Losing weight after pregnancy

rickiimarieee

snickerscharlie wrote: »

It might be time to look for a new doctor.

Unfortunately that's the only doctor I can have. I have active duty military insurance called tricare and they have certain doctors in their network they accept and no one else and they pick your doctor. That's the only way they'll cover it.

Dreamwa1ker

As a momma who also had supply issues but tried for 6 months because I felt like I needed to for my preemie baby (all pumping because at the beginning he was too little to suck so had a feeding tube) - getting no sleep from pumping every 3 hours 24/7 plus having a newborn and trying everything the lactation consultants said and still only getting like 4 oz for a whole day to show for it, I want to tell you what I really needed to hear but no one told me: if BF doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. Fed is best. I didn't stop until my son was back in the hospital at 6 months old and I had a bit of a breakdown so the nurses and my mom sent me home. My mom said have a glass of wine, get a full night's sleep, take care of yourself instead. I needed someone to give me permission I guess, but it was the right decision. I still felt immense guilt for a while but looking back I am glad I did what was right for my family at that time.

So try for a while, breastfeeding takes work - but always know that if it doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. You aren't a bad mom for stopping.

rickiimarieee

Dreamwa1ker wrote: »

As a momma who also had supply issues but tried for 6 months because I felt like I needed to for my preemie baby (all pumping because at the beginning he was too little to suck so had a feeding tube) - getting no sleep from pumping every 3 hours 24/7 plus having a newborn and trying everything the lactation consultants said and still only getting like 4 oz for a whole day to show for it, I want to tell you what I really needed to hear but no one told me: if BF doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. Fed is best. I didn't stop until my son was back in the hospital at 6 months old and I had a bit of a breakdown so the nurses and my mom sent me home. My mom said have a glass of wine, get a full night's sleep, take care of yourself instead. I needed someone to give me permission I guess, but it was the right decision. I still felt immense guilt for a while but looking back I am glad I did what was right for my family at that time.

So try for a while, breastfeeding takes work - but always know that if it doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. You aren't a bad mom for stopping.

Thank you for saying this! I didn't produce enough with my first (born at 36 weeks for preeclampsia) and still breastfed until he was 8 months because I felt like my little bit was still better than no breastmilk at all. My son now is a preemie as well! Born at 34 weeks but he was big enough (6lbs 8.8 ozs) and I got a shot in my back to help his lungs to develop. I also feel the same obligation because he is a preemie and needs the extra antibodies from my breastmilk. I'll probably keep on feeding for months even though there's not much. But I supplement with formula. I give him both breasts at first then formula. I can't pump unfortunately, for some reason my breasts don't take to pumps. But I can manually express milk from my breasts.

Dreamwa1ker

rickiimarieee wrote: »

Dreamwa1ker wrote: »

As a momma who also had supply issues but tried for 6 months because I felt like I needed to for my preemie baby (all pumping because at the beginning he was too little to suck so had a feeding tube) - getting no sleep from pumping every 3 hours 24/7 plus having a newborn and trying everything the lactation consultants said and still only getting like 4 oz for a whole day to show for it, I want to tell you what I really needed to hear but no one told me: if BF doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. Fed is best. I didn't stop until my son was back in the hospital at 6 months old and I had a bit of a breakdown so the nurses and my mom sent me home. My mom said have a glass of wine, get a full night's sleep, take care of yourself instead. I needed someone to give me permission I guess, but it was the right decision. I still felt immense guilt for a while but looking back I am glad I did what was right for my family at that time.

So try for a while, breastfeeding takes work - but always know that if it doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. You aren't a bad mom for stopping.

Thank you for saying this! I didn't produce enough with my first (born at 36 weeks for preeclampsia) and still breastfed until he was 8 months because I felt like my little bit was still better than no breastmilk at all. My son now is a preemie as well! Born at 34 weeks but he was big enough (6lbs 8.8 ozs) and I got a shot in my back to help his lungs to develop. I also feel the same obligation because he is a preemie and needs the extra antibodies from my breastmilk. I'll probably keep on feeding for months even though there's not much. But I supplement with formula. I give him both breasts at first then formula. I can't pump unfortunately, for some reason my breasts don't take to pumps. But I can manually express milk from my breasts.

I'm a preeclampsia mom too! He was a 30 weeker and I also had the shot (which was amazing, because he was able to cry when born even though so early). Pre-e needs to have more awareness. Fortunately my son is 3 now and a very fun kid! 😀

I had no blood pressure problems before pregnancy. But ever since the preeclampsia I have had to be on blood pressure meds. It's a common lasting complication. It is actually part of why I'm trying to lose more weight now, and change my diet because I would like to get off of or at least reduce my meds if possible.

rickiimarieee

Dreamwa1ker wrote: »

rickiimarieee wrote: »

Dreamwa1ker wrote: »

As a momma who also had supply issues but tried for 6 months because I felt like I needed to for my preemie baby (all pumping because at the beginning he was too little to suck so had a feeding tube) - getting no sleep from pumping every 3 hours 24/7 plus having a newborn and trying everything the lactation consultants said and still only getting like 4 oz for a whole day to show for it, I want to tell you what I really needed to hear but no one told me: if BF doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. Fed is best. I didn't stop until my son was back in the hospital at 6 months old and I had a bit of a breakdown so the nurses and my mom sent me home. My mom said have a glass of wine, get a full night's sleep, take care of yourself instead. I needed someone to give me permission I guess, but it was the right decision. I still felt immense guilt for a while but looking back I am glad I did what was right for my family at that time.

So try for a while, breastfeeding takes work - but always know that if it doesn't work out, it is ok to stop. You aren't a bad mom for stopping.

Thank you for saying this! I didn't produce enough with my first (born at 36 weeks for preeclampsia) and still breastfed until he was 8 months because I felt like my little bit was still better than no breastmilk at all. My son now is a preemie as well! Born at 34 weeks but he was big enough (6lbs 8.8 ozs) and I got a shot in my back to help his lungs to develop. I also feel the same obligation because he is a preemie and needs the extra antibodies from my breastmilk. I'll probably keep on feeding for months even though there's not much. But I supplement with formula. I give him both breasts at first then formula. I can't pump unfortunately, for some reason my breasts don't take to pumps. But I can manually express milk from my breasts.

I'm a preeclampsia mom too! He was a 30 weeker and I also had the shot (which was amazing, because he was able to cry when born even though so early). Pre-e needs to have more awareness. Fortunately my son is 3 now and a very fun kid! 😀

I had no blood pressure problems before pregnancy. But ever since the preeclampsia I have had to be on blood pressure meds. It's a common lasting complication. It is actually part of why I'm trying to lose more weight now, and change my diet because I would like to get off of or at least reduce my meds if possible.

I actually have normally very very low blood pressure. Around 90/50, which is normal for me. I had it severely with my first, had to take bp meds after he was born but my blood pressure regulated itself. But ever since him I've had severe issues with my kidneys. This entire pregnancy I've had to get surgery every two weeks to replace kidney stents in there (some even came out so sometimes surgery twice in one week). Preeclampsia set off a whole whirlwind of medical issues for me. (Don't know if preeclampsia the reason for some of it but it didn't come until after I had preeclampsia). My doctor actually let it go undiagnosed for so long until at my 36 week appointment I said my blood pressures really high it can't be okay and he was like "your blood pressures high? I had no idea." I said it's been high for weeks. At that point I was induced that day but had a very long and very rough delivery including me an my sons heart rate dropping and oxygen and everything else. My blood pressure was around 180/120 at that point. They tried to let it go undiagnosed with this one as well, had protein in my urine and all the signs and they told me it was fine but I kept pressing the issue I actually had an appointment to set an induction date a day after I gave birth to him. But luckily they're both healthy but it definitely turned my health to *kitten* and needs more awareness!