I have never been able to master latching on laying down...or even latching on, then laying down! Guess I'm just a moron!! Or, it could be another big boob syndrome problem.

just wondering.. I change Eli's diaper before I feed him every time, including night time. If you are nursing in bed, do you not change the baby? Do you think that helps the baby to learn to sleep through the night? (being all dark and all) I change Eli's bum to wake him up so he eats well.. make sense?

I don't change them at night anymore. If I had a baby that would wake, nurse a few min then wake again not long after I would make an effort to wake them up better. I would do the same if I had a baby that wasn't gaining.

LBH I don't think it's big boobs. Mine are a 42 H. And I don't think you are a moron. I think it's just one of those things that once learned just seems easy. I hope to shrink with losing weight. I'll probably be a 36 L (L for long )

Catherine EDD#11 June 24th
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Catherine!!

Dana, I don't change Robby anymore at night, unless he's fussing, or I hear him going!

Hi Ladies!
It seems like Catherine and I share the same feeding plan! BTW- I'm a long too! I'm hearing refrains of "Do your ears hang low....." as I admit this! Now that I'm on my 10th nursing kidlet it certainly, isn't like the uptight lil' thing I was when I had my first. I also have company in bed at night. I certainly do not change diapers in the wee smalls overnight anymore. The diapers of today are constructed to absorb way more than you can possibly imagine, unless of course, male members are faced the wrong way. Babies don't need to be stimulated to increase nursing at a time where we are trying to get them to successfully gear themselves down and form long term sleeping patterns. I myself just deal with a hand (or foot) in the face,because I always have company in bed too! BF is the most wonderful and close relationship you will have with you child. The longer you can maintain that special closeness the healthier and more secure the child will be later. Believe me, this ends too soon! We always theorize, when I'm done nursing I can do this diet or eat this food, or do this thing. My thinking has changed to if I eat right in the first place, I don't have to fad-diet and the baby will help me lose weight and we will both be healthier. While this would shock people of "normal" weight, I gained 7 lbs. during my pregnancy. Since having the baby I have lost 35+ lbs since I made a sincere effort to eat healthier in late October. I didn't change so much of what I ate but portion control, avoiding white carbs, drinking silos of water and exercising!!! My personal nemisis. I don't intend to lose this weight fast, I do intend to keep it off! All of you girls are doing such a fantatic job and I'm proud of you all for wanting to give your babies the best start in life!

Catherine-you sound like a hoot! I went on your home page (couldn't resist) and you have a lovely family. WTG! I bet you love laundry too! Ha Ha!

Heh, 'nother long girl here. Nursing laying down has always been easier for me than nursing sitting up. I don't have to hold my boobie in place to nurse laying down.

Charbar, once you've got a good nursing relationship established with Eli, it won't be as necessary to make sure he's wide awake before you start to nurse him. At six weeks, your supply is well on its way to being established, if it's not already there. As long as he's got a good latch and is obviously eating, don't worry about it. Watch the baby, not the clock. (This confuses the living daylights out of people at the doctor's office in my experience. Ah, the looks of utter incomprehension I used to get when I said that. ) It will pay nice dividends to learn his hungry and his full signals.

I nursed my first baby until she was 13 months old. She weaned herself at that point. I wanted to try to get pregant again and needed to take injectible medication in order to do so and I needed to stop nursing prior to that. Now my second is 4 months old and I'll nurse her until she stops, I guess. I love nursing and since this is probably my last child, I'm in no rush to stop.

Hi I'm new & still nursing - my girl will be two in June. Nice to see lots of us long-term-nursers out there - I occasionally start to feel like a bit of a freak. My son (who's a teenager now) only nursed for 10 months and refused to go further so I haven't had any experience weaning yet. I decided 6 months ago to revisit the idea when she turns 2 - and not worry til then. Now I'm thinking I may just wait until after summer vacation - we'll be travelling in QUebec for a month and who needs the added hassle?

Anyway - I'm 35 in Toronto, married to superman & looking to lose 75 lbs. Hello all!

I hope it's okay for me to post here, I'm not pregnant or breastfeeding (have a 2 yr old and TTC #2 for 11 months now), and I found this thread very interesting. I just wanted to let the soon-to-be-mommies know that not every baby is capable of latching on, and not to feel bad about yourself if yours can't. This was something horrible I went through with my little girl. I was all, "I'm absolutely going to breastfeed for one full year, at least, and NO FORMULA FOR MY BABY!" Even in the hospital, she had difficulty latching on, and once home, she couldn't do it at all. My cousin in a lactation specialist and came over to help, and we had la leche league on the phone, and after 24 hours of her getting maybe five minutes of feeding, my cousin suggested I get an electric pump (those manual pumps are good for engorgement but not for getting out any substantial amount of milk!). I did, and the milk flowed like a river, so supply was no problem. I pumped and we bottle-fed for several months, which is exhausting, I guess like feeding twins since you basically have to feed twice (feed the pump, then the baby!). But it was important to me for her to get breastmilk at the beginning.

Then I developed a medical disorder requiring medication, whose safety was unknown in breastfeeding and I didn't want to risk it. I struggled with this decision, and I faced a lot of social pressure (I'm Mormon and it is NOT the norm to bottle-feed!) about my choice.

Of course, breastfeeding is awesome and the best thing. But, if for some reason, your baby can't latch on, or you can't produce enough milk, at least think about that beforehand (I sure never thought it would happen to me) and make peace with that decision. I thank God that my little girl was born in a time when commercial formula is so readily available!

Best of luck to all of you and hopefully soon I can join you on this board when #2 decides to come to earth. Again, I apologize for stepping on anyone's toes for posting here.

Hello everyone! I was using this website before to lose weight, and i lost a total of 75lbs. I loved using this website, that's really how I got through it all but now I'm back again but this time I'm Pregnant! I'm about 7 months and still trying to eat healthy and excerise. I just got done reading all of the forums and it made me feel great to see that they have a forum for bf'ing and pregnant women. I was just wondering (since this is my first child) if you can be on a diet and still bf? I would really like to bf for at least six months(see how it goes) but I would still like to go on a diet right after the baby.

sw(day i found out i was pregnant)- 225.5
hw(at seven months)-256.0

Hi vollybchick and congratulations! I had just started WW when I found out that I was pg. I was only on it for a month and lost about 10 lbs. WW has a modified plan for bf-ing mothers (extra points/calories allowed) and I plan to re-start that after baby comes. (I bought a kit off of e-bay and follow it at home. Don't have the time for the meetings and don't want spend the extra money. This website has all of the support I need!) GL!

LOL wish I could add more, but I also am planning on doing WW while breastfeeding to hopefully lose some weight.

I'll probably dust off my Weight Watchers stuff too.

And Heather, while I appreciate your point that some people are unable to breastfeed, the vast majority are physically able to. The thing that ends most nursing relationships, from what I have seen in my family & been told by other people online, is simply bad information and a lack of support. My own experience was that determining I would breastfeed and nothing else is what made me stick with it in the difficult first days with both daughters, when it would have been much simpler to quit. It is my dear hope that one of the things this forum can do is offer support in nursing, especially for those of us who go past the societal norm of six months.

With my first I made it 3 months, I was lost in all the hype about formula. This is my 2nd and last child. So I will nurse till she wants to stop, and at 21 months she shows no sign of giving it up!

I also plan on nursing-- If I can. If not, I am ok with that too. I don't want to be stressed out about it if I can't because I am already a high-strung person to begin with and don't need anymore stress! I really would love to be able to, but only time will tell... Good luck to everyone trying to accomplish this!