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You guys helped me earlier to figure out the break release on my floor loom - thanks so much! Here is my first project I'm working on. Just making some washclothes. I wanted to play around with clasped weft with the idea of a "fire" theme.

I'm not sure I love how it looks, but it's interesting at least. Does anyone have any other ideas I could try weaving on this warp?

And any tips for getting better selvage? I normally lay the weft diagonally and then beat it so that the edges don't creep inward, but in this case with the clasped weft, I can't really do that. So I try to pull it tight but not too tight and end up with the edges creeping in and still some extra little bits on the selvage, oof.

Also, for this I just did a 2/2 twill so when I did the tie up, it was two tied on each treadle. Is it possible to do a different pattern that doesn't have two of each, like something where the two sides of the fabric would look different? I tried it just to see and it seems like it works but the shed is just smaller, but still workable - so maybe that's my answer right there?

I’m just wondering if what I’m doing with my baby could be harmful to him. So generally, at his bedtime I nurse him and it’s about a 30% chance he’ll nurse to sleep (he doesn’t have a huge nurse/sleep association- not sure why and I wish he did) so if he nurses to sleep, I’ll transfer him to his crib and if the transfer doesn’t work or he doesn’t nurse to sleep, then my husband takes over the rest of bedtime, because it was stressing me out being responsible for everything and I need a break. He is generally pretty good at getting our baby to sleep - he hums to him while rubbing his back in the crib and that usually works pretty well. But lately it hasn’t been going as well. Our baby has a big preference for me and a lot of separation anxiety, so when I leave, he just cries and cries with his dad. If he’s still crying after about 15 minutes, I come back and try to nurse again, and he’s more likely to nurse to sleep, but if he doesn’t sometimes it’s the same thing all over again, crying with dad until mom comes back in…

So I thought it’s okay because crying with a caregiver is different for the baby emotionally than crying without a caregiver, and he’s hopefully learning to get more used to being cared for by his dad. But now I’m getting worried because I don’t want him to cry so much and I really don’t want him to have bad feelings/association with going to bed?

Usually his first stretch of sleep is from around 8-midnight and whenever he wakes up, I bring him in bed with me and we breastsleep for the rest of the night and that works really well. He nurses often throughout the night but I hardly need to wake up for it, so I get good sleep. But I really like that little bit of time in his crib where I get to relax, be on my computer, get ready for bed by myself and stuff like that.

But should we change our routine somehow?

I have been doing lazy EC since my baby was about 2 months old. I offer about 3 times a day and up until recently I was catching most poops, which was great! For the past week and a half though, my baby hasn’t been going when I put him on the potty. Sometimes he will pee a little, but won’t poop anymore. I don’t think he’s constipated because he has been going in his diaper about once a day and the poops seem soft. Does anyone have any ideas how I can help him go. I’ve always held him over a toilet in classic EC hold. Would getting him his own potty help?

Hi, I'm trying to find a new endocrinologist. My current one is an NP and I just don't feel like she has a ton of experience with prolactinomas, especially with patients who desire to have kids and breastfeed.

I was diagnosed with my pituitary micro-adenoma before I got pregnant with my current baby (I believe it is what prevented me from getting pregnant until I got treatment). I was treated with cabergoline for a few months, my prolactin levels normalized, and I got pregnant. I stopped the cabergoline as soon as I tested positive. After giving birth, my milk did not come in very well. I went to a breastfeeding doctor who said she thought it was due to beginning my pregnancy on cabergoline with low prolactin. She prescribed me some herbal medicine and after a few weeks, I was finally able to get a full milk supply and exclusively breastfeed. I have been breastfeeding now for almost 9 months and I would like to continue until my baby is at least 18 months old. I'd also like to have another baby. My period hasn't come back yet, and I'm not sure if it will until I finish breastfeeding. I had another MRI a bit after I gave birth, and my adenoma had become a macro-adenoma, which my endo said was normal since it is expected to grow during pregnancy. It isn't touching my optic nerve or anything, fortunately.

My main questions that I'd really like answers to are: would I need to take significant time after weaning for treatment before getting pregnant again? Do I need to wean before starting cabergoline, or can I start it and continue to potentially dry nurse, if my baby wants to keep sucking, even if it stops my milk (and how fast will it stop my milk)? Would I likely have the same issue with initial low milk supply if I get pregnant and try to breastfeed again? Is there any chance I might not need treatment now, and might be able to just get pregnant again naturally, and possibly nurse through pregnancy and tandem nurse?