June 2008 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Jo
Did they ever find a reason for you being unable to BF Marshall? I was wondering because using Domperidone is doing WONDERS for my supply (though I'm still supplementing some with formula), and I was wondering if it was something you knew about.
Re: Jo
No, but I never really talked to anybody about it. I am planning to take a breastfeeding class and I will tell them about all my issues and see if they have any insight.
I really think it was just a combination of a number of things. 1) I had a long labor, which can delay your milk coming in. 2) I had a REALLY heavy epidural, which can delay your milk coming in. 3) And I had a c-section, which can delay your milk coming in.
I think that if I had kept at it there is a chance that my milk had come in, but he was such a big baby and eating so much that there wasn't an end to the constant pumping/nursing cycle in sight. But who knows, I quit trying to breastfeed 10 days after Marshall was born and my milk still hadn't come in.
If you don't mind some unsolicited advice.....if at 1 week your milk isn't in, ask for a blood test of your prolactin levels. If they are below what they should be, talk to your Dr about Domperidone. It is not FDA approved, but 100% safe and even preferred by the AAP over Reglan (http://www.breastfeedingonline.com/domperidone.shtml). It is available for purchase from a pharmacy in New Zealand that is great (good customer service, I always get is within their estimated shipping window, which is 14 days) As long as your Dr and/or LC have experience with it (can help you with dosing), it really is a wonder pill!
I truly hope you don't need any of that advice though.
I also really hope I don't need to know that advice...but it is great info to have. Thanks for letting me know.
And I wanted to say that I'm so glad that you have been able to keep going with breastfeeding, even if you are still having to supplement some.