Search results

@nyvic My daughter was in the NICU for 106 days. My husband and I worked the whole time to save our leave for when she came home and so we were able to be in the NICU for 2-4 hours a day. Total. No one ever said anything about how long we stayed. The only comments were about how nice it was we...

@vikuteee9 Stop pumping unless you are already awake. Pumping is inhumane. Do not wake up only to pump. Do not stay up just to pump. Your mental and physical well being is SO IMPORTANT. We are lucky to live in a society where there are other ways of ensuring our babies grow. You did nothing...

@monikahortons Pumping is the worst. I did it the entire 3 and a half months my daughter was in the NICU. I hated it and wish I just stopped earlier. All my mom friends said they hated pumping too. It’s awful and disruptive and sometimes demoralizing if your supply (like mine was) isn’t what you...

@ninkies I lived 7 minutes away from the hospital where my daughter was when she was born. I went there twice a day for 1-2 hours at a time (on the longer end when we could hold her, as we couldn’t for the first 6 weeks). When I wasn’t at the hospital, I was working (saved my leave for when she...

@jsw3883 So my daughter had a bottle aversion after she got home (we were over feeding her, insisting she finish bottles when she wasn’t hungry, etc because we were still in NICU survival mode). To combat that, we offered her bottles every 3 hours and let her drink them or not. If not, we would...

@lumpyspaceprincess Yes! I am 38 and just gave birth about 3 weeks ago. I mourned my pre-child life throughout my pregnancy. I was on the fence about wanting kids until I was 32. The thing that I always turned to (and still do even now!) was that I KNEW what childfree life looks like. And my...

@alysson Nothing. Daily stretching has helped considerably in terms of overall tightness, but I’m still nowhere near where I was pre-delivery in terms of flexibility.

@whalstib Have you used simethicone (gas drops) or gotten a Pepcid prescription? My 29 weeker is on 27kcal and would be starving, but screaming in pain at eating. Turns out she had horrible reflux and gas pains. One dose of each and she started eating like a champ again - probably enough to drop...

I’m 7 months postpartum (c-section delivery) and I’ve found my hip flexors are INCREDIBLY tight. Before delivery I was able to do a butterfly stretch with my knees touching the ground and now I can barely get them down to 8 inches off the ground. Anyone else experience this? I am working out 5...

@kimhimmel thanks! just edited!

@kimhimmel Edit: Thanks for the nudge! My daughter (singleton) was born 29+5 at 955g I was admitted to labor and delivery after a routine NST at 29+2 with suspected gestational hypertension. Within an hour, my blood pressure was stroke-risk level. I had severe, sudden preeclampsia. I was put on...