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Breastfeeding Is Normal presents: A Breastfeeding Advocacy Chat #6
7/13/05

14 mamas in attendance

11:09:47 Host_housepoet OFFICIAL START OF THE BREASTFEEDINGISNORMAL.ORG CHAT! WELCOME! MY NAME IS HOUSEPOET AND I AM YOUR HOSTESS TODAY! THIS CHAT IS TRANSCRIPTED AND POSTED ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THIS CHAT...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN POSTING TO THIS CHAT. THANK YOU! :)
11:09:48 absenteeshe Good afternoon. :)
11:10:35 alphapythia small group this afternoon
11:10:40 alphapythia is there a specific topic?
11:11:06 Host_housepoet well we got a late spart today
11:11:11 Host_housepoet Im having baby issues
11:11:27 Host_housepoet start*
11:11:35 alphapythia aw :( is your babay ok? or just having a high needs day?
11:13:27 Host_housepoet no
11:13:34 Host_housepoet he's just nusring all freaking night
11:13:37 Host_housepoet he's 21 months old
11:13:45 Host_housepoet we have a mild case of thrush right now
11:14:02 Host_housepoet so he's just....being needy
11:14:15 Host_housepoet so sorry about the late start and lack of people in here
11:14:27 Host_housepoet this is the problem with advocates, advocacy is not our full time job!
11:14:42 alphapythia gads thrush sucks, im sorry
11:14:44 Host_housepoet plus we're going up formula exe. that get paid to advocate for their product right? ;)
11:15:39 mwalton yes, but they are stuck with a vastly inferior product..so I feel badly for them ;)
11:15:52 Host_housepoet makes their job harder having to LIE all the time
11:16:08 Host_housepoet plus, I go to school full time and do freelance design.
11:16:12 Host_housepoet so I have a full plate :(
11:16:18 mwalton yes...that and the having to extricate their souls in order to take the job..must make it tough
11:16:22 Host_housepoet HA!
11:16:24 Host_housepoet yes
11:16:37 xxveigaxx Hey everyone
11:16:43 alphapythia i persoanlly think formula should be by rx only and shouldnt be sold by brand name
11:16:57 Host_housepoet I feel yo on that one
11:17:07 Host_housepoet I saw 'instant formula' at Costco the other day and almost cired
11:17:14 Host_housepoet I can't imagine what is IN that.
11:17:51 alphapythia (and i use formula- but my dr was actually the one who suggested that- he said, well, frankly, i think formula should be only given by a dr. under dire circumstances... with a rx, so i'm writing you one now, so you know how reluctantly i encourage it""
11:17:57 mwalton you know so many people wouldn't dream of buying products for themselves without knowing everything about what's in the product but think nothing of just blindly buying formula to put in their babies' mouths..go figure
11:18:35 Host_housepoet yas and your curcumstances are different
11:18:43 xxveigaxx Just the smell of formula tells me that there's stuff in there I don't want NEAR me or the boy.
11:19:14 Host_housepoet ew yes.
11:19:16 Host_housepoet it is gross
11:19:24 alphapythia its funny, using the stuff every day, it still smells like a medicine to me, and thats really how i think of it- my milk is my babies food and life source, and formula is a medicine we have to use
11:20:12 xxveigaxx That makes sense
11:20:16 mwalton i hear you, I had to supplement the first 2 weeks (glucose issues, only way they'd let him out of the NICU) but when I got the all clear to stop supplementing I cried for joy
11:20:26 Host_housepoet that makes a lot of sense
11:20:37 xxveigaxx You did an excellent job Melissa =)
11:20:42 Host_housepoet tha'ts awesome to hear
11:20:42 mwalton thanks to you!
11:20:50 Host_housepoet awwww mushy
11:20:52 Host_housepoet :)
11:21:08 MOD_ariana :)
11:21:29 alphapythia so i gotta tell you guys, i almost gave up this week, im so glad to have the support
11:21:56 mwalton it makes all the difference in the world doesn't it?
11:22:04 MOD_ariana alphapythia what's been going wrong?
11:22:24 alphapythia i got run over bny the PPD train about the same time my daughter decided to start a nursiong strike, my supply (little as it is) totally craped out, and i tired the sns and met with total failure
11:23:04 MOD_ariana :(
11:23:19 mwalton yikes!  i'm so sorry, good for you for pushing through!
11:23:23 alphapythia it was just so many things in a few days, and i think being depressed just made it all worse, i started thinking that the (maybe 10 oz) a day shes getting just werent enough to make any difference anyway and i was torturing us both by trying
11:23:34 serendipitylove hellooo
11:23:43 MOD_ariana Hi  serendipitylove
11:23:49 alphapythia hiya sere
11:24:02 serendipitylove how is everyone?
11:24:05 MOD_ariana alphapythia the thing is that almost same thing happens to exclusive BFers
11:24:10 MOD_ariana there are just bad weeks
11:24:12 Host_housepoet my son just drump out all his water on his bowlk of fruit
11:24:20 MOD_ariana I think it walso happens to exclusive formula feeders
11:24:20 serendipitylove lol
11:24:24 Host_housepoet then dumped the bowl of fruit on the table and the threw the bowl on the floor
11:24:24 ncsujen haha
11:24:32 Host_housepoet AND GOOD MORNING!
11:24:32 serendipitylove grrreat
11:24:33 ncsujen oh.. no haha
11:24:37 Host_housepoet ;)
11:24:39 serendipitylove to you too :)
11:24:44 Host_housepoet hey it comes with the teratory!
11:24:47 xxveigaxx sounds like breakfast over here most days
11:24:49 alphapythia but, i kept going, started pumping three times a day at work instead of twice, and dealt with the depression (well, at least acknoledgwed that i have it) and s\things started getting better
11:24:58 alphapythia i pumped 2 oz this morning, which is amazing for me
11:25:03 serendipitylove Last night was a long night with Ben
11:25:12 Host_housepoet alphapythia have you ever written out your nursing story?
11:25:15 mwalton yikes..i think i'll enjoy the nonmobile time with my son then
11:25:24 serendipitylove I think he had a nightmare or something because he woke up screaming and wanted to nurse all night
11:25:39 Host_housepoet sounds like my son last night
11:26:07 alphapythia no i have house- im sorry, its just been crazy, i will though, promise
11:26:20 alphapythia oh crap, forgot to eat again- i have a cold and keep forgetting to eat hehe
11:26:37 xxveigaxx Baby alert brb
11:26:38 serendipitylove I hate having colds nothing tastes good
11:27:01 alphapythia sere- my dd seems to have night errors for lack of a better term, is so sad- what does a 5 month old have to have bad dreams about? :(
11:27:11 serendipitylove thats what I was wondering
11:27:27 serendipitylove maybe that we have our boobs cut off?
11:27:55 mwalton I wonder the same thing when my little 7 week old laughs or freaks out while sleeping...what experience is he drawing on?
11:28:05 serendipitylove probably watching us
11:28:38 alphapythia oh mine would love to have my boobs cut off if they still worked, that way she could be latched and watch the ceiling fan, which is what she wants worse than anything in this world
11:28:38 serendipitylove what makes me sad is people that practice CIO...and I wonder of their babies are left to scream when the wake up like that
11:28:43 serendipitylove brb
11:28:51 mwalton must be..it's still funny to see him waking up though..i swear he still seems suprised...a little now where am i again?" going on"
11:28:57 ncsujen lol ceiling fan
11:29:26 Host_housepoet so is everyone going to go to their own local nurse out during WBF?
11:29:51 mwalton i don't know of one in my area,but if there is one i'll go
11:30:38 MOD_ariana mwalton http://www.promom.org/nno/localnurseouts.php
11:30:45 MOD_ariana You can check to see if there's one near you
11:30:45 mwalton great thanks!
11:31:45 Host_housepoet Im planning one here
11:31:52 mwalton darn..none in Utah.
11:31:57 Host_housepoet I just have to finish up my promotion for it
11:31:59 Host_housepoet well then you do it
11:32:01 Host_housepoet it's not hard
11:32:08 mwalton i wouldn't even know where to begin!
11:32:09 Host_housepoet you can set it up and host one in Utah
11:32:18 Host_housepoet check out the links on the site
11:32:22 mwalton will do
11:32:25 Host_housepoet http://promom.com/nno
11:32:38 Host_housepoet there is info on how to do one yourself.
11:33:01 Host_housepoet you can always email me at noel@breastfeedingisnormal.org to get some tips too
11:33:07 ncsujen none in nc, i'm surprised, wasn't there a big one in charlotte a few weeks ago?
11:33:45 alphapythia anybody ever had thier pump explode? my pump came apart when i was pumping at work and milk went everywhere- i had to try and clean it up without anyone noticing... so embarrasing
11:34:50 sunshineblossom hello all
11:34:55 MOD_ariana alphapythia  :omg:
11:35:13 Host_housepoet oh no!
11:35:16 Host_housepoet that is terrible
11:36:43