Posts by poorlittlefish

My DD is almost 3 weeks old. She is a spitter but it doesn't seem to bother her. we are working on burping her better and putting her in an upright position for a while after she eats. One thing though, she basically nurses from...

Hi there, I have a almost-3 week old. She sleeps in a crib next to my bed for the first 2 feedings and then I generally bring her into bed with me for the last shift. My question is, how do you ensure that the baby stays latched on...

Hi Ladies! Just got back from my weight check at the peds...in 7 days she has gained 6oz!! She is within 1 oz of her birth weight and she is 17 days old today. I am so excited and can't believe that my body is atually doing what it is...

She pooped! She pooped! Maybe the every 2 hours thing is working already....

Just got back from my appointment with the Ped. She listened to her belly and heard bowel sounds, so she is "working" down there. She also felt her belly and it didn't feel hard or distended. She isn't too worried about it....

Still no poop. We did the rectal stim thing last night and nothing happened. But, like the previous poster, she passes a lot of gas so I feel like things are "working" down there....I don't know. I guess I will find out...

no, I don't have access to public health services, i have her Dr.s apt late Tuesday afternoon and hopefully will know more at that point. I tried to reach a LLL leader and she basically just emailed me back, I might ask if we could...

thanks for the replies...i am currently nursing so excuse any typos, please. she was discharged monday with a weight of 8lbs, 15oz and her weight on weds, on different scale was 9lbs, 1/2oz. the nurse used the thermometer in the...

I had my second daughter on Saturday. This is the second baby that I have nursed after my breast reductioin 10 years ago. The first baby was a horrible cycle of weight loss, not enough wets, sleepy baby, pumping, supplementing, formula...

Hi there, 39 wks 4 days here and I have been having contractions between 4-6mins apart for 2 hours. Problem is it is 10pm here and today was a weird day where I woke up at 4am to do some nesting. I am so so so tired....can I drink...