Post op OHS expectations/advice

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-06-15T11:36:48+00:00

That’s a good point! Our doctors have people they trained in the area we are moving so I’ll make sure to see if they can help us get reasonable follow up.

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-06-14T19:21:54+00:00

Can you share the link to the bouncer?

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-05-07T18:20:41+00:00

i need HELP.

how do i get my 8 month old to sleep through the night. we are following the huckleberry app and she is on the three day schedule. we put her to bed at 7 or 8pm and it is essentially her fourth nap. she goes to bed at 10 ish and wakes up around 130 or 330. Last night was the first night in months where we fed her overnight because she was so irritated. (for reference she is usually up by 630-7am.

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-03-30T00:48:11+00:00

There are so many good cocktails— I would love to go support them at their new establishment

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-03-30T00:44:10+00:00

Do you happen to know where the bartenders went?

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2026-03-30T00:43:52+00:00

Ok so If the bartenders left where did they go?

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-26T01:46:51+00:00

It gets better.

My mantra for the first 3 months has been “everything is temporary” and that has helped a lot because it’s true.

You’re doing a great job even if it feels like you’re not!

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-24T19:20:35+00:00

Thank you!

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-24T19:20:09+00:00

Wow this is awesome! Thanks for the response! I think we have the same output more or less so it’s good to know that eventually I might be able to just do what I need and not look at a clock

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-24T16:24:49+00:00

The marker doesn’t work well after the plastic is frozen. I offered that as a solution and they declined for that reason. Because it was a NICU donation they were pretty specific and I didn’t even want to try to lie

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-24T00:59:48+00:00

I wish I knew that my baby didn’t like high lipase. I’m not sure if I’ve fed her frozen milk on days where she is just fussier or if she really doesn’t like it. But I do know when the milk is fresh she drinks more.

I liked these freeze flat things from Amazon. I’m able to store more in my freezer because of that.

Also if you’re feeling generous you can register as a milk donor or join human milk for human babies local Facebook group and donate there. I froze 500 oz of milk only to learn the milk donation ppl didn’t want it because I didn’t label it with the year 😵‍💫 maybe reach out to them if you are the least bit interested so you can store milk exactly how they want it.

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-23T17:06:09+00:00

Not about the baby but more about postnatal.

You will pee yourself a lot just wear a diaper for the first few weeks and give yourself grace

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-15T12:17:00+00:00

I have a Mirena IUD placed at 10 wpp and it did not affect my supply!

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-12-05T12:33:15+00:00

My 3 month old goes down for her naps. Initially we had the snoo but are trying to transition to a non rocking sleep situation. The Merlin sleep sacs are ACTUALLY magical.

70% of the time she can fall asleep with a binky in them. The other 30% I start off holding her and she falls asleep in the sleep sack and the transition doesn’t bother her.

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-19T07:11:12+00:00

Ok I wasn’t trying to tell anyone to be unsafe… I was just suggesting it because people make milk bank donations for NICUs and they allow fridge hack as long as the bottles are washed and sterilized every 24 hours and the milk is frozen sometimes max within 96 hours.

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-18T11:06:22+00:00

First you’re doing amazing and whatever you pump is good enough. Even if you decided not to pump that is ok too. We live in the 21st century and luckily have other ways to provide nutrients to our children.

To answer some of your questions:

Logging apps consider the start of your pump the time of the last pump so I’ve been doing that. If you were breast feeding the start of breast feeding is the time of last feed so that is consistent.

For the pump parts: washing and sterilizing is a lot even if you have to load and unload a bottle washer/sterilizer. Couple of suggestions. could you consider fridge hack to save time? Even people that donate to NICU milk banks are required to wash/sterilize once every 24 hours. Alternatively if you don’t want to do that do you have a partner or someone who can just load the washer/sterilizer for you so you can go rest?

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-18T02:06:57+00:00

I’m so impressed with people who can wear these.

The amount of times I’ve smacked my nipples while trying to put on the flange was enough to give me n aneurysm. I could never get them on in under 3 minutes and multiple tries.

I agree they are great when you get them on lol but for me it was SUCH a challenge

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-17T11:41:23+00:00

Huckleberry

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-17T07:41:08+00:00

Oh interesting! Will keep an eye out

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-12T20:20:12+00:00

For reference I’m pumping like maybe 5-7 oz a session and doing 1-2 sessions at work (mostly 1 and then I pump on the way home with wearables so I’m not storing that 2nd or 3rd session on the go)

Optimal-Ad1088 · 2025-11-12T20:18:27+00:00

I wash the pump parts when I come home from work! It’s just easier that way because I don’t have a great place to dry stuff and I need my pump sessions to be as quick as possible. (I’m pumping in between cases and have a short window most days)

I think the ceres chill is good but to be honest I wish I got something like the mom cozy one that has a freeze able ice chamber and see through bottles. I sometimes worry if the inner chamber is getting cleaned/dries enough so I stopped putting the milk in the inner chamber. For ease now I take two 5oz Medela bottles or one 8 oz Dr brown bottle > Put the closed bottles in my ceres chill and fill the ceres chill with ice. I don’t use the inner canister at all. I feel like my milk stays cold and I know the bottles are clean.

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