There has been discussion lately of negative reactions to NIPping, but a bizarre thing happened to me yesterday. I was feeding my baby on the sofa in the living room. I always feed her there because it is the only place in the house I can get comfortable and have enough back support. The dustmen...

Does know anything about breastfeeding after a breast biopsy? I found a lump that my ob/gyn feels we need to investigagte more (the ultrasound indicated it's not a cyst -ie: not fluid filled). He says i should be able to nurse (my DD is 8 weeks old) as soon as the procedure is over. I'm just...

My DD is 9 months old and I have been back at work for almost 5 months, pumping milk for her during the day. All was going fine until this week. Suddenly I don't seem to get a letdown when I use the pump. This results in me getting very little milk at any pumping, so I've been having to use my...

Well I've got this idea which seems to be helping with calming down DD at bedtime, so I thought I'd share it... I want to make another nice association with sleep, on top of nursing, (which is fine, but she is nearly 1 and cutting teeth a lot, and sometimes I get very sore when she nurses a lot to...

To lose 30 lbs and I am still nursing. Now normally I would just eliminate carbs, drop the weight fast and then slowly introduce them back into my diet. That's what I did before I got pregnant with Nicolas and I lost it fast. Unfortunately because I got pregnant right away (within 6 weeks of...

DS is 14 months old and apparently allergic to egg whites. When I first introduced egg whites at around 12 months, his chin immediately blotched up. I waited until last week to try them again and he immediately acted like his tongue was itching and his cheeks and chin were covered in red...

My coffee group was talking about antibiotics this morning, and how long they last in breast milk. One of the ladies was on erythromycin (sp?) for a nasty bug that was going round, and her child was suffering diarrhoea as a result. If she had her last pill on Monday, how long should it take...

Just wondering when you all felt that you had your nursing established by? Is it generally not established until after the 6 week growth spurt or can it be established beforehand? -- Marie Mum of 3 DD born 03/98, DS1 born 11/99 DS2 born 08/03

Why they won't/can't make a breastpump as effective as a baby? I use lactina at work but I heard even that isn't really as effective as nursing. I know the formula companies just won't make a good one but what about Medela et al? I for one think that their pumps are overpriced so why not make them...

Hi, all - I seem to remember some discussion a while back about the availability of Breastmilk from a Milk Bank, and wondered if anyone else knows what I'm talking about. I need to know if there's anything in the vicinity of North Carolina - I've just met a couple who had a baby via a surrogate,...

My daughter's teacher had given me a copy of the Brigance Inventory of Early Childhood Development a while back and, out of curiosity, I was checking to see where Vernon's progress was falling on the scale (his gross motor skills seem about 6 months ahead to me, and I wanted to see if I was about...

My mother does not like that sometimes we use a pacifier with Pillbug. She says that his mouth will grow funny. I'd never heard this before and my husband says that the book says that's not true. Still, what are the pros and cons of a pacifier? Thanks, Anita

Hi all, I've enjoyed this newsgroup immensely and have learned a lot in the last 2 weeks that I've lurked here. First- some background. . . I have 3 girls, ages (almost) 3 years, 15 months, and 2 weeks (today). I wanted to nurse them all between 6-12 months, but only made it 5.5 months with 1st...

Pillbug (11 weeks) has been on two long trips now within a month, from northern California to southern California and back twice. Each time, we've had to stop about every 1.5 hours to nurse for half an hour or more. I worried a bit at first, 'cause I'm really into staying in my own bubble at...

I just found out I am pregnant (about 6 weeks). I am still nursing our 14 month old and she shows no signs of wanting to be weaned. She drinks from a straw and a cup and eats every kind of food imaginable. I have an 8 year old who didn't wean until 2-1/2 - I always say that I had to wait until...

I didn't see anything in that report that was a new finding. The biggest thing it said that was already known is that they don't add anything to baby food in the under six month set, which is what you should be looking for anyway. -- Sue mom to three girls Richard wrote in...

I'm told that 500 mg Amoxycillin is OK to take whilst bf. My question is how much comes through in the breastmilk and will it be likely to give DD any side effects? DD has had this drug before for an ear infection, but got diarrhoea and was taken off the drug early. I have been putting off...

A friend of mine has just had a baby girl today by c-section (I am so upset for her, they sectioned her because they thought the baby was too big, it turns out she was 8lb 10ozs, her last baby was 10lb 2oz so I reckon this was unnecessary!) Anyway, before she had the baby she was intending on bf so...

I've heard some of you mention a newsgroup or list for AP, does it still exist? If so, what is the name and/or info so I can join it? Thanks, LB -- Lisa L.W. Besko SCNC Voice : 517-432-4040 Systems Analyst SCNC E-mail : SCNC Support Voice :...

How long (or) can you use breastfeeding as reliable contraception? IIRC, it was 6 months as long as you're exclusively breastfeeding. Is that correct? -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com