Great question re the pool Brunette! I am curious of the answer too although I still have bleeding so I can't go in yet I worked out the oversupply myself, I did a process of elimination using infants friend and gaviscon to rule out reflux and colic, middy suggested lactose intolerance to which I looked at on the ABA site and it said that overload/ foremilk/hindmilk imbalace mimicked intolerance. I expressed some BM last night and got 150mls of just foremilk in 5 minutes and still had more foremilk coming out. Not to mention letdown feels like nails are being stabbed into my nipples I feel better knowing and at least I have too much and not enough so I should be thankfull really. As for wind, Infants Friend works well to get wind out but I don't know about food you eat causing it, I can't eliminate food I eat, I am too selfish for that
I am starting to feel a bit better. Am quiet annoyed at myself actually for being such a sook and mental case. When does the settling part get easier thats that part that gets me all churned up. I know its only been 3 weeks. I am too impatient and want to be good at things straight away. So I am my own worst enemy most of the time.
Has anyone been given the mini pill as contraception yet? My GP gave me a script for a mini pill called Microlut. Has anyone taken that and how did they go with it. When should you start taking the pill and how soon will it be effective? And are Mini pills really that effective?
I really want to be able to DTD with DH and not feel scared that I may fall pregnant again as that has happened to so many people before. I just wouldn't cope if that happened to me right now. We have DTD twice since JD's birth and attempted a 3rd time the other night but I have been having a stinging sensation when I pee for about a week now that I need to see the GP about and anyway it hurt too much so we stopped. I think it was because we used a condom before and they really irritate me in there. So the pill is something I need to get right.
Anyway would love to know your thoughts. Just another thing for me to worry about!
Amanda when you mean settling..do you mean after JD is fed and back to sleeping or? For us, Ruby will wake feed either fall straight asleep or need a bottom change where other breast is offered. In between these times are wakeful times where she is wanting to look around and watch intently. She is happy during these times and not unsettled at all. Im guessing poor little JD is feeling unsettled after his feeds and is not bringing up wind to be able to be calm is that right?
I was on microlut when breastfeeding Jess and fell pregnant with Emmy, so although its very very rare it can happen. Im not going on the pill at all, Darren is booking in to have a vasectomy again.
We dtd for the first time yesterday and it was a bit ouchy as well. It takes time to heal i guess, even not delivering vaginally. Id say maybe have an irritation/infection with the burning feeling you poor chookie. I had that for a couple of days but it cleared up on its own which im thankful for.
Dont be hard on yourself..im sure we all have sooky days..whilst we have superhuman powers being woman and making milk lol, we are human and its normal to feel emotional and overwhelmed..its a huge adjustment.
so is expressing milk fast a sign of having an oversupply, because mine comes out really fast too but I don't think quite as fast as yours does. Also how do you know the difference between fore and hind milk?? Haha regarding you being too selfish to elimintae food!! We've looked at the wetsite of the local baby place and they have swim nappys from 5kgs. Do you think this is cos they shouldnt be in the water before then or just that there isnt too much demand for it?
grrr I just lost a big post!! But Steph has already asked one of my questions and that was about fore and hind milk.
My other question is that I got some fenugreek today and on the bottle it says its to treat colds etc...nothing about increasing milk supply, this is still the stuff to take isn't it? The chemist lady knew thats what I wanted it for.
Also is 100ml from both breasts enough to be expressing at this stage? Is that how much milk Harley should be getting each feed from the bottle? I was happy to have him on the breast but he just never seemed to settle, and it is just hard for me to know how much he is getting so I'm just expressing most of his feeds now. Just hoping that 100ml a feed is good enough for him!
Also I don't know if he has reflux but he seems to be doing a lot of power spewing, it goes everywhere, and comes out his nose my poor lil thing. He does seem unsettled after a feed until he spews, so just don't know if its reflux or not. Maybe a trip to the doctor could be good...
I had a list of personals I had typed up so will do my best to say the same thing again...hate losing posts!
Kim: Ur so lucky that Craig works from home, some days I wish Rob did as well!!
Jo: So happy for u that Ruby is a good bub!
Victoria: Also happy that Harrison is going real well! U poor thing with the heat, all u southern girls are copping it bad, hope it cools down real soon!
Amanda: Big hugs hun, hope u are feeling real well soon and that JD starts to settle better for u!
Steph: Hope u have a great trip away, and with the pool, I wouldn't start till about 4months but thats just me...and by the looks of things, Harley won't get to the pool till next summer!
Sarah: Hope ur supply slows down for u! Yeh I had the question about fore and hind milk for u, how can u tell the difference? I have no idea!
Big hellos to everyone else and hope u are all well and same with ur beautiful bubbas! Hope the weather down south cools down real soon as well!
Deb i feed Zach 100ml of EBM (but it only lasts 2 hours in his tummy then he needs more)....or 100ml formula and lasts him 4 hours and a goooood long sleep
Deb 100ml is great for a feed at this age, and while it only lasts 2 hours like Kim has said, its because its much more easily digested so breast fed bubs will feed more frequently. WTG
what i refer to when I say settling is when he is crying or screaming for what ever reason. Wind, lonely, scared. I try everything, check his nap nap, give him a fed, burp and rock him, kiss him and talk to him and sing to him, give him tummy time. And sometimes he still cries and cries and it makes me feel so helpless and anxious. He looks like he is in so much pain or discomfort and nothing I do seems to comfort him. Yesterday morning it was an hour before he settled after a fed, that was ok I could handle that. But yesterday afternoon he took an hour and a half to settle and I was shaking and my chest was tight and I felt dizzy by the time he finally settled. Just out of the blue he stopped crying and his eyes were shut and I just broke down into tears. Thank God he did not wake up again till after DH had come home, we had had dinner and I was showered and into bed so I didn't hear his next fed. My DH did the late fed and the early morning fed today so that I could get a full night sleep. I feel so blessed to have him share the load with me. I was in bed by 10pm and did not wake up till 7am. Thats 9 hours sleep. I still feel a but scared about how I will cope if he plays up for as long as he does but after all that sleep I do feel a heap better.
JD is sometimes happy with 80-90ml then sometimes he wants up to 150ml, we just see how he goes and if he still hasn't hit that milk drunk phase and still looks for food, then we give him some more. This does mean that we may heat up a bottle for him and he only takes 20ml and leaves the rest and depending on the room temp we either throw the rest or leave it at room temp for next top up. I personally would rather throw it than risk the milk being too cold. but sometimes its only an hour or so before he is fidgeting again and we use that to re-settle him and cross fingers that it works.
P.S. I express once in the morning and once in the evening. Sometimes I miss the evening. I get about 100ml to 125ml from each expression (both breasts together). I think my milk supply is slowing because I am also feeding formula. It just seems he perfers the formula and we only give him the breast milk as a desert after a bottle of formula if he still seems hungry. Nurse says thats ok, and so I am not worried. I will also chuck him on the breast after a fed if he just needs comforting and that seems to work. I love breast feeding, it doesn't hurt and I find it quiet lovely actually. It just doesn't seem to be enough for him that all.
I worked out the oversupply myself, I did a process of elimination using infants friend and gaviscon to rule out reflux and colic, middy suggested lactose intolerance to which I looked at on the ABA site and it said that overload/ foremilk/hindmilk imbalace mimicked intolerance. I expressed some BM last night and got 150mls of just foremilk in 5 minutes and still had more foremilk coming out. Not to mention letdown feels like nails are being stabbed into my nipples
I feel better knowing and at least I have too much and not enough so I should be thankfull really. As for wind, Infants Friend works well to get wind out but I don't know about food you eat causing it, I can't eliminate food I eat, I am too selfish for that
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