Good evening. Thanks for reading my question. I'm a 38 year old married lady with two children. I have a 7 year old son, and an almost 6 year old daughter. I'm also pregnant with twins. My son was born at 33 weeks. He was in the NICU for 23 days. He had an extremely difficult time nipple feeding. My milk didn't come in until he was 10 days old. By then my breasts had become so engorged with milk that I had developed mastitis. I was in a lot of pain. I was also on anti-depressants back then. The medication I took ended up in breast milk. IF I had given my son breast milk, the doctors were concerened that the medication would make him to lethargic. He was having a lot of apnea/bradicardia episodes when he was nipple feeding. So I opted to leave him on formula. Now he's a healthy & happy 7 year old boy. Our little girl is adopted, so I didn't have to go through that with her.
I'm facing pretty big obstacles with my health. I have HPV, Diabetes, PCOS, and Celiac Disease. The strain of HPV that I have causes cervical cancer. My strain does end up in breast milk, and can cause throat lesions for a newborn baby. http://bacteriality.com/2008/07/31/hpv/
I'm a strict diet controlled diabetic, and I'm very careful about what I eat.
I have PCOS, and I've recently learned that women with my disorder have a difficult time with milk supply. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/pcos.html
The Celiac Disease is taken care of with a strict gluten, corn, casein, soy, lactose, fructose free diet.
Just the thought of transmitting HPV to my babies is scary enough. I'm having an elected c-section to avoid any possible transmission. However, there are still parts of my being that say to give my babies breast milk. But the risk is to great. I cry every time I think about this. One of my best friends is a lactation consultant with 20+ years of experience. She's never really dealt with a mom with so many health issues before. She has suggested that since I have a lot going on, to just skip breast feeding & pumping. And go straight for the bottle & formula. I'm extremely sad that I won't be able to give my babies the best nutrition out there. We can't afford to buy milk from the milk bank either. My husband doesn't want me to breast feed at all, because of my own health issues. And the possible transmission of HPV to our children. What is your best advice breast & formula feeding moms? Would you take the risk?
Oh definitely, I'm a big cuddler with my 7 & 5 year old. Lots of affection, hugs and kisses. I'm a 100% hands on kind of mom.
There are over 100 strains of HPV. Only 6 of them are considered "high risk". I have strain/type 16, which is considered "high risk", and it does end up in breast milk.
I don't have the strain of HPV that causes warts or herpes.
We CAN'T afford donor milk.
i dont THINK i am going into labor.. but its hard to say .. i was induced with my other children, so never went into labor on my own
i have been having steady contractions, but its not progressing, so its possibly braxton hicks
and way
i am 36 weeks and 3 days ... ALMOST 37 weeks, but i am just concerned.. if this is true labor... will my baby be alright,
did you have your baby before term? how far along were you? how was your babies health?
did baby have to stay in the hospital long?
I have insurance for myself and my son who is only 18 days old right now. But I went into the office today and she told me that unless I was raped which I wasn't, it's called non compliance and they will close my case. That means that my little son will have no health insurance. I don't care about me in this instance I just want him taken care of. I don't think that's legal is it? I CANNOT tell them who the father is because I simply DONT know. That sounds bad but I made a bad decision one night and had a one night stand with someone who's name I did not even get and couldn't find if I tried to. I wouldn't even recognize him right now most likely. Can they really take my son's insurance away from him for that??
**No Hx. of miscarriage
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Ok: On August 10th I had an U/S and say baby's HR at 171 bpm/ his sixe was 2cm and I'm 8 weeks pregnant the technician said..
So i guess all these crappy stries on the net have been frightening half to death, (WHICH I NO LONGER READ),, I'm concerned his H.Beat may no be found on his 2nd U/S (crazy worried right??)
Anyways, so far I've had no bleeding what so ever and no cramping..
**They say M/C is 12%-19% common, and the further along u are the better. I'm 9 weeks today!!
--Am i just too woried n need to chill out??
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