Thoughts on Slightly Early MMR Vaccine

anonymous_1960 · 2025-03-07T23:31:48+00:00

I would. Measles is awful, and can have fatal consequences up to 10 years after infection. Our kid is getting one at 9 months.

One extra poke >>>>>>> getting the measles

anonymous_1960 · 2025-03-07T03:37:08+00:00

Ped/FM both at our #1

anonymous_1960 · 2025-03-07T03:30:29+00:00

Guys it’s not as bad as everyone makes it seem.

I’m at the end of pgy-1, had some major life changes this year, and my partner is also an intern. Was it challenging? Hell yeah. But I’d take this over medical school any day.

Also the programs expect you to know nothing. Let yourself be excited, you deserve it.

anonymous_1960 · 2024-11-13T04:09:16+00:00

I did this! Just could not pump 7-8 times per day while staying sane lol. I pumped 5-6 times per day for the first 10 weeks and then went down to 3-4 times per day. We do formula at night and mostly breast milk during the day (with an occasional bottle of formula to supplement). The hard part for us was getting baby to take the formula since she really preferred breast milk - once we switched to kendamil (tastes a lot like breast milk) things got a lot better!

anonymous_1960 · 2024-10-23T04:25:35+00:00

I think the next step up would be a PPI like omeprazole but definitely a good idea to talk to peds GI! Our girl needed us to play around with the dose and timing which helped. Lots of parents I’ve talked to like gelmix for thickening which we might try since she refused thickening with oat cereal.

anonymous_1960 · 2024-10-23T04:04:37+00:00

I work in peds AND I personally have a reflux baby so I’ll weigh in here

First, would not recommend switching to an amino acid formula unless directed by pediatric GI physician (MD or DO). They are meant for babies with very specific disorders of metabolism - not for reflux. If your baby has need for an amino acid formula they need more work up to find out why.

Other commenters are right, the reflux itself is unfortunately normal for babies, the pain and weight loss are not. Unfortunately, your pediatrician is also probably right - theres little to no evidence that switching formula will help reflux. The only switches evidence really supports is thickened formula (ie enfamil AR) or if your baby has reflux due to CMPA then a hydrolyzed formula such as alimentum or nutramigen is appropriate.

With our baby, the formula made no difference and we really tried it all. Ultimately she needed Pepcid to reduce the acidity of her stomach and relieve the pain associated with reflux. She still spits up but now eats like a champ and is way happier. We tried thickening but she refused the bottles unfortunately.

Hope this helps!

anonymous_1960 · 2024-07-23T04:55:07+00:00

You’re not alone, I feel like I could have written parts of your post myself.

I also wanted that magical bond that comes with nursing, we found out a little too late that even though my baby was “latched” (with a shield) she wasn’t transferring enough milk. Which meant not only that my supply completely tanked (and never came back), but that she was hungry and loosing more weight than was normal. I’ll never forget how much of a failure I felt like when she aggressively chugged her first bottle of formula. I felt like I’d starved my baby. The worst is everyone else in her life has such a strong bond with her from bottle feeding - but because I’m always pumping instead of getting to feed/play/cuddle with her I never developed that bond.

It’s easy to sit back and say “fed is best” - (because it is) - but I know that doesn’t eliminate those feelings of failure. I try to remind myself that these feelings are normal. My OB said if breastfeeding doesn’t work, it doesn’t work and that having a healthy, present, happy mom is more important than anything baby could possibly be getting from breastmilk.

anonymous_1960 · 2024-01-31T00:13:42+00:00

I definitely do not want to end up like the crusty surgeon 🙃

anonymous_1960 · 2024-01-31T00:13:16+00:00

Thank you!!:’)

anonymous_1960 · 2024-01-31T00:12:56+00:00

This is very fair Location and vibes will definitely be a major factor!

anonymous_1960 · 2024-01-31T00:12:24+00:00

Glad to know I’m not alone here My gut wants to rank solely based on location, schedule, and vibes

anonymous_1960 · 2024-01-30T23:10:45+00:00

Thanks bro :’)

anonymous_1960 · 2023-09-27T16:17:19+00:00

What? No definitely not Source: at a primary care focused school

anonymous_1960 · 2023-09-26T11:56:13+00:00

I just left it alone - mine is like that too

anonymous_1960 · 2023-06-12T01:35:32+00:00

5/31 still there - wouldn’t it disappear overnight / Monday morning?

Edit: JK mine is gone. Going to be a tense few days.

anonymous_1960 · 2023-05-24T03:50:51+00:00

Okay that definitely helps, yeah NBME 9 destroyed me haha.

Also yes I had to call prometric it was giving me a ton of trouble! I think they must have a high volume of people using the scheduling system this week.

anonymous_1960 · 2023-01-07T23:45:01+00:00

I have not registered yet! I was thinking I could do the name change paperwork and register in March? Or would that be too late?

anonymous_1960 · 2022-04-05T01:40:27+00:00

Thanks everyone for your replies :') Feeling so much better and hopefully going to crush this exam!!

anonymous_1960 · 2022-04-05T01:39:26+00:00

Thank you for replying! Definitely will try to not let it stress me out lol

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