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it really doesn't bother me much, especially since we are far into the game. if she were 3 months old, i would know it was a long road ahead.. but since we are like, half way through, it isn't an...

so after all of my oversupply issues, i am realizing that juniper has been favoring the right side. i now get daytime leaking and lopsided, big boob syndrome on the right.
BUT-
my left side,...

haha thanks! after i got a negative test last night, i had myself a good glass of wine and thought to myself, "gee, i'm not really going to get that parent of the year award after all, am i..."

i have been on the shot since just after juniper was born, and have not had a period since... well, before she was conceived. she is 10 mos old now.
well i accidentally let my time pass, and should...

anyone else out there have a little one who hates to nurse if he/she isn't ready for a nap or bed? juniper likes to nurse only when she wants to sleep, so before naptimes and before bedtime, and when...

hiya tallmadre!
i want to go out on a limb here to say that when i first began nursing, i'd say around the first 1-3 months, i would get a lot of tightening in my vagina. it was similar to the...

juniper likes to put both legs on my shoulders while i nurse her in the cross-cradle position, and push off a little, like she is bouncing. so funny/difficult!!!

mommal-
yes, it is distressing me! i guess i thought that by 9.5 mos she wouldn't be spitting up any longer, and now that she is having solids, it is throwing up as well as spit up. i have never...

i agree with mommal. i think that "starving her out" isn't a great idea. it might just give her the blues instead of allowing more room for solids. i really think an early baby needs the extra few...

i guess i'm asking if i'm overfilling her. if she is sleep-suckling, and getting milk out, but is only sucking because she is asleep, wouldn't this result in too much milk?
last night i nursed her...

juniper has always spit up bunches. even when she was a newborn. i've always let her finish one breast (which she usually ends up falling asleep at) then waking to offer the other breast. she ALWAYS...

this has to be really frustrating, but this is really cute, too. juniper used to do that and it made me batty. she outgrew it. looking back, it was hilarious. she's since developed new hilarious...

the milk has been in a stand alone deep freezer :) i did taste the milk today when i was making a puree with it, and it tasted normal to me. do you think she will drop a nursing session if i give her...

this was really nice to read. i know nursing can be such a struggle, either physical, emotional... lined with challenges. i'm glad you got a little light shone on you finally! hope more is to come...

9 mos old juniper finally figured out how to take a sippy cup! yay! i put a little water in it, and she's been taking tiny gulps throughout the day, but doesn't operate it fully on her own, she wants...

aww.. this was heartbreaking to read. any nursing mother can understand the loss of a bond you share. it's so great to hear you're trying hard to do something about it.
my only advice to you is...

thanks for the ideas! i'll go get a straw cup from target!
she used to take a bottle exclusively from 1 month through 3 mos. so she is 6 months out of practice on the bottle.

ok, this is really not an urgent question at all, and as a matter of fact i feel badly posting it after reading some of the threads where baby won't take breast and ONLY takes bottle...
we tried to...

i've had UTI that lasts over a week before. you will know if it is turning into kidney if your back starts hurting, too. don't be afraid, it isn't a huge deal, but at that point you will likely need...

i always have success with sipping on cranberry juice all day.. the fruit sweetened kind, not sugar sweetened or corn syrup sweetened. i have also had success with eating extra garlic. make yourself...

i agree with possibly being a little oversensitive/projecting your fear onto LO. i hope that didn't sound mean!! i can understand what it is like to fear that LO isn't getting enough. i used to think...

you know who you are, helpers.
i don't know how many ridiculous problems, issues, worries, tantrums i have posted here., frantic that my fat little baby would starve. frantic that i was doing...

no, not rancid. just... like a bag, i guess!
i haven't given any to her yet because she has the flu AND is teething right now, and working a bottle for the first time in 6 mos would throw her...

my heart goes out to you. i think we all have had horrible feelings about nursing at some point, in whatever way and for whatever reason. it isn't easy, and for some women it doesn't feel natural. i...

my fresh milk tastes fine, i tasted after i pumped yesterday.
it is just the frozen/thawed milk that tastes not good.
hope baby takes it! does scalding it make it taste sweet again?