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.
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.
BR: BFing AW
We've been EBFing for 24 hours now!! I am SO happy. I was having to nurse A (who has nursed fine from the get-go), try to nurse D (who was tube and bottle fed in the NICU so never really tried until we got home), then finish D's feeding with a bottle then pump. Phew- it was exhausting and I was over it. Well, D apparently has the hang of it now because we have been bottle free and formula free since yesterday morning!
Now if I could only figure out how to feed them at the same time... 
Re: BR: BFing AW
Yay! Good job mama!
I have no first hand experience, obviously, but have you tried holding them in the football hold to nurse at the same time?
BFP 11/25/2009 ~ Blighted Ovum Discovered 12/10/2009 ~ Natural M/C 12/24/2009
BFP 3/29/2010 ~ EDD 11/25/2010
Sawyer Marshall ~ November 16, 2010
I am just so proud of my girls! And myself... cause let me tell you, formula (especially ready to feed!) is EASY compared to the battle we've had the last week.
But, it is also expensive, haha.
MrsG, I have one of those giant twin nursing pillows and I was actually able to tandem feed them for about 10 minutes last night in the football hold but I had a lot of help from DH. They just don't have the neck/jaw strength to stay latched yet plus my boobs are really just too heavy for them without me supporting them. Ah well, hopefully within the next month or so we'll get the hang of it!
Our crazy, wonderful life
m/c 7/17/10
Dx: MFI- 3% morph
IUIs: Gonal-F + Ovidrel + b2b IUI= BFNs
IVF with ICSI= BFP! EDD 11/25/11
3/18- Beta #1 452! 3/20- Beta #2 1,026!! 3/27- First u/s- TWINS!
Our twin boys arrived at 36w5d due to IUGR and a growth discordance
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
WTG Tiff!
This made me LOL. I know I only nursed for a week but my boobs were bigger than her entire head and used to feel like I was suffocate her. Stupid big boobies
Woohoo!! So happy it's working out, Tiff!
And, I give you big-boobed ladies mad props. I'm just average sized and my boobs were bigger that Neena's head when she was born, so I can only imagine how crazy it must be for your gals!
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
No kidding.. I am still on the hunt for a nursing bra that will actually fit. I ordered a 34 H/I last week... nope, still too small. I have a 34 J/K on the way and I don't know what I'll do if that doesn't fit. I haven't been able to find anything bigger.
m/c 7/17/10
Dx: MFI- 3% morph
IUIs: Gonal-F + Ovidrel + b2b IUI= BFNs
IVF with ICSI= BFP! EDD 11/25/11
3/18- Beta #1 452! 3/20- Beta #2 1,026!! 3/27- First u/s- TWINS!
Our twin boys arrived at 36w5d due to IUGR and a growth discordance
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
report back, please!! I'm living in my sleep bras and they are too tight. It might be nice to have something that actually fits when I leave the house.
Our crazy, wonderful life