This thread is for parents whose baby was born in January 2008.
Your moderators for this forum are as follows- Astrolady ~ Administrator Trillian ~ Senior Moderator Dachlostar ~ Senior Moderator Lea13 MistyFying
There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:
Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids or formula.
Please note - To receive thread notfications click the "thread tools" button at the top of this post and click "Subscribe to Thread" there is no need to post in order to get notifications.
OH my god. Amy is six months old today. I can't believe it!
Maz - I know what you mean. I was thinking exactly the same thing. Amy does that when I'm having a conversation with somebody too. It's just the cutest thing. I have to keep reminding myself not to worry about what Amy is or isn't doing. It's hard not to though when all babies around you are doing things that your bub isn't. But you can't do anything about it! So not worth worrying about.
About the breast feeding, at least you could do it for as long as you did. Keep on telling yourself that. I heard an awful story at clinic the other day where one lady's little boy had such a traumatic birth that his jaw got dislocated on the way out. Even once it was reset he couldn't suck at all so had to be fed through a tube. She got such bad mastitis that she had to be operated on and physically couldn't breastfeed. Another baby at clinic the other day was born without her oesophageal flap and therefore cannot eat the conventional way. She's at the age now where she's learnt too that eating hurts so refuses to eat even when they try. She needs an operation to rectify it. She has always been fed through a tube but they are thinking of putting a tube through her stomach so she doesn't have the tube on her face. There is always someone worse off. I'm not putting this here to make any less of your experiences. Just putting them here because it made me realise when I was having all our feeding dramas that things could be so much worse and really I was blessed to feed Amy even just the little bit that I could. Ok I'm getting off my soapbox now too sorry
After all that, I'm going to go and hide in a corner. I hope I didn't offend anyone....not my intention at all. I was just in awe of how these women coped when I'm an absolute mess because my milk had disappeared. Wanted to share their stories.
oh Nik that just bought a tear to my eye. those poor ladies trying so hard only to be knocked down so to speak.
mateauz has been bf better the last few days. he always seems to go off it when I ovulate or when AF is here...milk must taste different. Im spewing cause I know so many woman that dont get their AF when tehy BF and I got mine back when he was 3 months old
Happy 6 months Amy honey..I cant believe how quick its gone! My eldest is 8 on wednesday...8! I could just cry cause I remember him as a new born so clearly. Mateauz and him look very simular at this age and it just breaks my heart that its going to quickly
Hope eveyrone is well and that your all rugged up. Its raining here atm...god aweful nappy drying weather
mateauz was my fourth attempt at BF...and I dont want it to stop. I feel like he is slipping away from me further and further with the lesser bf's he's having. I feel a closer connection to him then any of my other 3 children. My mum is the one who kept telling me to formula feed him....it is the most horrible thing in the world to have someone in your ear...especially a relative about bf. The first thing my mum says if mateauz is having a bad day is ' have you got enough milk'...wtf????
Have the previous posts been deleted?? I meant to reply yesterday but got busy and didn't get a chance to until now.
Interesting debate about bF ladies...Karen, I totally can see where you are coming from. I worked so hard to breastfeed DD right from the start. I endured bleeding nipples (due to attachment issues), suffered through severe acne for the first 3.5 months after DD's birth (all gone now thank God!) where I had to choose between going on medication to clear the acne or BF, and now I'm working full-time but had to spend ALL of my breaks in the sick room expressing for DD. A lot of mothers I know in my situation would have given up already due to lifestyle choices, but I haven't because I fully understand and appreciate the benefits of BM.
HOWEVER, most of my relatives and friends are FF, and like you, I downplay the fact that I'm BF for fear that they think that I'm rubbing it in their faces. All but one friend did not try very hard to BF - they see FF as easier - and so i am questioned all the time as to why I'm still BF. And you know what? I HATE it. Why should I have to justify MY choice to BF when I'm not so much allowed to even mention them FF for fear I might upset them?? It p*sses me off so badly.
Oh, I also do a lot of things they don't approve off, such as co-sleeping, and wearing DD, so to them I'm the hippie mum
Maz, my MIL says that to me all the time!!! if DD is unsettled after a feed, she says DD is not full from my BM and that she needs a bottle.
Babies Born January 2008 #9
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks