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- Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:14 am
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: milk supply
- Replies: 5
- Views: 567
Re: milk supply
I use Mother's Milk tea that I get at GNC. I also take fenugreek and alfalfa. It worked wonders for me. My understanding is that its not really that babies suck better than a pump. Its that your body responds differently and it gets your hormones going. Jacob had trouble nursing, but I would let him...
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 09:57 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: Breastfeeding after mag/induction? (Question for a friend.)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 982
Re: Breastfeeding after mag/induction? (Question for a frien
I was on mag for 5 days. My colustrum started coming in on the third day. I think I really got a decent amount of milk around the fifth day. It just suddenly came in. Nursing didn't work because of his preemie issues. I pump exclusively. I have had to work hard to keep my supply up, but Jacob is six...
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 07:58 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: Aother post-partum question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 654
Re: Aother post-partum question
So, I guess this is more venting than anything, but any input is welcome. I got the lab results in the mail today. Its a bunch of numbers I don't really understand. It looks like my glucose levels are low, though. On the bottom of the paper they wrote "evidence of organ damage and evidence of preecl...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:17 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: Aother post-partum question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 654
Re: Aother post-partum question
Thank you for the responses! I guess I am probably chronic. I had high blood pressure for a short time before pregnancy. But, I was working at a job I hated, blood pressure medicine didn't help, and it turned out that anxiety medicine did help. When I quit the job and was under less stress, my blood...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 04:09 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: Aother post-partum question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 654
Aother post-partum question
My blood pressure went up at 20 weeks, I was diagnosed with pre-e at 31 weeks, hospitalized at 33, and delivered at 34 weeks. I will be 4 months post-partum this Saturday. My blood pressure has taken a long time to settle out. My OB said that since my pre-e was so severe that was to be expected. I s...
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 08:19 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: pre-e and big babies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 919
Re: pre-e and big babies
My son was 5 lbs, 5 oz at 34 weeks. At 31 weeks he was in the 71st percentile according to an ultra sound. At 33 weeks he had dropped to the 55th percentile. So while he was still big for his age, he had stopped growing in the last couple of weeks before we delivered. I think I am chronic. I had hig...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 09:35 pm
- Forum: After your baby is born .....
- Topic: Increasing milk supply
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2691
Re: Increasing milk supply
Thank you for all of the tips! Jacob hasn't had formula in 4 days so my milk supply is on the upswing! I started eating oatmeal every day. I also started taking the herb Fenugreek. I did talk to a lactation consultant. She asked about medicine I am taking. She pointed out that one of them, micronor,...
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 09:28 pm
- Forum: Parents of Preemies
- Topic: Back in NICU ***UPDATE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8024
Re: Back in NICU ***UPDATE
I'm so glad he is back home with you!
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 02:41 pm
- Forum: After your baby is born .....
- Topic: Increasing milk supply
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2691
Increasing milk supply
So when Jacob was first born (3 weeks ago) he couldn't nurse so I started pumping. Then after 5 days, I started letting him nurse but still pumped after he nursed so that they could give him breast milk at night while I wasn't with him. I did that for 6 days and was producing way more milk than I ne...
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 01:34 pm
- Forum: Ask the Experienced
- Topic: admitted and will probably be induced in a few days!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 923
Re: admitted and will probably be induced in a few days!
Congratulations!