The breast is producing enough milk just that the baby is not sucking very well I think hence the reason the breast is paining her.
@JOANDIVA I was in your shoes last two weeks what I did was that I put the baby to suck as often as I can after softening the breast by pressing out some milk with my hands and messaging it with ice blocks. Also tryo avoid taking anything hot for now even bathing with hot water pending the time your baby will start latching properly. Sorry ma'am
sugah: I understand how frustrating it could be, but stress affects milk production....try not to stress and stay hydrated. They say doing skin to skin with your baby helps the trick the brain to produce milk too.
mamas please I need help, what can I do to open up things blocking my breast milk from flowing well. the breast is heavy, swollen and painful which means there is so much milk there but it's not flowing well. my baby is just crying cos he is not getting enough. please help a FTM
mayornmn: BS Alert Immediately I clocked 36 weeks I was ready to give birth.I just wanted to be done with pregnancy.Was walking long distances,ate pineapples did everything and nothing changed.At 39 weeks and some days I started having ideas of a lot of things I can do with my preggy tommy before giving birth.All of a sudden I changed from baby come fast oo to baby wait for me. Fast forward to my appointment on Monday 23rd of November at 39+6.I thought I was going to have the normal less than five minutes talk with the doctor and he’ll tell me to come back next week. The nurse checked my bp and it was 130/90.In my mind normal thing since I’m close to birthing. When I saw the doctor he looked at my past bp and saw a gradual increase from 110/60 to 130/90.He checked himself and it was fluctuating between 130 and 140. He told me straight up that I’ll have to be induced on Wednesday.I wanted to joke around and I told him that he’ll induce me on Saturday that I don’t want Wednesday.He went to consult his oga and another Doctor and they all agreed to to induce me as soon as possible since I’m full term and they have diagnosed hypertension in pregnancy. He told me I’ll be admitted immediately for observation that’s when everything became clear to me. Admitted ke, I’ve not packed hospital bag,I’ve not done everything I planned to do.Called dh and mum and they said I should just obey the doctor I just signed that I’ll come back in the evening and I left. The next day on Tuesday morning I was admitted, they came to talk to me about their induction process and did all the necessary tests and ctg and told me induction will start in the evening. By 7 pm I was taken to the delivery suite to insert the foleys catheter.That was the first time somebody will put hand inside my jajaina to do anything. I cried and cried and cried it was so uncomfortable and painful.The doctor didn’t find my cervix early enough kept poking and poking, he said my cervix was posterior.He finally found it, inserted the catheter and told me till the next day and I should tell them if it drops. When I got to my bed, I started having waist pain and in my mind it was just a mild effect of the procedure they just did. The waist pain changed to tommy pain and it was going and coming that’s when I knew I was having contractions.I downloaded contraction timer app and was timing it.It became annoying because the contractions were so short and it came like irregular times apart so I just stopped timing it and tried to sleep. I couldn’t sleep throughout the night as I was having contractions. 7am on Wednesday morning I was taken back to the delivery suite.The catheter didn’t drop so I was worried my cervix didn’t dilate with all the contractions cos one nurse said if the catheter drops that means I’m just 2cm and mine didn’t drop but the doctor and nurse checked and said I was 6cm dilated, they didn’t expect it, they didn’t even know i was already having contractions cos I wasn’t showing I was in pain. The doctor came, broke my water and she administered the first dose of oxytocin.Those two things started another wave of contractions.The pain just went from one to ten in no time.Haaa I started seeing stars. I was in so much pain I couldn’t even cry or shout.I wanted to remove the ctg strap attached to my belly, I pinched one nurse that wanted to use fetoscope to measure heartbeat,I didn’t allow anybody to touch me ,I was using my power bank to hit the metal of the bed, one nurse said if I continue like that I was going to spoil the bed. Any nurse and Doctor that came in were surprised I was 6cm gone with contractions and I was not screaming. Another dose of oxytocin was added by some minutes to ten and the pain became very intense I told the doctor I wanted to vomit, I don’t know what he was thinking or why he was slow but before he could do anything, I blessed the whole floor for them that was when he went to call the nurses.I kept having bouts of vomiting till there was nothing to vomit but it still kept coming. I asked the nurse to examine me and she said I’m not due for another examination till 11:30 since they’ve broken my water to prevent infection. I just told her to check me like that, she was so eager like she was just waiting for me to consent cos she thought I would have progressed a lot.With the pains and the frequent contractions we all thought I have progressed oo but noo i was still 6cm by around 10am. I could see the look of worry on the nurses face.Then this my favorite nurse kept telling me it’s like that some times.That in no time I can just progress to 10cm that I shouldn’t even bother.She told me I was going to deliver there and she said she doesn’t even want me to have any tear or anything. By this time my mum was in the room, the nurses told her to help me rub my waist,anytime the contractions hit like this I’ll hold her wrist very tight she had to ask if I wanted to break it infact at a point she had to leave me cos I could actually break it.I kept shouting at her to call dh that I wanted to speak to him.Thank God she didn’t call him sha if not I would have transferred aggression ehn. By few minutes to 11am I started feeling the urge to poo, the nurses said I should poo on the bed that they’ll pack it, it’s their job.Then the nurse checked me again and said I was 7 cm,every body was already smiling except me sha. By now the pain was so much I just had to let it out and I started shouting, which sound did I not make.My mom has a video of me mooing like a cow, I kept saying God please, I’m sure God would have been wondering why I was begging him.One yeye doctor came and said the nurse should administer pcm.Thank God for the nurse that was there,she told me pcm was going to slow the whole process down and I should refuse if I want to give birth in time.She hid it in her pocket and told the doctor that she has administered it.The next thing I started feeling the urge to push told them and the nurses kept shouting don’t push,don’t push, everyone was begging me not to push.I wasn’t even pushing oo.The baby was pushing me badly and I was trying my best but I couldn’t help myself from pushing.The nurse told me to raise my leg and she saw blood, by now she was begging me not to push as blood before baby is not good. She brought one drug from her pocket and added it directly to the drip line,that drug was magic cos in less than five minutes talk changed from don’t push to push at the next contraction with all your strength. The first push, everyone was like you’re just shouting, you’re not pushing, the second push, the nurse was like you’re too tight I’m going to give you a small cut, i just felt a sharp cut and with the third push, I pushed with all my mind and strength like I was bringing out the biggest poo ever.And my 3.38kg princess came forth by 11:20 and she was put on top of me. The nurses took her up and asked me see what did you born before taking her away to clean(don’t know why they did that lol) The relief that came with pushing was just marvelous.I was given cytotec anal or vaginal route can’t remember and I started shivering but they said it’s normal. They injected lidocaine and stitched the cut side up.My antenatal Doctor came in by 11:30 for the second assessment and found out that I’ve born already,he was so surprised and said he just told the consultant that he was coming to check me and me I’ve given birth. I was happy it was finally over till the nurse asked me to get up and pee in the toilet without sitting on the toilet seat.I tried to pee but instead of pee to come out it was blood that came rushing like tap and splashed everywhere.I was becoming worried but the nurse said it’s normal and it would stop and she kept asking if I was dizzy.She fed me and I was wheeled to the ward. In the ward,my mum noticed the two pad I just wore were stained with blood already and she shouted to the nurse that took the delivery.She told me to lie down and open my leg and she wore gloves, before I could say jack, she already dug into my vjay, straight into my uterus to evacuate what ever was causing the bleeding.When she did that I think I died for a second before screaming the whole ward down.She did it again and said I have to be wheeled back to the delivery suite.There was so much blood and clots. Back to the delivery suite now,she said the stitch site has loosened that the doctor didn’t do it well and since I was still bleeding she has to do the hand evacuation thing again.Dh was there encouraging me all I just wanted to do was to faint so I won’t feel the pain.She did it twice again.Loosened the former stitch,checked my cervix there was no tear so we didn’t even know the cause of the bleeding but they said it’s because my uterus didn’t contract back fast enough and blood has already clotted there.By the time she was done with cleaning,there was so much blood.She had to kee asking if I was dizzy but I wasn’t.She injected lidocaine and I was stitched again.She promised me that her stitching is very perfect and I won’t have problem .She asked me to pee on the bed and I kept peeing and the blood was reducing.By evening the bleeding now became normal. I really went through a lot post delivery.I just want to thank God for preserving my life and thank God for my mum for insisting the bleeding was not normal.Thank God for the nurse that took the delivery for her fast actions.Thank God for leading me to this group cos I learnt a lot of things that helped me throughout pregnancy.This group is the real antenatal class(lol).Thank God for team November.Thanks for all the congratulatory messages,I hope it’s not too late to reply one by one.May God grant all waddling mamas safe and sweet delivery. Moving on to newborn thread,even with all my experience see you all in 2021 ooo. Cappo @ToyosiR toyosiR Bs submitted.
This your BS scared me. Thank God for your life. Kisses to princess
My birth story is a very short one, this pregnancy came when I thought I was done with child bearing, oh the look of happiness on my husband's face while I was disappointed with myself, well I decided that what has happened has happened, then followed with series of scans, hospital visits ( I am a high bp patient), always treating maleria and all of that. Pregnancy advanced and I registered with General hospital ikorodu and Holy trinity hospital ikeja. At exactly 34 weeks I went for antenatal at the general hospital and was admitted for high bp and protein in urine +++, on the 5th day o suddenly felt a gush of water pour on my laps, I showed the nurse and she asked me to wear a pad so they can be sure of the quantity, the next morning the doctor came and saw it and that was my journey to emergency CS, they said waiting could be dangerous.i was wheeled to the theatre and out came my 34 weeks 6days old baby showing her crying skills... Only God can perform this miracle.
Thanks for the mentions, the private messages and the calls, I am sorry the BS came late, I have been battling with fever and pains since I was discharged on Sunday. Thanks at cappo sunbestie, may God make it easy for other December mamas,
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welcome my namesake Chisom. May God continue to follow you
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