Re: Babies due on FIRST QUARTER OF 2017 (JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH)

[abbeyS]

Share ko lang, this morning i felt intermittent cramps na parang nanghihina ako, then at 10am nung iihi ako may 1 patak ng brown blood sa undie ko. Then lunch time, another 2 mejo mucousy na then now found mejo madami ng mucousy brown blood.

Ask ko lang sana if experience niyo ba to, ano ginawa niyo and how soon kayo nanganak? I am now at 38.4 wks.

I texted my OB pala nung umaga palang, sabi pag nagpersist ang bleeding and contractions, dun ako punta ng hosp.

[raiza0022]

Yes sis, sa prevous pregnancy ko. More like parang sipon (sorry) na may kasamang blood.
After seeing that punta na agad ng hospital, nakalimutan ko na mag time ng contraction, basta derecho na sa hospital.
We arrived after less than an hour lang, pagdating dun 6-7 cm na ko.

Yan talaga hinihintay kong makita ngayon eh. Wapakels ako sa mga pagkasakit sakit , hanggat wala ako nakikitang blood na may sticky discharge, hindi ako maniniwala na naglalabor na ko 

[najine]

sissies, meron ako white mucus pa lang pero di frequent. so dapat ba brown discharge ang makita ko? my nanganak na ba na March babies?

[francoise_05]

I lost my mucus plug a few days before i went into labor. my mucus plug is clear, walang blood. pero unlike the usual discharge, hindi sya white or clear na kaunti lang. big blob talaga. Friday and saturday lumabas yung mucus plug, labor started 11pm of sunday pa, i gave birth NSD monday (feb27) night na.

[raiza0022]

Kelan due mo sis najine?

I gave birth na to our princess last March 15 via NSD.
Due ko talaga is March 20, so we were 39 weeks 2 days that time.
6.4 lbs. Sya

[trendy]

I gave birth last March 4 via C-Sec because my baby's too big (8.6 lbs). Everything went well naman, thank God.

I would like to recommend my OB-Gyn, Dr. Cleofe Medina and her anesthesiologist Dr. Raphael Tuazon. My delivery was almost painless. Ang yung bikini-cut ko, parang wala lang. Barely noticeable. I was admitted Saturday night and Tuesday morning, I went home na.

[kittybabe]

Hi mommies, almost end of march na...has all batchmates here gave birth na ba?

[najine]

Hi sissie! Gave birth last March 21 my ultrasound due date. Im 39w5d that time via NSD. Baby is 3.6k (7.9lbs).
Its my 1st kaya grabe ang labor stories ko haha all the pain and stuff nadagdagan pa ng struggle sa breastfeeding. My milk came 3days after at napaka konti lang.
are everyone on breastfeeding or meron ng mix?

Ako naka mix na.. yes too soon and im very frustrated [textspeak!] naka mindset na ko mag BF pero wala talaga eh my lumabas man di na kaya isustain need ni baby. [textspeak!] magutom si baby. Impt siguro Fed is best. Though i hope sa next baby ko makapag ebf na ko.

[barbillie]

Malapit na matapos ang first quarter. Congratulations to the new mommies.

[sarsingkit]

^^sis najine, ako din sobrang konti ng milk ko the first week. Nagpump na ako kaagad although mixed opinions sa pumping too early. But I did on the first week and bottle fed my baby with expressed breastmilk and formula. Then, slowly, I try to let baby feed directly. Ngayon, direct latching na sya, Patience lang sis, makakapagbreastfeed ka din.

[f878]

ako din nag-doubt sa amount ng breastmilk ko kase first few days parang halos walang bm kaya pinilit ko talaga i-latch si baby basta gising sya para ma-encourage yung production to the point na sobrang cracked at hapdi ng nipples ko. that lasted ng mga 2-3 weeks and after that naging ok din ang milk ko.
btw, there's a facebook group for GT mommies. i'd love to see more Q1 2017 babies there kase konti lang kabatch ko dun. here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1012271422186642

[najine]

Anyone experiencing HALAK? Pano ba natutunaw o nawawala in natural way? 2 wks pa lang si baby and it really bothers me though sabi nila natural lang pero pag naririnig ko [textspeak!] plema parang ako nahihirapan. No sipon, no ubo at no lagnat. Ayoko naman inebu takot ako mauwi s hika.

[raiza0022]

Sisses here na nakabalik na sa work and nagpapa breastfeed.
Ilang bottles of how many ounces ang iniiwan nyo or nacoconsume ni baby while you're away?
Babalik na ko sa work sa May 8, (baby will be 6 weeks old that time)
and ngayon ko lang gagawin yung pag iwan ng milk para purely breastfed si baby, sa first 2 ko kasi, nag mixed feeding ako pagbalik sa work.
So far, proper storage pa lang na search ko, but I am not planning to store too many milk kasi, parang kung ano lang talaga yung average na kaya nya iconsume sa loob ng 9-10 hours.

Wala akong makitang thread dito about that (too busy to search thoroughly din 😂😂)

My work around siguro pag walang nakuhang info is to start pumping na at least 2 weeks bago ako bumalik sa work siguro, to sum up kung ilan ba kaya nya dedehin.
At the same time para siguro masanay yung boobs ko na may ilabas na milk the day / hours before ako umalis ng bahay, and para siguro masanay si baby sa bottle.

Ang hirap din talaga ng 4th trimester 😂
nakakalungkot na ang bilis bilis, babalik na ko agad sa work 😯.

[gulaysk]

^Sis, breastfeeding counselors say to follow the 1-1.5oz/hr rule when leaving expressed breastmilk. Enough lang daw ito for the baby regardless of his/her age. So kung mawawala ka ng say, 8 hrs, leaving 8-12 oz is enough kasi babawi naman si baby kapag nagdirect latch na ulit kayo.

Also, cupfeeding is advised to future problems sa breastfeeding (nipple confusion, shallow latch, etc) and also because baby-led ang feeding. Mahirap kasi kapag bote, dire-diretso lang flow ng milk (some advocates believe this is equivalent to force feeding), so magkukulang talaga ang 1-1.5oz/hr.

I'm cupfeeding my almost 11 week old. Nakakapanibago lang talaga sa umpisa at syempre maraming kokontra (usually mga lola at MILs hehe), pero tiyagaan lang at makukuha rin agad. Same kasi ang tongue action na ginagawa sa direct latch at cupfeeding.

HTH 😊

[raiza0022]

Oh.... I see, so i'll be needing a lot of small bottles pala, para talagang hiwa-hiwalay.
Thanks much, sis!
Regarding cup feeding, i don't know pa how will we do that, si hubby kasi ang maiiwan while nasa work ako. He works in the morning then I work at night naman.

Thank you so much sa super helpful info 😄😄

[gulaysk]

^I store mine sa 5oz bottles, pero tig 2oz lang na milk ang nilalagay ko para hindi masayang ang milk. After kasi ilabas sa ref, the milk is only good for about 2 hrs.

Join ka sis sa fb group na Breastfeeding Pinays, maraming matutunan. Marami rin links/info about cupfeeding.

[najine]

^tagal ko ng nagjo join sa BSP till now di pa rin ako naaapprove grabe...

musta na mga 1st Q mommies? how is everyone?

[sarsingkit]

I am a member of BSP. Ok dun marami matutunan sa breastfeeding. Hindi lang ako agree sa tamang kain but still the compilation of do's and dont's about breastfeeding is sobrang okay.

[hun_nie08]

Hi sis Najine, can you pm me your name para macomment ko sa BFP admins na incharge for members approval.

Hello! super late ako nagreply. Nabusy ako nabed rest ako from week 30 eh.
39 weeks ako nung manganak via VBAC. SUper thankful ako at naging successfull kami.

About breastfeeding, ganun talaga sa umpisa di agad lalabas ang mature milk. 1-1.5oz ang feeding rule per hour. And mmore than 4 hours ang tinatagal ng milk sa laba(room temp) minsan mas matagal pa just check the smell and taste. Ang rule ko 5-5-5

5 hours
5 days
5 months

though natry ko more than that pa nun kay first born.

mag 1 month na ako since nanganak nakabalik sa work. Expressing every 3 hrs para mamaintain ang supply. I drink 3 liter of water sa work.Graveyard shift ako so sa gabi ako wala.

 Sis Sarsingkit, bakit di ka agree sa tamang kain ng BFP? May I know why?

[sarsingkit]

^Medyo mahabang discussion ito. Basta in short, I do not believe in delaying meat to kids up to 2 years of age especially eggs, unless vegan or vegetarian kayo sa family. At 1 year old, para sa akin, dapat diverisified na ang plate ni baby kasi solid na ang main nutrition ni baby. And paano ang iron? They always talk about spinach and lunok na lang ako deep inside. Haha. Also, I have yet to find any publication and research that says so. To give credit naman sa BFP, sabi naman ng admin na suggestion lang iyon kaso the peer counsellors are inconsistent with that sometimes.