pilsberry22

@pilsberry22 (12)

United States • Age 53

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Pregnant on the pill?

YoungInLove @YoungInLove (1254) • Canada 21 Apr 07

Can you get pregnant if your on the pill at he pulls out? I keep reading all of these pregnancy symptoms online and some of them I have, headaches, tiredness, and peeing alot. But I could be having the headaches cuase of not...

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pilsberry22 I know of several people who gotten pregnant on the pill. Some ladies require higher doses to keep from getting pregnant. I do know one person who has gotten pregnant twice on the pill. Oh, and they were two different kinds. So you can get pregnant and need to...

14 May 07

Are birth control pills bad?

earth2jacq @earth2jacq (1502) • Philippines 24 Apr 07

I have been on the pill for almost a year now, although I don't feel anything bad, I am just wondering if it's ok to take the pill continously. Is there a limit as to when one should stop taking the pills and do they have any side...

birth control pill

pill

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pilsberry22 I was on the pill for 12 years before coming off to have children. I went back on a different pill after the birth of my 1st son and off again for 2nd son. I did go back on birth control pill until the end of 2002 and got an IUD. I tried multiple different...

14 May 07

breast feeding

mshjv44 @mshjv44 (147) • France 13 May 07

your baby was breastfed up to what age?

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baby

breastfeeding

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pilsberry22 I breastfed my 1st for 4 1/2months and my 2nd to 6 months. My milk dried up with both of them after returning to work. I wanted to breastfeed to at least 1 year. I am a nurse and could not pump often enough at work to be able to maintain a good milk supply....

14 May 07

Breastfeeding help!

astromama @astromama (1221) • United States 7 May 07

So, I have been nursing for the past 11 days, and as much as I am truly loving the experience, I am also having a really hard time with soreness... I've been using Lansinoh in between feedings and letting myself air dry...

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pilsberry22 Most likely it is a latch problem from the sound of it. You have to get that corrected before the soreness will go away completely. Make sure he is opening him mouth really wide then pull him into you. If he does not get on and it is painful then take him off...

7 May 07

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What are your funny and/or most embarrasing breastfeeding stories?

pilsberry22 @pilsberry22 (12) • United States 7 May 07

I would like to have some funny and embarrasing stories to tell when I teach my breastfeeding class. Names will be changed to protect the innocent. These little stories and antidotes help break the ice and get the audience to be...

breastfeeding stories

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What was your breastfeeding experience in the hospital?

pilsberry22 @pilsberry22 (12) • United States 6 May 07

I am a RN and a Lactation Consultant (LC) and would like to know what experiences you had in the hospital whether good or bad. I would like to know what the nurses or LC did or did not do that you thought was helpful or hurtful in...

breastfeeding

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pilsberry22 Start by putting some of your brestmilk into a sippy cup and giving it to him several times a day with meals and slowly let him learn how to drink out of a cup. It will take some time, but he will get it. Breastfed him as long as you and he want, don't let...

6 May 07

What was your breastfeeding experience in the hospital?

pilsberry22 @pilsberry22 (12) • United States 6 May 07

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nursing in public

sweetaspie52 @sweetaspie52 (2359) • United States 26 Apr 07

where I live at the govern's wife has sent out pamphlets to let every nursing mother that it is against the law to nurse your baby in public AGAIN it was in the law a while back and I think that it is wrong it is only natural to...

nursing in public

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pilsberry22 Illionis has breastfeeding laws to protect the nursing mother. 1995- Clarifies that breastfeeding is NOT an act of public indenceny. 2001- Nursing mothers workplace Act 2005- Nursing mothers excused from jury duty upon request. The govern's wife is...

6 May 07

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