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jazzyjazz:
Hello wonderful mamas
Pls I have a few issues

1. When my ds is sleeping, he twists and turns and grunts and folds his legs up [like assuming the fetal position]. Is this normal? This happens mostly when he sleeps at night. The only time it does not happen is when he sleeps on my chest.

2. My left breast is bigger than the right breast. What can I do to make them even?

cc helovesme
Cc zaynie
Cc onegai
Cc rofemiguwa
Cc Liftedhands
Cc all Sabi mamas

The left breast is always bigger than d right breast. Please don't be tempted to feed him more from d bigger breast because this will only make the breast bigger. Feed him more frequently from the smaller breast like twice from d right then once from d right or alternatively allow him to empty d right breast first before offering d left one.
The one you offer most tends to get more engorged or seems to produce more milk. Offering d right breast more often may help to get it bigger as d brain is triggered to produce more from that breast.
You can also try expressing with breast pump after feeding him on d right breast. Some babies may start rejecting d breast that produces lesser milk after a while

This scam is gradually exposing itself.

Good job. I'm impressed.

Congratulations to Jazzyjazz and Dunni29.

Rossy99:
My 8mnt baby eat her poo like 3tym nw.pls hop no prob

Her iron level may need to be checked. Hope you give her iron fortified cereals and formula.

Ejoo, Biko, try and prevent this from reoccurring.

eolowu1:
gud moni my e-family, my frnd put to bed last week although she's nt a member of dis group, I just woke up dis nw to see her msg on my fone " My baby is stretching neck n body. What could be d reason n remedy?" pls don't pass by help me Chuck mouth

I hope the baby doesn't have jaundice and she was managing at home. Let her take d baby to d hospital ASAP.

francisbarrack:
Its expensive here in osun state.

The people quoting all these ridiculous prices are mischievous. Beware of them.

kshankky:
5 litre is around 2700 now

Abeg, where?

bamidelee:
guy I bought 2.5l at #1600 today no do father Christmas oo

Where?

spiceeamiee:
Good afternoon mamas. Please I am 6weeks now (7weeks by Saturday) but I want to go for scan today. Can I do that or is it too early? Is there any reason why I need to wait a little? Also, I know my bladder has to be full for me to go for normal scan. Is that also applicable for pregnancy scan? Thank you mas

It depends on the type of scan they want to do. If it's TVC scan, you'll need to empty your bladder. If it's pelvic scan, your bladder has to be full. I think Tvc scan will be recommended for you @ 7 wks.

Vaxt:
kikikiki u re nt a comedian u re a cucumber

Thank you. I hope you are feeling better.

I still love Prophet T B Joshua. God bless you sir.

Mtchewwwwwwwwww

How old is this baby? Something doesn't add up here.

Lilimax:
I concur with him. There is a spell in ASO ROCK! Abacha committed so may atrocities and evil there to the extent
the foundation of ASO Rock has been polluted.
It should be converted to a Museum as suggested while a new place of abode be built for the President

Yes, the foundation is polluted.

This man is saying the truth but I know some people will not believe this.
This is true. Also rock villa is evil.
We have a lot of evil men that will go to any length to remain relevant. When you understand some things that go on in this country, you complain less and pray more.
May God help us

VEE992:
MY BS (who no go,no go know)

I don laff tire. This is the funniest BS I've read in a while. Congrats.

bussy2rhymes:
Congrats to all the mamas dt has given birth o. God bless your Los and to the mama on admission for cs, we await your good news.


I have been purging for the past 4 days o. Everytime I eat anything, will go to toilet after 30-45mins. The stool is either hard or watery depending on what I eat. I am 38+5days. I couldn't go for my ANC yesterday cos the flood has covered all the road leading to my area.
Abeg help your sister o

cc: Feddy27 and other sabi mamas

Thanks

This could be a sign that baby will soon be with you. Hope you've packed your bag .

cutiereborn:
Thank you Ma. It definitely helps, I have stopped applying powder to her neck cos she sweats a lot & DH has practically banned fan, so she sweats & soaks up the bed, still same. As for Antibiotics, I haven't given her any. I think I will do as FINA4804 says and stop giving her any medication and if it continues till Friday, we will go see a doctor for allergies.

Please if your baby sweats a lot, change the clothes often. Wet/sweat soaked clothes gives them cold. Change the cloth once she sweats

Adeime:
Hello mamas pls i need ur input as I am due to resume to work soon and I'd have to start exoressing breast milk for my LO. Kindly help with the following question
1.Can I use other tightlt sealed plastic containers to store the milk or must it be specifically labeled milk storage containers

You can use it. Make sure it is air tight.


2.mamas that use creche do you go with the frozen milk and let them thaw it themselves or you thaw before leaving the house,I have those feeding bottle warmers do I put the frozen milk there or warm

Discuss this with the creche. You may thaw d first one the baby will use and leave the other ones for them to thaw. You can thaw all if the creche has a fridge to keep the milk before use.


3.Is it advisable to express d night or day before for the next day use or

This depends on your supply. You can keep it for 24hrs, refrigerate for 3 days and freeze for upto six months.


4.A mama mentioned about hind milk and baby's poop.please advise on this as well
Please also share any other useful information .
Many thanks all for always being there

Please check my notes under each question.
Please always allow your baby to empty one breast before switching to the other one. Since you'll be returning to work soon I'll suggest you pump after breastfeeding d baby. This will also help your supply. Always empty your breast that is the surest way to know you are getting the hind milk.
Please, don't use hot water to warm your breast milk as it destroys the nutrients in it. Use warm water and shake at interval. While expressing you can use warm towel to massage your breast, this helps too. Take lots of water and please, hygiene is of upmost importance.

phunmykay:
Answer to question 2,what I do is after expressing the milk,I put it in hot water and take to the creche in hot vacuum flask.
Answer to question 3,I express in the night and in the morning cos I don't refrigerate my milk and I must take at least 2 bottles

Please don't put BM in hot water. Use room temp water and then use warm water to warm it before giving it to ur baby.

Keneking:
With the low quality roads being built abi...useless government

Thank you for this comment. Most of the roads they commission gets spoilt after 3 months. They keep building low quality roads in order to be awarding contracts every year. Mtchewwwwww.

chizeal:
Hmmm, information is power.

Was told malaria causes jaundice oo, especially wen not treated. In fact was told over ND over again, had to take my drugs wen given in d clinic to avoid it.

I hav a friend dat used local methods to cure her twin of jaundice, jst asked her now, waiting for her response, den Wil relate it wif u mama liftedhands.

Tnks Graciiuscharis

Dis sallah holiday has slowed d pages on dis thread. Hmm, mak una giv me meat na

Malaria is not good for a pregnant woman. It can make one anaemic and weakens your body. Taking the drugs when you don't take enough water is also dangerous. I took malaria treatment immediately I found out I was pregnant, was on this Sunday medicine throughout my pregnancy and slept inside an insecticide treated net but my baby still had jaundice. I'm just trying to say that it has not been established that it causes jaundice. You may need to read what lifted hands wrote.

Using these local herbs is like a gamble. You can't decode the level of jaundice by merely looking at the baby. What if the cause of the jaundice is not physiological? A lot of treatment for treatment of jaundice in Nigeria is just trial and error.
If you take a trip to Island maternity, you will weep for these children. It's inside Lagos island and a lot of the mothers there depend only on Agbo so by the time they bring in those babies for medical attention after days of pumping them with unripe pawpaw water and bathing them with Agbo, some of them will die and some will be disabled for life.
It's just that in Nigeria, parents with special needs children mostly lock them up in the rooms away from the public.
Some of the children you see that develop hearing loss or sight issues at a tender age are as a result of poor handling of jaundice.
I hope to share my story before weekend so that people can learn from it.

lolaymary:
how true is the drinking of unripe pawpaw water during preg to prevent jaundice

The question is, does unripe pawpaw water mature the liver?

Liftedhands:
My sisters mil wanted to offer her unripe pawpaw water she swears by it but my sister and her DH no gree. Thanks dear the jaundice is now under control and reducing.

Thank God she's much better now. I've heard some horrible stories about all these local treatment. It has killed a lot of babies and some ends up with severe kerinicterus. I ripe pawpaw, scent leaves and all those Agbo are trial and error methods. It's just like gambling with the life of your baby.

[quote author=iomoge2 post=49311288][/quote]I'll try to explain what Jaundice is all about and what leads to it.
The human body constantly produces blood(red, white and platelets), the old blood cells is broken into different particles and excreted by the body. The human liver breaks the red blood cells into bilirubin which is excreted by the body. The bilirubin is yellowish in color.
The baby removes the bilirubin while in the womb via the placenta i.e. The mothers liver does the breaking down of the bilirubin and excretes it for the baby. Once a baby is born it's liver is supposed to take up the job but sometimes the liver may not be matured enough or slow to carry out the job which will now cause a build up of bilirubin in the blood stream.
If there's too much bilirubin in the blood stream, the body may circulate it to the brain and this will cause a yellowish stain in the brain. It mostly attacks the left cerebrum.
The build up of the bilirubin is called jaundice and yes it can happen to adults too.
The phototherapy the baby undergoes is to help the liver break down the bilirubin so the body can excrete it.
Look at these facts:
1. No two babies develop the same. Every baby is born with a level of bilirubin in its bloodstream.
2. It's an irony that babies react differently to jaundice. A 10mg level can be fatal in one baby while another baby will walk over it.
3. Malaria doesn't cause jaundice.
4. You can't deduce the level of jaundice by mere looking at the baby. It's safer for your baby to get tested and receive treatment immediately.
5. Antibiotics cannot be used to cure jaundice.

We may not be able to prevent jaundice but we can reduce or minimize its effect on babies by taking our prenatal pills religiously and drinking plenty water while pregnant.
Build up of drugs inhibit the functioning of the liver including ordinary paracetamol. Taking enough water especially while on drugs helps to remove the toxins from the drugs and helps the liver to function better.
Eat well, drink plenty water and pray.

Ok. I don tire. I may modify this to add more things later.

Ada243:
mum liftedhands and Graciouscharis, I just got back from the hospital. I'm finally relaxed, doctor said nothing Is wrong with my DD .

Thank God. Take good care of her.

Liftedhands:
Thanks once again and I appreciate your input. she is only 6 days old! her doctor wants to watch her for another 12 hours before going to the next step. They told her to express breast milk so as to reduce the number of time baby spends outside the light therapy and not to introduce formula yet as her system may not be able to process it in her state( the jaundice is not the one aggravated by BM).

We are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for the best. If no improvement by then we will surely try island mat.

Thanks amen.

It's ok. My major concern is the weight of the baby. I'm not a medical doctor and I may sound paranoid because of my experience with it but I feel that waiting for 12 hours is not very ideal. One hour is enough for jaundice to cause brain damage.
Unless the doctor has a medical reason for holding on with transfusion, I think he should have started d process by now.
I pray for her speedy recovery.

Ada243:
OMG, speedy recovery her her. now I'm soo worried. my dd is two wks old, feeds well, cries well and poops 2-3times daily but It looks like her eyes are yellow too. please check for me and hope it's not too late to visit d hospital

If the eye is yellowish, take her to the hospital and see a paediatrician. It may be nothing but it's better she gets tested at the hospital. That's the only way to know the cause of the yellowish color.
I'll only be worried if she gives a weak cry or irks and wriggle like she's in pain while lying on her back.

Liftedhands:
Amen and amen.

The levels was at 13 yesterday and still hasn't come down today yet! The hospital is a "tuush" hospital(Gold Cross at bourdillon)but tuush no mean expertise o! Their body language no give me confidence at all

She is doing ebf but I've suggested to her to give formula so as to enable the girl put on weight faster(she came 3.2 ) but weighs 3kg now plus she hasn't poopoo in four days and I learnt that also helps in eliminating the jaundice. Do you think she should stop the breastfeeding? She sucks a lot but I dunno if she's getting enough milk out.


Thanks for responding.

I don't know when I clicked submit. She need to stop breastfeeding for now. I heard it increases it in some babies.
The hospital I used is also tussed and I live in ikoyi too. Most of these doctors feel jaundice is nothing and can easily be managed forgetting that there will always be 1%. Why will they allow someone's baby to be the in d 1% that may develop issues. After my son's case, my hospital now do transfusion for babies that their level is upto 10 to avoid such stories.
If you are not comfortable with their attitude, please change the hospital today. Island maternity is not too far from there. They give jaundice d serious treatment it requires. A lot of these mistakes can be avoided. One of you can go to island maternity first to be sure that there's space for the baby there and then get a referral immediately.
Please, I'm not saying that the case may be fatal. I'm only writing out of passion to see that the child gets better. I do not wish my enemy what I went through with my baby.
If anything goes wrong, that hospital will claim it is inevitable and say sorry. After all the baby was under light even if it didn't help.
I mentioned island maternity because our audiologist works there and I know they have some specialist from USA that comes there to review their equipments and also keep record of there treatments. They also do hearing assessment for the babies after their treatment. Jaundice is evil please act fast.
I'm seriously praying for the little one that God will show himself strong in her life and It won't go higher than this. No matter the level it gets to, he will protect her under his banner and no harm will befall her. She will grow stronger and fulfill her destiny in Jesus name, Amen.