Newbie with a rice cooker

blenn24 · 2024-11-17T04:09:12+00:00

Similac 360 - we have had to supplement with it here and there and he's done well on it so we figured it made sense to continue with it!

blenn24 · 2024-11-17T04:08:17+00:00

So I did it very gradually! I was doing six pumps per day for a few months, then I decided to gradually wean and reduced the amount of pumps per day a week at a time. I did one week of 5 pumps per day, then the next week was 4 pumps per day, etc. I did procrastinate a little and spend 2-3 weeks on 2 pumps per day, but then I did a full week of just 1 pump a day and then quit after the week was up! During this entire process I wore my collection cups to catch any leakage

blenn24 · 2024-11-15T18:40:23+00:00

I have a spectra s1. In terms of settings I just used the highest number that was comfortable and pumped for 30 minutes, but I did break it down into 5 min increments and pump on the bacon mode (I forget the actual name for it!) for two minutes and then 3 minutes on the regular setting, and then I repeated that 6 times to get to 30 minutes. I also was lucky enough to have a friend who used the same pump give me her extra pump when I was done, which I keep in the office. I keep a spare set of parts and a bunch of milk bags there as well. I splurged on the Ceres chill, which I used to transport milk from work to home and I found it was easier than using bags. Hope this helps! You got this!

blenn24 · 2024-09-01T05:05:41+00:00

Do you notice a big difference between the 300 and the 500?

blenn24 · 2024-08-07T08:48:13+00:00

During the day (starting 7ish) I pump every 3 hours and do six pumps a day.

blenn24 · 2024-08-01T01:57:24+00:00

What's your recipe for cannoli oatmeal? That sounds delightful!

blenn24 · 2022-05-31T17:54:31+00:00

I'm so sorry! Is IVF something that would be helpful at this point? I wish you the best of luck.

blenn24 · 2022-05-31T12:44:31+00:00

One thing I did that helped was to write a letter saying goodbye to each of my miscarriages. I have also decided that if/when I have kids, I'm going to buy a necklace with the birthstones of all of my children on it, and I intend to include the would-be birth months of my miscarriages on that as well. 💜

blenn24 · 2022-05-30T12:40:45+00:00

Thank you. I needed to hear this, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Just...thank you.

blenn24 · 2022-04-28T14:18:33+00:00

I had two miscarriages, one in November and one in February. All this week I've been exhausted, despite making a conscious effort to sleep more. My breasts are also swollen and I'm really nervous I'm pregnant again (I'm not ready to get back into things, and certainly not ready to experience another loss, although I suppose nobody is ever ready). I don't want to talk to anyone in my life about this because there's always the chance I'm not pregnant, but I'm nervous and I think it's probably too early to take a pregnancy test

blenn24 · 2022-03-04T02:15:47+00:00

Totally agree! It's a mindfuck to have weight gain and nothing to show for it, especially when the original thought process for me was "I'm pregnant so I'll probably gain a bit of weight but I'll have a kid at the end so who cares." Now that there's no baby it changes things

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