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It’s nice to see Breastfeeding featured in a Carnival. My Mum bottlefed me in the 1960s because doctors told her she didn’t have enough milk, and to add insult to injury I was quite poorly and intolerant of formula. I’m still breastfeeding my two and half years old and I was so interested in supporting breastfeeding I trained as a breastfeeding helper. I find volunteering at a breastfeeding cafe a wonderful and rewarding experience.
Your illustrations/pictures are very easy to understand. Thank you
I appreciate the comments everyone has made. It gives me hope. I’ve been struggling with the night weaning of my 18mth old son and the resulting physical exhaustion as well. It seemed that we had him down to 1 or 2 feedings a night during the summertime, then he got sick and it all went out the window. It is now October 31st and he is once again recovering from being sick and is now waking up as many as 5X a night. I am exhausted and struggling to not let frustration over take me. What has made it worse is, due to my son’s teething and the way he holds his jaw I’ve had mastitis about 5-6 times now. I have gotten so I know the signs that it is coming. I have been trying to night wean, however after prolonged crying (and comments from the landlord, who’s bedroom is directly above ours), I often end up giving in. What has helped is explaining to him to have a “gentle mouth” and not allowing him to continue nursing if he is clenching his jaw. I think if I did not have to worry about the landlord making comments everytime he cried, it would be easier. Anywayz, I could go on and on but I have to find the strength to get through this. I love sharing this time with my son, but I cannot allow him to continue nursing so many times a night.
Milk Maid
Hi all,
They say breastfeeding burns a lot of your calories. But that did not happen with me. Infact, till the time I breastfed my baby (fed him till he was 10 months old), I felt awfully hungry all the time and had become a voracious eater (my appetitite was much more than that of my hubby:(…)….results??? weight gain. Its been 2 month now that i have stopped bf n my appetite has gone much lesser than before. However, though I do yoga and pilates daily for an hour, I see no difference in my weight. If at all I loose a pound or 2, it just comes back. I agree with all u moms above that its just soooooo frustrating. I WANT MY SHAPE BACK but i dont seem to be getting it. It makes me miserable and m conscious 24*7. But i know am not the only one undergoing all this. I know its a phase and i will be out of it soon. The only thing i gotta do is…HANG IN THERE…KEEP DOING WHAT I GOTTA DO N M SURE I WILL GET THE RESULTS SOME DAY…its just a matter of time….so ladies….PLEASE DONOT GIVE UP….EXERCISE….DO YOGA….WALKING…WATEVER IT TAKES TO SHED OFF THOSE FABS…N YESS…DRINK LOTS OF WARM WATER THRUOUT THE DAY…IF U CANT LOOSE WEIGHT IT WILL ATLEAST PREVENT U FROM GAINING ANY FURTHER….TRUST ME ON THAT:)….GOOD LUCK ALL:)
apparently the mid-wifery movement is a growing one that has historically faced a lot of opposition from the medical establishment. more coverage of how mid-wives are beneficial, safe and cost-effective would help this cause of reducing runaway medical costs.
It is such a relief to hear another Mother say these words…you just have no idea!
I constantly feel the need to defend myself when people come over and there are dishes over flowing from my sink or when I have 3 loads of laundry that need to be folded or put away. But i know that in order for my child to come first, yes the housework will have to suffer.
I really think there is so much pressure out there today for women to be “perfect” and these celebrity moms make it look so easy like they’ve really got it together (no one sees photos of the nanny or maid of course). But in the real world, is it truly possible to “do it all” without compromising the time you could be spending with your child?
This is a battle that plays out in my head all day everyday… In the end all I have to do is look at my daughters sweet little face, bored to tears in her high chair as I stand at the sink, soap up to my elbows. ” Heck, these can wait,” I say. “Let’s go outside and dig in the dirt.”. She claps her hands and smiles as I unbuckle her…. having a clean house has never given me as much joy as these precious times with my child..
Amber P
It is true that it’s hard to nurse and multi-task! I enjoyed those times of just cuddling and forced relaxation. I totally agree with you–the mother being healthy and whole is much more important than having a sparkling clean household and a psychotically tired mom!
I learned this lesson while I was pregnant, too, and chose to make taking care of myself and concentrating on making a healthy baby my number one priority. When I was tired, I rested, and I made smart food and exercise choices a big goal. I realized this was a good lesson for me overall, and taught me how I should have been taking care of myself all the time. Now that our little one is here (11 days old already!) I have absolutely no illusions about what my priorities are — to keep him fed, clean, happy, and safe, and next to recover physically from the birth and feed myself well, and finally to do anything else *if* I have the energy and desire to do. Years from now we won’t remember how nicely the carpet was vacuumed or whether dishes sat in the sink for days, but the wonderful moments we’ve had with our son and the comfort we have in knowing we gave him every attentive moment he wanted and needed. I’m also learning to say an emphatic “yes, please!” when friends offer to cook or clean for us in these first few weeks!
Your nephew feels your love and support already through your excellent advice and support you’ve given his mommy about breastfeeding and baby care!
We love you! I’m thrilled to report the baby has taken to BF’ing like a champ, and was already way past his birth weight at his one-week pediatrician’s appointment, up to 8 lbs 4 oz from 7 lbs 7 oz at birth. Hooray!
i’ve a 14mnth old toddler and i was thinking about donating blood when i read the guidelines for blood donation.. but reading all the mails send by the donated mothers… i feel i should not think about it…. thank u…..
Ladies, ladies, ladies, it feels so good to know that I am not alone. Neither of my little women took the bottle. My 2 1/2 month old absolutely refuses to take the bottle. I have returned to work, and I have to leave several times to go and feed her. I have tried everything possible. I will continue to try with the sippy cup and the straw. Thanks so much, and hang in there.
Babywearing has really saved my skin in so many ways, and housework is only one of them. Oh, and look, that’s me doing it right there!
LOVE these tips, thanks!
Excellent philosophy and good tips. Keep up the superior work on this excellent, informative, well written blog.
Oh, that was funny. This was totally worth reading while I procrastinate from writing. Thank you for the laughs!
Number 11 made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the morning giggle!
Oh, yeah. I am all. over. this one.
Time for Mama to do some venting!
Yikes – just saw the deadline! The kid and I are heading out of town tomorrow, returning on the 17th. I’ll do my best to get it written while I’m gone.
Thank you so much for this info! I have a 4 month old that is strickly a breast fed baby and his dad wants to get overnight visitaions with him. Although he has shown no interst in my son and even went through a DNA test. This is my sixth child and my 4th that I have nursed, I know whats best and I needed to be more educated when it came time to talk to the GAL! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Kristin
Interesting to read all your experiences and to see what a common problem this is…I’m in a tough situation so your advice would be helpful.
I’ve co-slept with my son since he was 3 months old, and it has worked great for us. He wakes up to nurse, then falls right back asleep. Neither of us wake up fully, so I’ve been able to have great sleep from from about 12 mos until now (24 mos.)
But over the last 2 weeks his sleep has been terrible. He won’t go to bed until 10:30 (used to sleep easily at 8:30) and wakes up 3 times a night nursing voraciously (like, 30-40 minutes!). I’m pregnant (2 mos) and get so irritated with this! I take him off the breast but then he cries and cries. My husband then comes and tries to comfort him but he won’t go to him at all during the night, and gets really agitated.
I’m so worn out and am thinking of night weaning, but hate the thought of having him cry for long periods of time. Partly cuz I don’t want to cause him upset, but also cuz it is horrible to listen to during the night.
Any suggestions?
See http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-while-pregnant-mom-to-mom-22/
I have gained 20lbs since I stopped breastfeeding and Im extremely tired!
Same here. I am so wiped and up 5 lbs!
I have just made the cover. However, the opening keeps falling down and doesn’t stay up. What’s wrong? I tried two different bonings, but it still falls. I put boning between the straps. Do you have to sew the straps over the boning or something? Thank you.
I’ve gotten pregnant twice while nursing so don’t think that will prevent it. The trick to ANR is when you have your baby to really keep nursing your him/her as long as possible. Three years is the longest I’ve gone. That way my husband didn’t have to come home from work to nurse me-but I was ready for him in the evening and always first thing in the morning (we do a long nurse first thing before the kids get up so I can start my day peacefully and many times with an orgasm). After two years or so I’ve gotten pregnant again and re-started the cycle. I’m now well into my third pregnancy and because I’ve been nursing consistently for 5 years my new milk has come in. It’s great to feel that rush again.
I had my third daughter one year ago yesterday and I am still breastfeeding. I have now breastfed for a total of 5 1/2 years. I LOVED the hospital she was born at. The only bad experience I had was with the lactation consultant. When I got pregnant with my newest addition I was still nursing my almost 2 1/2 year old. I was slowly weaning her off but once I found out I was pregnant I went ahead and called it quits. I never really dried up completly. When I gave birth to my newest little one I had an emergency C-section (yuck) and I wasn’t able to nurse her until about 5 hours after she was born. They had to keep her in the nursery and as soon as I could feel my legs they let me go down to feed her, she latched on perfectly. I got her in the room that night and was able to feed her with no problem. The next afternoon I was already engorged. The lactation consultant came in and I was very open to her being there. I explained to her that this was my third daughter and I breastfed my oldest for two years and my second for 29 months and that my milk never dried up while I was pregnant. My husband hadn’t brought my pump up yet and that I was so engorged that I wanted the pump for a little relief from the pain, so that I wouldn’t get mastitis and so Chloe could eat more comfortably. She basically told me there was no way that my milk was already in and that I shouldn’t pump the milk out. So I then squirted the milk out across the room. I felt like she thought that I no idea what I was talking about. She basically shrugged off everything I said. At least that’s what I felt. Then she told me how I was holding the baby wrong. I was thinking in my head, You know she is making this very stressful. If I hadn’t been so comfortable with breastfeeding she would possibly be making me not to want to do it at all. Breastfeeding is overwhelming enough to have someone like that making you feel like an idiot. Someone else finally brought the pump to me and I did what I need to with no help from her and everything is still fine today. On a positive note, I was surprised to see the diaper bag for breastfeeding mothers. With my other two daughters there where only the formula bags. It’s nice to see that hospitals are more involved in helping mothers breastfeed. That they even have lactation consultants is wonderful I just happened to get someon that thought she knew everything. All I can say to that is everything isn’t written in black and white, there are other circumstances to what she thought was correct, mone was one of those. I’m not saying that every mother will need to pump like I did. I am now going to school to become a nurse and I will then do what is needed to become a lactation consultant.
Wow its nice to find out that i am not the only one! My GF has been nursing me for about four years and I can totally relate with the people who mentiond thats its a really intense bonding experience. We dont have kids but about 4 weeks after we met she started lactating-we learned later no baby necessary just alot of continual stimulation-oops. Im guilty but I cant help it- she is the sexiest woman alive! Anyway from the first few drops I tasted I knew I liked that stuff- tastes like whipped cream on a vanilla sundae- and from seeing how aroused she got when nursing me it was just a win win and and we never stopped and dont plan too! We get in at least two and sometimes three sessions a day- a nice long slow one till they are both empty when we first wake up and always before we go to sleep. and anytime they get too full:) -anyway to any guy who wonders- if you have the chance to try it quit wondering!
My husband and I use a similar product, and we like it. The only thing I don’t like is that it takes longer to apply thoroughly than regular deodorant. I may have to get the spray-on next time! I started using this shortly after my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I feel that sweating is one way our body gets rid of impurities, and to keep all that in with aluminum-containing products could be harmful. Besides, our lymph nodes are right there where the deodorant is applied. I know people don’t want to see everyday things like antiperspirant as potentially dangerous, but they’re kidding themselves if they don’t realize that some of the most mundane parts of our lives are contributing to the high number of people battling cancer, among other things.
Oh, and about the stone lasting a year. It WILL last a year as long as you don’t drop it and break it. Those things are slippery! That’s why I prefer a cylindrical stone on a little plastic handle, which also has a screw-on cover for travel
I use the spray, and I love it! It’s part of my movement toward using fewer chemicals before TTCing.
When I’m feeling like I need a little scent boost, I use Tom’s of Maine deodorant right on top of it.
Naturally Fresh spray is $2.99 at our Target.
It makes scents that you would recommend this product for me. I’m not sure whether I will use the spray or get stoned instead.
Rovacop, it’s crystal clear that you are naturally fresh and your puns stink!
You B-O-th ROCK!!!
No sweat, I can keep it up all day! In odor to stop me, you will need to get bacteria reporting of regular breastfeeding issues!
I love your blog. Thanks for a refreshing and informative review. My youngest brother says he and his wife have used the cylindrical stone version of the crystal deodorant for years. He reports that it lasts a long time and works great!
What fun. Thanks for sharing!
My daughter had her first rota vaccine last Wed night, at 10 weeks. Friday I noticed her spitting up, which she never does but I dismissed it as typical baby spit up. On Sat the liquid stools started and by Sunday she had both going on. Here we are on Tuesday night and it is still going on. The doc is pretty sure it’s from the vaccine. No fever but it is hard keeping her hydrated. She gets sick on formula and can only tolerate Pedialyte (and only sometimes) at this point. I have never had a child this sick before. I do vax my kids on schedule but after this reaction she will not be getting doses 2 and 3 of this vaccine. My son is 5 and they didn’t have this vaccine when he was small and he is a happy and healthy 5 year old.
I have breastfed through two pregnancies now, and I’m currently nursing three siblings of different ages. I co-slept with each of my older children until they were around 10 months old, so each of them were in their own beds before or in the early stages of my pregnancies. Nursing more than one child (and in my opinion that begins with nursing whilst pregnant since you’re sharing your body with more than one child) is a huge demand on your body. Please don’t underestimate it! My suggestion would be to think ahead. Changes you make now, early in your pregnancy, will be much easier than late in pregnancy or when you have a newborn. Will you be happy to have two children in your bed when your newborn arrives? If not, I would suggest getting a good sleep book (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child By Marc Weissbluth is an idea) and working on that now. Counting while nursing (I let my 3yo choose the number) works well, but unless you’re ready to wean you probably won’t want to do that every time (though you may want to do it every time at night!). Keep in mind that your older nursling will probably increase feeding duration and frequency when the sweet newborn milk comes in. Sometimes for me that involves nipple soreness, and I just explain to my older nurslings that they’ll have to wait and let the ‘numnums’ rest for a while. Tandem nursing is wonderful and worth the effort. In order to make it work, it is critical you get the support you need (lots of rest and little to no housework!) and that you explain and set any necessary limits on your older nursling. If you’re like me, that may mean setting aside some of your nursing ideals, but it’s more important to be realistic than run-down. Enjoy your pregnancy!
I am intrigued. I have several friends who are going the natural route with deodorant and inspiring me to think about trying it (how’s that for convincing?), so I’ll forward this review to see if they’d like to try this kind out. Thanks for a suggestion of what I should try when I run out of my current deo! I think it does really make sense not to use antiperspirant. Ever since my friends were talking about it to me, I was aware of how odd it is to force your body not to sweat. Fortunately, I only remember to put it on every week or so…
(And, no, no one can come sniffing me, either!)
By the way, my mom would be sooo impressed with the punny comments! She lives for that sort of thing.
I can’t say I had the same experience…from what I remember I would still smell. Maybe its because I am a hot blooded latin woman…I use cotton tech from adidas and its not the most popular brand out there but it contains no alzehiemers causing agents and it is great.
Sam has family & friends in Michigan. I’ll try to spread the word.
I placed my oldest child on his tummy after the umbilical stump healed. Once he was a few months old, he would roll to his side. At nearly 6 years old, he still sleeps on his side or tummy. I did the same with my youngest. He is now a tummy sleeper at nearly 4. I am pregnant with our third child and I’ll probably do the same. I breastfeed my children until at least one year old, no one in my family smokes and I do not use blankets or anything soft in the bed. My oldest choked choked on spit-up when he was an infant. I heard gurgling noises and went to check on him and he was literally choking. I am a firm believer in breastfeeding and no soft things in the bed…oh, and tummy sleeping!
I feel if a parent is nervous about tummy sleeping, purchase the angel monitoring system. Then, let you and your baby decide how to sleep. My husband and I were born during the “tummy sleeping era” and we’re fine! 
It really isn’t about the milk, especially for a toddler. I’ve only left my 15-month-old for an hour or so here and there to get a haircut or what-have-you. And there’s no way he would have taken a bottle of my milk even if I left one. It’s about me, and him wanting his mother.
I find it much easier to handle this time around with my second child, I’ll be honest. Because I knew that the day would come when I could go out for 5 hours and he’d be fine. We’re not quite there yet, but it’s coming fast.
For what it’s worth, my sister nursed her almost-three-year-old through her second pregnancy, and when her milk “came in” (although it had never totally gone away) with the second baby, she was incredibly engorged. I’ll be it’s not an unusual phenomemon, and something that you’d think the LC would be familiar with.
Thanks for sharing their experiences! I’m glad that Stephanie had a good experience. Usually just the disappointed people write (ahem, me), so it’s nice to hear a good story. I just had one thought in regard to the waiver, though. I might be misunderstanding it, but a waiver to me suggests that you’re not doing what’s expected. What if the breastfeeding and no artificial nipples were the norm, the hospital policy, and you instead had to sign a waiver that artificial nipples and artificial milk could be given to your baby? That way, you’d have to think harder not to breastfeed, and the hospital’s default position would be to support breastfeeding. Does that make sense? Same with the goodie bags — it seems like the breastfeeding ones should be the default, and maybe formula samples are given only if they’re specifically asked for or needed.
Kelly, I also loved that you shot milk across the room! It’s so aggravating to have your experiences and knowledge contradicted and dismissed. I’m sorry you had to go through that. You’re right that if you hadn’t been so committed to and familiar with breastfeeding, that insensitive treatment could have been enough to discourage you.
You’re totally right about that, and it was hard to explain to family and friends who wanted to babysit in those early days when we knew he just wasn’t ready for that separation. What your husband did is what mine does during separations: keep the baby busy! It usually works well now at 2-years-old, and sometimes I’m a little hurt that I’m not missed.
Thanks for sharing their experiences! I think it is so important to talk about these things. Many women discuss doctors and birthing choices and how they affect breastfeeding, but I haven’t heard many discussions about breastfeeding support from hospitals.
I am 63 years young I have been eating Cheez its and Chetoes for a long time’ Know it acts like a laxtive I cant control my bowell movements and my shorts are orange. When I stop eating it takes 3-4 days before this stops when I start eating them again I notice it again my next bowell movment Is it because of my age. or did I discover a new laxitive?
I think I sent this to the wrong Dr, Can you help me out. Hey Janet HELP
I have a 16 month old baby boy who nursed until he was 13 months. He still won’t take bottled, or cupped milk from me! Anyways pre-pregnancy I was 120lbs, 2 weeks after having him I was back to that and 3 weeks later I was down another 4lbs. My dr. told me to eat more, then I went back to 118lbs and was quite comfortable. Since I stopped nursing him 3 months ago I now weigh 123lbs. No matter what I do I cannot get rid of it. Has anyone else experienced post nursing weight gain?
I meant to comment about this the other day. Your story reminds me of when I had hernia surgery when Ronen was 16 months old. I asked the surgeon about breastfeeding and pain meds and he kept insisting that I needed to wait 4 hours after taking the Vicodin to nurse but added “Can’t you just give him a bottle for a few days?”
This demonstrated such colossal ignorance on his part because, (a) the 4 hour delay is suspect, considering that moms who have c-sections breastfeed much more frequently than that and are on much higher doses of pain meds, not to mention that they are (hopefully) exclusively breastfeeding a tiny infant and I was asking about the occasional nursing of a toddler who eats and drinks lots of things,
and (b) even f**mula-fed babies don’t need to drink from bottles at 15 months, in other words ITS NOT ABOUT THE MILK!!!
I encountered this type of ignorance constantly until the boy self-weaned at around 3.
Yeah for both mom and dad. Good parenting “makes” good children.
I loved my recent hospital birth experience as well as the breastfeeding support at the hospital. Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, was very pro mother-baby relationship, and they were supportive and encouraging about breastfeeding. The nurses made sure we latched on properly within 15 minutes of the baby’s birth, and continued to check on us throughout our stay. The LCs came by twice on their own and once when I paged, and though we were doing really well with breastfeeding they still gave me helpful suggestions that made it even better. I was so pleased.
I have coslept with all 3 of my little ones (and breastfed all), the eldest now being 18 years and youngest 10 months. Did not start out that way but after having a very colicky baby found it worked the best. And before anyone could tell me I was wrong, found a wealth of info out there about why bub should be close by not in ‘another room’. So slept with the other 2 even though not as difficult sleepers. It has definitely made my mothering experience more positive as I have not been in ‘conflict’ with bubies as meeting their needs. BTW your 18 yo definitely will not want to sleep with you or breastfeed (as some professionals make out will happen if you don’t force/train them otherwise) it just happens.