Posted by Jennifer Milner
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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We’re getting ready to take Madeleine on her first plane trip, and I called on the Mommy Focus Group for tips on a fuss-free ride. They unanimously recommended feeding her while taking off and landing; the swallowing is one of two ways she can equalize her ears, crying being the other. So I started looking around for a couple of nursing tops to wear on the plane, thereby avoiding inflicting my post-partum tummy on the unsuspecting passengers. And you know what I found? There’s an unbelievable amount of ugly nursing wear out there.
Posted by Jennifer Milner
Monday, August 22, 2005
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The breastfeeding thing seems to be under control now; Maddie’s eating like a pro and I’m all healed up. We’re a great team. I cannot forget, though, how hard those first couple of weeks were, and it seems everything happened correctly with me! Madeleine latched properly right away, never refused to eat, my milk came in on the fourth day and has never stopped, I’ve never had an infection, and so on. If I had so much trouble and everything went right, how hard it must be for everyone who doesn’t have it so lucky. As it was, I maintained constant email contact with my girlfriends, seeking sympathy and reassurance.
But what do you do if you don’t have that network? There are a lot of nursing-related issues that all new moms hear murmured ominously – thrush, mastitis, improper latching, and so on. Where can you go to find out if your soreness is normal or cause for alarm, without calling your OB 10 times a day?
The breastfeeding thing seems to be under control now; Maddie’s eating like a pro and I’m all healed up. We’re a great team. I cannot forget, though, how hard those first couple of weeks were, and it seems everything happened correctly with me! Madeleine latched properly right away, never refused to eat, my milk came in on the fourth day and has never stopped, I’ve never had an infection, and so on. If I had so much trouble and everything went right, how hard it must be for everyone who doesn’t have it so lucky. As it was, I maintained constant email contact with my girlfriends, seeking sympathy and reassurance.
But what do you do if you don’t have that network? There are a lot of nursing-related issues that all new moms hear murmured ominously – thrush, mastitis, improper latching, and so on. Where can you go to find out if your soreness is normal or cause for alarm, without calling your OB 10 times a day?
The breastfeeding thing seems to be under control now; Maddie’s eating like a pro and I’m all healed up. We’re a great team. I cannot forget, though, how hard those first couple of weeks were, and it seems everything happened correctly with me! Madeleine latched properly right away, never refused to eat, my milk came in on the fourth day and has never stopped, I’ve never had an infection, and so on. If I had so much trouble and everything went right, how hard it must be for everyone who doesn’t have it so lucky. As it was, I maintained constant email contact with my girlfriends, seeking sympathy and reassurance.
But what do you do if you don’t have that network? There are a lot of nursing-related issues that all new moms hear murmured ominously – thrush, mastitis, improper latching, and so on. Where can you go to find out if your soreness is normal or cause for alarm, without calling your OB 10 times a day?
