PG/Mom Check In

[aegis2005]

Pregnant
Kara (April17) due 9/18/2012 (Team Blue)
Carolyn (moonstone523) due 9/24/2012 (Team Pink )
Stephanie (surfbetty530) due 10/27/2012 (Team Pink)
(anonnani) due 11/13/2012
Terri (may07wedding) due 1/10/2013 (Team Blue)
Kate (mskateb) due 2/1/2013 (Team Blue)
Heather (aegis2005) due 2/22/2013
Aly (alzi) due 3/15/2013
Jen (mrsjenrn) due 3/29/2013

Moms
Liz (aidensmom) mom to Aiden (1/25/2008)
Kim (kimandross) mom to Quinn (2/25/2008)
Kate (mskateb) mom to Lily (7/26/2008)
Kathy (mrsjason) mom to Macy (12/8/2009)
Danielle (dvroxy) mom to MacKenzie (4/10/2010) and Madeline (7/23/2012
Jen (mrsjenrn) mom to Zoe (2/17/2011)
Jennifer (jennifer8080) mom to Kennedy (2/19/2011) and Caleb (8/6/2012)
Chelsea (mrschelseap09) mom to Lila (3/11/2011)
Tasha (tashaandsage) mom to Maisy (3/22/2011) and Beckett (1/28/2008)
Mayette (etteyam) mom to Sophia (5/3/2011) and Juliana (11/14/2009)
Marissa (amellis2) mom to Amelia and Abigail (6/4/2011)
(lovethesun) mom to Mason (7/22/2011)
Lauren (babybchbum) mom to Triston (8/8/2011)
Sara (miasmom) mom to Amelia (12/27/2011)
Meghan (mrsmew) mom to Ellie (3/29/2012)
Melissa (mellis74) mom to Mia (4/27/2012)
Shawna (mrsshawanab) mom to Blake (5/22/2012)
Jen (jen812) mom to Dominic (5/31/2012)
Angela (loskadoodle) mom to Drew (6/28/2012)
Janelle (dearselah) mom to Selah (6/29/2012)
Krystal (krystalskitsch) mom to Cannon (9/9/2012)

[sara76]

Heather you know some of us wait all weekend for your update you know... hinthint...

Amelia officially has her very first cold. It's the saddest thing ever. I hear her all night coughing in her crib and her baby words even sound croupy. AND her top teeth are finally coming in, 3 months after the bottom. She's still pretty jovial though, such a little trooper. Almost 9 months old, going to make our well visit appointment soon so I can finally see how much she's grown.

[april17]

Our son, Ethan, was born on Friday at 6:17pm. He weighed 9lbs, 9.9ozs and was 22 inches long. Definitely not a small boy! I'm glad we delivered early as my EDD wasn't until 9/18 and he would have likely been 10 lbs or more.

Once I learn how to post a picture, I will put one up. Today is my first day to even log onto the computer. Trying to adjust to breastfeeding which is rather challenging. Along with a lack of sleep and being completely overwhelmed, life is definitely different. We are so excited about our son and are completely in love.

So excited about what the future holds for our little one!

[sara76]

Congratulations Kara! What a good sized baby! We're you able to have him naturally (after all the discussing we've done about "big babies" lately).
Challenged, overwhelmed, exhausted and completely in love. Sounds about right for the beginning. Do you have a tube of lanolin for between feedings?

[tashaandsage]

Congrats, Kara! Hang in there, it gets easier! looking forward to seeing a picture of your little (or not so little!) guy.

[moonstone523]

Sept 17, 2012 8:42:47 GMT -5 april17 said:

Our son, Ethan, was born on Friday at 6:17pm. He weighed 9lbs, 9.9ozs and was 22 inches long. Definitely not a small boy! I'm glad we delivered early as my EDD wasn't until 9/18 and he would have likely been 10 lbs or more.

Once I learn how to post a picture, I will put one up. Today is my first day to even log onto the computer. Trying to adjust to breastfeeding which is rather challenging. Along with a lack of sleep and being completely overwhelmed, life is definitely different. We are so excited about our son and are completely in love.

So excited about what the future holds for our little one!

Congrats. That is so exciting! I love the name Ethan. How much did you and your husband weigh at birth? (Trying to gage things here. I was a big baby.)

[moonstone523]

39 weeks today. Holy shit. This has been the longest 9 months of my life. I'm thankful to have had a healthy pregnancy, but all the planning and anticipation is overwhelming.

The house had it's last deep clean by me this weekend. The husband is on clean duty from here on out. There are 4 casseroles, 5 dozen muffins, 3 gigantic pots of soup, and enough rice to feed an army frozen. Samantha's room is as close to be done as it will be at this house.

Fingers crossed we will close on the new house on Friday. After that I can focus on giving birth. In the meantime, swimming relaxes me while still releasing those endorphins I'm addicted to. Work is still a bit stressful, but I'll just take it a day at a time. I think it's all the planning I'm doing without knowing when I just have to walk away and leave it all for someone else to pick up.

Not really any steady contractions. Should I be concerned? Seems like baby is very happy in my belly. Hm....

[surfbetty530]

Congrats Kara!!!

I am 34 weeks and having BH like a mofo. Lol. Nothing really consistent and some aren't really timeable but they are starting to hurt a little. DH applied a tree wall decal we ordered and it is sooo pretty! Still waiting on the rest of the furniture... Hopefully it will be here in the next few days.

Everything seems to be getting slower and slower these days, and since I hardly have any patience, that s no good! 2 more weeks of bed rest! :-D

[sara76]

Carolyn it is long isn't it? I think about it and Amelia's almost 9 months old. I was pregnant for close to 10, so for longer than I've had her here with me. I'm at one of my "one and done" phases right now and it's not because I don't want another baby, I do! It's the 9-10 months. I don't wanna!

You're so wicked close though!! I can't wait to meet Sam!

[sara76]

Surfbetty, 2 more weeks of bed rest puts you 36 weeks, yay! What happens then? are you for sure delivering then?

[tashaandsage]

This week Maisy goes to the pedi for her 18 mo checkup, and I'm feeling a little apprehensive about what the doctor will say about her speech. From the start Maisy has used a new word for a while, and then drops it when she picks up a new one. She also seems to favor gesturing over speaking, even if she knows how to say the word. She's spoken around 30 words, but some of those for only a few days and then not again, and she'll only say a handful of words at any time. I've also noticed her pronouciation seems off, which makes me a little concerned that she may have speech or hearing issues. I try not to compare my kids because I know all kids are different, but this is so completely opposite of Beckett's extremely advanced vocabulary & pronouciation. Aside from the lack of interest in speaking, she's very intuitive and is actually quite good at communicating with us nevertheless. I hoping it is all considered normal, and that one day she'll just start talking up a storm. Any else experience anything like this?

[tashaandsage]

Sept 17, 2012 9:07:11 GMT -5 moonstone523 said:

Not really any steady contractions. Should I be concerned? Seems like baby is very happy in my belly. Hm....

With Beckett I never had a single contraction until after my water broke and it time to have a baby. With Maisy, I almost constantly had contractions for the last week and it was hell. I wouldn't be concerned, I'd be happy about it.

[aegis2005]

Congratulations Kara!
Good luck Carolyn!
Glad to hear you're in the home stretch Stephanie!

I'm still bleeding. Tomorrow will be four weeks. The good news is it's still brown and I haven't had any major cramping that lasted more than a half hour - and I think that was my body working out some of the blood.

I thought I might have felt the baby in the past, but last Thursday I had no doubt in my mind that it was the baby moving and not something else. It's such a strange sensation - cool and freaky at the same time

[sara76]

Heather that's NUTS. It must be making you crazy every time you use the restroom Great news that it's brown and no bad cramping, and Awesome about feeling movement!! That is the one true love I had during pregnancy <3.

[alzi]

I have nothing to add. This part is boring. I hate feeling fat and not pregnant.

But I feel fine and I can't complain.

I'm trying to pay more attention to my eating bc I am not eating enough protein, and I haven't gained any weight yet and I feel like that should start soon?

[mrsjenrn]

Congrats, Kara! Wow, he is definitely a big baby! Hang on there with the BFing. It gets easier, I promise! There is always the La Leche League. I love the support and information I have gotten and wish I had started going to meetings before Zoe was even born. I haven't had any major BFing issues, but it's nice to be with like minded people when it comes to BFing.

Carolyn, you're so close! I never even had BH contractions with Zoe. I have heard they are really uncomfortable!

Last Wednesday we watched "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Unfortunately they showed the best parts in the preview. Towards the end when everyone was having their babies, one of the women ended up with a c section. I was BAWLING. Not just tearing up. Bawling. This is a very sensitive topic with me since becoming pg again. I thought I had forgiven my body for failing me, but all these emotions are coming back again. H says my body didn't fail me, it was the medical profession that failed. He is probably right, but I still feel like a failure. I was SO CLOSE to pushing out Zoe and I failed. Anyway, since I clearly have unsolved issues, I am going to go to the next ICAN meeting to see if I can get some support there, and maybe even find someone who can refer me to a MW who does VBACs or another doctor. I only want my current dr to do my c section if I need to have one again, but I also feel like he won't give me the chance I feel I deserve for a VBAC. My only concern about at VBAC is if I try and fail again. What will that do to my head? I don't want PPD and I am afraid I will fall into that. So, I will go to the ICAN meeting on October 8th and see what I can find out.

Zoe is doing great! She is so cute with her Zoolander faces and reactions to things. She seems to be coming out of her shell and playing and interacting more with other kids. Well, as much as a 19 month old interacts, anyway. She loves playing with older boys. I am a little concerned, lol! Today at the play space she befriended 2 little boys who are 2 years old. Their moms invited me to go walking with them in the mall, so once Z is done with swimming lessons I might do that. She started back with lessons for a refresher so hopefully it won't be more than a couple weeks. She hates floating on her back again, so I put her back in. I am having so much fun with her at this age! She makes me laugh and smile all the time!

Tasha, I kind of know what you mean with the speech thing. Zoe doesn't talk that much either. She gets her point across and communicates well, but still says very few words. Sometimes she says words and never says them again either. Or she will say them sporadically. She hasn't said as many words as Maisy, but she has done that a few times. When she goes for her 18 vmonth appt next week (oops, a little late!) I am sure her pedi will say something about her speech. I think it will come with time though so I am not too worried yet.

[dvroxy]

I only have two more weeks of maternity leave and it makes me so incredibly sad. I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but unfortunately we can't afford for me to stay home. I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to have my mother watch my girls full time, but it is still very hard going back. Especially to a thankless job like teaching. But it will be the holiday season before I know it, so I will be able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas break with my girls again.

We took MacKenzie to see Finding Nemo this weekend and she did pretty well. She got up a few times, but watched the majority of the movie. We won't be taking her again anytime soon, but it was definitely fun watching her get excited.

I am still breastfeeding Maddie when I go back to work, but obviously I have to get her on a bottle so she can eat during the day. We are struggling with this process. We have tried five different bottles and have finally found one that she will take. She is not eating on a schedule by any means and will only take it when she gets to the point where she is starving. I know it will get easier, but I don't want to have to give up breastfeeding if she doesn't take to it easier. It's pretty upsetting and I hope and pray it gets easier.

[mrsjenrn]

Sept 17, 2012 12:04:46 GMT -5 dvroxy said:

I only have two more weeks of maternity leave and it makes me so incredibly sad. I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but unfortunately we can't afford for me to stay home. I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to have my mother watch my girls full time, but it is still very hard going back. Especially to a thankless job like teaching. But it will be the holiday season before I know it, so I will be able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas break with my girls again.

We took MacKenzie to see Finding Nemo this weekend and she did pretty well. She got up a few times, but watched the majority of the movie. We won't be taking her again anytime soon, but it was definitely fun watching her get excited.

I am still breastfeeding Maddie when I go back to work, but obviously I have to get her on a bottle so she can eat during the day. We are struggling with this process. We have tried five different bottles and have finally found one that she will take. She is not eating on a schedule by any means and will only take it when she gets to the point where she is starving. I know it will get easier, but I don't want to have to give up breastfeeding if she doesn't take to it easier. It's pretty upsetting and I hope and pray it gets easier.

How will you find time at work to pump? I have always wondered how teachers do this since it seems they never get a break.

I know exactly how you feel about having to work. I wish I could be a SAHM too but we can't afford it. I am lucky to be able to work PT, but working nights is hard. The only reason I have been able to go PT is because if I worked dayshift and we had to pay for daycare, I would only have $150 a month more. Definitely not worth it! I also don't think I would've been as successful with BFing bc I would have to pump a lot during those long shifts and during the day you hardly have time to pee. I work in a thankless job too, so I know how you feel. Sometimes you get some amazing people, but there aren't enough of them.

[mrsmew]

Congrats, Kara!

Heather, yay for feeling the baby move! Sorry you're still dealing with bleeding, though.

Stephanie, almost there!!!!

Jen, interestingly enough, I watched What to Expect When You're Expecting last night and had the exact same reaction. I know I haven't forgiven my body and I'm terrified about #2 when the time comes. I'm going to try for a VBAC but I feel the same way as you...if it doesn't happen, I'll be heartbroken. I have no words of advice just sympathy, understanding and support!

Things are good here. Ellie is constantly impressing me. She is so easy-going when we take her places now, so we've been able to do all sorts of fun things with her lately. We also started working on napping in her crib this weekend (previously she would only nap if she was right next to me), and she is NAILING IT. I have been shocked at how well it has been going. She's also working on sitting up and doing a great job with that. She's awesome.

If any of you could spare some thoughts and prayers, last week my SIL (husband's brother's wife) had her first baby. She was only 30 weeks but her blood pressure got so high they started to be concerned for her and worried that the baby wasn't getting enough blood, so they did an emergency c-section within a few hours. My SIL is still in the hospital because they've been having trouble getting her blood pressure under control. The baby weighed exactly 3 lbs at birth and is doing really well from what I hear, but obviously he'll be in the hospital for a while yet, too. So, any positive thoughts their way would be most appreciated!

[mrsjenrn]

Sept 17, 2012 12:23:04 GMT -5 mrsmew said:

Congrats, Kara!


Jen, interestingly enough, I watched What to Expect When You're Expecting last night and had the exact same reaction. I know I haven't forgiven my body and I'm terrified about #2 when the time comes. I'm going to try for a VBAC but I feel the same way as you...if it doesn't happen, I'll be heartbroken. I have no words of advice just sympathy, understanding and support!


If any of you could spare some thoughts and prayers, last week my SIL (husband's brother's wife) had her first baby. She was only 30 weeks but her blood pressure got so high they started to be concerned for her and worried that the baby wasn't getting enough blood, so they did an emergency c-section within a few hours. My SIL is still in the hospital because they've been having trouble getting her blood pressure under control. The baby weighed exactly 3 lbs at birth and is doing really well from what I hear, but obviously he'll be in the hospital for a while yet, too. So, any positive thoughts their way would be most appreciated!

Thank you! I have really felt alone in this. Everyone tells me I should be happy because we both turned out healthy, and I AM extremely grateful for that, but it still upsets me. I feel like my feelings are just swept aside and that I should be happy with the overall outcome.

T&P's to your SIL! I hope they can get her BP under control soon. One of my old coworkers had the same problem and it resolved within a few days. I hope that is the case for her!

[dvroxy]

Sept 17, 2012 12:10:54 GMT -5 mrsjenrn said:

Sept 17, 2012 12:04:46 GMT -5 dvroxy said:

I only have two more weeks of maternity leave and it makes me so incredibly sad. I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but unfortunately we can't afford for me to stay home. I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to have my mother watch my girls full time, but it is still very hard going back. Especially to a thankless job like teaching. But it will be the holiday season before I know it, so I will be able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas break with my girls again.

We took MacKenzie to see Finding Nemo this weekend and she did pretty well. She got up a few times, but watched the majority of the movie. We won't be taking her again anytime soon, but it was definitely fun watching her get excited.

I am still breastfeeding Maddie when I go back to work, but obviously I have to get her on a bottle so she can eat during the day. We are struggling with this process. We have tried five different bottles and have finally found one that she will take. She is not eating on a schedule by any means and will only take it when she gets to the point where she is starving. I know it will get easier, but I don't want to have to give up breastfeeding if she doesn't take to it easier. It's pretty upsetting and I hope and pray it gets easier.

How will you find time at work to pump? I have always wondered how teachers do this since it seems they never get a break.

I know exactly how you feel about having to work. I wish I could be a SAHM too but we can't afford it. I am lucky to be able to work PT, but working nights is hard. The only reason I have been able to go PT is because if I worked dayshift and we had to pay for daycare, I would only have $150 a month more. Definitely not worth it! I also don't think I would've been as successful with BFing bc I would have to pump a lot during those long shifts and during the day you hardly have time to pee. I work in a thankless job too, so I know how you feel. Sometimes you get some amazing people, but there aren't enough of them.

I am questioning this myself. Since I am going to high school and into ESE this school year, I am only teaching three classes, supporting in English for two periods, and planning one period, I will pump during planning and lunch. At first, I wasn't going to have a classroom, but with a unit closing, I will have a room I can lock during those times and get it done. I will play with it when I finally get back to work. My utmost goal was 2 months (which I will hit next week) and I hope to be able to go to 4 months, but with work, it might just be too hard. I am not going to give up! But if it doesn't work out, I know that I will have exhausted all outlets and did what I could for two months. MacKenzie was formula fed and is a smart cookie and very healthy .

[jennifer8080]

Kara - Congrats!! Things are hectic at first but things slowly work into a routine!
Sara - I hope that Amelia gets over her cold in time for our playdate! I felt so helpless was Kennedy had a cold.
Carolyn - So close!! Mom's group was canceled today due to 2 moms being in labor and I kept wondering if one was you! LOL. Definitely don't worry about not having many contractions. I had tons of contractions and Caleb was late, so you never know. It won't be long now!
Stephanie - So glad you are almost to the end of your bedrest!
Heather - Glad that the bleeding hasn't gotten worse, and now you can feel baby for that extra reassurance that things are okay!
Jen - I hope the ICAN meeting is helpful for you and that you can find a provider willing to do a VBAC! I can't imagine how I would feel if I had to have a c-section after being so set on a natural birth.
Tasha - Obviously Kennedy's got speech delays, but from what I'm told they only look for around 10 words at 18 months. Our pedi said that speech usually makes a lot of advancements around 2 years, so even though Kennedy is behind, she said there are a lot of kids this age not using words, and that comprehension is more important.


I've been trying to type this response forever and keep getting interrupted, so I'm sorry to anyone I missed!

Kennedy is doing great. She took a few steps last week - completely independently! I cried my eyes out, I was so proud. She is so incredibly social and sweet about 95% of the time. But she's also been a total diva about 5% of the time. Tantrums, kicking, screaming, pinching, etc. It's been awful. I suspect part of it is adjusting to being a big sister and the other part just her age. We're having her hearing screening tomorrow and I'm super anxious. I'm told a lot of kids don't pass at this age because of their attention span. Which means she would have to have a sedated ABR.

Caleb is doing great. He's over 10 pounds and gaining like crazy. He's 6 weeks old today and I have no idea where the time has gone. He is smiling, cooing and so sweet and cuddly. His favorite thing ever is boob.

I'm too lazy to upload photos but there are some cute ones of them together in this blog post - lifeasweknowit-jenniferm.blogspot.com/2012/09/breaking-news-first-steps.html

[mrsjenrn]

Sept 17, 2012 13:25:27 GMT -5 dvroxy said:

Sept 17, 2012 12:10:54 GMT -5 mrsjenrn said:

How will you find time at work to pump? I have always wondered how teachers do this since it seems they never get a break.

I know exactly how you feel about having to work. I wish I could be a SAHM too but we can't afford it. I am lucky to be able to work PT, but working nights is hard. The only reason I have been able to go PT is because if I worked dayshift and we had to pay for daycare, I would only have $150 a month more. Definitely not worth it! I also don't think I would've been as successful with BFing bc I would have to pump a lot during those long shifts and during the day you hardly have time to pee. I work in a thankless job too, so I know how you feel. Sometimes you get some amazing people, but there aren't enough of them.

I am questioning this myself. Since I am going to high school and into ESE this school year, I am only teaching three classes, supporting in English for two periods, and planning one period, I will pump during planning and lunch. At first, I wasn't going to have a classroom, but with a unit closing, I will have a room I can lock during those times and get it done. I will play with it when I finally get back to work. My utmost goal was 2 months (which I will hit next week) and I hope to be able to go to 4 months, but with work, it might just be too hard. I am not going to give up! But if it doesn't work out, I know that I will have exhausted all outlets and did what I could for two months. MacKenzie was formula fed and is a smart cookie and very healthy .

If your supply drops, maybe you can just bf her when you're with her and ff while you're at work. I think that's what jen812 says she does and it's working out for her with her supply and everything. I wish we had at least 6 months of leave.

[sara76]

Jennifer0808 I know I hope so too! I really want to go! But as she is today she could absolutely not be around other babies. Her nose is just dripping away and her cough is horrible, especially at night. She started with the cough Friday night so hopefully we're at the end of it soon! I guess I'll call her Dr Wed if her cough isn't showing signs of improvement by Tuesday night. In the meantime, I've got my cuddly baby back. We are reading lots of books.

[alzi]

Jwn0808- testing hearing at her age is ROUGH. It's why I refuse to see little kids her age lol

I know sedation is no fun, but an ABR will give you good answers, so if it's needed at least it will be worth it.

Where are you going?

Also, did they ever tell you what took 3 hours?

[jennifer8080]

Sept 17, 2012 15:11:59 GMT -5 alzi said:

Jwn0808- testing hearing at her age is ROUGH. It's why I refuse to see little kids her age lol

I know sedation is no fun, but an ABR will give you good answers, so if it's needed at least it will be worth it.

Where are you going?

Also, did they ever tell you what took 3 hours?

I know...it just sucks because none of us have concerns about her hearing and to have to go through sedation for something routine is just ugh. The whole starving her before, etc.

We're going to St Joe's. All Children's schedules a 90 minute veal with 2 audiologists, so it's 3 hours. She'll surely lose her patience before then and I'll likely lose mine trying to keep her in control. St Joe's does 60 minutes, which is much more reasonable.

[tashaandsage]

Sept 17, 2012 13:43:08 GMT -5 jennifer8080 said:

Tasha - Obviously Kennedy's got speech delays, but from what I'm told they only look for around 10 words at 18 months. Our pedi said that speech usually makes a lot of advancements around 2 years, so even though Kennedy is behind, she said there are a lot of kids this age not using words, and that comprehension is more important.
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Thank you so much for sharing what your pedi told you, especially about comprehension being more important. That makes me feel a lot better!

[babybchbum]

Triston is a babbling mess. He is walking all over the place but looks like a drunk sailor when I put his shoes on. Speaking of shoes I feel like he only fits in a particular size for a week before he out grows them. It is crazy.

Alzi- Your announcement on Fb was super cute! Congratulations again!

Heather- So sorry you are still bleeding. I hope it passes quickly so you can truly enjoy the moments of feeling the little one move. Are you finding out what you are having? If so when is that Us?

Carolyn- Are they BH or contractions. I have BH non stop but never had full on contractions until my water broke (and apparently they were happening but I was still oblivious to them.) Hope miss Samantha comes soon

Jenn- I love reading your blog and catching up on Miss Kennedy. She is beautiful as always.

Sara- the first cold is always the worst. Make sure you have Saline and a snot sucker near by- those things will save your life.

JenRN- How is Zoe doing about nursing while PG? has anything really changed for you?

[jen812]

Sept 17, 2012 13:45:35 GMT -5 mrsjenrn said:

Sept 17, 2012 13:25:27 GMT -5 dvroxy said:

I am questioning this myself. Since I am going to high school and into ESE this school year, I am only teaching three classes, supporting in English for two periods, and planning one period, I will pump during planning and lunch. At first, I wasn't going to have a classroom, but with a unit closing, I will have a room I can lock during those times and get it done. I will play with it when I finally get back to work. My utmost goal was 2 months (which I will hit next week) and I hope to be able to go to 4 months, but with work, it might just be too hard. I am not going to give up! But if it doesn't work out, I know that I will have exhausted all outlets and did what I could for two months. MacKenzie was formula fed and is a smart cookie and very healthy .

If your supply drops, maybe you can just bf her when you're with her and ff while you're at work. I think that's what jen812 says she does and it's working out for her with her supply and everything. I wish we had at least 6 months of leave.

Yep, this is what I do. I was surprised at how my body adjusted to this, but it works well for us.

[dvroxy]

Sept 17, 2012 13:45:35 GMT -5 mrsjenrn said:

Sept 17, 2012 13:25:27 GMT -5 dvroxy said:

I am questioning this myself. Since I am going to high school and into ESE this school year, I am only teaching three classes, supporting in English for two periods, and planning one period, I will pump during planning and lunch. At first, I wasn't going to have a classroom, but with a unit closing, I will have a room I can lock during those times and get it done. I will play with it when I finally get back to work. My utmost goal was 2 months (which I will hit next week) and I hope to be able to go to 4 months, but with work, it might just be too hard. I am not going to give up! But if it doesn't work out, I know that I will have exhausted all outlets and did what I could for two months. MacKenzie was formula fed and is a smart cookie and very healthy .

If your supply drops, maybe you can just bf her when you're with her and ff while you're at work. I think that's what jen812 says she does and it's working out for her with her supply and everything. I wish we had at least 6 months of leave.

That will most likely be what happens if my supply drops. I am definitely still planning on feeding morning, after school, and night. Since Maddie sleeps through the night, my body has already adjusted to that, not making me a hot mess in the morning. My supply dropped a few weeks ago and I purchased Fenugreek and it is back and thriving again. So, hopefully that will keep my going. We shall see. But regardless, I am dreading work. I love taking a nap when they do, I love being able to watch MacKenzie in the pool in the afternoons,while Maddie chills in her bouncer seat and I read a book, and I will miss snuggling with them all day. It will definitely be hard, but luckily it's my mom who will get to give them all the snuggles from now on