So far I have given in to giving Evan 3 bottles of breast milk. I am worried he is not getting enough otherwise. I am still trying to breastfeed and I am still pumping, but when he just won't latch on I've given him bottles, well Chris has so he doesn't associate me with bottles!
I hope I am doing the right thing, I didn't want to go this route, but I don't want to starve him either. We are going back to the doctors on Wednesday so we will have to see if he is gaining weight or not. I haven't yet had to break down and give him formula, but when my back up supply runs out that might be a decision I can't ignore.
I am a little sad and defeated :(
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29w1d
8 embies on ice!
It takes three women to raise a baby. One Egg Donor, One Gestational Surrogate and One Intended Mother. Here is our story....
Evan Michael ~ Just a few hours old
Baby Evan!
29w1d
Donor / Surrogacy Timeline
- 08/14/10 ~ Evan is born!!!!!!!
- 08/13/10 ~ Labor starts!
- 07/09/10 ~ Herbs & pumping for adoptive breastfeeding begins
- 06/02/10 ~ 3rd trimester begins
- 04/01/10 ~ It's a boy!
- 03/26/10 ~ protocol for adoptive breastfeeding begins
- 03/01/10 ~ 2nd trimester begins
- 01/12/10 ~ One perfect heartbeat!
- 01/04/10 ~ One gestational sac spotted!
- 01/01/10 ~ Fourth blood test (1,699)
- 12/30/09 ~ Third blood test (885)
- 12/28/09 ~ Second blood test (463)
- 12/24/09 ~ First blood test (94)
- 12/21/09 ~ Jenn is pregnant!
- 12/16/09 ~ ET (Jenn)
- 12/11/09 ~ ER (Donor)
- 11/29/09 ~ Start of stims (Donor)
- 11/25/09 ~ Start of HRT (Jenn)
- 11/18/09 ~ Start of lupron (Jenn)
- 10/27/09 ~ Donor screening
- 10/27/09 ~ Mock cycle ends with biopsy
- 10/13/09 ~ Donor chosen and approved by Dr W
- 10/12/09 ~ Mock cycle begins
- 10/06/09 ~ Reviewing four possible donors
- 10/06/09 ~ Signed consent papers for new IVF cycle
- 10/09 ~ Started to review possible egg donors
- 09/09 ~ An amazing friend offered to be our egg donor, but sadly it wasn't a good fit given our past issues
- 09/09 ~ Decided to move ahead with egg donor cycle
Contributors
Followers
First attempt with Surrogacy ~ Timeline
- 08/24/09 Beta test ~ negative
- 08/12/09 Embryo transfer to Jenn
- 08/11/09 2 embies normal, 9 embies abnormal
- 08/10/09 11 embies still growing, PGD today
- 08/07/09 Egg retrieval
- 08/05/09 HCG Trigger shot
- 07/26/09 I started stims
- 07/17/09 I started meds
- 07/13/09 Jenn started meds
- 07/09/09 Medication arrived
- 07/07/09 IVF schedule confirmed
- 06/20/09 Contract signed
- 06/07/09 Met with Psychologist for a counselling appointment
- 06/05/09 Met with Attorney to draft contracts
- 06/02/09 Slight hiccup with some lab results, we may have a short delay to fix some issues
- 05/29/09 First appointment for Jenn and I for cycle testing ~ all clear so far!
- 05/20/09 Met with nurse to discuss surrogacy process and sign paperwork
- 05/08/09 Met with Dr Werlin to discuss surrogacy option
- 04/22/09 Chris & I met with Jenn and R to discuss surrogacy
- 04/04/09 Jenn offered to carry a child for us
Our new baby
Jenn's expanding waistline!
8 embies on ice!
5 comments:
Don't worry too much--I gave O bottles from day 4 and she breastfed successfully for a year. Just keep trying to breastfeed him more than you bottlefeed, don't give up yet. I always tell people to try BFing until 6 weeks and then decide whether to give up or not. Also, I have 40 or so ounces saved so far, so whenever you can come get it, feel free. I am getting about 1.5 to 2 ounces a session right now.
Thanks Jenn, I will try and be patient and have faith it will work! Thanks for the additional supply, it's just what we need!
hey you could try giving him syringes of the breastmilk instead of bottles...that's what we did cause we had a hellacious first week!...
then you don't have to use bottles and he won't get used to them
Erin ~ we have used the syringe and I also use a supplementary nursing system, but now he needs more and if he's too tired to latch on it makes things that much harder. Thanks for the idea though!
I'm sorry you are feeling defeated. You have done such an awesome job preparing for this and now doing it, and there is no defeat at all! Even if the supply never increases to what you want, ever drop you have given him is worth it. Who cares if you supplement with formula or with bottles? You are giving him the best you can!
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