sudden weaning and mastitis
I have been forced to suddenly give up breastfeeding in all forms (I was exclusively pumping for about a month). I can not discuss why and do not have the option of nursing again. I need some serious...
View ArticleWow! More than a hundred days with no posts in this forum.
I am still exclusively pumping and bottling and felt like looking to see what was going on here... I guess not much!! Does anyone else look for activity here? Check in please!
View ArticleIt's Working!!! thank liba
I talked to Liba the other day and she told me that she only pumps like 4 times a day- so I started doing that over the last 24 hours. I pump only every 5 to 6 hours instead of the every 3 hours like I...
View ArticleSigh.
134 days of pumping instead of nursing my baby. :hbeat: 134 days of gazing at and loving my little boy. :hbeat: 120 days of holding my baby in my arms. :hbeat: 108 days since my Avraham Chaim came...
View ArticleThis just sucks (long vent)
No matter what I do my supply sucks I use the sns, I pump, I take fenugreek, mothersmilk tea etc and still my supply sucks. I assume it is because of the high does of effexor I'm taking. If I pump I...
View Articlewill I be a bad mommy....
if I do breast milk and formula? I seem to be loosing my milk supply and my little guy is hungry a lot. He is almost 5 weeks now (6 weeks preemie) and weighs 7 lbs 8 ozs at the last dr. visit on...
View ArticleFive months 8 days of pumping.
I am down from 50+oz a day to ~35oz. It is still enough but a big drop. Avraham Chaim is generaly drinking 10oz but I end up dumping another 5oz since it was in the bottle he was drinking from,...
View Articlelooking for personal experiences
I'm a first-time mama--my daughter is 5 months old. We've been unable to breastfeed because I have extreme supply problems. I exclusively pump, and I only make about 6 ounces of milk per day. My...
View Articleexclusive pumping
I pumped exclusively for my cleft palate angel for 26 months. I am still not over the loss of the nursing relationship even though my current baby nurses great. Why is this pain so persistent? It was...
View ArticleI'm tired of this!
Yes, I am tired of having to nurse my son with tubing. He pulls the tubing out. I had to quit using tape as my breasts are scared/irritated from the tape. I try to hold his hand as much as possible to...
View ArticleAnyone else BF w/o problems go on to needing formula with next baby?
I breastfed my oldest for 6 years with no problems. now with my second I have had one problem after another. I considered myself to be a boobnazi in the past so it's still a shock for me that I am...
View ArticlePLEASE HELP CRUNCHY MAMAS
ok so because of medical reasons i am no longer able to bf ds which is heartbreaking....but now he has issues with storebought formulas...tried 4 now...has issues with iron and maybe lactose....and i...
View ArticleWondering
I would like to breastfeed, if/when I have a child. But, I am currently avoiding many medications/supplements for TTC. And, I'm not sure I can go years without for breastfeeding. I feel guilty and I'm...
View ArticleI have to stop nursing my baby....
I am so sad! I was told I had lupus by my Dr., but then was refered to a Rheumatologist. I saw her yesterday and she diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis..at 26! She wants me to start some meds, but...
View ArticleAllergic baby that can't nurse formula options??? Help!!!
We tried nutramigen, neocate, allimentum and home made goat milk formula. He has different problems with each of them. I can't pump enough milk to not need to supplement. I have already tried...
View ArticleQuestion for bottlefeeding mamas
How many cannisters of powder formula do you go through per month. Feel free to PM me if you dont want to post. Thank you!!!
View Articlewhat bottles do you like?
we have been using the playtex with the disposeable dropins and both andy and i are starting to really dislike them. we used glass bottles with the other girls, but unfortunately we cannot find where...
View ArticleHow do you feel about donated Breast Milk?
AS alot of you know im in the process of building my milk supply...which is working but very slowly... Sara cant take Regular milk based formula, and soy seems to be giving her digestive problems...I...
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