You'll save time on sterilising but I couldn't have imagined looking after another kid during cluster feeding
I'd say try BF but be open about formula for the odd feed and see what works
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I'd say try BF but be open about formula for the odd feed and see what worksMm this is what I wondered about, thank you! My partner will be around to help too but I guess we’ll just have to see how we go.You'll save time on sterilising but I couldn't have imagined looking after another kid during cluster feeding
This is also what I thought as (TMI) but I have lots of discharge which seems to have increased a tiny bit from this week too - the joys
Anyone else getting quite a lot of pains? 30 weeks tomorrow and they’re quite comfortable but he’s still moving as normal!
My friend has EBF her baby with a 4 yr old. Not sure how old your toddler is but people do it. The thing with BFing is the experience is different person to person and baby to baby. Some women have a really strong supply and a baby who is fed very quickly, and happy to come off the boob no problem at all, others have not as strong supply and baby takes a while to get full feed, some babies get a lot of comfort for BFing and want to stay attached for ages. Which I guess if you have a toddler you just have to manage their expectations! But EBF with another child is of course possible.
Yeah he’s 3 1/2 so getting quite independent now, which might make it a bit easier. That all makes sense, happy to combination feed if necessary so can see how things go!
Is it normal to not really have any nausea or sickness at 5w+5? I had nausea the week I found out I was pregnant which tipped me off but I haven't really had any since... starting to worry...
I haven’t but my sister in law had a baby 3/4 weeks ago & also has a 2 year old - she’s BF and has said on days with cluster feeding they tend to do home activities /tv shows / garden play and on the better days they try and head out to a group or meet friends.
But she said she has found it easier this time round than first time.
I think she also said the ease is she can just feed within seconds compared to if she had to worry about remembering all the toddlers stuff & then baby bottles/formula etc!
Hope you manage to find something that works for you
Totally. I threw up about four times and was nauseous maybe once a week in my first trimester.
3 pregnancies and never had any
Not everyone gets it.
You're also very early
Symptoms don't mean anything
some have lots, some have noneVery normal, I was like this then 6 weeks came and felt sick to my stomach everyday all day & night. Currently 16+1 and still feeling the same 🫣🫣
This might be a stupid question, but what happens if midwives go on strike, is there a risk of not having a midwife available when you're in labour?! I have a feeling someone who works for the NHS posted here about this previously and said there were some sort of safeguards in place to ensure there is enough staff available, but if that's the case then I don't really understand how the strike would work!
Not everyone will strike, minimum staffing levels would be adhered too on possible strike days.
So it's not that staff would just not turn in for their shift because there is a strike.
Services probably will run slower but it won't all grind to a halt
It’s hard at first, whilst they take longer to feed and feed more often. Telly/snacks are your friends here!! But once you’ve got the hang of breastfeeding, then it’s not really a problem. Saves on the making a bottle / cleaning & sterilising bottles as another job when you’re already busy!
This was me, I was worried as I had barely any symptoms at first. It started to gradually increase over the weeks and come and go at bit. However by about week 9 it hit me hard was sick everyday. Everyone is different though I know friends who were never sick everything was fine
I was never sick, my only real symptom in the first trimester was fatigue
I definitely have the fatigue...
Thanks everyone for the reassurance, just feeling a bit wobbly today!
It's more likely that there'll just be less staff but enough to safely cover the ward, they'll avoid booking or cancel any planned inductions or csections if they can wait to free up staff.
I’m 30 weeks and my ribs feel achy over the last couple of days. Has anyone else experienced this? Might be a silly question
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