Nursing While Sick or Taking Medication: Epi
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Keep Breastfeeding or Switch to Formula?
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on March 29, 2011
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I have a 4 month old daughter who is exclusively breastfed. Starting at about 1 month of age she started getting really fussy, having lots of gas and a hard time goin...
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- I have heard that some breastfed babies do not poop a lot. The breast milk is extremely digestible, so it may be that your daughter just doesn't produce much waste fr...
- You could try supplementing with a soy-based formula and see if there is any improvement. My babies all cried and fussed, mostly in the evenings, from about six w...
- To be honest, I would keep breast feeding...... (I am PRO extended breastfeeding. Our 2nd child didn't even get baby food till 9 months. Our 3rd is almost 7 months a...
Cesarean and Breastfeeding...
Asked by M.H. from San Diego
on March 13, 2008
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I am 37 weeks pregnant and my daughter is breech. Yesterday my doctor attempted to turn her by ECV, but she wouldn't move. So, now we're looking at the prospect of a...
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- I had both my sons via cesarean birth. My experience with my second son (19 years ago) was wonderful. He was placed on my chest right away and when I went into the r...
- Hi M., I had my twins by c-section. After being in recovery for 2 hours - I was taken to my room and Katelyn was brought to me to nurse (Madelyn was still in the nurs...
- Hi M.- Please do not let people scare you regarding the c-section. My daughter also was breach and refused to move! At 37 weeks, they tried to turn her, but found t...
Questions About Labor and Breastfeeding
Asked by B.V. from Kansas City
on February 26, 2008
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Hi Moms,
We are thinking about having another baby. Actually my first pregnancy and delivery because we adopted our only child who is now 2 1/2 when she was just del...
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- Hello, I can not tell you what to do but I can give you a little insite to my 3 deliveries. With my first child I had a nice little plan I wanted this and didn't wan...
- B., I had a baby 3 months ago and due to back surgery I had in 1999 I could not have an epidural. I was scared prior to delivery because I didn't know how bad the pa...
- As a mother of four, I am no expert, but do know a little on some of your questions. The episiotomy is a good thing to have. It is much harder for them to repair a t...
Sick 8 Month Old Baby Girl, Help!
Asked by A.D. from Dayton
on August 27, 2011
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My 8 month old daughter Layla cannot tolerate any kind of formula, so I strictly breastfeed her and feed her baby food, just straight vegetables and fruits. Well once ...
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- It seems the common evil is milk... or sugar, but I don't know if sugar affects people like that. I would take her to an allergy specialist. Maybe you should just move...
- I think you should pursue the possiblity she has food allergies - esp. to dairy. In the meantime, remove all dairy from her diet and see what happens. Did you try any...
- It sounds like she has food allergies to dairy products or is lactose intolerant. Stop giving those to her. You can experiment with other kinds of foods. If your gu...
Confused by My Son's Allergists Advice
Asked by E.B. from Chicago
on November 17, 2010
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I am confused by my son's allergist advice. My son had bad eczema since 2 months old, and he was diagnosed with milk and egg allergy (by skin prick test and blood test...
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- You might want to check out Almond Milk and/or Rice Milk. But as far as milk goes you don't need it. There are plenty of other ways to get calcium than milk...I know...
- If you go with the rice milk option, Trader Joes has the cheapest and best testing, IMO. Do know though, that there is no fat in rice milk and you will need to supple...
- my nephew tests positive for dairy and handles milk just fine where his baby sister also test positive for dairy and has a horrible reaction. Did you eliminate dairy 1...
Help Needed -- Struggling with Episiotomy (3Rd or 4Th Degree)
Asked by J.D. from New York
on March 27, 2010
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My wife delivered our 2nd son two days' ago. Our first was a C-section - she didn't dilate enough even after laboring for 8 hours. We were keen on VBAC & went for a do...
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- Wow, I can relate. I have three kids and two big episiotomies. I've heard that C sections are easier to recover from. Your poor wife. Suffering in silence is no go...
- Okay - I have had 4 babies now. Had severe episiotomies before. The BEST method I have had is to have your wife continuing taking the medicine she came home on!! Be...
- She CAN feed her baby if she is taking a low grade pain med like Tylenol3 or even low dose vicodin. Best thing I did was ask for something. Have her tell her doc she...
How Did You Cope with Labor? How Do You Manage 3 Under the Age of 4?
Asked by E.M. from New York
on June 14, 2011
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I'm days away from delivering baby #3 and could use some advice on how to keep it together.
My first two children were late-term premature. In fact, my water broke...
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- I've known a lot of women who would do positional changes, keeping energy up by eating and drinking as needed, low loud humming, kissing/fondling their husband/partner...
- My 3rd child came so fast that I didn't have time for meds/epidural which made the recovery was so much faster and easier than with my first 2 (epidurals). My doctor's...
- We're about in the same point in pregnancy! I had a fairly quick natural birth with my first and so now I wonder about how this birth will go. I want another natural...
My Poor Boobies!:(
Asked by M.B. from Orlando
on February 16, 2012
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So I decided to give actul breastfeeding a shot with my daughter instead of solely pumping.
Well the LC at the hospital came in and helped and showed me how to get he...
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- Call the lactation consultant again and again. Keep going back until you work your way through this. You will, just keep at it, it's worth it!!!!!! Warm wash clo...
- Soreness SUCKS, but is completely normal, especially for first timers. Get her back on and latching. I think my soreness went away after about a week or so. But, un...
- There are two things no one warned me about. One was that on the third day, my boobs would be so huge that I didn't own a single article of clothing that would fit ar...
Nervous About Giving 6 Month Old Benadryl
Asked by S.K. from Seattle
on May 18, 2009
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Hi ladies,
My six month old has been up with a stuffy nose and coughing for the past two nights. The doctor says she has a viral illness (no ear infection, nothing...
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- S., you are trying all the good things that can help with congestion. My grandchildren, as babies, benefited the most from sleeping in their car seat and moisture. C...
- When my son was four he had a severe allergic reaction, and the first doctor I took him to said to give him Benadryl. We did, and it was awful. It knocked him out fo...
- Babies are obligated nose breathers, they don"t understand that they could open their mouths to breath so they try and breath through the mucus. Keep her nose clear a...
When Can We Try Peanut Butter...
Asked by C.P. from New York
on March 13, 2009
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I have a 20 month old son who has been around me-a peanut butter lover- since conception. I ate it while breastfeeding w/the ok from my ped. I want to have him try s...
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- We started both of our kids on peanut butter at 1 yr. As long as there is no history of allergies you should be fine.
- You should probably wait since the reaction can be very serious if he is allergic. I too ate peanut butter while pregnant, while breastfeeding and during my son's fir...
- I would be very careful with peanut butter. I would wait until 2 or even later. We have no family history of food allergies and I have 2 children allergic to peanut ...
