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What would be more reasonable would be comparing a kid eating from the breast to you eating a turkey sandwich.
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I used a Medela Freestyle, and that's the Cadillac of personal use machines. It depends on a lot of things as for how long it will take. How established the supply would be is a big one. Breast milk works on a supply/demand system. If you need a bigger supply, you pump more (or nurse your child more) to get your body to…
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Bingo. Whatever you do, you're raising a future serial killer or the next typhoid Mary.
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Have you ever pumped? I exclusively pumped for my 2 year old when he was a newborn. It was a nightmare. Quite simply, pumping sucks. It's time consuming and inconvenient. If I were still giving my toddler breast milk, there's no way that I'd pump. There's no telling what he'd get into during that time. :-P
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Depends on your shape and bone structure. I looked my best at 113, and I'm 5'4. I also have an incredibly small frame and once had a very high metabolism that kept me at 113 regardless of how much I worked out or what I ate. I have other friends at my height who would have looked sick at that weight. Just so you know,…
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You know that I won't spend hours in the kitchen. If it takes longer than 30 minutes, something is going to get burned because a kid will start screaming. :-P I've been cooking with a lot of boneless, skinless chicken breasts as of late. Here's a chicken recipe I found on All Recipes:…
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I do, but that's because I have PCOS. If I want the scale to move, I have to work out like crazy.
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/delurk I started CLX on Monday. Well, re-started it. I was doing it last summer but stopped when I got pregnant. Baby is here, and now I'm back to working out. I've found, though, that I *loathe* the non-weight workouts (except for Ab Burner), so I'm trying a Turbo Jam/CLX hybrid that I'm attempting to put together on my…
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It depends on what I'm doing. We use 2% in our house since we have a toddler and just don't go through enough milk on our own as adults to justify buying skim. If I'm eating a kid cereal or baking, cow's milk. If I'm having oatmeal raisin crisp cereal, soy milk. If I'm making a smoothie, almond milk. I like the almond milk…
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I work out at home. I hate the gym; I find it inconvenient to go. Plus, I have a baby that's too young for child minding. I'm currently doing a hybrid of ChaLEAN Extreme and Turbo Jam, with some Slim Series thrown in. I do ChaLEAN Extreme for the weight training, Turbo Jam for cardio/HIIT, and Slim Series for the…
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This. :-)
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A good bra is worth my weight in gold. ;-) (I'd say the bra's, but they don't weigh much.) Good for you!
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That's pretty much my thing. Baby wakes up for food somewhere between 4:30 and 5:30. I feed baby, get kid back to sleep, and then do my workout. If I ate that early, I'd want to go back to bed. But when I was doing a 9 am stroller fitness boot camp a couple of years ago, I always ate a small breakfast. It just depends on…
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I did move for love, and I was your age. I met my husband over the phone for some business stuff. I knew when he answered the phone that this was who I was going to marry. (Crazy, right?) By the end of the phone call, we'd exchanged personal numbers, and talked twice a day. I met him in person on spring break (still in…
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As for the pain, I've had back problems even before I grew a chest. I chiropractor has worked wonders for me. And it helps with my chronic migraines. I was pondering a reduction when I went up to a G, but since I didn't keep the baby boobs this time, I'm thinking I'll keep them. Although I wouldn't mind a lift and a tummy…
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You won't have to get a special one made. But you *will* spend a lot. I don't know where you are, but just google your city and some of the brands that we've mentioned on here (Freya, PrimaDonna, Elomi, Simone Perele, to name a few) and you *should* find a local boutique that will sell European lingerie in your size.…
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I buy my bras at European boutiques. When I'm in the States, I usually end up in Seattle, so I go to Nancy Meyer (they have a website, but I don't think I'm allowed to list it under the forum rules?) and Zovo Lingerie. In my city (in BC), I'm fortunate enough to have another store that sells European brands. Unfortunately,…
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Other non-sporty brands that I love are PrimaDonna, Simone Perele, and Felina Conturelle. :-) And, yep, they have matching bottoms. For sports bras, I'm using my old LaSenza sports bras. They only do the trick because they're a little too small and seriously hold them down.
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Ha. I'm 7 weeks postpartum. Now that the engorgement is gone (not breastfeeding), I'm back down to my pre-pregnancy 34F (or 34DDD if you're shopping North American company bras). During pregnancy, I got up to a 36G. I was so relieved when they went back down to a 34F because, well, that's plenty big enough! I was a bit…
