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Oooh--I've got another question too! After he's done eating, my baby does three or four huge stretches and then breathes heavy for a few minutes, almost as if he's asthmatic. Anyone else?

Brenda - regarding the stretches and heavy breathing, I noticed my dd also doing the heavy breathing. I think it's just that she's catching her breath. She's continously sucking on the nipple while feeding, so once she's off she breaths in more air is what my guess is.

Thanks Nita. My husband calls it the "afterglow," because once he's done breathing and stretching, he just sort of passes out in my arms and seems to bask in his satisfaction. Ha ha!

Check out this thread I found regarding the milk-stupor--it's great!:

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Your milk will continue to increase as you get closer to your scheduled work date. We usually take the baby to daycare with a full tummy. I pump anywhere from 11 to 16 oz during the day. That seems to be plenty. On days when she eats closer to 16 oz. She is full when I pick her up and she does not need to nurse for 2-3 hrs. On days when she only eats 11 oz or less, she is usually just waking from a late nap. I have to race home to nurse her. I gave the sitter a few frozen milk container in case I don't give them enough fresh milk. So far, she has never had to use it to get them by for the day (we are going on week 6 at daycare). I have 8 milk collection bottles. I pump at work and each night, I drop off the new milk when I pick her up. I throughly wash the bottles at home and take them to work with me the next day. That system seems to work great. The sitter knows to give me any milk that has been around for 2 days so I can freeze it. I hope that gives you some ideas.

What I meant to say, was that I use 4 milk bottles a day. So everyday, I have 4 clean ones with me to take to work. I also carry a couple storage bags in my pump bag in case the sitter keeps an extra bottle. I started out having to pump 3 times during my work schedule. Now I am down to 2...Around 10 and again at 2. If the baby does not need to eat when I pick her up, then I have to pump when I get home...or I will explode! ;o)

Hi Kellens mom...that's exactly what I needed to know--thank you!

Brenda

One more thing...when I started back to work, milk did not seem to flow as easily as when I pumped at home. Maybe because I was distracted by what others were thinking (who knows). Anyway, I found that looking at my "brag book" helped me visualize my dd nursing. This made me more relaxed and the milk started flowing more freely. Take some photos, or start creating a photo book in your mind of all the things you love about your lo. It will help you in the beginning. Now, I can pump like a mad woman but I still look at the photos just because she is so darn cute!