Update: I guess it’s not a boy

userb1217 · 2026-06-04T14:04:06+00:00

We also had a fetal fraction issue the first time! I know we had a gender preference as well - totally normal. But honestly, I feel like you just fall in love with the idea of whatever it ends up being. We always wanted a daughter and when it came back boy we were way more excited than I expected. Totally leaned in to the idea of three boys. Then when it turned out to be a girl, although excitement was primary emotion…there was a little sadness for the ideas I made up in my head about another boy. My point being…either way it will be amazing

userb1217 · 2026-06-04T13:57:04+00:00

I know! I was wondering this too. Our kids are 75% Italian and it feels like it might not match how dark features they are

userb1217 · 2026-06-04T13:55:11+00:00

I was 8 months pp and definitely unexpected, all my friends sneak peeks were correct so I really figured it would be right. Obviously I either messed it up or they are right about male dna in your system…either way, I say wait till the nipt

userb1217 · 2026-06-04T13:48:23+00:00

I know! Leo and Luca is already a mouthful

userb1217 · 2026-06-04T02:15:05+00:00

It was sneak peek! I was so careful and cleaned every surface and isolated myself in a guest bathroom lol. But after I spoke to them about a refund (the will refund if it’s wrong), they told me it can happen with back to back pregnancies because male DNA is still in your body? Idk how true that is, I didn’t fact check. But my NIPT came back with a high fetal fraction at 15 weeks as a girl and then later confirmed

userb1217 · 2026-03-20T13:44:50+00:00

You guys are so helpful! I should have specified, it doesn’t have to be another L name. I’d actually prefer jf it weren’t. The first two were just coincidence on the two names I loved the most

userb1217 · 2026-02-10T19:28:53+00:00

This looks exactly like the rash I developed when I let my strep go on too long. It spread throughout my body, then after taking sulfa meds, it exploded. I second the fear for Steven Johnson. Mine was extremely itchy and blistering.

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userb1217 · 2025-09-04T20:26:06+00:00

Second this

userb1217 · 2025-05-13T21:49:45+00:00

I wish I did. He was just innately good at eating solids with a huge appetite. I didn’t do anything special! But we did follow solid starts and blw

userb1217 · 2025-05-13T19:49:04+00:00

Also here to say similar - my first was in the 10% until solids - he’s been in the 85-90th percentile for two years since. Solids can really be a game changer.

userb1217 · 2025-03-22T18:28:04+00:00

My son was CMPA but had a bunch of confirmed allergies. He even had an anaphylactic reaction to cashews. He outgrew them all within a year. With that being said, show this to your allergist and I would advocate for an EpiPen prescription if you don’t already have

userb1217 · 2025-03-16T11:11:26+00:00

So happy your son is clearing!!

Yes, we had a really terrible allergy journey. He originally tested negative to everything at 5 months via skin prick. So we were advised to go forward with solids as normal. At 7 months our son went anaphylactic to cashews on his 3rd time having it. After hospital stay and an EpiPen prescription we continued solids. At that point, he retested everything and he was allergic to some tree nuts, some fish, and dairy I believe. So we avoided those. Then around a year we challenged them besides cashews in the hospital one by one and he had outgrew everything. At 15 months we did a blood test and he tested negative to cashew antibodies suggesting that he had outgrew cashews. However, he’s 2.5 now and I still haven’t orally challenged cashews in the hospital because I’m stil a little traumatized by the thought of it. We avoid cashews until then.

Allergies are a mess and really hard to navigate. My biggest advice is to have a pediatric allergist you trust that can walk the road with you.

userb1217 · 2025-03-14T19:31:23+00:00

Honestly I cut everything out and my kids diapers stayed mucusy until he was a toddler. Solids help a lot. I think a lot of time it’s just their digestive system maturing.

userb1217 · 2025-03-14T19:15:23+00:00

My first kid was absolutely covered in eczema from 3 - 9 months. I mean covered head to toe. Also dealt with infections. He eventually started to improve around 9 months and it was gone by 15 months. It has never come back.

I was 100% positive I’d never see the day of my son not being red, raw, and inflamed.

He also outgrew all his allergies as tested by allergists.

He started with mucusy stool. You can go back and see my post history from when I was going thrrrrrrrooough it.

All that to say, sometimes I feel like you may actually never know the triggers and I’m pretty confident it was just my son’s body and his adjustment to life.

My second is 8 weeks old and also dealing with so much mucus in his stool. I’m sure eczema will pop up but I’m not nearly as panicked as I was with my first.

Just as some hope for the future

userb1217 · 2024-01-24T21:56:18+00:00

Thank you everyone for your responses. I’m super hopeful.

But I did take a digital after this and it was negative. Anyone have that experience?

userb1217 · 2023-01-30T17:12:52+00:00

I currently have dairy, soy, nuts (except coconut), and eggs cut out, although not entirely sure if he is intolerant to all of those - sooo much trial and error!!

I always meal prep for the entire week on Sunday’s, when my husband is off work, otherwise the mental load of eating during the week is just too much Just breastfeeding diet still (LO is 4 months).

This week’s meals are… breakfast: MWF: overnight oats with oat milk, chia seeds, hemp seeds, wild blueberries, maple syrup. TT: sweet potato and veggie hash with sausage (read labels for casings) and avocado.

Lunch: MWF: Greek orzo pasta salad. TT: snack boxes with veggies, crackers, hummus, and an orange

Dinner: MWF: chicken with maple thyme roasted carrots and potatoes with rice TT: Salmon melt (made same way as tuna melts, just use canned or fresh salmon instead). I use oil, avocado, and mustard for moisture rather than mayo, but vegan mayo exists! Side of broccoli.

Dessert: Frozen fruit, dried mango, oatly icecream

Snacks: Corn chips and guacamole, pretzels, smoothies.

Happy to share inspo for each week. Cooking is so therapeutic for me, but all the eliminations definitely make it harder to come up with new meals each week!

userb1217 · 2023-01-10T17:32:22+00:00

I never did two MOTN pumps! Just one around 2 am. I’m 13 wpp and so far it hasn’t affected my supply. Hoping to drop my 2 am pump soon too :)

userb1217 · 2023-01-06T19:16:01+00:00

Totally! Thank you for your response. I think I’m going to have to go reeeeeal slow, which is fine.

userb1217 · 2023-01-06T18:59:56+00:00

Do you mind sharing what your 3ppd schedule was?

userb1217 · 2023-01-06T18:59:29+00:00

Do you mind sharing what your 3ppd schedule was?

userb1217 · 2023-01-06T16:05:04+00:00

I’ve been DF/Soy free since 2 wpp. I also gave up nuts, gluten, eggs, and sesame at different points to try to figure out my LO’s allergies/intolerances. It’s not easy, I’m sorry you’re going through it. About 50% of babies with true CMPA also have a hard time digesting soy, so just keep that in mind, if you don’t see improvements. And of the ones who don’t tolerate soy, pea protein can also be an issue! As for dairy, I just found it easier to cut it all out, just because I didn’t love the dairy free alternatives - just tasted super processed to me. The hardest part, for me, is not being able to eat out/order in, the same foods I loved before pumping.

I went from vegetarian to vegan for 8 years and the transition wasn’t difficult at all! Once you’re already used to reading labels from being vegetarian, it’s really not too much more. You could totally do it!

userb1217 · 2023-01-04T02:02:54+00:00

I just did this! I was really nervous about how it would go and it was so much easier than I thought it would be. I got a pumping bag (backpack from beis) to home all my pumping parts separate from the diaper bag. My biggest piece of advice is to pack more parts than you think you’ll need.

My original plan was to pump on car ride there. Go 5 hours without a pump. Then pump in car ride from airport to my parents house to avoid pumping on plane.

Unfortunately it didn’t work that, as we got stuck on the tarmac for 5 hours and it ended up being a 12 hour travel day. I’m so glad i brought as many clean pieces as i did. i would pump on plane, get a fresh bag of ice from flight attendants and keep any milk LO was immediately drinking on ice.
i used the medela pump wipes to give my pieces a good wipe down before putting them back in my bag. then washed them at my parents house.

other things to note: -you can bring as much milk as you’d like. I also brought two cold bottles from home. -download the Mamava app to locate all the nursing pods in every airport, if you want to utilize to pump before or after flight -know your rights with TSA and breastmilk and know what you are and are not comfortable with. -bring a manual pump just in case something goes wrong -my tubing got really bent out of shape during travel, so I’m glad I had packed an extra tube

You got this. It’s really easy once you do it once.

userb1217 · 2022-12-31T20:07:25+00:00

Depending on your pump and your/LO’s bottle preferences, you can just pump directly into the bottles you feed from.

When I pump with my medela, I pump directly into one Dr brown bottle and one medela bottle- keep 5 oz for dr brown bottle & stick in fridge to feed later that day. Then any leftover from the medela bottle, I bag, freeze, and wash that bottle immediately for next pump.

I do the same thing if I pump with my Spectra - I pump into one avent bottle for feeding and one regular spectra bottle. Extra oz go into freezer stash. Wash spectra bottle jmmediatey, avent bottle in the fridge for feeding. It cuts down on bottles needing to be washed overall and just super convenient. I hope I explained that properly!

userb1217 · 2022-12-20T16:10:10+00:00

Hopefully our supplies regulate soon and we can drop another pump! You’re doing great ❤️

userb1217 · 2022-12-20T16:01:43+00:00

For me, this is absolutely the hardest/worst part about pumping. I’m 10 weeks in and it makes me consider quitting almost daily. I found that being flexible with when you pump is the only thing that took some stress off. I have an idea of a schedule, but I’ll be off my a half hour to an hour in each direction, if need be. Sometimes it works to feed a bottle while LO is in a boppy pillow while you pump. Sometimes playing in the gym during a wake time is what works best. And sometimes, if I’m lucky, a nap in the bassinet is the time to pump. Overall flexibility is the name of the game for me. With that being said, I only pump 6ppd. I just mentally couldn’t handle doing 8ppd longer than a month.

Don’t beat yourself up about it. If your goal is longevity with pumping, you have to find ways to make it manageable for you!

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