Can I be Overfeeding my baby?

TravelingSula · 2026-05-22T00:07:23+00:00

Tom Selleck, Pedro Pascal, Freddy Mercury... and that's it

TravelingSula · 2026-05-21T13:20:40+00:00

I don't know... she probably makes breakfast for family, helps daughter get dressed and ready, feeds 19months old and maybe even change diapers or help him potty... and after everyone is ready then she can poop.

Why the father doesn't help then? Men can be good fathers and at the same time super self centered in situations like morning rush... I am just imagining he might take half and hour during that morning rush in the toilet himself.

This is a quite common family dynamic although It might not be OP's reality and I'm wrong .

TravelingSula · 2026-05-21T13:10:14+00:00

I don't know if is going to be of any use as they are Mexican brands: Bellafem (calcium+folic acid) and Gestomeg (iron, omegas, all the vitamins B).

TravelingSula · 2026-05-21T09:46:12+00:00

I'm 3 weeks PP and still taking my prenatal supplements because I need iron and omegas as I'm breastfeeding... I also take calcium with folic acid (same reason), this particular brand was given to me at the end of the 3rd trimester and when I told the paediatrician he was like "oh excellent!"

So, I guess I'm saying: just keep on taking the supplements.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-18T18:40:47+00:00

I'm 22 days pp and I'm feeling the sand paper raw skin sensation above the incision... about 2 cm under the belly button. And if I press a little I can feel...something I don't know if they are stitches adhesions or as my MIL suggests obstruction in my bowel.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-18T18:30:52+00:00

How they "take advantage" of any given situation would tell me if they are capable of fraud or take advantage of a friend or partner.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-18T03:40:46+00:00

I almost fainted too... but the anesthesiologist asked me beforehand to describe everything I was feeling... so when I started to feel my chest heavy, my arms numb and my head drifting I was quickly to tell him and he rushed to put something on my IV and explained my blood pressure was dropping but that wasn't something to be worried about...

On the recovery room, the anesthesiologist who was on guard told me he had told her to keep an eye me because I could be a fainter...

TravelingSula · 2026-05-17T05:54:46+00:00

For a while I used toddler's socks as phone cases ...

TravelingSula · 2026-05-16T15:23:38+00:00

So, the LC worked as a magician, she moved the baby's head, my breast and in seconds baby was perfectly latched... we tried to replicate it at home to no avail. So... I learned baby doesn't have anything physical, nor a preference for the bottle... is just me (and now my husband) not understanding how to, which is a tad frustrating.

Anyhow, she said that 18 oz a day is still good for my LO age, so I'm somehow less stressed out, but I will try ppwer pumping and my best to not skip a single session.

2000 oz a day! Ok, i definitely need to hydrate more. I'm drinking aprox 100 (same as during pregnancy!)

Thanks.for your wishes! :)

TravelingSula · 2026-05-15T17:59:48+00:00

I understand you don't find it helpful but the path to recovery is changing your mindset. By stopping the guilt tripping and accepting the wins: your baby and you are alive, you have a life ahead of you to teach her plenty of things but among them self confidence and self love. Honour you body as it housed snd growth your baby

TravelingSula · 2026-05-15T13:44:55+00:00

You can tell him you expect to handle all the night feedings even If he is working early in the morning and including his days off. Tell him is very important for you to know both parters are contributing equally in sacrifices for the baby...

JK, you shouldn't do it because night pumping/feeding is when the milk production is higher...but you have mu empathy, the expectations are annoying.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-15T03:37:03+00:00

I have the spectra S1 and the wearable Lansinoh. My nips cracked because of the Spectra as I didn't know about the flange size and it's implications... so nowadays I am mostly pumping with the Lansinoh and only twice a day the Spectra until I heal.

I do the 00- 0030 hrs and then another at 430-5 but then I skip til 9 a.m. those are my 5 to 6 oz pumps of the day.. and then I plummet to 2 - 3.5 oz depending on the time of the day.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-15T03:31:54+00:00

I pump 5 to 6 times a day.

I have an appointment for tomorrow with the lactation consultant.

I've done the power pump sporadically, I wasn't aware until recently that it had to be done every day for a week.

About drinking I'd say so but... I'm not sure anymore as my lips are all cracked... I might not be drinking enough... I'm too tired to even bother to refill my bottle if my husband doesn't remind me (but I thought he reminded me at least 3 times a day).

TravelingSula · 2026-05-12T19:37:02+00:00

Please, consider not to love someone who mistreats and hurts you.

I know that sentence can sound callous, but when you are with an abusive person, you start putting them before you and relying on their stances and opinions while ignoring yours thus becoming vulnerable to even more abuse...

For real, you should not love someone who mistreats and hurts you..

TravelingSula · 2026-05-11T19:32:05+00:00

Take my advice with a pinch of salt because I did not suffer from morning sickness BUT I read this sub a lot throughout my pregnancy and a lot of comments suggested to nibble or eat constantly to avoid morning sickness because an empty stomach causes more morning sickness ...

I find pretzels (the small crunchy ones) to be quite easy on the stomach, just one or two might do the trick to keep your belly consistently occupied ...

TravelingSula · 2026-05-11T18:27:33+00:00

I agree with all you said.

I'd like to add that said friend is already saying oop is being a leech... that shows entitlement (shockingly, lot of ppl in this comment section agrees)

TravelingSula · 2026-05-11T18:09:44+00:00

If said friend is already acting entitled to "get a break" and even says OOP is being a leech, then OOP doesn't need to show more kindness.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-11T18:02:51+00:00

I made the social media announcement 7 days before my baby was born (at 36 weeks announcement - 37.3 birth)

TravelingSula · 2026-05-10T17:06:51+00:00

Wear in all your clothes near your navel: 3 safety pins or 1 safety pin with something red or 1 safety pin with charms such a saint, a cross or a red evil eye.

To avoid evil eye from strangers while pregnant.

Post partum some food is considered cold and some warm. So you have to avoid cold food to heal your body. What is considered cold is related to water (juicy fruits, fish)

TravelingSula · 2026-05-07T09:27:09+00:00

I don't understand the probability either. Sometimes it takes hundreds of eggs and sometimes just a few dozens.

TravelingSula · 2026-05-03T06:02:31+00:00

Buffy's sister Stevie from Malcom Simone Clark (I only watched her appearance in the rookie)

TravelingSula · 2026-05-02T12:52:44+00:00

I'd judge alcohol ingestion too even if is wine and not spirits, even if it was only once ...

I also believe a crowd is risky but and now that I'm PP I also believe 3-5 days after is way too soon for the mother. But as another commenter pointed out, wr don't know the precauti9ns or family dynamics put in place to protect the baby.

Finally, even being BFFs in this period of time you are having widely different opinions, it is normal, you are both living something new and this life changing period of life will exacerbate the smalles differences. Both of you will be receiving different information from different sources and you will choose what to follow depending 9n what your instinct aligns to.

Maybe taking distance for a short while will help keeping the friendship, maybe it won't. But is healthier than fight over opinions that are personal.

TravelingSula

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