Hey ladies! Hope you all are doing great! Looks like slowly but surely some of you are making your way to the mommy board (and if not now, very soon!!! yay!)!

I was just thinking about a few things that I wanted to post as nobody told me these things...

I'm sure this is tmi but when I gave birth I was lucky enough to not get hemorrhoids but evidently many women who nurse get constipated due to the extra fluids in your body going to produce milk. I drink TONS of water all day, every day but still the constipation hit me (enough to make going to the bathroom very painful and I would even bleed sometimes). After talking to my doctor she put me on Colace, which I still take twice daily. The doc said that sometimes women have this problem the entire time they nurse. I've never in my life had a problem with constipation, including pregnancy. So if you have issues after having the baby, don't hesitate to talk to your doc as this is normal and Colace is safe for the baby. (I still drink tons of water, exercise, and eat a good fiber diet). Just recently has things gotten better and it isn't as painful...took almost 3 months but thank goodness! lol!

The other thing is that breastfed babies need a Vit D supplement. Vit D is the only vitamin that is not transferred through breast milk. So if you are nursing exclusively you might want to talk to your doc about giving baby Vit D (especially if the baby is born in the winter/spring when you don't get outside for some natural vit d)

Wishing you all well wishes and don't hesitate to ask any questions you have!

Denise it is good for you to take some Vit D...but the baby needs Vit D given to them as well as this is not transferred through the breastmilk

Also...I always thought that wipe warmers were unnecessary gizmos that were a little silly since the baby wouldn't be getting warm wipes when they weren't at home. But my tune changed seeing my poor girl get freezing cold wipes every morning on her little bottom! She LOVES the warm wipes. I totally recommend getting one. The one I bought was $25 and it has made her a very happy baby

I also wanted to mention that I had gotten a large swing for Charlee which I bought from a friend, as well as a bouncy vibrating chair...if I knew then what I know now I would have bought a travel swing instead as she loves the swing and I could take it into different rooms of the house. I'm borrowing one from a friend now. I recommend a travel swing as opposed to a large one.