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It's been a while...HI!
I know I haven't been around for a long time. But I wanted to stop by and say hi. So, HI! Congrats to all the newly pregnant and new mom's out there. I've been so busy with work. I'm taking on some new duties at work. We are launching a social media initiative and I am in charge of it (yay for promotions)!
I have to admit thought tha I have an alterior motive for posting. I need to vent! A friend of mine at work is 8 months pregnant and will be leaving the company in a week. She is giving me the cold shoulder when she sees me taking on some of the responsibilities that usually would go to her. She asks us our opinion on things regarding the baby and birth, etc. We tell her our experiences and says that is not how things will go. She has gone to every class that they offer and thinks that the things she learns in these classes is bible (feed every 2 hours, on binkey for 4 weeks, no pumping for 6 weeks, etc). She even went so far as to tell me that I am wrong when I say I was not able to breast feed DD because I never produced milk. She says that she was told that every woman can breast feed. She is becoming one of those pregnant women I dispise. The ones who think that their child will be the most well behaved, sleep through the night from day 1, never fuss, think that everyone who doesn't breast feed is wrong, etc. To this day, not being able to breast feed DD is a sore spot with me. I really wish I was able to, I tried, it just never worked for me. I think she is going to be in for a rude awakening because birth and parenting and never what they say it is going to be! Ok, vent over.
If you made it this far, congratulations. Hope everyone has a great day. And I am going to try to be around more often.
Re: It's been a while...HI!
Believe me she is in for a rude awakening. I had my LO in July and all along I knew I was going to breastfeed. I figured it would be easy and it would work out great. Boy was I wrong. I wound up with a cracked nipple and had to pump one side and only feed off the good side. Breastfeeding took 7 weeks to finally work and if I would not have taken it day by day I would have quit.
I was the same way with the no bottle/pacifier for 4-6 weeks as that is what the class told you, however LO had a bottle at 3 weeks and a pacifier at 4 weeks. Its nice to try to stick to the things they tell you in the class but I have learned so far in my short 8 weeks that you just have to roll with the punches and the baby makes the rules.
I'm still baking my bun in my oven so I dont know how it will end up for me but I have seen my bestfriend, my sister, DH's SIL and other girls I know that tried to breastfeed and its all different. I agree with pp she will find out soon enough. My sister wanted to breastfeed for as long as she can but she was just not producing enough, she tried everything from breast pump, manual, nipple pump but just couldnt produce enough. It all boils down to making sure your baby get enough food to grow.
If im in your position, I can't wait to say I TOLD YOU SO! because she is in for some rude awakening hehehhe
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Yep. All that will kick her in the azz. The NICU gave my kids a binky...not like I could nurse them when they didn't know how to suck/swallow anyways! I didn't plan on having pre-e, but it happened!
And you can tell her that I pumped for three weeks (since I couldn't nurse) and I never made more than an ounce of milk. So, I am one of those people, too. And it still makes me said, so I feel your soreness there, too.