My nephew was born Tuesday afternoon at 35w4d. He weighed 6lb6oz and was 19 1/4 inches long and is perfectly healthy, just a bit early. Due to his prematurity they put mom on a pump after every feed regimen and supplement baby after every feed. I felt dubious about this and called my much...

I successfully (thanks to this group) have breastfed my ds for the last six months... All of a sudden he is refusing to nurse more than a minute or so. he will suck, then squirm and cry until I sit him up. I am starting to worry that he isn't getting enough bm from me. I should note that he...

I just wanted to say hi and thanks for all your suggestions - my ds hasn't bitten me really since Monday and thanks to your input I feel better about feeding him formula during the day. Currently my daycare provider is giving him one 8ounce bottle of formula during the day, and water and juice...

Hello everyone This is where we a Pumping at work is going horribly. Friday I managed to squeeze out two ounces ... and that is it. I know that my breasts just aren't getting enough stimulation to get my milk supply back up so after five months of training him to sleep through the night I was...

Hello I am really upset :(. I had to return to work, and have been trying to pump during my breaks which has been going okay but every day I am getting less milk. I know it is a supply and demand thing, but my 7 month old ds also just started sleeping mostly through the night and of course that...

First, I hope that the date is right on this message this time and if it isn't I am so sorry, I can't figure out how to change it. Aden won't take a bottle of ebm while I am at work and I don't know what to do. He was taking a bottle fine until tuesday when I started work, and the last two days...

Sorry - someone please refresh my memory on whether or not this was one of the good pumps to get. Thanks Michelle

Right now I am preparing to go back to work - I am trying to get a good stash of expressed bm going. I am eating almost a cup of oatmeal for breakfast, and taking fenugreek 3 705mg capsules, 3x a day. This is plenty for me to continue to feed ds and get about an extra 6 ounces a day. 1. How much...

I missed the LLL meeting again today and I really needed some advice, so I am hoping all you experienced bf can help. 1. DS is 6 months and offered food twice a day: he eats advocado, bananas, pears, carrots, apples, sweet potatoe - he hates peaches, and I just tried him on squash and he has...

For those who remember me. :-) My son, Justin, is now 3 1/2 years old. My hubby and I are TTC and I hope I'll be here soon talking about my personal experiences!! Anyway.. wanted to give a shout-out to my old mkb buddies who might remember me. ;-) ~Shell

A few years ago the group put together a list of breastfeeding myths. I have them but they're in bad shape. Would anyone object if I posted them to the group in attachment format? ~Shell

Hey everyone, Heather is here and I realized quickly how much I had forgotten about breastfeeding! She's 9 days old now and the pain and blisters are just now finally going away. OMG I don't remember it hurting that bad with my son. I checked her latch over and over and everything seemed right...

You still here? I finally got those old myths for you if you still need them! Email me: ~Shell

My DD is now 6.5 weeks old and absolutely refuses a bottle. (she won't take a pacifier either) I'm starting back to work on Dec 26th. Ideally I would love for her to take a bottle while I'm at work and nurse when I'm at home but she just won't accept it. We've tried warming the nipple up,...

Well, Thank you for all your advice on trying to get my DD to take a bottle of EBM. No luck so far but now it's not so urgent. 4 days before Christmas I was laid off. (What a great Christmas present eh?) Plus, I was just coming back from maternity leave! (FMLA did not apply as I was 2 weeks...

Heather Lisbeth was born Oct 20th at 9:38am. She was 9lbs 5oz! Labor started around 8:30pm the previous night and there was no break for me. DH and I stayed home and walked around the neighborhood until 3am when we decided it was time to go to the hospital. My dilation pretty much matched the...

I have a 7 mo. old who I am still nursing (in addition to feeding her solids). She goes to bed around 7 pm, wakes up around 3 am then wakes for good around 6:30 am. When she awakes at 3 she wants to nurse. I cannot get her to go back to sleep unless I do this. Is this pattern normal for a 7 mo....

Hello everyone, I started weaning my baby girl in August, bfing for the last time on Sept 1. Since then, I occassionally notice milk leaking when I take a shower. My dh has been out of the country for 11 months and returned last week. When he would stimulate my nipples, milk would leak out. Is...

my daughter is three weeks old today and we still haven't gotten this natural art of breastfeeding right yet. I'm sore and leaking like crazy and tired and cranky and nothing has ever made me feel so inadequate and guilty for failing... My husband is sleeping on the couch, my two year old is...

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...