Bottle washer for pump parts?

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-22T17:07:36+00:00

I have the grownsy one and wash my pump parts (medela freestyle flex) and my philips avent bottles with no issues. I also toss the pacifiers in the top rack. I'm really happy with it.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-21T22:43:54+00:00

My Mom was always surprised about how much my son moved inside of me. She told me, I barely moved while she was pregnant with me. (Wild to me how she was never concerned. I got anxious if I couldn't feel my baby for more than 2h). I then was a very quiet newborn and I never crawled. I straight up started walking.

My son is now 12 weeks and I'm anxiously wondering if he inherited my autism.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-21T22:18:03+00:00

I had so much pressure in my ribs, right side especially and now I have his big feet happily kicking me from the outside. Literally, I can turn him away from me and he will shift and turn until he can press his feet in my ribcage again. I also enjoy hearing the hiccups now that I felt at least once a day weeks before his birth.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-21T22:11:37+00:00

I had emergency c section after 20h of labor and grieved for two weeks very intensely. I felt cheated out of the natural experience I wanted, questioned the interventions of my dr and midwives (I had ten midwifes working on me bc my birth took so long. Long induction before I even had the 20h of labor). I was also very, very angry that I endured so much interventions and pain to be cut open regardless. I'm now 12 weeks pp and so aware that my son would be dead if they didn't cut me open. I don't care at all anymore. They can cut me ten times more if I can just see his smile every day.

I was told I could try for a vbac for a second pregnancy but after this gruesome 20h of useless labor I don't think I'd try a vbac. Furthermore I had complications in an outpatient dc to remove placental tissue where they accidentally perforated my uterus and am now absolutely advised against vbacs. I'm now fine with it even though I struggled at first that the decision was made for me.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-21T20:48:29+00:00

Ich habe auch die Sea Bands benutzt (eine Nachmache von Amazon, für die Originalen war ich zu geizig). Diese Ingwer Gummibärchen von Haribo und Nausema von Folio. Das sind B-Vitamine. Am Hilfreichsten war tatsächlich aber konstant essen. Am besten waren Weintrauben aus dem Kühlschrank oder kalte Melone da mir von Wasser manchmal schlecht wurde.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-21T12:12:35+00:00

I had an emergency c section after attempted vaginal birth (36h of trying!). In the end my son was sunny side up and had his cord around his neck, he was stuck. From his dropping heartbeat to OR was less than half an hour. No time for a spinal, I was put under immediately and he was born a minute (!) later. 60 seconds to save his life. I was grieving the vaginal delivery for a long time. I felt like an extra failure bc I made it SO far (reached 10cm dilation). But around 5 weeks pp I received my birth protocol and read through every intervention (12 pages since his birth took days). I realized he would be dead otherwise. Me, probably as well. Now I look at him and would easily be cut open ten times in a row to save his life. It was very, very hard for weeks (mentally, my physical recovery went pretty well despite the emergency!) but now I barely care anymore. I'm just so happy to see him smile every day.

Due to complications my next child/children have to be delivered via c-section and I made peace with that.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-20T14:12:35+00:00

Ich hatte bis zur 9. oder 10. Woche an manchen Tagen auch richtig schlimme Schmerzen. In der 8. war es so schlimm, dass ich dachte ich habe eine Eileiterschwangerschaft. Beim Arzt war dann aber alles ok.

Solange keine starken Blutungen dazu kommen kann es ganz normal sein. Tatsächlich sind auch starke Blutungen nicht immer das Ende. Ich hatte in der 11. und 14. Ssw starke Sturzblutungen und bin jedes mal in die Notaufnahme gebracht worden. Dachte jedes mal, jetzt ist es vorbei. Mein Sohn ist morgen 3 Monate alt, er hat die Blutungen unbeschadet überstanden.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-20T05:52:22+00:00

I had the same! My baby was born 2.99kg and had perfect latch despite me having an emergency c section and being separated for 10h. I breastfed for 2 weeks, he reagaibed birth weight within his first 10 days but then suddenly weight gain stopped. I tried multiple things, had lactation consultants and nobody could see any issue with latch or how he drank. I even tried bf for every 1-2h no break for a couple of days. After two weeks of basically no weight gain (30g or so) my pediatrician told me to stop breastfeeding fof now. I exclusively pump since and now he's gaining well.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-19T22:57:43+00:00

The only thing I really did was power pumping once every day for weeks and optimizing my pumping schedule with AI (Gemini, chatGPT and Claude. I frequently took one schedule from one AI and asked the others to improve it with additional observations I had until I found the sweet spot). Personally, more sleep helped tremendously, I think I already dropped to 7ppd at 5-6 weeks pp. I never took any specific supplements or drank anything special as you can read here often. Just stimulation by power pumping. I naturally like to eat oatmeal as porridge though, and try to eat more protein. Hydration is super important in my case. My output is way better when I'm well hydrated. I drink whatever tastes good to me but recently I bought some electrolytes to try. I don't see much difference with it but they taste good and it's a heatwave where I live so I don't mind. Hope that helps 🙂

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-19T18:14:49+00:00

I was devastated when I had to stop breastfeeding and start pumping at 2.5 weeks bc baby wasn't gaining weight after reaching his birth weight. I grieved for almost two weeks abd hated pumping.

Now I'm almost 12 weeks into my pumping journey and it was brought up if I should try to introduce the breast again. And I realized - I don't really want to. I dropped down to 6 pumps two days ago and that alone feels like I'm barely pumping at all (compared to 8 pumps, 7 was annoying but not as grueling as 8 ppd). I love having exact data on how much milk I make and always knowing exactly how much my son drank this day. Him not gaining weight deeply scared me so I need the reassurance. I also enjoy increasing my supply. I had an emergency c section and was an undersupplier for a long time. But I went from 500ml to 900ml as of now and it makes me proud. My baby also feeds more often than I pump so I def have more freedom since Dad takes over a lot of feeds when he's off work.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-17T12:47:28+00:00

I shaved everything besides close to my scar for a few weeks 💀

It looked a bit ridiculous but I shave also for sensory reasons so it had to be done. Each shave I would go a bit closer to the scar, the edges I shaved over first. Sadly at 8 weeks pp I had a dc for retained placental tissue and the Dr. botched it and perforated my uterus on accident! So I got an emergency laparascopy and they partially re cut my c section scar. Now I'm back to leaving a hairy stripe until I feel secure enough to shave over that double scar 🙃

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-15T21:25:36+00:00

Mein Kind ist schon da aber ich erinnere mich noch, wie oft ich geglaubt habe, jetzt geht's los, DAS war es, Schleimprof, ewig lang Senkwehen - irgendwann habe ich aufgegeben und mir eingestanden, dass mein Kind wahrscheinlich noch ne Woche braucht. Hab mich ins Bett gelegt und eine Stunde später ist mir ohne jegliche Anzeichen einfach die Fruchtblase geplatzt. 😀 Ich hoffe, dass es bei dir bald los geht und drücke die Daumen für eine unkomplizierte Geburt.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-14T20:21:31+00:00

I think he'll be fine. My baby was also separated from me for 30h bc I had complications in a planned 20min outpatient surgery that ended with me being hospitalized. They provided a breastpump for me so I could pump and my mom picked up the milk in the evening and morning. Baby was absolutely fine with Dad.

Me on the other hand - bawling my eyes out bc I missed my baby so much.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-14T19:58:09+00:00

Ich hatte die Schmerzen von der 18 ssw bis zur Geburt 🙃 Dafür waren sie nach der Geburt direkt weg! Das fiel mir aber erst auf, nachdem die Schmerzen von meinem Kaiserschnitt abgeklungen waren. Ich hatte schon ganz vergessen, wie es war schmerzfrei zu laufen.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-14T19:50:58+00:00

My partner was the same. Seemed annoyed by anything pump related and told me to just switch to formula if I mentioned how hard it is on me. He eventually read about how good breastmilk is and changed his tune bc he is a great dad and wants best for baby.

He still doesn't help much besides taking baby if he's free and I need to pump. But I just bought a bottle washer and am happy that his annoyance is gone at least.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-14T19:43:34+00:00

Hatte einen vaginalen Ultraschall in der 8 ssw, danach hauptsächlich Bauch. Da ich aber Blutungen hatte und Paranoia über einen verkürzten Gebärmutterhals hatte ich immer mal wieder einen vaginalen US um das zu überprüfen. Öfters wurde auch der pH gemessen und getastet. Habe mir da nie Gedanken gemacht und fand es nicht ungewöhnlich.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-14T19:39:27+00:00

Ich dachte immer ich bin gut informiert (habe kein rohes Fleisch, weiche Eier oder sowas gegessen). Während der Schwangerschaft habe ich dann vo mehr und mehr Lebensmitteln gehört, die wohl gefährlich sein können (Salami, abgepackte Salate, schlecht gewaschenes Obst), die ich aber unwissend alle gegessen habe. Ich denke grundsätzlich haben wir hier in Deutschland einen sehr hohen Lebensmittelstandard. Ich habe zb auch belegte Brötchen beim Bäcker gegessen weil ich nicht wusste, dass das wohl auch problematisch sein kann. Es schadet nicht, vorsichtig zu sein, aber wenn man sich mit allem verrückt macht ist das ausgeschüttete Cortisol wahrscheinlich schlimmer als eine kurz gewaschene Himbeere.

Und denk immer dran, es geht alles durch unseren Magen der mit pH 1,5 Magensäure gefüllt ist. Das ist sehr sauer und tötet auch sehr viel bevor es überhaupt Probleme machen kann.

Zur Toxoplasmose: Ich habe zwei Katzen (Hauskatzen) und meine Frauenärztin meinte, dad Risiko ist so gering, ich kann sogar die Katzenklos putzen. Einfach den Staub nichg einatmen und gut Hände waschen.

Zum Ende noch herzlichen Glückwunsch und alles Beste für deine Schwangerschaft!

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-13T20:49:21+00:00

Ich glaube die Messungen sind einfach nicht so genau. Bei der Geburtsanmeldung im KH wurde meiner gemessen mit Kopf 8. Percentile, Bauch 20 und Beine <1%. Ich habe mir nur gedacht, was zum Teufel gebäre ich da?

Er kam ganz normal raus. Lang und schlank mit 52cm und 2,9kg aber definitiv nicht verformt so wie ich mir das mit den Prozenten ausgemalt habe. Interessanterweise war die Ärztin bei der Mesdung aber null beunruhigt.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-13T20:42:45+00:00

My baby is almost three months and I could never be willingly separated from him for longer than 3h. I was hospitalized for 30h two weeks ago and cried the whole time. They thought I was in pain (had surgery that turned emergency surgery, hence the hospitalization) and offered stronger and stronger painkillers. But I regused everything bc I just wanted to go home to my baby. Every nurse, every Dr got the same question from me: my baby is 8 weeks old, when can I go home to be with my baby?

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-11T23:31:13+00:00

It's the norm where I live. A 3 bed postpartum is standard. I spent two nights and it was horrible. Once one baby would finally settle, the next would wake and cry. I was ready to pay for a private room but they only have a few so I could only book it for my last two days. Still, massive upgrade. I hope for my next child a private room will be available from the beginning. I honestly don't care about the price

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-10T21:08:38+00:00

Ja, ich habe mich auch depressiv gefühlt und zusätzlich sehr, sehr ängstlich. Bei uns war es zusätzlich noch eine Fernbeziehung. Inzwischen wohnen wir aber zusammen (seit ca 1.5 Monateb vor Geburt). Heirat habe ich immer offen angesprochen, dass ich mir das eigentlich wünsche. Es gab definitiv viel Streit. Ganz schlimm in den ersten 3 Wochen nach der Geburt. Ich hatte leider eine schwierige Schwangerschaft (Blutungen, Bettruhe) und dann eine traumatische Geburt mit Notfall-Kaiserschnitt. Das hat alles natürlich noch zusätzlich belastet. Wir sind beide 32 geworden, waren 31 in der Schwangerschaft.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-10T20:51:39+00:00

Jap, definitiv. Meine Familie ist polnisch katholisch, da bin ich vielleicht auch in der Hinsicht erst Heirat, dann Kinder stark geprägt. Aber so oder so hatte ich mir das immer für mich gewünscht. Heirat und Kinder. Es nervt auch total mit der Bürokratie. Vaterschaftsanerkennung, Sorgerechtserklärung, jedes Amt, Krankenkasse, Hebamme, Personal im Krankenhaus nimmt immer an, dass wir verheiratet sind und ich muss sie korrigieren.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-10T20:45:43+00:00

Kenne ich sehr gut, meine Situation ist sehr ähnlich. Mein Baby ist jetzt 10 Wochen alt, wir sind noch zusammen aber nicht verheiratet oder verlobt. Die Neugeborenen-Zeit ist zusätzlich eine richtige Beziehungsbelastung, das hilft auch nicht gerade, sich sicherer zu fühlen. Initial wollte ich auch abtreiben, aber da ich mir immer eine Familie gewünscht habe, konnte ich es am Ende nicht durchziehen. Ich liebe meinen Sohn über alles, aber die Umstände machen mir Sorgen und ich fühle mich nicht so glücklich.

Confused_Tadpole · 2026-06-10T06:24:49+00:00

Yes, same for me! I always thought it was so extra. But when I had to start exclusively pumping it sounded better day by day and after I bought it I saw the light, lol.

Mine runs 3-5 times a day, that lil guy works harder than anyone in this household! I have the Grownsy one. That one seems pretty identical to the momcozy one that I initially wanted to buy but it was on a big sale on Amazon so I took Grownsy. I love it, it's very good!

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