Re: Breastfeeding after surgery

July 9, 2003

When are you going in for surgery? I am scheduled for July 23. I am

still working on storing enough milk for the post-op bottles. I also

have a couple of containers of formula if needed. My doctor swears

that I can get in enough nutrician for the both of us. Are you still

taking vitamins? My OB suggested taking childrens liquid vitamins

until I can swallow pills again.

I had thyroid surgery when my son was 8 months old and had decided if

I had to wean him after, I was okay with that. I think my body heard

that and decided against it because it went into production overdrive.

Hope all goes well with you. If you need to talk post op, hopefully

I'll be here.

> Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad to

> hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than a

> month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and dump

> once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out of

my

> milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate being

on

> anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk bank

in

> my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

weeks

> until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

July 9, 2003

When are you going in for surgery? I am scheduled for July 23. I am

still working on storing enough milk for the post-op bottles. I also

have a couple of containers of formula if needed. My doctor swears

that I can get in enough nutrician for the both of us. Are you still

taking vitamins? My OB suggested taking childrens liquid vitamins

until I can swallow pills again.

I had thyroid surgery when my son was 8 months old and had decided if

I had to wean him after, I was okay with that. I think my body heard

that and decided against it because it went into production overdrive.

Hope all goes well with you. If you need to talk post op, hopefully

I'll be here.

> Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad to

> hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than a

> month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and dump

> once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out of

my

> milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate being

on

> anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk bank

in

> my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

weeks

> until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

July 9, 2003

LOL!!! Isn't that the truth!

He will be 3 months and 8 days when I have surgery (August 5th)They

made me wait until I gave birth to schedule the surgery. I was

scheduled to have it last Sepetember when we found out about boy #4,

talk about a shock!

> Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad to

> hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than a

> month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and dump

> once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out of

> my milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate

being

> on anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk

bank

> in my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

> weeks until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

>

> =wow HOLY DEJA VU!

> How old is your baby when you get cut open!

> My son was 2 months on the day...he went overdue so I was really

> worried about missing the surgery!

> The tylenol and gravol combo worked fine for me.

>

> AND BREASTFEEDING IS ALWAYS WORTH DOING!!!!!

> I should know I've spent 37 months of my life doing it!

> MOOO

> Shiloh

> PS maybe we should then form a post orthognathic breast lift

surgery

> support group/lol

July 9, 2003

Hi , good luck with your upcoming surgery. Mine is scheduled for

August 5th. I feel like I have enough fat storage to feed a small

country( not really but maybe a small island!LOL ) so I am not too

worried about getting enough nutrition but will also use liquid

vitamins. My ped didn't seem to be concerned with it. I am still on

prenatals now.

> > Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad to

> > hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than a

> > month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> > everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and dump

> > once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out

of

> my

> > milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate being

> on

> > anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk bank

> in

> > my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

> weeks

> > until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

July 9, 2003

Of course, it's always worth doing! Both my babies weaned themselves

at 6 months and I was so sad when my son quit nursing because I knew

that would be the last time... Anyway, you should be fine on tylenol,

if that. I was surprised at how little pain there was after a few

days. I quit all pain killers after day 4 or 5. Just watch your baby

for signs of drowsiness if you breastfeed soon after surgery. It may

take a few " pump and dumps " to really get it all out. You know, I

can't think of anything more therapeutic than breastfeeding - you'll

probably have a record-fast stellar recovery!

Good luck!

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> Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad to

> hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than a

> month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and dump

> once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out of

my

> milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate being on

> anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk bank in

> my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

weeks

> until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

July 10, 2003

Thanks , It's good to know someone else was able to do it. I

was starting to fear that Shiloh was just Superwoman. I had surgery

when my son was still nursing and I had the same problem with the

milk. By the time I was able to pump, I thought I was going to

explode. It looked like I had had a boob job, not thyroid surgery.

It was so depressing throwing it away. How soon did you go back to

nursing after the surgery. With that last surgery I pumped and

dumped for like a week, but I was a little obsessive/compulsive. I

also had a huge supply frozen. I am hoping to start back sooner with

my daughter.

> > > Hi everyone. I noticed this topic was touched on and I am glad

> to

> > > hear it has been done. I am having upper and lower in less than

> a

> > > month. I have a 2 month old who is nursing and have cleared

> > > everything with my ped. He said I will just have to pump and

> dump

> > > once when I am out of surgery to get the general anesthesia out

> of

> > my

> > > milk but should be fine after that though I dont anticipate

> being on

> > > anything but Tylenol after going home. I already have a milk

> bank in

> > > my freezer for supplementing and imagine it will be a couple of

> > weeks

> > > until I am back to every feeding but I feel it is worth doing.

July 10, 2003