u/vanillabourbonn

I am 2 months PP and I am still only producing about a half ounce per DAY. Realistically, would you give up at this point?

One time I was camping in Colorado in a wilderness zone for college. It was fairly cold each night, and I decided to fully zip myself in my sleeping bag, even my head. Well I woke up a few hours later and I was getting hot, but when I went to unzip myself, the zipper was stuck. On top of that, its pitch black and the closest tent is like 300ft away from me. I go into full panic mode and it took a solid 5 minutes for me to get the zipper unstuck. It felt like I couldnt breathe, I hated it.

For some context, my husband divorced me when I was 26 weeks pregnant. There is some history of financial abuse, control, and emotional abuse as well. I moved out about 2 months ago. Fast forward to now, Its been 2 weeks since our son was born, and he has visited for several hours every single day since he was born. If I am being honest, I feel like its a bit much because seeing him that often is affecting my mental health, but I also know that our son is benefiting. Since I am so new to this, and I am sure many of you have way more experience, what would a good healthy amount of times per week for my ex to visit us? Am I being unfair by not wanting him to come over every day? I feel like if he wanted that much access then he shouldnt have abandoned me during my pregnancy.

I am 2 weeks PP and my milk supply is still embarassingly low. I am getting less than 1oz per day, 1.5 oz at the most. I am pumping every 3 hours per my lactation consultant's advice. What am I doing wrong? I am using correct flange size. Its hard to not compare myself to everyone on here who gets a high supply of milk.

I have an 8 day old, and he is currently eating 3-4oz per feeding, every 2-3 hours, and even after eating, he is still rooting and hungry. No matter how much I feed him, he is still hungry. Im feeding him double the amount of formula for babies his age. Im a single mom and I feel like Im so alone going through this. Any advice? He just constantly cries.

I am 7 days PP and I am pumping every 3 hours. Every time I pump, I am only geting about a quarter of an ounce total. I feel like this is pointless as I havent seen an increase in my supply.

Hey everyone, I am new here. My 6 day old is so sweet, I love him so much. He is so chill during the day, he only really cries when he wants to eat. But at night, even after several feedings, a dry diaper, being rocked, baby gas drops, nothing stops the crying. I even use a white noise machine. Any tips or clues on why he is so different at night vs day? Maybe hos circadian rythm is still off? I have been making sure to let light in during the day and avoiding blocking the sun when its out. Thanks!

Edit: I am also a single mom because my husband left me during pregnancy so thats been making things hard too

Hey everyone, I am a first time mom and I am 39 weeks pregnant. I have started collecting colostrum, and my first day I was able to get about 0.5 mL. Is this a good amount? Any tips apprecated.

I have 3 Pekin ducks, and I was wanting to get some of those tiki torches with the mosquito repellent oil for my backyard, does anyone know if that will harm my ducks? Thanks