (I think it was 16 or 17 weeks) and Leah is officially over 4 months old, so she is my longest BFed bub
6 days between poos is becoming the norm for Leah. She has gone up to 9 days, and the poo scared her coz she forgot what it was like to poo. Today was the 6th day and for once Daddy got to change it She has had a habit lately of waiting till I am the only adult around to do it. The 9 day one was so big that she needed a bath and I needed a shower to clean it all up, and I had to clean the floor too. It was in a happy heiny. Ah well, I can put up with only 1 poo every now and then, she wees enough to get SA out of drought, so she doesnt need to poo that much.
Every time I look at her cheeks or her leg rolls I say that every single bit is from me and I am so proud of it!! Only medicine and vaccines are the non BM fluids to pass her lips. Her first solids will be Christmas dinner.
I told DH that no matter what I say, I am not allowed to wean before we get home from our holiday. There is no way we will drive for 5 days and have her taking a bottle, there's nothing to warm it with and we dont have room for formula in the car with a month worth of stuff (well 3 suitcases, the tent, the portacot, the stroller, the esky, the car fridge, the jerry can, the sleeping bags, the kids, the adults, the pillows, the presents, ect ect ect)
Well it is getting late and I have a guy dropping 18kg of bananas off for my banana-holics in the morning (will freeze half) so I should get off the computer.
Thanks for the advice on the colostrum ladies. I think I will leave it alone for now. I'm only dribbling little drops mainly noticeable right before I get in the shower. I'll see how it goes down the track, don't want to cause too much stimulation and risk an early birth!
had a rather weird night at the wedding on Saturday - four bubbas under six months old - all but E on formula. one looked to only be a couple of weeks old. it made me really sad - and i wondered if it was through choice or lack of support. i know they all would have birthed at the other "local" hospital to me - the LC i dealt with goes there but only 2 days a week, so maybe they missed out on that help. or maybe the mum's didn't have the support once they left hospital... i dunno - i just felt bad for the bubbas.
but i'll admit i felt mighty proud of myself for not only being the only BF mum - but the fact that i BF more than once in the middle of the reception! i soooooo never thought i'd BF in public - but i feed her when she needs to be fed - wherever, whenever...
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