Well, I've finally had the baby and she's just over 3 weeks old and breastfeeding like a champion. Things are going pretty well for us, except that in the evenings she becomes quite unsettled and appears to have a lot of what I can only describe as "gas". She becomes unsettled around 7:30 pm...

Things are now getting desperate on the breast refusal front with DD... In the last week or so she's been refusing more and more often. She'll be 8 months old on Wednesday. She's down to 4 breastfeeds a day, 3 during the day and 1 in the middle of the night. Yesterday, she breastfed once in the...

I just found out today that I have a hyperactive thyroid. Which explains a lot. I've been going psycho lately and the mood lability was driving me insane to say the least. I'll have to have a test where I have to ingest radioactive iodine. I know that I'll have to pump and dump then, just not...

I posted this before but it didn't show up for me so I'm reposting it. Apologies for any duplication. This morning DD (7 and 1/2 months) is sporting a forehead that is red and covered in tiny bumps. They're all really small and close to each other, so that her forehead kind of looks and feels...

This morning DD (7 and 1/2 months) is sporting a forehead that is red and covered in tiny bumps. They're all really small and close to each other, so that her forehead kind of looks and feels like sandpaper. Soft sandpaper, mind you :) The only things I ate yesterday that were not part of my...

I'm going to have to have a wisdom tooth extracted in the near future and am wondering about the compatibility of pain killers they'll use and breastfeeding. Right now I am not sure what exact drugs are going to be involved. I have the initial appointment to meet the oral surgeon on Wednesday...

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Just a couple of links to PDF articles I found on treating and curing yeast infection (candida). I hope you find them useful. Right-click and select "Save Target As..." to download. The Truth Behind Your Yeast...

I am an occasional poster to this group - I always watch the discussion with interest and post with advice where I can. This newsgroup is such a rich source of support. I have a friend whose baby is one week old, and mother and bub are traumatised by a rocky start to breastfeeding (I am yet to...

I posted a few days ago about a friend who was having trouble getting her baby back to the breast after a bottle. I just thought I would let you all know that after spending some time discussing and working on technique, we got her baby latched, and they've been nursing successfully overnight...

First a bit of background: Baby number 3 is due in November and I will breastfeed as I did with my first two children. DS #2 is allergic to the casein in cows milk. I breastfed him until he was 12 months old, which was 4 months into this pregnancy. I had a very challenging breastfeeding...

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Poor little buddy's got baby acne all over his face, eczema/cradle cap on his scalp, heat rash on his shoulders and back, and a staph diaper rash on his bum. He really looks like he's been exposed to a nuclear blast. I feel so badly for him; he's fussy, he scrubs his face into my shoulder, and...

Leslie -- A woman I "know" through blogging is training to be a childbirth educator with Birth Works, and she's looking for positive VBAC stories to share with her future clients. I figure you've got about the most positive VBACs ever with your 13+ pounders; would you be willing to let her use...

Hi, all -- I'm starting the nursing saga all over again... ;) I've got a 4-day old, and while he's certainly getting plenty of milk and his latch looks OK from the outside, he's giving me really bad cracked nipples. The latch-on is agonizing and the rest of the session isn't much better. I'm...

I got a lump under my left armpit when I was pregnant with Micah (3 years ago... yikes!!) and it never went away. I've had multiple caregivers look at it, and even got in sonographed a few months ago when it started getting bigger (my mom and grandma both have had breast cancer), but everyone said...

Hi, all -- Micah's got his first ear infection, and several people have suggested squirting breastmilk in his ear to help clear it out. However, his ped said one of the reasons kids get ear infections in the first place is because their inner ear doesn't drain effectively, and liquids (inc....

I meant to wait until Friday to take The Test, but my powers of delayed gratification failed me... Anyway, #2 appeared on the pee stick (which Micah then tried to eat), so according to the babycenter calculator, we should meet him/her around April 22. :) DH and I aren't telling anyone yet, but I...

Well, Micah's down to two feeds a day (morning and night) with an occasional third in the afternoon. I had assumed that as long as he was nursing, I'd still keep up my supply, but it really feels like I'm drying out. He's getting *something* but my bra size is back to normal (waaaahh!), and I...

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