Comments on: Postpartum: the good, the bad, and the ugly http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Humbly building the universe Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Inexplicable Ways http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2848 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:48:05 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2848 Emily,

I love Mother Food! It is a great book with some wonderful ideas for lactogenic recipes. Your story sounds much like mine. I’m so happy I nursed my first (until I was pregnant, too!) even without a full supply.

This time around, I feel so much more prepared. And the supply seems to have increased some this week. Cedar has been gaining about an ounce and a half each day. I’m supplementing with around 4-5 ounces of donated breastmilk each day. Still hopeful that I can keep on increasing. My current daily regimen:

120mg domperidone, 2 droppers of black cohosh, 1 dropper of motherwort, 3 bags of mother’s milk tea with oatstraw and nettles, 2 droppers rescue remedy, 8 droppers of fenugreek, 4 droppers of goat’s rue, 3 capsules blessed thistle, 2 capsules of alfalfa . Plus some horribly nasty chinese formula my acupuncturist gave me.

Feel free to email me (j_byers[at]bellsouth[dot]net) if you have any questions or need to think through some steps! Good luck!!

]]> By: emmommydoula http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2842 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:10:27 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2842 Hi Julie,
My mom found your blog searching for Absolute Yin Meridian. She’s a massage therapist and will be at my house helping me for 2 weeks after our second baby’s birth in October. I’m a BFAR mom, too, so I love your Glactagogue Plan! I’m going through all the same steps you did in the weeks leading up to our second baby’s birth. After our first baby was born (in a month she’ll be 2) I wasn’t as prepared as I am this time. But like your first, was a great comfort nurser, and although I weaned when I got pregnant (she was 16 months) she still nurses her dolly and teddy bears daily. (P.S. Love that you threw a party when you said good-bye to formula. I felt like that too!)

Just wanted to tell you about a great book I recently read called Mother Food. You can find it on Amazon . com It talkes about food traditions around the world that increase low milk supply, colic, and allergy. I’d say that most of the info is about low supply.

Best to you in these crucial few weeks of establishing the best milk supply possible!
Love,
Emily

]]> By: Kelly (Matthews) Columbus http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2834 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2834 Julie, what a beautiful website. Your photos and posts are so honest, I really enjoyed reading them. Congratulations on the recent birth of Cedar! I know how tough nursing can be… I struggled with my milk supply with both of my boys. Thankfully with my daughter (she is 8 mths) I worked with a LC before and after she was born and with a lot of determination and the help of herbs I have been able to successfully breastfeed her… which is a wonderful blessing. I am so glad to see how well you and Scott are doing!

]]> By: Tamara http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2833 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:10:10 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2833 Hooray for babywearing!!
You should try a Baby K’tan. It’s like a My Baby Nest but is a little modified and better. When I tried My Baby Nest I didn’t like it.
The Baby K’tan is a different fabric so it’s softer and more comfortable than the My Baby Nest in my opinion. the loops are a lot wider so there is way more support and my baby loved to snuggle into it. also, the loops are connected so it’s easier to put on and you won’t lose one.

]]> By: Patrice http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2831 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:36:25 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2831 Have you tried the nursing tanks from Target? They’re cheap and work very well. They’re not as soft as the glamourmom ones, but they’re like 20 dollars cheaper. Happy Babymoon!!

]]> By: Katie http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2822 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:02:15 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2822 You are an amazing mom! Way to go with your commitment to babywearing. The Moby Wrap is my favorite baby carrier with my 2 month old son. I love having him snuggled high on my chest.

]]> By: InexplicableWays http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2821 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:20:48 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2821 Thanks Emily! Sorry about those car keys. They will surely turn up one day…

Jenny, I’m using an assortment of diapers–fitteds, covers, and AIO’s. I’ve found the newborn inserts for the bumGenius 3.0s are the perfect insert for my tiny newborn covers.

Nursing in the ring sling has been the easiest to do with this newborn. The wrap works fine, as well, but takes longer to get adjusted. So it probably wouldn’t be my first choice for nursing on the go with a newborn. A well-placed rolled up prefold under breast or behind baby can help the process in both carriers.

]]> By: emily http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2817 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:39:24 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2817 Wow Julie, you are doing so amazing!! Congrats on the sucess with you milk supply! I hope I get the chance to see you soon, and meet Cedar! Oh and did I tell you that I never found my car keys that day? We ended up having to have it towed several days later and have new keys made and programmed! ;)

]]> By: Jenny http://inexplicableways.com/2009/08/21/postpartum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2804 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:41:32 +0000 http://inexplicableways.com/?p=1161#comment-2804 Cedar’s butt wipes are so fun! We haven’t had much luck with cloth diapering yet. The prefolds I bought, which were supposed to fit a newborn, are very bulky on her, so we’re using disposables until she gets just a little bigger. What kind of diapers are you using right now?

Ivey likes the Moby Wrap and ring sling too. She did NOT like the hotsling though. We haven’t quite worked out nursing in the carriers yet, so I’m looking forward to that. (I might need you to run through the nursing in the Moby instructions for me one more time!) I’m glad breastfeeding is going better for you this time. We have been pooped on too (although mostly spit up on), but at least the newborn breastmilk poo doesn’t stink :-)

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