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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 2/21/2014
10:15 am - 2/22/2014

1. Question to mom's exclusively pumping... (katetorgersen)
2. Comment: Question to mom's exclusively pumping... (martylum1230)
3. Comment: Kaiser SF - your delivery experience and pedia...
(westsidetwins)
4. Comment: Kaiser SF - your delivery experience and pedia... (kulida)
5. Comment: Kaiser SF - your delivery experience and pedia...
(Bethann_Tom)
6. Comment: Kaiser SF - your delivery experience and pedia...
(Bethann_Tom)

1. Question to mom's exclusively pumping...
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katetorgersen - 2/21/2014 9:33 am

 For those exclusively pumping and exclusively giving
 breastmilk, when did you stop pumping in the middle of
 the night? And, how did it impact your supply?We are
 working on getting our 5mo b/g twins to sleep through
 the night. I still pump at around 3am and it is one of
 my highest volume pumps (usually 13+ oz). I am afraid
 to get rid of this session for fear that my supply will
 drop. They will be starting solids in a couple of weeks
 so maybe my supply doesn't need to be as high - but I
 want to try to give them breastmilk for a full year.

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 2. martylum1230 says...
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 2/21/2014 8:37 pm

 For various reasons I was not able to nurse my girls
 after they were delivered. My girls are 11 months old
 and are given 6 feedings of breast milk, and 1 bottle
 of formula a day. Because my twins are very small,
 their pediatrician wanted us to fortify their bottles
 with formula, and I am still feeding them every 3 hours
 during the day, and every 4 hours at night. That being
 said, I can't really recall when I stopped pumping at
 night. It must have happened when my girls were about
 6 mos. old. I just needed to in order for me to get
 some sleep. My supply didn't go down noticeably. It
 just seemed to increase my first pump of the day at 6
 AM. I am down to 4 pumping sessions a day and produce
 on average 36 oz total each day. I have to admit,
 there were many times when I was worried that I
 wouldn't be able to produce enough milk. Finding time
 to drink enough fluids, eat, and rest on a fairly
 regular basis was a challenge for me, especially during
 a few particularly stressful periods during the year.It
 wasn't easy to keep up the milk supply, but it's
 possible. Stay hydrated, eat well, and get as much
 rest as you can, because all of these factors really do
 affect your ability to produce. I'm not sure if I
 totally answered your question, but I hope this helps! 
 Please feel free to email me if you have any other
 questions (I think my husband's email is linked to the
 SFPOM site). Good luck on getting your babes to sleep
 thru the night.
 Email author: martylum1230 at yahoo.com
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Topic: Kaiser SF - your delivery experience and pediatrician
recommendation for twin babies

 Hello -

 I'm expecting to deliver our twins at Kaiser SF at the end
 of next month...

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 3. westsidetwins says...
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 2/21/2014 10:03 am

 thank you, everyone, for sharing your experiences. It
 sounds like I really want to leave the hospital with a
 good grasp on breastfeeding and may need to ask them
 for additional support while I'm there (my OB indicated
 that the lactation consultants would pay extra
 attention to me because I'm having twins, but it sounds
 like that hasn't necessarily been everyone's
 experience).I had also heard from friends with
 singletons that they were sent to Redwood City to
 deliver because Kaiser SF did not have enough beds when
 the time came. So, I hope that I won't run into any
 issues with beds! Also, if I don't end up having a
 C-section, I was hoping to try and deliver without an
 epidural if I can manage the pain (like Kulida). 
 However, my OB is really recommending the epidural. 
 Any thoughts on this? I'm not 100% against the
 epidural, but I feel that if I can manage through the
 pain without one, I'd like to have full control over my
 body. Or is that crazy?
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 4. kulida says...
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 2/21/2014 11:31 am

 I don't think it's crazy :) But it's difficult.Their
 reasoning is following: if you deliver Baby A without
 trouble and meanwhile Baby B changes her/his position
 or something else happen and they will need to use
 anesthesia for whatever reason they will have to put
 you under total anesthesia. Facing that I agreed on
 epidural. The thing was they didn't have enough time to
 give it to me. I'm happy how it went but knowing that
 the pushing can take even three hours (one of my friend
 pushed for so long) I'm not sure if I would do the same
 again.I think you can postpone the epidural as far as
 you can. For me, there was a point when it was really
 too much, but when they checked my cervix it triggered
 the delivery. If it wouldn't be that case I would have
 been happy to receive it.And about control over my
 body... well, I have to admit I didn't have any. The
 body did everything by itself! :)
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 5. Bethann_Tom says...
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 2/21/2014 2:42 pm

 I delivered at Kaiser SF on Dec 1, 2013. I had preterm
 premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) at 31+5 weeks
 and was on bed rest with around the clock monitoring
 for a week and then delivered by emergency c-section at
 32+5 weeks. They were trying to get me to 34 weeks
 before delivering but my body just wouldn't do it. The
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