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I agree, that advice sounds strange to me. Your breasts are never 'empty' so it doesn't really make sense to pump to 'get all the milk out'. Unless your baby is unable to nurse at the breast, the...

Here's a really great site on tongue tie and how lasering can help http://www.kiddsteeth.com/articles.html and there's also some info on upper lip ties. Take a look at the pictures - they're really...

I :ita with the PP - it sounds like you're doing a great job! I, too, was anxious to get to that magical 6 week point, when everything is supposed to get easier...and disappointed when it was still...

I second the need for a course of diflucan. I think they can prescribe it for babies too. Make sure they give you the right dose for the right amount of time -unlike vainal yeast infections, one dose...

Perhaps your doctor could give you a script for some of Dr. Jack Newman's All Purpose Nipple Cream. It's got antifungal and antibiotic ointments to help keep infections at bay, and a milk steroid to...

In my experience, magnesium hasn't had any noticeable effect on my supply. I started taking it, pretty much daily, after I read on Dr. Newman's site that it can be helpful for vasospasms. I doubt a...

Thanks for that article, Karen. I especially liked Dr. Newman's response at the bottom. He makes a lot of sense!

I think it will be interesting to see if the results can be replicated in larger studies. But the study doesn't really get into what kind of breastfeediing support the mothers had available and what...

I had nipple pain for the first 4 and a half months. It was finally diagnosed as thrush, and I needed a two week course of oral diflucan, probiotics for myself and LO, and I swabbed her mouth with...

Ugh, I've felt your pain! I remember at 6 weeks PP, when I could finally take a tub bath (I had a c-section), passing my perfectly happy, just-fed DD to my husband so I could relax for a few minutes....

New, burning pain after nursing has been going well is a pretty good sign of thrush in the mother. Babies do not have to actively show symptoms, but would still need to have some kind of treatment. I...

Honestly, I'm not sure if it's 'true' or not...but I think babies in general are happier in the morning, and there's usually more milk first thing in the morning, so that could account for better...

If you think it might be teething related, maybe try offering her a cold teething ring for a few minutes before trying to nurse? Or maybe give her some tylenol or ibuprofen to see if that makes a...

Have you tried nursing in different positions? My LO went through a phase where she would arch away and carry on when I offered while we were sitting, and what I found was that she would only latch...

Congrats on your little one! I think there's lots of hope for you exclusively breastfeeding! It sounds like she's pretty normal to me, in terms of wanting to nurse all.the.time. That's what newborns...

No reason you can't give your little one probiotics, even at this young age. You can either get special baby probiotics, or you can just open up a capsule of regular stuff and either put the powder...

Co-sleeping is definitely not as comfortable as sleeping on your own, I think. My hand was starting to fall asleep several months ago, so basically what I do is have DD a little lower in the bed,...

Has anyone checked him thoroughly for tongue tie?

I've followed your threads, tallmadre, and I hate to hear you say it feels disempowering. I know you feel like you didn't have a choice, but like you said, you could have let her get to the point...

I think you might need to get a round of prescription diflucan for yourself, and maybe for your LO too. As for gentian violet being carcinogenic, I think it was only ever 1 study that found that,...

I'm just kind of curious as to when people started feeding their babies combinations of foods, not just plain whole ones. DD is almost 8 and a half months old, and has done lots of...

I think that you'll have to play around with how far to put your finger in. If you can put it in deeper, I'd say go for it!

I did a google search and found a couple links to mothers in the uk who...

So it did turn out that he had a PTT after all. I looked back at your other post, and you had said that you thought he might have an ULT. Did you get that confirmed at all? As for the continued...

It could be that she doesn't like the spoon, which, apparently is not all that uncommon! You could try giving her a whole big slice of apple with the peel off (although you may not feel comfortable...

I found both capsules and liquid GSE at a store in Canada called Pure Nature. They do have a website, and I found the capsules that I used...