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1 hour ago in the Maternal & Child Community
She is way too young for cereal, her stomach will not tolerate it. Talk to your pediatrician and maybe with a lactation specialist if you can get to one, the lactation specialist should have some good ideas. I wouldn't go with formula yet if you can avoid it. Try pumping and freezing and then your husband can take over some of the feedings.
Nov 17, 2008 11:46PM in the Maternal & Child Community
See the doctor again in about a week or two, and have an ultrasound (I can't believe you got an xray) and blood tests to see how your beta hCG numbers are doing. If they are rising appropriately, it is probably not ectopic. If you have really severe pain (not like menstrual cramps but really acute pain, such that you can't sit down and can't stand up and ju...
Nov 17, 2008 11:39PM in the Maternal & Child Community
He's more likely to be affected by t.v. watching than by bottles.
Nov 17, 2008 11:37PM in the Maternal & Child Community
If you are going to be in the area for any length of time, get yourself a regular ob-gyn, too. Going to the ER for things like this is bound to cause confusion, and doesn't guarantee you the best (certainly not the most consistent) ob-gyn care, and also risks you getting whatever disease is going around and being coughed out in the waiting room of the ER. O...
Nov 17, 2008 11:31PM in the Maternal & Child Community
It is really awfully soon for a baby to sleep through the night. Babies this young need their food when the need it -- their stomachs just aren't big enough to accommodate the fuel for such a long nighttime stretch, especially if she is hitting a growth spurt. If she is acting like she is starving, she probably is genuinely hungry. Nurse right before bed, ...
Nov 17, 2008 06:42PM in the Maternal & Child Community
What you should do -- I recommend you call your regular ob-gyn and tell them what has been happening. The ER is not a place to get regular prenatal care. Your bleeding level needs to be filling a pad per hour and passing clots the size of golf balls before the doctors will call it an emergency. I suggest you stay off your feet and drink fluids. What you w...