Baby VC is here!

[verycontrary247]

Sorry for the belated news, I've been swamped!



SK, Sept 2, 7lb 6oz, 19 3/4 inches. Born vaginally at 11:26pm after an induction that took like 27 hours from start to finish. Thank whatever powers that be that I didn't have any tears. I ended up getting an epidural about 18 hours in and was initially disappointed in myself for "caving", but that shit was incredible.

6 days postpartum and I feel like my moods are hit and miss. I'm exhausted. Baby was having latch issues plus I'm going back to work at 8 weeks so I'm exclusively pumping- I feel like I'm either hooked up to the pump, washing pump parts/bottles, worrying about supply, or calculating how much time I have until I have to pump again all day. It's draining, emotionally and physically. My husband has been incredibly helpful and supportive. S has been a sweet, easygoing baby. I'm still in awe that I'm her mom.

[tiptoetulips]

What a sweet pea!! Congratulations!! I hope things with pumping and feeding gets into a good rhythm!

[achi]

She’s beautiful! Congratulations!

[corgimom]

Congratulations! She's beautiful!

I pumped at work with DD until she was a year. It really is draining, hard work, but you do develop a rhythm and schedule so it does get a lot more easy!

[lovesherheels]

Congratulations! What a beautiful little girl!

[seeyalater52]

Welcome to the world baby Stella!

[jennistarr1]

Congratulations! Beautiful name and baby!

I wanted to offer unsolicited advice, everyones favorite. Anyways are you washing pump parts every time? When I would pump at work, I would store the pump parts in the fridge and just reuse each of the 3-4 times I pumped, then washed them at end of day, using a stesm bag to sterilize once daily

[verycontrary247]

Sept 9, 2020 9:54:23 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

Congratulations! Beautiful name and baby!

I wanted to offer unsolicited advice, everyones favorite. Anyways are you washing pump parts every time? When I would pump at work, I would store the pump parts in the fridge and just reuse each of the 3-4 times I pumped, then washed them at end of day, using a stesm bag to sterilize once daily

We are washing the flanges/duckbill valves/collection bottles every time, and boiling them before bed at night.

My husband can be described as a food safety alarmist and was not down with the idea of skipping washing them between uses- he's read conflicting information as to whether it's safe or not so wants to err on the side of caution, at the very least until she's a bit older.

I'm going to be pumping at work, my plan is to have a few extra sets of parts so I'm not constantly in the break room washing them.

[Aloe Vera]

Sept 9, 2020 13:47:28 GMT -5 verycontrary247 said:

Sept 9, 2020 9:54:23 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

Congratulations! Beautiful name and baby!

I wanted to offer unsolicited advice, everyones favorite. Anyways are you washing pump parts every time? When I would pump at work, I would store the pump parts in the fridge and just reuse each of the 3-4 times I pumped, then washed them at end of day, using a stesm bag to sterilize once daily

We are washing the flanges/duckbill valves/collection bottles every time, and boiling them before bed at night.

My husband can be described as a food safety alarmist and was not down with the idea of skipping washing them between uses- he's read conflicting information as to whether it's safe or not so wants to err on the side of caution, at the very least until she's a bit older.

I'm going to be pumping at work, my plan is to have a few extra sets of parts so I'm not constantly in the break room washing them.

Save yourself the trouble, you don't need to boil everyday. Boiling parts after you bought them and take them out of the box yes, but after that, it is fine to just wash with soap and water and let air dry. Unless the water out of your faucet isn't drinking water, boiling isn't necessary. You can steam once a week in the microwave if REALLY you're worried. Buy a $10 steaming thing and a few steaming bags.
And congratulations! She is precious!

[verycontrary247]

Sept 9, 2020 14:15:06 GMT -5 Aloe Vera said:

Sept 9, 2020 13:47:28 GMT -5 verycontrary247 said:

We are washing the flanges/duckbill valves/collection bottles every time, and boiling them before bed at night.

My husband can be described as a food safety alarmist and was not down with the idea of skipping washing them between uses- he's read conflicting information as to whether it's safe or not so wants to err on the side of caution, at the very least until she's a bit older.

I'm going to be pumping at work, my plan is to have a few extra sets of parts so I'm not constantly in the break room washing them.

Save yourself the trouble, you don't need to boil everyday. Boiling parts after you bought them and take them out of the box yes, but after that, it is fine to just wash with soap and water and let air dry. Unless the water out of your faucet isn't drinking water, boiling isn't necessary. You can steam once a week in the microwave if REALLY you're worried. Buy a $10 steaming thing and a few steaming bags.
And congratulations! She is precious!

Oddly enough, we don't own a microwave. Didn't want to put one over the range or waste counter space 😂