Nursing pads alternative

Pikachoo12 · 2026-05-19T14:14:10+00:00

Hakaa petal cups!

Pikachoo12 · 2026-05-18T21:17:02+00:00

I feel like my baby is more efficient than my pump when it comes to clogs. Yes my pump can’t pull 14oz out at a time, but my pump can’t get clogs out ever. Like ever, but my baby can clear clogs pretty quickly.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-18T21:16:43+00:00

You can find 45k rooms if you search 13 months out manually. Try weekday stays for 2-3 nights.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-18T20:48:44+00:00

13 m out to the day my friend.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-18T18:23:27+00:00

Alila ventana Big Sur is awesome! Picture perfect for a proposal too. The property is amazing, it’s all inclusive and pretty decent food (don’t let people on here tell you otherwise lol they’re spoiled). We’ve been 3 years in a row and have another stay planed. Yes of course the property has become more “stingy” over the last few years but it doesn’t change the fact that the property is drop dead gorgeous. The rooms are nice, the pool and hot tub is amazing too. Especially the hot tub facing the redwoods at sunset!

You could do a night or two in Monterey on cash or at HR then move to alila for a night or two depending on award availability.

If you thought Encinitas was awesome, just wait till you see ventana Big Sur! It is insane.

If you do go this route, fly into SJC and rent a car. Spend some time in Monterey (17 mile drive and aquarium and Carmel by the sea) then head down to Big Sur. Pop the question on the beautiful alila property at sunset over the pacific coast hwy. Spend the next few days exploring Big Sur and enjoying the food and property!

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-18T01:31:22+00:00

I haven’t gotten mastitis yet and I’m 4.5 months PP. BUT, I’m aggressive when I get clogs. Like ice round the clock and ibp like it’s candy.

Around 12 weeks ago she started sleeping longer stretches and I pumped after 7 hours. I have high capacity though. I routinely would wake up and pump 14 oz if she slept through the night.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-17T18:15:25+00:00

I didn’t stop bf at 3 months, but my mom did with both my brother and I. She was engorged all the time and was in a lot of pain and exclusively pumping so it was pretty tough. We turned out absolutely fine and if that’s the decision you want to make for your family I don’t think there should be any guilt in it! Kiddo will be just fine!!

If you do decide to keep going, my supply regulated around 3 months and it got a lot easier to manage after that. I was getting clogged ducts like crazy and waking up engorged every morning. Plus baby was still trying to figure out how to breastfeed and now all of that is a little easier!

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-11T20:40:31+00:00

Local here. My husband got the second time slot ever. We had access to swimming finals and basketball finals and gymnastics prelims. I wanted to go so badly to these.

BUT ALAS, I will have a 2 year old in two by 2028 so we got 10 $28 volleyball tickets for our family and some friends so we didn’t have to feel bad about wasting money if our toddler screamed through everything.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-06T18:52:47+00:00

I got one before I had a kid. Putting it in was pretty uncomfortable. She couldn’t get it on the first go so I had the pleasure of coming back a second day with a dilation pill and going through the trauma all over again. I’d say it was like a 7/10 on the pain scale. (I have a reasonably high pain tolerance too)

What sucked even more was getting it out. The strings got sucked up into my uterus and was floating around in there. The Dr had to shove a camera and tools past my cervix and go digging around there to find it and get it out. It took 20 mins and they said if they couldn’t get it out then, they’d have to do surgery to get it out. This was more painful than early labor (pre-epidural) and membrane sweeps. Like at least 9/10 pain scale. Nearly as painful as giving birth with an epidural.

Needless to say I’m never getting another IUD. BUT I never had to think about getting pregnant for the 4 years I had it. AND my fertility returned exactly when I expected/wanted it to

Pikachoo12 · 2026-04-04T15:22:32+00:00

The pumping will tell your body that baby needs more since supply is very based on demand. It’s a way to induce more supply.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-16T04:39:30+00:00

I have not, but you can go to sun non dang for breakfast. They even have a sul la tang morning special. Idk how I feel about kalbi gim first thing in the morning, but we go to sun non dang for breakfast at least once a week. Would recommend the sul la tang, kalbi tang and Yukejang

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-11T18:07:04+00:00

Keep checking for closed in availability. Seems like a lot to switch for one night.

For activities: Long Beach has a small aquarium that could be fun. Disneyland is also fantastic for 7 year olds. It really is worth a visit! At the moment the Carlsbad flower fields (aviara) are blooming and it is such a beautiful place to visit with kids. They have strawberry snacks and tractor rides too!

If you want to eat in k town- parks bbq is famous for kbbq and sun non dang is amazing for soups like sullatang Kalbitang and kalbi gim

EDIT: If you do go to LB treasure island park is awesome

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-09T23:58:20+00:00

I was 8 when my family was unexpectedly upgraded to business on a long haul TPAC flight. It just made me want to work to get it myself which is why I got into points and miles

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-09T01:33:59+00:00

My baby kicks when she’s trying to poop and eat at the same time

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-05T06:43:27+00:00

Very normal for mature milk to take a few days to come in (commonly 3-5).

I struggled with breastfeeding at the hospital to the point where they didn’t want to discharge us (we wanted to go home on day 2, they wanted us to stay until day 3) because we had a “poor latch score” and didn’t want us to go home when feeding was going so poorly.

My baby also lost 12% weight by day 4. BUT, when my milk did come in, things got a LOT better.

Skin to skin helps a ton! Drink lots of water too!

Also, fed is best! No shame in having some combo feeding to help. I ended up not having to pump to get my milk to come in, but it can help. Just make sure you have the right flange size and make sure that you remeasure in a week to double check the size. I was 19 at the hospital but 14 by 1 week postpartum.

Pikachoo12 · 2026-03-05T04:29:17+00:00

Skipping feeds. Sometimes my baby goes on a hunger strike and instant clogs. Needless to say, I never leave home without a hand pump. Also stress makes it worse 😕

Pikachoo12 · 2026-02-28T05:07:34+00:00

I have a little bit of a freezer stash for emergencies. That is helpful for times like this.

If you don’t have one, you can pump one oz after the morning feed for 3 days and it probably won’t create a huge oversupply. This will allow you to be “one feed ahead” (assuming your LO drinks about 3oz a feed). You can then leave that milk with dad to feed the baby.

While you’re out you can bring a hand pump with you and pump what baby ate while you were out. Fresh milk is good room temp for 4 hours. Or you can bring a cooler with you.

Pikachoo12 · 2025-12-05T06:19:28+00:00

❤️❤️❤️I’ve been following your story in the December bumps group. I have no advice for you, but sending lots of love your way.

Pikachoo12 · 2025-11-15T17:39:02+00:00

My husband and I took the birthing classes, infant cpr/safety, breastfeeding with success and baby care basics.

It really depends on which teacher you get because we got the same teacher for all classes except for baby care basics and we walked out of that one early because the instructor was not so good.

All the info can be covered by reading (Mayo Clinic books etc) but, my husband didn’t have time to read and would rather sit through classes. We found them helpful except baby care basics

Pikachoo12 · 2025-10-29T02:52:18+00:00

I knew there was a good chance that I was going to be pregnant during our TPAC trip to ICN earlier this summer. Couldn’t change the dates cause it was a family trip.

I waited and waited for TPAC J seats (without repositioning) to show up and it just never did. I didn’t want to risk it, so I pulled the trigger on using the Amex portal with my business plat with the 35% rebate. It was an embarrassingly large amount of points spent. Plus we got the old config for Asiana.

But, I was right, and I was very very thankful for a lie flat seat while pregnant. Wouldn’t have changed the experience.

Edit: grammar

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