MSE Parents Club Part 7

feelinggood_2

I was breastfed till 13 months, as was my brother. I don't have any desire to have my body back really, although that said, I don't much feel like it isn't my body. I feel the same as pre-pregnancy. What exactly do you mean?

tiamai_d

Tigs, fingers crossed for Andrew!!!

Nancmat, congratulations! Breast feeding is hard work, but very worth it. Try feeding her non stop during the day, keep offering her the breast to try and make her fill up by day. But the cluster feeding (when they feed for hours and hours) is normal. Do try feeding lying down, I never got the hang of it, boob is just the wrong shape for it or something. I lie back on pillows and can doze while she feeds, but it takes practice. They start staying latched on better after about 6 weeks I found and you can wriggle and not have to get them back on.

emlou2009

omg buttons he needs a punch!!!

SugarSpun

weezl74 wrote: »

Child care: sitting/kneeling-dressing, feeding, 4 hrs 553 cals. Any good?

Awesome, thank you!!

searching_me wrote: »

SERIOUSLY SS ... how the F*** do you do it???????????????????????????????????? x

I'm lucky, I got the multipliers really quickly and I'm super fast

elle_gee wrote: »

Speaking of BF being hard... nebby question coming up.. Are any BFers in way looking forward to BF coming to an end?

No It'll be the point where she changes from baby to real person independent of me, IYSWIM, and I'll be sad. She keeps biting me, but I don't mind.

Hugs for sad/angry/sick babies and their parents, and for anyone who wants one.

Welcome nancmat - BF is hard work, and nobody tells you

:j for Andrew!

Keely did I miss an update on your MIL?

tiamai_d

We are down to one feed every second day or so! I miss it and I don't.

I miss the closeness but not the constant worry. I don't miss feeling like crap after expressing and getting 1oz, I don't miss seeing her face get thinner and thinner because I had to stop her feeding to go collect a child. I miss the quiet time of feeding her. I miss her being MY baby and nobody elses. I miss her looking at me while she fed, now she stares at the tv/light/big brother. While I loved breast feeding her, I can see now that she really was not thriving on it, she was skinny and slept all the time, she was lucky if she wet 3 nappies a day and no matter what I did I couldn't change that, so I do not miss the guilt and feeling like I wasn't a proper mum.

Elle, I think you just can't wait to stop expressing Surely there must be a low sodium milk out there?

Buttonmoons

emlou2009 wrote: »

omg buttons he needs a punch!!!

Yes he does. Oh well, I'm not going out now anyways, just need to call my mum and tell her she doesn't need to babysit.

elle_gee

I don't feel at all the same as pre-pregnancy. I want to be able to sleep topless again, not worry about leaking and generally feeling unattractive (although OH continually assures me I'm not) Feel more like my boobs are only for Rhys than OH now, if that makes any (cringeworthy) sense..

ETA:

Elle, I think you just can't wait to stop expressing

Yeah, probably. I do much prefer the direct method, I just don't think I can rely on it (or rather Rhys' suck power) to sustain him properly. I do want to slow down the expressing and do more direct, but now they've said extra milk powder for calories so it's got to be EBM.. vicious circle nonsense! *sigh*

emlou2009

buttons dont let him ruin your night, just go out and wear the dress! he probably said that cos he thought you looked too good and might have someone come onto you!!

ladybirdintheuk

Buttons don't be daft - you can't not go out. If you stay in you will spend the evening being cross. If you go you will relax and enjoy yourself when you get there If you've changed your mind on the frock take it back, and get another one instead (make him come with you and help choose if he wants to be trinny and suzannah!).

feelinggood_2

elle_gee wrote: »

I don't feel at all the same as pre-pregnancy. I want to be able to sleep topless again, not worry about leaking and generally feeling unattractive (although OH continually assures me I'm not) Feel more like my boobs are only for Rhys than OH now, if that makes any (cringeworthy) sense..

I find it odd that my breastmilk bleaches some of my sheets! I sleep with my top up, so LO can feed when he wants, and often have patches on the sheet. I put a maternity mat under the sheet, and just change it regularly. I'm also known to have big wet patches on my pajamas

OH was never allowed near my boobs anyway.