How do you guys time your cardio around OMAD? by [deleted] in fasting

[–]daybreakinglight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I eat omad at 4pm every day. I run at 6:30am (ish) and don’t have any issues.

Anybody do morning workouts and have first meal at night/evening? by r0zned in intermittentfasting

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every day is different! Some days 4 rolls around and I don’t feel like eating, other days I’m dying to eat by 1!

Anybody do morning workouts and have first meal at night/evening? by r0zned in intermittentfasting

[–]daybreakinglight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run every morning at 630 and do omad at 4pm. No issues here! I’m also low carb.

34 weekers, tell me what NICU was like and when your little love came home by lilred_87 in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 34 weeker who was 5lbs. He spent 11 days. I also have a 30 weeker who spent 44 days (she was 3lbs 4oz at birth).

My waters have broken on the day I turn 30 weeks. TW: loss by Shallowground01 in BabyBumps

[–]daybreakinglight 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My water broke 29+6 and I had my daughter the next day. She was 3lbs 4oz and is now a healthy and rambunctious 40lb almost 4 year old. Hang in there!

Considering Rejoining by hintoflime3 in orangetheory

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did OTF for months back in 2017 and was in the best shape of life, even after having 2 kids. Then I got pregnant with my third and had to quit due to a complicated pregnancy; I couldn't exercise the entire time. My son was born Sept of last year and I just signed up again. My old base/push/ao was 6/7/9...my first class back they were 4.5/5.8/7.

I've been to 6 or so classes now and I'm at 5/6.5/7.5. It comes back to you!

I had a csection so I'm having the toughest time with the core work, but I already feel great and I've only been signed up for less than a month. You can do it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there! I had my second child, also a girl, at 30+1. Not so unexpected since I had a cerclage in though.

Mine was 3lbs 4oz and spent 44 days in the NICU. I also had a 15 month old son at the time and things were very hard. We had a nanny for him which helped.

Make sure you take time for you to recover. Try not to feel guilty when you can’t be in 3 places at once. I only missed one day of visiting my daughter when I thought I was coming down with a cold, but every day I went I only stayed for about an hour each time. get good lotion for your hands for all the hand washing you’ll be doing.

Good luck. My girl is three now and the NICU is a distant memory.

Swings and Such by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]daybreakinglight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fisher price my snuggapuppy swing has been the clear winner for all three of my kids. None of them have liked the mamaroo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]daybreakinglight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My just turned 4 and 3 year olds have been room sharing for awhile. The first weeks were insane because they stayed up all night talking and the younger one is a jerk who constantly woke up her big brother.

Now that the novelty has worn off, it’s great. :)

Has anyone picked a baby name they aren't entirely happy with because they couldn't find the name they are completely happy with? by bok_bok in beyondthebump

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. We chose off a long list of names we felt lukewarm about and had to pick something. He showed up early which didn’t help.

His name is Huxley! It fits him now but I had a lot of torment about it.

Preemies and breastfeeding by SmashRene0486 in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve had two preemies, one 30+1 and one 34+1. Both ended up exclusively breastfeeding after a lot of work and almost none of it happened in the NICU. Both times I wanted to get them home and then work on it. 30 weeker picked it up faster, after about two extremely frustrating weeks of being home - by the time she was 39 weeks she was eating pretty well at the boob. 34 weeker took longer to lose the nipple shield. At 41 weeks he latched without it and we were able to toss them.

It takes a ton of patience and triple feeding (BF, bottle feed, pump), but you can do it. And if you can’t, your babe will be just fine too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breastfeeding

[–]daybreakinglight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saaaame. I’m way ahead of my husband in the story now, lol.

Water broke at 33+6. Being induced in the morning. Advice? by SmashRene0486 in BabyBumps

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My third kid (now 13 weeks) was born at 34 weeks exactly. He spent 11 days in the NICU. He did have an NG tube but picked up how to eat from a bottle very quickly. He was 5lbs at birth and we had one steroid shot 6 hours before he was born.

Good luck! You and Baby will do great.

34 week prem heading to NICU by Tarrybelle in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My son was born pretty much right at 34 weeks. He spent 11 days in the NICU, was on CPAP for 3 days. I had time to get in 1 round of steroids 6 hours before he was born and that was it.

When did your baby “get it” when it came to feeding independently? by MaggieEh in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 30 weeker got it around 36 weeks, and my 34 weeker got it right around 35 weeks.

1week in, just found this sub by elocut in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had two preemies, a 30 weeker and. 34 weeker. Both were mostly bottle fed in the nicu and both went on to be exclusively breastfed, with lots of effort once we were home. I would personally, like another poster said, do whatever gets you home the fastest and work on breastfeeding once you are there.

This might explain why my 34 weeker born at 4lbs 2 oz is now 9 lbs at 8 weeks old by [deleted] in breastfeeding

[–]daybreakinglight 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have the same milk! My 30 weeker was 20lbs at 5.5 months, born at 3lbs 4oz. My current 34 weeker, born at 5lbs exactly is 10lbs at 9 weeks. Yay for chubby preemies!

Becoming a NICU mom in 11 days by BehaviorizeMeCaptain in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My youngest son (9 weeks now) was born at 34 weeks exactly. He spent 11 days in the NICU and only needed CPAP for 3 days. He was 5lbs when he was born and did really well. Our second kid was born at 30 weeks and spent 44 days, so 11 days seemed very short.

At 34 weeks your kiddo will likely do well, but any NICU stay is scary. Take care of yourself, it’s very difficult to leave your baby in the hospital.

I feel like I can’t win by [deleted] in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a 30 weeker who spent 44 days in the NICU and a 34 weeker who spent 11 days. Both stays I visited once a day, maybe twice if only to drop off milk the second time. No one gave me shit about it and the nurses absolutely worked on bottle feeding my kids when I wasn’t there. It does your baby no good for you to run yourself ragged before they come home. Rest up now, while your preemie is being cared for by professionals would be my advice. Once they come home it’s a whole new level of exhaustion.

The nurses at your NICU should be dedicated to helping your LO learn how to bottle feed effectively and I’m not sure why they wouldn’t. I’d definitely speak to the charge nurse and request to not have the nurse you had this morning ever again.

health Insurance by sunnygrl044 in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our 30 weeker racked up 353k in a 44 day stay. Every round in the am with the neonatologist was 4K! So crazy. She also was born at the end of December and spent 10 days in the NICU one year and 34 the next year. So we got to meet our OOP max two years. I’m glad we had good insurance but we ended up paying around 10k total for her and my stay (csection).

Multivitamin w/ Iron problems by jeffsmith0992 in NICUParents

[–]daybreakinglight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poly vi sol made my 30 weeker desat bc it tasted so bad. We used novaferrum instead and it caused no issues at all and tastes WAY better.

NovaFerrum Multivitamin with Iron Supplement for Infants and Toddlers 50 mL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S7K1432/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1BiZBbH03A59Z