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trinam - 68 days ago.
dominique23 The LC has directed me to a special dietitian... They're suppose to be getting back ahold of me soon... I'm eating very well, and have already gained 10 pounds. So I don't think calories is an issue, but I don't want to lack anyone, including myself, of important nutrients... I'll let you ladies know what she says... ;) Thanks for the input!

dominique23 - 68 days ago.
trinam- i havent nursed threw pregnancy, docs dont like you too i know that, but you have to consider the risks, lots of women do and are fine, but i woudl have to stop if i got pregnant due to being really high risk, i know with nursing one baby and being pregnant you need 3000 cal or so thats what my friend was told, but 2 babies...that is gonna take a toll on you! i heard that your milk changes taste so sometimes babies will start weaning because of it, or some milk decresses . and i have no idea what i wodul do with 3 nursing babies lol you do need another boob! good luck i hope it works out curious what LC says

trinam - 69 days ago.
I'm going to contact a lactation consultant this morning... or at least try to... but perhaps you ladies here may have some insight... I'm exclusively breastfeeding 17 month old twins... They are on solids now too but still nurse several times a day. I am also 15 weeks pregnant with another child (surprise...lol) Neither one of my babies are ready to wean... And the more I try the more they want. So I've decided to make sure I eat lots, double up on my vitamins, let them take the lead and keep breastfeeding... I'm not sure what I'm going to do once this other baby is born... Maybe if I could somehow grow another breast life would be fine! LOL jk I'm not sure about health risks (for me or them) and how I'm going to time manage this... Anyone else in this boat? (even with a singeton...) Thanks!

lissie - 69 days ago.
I had to exclusively pump for my son's first month of life. I took warm showers before i pumped if I was having a hard time letting down. Or a warm washcloth adn a gentle massage. My breasts adjusted to the pump adn it was fine. Another option is to weigh the baby before and after feeding adn you'll know just how many ounces he/she is getting :) My sisters baby had issues gaining weight and that is what the lactation consultant did. Good luck!

brandi33 - 69 days ago.
Iam currently about 30 weeks along, but recently found out that my little guy is facing surgery soon after birth..... I have been trying to decide if breast feeding would be best for him being he will be facing so many obstalces. I would however not want to actually breast feed, but pump and use a bottle because I will be too worried that he isn't eating enough... I think i would just feel safer knowing exactly how many oz he is taking each feeding...... Has anyone done this who could give me some tips..Thanks in advance :

jlevine - 69 days ago.
hi ladies!! I have a pumping question!! My baby is 2 1/2 weeks old and would never latch due to a tongue tie, so I have been pumping pretty much since day 1! I pump and then bottle feed her. How much should i approx. be making do you know? She eats about 3 oz every 4 hours and i pump about 4-5 oz every 4 hours! because i'm pumping and not nursing, how will my body know when to make more, once she starts eating more? should i pump more often? I'm so confused about this! lol I breastfed my 2 year old up until he was 8 months old without a problem and rarely had to pump so I;m not too educated on the pumping! any help, advise and or input would be great! thanks! :)

beegee - 71 days ago.
Jaime- I'd pack 3 bottles. My daughter eats 5ozs about every 3-4 hrs. When I am going to work I always go by counting the number of feedings that she is due, depending on what time I last nursed her, and I add 1 extra. Good luck!!

beegee - 71 days ago.
dominique-thats so funny. Heather is the same way, for a few hrs between 6-10pm, she is just crazy. I hate it because I can calm her down by nursing her, but my fiance and the babysitters are SOL when I am at work in the evenings

dominique23 - 72 days ago.
Prob leave 2 1/2-3 bottles

Jaime928 - 72 days ago.
Hey ladies I have been breastfeeding my 8 week old for about a7 weeks now and now Im going back to school. im only pumping 2 onces everytime I pump he eats close to 4 onces or 5. He will be at the sitters house for about 5 hrs while I go and he eats every 2-3 hours. How3 many bottles of milk should I take with his sitter while im at school?

dominique23 - 73 days ago.
Dulcianasmom- babies go threw a period of being fussy at the brest in the evening its pretty normal, usually after a few weeks it stops. mine around 3 mnts every night between 6-10 pm would cry cry cry, nurse , pull off cry, nurse pull off cry over and over this went on for hours. i found what helped us was nursing in motion, like walking around and nursing or rocking and nursing.

beegee - 74 days ago.
dulcianasmom-it might be something that you ate. Have you changed your diet at all?

Dulcianasmom - 78 days ago.
has your LO started getting fussy at the breast? Cami will get so fussy at her late afternoon and evening feedings ?? I don't know why. there is tons of milk there cause i can see it in her mouth and then when i can finish up with her i'll pump for 10 minutes and i get quite a bit of milk that was still in the breast. the only tthing i can attribute it to is maybe its just her 'fussy' time ?? she'll be 2 months old on November 7th

beegee - 79 days ago.
thanks dominique. I think I am going to call a LC to ask them some questions about milk production and my supply. I think it is fine now because I'm feeding her every 3 hrs still, and pumping at night and when I'm away. You guys said I can eliminate the night pump, I just think that my supply will lower because of that.

dominique23 - 79 days ago.
beegee- id say if you think she is full after 4 or 5 oz than shouldnt push more, thats why bottle fed babies are easily over fed, id say if shes still fussy after drinking 4-5oz and seems hungry then try another oz, i wouldnt do another 3 oz, that seems like a lot for a baby her age to eat anyways....kids iv watched and babies in my family they werent eatting 8oz a feeding until about 5-7 mnts. i think you should do what your doing if she is satisfied. when they are jst downing a bottle that large she may not stop when shes full either because it comes out faster and not all babies will just stop .

beegee - 79 days ago.
dominique- I've used it before and it says that her bottles should be right around what I have been making them, 4-5ozs. I'm asking because a friend of mine believes that you should give the baby a bottle of 8ozs, let them eat as much as they can from it. That way they stop when they are full, not when the parent cuts them off at a predetermined amount, like the 5ozs. I don't agree, what do you think?

Dulcianasmom - 79 days ago.
charmedby3tobe -I'm so glad i popped over to this forum and saw your post..my LO is almost 2months old and she is starting to sleep longer stretches at nite and i was really worried about my supply. You are right tho, i have ntoiced she gets what she needs dduring the day and then by the morning i'm full but not too engorged. Good post!

dominique23 - 80 days ago.
ladies i have made it a year breastfeeding..well in 2 days to be exact but im so proud ! it was really hard to start with, we are still going strong .baby was sick for 2 days all she did was nurse refused all her food, and her sippys with milk, and shes not eatting very much still think shes getting back to feeling better although for her bday part she did eat a whole cupcake! lol she is nursing allllll night long i feel like i have a newborn again. she did eat some cherrios this morning and drank her milk out of a sippy so hopfully shes good!

dominique23 - 80 days ago.
Beegee- here s a calculator how much a baby eats you put in age weight ects so you can get an idea of how much expressed milk you would need to leave. even though a typical baby around alexis age would prob have about 8-10oz she would only ever take 5oz out of a sippy cup never took bottles. you could freeze it in smaller bags too that way if she needs an extra oz it doesnt go to waste. like do a few 1oz bags, and i use to do 2-3oz bags only so i never had to throw it out. oh and your prob ok to cut out the night pumping, maybe cut out one of the pumpings, make your last one before you go to bed, you will prob wake up soaked and engorged just pump right away in the morning, your supply will even out to babys needs. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html

beegee - 80 days ago.
charmed- I didn't know that my body would shift its production cycle. I thought that if I didn't pump in the middle of the night, that my body would not make that amount of milk for the day. As it is when I pump I get between 4-4.5ozs. But her bottles that I make her are 5ozs for the day when I'm gone, and a 6oz bottle in the morning because I feel that if she slept for 10hrs, then in the morning she would be really hungry. So here's a question for you. How much should I put in her bottles for when I'm away at work?

charmedby3 - 81 days ago.
beegee, you don't need to pump during the night. Your supply will adjust to what they baby needs. You will produce more milk during the day, and less at night. I breastfed my last son for 17 months (only stopped because he weaned himself due to my current pregnancy) and I never pumped, except when I went back to work. Babycarter, it is normal at that age for your son not to want to nurse as much. Rather than giving him juice though, you may want to start him on whole milk or goats milk in conjunction with the breastfeeding. At this age he will likely continue to only nurse a couple of times a day, and as he gets older he will nurse less and less frequently. When they wean themselves they sometimes go a couple of days between feedings before they quit completely. And I totally know what you mean about him getting frustrated with the time it takes to get a letdown. My son was the same way. He kept nursing till 17 months, and I'm sure it would have been longer if my milk hadn't dried up from pregnancy.

beegee - 81 days ago.
hey ladies- I'm a bf mom of a 3.5 month old little girl, and besides the pregnancy, bfing has been the hardest thing for me. First it was latch/nipple confusion. Then it was the pain/cracked nipples. All the while she wasn't gaining quick enough for the drs, so they insisted that I give her formula after each feeding. But I stuck to my guns, and we prevailed. Going on to 4 months, and I couldn't be prouder. So quick question. My daughter sleeps through the night from about 10-8. Since she is sleeping and not feeding, I pump twice in the middle of the night to keep up my supply ( both in my freezer and in my bbs, lol). Is anyone else waking up in the middle of the night to do this? It is really getting harder and harded each week that passes.

babycarter - 84 days ago.
How can I tell if my son is weaning himself? He is 11.5 months old and just seems over it unless it's before a nap or bed. I keep reading that a low milk supply might be the reason, well if that is the reason it's because he hasn't taken to it the last few day so how do I correct that? I feel like he looses patients because it take so long for a let down it’s just a feedback loop, he isn’t interested for 1 day so my milk supply goes down, the next day he doesn’t get it fast enough and he grow impatient and doesn’t nurse well…We began giving him water and juice out of a straw and that’s when this all began. Think it could be related?

Rebecca - 85 days ago.
I used fenugreek with my first child, it works best if you use blessed thistle at the same time. You can also ask your Dr for a prescription of Domperidone as well to help increase breastmilk production. But the best is to just nurse nurse nurse! Good luck ladies, and hold thoses babies close, they grow all too fast! :)

texxasmama4 - 94 days ago.
I used fenugreek with my last kiddo. It worked pretty good for me. This baby is 2 weeks old and I seem to have a good milk supply. I am using this new thing called a MILKIE. You place it on the breast that you are not nursing on and it collects all the milk that normally get absorbed into your nursing pad. It's pretty awesome! You can U-Tube it. I save about 5-6 oz of milk a day and haven't pumped yet.