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Readiness Update
We’re long overdue for an update, but you won’t get anything profound. It’s all bullets around here. First, Gail is having super pumping success. She is a total milk machine. She cleared 5 ounces...
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Sharing Lactation, Part I
Either Sunday or Monday, I am finally going to take the plunge and begin nursing Ira. At this point, I’m pumping about 10-13 ounces a day, or a little over 2 ounces each time I pump (5x daily). This...
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Sharing Lactation, Part II
After Ira’s birth, I was in rough shape. While Gail and I were admiring our brand new son, our doctor was assessing the damage. After several minutes, she said to me very gently that she was going to...
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Do they ever talk about anything else?
Yes, this is yet another post about sharing nursing of Ira. I swear we think about more than nursing around here, with all two brain cells that we possess between us in our current sleep deprived...
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Nighttime Parenting
I have now been doing one feeding a day for Ira for a little over a week. Some of the feedings have been a little challenging, but overall the project is going well. I have a much better understanding...
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The Payoff
We’ve written a lot about Gail’s adventures in re-lactating for Ira, and at our last check-in, it still wasn’t clear we were going to get a big payoff from all of that work (piles of herbs and pills,...
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Inducing Lactation: Pros and Cons
The lactation project has been going well. I spend every other night in the bedroom with Ira, while Lyn gets a good night’s sleep in the living room. Most of the nights I am able to feed Ira all night...
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Nursing Update: hitting my stride
It was recently brought to our attention that everyone gets to hear all about my nursing, but Lyn is a nursing parent, too, and some of you might want to know what is going on with her. She promises a...
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Beginning of the End
Well, you knew we couldn’t hold off forever, so, yes, we are back with another installment of our lactation-induction saga. You can read about our decision, how it’s been working, and some pros and...
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Inducing Lactation: A Wrap-Up of the Big Experiment
We know that a number of people end up here because they are looking for information on inducing lactation, particularly in a family with two moms. Now that the induction project has been over for some...
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