FTM. Breastfeeding journey is not quite going as I had imagined and may have to start supplementing with formula or combo feeding. I have no idea where to start with the different types of formula out there.
Where do I start looking? What do I look for?
I’m a FTM. It’s currently 4:50, I’m pumping, and I have been crying for close to an hour because my baby won’t nurse. I’m at a loss for what’s going on.
Our baby, does a combination of feeding. My husband gives her a couple of bottles of breast milk during the day, but I also like to nurse a couple of times a day as well. At night, during my husband’s shift, he continues the bottles and I nurse during my shift. Lately, baby has not taken the boob. Not during the day or at night. This has never been a problem before, and I feel like complete sh*t to be quite frank. Why isn’t she taking my breast anymore?
I’ve tried different positions and offered her the boob more times throughout the day, but she gets frustrated. She’ll latch for 2 minutes and then pop off. Should I move towards exclusively pumping?
Plleeeaaassseeee help me out
I’m a FTM. My husband and I will be traveling with our 3 MO to North Carolina in 2 weeks. I want to bring extra breast milk to help us get through our 10 hour day of travel so my husband can feed her once or twice. I do nurse her, but I want to be prepared. Do I bring the breast milk frozen and let it thaw to use? Do I prep a bottle? Can I take breast milk through TSA?
Thank you!!
FTM to a 10 week old baby. Since she’s started eating 4-5 oz more consistently, we’ve seen improvement with her sleep at night. For the past two nights, it’s been 2 four hour stretches followed by a 1.5 hour stretch. I’m so happy! HOWEVER I am struggling to sleep through her grunting and noises during my shift. Every little sound she makes jolts me awake. It’s to the point where I’m just staying awake during my shift (1 AM - 6 AM) because I each time I try falling asleep after she makes noise, there’s another sound that follows.
Any advice would be helpful!
FTM to a 10 week old baby. Since she’s started eating 4-5 oz more consistently, we’ve seen improvement with her sleep at night. For the past two nights, it’s been 2 four hour stretches followed by a 1.5 hour stretch. I’m so happy! HOWEVER I am struggling to sleep through her grunting and noises during my shift. Every little sound she makes jolts me awake. It’s to the point where I’m just staying awake during my shift (1 AM - 6 AM) because I each time I try falling asleep after she makes noise, there’s another sound that follows.
Any advice would be helpful!
Looking for advice - Baby is currently 9.5 weeks old. She is starting to sleep for 4-hour stretches in her bassinet in our room (hallelujah), but I'm wondering when to transition her to a crib in her nursery. Many people I know still have an 8-month-old baby in their bassinet, and some move their baby to their nursery at 3 months. I know nothing about transitioning sleeping arrangements, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I want to have an open and honest discussion about PPA/PPD. And I want to preface this by saying I have an appointment with my doctor to talk about these things tomorrow. I would appreciate any others’ experiences and stories to help me in my anxiety and any others who may be experiencing something similar.
I’m currently 3 weeks PP and experiencing what I believe to be PPA. It started pretty early on in the hospital when people were coming to visit. The idea of people coming and seeing my baby was so sweet, but I realized in that moment that it also gave me more anxiety than I had ever experienced before. People passing around my baby, her crying in other people’s arms, and me feeling like I was just expected to sit there and let them hold her, was a new personal type of hell.
When we came home, the anxiety went into overdrive with all the people wanting to visit. Our “schedule” was changing, I was (still am) exhausted, and felt like I had to entertain people, and was having the most intrusive thoughts - someone would drop her, someone would hold her wrong and hurt her, someone would fall with her, she would roll off someone’s legs, etc.
There have been times where I didn’t want to hold my baby because I felt like I couldn’t do it right. It felt like I couldn’t make her happy - like I wasn’t a good mother to her. There have been times where I feel like she’s preferred others over me.
I’ve also noticed a decline in care for myself. I started barely changing into a new outfit each day, struggling to brush my teeth and do the bare minimum for myself.
I’m writing this post because I know I am not alone. I understand now how isolating it can feel and how quickly we can lose ourselves because we are so focused on our baby. I hope this post can help you feel less alone. Personally, I hope someone out there has words of encouragement or tips and tricks they’ve used themselves to help through such an emotional time.
Sincerely,
A First Time Mom