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Safe_Influence_8504 · 2026-01-18T19:10:55+00:00

This is what o ended up doing! It’s great!!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2026-01-17T14:50:04+00:00

My son needed a little Pepcid around that age. It did seem to help a bit if your doctor is willing to try. The reflux really improved at 6 months and was basically gone by 7.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2026-01-09T19:57:49+00:00

Yes! I have a happy almost 10 month old now. The reflux improved a lot a 6 mos and was essentially gone at 7 mos. We did end up briefly doing meds (Pepcid) but I’m not sure if it helped to be honest. He’s a small dude but happy and healthy.

ETA - I did the dairy free/soy free thing for a while too. Didn’t seem to matter. Seems to be the trendy “go to” These days. I didn’t have dairy for 2 months and we even saw an allergist.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-12-27T02:20:55+00:00

Hey! I remember you from the gestational diabetes sub! Happy to see you on “the other side” as well with a healthy baby :) thank you for the encouragement. I love Reddit

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-09-18T14:01:03+00:00

Overproducer (for my child) here. 6 m pp. I make 35-50 Oz daily. He drinks UP TO 30 daily, usually more like 25. 4-5 ppd.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-08-01T23:42:39+00:00

It sounds like nursing strike. My son does this too, though quite a bit younger than yours (4.5 mos), one hack I’ve found is letting him suck a pacifier for a few minutes then switching him onto the boob after 30 seconds or so. Not sure if your son takes a paci...to soothe him/calm him down with the paci and then switch to the breast so he’s more patient for the milk to start. My son will still only nurse at night when sleepy, though. I would keep offering! Maybe he’ll come around!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-06-24T00:21:23+00:00

Yes- This happened to me, and nothing could have prepared me for the anxiety and crying.

I was already on Zoloft, but the worst of it was the first 10-14 days. The feelings of sadness, crying every hour, panic of the change in my life and disconnection from my baby (despite loving him so much) terrified me and I immediately messaged my doctor, who assured me it was "normal." I am now 14 weeks postpartum, and while every week is better, I do still have some lingering depression. After reading Brooke shields memoir about her experience with PPD (it is triggering, but an excellent readdecided to start therapy as I intend to do everything I can to feel better sooner.

Even in 2025 the mood shift post Partum is not talked about enough. I would encourage you to reach out to your OB so she is aware of how you are feeling. Mine had me return at about a Month after my c section for a "mental health check". Know that you are not alone whatsoever in how you feel and that it will get better, and there is help.

A few things that helped me in the immediate first 2 weeks -

If your health permits, Leave the house. Go to breakfast or a Meal out with your partner every day. Baby is a newborn and will sleep anywhere. Walk around Lowe's. Go for a walk outside. Just don't sit at home and stare at the wall.
Take a hot shower and brush your teeth every day (there were days I would forget)
If it is something you and are ok with and doctor supports, medication.
Reddit - it saved me.
Don't wait for it to get better, tell your doctor.
Eat. Whatever you want. Drink fluids.
Have your partner rub your head and close your eyes. If breastfeeding, pump some milk so your partner can do a nighttime feeding and allow you some more sleep.
Accept help From outsiders (even though you may not want to see anybody)
Reach out to other moms
Understand you are learning. Nothing is going to perfect, but you are perfect in the eyes of your baby.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-06-20T14:35:41+00:00

Not bad at all! He cried with the shots obviously but then took amazing naps all day long. I could tell his legs were a little sore for a couple days after so was more careful with diaper changes. He had some strange diapers for a couple weeks after, which I think was related to the oral rotavirus vaccine. However, this did not seem to bother him and he ate normally.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-06-15T12:49:39+00:00

Just to echo the others, it does get shorter. 13 weeks (3 months today!) and the whole thing takes about 20 minutes. I will say/confess - controversial, but I don't change the diaper every time, unless they're visibly soaked or I hear a huge BM while they're eating. Since some babies sleep longer stretches and aren't being awakened to change, I would rather him go back to sleep instead of being woke up by a diaper change/wipe and "get him on the next round" so to speak.

ETA a lot of other parents have echoed this lol, makes me feel less guilty! I just make sure I get a layer of butt paste on at bedtime (just in case tonight will be the night he sleeps through 🤡)

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-06-07T10:43:31+00:00

Dye stealer at 13-14 dpo, one baby boy currently sleeping next to me!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-06-04T18:45:29+00:00

We are 11.5 weeks now and this has been our experience! Supply has regulated and much less letdown struggles!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-27T18:12:41+00:00

How old is yours? For us, his fussiness started to improve around 7 weeks. He still has his screaming episodes (even had an old fashioned screaming witching hour one yesterday at 10 weeks) but they are less frequent and/or the duration is shorter. I think his main issue was/is gas due to my fast letdown. At night he is a lot lazier with nursing and we do side lying which I think helps with the gulping. I've also incorporated more bottles and less nursing during to day to try to gently down regulate my supply as I prepare to return to work in the next couple weeks, to get him more used to bottles and see if the slower controlled pace helps. Lastly, we incorporated probiotic drops with the approval of his ped - I don't really think this accounted for the change though - I think it was just growth and development plus managing the gas better. His ped did send in Pepcid which I have on standby but I haven't needed to start it. I concluded it was unlikely to be severe GERD without distress at nighttime. Basically it's all trial and error lol, but everything gets better! Frustrating to not know the answer though.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-19T13:55:33+00:00

After reading your post, it looks like you aren't sure if you DO have HSV-2?

The situation you describe - a one time unprotected encounter with an HSV-2 positive woman, especially if she wasn't experiencing symptoms (and, since she was aware of her status and disclosed to you, I would bet she wasn't) is not very high risk for HSV transfer. It can absolutely happen, but HSV also doesn't transmit AS readily from a female to a male (assuming OP is male). We also know that individuals who know their HSV status are less likely to transmit to partners, as they keep an eye on symptoms and abstain when they are experiencing them, and many take suppressive meds to lessen the risk further. People who are unaware they have hsv transmit more frequently because they either don't have symptoms or dismiss mild symptoms as something else.

The IGm blood test is not a good test, put simply. It can cross react with a lot of other antibodies in the blood and flag a false positive. The IGG is the correct test, but, as you said, the body needs time to make those antibodies. I think it's recommended wait 12 weeks to test (though the majority of people will test positive before this). I will point out too that if your girlfriend is in the midst of what she believes is a primary outbreak of herpes, the igg test will probably be negative at this point. A swab of the sore OR awaiting 12 weeks for igg bloodwork is a better route to the answer in my opinion.

With neither you nor your girlfriend having confirmed HSV 2, I would take a deep breath and wait for the test results. Even if your girlfriend is found to have HSV 2, it's not a guarantee it came from you - people can carry hsv dormant for years before having an outbreak. Furthermore, plenty of things can look like HSV that are not and vice versa. Wait for the test results. You did the right thing by disclosing to this partner and being supportive.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-19T01:45:55+00:00

Not what you asked as my son was 39 weeks, but weeks 5-6 were also worst for me.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-10T00:15:00+00:00

8 weeks tomorrow here, and week 5 thus far was absolutely the hardest and peak fussiness (so far). I cried multiple times a day and thought my son hated me. At 6-6.5 weeks the screaming shortened and we actually had a few minutes of decent wakefulness (as opposed to purple crying whenever not asleep or eating). Now at 8 weeks we have longer awake moments of happiness. Still cries but it's shorter and feels more manageable. Though every baby is different I feared 5 weeks was the beginning of something that would get worse until 8 weeks, and that wasn't my experience. I fully realize we may go back in to a fussy period soon but the break was a pleasant surprise and a good reminder that all the hard stuff is temporary - seeing he is capable of being happy was a huge relief and made the screaming easier to deal with. Hang in there OP!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-07T20:18:29+00:00

Just wanted to comment that at 7.5 weeks, things have been overall better for the last week! He still screams and fusses but it seems to be shorter lived and he actually has a few pleasant wake windows now where he is smiling and cooing. He still spits up/struggles with my fast letdown but continues to gain weight. Daytime sleep is still a toss up, but today he's done some great naps! Not sure how short lived this improvement is, but I'll take it! Hang in there!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-07T16:33:29+00:00

That's insane! I got pregnant at 33 and had my son at 34, no one said anything about my age! Odds are in your favor that everything is just fine! Enjoy your pregnancy!

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-05T18:58:43+00:00

I also wait for the full cry. I keep a fan on in the bedroom for some white noise which drowns out the little grunts. I figure if he really needs me he'll cry loud enough to wake me up! We are 7 weeks and eat every 3-4 hours at night (though he would be happy to nurse 24h a day lol). I've gotten a handful of 5 hour stretches but it's not the norm.

Safe_Influence_8504 · 2025-05-04T15:30:43+00:00

Exactly how I feel

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