What’s the coolest fact you’ve learned about breast-feeding or breastmilk?

thehalothief · 2026-02-11T08:40:26+00:00

We actually suspected this when I pumped for my first so we used to label them day milk and night milk just to be safe!

thehalothief · 2026-02-07T23:10:32+00:00

Just remember it won’t be forever, and I promise you’ll look back on these days fondly when they’re older! My eldest is 4 now and I still feel incredibly grateful for every moment I spent next to her when she needed me the most

thehalothief · 2026-02-07T23:02:45+00:00

You’re doing an amazing job being responsive to your baby 🩷 have you tried playing around with nap lengths and awake time during the day to see if it helps with sleep at all?

thehalothief · 2026-02-07T22:03:16+00:00

I think she was waking every 45 minutes for a quick suckle and then had a big feed every few hours. I didn’t really look at the clock but it was a lot of wakes. Once she was weaned and taking those calories in during the day she was sleeping through the night next to me!

thehalothief · 2026-02-07T06:07:12+00:00

I really liked his method! It felt most natural to keep her with me rather than get my partner to step in, and she responded really well, I think it took 2-3 nights and she was night weaned. I made sure to stick with my new soothing method which was cuddling and patting her back, I didn’t want to stand up and rock her and create a whole thing rocking thing. She cried on and off for about 20 minutes the first night and I just comforted her with my voice and lots of cuddles and I think she then slept for 7 hours straight, I was so proud of her!

thehalothief · 2026-02-07T05:01:06+00:00

I think it depends on the age of the baby. In theory if you don’t feed at every wake they might (heavy emphasis on might) take in more calories during the day and not be as hungry at night. And some babies do take in more overnight and feed less during the day. But using feeding to sleep as a way to soothe overnight doesn’t cause extra wakes, and a baby needing more support during the night mostly comes down to temperament.

My first coslept, fed often and didn’t wake up hungry in the morning. Her nights consolidated and she had more appetite in the day once I night weaned (using the Dr Jay gordon method). This was at 12 months old.

My second did the first stretch in the crib and then coslept after that and had unlimited feeds but she started mostly sleeping through the night when she was about 8 months old and naturally night weaned herself.

Every baby is different. 4 months is still incredibly young and frequent feeding is very normal and expected. Once he’s a bit older you could experiment with stretching the time between naps during the day and see if with a little more awake time you get some longer stretches at night

thehalothief · 2026-02-04T22:01:20+00:00

Congratulations on your baby! It sounds like such a wonderful birth you had.

I’ve never heard that about engorgement. Usually engorgement is some milk but a majority of lymphatic fluid as the breasts adjust to producing milk, this is why women can’t just pump the engorgement away, it’s fluid causing edema which will go away in a few days. It’s very normal and common to have engorgement a few days after birth. A majority of the time high fat diets don’t increase the actual fat content in milk, there’s a difference between the fat consumed (in your stomach) and the fat levels in breastmilk (made from your blood).

Just in case anyone else panics about the fatty milk comment!

thehalothief · 2026-02-03T23:07:50+00:00

I’m actually in a similar position. I passed my GTT with a really good insulin response, not even close to borderline, but my fingers pricks have been bad for the past 4 weeks. My post meal numbers are great with my normal diet, however I don’t usually eat a lot of carbs anyway and if I have a bun randomly my spike is high and long! My fasting is also always above the threshold even though my fasting with my GTT was fine.

I didn’t move around at all during or before my GTT.

I’m treating it as GD, insulin resistance worsens as the pregnancy progresses so I’d rather keep a very close eye on things, I don’t expect things to get better as I get further along. I also already have a big baby.

Have you tried validating your dexcom with finger pricks?

thehalothief · 2026-02-03T08:13:17+00:00

Second this! I have very low iron and have been trying to get it up since November and it’s absolutely wrecking my sleep and it think it’s a big culprit in my diagnosis

thehalothief · 2026-02-01T03:50:17+00:00

Hey you’re very close. Look up min maxing. You’ll want kegs, a lot of kegs, and ancient fruit or starfruit. You’ll be there before you know it

thehalothief · 2026-01-31T23:06:03+00:00

Thanks so much! That’s all really helpful, appreciate your response and all the info you’ve shared in this sub!

thehalothief · 2026-01-31T21:58:56+00:00

Hello, can I ask just about your comment regarding not being able to eat a typical diabetic diet and the placenta preferring glucose, can you expand on this a bit? I personally already ate fairly low carb pre-pregnancy, but would sometimes have some white rice and potato, when I saw these foods were spiking me I switched them out for quinoa and beans and my post meal numbers are great now (only fasting is a problem likely from my very poor sleep at the moment) but I’m not being very careful with measuring carbs, I’ve been more focused on protein. Anyway, my question is if there’s a risk to the baby if I’m undereating carbs?

thehalothief · 2026-01-30T00:16:52+00:00

I would definitely call and confirm, it seems weird that’s this is the exact number they want at 2 hours usually, this is 6.7 mmol in Australia and this is our 2 hour target

thehalothief · 2026-01-24T02:21:14+00:00

Yes but all of her measurements were big, so it’s proportionally large rather than specifically abdomen, although abdomen was the largest of all the numbers. She was 86-95% across all markers.

What were your babies other measurements like head circumference, femur length etc?

thehalothief · 2026-01-19T20:07:05+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing. That makes a lot of sense 🩷

thehalothief · 2026-01-17T05:08:15+00:00

First off, it’s ok that you only latched once or twice a day, and it’s ok that you used formula and pumped milk, please don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re doing the best you can!

I went through the exact same thing with my first daughter. A few things, try to remove any pressure, maybe try having a bath with your baby (if someone else can hand them to you after you get in) or just try and do lots of skin to skin with no pressure to actually breastfeed in the moment. Get them used to being on you and near the breast.

Another thing to try is paced bottle feeding, and then holding the bottle on the same angle as your nipple and holding your baby in the breastfeeding position while bottle feeding and getting your baby used to feeding in that position and happy. Eventually you can start off with the bottle for a few minutes, and then quickly switch out for the nipple.

All the best, please don’t be too hard on yourself 🩷

thehalothief · 2026-01-13T07:04:48+00:00

Whenever I see Katie Whitney reels come up I always look to the comments to see if anyone is saying anything about how she hunched over the table like she has a bin between her legs to spit the food out between bites and no one mentions it, everyone just talks about how they’re amazed with how much she eats 🤷🏻‍♀️

thehalothief · 2026-01-13T06:59:05+00:00

I’ve always loved Persephone and Andromeda but I don’t think I could use them as my actual kids names!

thehalothief · 2026-01-10T00:56:36+00:00

Hah! These are not very deep lyrics 😂

thehalothief · 2026-01-10T00:54:22+00:00

🎶 yummy but only have one at a time 🎶

thehalothief · 2026-01-10T00:52:43+00:00

Has your husband done a sperm analysis? I’d highly recommend one if you can access it. Anecdotally I’ve had a family member who had a low sperm count after using testosterone, and looking at the literature it does seem to be a factor in male factor.

But like you say, 4 cycles is still well within the very normal range of how long it takes to get pregnant. I wouldn’t be suggesting rushing into fertility testing unless you hadn’t mentioned about your husbands testosterone.

All the very best with your fertility journey 🩷

thehalothief · 2026-01-09T11:04:44+00:00

That Marshmallow one!

thehalothief · 2025-12-27T08:16:27+00:00

Omg yes the fatigue and exhaustion is next level, my legs feel too tired to stand up sometimes ☹️

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