funny story, a mom was starting to breastfeed her newborn and she put the baby to the breast. as the baby was sucking, the older brother (about 3 years old) stands right next to the mom and baby staring at this situation. then the kid says "what's that baby doing?" and the mom goes "eating some milk so it can grow." then the kid, with the most serious face, says "there's no milk in there." LOL ahahahahha.. he was sooo serious. and he said it so slowly. anyways, that's my funny story of the night. :)
pregnancy post..
i've decided to write some blogs you future mom's and dad's about what happens to your body after you have a baby. if you had any questions or believed some urban myth, hopefully the next couple posts will help.
#1. cramping - a lot of new mom's, for some reason, do not associate cramping with after birth. they think cramping only happens during a period or labor. once you have your baby, your body with naturally contract the uterus to a firm ball. it feels like a small bowling ball. this helps prevent excessive bleeding. inside the uterus, your baby got nutrients and blood through the placenta. the placenta is attached to the wall of the uterus. once you give birth to the placenta, the uterus contracts to close off the blood vessels. if not, then you would be bleeding like crazy. to help keep the uterus nice and firm, your body will contract the uterus. thus, contractions and more thus, cramping! if you are breastfeeding, you will cramp even more. breastfeeding stimulates what is called oxytocin in your body. the oxytocin is specifically designed for contracting the uterus. so after you breastfeed, you will cramp. to induce labor, we use a synthetic version called Pitocin. you might hear mom's talking about how the nurses had to hang PIT to have the baby come out. pitocin, oxytocin, same thing. it contracts the uterus. sometimes it will feel like you are cramping during your period or it may even be as severe as feeling the same as having labor. but don't worry, we have medicines to help with the pain. usually, motrin will do the trick, if not we have something stronger. :) oh, and these meds are ok with breastfeeding. no detrimental effects on the baby or milk production.
2 comments:
that story was funny...i'll have to tell you some of what Aiden says sometimes, but it's not quite appropriate on the world wide web! :) Thanks for the medical lesson...i've experienced it, but never knew what was going on I guess. What's next? :)
cool! i wanna be like bella when i grow up...or at least when i get out of nursing school :-D
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