What Were You Fed As An Infant?

(Jane) #81

My experiences in 1984 vs the birth of my second son in 1994 were night and day.

1984: labored in a room then transferred to an operating room to birth my baby. Labor was progressing just fine and I was walking the hallways, which put pressure from the baby on my cervix. At the last stage they made me lie down and my cervix stopped dialating. In fact they were prepping me for a c-section until a nurse rolled me on my side and it was just enough pressure change to finish dialation. My pubic area was shaved and my perineum was sliced open and then stitched back up - was extremely painful recovery.

1994: labored and delivered in the same room. End of the bed broke down so I could sit up to dialate and push. I told the doc NOT to cut me and he didn’t. No shaving of the pubic area. I ended up with a teeny tiny tear and he asked to “put in one stitch” and I told him absolutely not. It healed fine. Instead of waiting there like a baseball catcher to collect the baby, he massaged my stretching vagina as the head crowned to reduce the tearing.

I did not have an epidural or even so much as a Tylenol either time - nothing.

(Rebecca ) #82

That’s what blew my mind when I saw that my Mother was told to put Karo Corn Syrup in the evaporated milk! WHY??? What could possibly be the benefit?!?!

(Robin) #83

Oh my gosh… had totally forgotten about Kari syrup in formula. Pretty sure my little brother got that.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #84

What? You mean the evaporated milk didn’t have enough added sugar in it? Yikes!

(Rebecca ) #85

Apparently not😖

(Rebecca ) #86

It seems as though childbirth has become a medical procedure instead of a natural occurrence.

(Bob M) #87

My wife was similar, although only 3 years apart. First was with a doctor who refused to wait, and sliced my wife open. That started with no medication but ended with an epidural. That daughter has a tough time not overeating. The second was with a midwife where they waited quite a while and had to help the child come out. Some stitching required. That daughter can eat things like potato chips and eat a few and be OK.

Obviously, the second child doesn’t have whatever I have. :wink: (While I never ate potato chips, I know I couldn’t eat a few and give up. It’s like ice cream: 1 serving means I want 2, then 3, then…).

Unfortunately, both our kids had trouble breast feeding. We ended up pumping a lot and also giving formula too. My wife would sit and pump for hours…

(Jane) #88

My second child had trouble just taking milk in general - a couple of ounces then he’d fall asleep, then 2 hours later hungry, 2 more ozs and stop. He never emptied my breasts so I fought infections until I went back to work and started pumping. It was great, since I could completely empty my breasts and get my milk production up and still breastfeed him in the mornings and evenings.

He was the same way with a bottle - my SIL was still using 4 oz bottles of my breast milk at 6 months and feeding him every 2-3 hours. I tired making him wait longer between feedings but all he did was cry and then still take the same small amount so I gave up.

(Jane) #89

My oldest was like a Hoover vacuum and could empty both breasts in no time LOL.

I breastfed him for 6 months then only at night until he was nine months old and weaned him. He had teeth by then and sometimes I would look down and he was easing his teeth down on my nipple, very gently and very slowly and then his suction would break because the corner of his mouth was grinning and he cut his eyes at me. Little fiend! :grin:

(Rebecca ) #90

Baby #1 was a 9 lb 10 oz bruiser. He went into fetal distress so there was an emergency C section. Although he was breastfed, I ended up having to supplement formula at about 7 months.
Baby #2 was 9 lbs. She was born with a cleft palate so I couldn’t breastfeed her but did pump. The surgical repair was at 6 months.
Both kids (adults now) are average sized people.