March 2009 Weddings
Dear Community,

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.

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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

AW

I went in for a postpartum check up today, and I'm only 8lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight! I can't believe I lost that much already! I only gained 35lbs, so I guess it's not that much of huge feat, but it made my day Smile

I also talked to my doctor about restarting breastfeeding. She said it's totally doable for me since I still have a supply and haven't dried up. So the plan is to just try to breastfeed first, then give her a bottle. Emily isn't too sure about that plan though, she didn't really want to latch on. So I'm pumping a few times a day to try to help get my supply back up. It's kind of a long road/process, but I feel like it'll be worth it if I can do it. And if not then at least I tried.

Re: AW

  • Yay for the weight loss!  That's great.  Good luck with the breastfeeding. I don't know if you've posted any on the breastfeeding board, but there are several ladies that have relactated. 
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  • Way to go on the weight, Ali! I'm still 14 lbs away...which annoys me since I am working out 5-6 days a week and watching what I eat like a hawk...but I did gain 45 (and change) pounds...!
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  • That's awesome, Ali!! Nice work on the weight loss and best of luck with relactating! Like Steph said, check out the BFing board if you haven't already. I'm sure you can get some great pointers :) I lurk on that board sometimes and recall them talking about fenugreek for supply and to make sure the bottle has a slow flow nipple (which yours probably have because she's so young). Keep us posted on how it's going... I'm intrigued :)
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  • imagedoxgirl:
    Yay for the weight loss!  That's great.  Good luck with the breastfeeding. I don't know if you've posted any on the breastfeeding board, but there are several ladies that have relactated. 

    Thanks! I didn't even know there was a BF board. I posted over there, so we'll see what they say!

  • Congrats on the weight loss!!

     

    I estimate I gained 45-50lbs, and I'm 20lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. I really need to watch what I eat, but I've delayed joining Weight Watchers until Sept.

    Speaking of, I did technically join, but their website confuses the heck out of me. I feel like an idiot having to take the online tuturials. 

    Best of luck with breastfeeding/pumping. I think you're so early on, you can definitely build your milk supply back up!

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  • That weight loss is a huge feat! 8 lbs is not much left to lose!

    GL with restarting BFing. [Unsolicited advice re: building supply with a pump] What increased my supply and output most drastically was massage/compressions while pumping and drinking outrageous quantities of water. 

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  • Congrats!!  That's awesome, those last couple of pounds will go quickly.  Good Luck with BF, I bet it will help with that weight loss.
  • Way to go and good luck!

    Btw, my cousin had a baby girl on Friday and named her Emily Grace. Well, I'm assuming it's Emily but my mom's email said Emiy, lol!

  • That is awesome Ali! I was nowhere near that weight loss pp!
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  • Yay! That's awesome about the weight loss and starting to BFing again!!
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