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Quote: Originally Posted by kellybeth   finally figured out how to nurse in the maya wrap. she loves being worn. still trying to figure out how to get it adjusted properly on my left boob. practice,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Teles Poll/question: Is everyone using a pacifier? I realized the other day that I don't know anyone who hasn't used a pacifier but Mila hasn't touched one yet and I would really like to avoid it if at...

Do your babies have funny little mannerisms before they latch? Austin hyperventilates, shakes his head with excitement and makes this growl sound just before he latches. It cracks me up every time. 

Quote: Originally Posted by kellybeth  i also don't burp at night she seems pretty content and non-gassy.   Same, I felt a little guilty last night about it but he was totally fine.

Quote: Originally Posted by Teles      What's going on at home?   DH is going in for surgery today that will require that he's in hospital for the next three days and my MIL is...

I've learned to accept help in whatever undignified, possibly naked position I might be in. That was not easy through the birth and time at the hospital but the minute I let it all go it stopped mattering.   I've learned it...

Do you feel comfortable with/ are you happy with your birth experience?   This is a really complicated question for me. Losing my midwife a few days before the birth was rough but we got through it. Going through an emergency...

Thanks, I have been taking Tylenol and i just started doing the witch hazel frozen pads. A bit better!

5 days pp... I feel more now than the first 4 combined. WTF? Sitting up is just horrific. I'm nursing a fair bit lying down to avoid this awful position. I do a sitz bath a few times a day and slather on the bottom balm. It's hard to...

  3 days old!