Posts by DeeEast

Ok, you want honesty. I had my first with an epidural by the time I got to 6 centimeters. No pain, I pushed her out. It was a wonderful birth. With the twins I had a precipitous labor and barely made it to the hospital. I barely pushed...

I'm very proud of breastfeeding my twins. But the reason that I am proud is that at the beginnign it was extremely hard for me/us. I've never had an easy time BFing, including DD and the twins. Not to mention the fact that DS was in NICU...

I swear I have never had a bad one. But today we were at Ikea (in Ross Township, Pittsburgh area for any other tribal members out there) and we let our 3 year old DD into the Ball Room. Being a newbie, we didn't realize that we could...

My next door neighbor, who never BFed, told me this weekend that one of her good friends is pregnant and wanting to breastfeed. Now I have successfully breastfed my singleton and my twins (still BFing the twins riight now as matter of...

Quote: Originally Posted by moonfirefaery When Corbin first latched on those first few weeks I was in so much pain I even cried out a few times. After a few minutes of nursing I'd feel better, but at first the pain was...

Don't get me wrong. I was so close to quitting with the twins that I swore I would never blame anyone who quit and went to formula. But on the same hand, I can't stand hearing women say that it was so hard not getting any sleep or being...

I am so sick of hearing people say that they had such a hard time nursing at the beginning that the best thing for their child was to give up and give formula. AS IF breastfeeding is easy! It was most definitely NOT easy for me. I...

I swear by nursing shirts. It sounds like you would be more comfortable NIPing in them. Try Expressiva.com or Motherwear.com. I love the twinsets. Oh and at the moment, nursing twins has made me huge. I was normally a 36A or B and now...

I voted. What is wrong with people? The funny thing is that no one even gives me an extended look and I nurse my two everyplace. I would almost love someone to say something to me because I'm ready for it. Maybe they sense that somehow?

Quote: Originally Posted by minkajane For some reason, on FF boards, 80% of the posts are titled "What formula do you use?" 10% are "Should I change formula?" or "How to change formulas?"...