Overproducer rant.

I'm an overproducer and it was such an unexpected hardship to deal with. You hear so many stories about underproduction so I was prepared for that, never heard of overproduction at all. Although I appreciate being able to feed my baby and have excess, learning to deal with this was so hard. The first three months were so hard. Newborn tiredness eating at me, postpartum hormones, EBF & pumping. I was constantly overstimulated with wet bras and bedsheets 24/7. At about 3.5 months my supply regulated and I had filled 2 freezers of milk. I dropped to one pump session a day and at 4.5 months completely stopped pumping. I feel so much better just breastfeeding. But some nights like tonight are still annoying. I didn't switch boobs evenly today and my right side has ended up engorged. My baby is sleeping. I can't pump it out so I'm using a haakaa. As I typed this out I've filled my haakaa with 2oz in two minutes. It's ridiculous. I also have started waking up soaked again bc he's been sleeping longer thru the night. I love BFing my baby but I can't wait to quit and have my body back.

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You've done so well though! Hopefully it will soon regulate during nights too 🙂

I feel your pain!! Keep telling myself “it’s a nice problem to have” because I’m just so grateful I’m able to EBF but my god I’m sick of waking up with soggy Bras and rolling into patches of milk through the night.

I had this with my first too, it was caused by pumping so early on
I'm 3 weeks postpartum with my second and haven't pumped at all, and my supply has already regulated. I haven't once woken up with a soaked bra or bed this time

yes I think that is what also caused it to happen to me. My baby was sent to the NICU 3hrs after birth. After I got some sleep they came in with a pump recommending that I try and send some colostrum down to him. He was in there for 5 days and the whole time I ended up hyperfixating on pumping all the milk I could for him so he could get strong and graduate.

yes, my son didn't latch when he was born. He didn't stay in NICU but had to go there multiple times a day for medicine and monitoring. He had jaundice and was very sleepy. If faced with the same situation I'd pump again. But luckily it's different with my daughter

Def would do it all over again. Glad you're more regulated with your second. Idk if I'll have another but I hope it'd be better next time knowing what I know now ❤️

As annoying as it is it's wonderful problem to have! I'm someone who medically can't produce breast milk I can produce colostrum but not milk and it killed me but we already knew this was a possibility so went with formula as soon as I dried up and my son turned out to be severely allergic to milk so we would've ended up on formula regardless as it's much easier on my mental health but I wish I could be in your shoes

Currently sat at the doctors because of mastitis. Again... an oversupply isn't all magic and milk

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circumcision

are we circumcising our boys? or leaving that to dad?

Routines?

When did you start to introduce your baby’s routine? Do they just have a night routine or full day routine? Wondering when I should start this e.g naps at the same time everyday.

Any routines you have that work for you, please let me know them with timestamps. my baby is 6 weeks and just wondering when we should start them?

Does anyone else’s baby spit up breastmilk but not formula?

I’m seriously considering seeing a lactation consultant because I don’t understand why he can’t hold down breastmilk but can formula. I use soy formula since I’ve used it with my daughter and I’m thinking it might be due to not getting milk coming in for a few days so I had no choice but to give him formula, but now even if I take breaks in between feeding him breastmilk to burp or try to mix breastmilk and formula, he spits it up sooo much. I’m ready to just give him just formula because I’m worried about him not eating enough

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

Complicated pp

I’m 4 weeks pp; am I the only one that has a uti and clit kinda went inward?? I’m waiting the 6 weeks but I have used a vibrator and I have a hard time feeling anything

Stroller

Hey,

Baby is getting slightly too heavy for his travel system now.

I was just wondering want strollers people recommended. Thank you