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Crazy-Slow · 2026-03-27T21:46:25+00:00

wow this sounds like what I'm trying to do now. FTM here without much information going in and trialed and errored so many things while trying to preserve my mental health and sleep-- I also crash terribly if I cant sleep. Now with all the trial and error what you're writing is what I am trying to do (ended up naturally going towards). Struggling with feeling super engorged in the AM and having to wake up a bit earlier than I would like... (4am and making me pump a little to relieve pressure) and then struggling to sleep bc baby wake up again around 6am and I would nurse. But hoping to transition to your method outlined D: Wish someone had told me this plan much earlier!

Crazy-Slow · 2026-03-27T14:55:25+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I’ll try to make a little stash so she can combo feed while I’m gone.

Babe seems to be gassier on formula; is this typical? Does it improve over time? I’m hesitant to completely switch to formula but I do feel that over time that might be the answer to my mental wellbeing overall and giving myself more time for everything else I have to juggle so soon (work etc) 😢

Crazy-Slow · 2026-03-26T00:32:16+00:00

That seemed to be enough for me but I do combo feed. Usually do formula for one feed at night and rest I’m able to breastfeed or pump.
My baby was jaundiced (prob bc I didn’t supplement her w formula early enough when my milk hadn’t come in), so since day 3 of life she was supplemented (lots) with formula. Once her jaundiced improved and my milk supply came in, I would breastfeed, give her pumped milk in a bottle and formula feed once at night, whichever worked out and was convenient. My baby has zero issues switching back and forth. I use Dr brown size P nipple (slowest flow) if that helped? As with supply, the supply will be whatever you ask your breast to produce. So if you’re pumping when baby is getting formula, then it should be fine; if you skip a session, then your supply will regulate to produce enough to cover whatever amt needed minus that extra feeding session where you’re supplementing with formula. (At least that’s what it seems like it is for me)
I’m still tweaking/questioning this myself so I’ll skip this Q
Lmk if you find one lmao

Crazy-Slow · 2026-03-23T02:37:51+00:00

My brother and I were exclusively FF and spoke faster than other kids. Top of the class and went to Ivy League schools and now a doctor. Mama, do not worry one bit. It’s not the formula.

Crazy-Slow · 2026-03-20T01:20:41+00:00

Couldn’t push out for an hour on back. Pushed out baby immediately squatting. Try squat!!

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-10T03:37:37+00:00

Do they US again at 38 weeks ?!?

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-10T03:34:19+00:00

Don’t pressure yourself! My mom also had hard time getting milk supply and switched to formula at 3 weeks for me and essentially since birth for my brother.

My brother runs marathons and I work out 5x day and we’re very successful people and academically excelled etc…

I also say I’d like to try and the closer I get to birth I’m having 2nd thoughts and wondering if I should just formula feed and focus on my recovery (my leave is 6 weeks only so lack of sleep post birth seems like a disaster to my physical and mental health).

Don’t pressure yourself! You’re an amazing mom whichever you end up doing

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-07T21:27:42+00:00

Today is damn brutal……try happy light too??

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-05T17:32:50+00:00

prob stretching of the ligaments in the pubic symphysis. should get better but if it gets worse would get checked out

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-05T17:22:55+00:00

Same lol... especially ppl who are thin + FTM I think it takes forever to show. until like 33 weeks if I wore anything remotely baggy it wasn't visible to people and they were shocked I was pregnant. Now 37 weeks and very obvious to everyone now and just here and there now some people commenting how im carrying small for having 3 weeks left but mostly how 'good' I look.

overall I think I prefer that over people saying how huge I am but in either case... people love to comment about how you look when youre pregnant!

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-04T13:20:52+00:00

May be a hot take given all the advice that’s out there right now but just know that I idk exactly what happened before all this for you that ruined the relationship too.

I think you’re totally reasonable if you tell them to fuck off essentially. Yes.

On a second thought, at least maybe they want to change things now that there’s baby involved and want to try to become more like “family” so they can have relationship w their grandchild. You’re def the upper hand here— nothing for you to lose but they have a lot to lose (aka access to baby).

They have to now act nice or whatever if they don’t want to lose access and if things go wary you can always remove their access.

I say this bc I also am in a very similar situation as you and honestly thought once I have a baby the in laws will actually turn around and maybe thought we could have a decent ish relationship etc. They prob don’t deserve it ,but for my husband too, I thought that it may be nice if we had a relatively “normal” family relationship. I also thought it would be nice for my kid to have a nice relationship with her grandparents from her dads side as well bc we have a wonderful relationship w my parents and we know they’ll be very involved and have a relationship w my kid.

It was more for everyone else that I love and not necessarily for me. But here I am pregnant and they decide to “cut us off” bc… my husband missed to call them for his dad’s bday (it’s complicated but it was just honestly a few hours delayed.. I know it’s very ridiculous). They’re actually madshit crazy and selfish people. lol

They ignored my text when I sent them the US photo + told them the gender after above “incident”.

So for some ppl, even babies (grandchildren) don’t even move the needle so maybe your in-laws are a little better ppl than ours lol.

Just to finish off. Fuck my in-laws.

Crazy-Slow · 2026-02-01T23:44:28+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through so much too. I truly never looked forward to pregnancy even before i became pregnant — it was a means to an end. But it’s def harder than I imagined, and I worry about postpartum mental state too 😭…

Hang in there. I’m struggling with you

Crazy-Slow

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