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Tess

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 11:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cangratulations, Bananaclip! :)

Danz, love the new photo of Dylan. He's precious.

Bananaclip

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Enb, the epidural was great. I don't know if I could have pushed him out that fast without it because it let me get a lot of sleep before the hard labor started. I had contractions too but everyone was saying they were false because they didn't start in my back but I knew I was in labor. They never did start in my back, everyone is just different.

Thanks Moondance, I will send them today sometime.

Moondance

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 05:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have pix of a cutiepie!!!

Best excuse to take a break from moving all day!

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Moondance

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 05:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Caden's first day home:)

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Moondance

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 05:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Daddy & Caden... sooo sweet!

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Wargod

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 06:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bananaclip.......he's beautiful! What a wonderful time you have ahead of you! Are you guys getting any sleep??

Tess

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 06:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a sweet baby. Both your guys are beautiful. Congratulations again, Bananaclip. :)

Bookworm

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh my heck Banaclip what a sweetheart!

Alegria

Friday, July 19, 2002 - 09:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is such a wonderful place. The pics are just terrific. Good luck with everything. Bananaclip, your guys are really good lookers!

Bananaclip

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone. Yes, I'm getting sleep! He is a great baby. I'm trying to breastfeed so I'm not to thrilled that he sleeps so much and won't wake up for a feeding. Also my milk just came in and he is not satisfied with the amount at all. I'm having to supplement with Enfamil which breaks my heart.

I was really hoping to breastfeed but he won't latch on right and then he screams at the breast until I give him Enfamil. Any suggestions???? I have called La Leche League but all their advice isn't working. I think Caden is just used to the bottle now. This is a really sensitive subject and I cry all the time over not being able to get it to work.

Bananaclip

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh I forgot to add that I purchased a pump yesterday but after an hour of pumping I only get 1 oz. of milk. I try to pump as much as possible to stimulate the milk supply but nothing is happening so far.

Danzdol

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Banana I have foung that the key to successful breastfeeding is consistency and patience specially in the beginning when you first see them cry and you go nuts. I would say keep trying even if you end up with the formula.

I have been supplementing with Enfamil Lipil since DAY 3 because D was also starving and I was not producing enough yet. You need to try it when you are relaxed. Have you tried a hot washcloth on your nipple a couple of minutes before you breastfeed? It stimulates the milk as well as massaging the breast.

Alegria

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Drink a beer just before nursing. It helps the let down reflex and also relaxes mom. The nurses in the hospital gave it to me and it worked!

Twiggyish

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He's a beautiful baby! I love the tender picture of both Daddy and Caden, too.

Danzdol

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 11:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The pics are adorable by the way...arent they just yummy???????????????

Alegria

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 11:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There are some good articles on the www about nursing. Here are a few I just found:

http://www.parentsplace.com/expert/lactation/qas/0,10338,166420_106284,00.html

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBmilksupplyissues.html#enough

http://www.breastfeeding.com/all_about/all_about_myths.html

http://www.bflrc.com/newman/breastfeeding/enough2.htm

http://www.unicef.org/ffl/04/4.htm

From unicef's site:
Almost every mother can produce enough milk when:
she breastfeeds exclusively
the baby is in a good position and has the breast well in the mouth
the baby feeds as often and for as long as he or she wants, including during the night.
From birth, the baby should breastfeed whenever he or she wants to. If a newborn sleeps more than three hours after breastfeeding, he or she may be gently awakened and offered the breast.

Crying is not a sign that the baby needs other foods or drinks. It normally means that the baby needs to be held and cuddled more. Some babies need to suckle the breast for comfort. More suckling will produce more breastmilk.

Mothers who fear that they do not have enough breastmilk often give their babies other food or drink in the first few months of life. But this causes the baby to suckle less often, so less breastmilk is produced. The mother will produce more milk if she does not give the child other food or drink and breastfeeds often.

Pacifiers, dummies or bottles should not be given to breastfed babies because the sucking action for these is very different from suckling at the breast. Using pacifiers or bottles could cause the mother to produce less breastmilk and the baby to reduce or stop breastfeeding.

Mothers need to be reassured that they can feed their young babies properly with breastmilk alone. They need encouragement and support from the child's father, their families, neighbours, friends, health workers, employers and women's organizations.

Breastfeeding can provide an opportunity for a mother to rest. Fathers and other family members can help by encouraging the mother to rest quietly while she breastfeeds the baby. They can also make sure the mother has enough food and help with household tasks.

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GOOD LUCK and enjoy your baby!

Bananaclip

Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 12:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank for all the great info! A beer sounds good haha. I'm supplementing with Enfamil Lipil also but will try the advice above before giving him anymore. It's frustrating when he will just cry and get hot, red and mad in any position.

Enbwife

Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great pics Banana - be sure to post one with you and Caden soon. My friend who just had her baby has had trouble feeding too. Emma was in intensive care at birth and given formula because my friend had a c-section and couldn't feed her. Now Emma doesn't want the breast. Michelle's been pumping and feeding her that way but she found that Emma latched on to the breast if she laid down with her. Apparently she hates the sitting positions but doesn't mind the lying down. Also Michelle is practicing with the breast when Emma has had a bit to eat and isn't at that starving stage yet... Sounds like quite the tricky business to me!!! Good luck Banana.

Yuhuru

Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Banaclip,
I had trouble nursing also. My Dr. wrote a presription to see a lactation specialist at the hospital so that the insurance would pay for it. My husband and I spent 2.5 hours with a jactation specialists who helped me with diffferent positioning etc. She really got my husband involved also. It was a really positive experience for me. It was so much better than trying to read up on these these. In my case my son was an ineffecient nurser. We ended up using a supplemental nursing system to help( formula put in a tube that had a capillary tube that tapes to your breast so that he was actually sucking at the breast while getting some additional formula).

Try to be patient, and above all, don't be hard on yourself. he fact that you're here getting advice means your an awesome mother. Sometimes are bambinos don't want to cooperate. I caused myself a lot of unnecessary anguish. I felt like a failure. I had taken a 6 week breastfeeding class and I still had problems. Looking back I realized that I was way too hard on myself. I'm really looking forward to nursing my next who's expected to arrive in January.

Urgrace

Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Somebody said a mother is an unskilled laborer . .
somebody never gave a squirmy infant a bath.
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've
had a baby . . . 
somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "normal" is history.
Somebody said a mother's job consists of wiping noses and changing diapers...
somebody doesn't know that a child is much more than the shell he lives in.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct. . .
somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring . . . 
somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said teachers, psychologists and pediatricians know more about
children than their mothers . . . 
somebody hasn't invested her heart in another human being.
Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out" . . .
somebody thinks a child is like a bag of plaster of Paris that comes with
directions, a mold and a guarantee.
Somebody said being a mother is what you do in your spare time . . .
somebody doesn't know that when you're a mother, you're a mother ALL the
time.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices. . . 
somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child wind
up and hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother . . . 
somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first...
somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing
questions in the books . .
somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery . . .
somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus f or the first day of
kindergarten.
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied
behind her back . . . 
somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married . . .
somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a
mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home . . .
somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of life . . .
somebody doesn't know what fills you up.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her
. .somebody isn't a mother.


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Urgrace

Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 02:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awww, what a cutie pie Bananaclip.

Enbwife

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all, I went to my weekly Dr. appt. this a.m. and told her that I'm still having the horrible lower back pain occasionally. She's convinced it's contractions so did an internal check of my cervix. Seems it's opened about 1 cm so far. My blood pressure has gone up to 120/80 from 110/70 (where it's been all this time), so she wants me back to see her Monday. Her words were it's "reasonably favourable" I will deliver early but probably not this weekend... I still technically have 2 weeks to go (Aug.10th)! Kind of scarey but at the same time, I'm really feeling ready to get the show on the road now. I'm tired of feeling so large and imobile and so uncomfortable! I want shoes to fit again and to be able to get out of bed without effort!!! I know all you Moms can identify.

Anyway, hope you new moms are coping okay. I visited my 2 friends that had babies recently, this week. They're doing well. It's so neat to see the little babies and think that that's what's inside of me!!! :)

Max

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 02:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck, enbwife!!! :)

I have a friend in Virginia who had a little boy on July 13th - 6 days late. 8 pounds 6 ounces and awfully cute.

A co-worker had her baby last night - 3 weeks early. Another boy, 5 pounds 5 ounces. Haven't seen a picture yet.

Seems like spring -- babies are popping up everywhere! :)

Bob2112

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 03:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Enbwife,

"I'm tired of feeling so large and imobile" also,
but unfortunately there is no due date for my condition!

Good Luck

Lisa

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillarious Bob! The humidity here today is horrible!!! We broke down and bought a portable air conditioner so we can sleep at night. Went back to the Dr. yesterday and blood pressure went down and is better than average... weird! So just a waiting game now... hoping it's gonna happen this week because I'm really done with this pregnancy thing. :)