Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / August 2007

To start off, my wife is a lurker here and a regular on m.k.p.
We had our little boy on Wednesday morning 22nd August at 3:25am.
Right away, we started breastfeeding and the baby was taking in the
colostrum. We were concerned, however, because he likes to suck on his

My daughter will be 5 in October and has not nursed in about 4 days
now. Maybe it's 5 days, I didn't start keeping count til it was too
late to remember which day it was. She has only nursed at bedtime for
a few minutes for the past year.

I am feeding 13.5 month-old DD about 3 times a day and about three
months ago my period came back. Good news, because we are ready for
#2. I am not taking my morning temp. because I couldn't detect my
surge the first time after charting and had to rely on my trusty but $$

Well, I plan to bf #2 but I've got a few questions that someone might be
able to help me with.
With ds I bf'd till he was 15 months, but the early days were hell and I was
an inch away from giving up. The main issue was sore, cracked and split

DD is 13 months and I'd like to wean off the pump in the daytime - am
having a hard time finding the time to pump, and she's not taking much
anyway. She's still otherwise nursed on demand (evenings and weekends)
which is a lot....I've given up trying to wean completely for now.

Hey Sarah
I got around to responding to your Hales request...hope it's not too late :)

I met someone today who is in need of a full breast screening, a
specific problem as well has her being 40 is the reason. She is
breastfeeding a 19mth old.
She has been referred by her doctor for breast MRI, but she cannot find

did you ever get cavity work done when breastfeeding?
were you concerned about the anasthetic getting into the breast milk?
thx

There is a discussion on one of the medical fora about use of
Domperidone as a galactogogue.  One problem is that the source most
people have for information on safety of drugs in breastfeeding is the
British National Formulary, which gives only very scanty information

If you shake expressed breast milk it'll break down all the good stuff. Is
this an old wives tale or a proven fact? I googled and couldn't find much in
the way of proof.

I'm new to misc.kids.breastfeeding and am looking for some advice.  I
have a 9 day old little girl whom I'm breastfeeding.  At 3 days old,
she had lost nearly a pound from her birth weight.  But at her one-
week check up, she had gained back 5 oz.  I was pretty pleased with

Anyone used the Mirena (progestagen-containing coil) while
breastfeeding?  How old was your baby when you started using it and was
your bleeding pattern like?  I'm deciding whether to go for this or a
hormone-free IUCD after this baby's born, and I'd welcome any feedback

i trim and file our 3mth old nails regularly but she still manages to
scratch at night. recently she had some really bad scratches near her
tear duct. i am worried she could damage her eyes
the alternative is to put the mittens on again but i am worried these

Breastfeeding is going well. My 5 wk. old daughter is 11 lb. 4 oz.
We've managed to stave off some problems before they started (e.g.
thrush and sore nipples). Now that I'm feeling confident with that,
I'm ready to start thinking about getting more sleep. However, I of

My poor little girl. Remeber about 6 weeks ago she went through a 3
week bought of pretty severe constipation (black, pellet like stools
on the few occassions she actually had stools). Finally after trying
to get prunes, ground flaxseed and ground bran  into her as well as