How long does the hot rocklike nork stage last?

[Enid]

[ouch]

[Twiglett]

for me it was around a week

awww poor enid

[NotAnOtter]

they are not norks now Enid but nectar-making milk machines!!!! 12-24 hours i think !

[Enid]

best to just cream stuff off the top of both or concentrate on one when feeding?

[SenoraPostrophe]

about 24 hrs with ds as I recall. less than with dd anyway. am hoping the more babies you have, the quicker it goes.

ouch indeed.

[Enid]

lol dd3 definitely thinks of them as nectar making machines

cannot bear to be more than 6 inches from them ever

[cod]

yep a weel poor you its GRIUM

[Enid]

yes it is grim as cannot sleep on side


also is it BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD to sleep in bed with baby feeding her on side so I can sleep a bit while she guzzles?

god have forgotten everything

[NotAnOtter]

this time i just 'creamed off' as you put it cos i reckon the more you drain the more comes but only for the actual hot -rock bit then 1 each feed. Take some pictures - lightens the mood !

[Enid]

dh was aghast this am

[LadyTophamHatt]

When Ds3 was born that rock like nork stage went on for days.

Even breathing near them had me weeping in pain.


(I didn't BF mine for this reason. rocklike norks are worse than labour IME)

[Enid]

"whats HAPPENED?!"

[veNivIDiViCkiqV]

IMO its better to let them finish on the one said, and then when they pull off, offer the other side. If she doesnt take much from the other side, express to give a bit of comfort (and help build supply).

Only lasts a few days tops though.

[Enid]

cannot cuddle the dds really as they elbow them

[SenoraPostrophe]

I used to sleep while feeding ds in bed all the time. only way I could get some sleep. just don't put her near the edge of the bed (ds fell off twice)

[veNivIDiViCkiqV]

You can feed laying down but shouldnt go to sleep. (Although i ALWAYS did with my two )

[oops]

lying in bed feeding baby is a top idea, enid.
you can all drift off to sleep in a beautiful milky haze

[oops]

oh, i did it for napping purposes, VVV, promised not to roll on baby [oops]

[veNivIDiViCkiqV]

you can take ibuprofen for the pain too.

[NotAnOtter]

i think hot rock stage not as bad with subsequent births - does not last as long

[hugeheadofhair]

Mine only lasted 2 or so days. Isn't it funny that those huge things keep standing up when lying on your back? I did anything for comfort, including creaming off both sides. Once I forgot, and sod's law, ds slept for 4 hours so one side was EXPLODING... gosh it does hurt, doesn't it. Just looking at them hurts... Still, not too long to go, fortunately

[LadyTophamHatt]

NotAnOtter, mine got worse with each baby.

Ohh enid you have my sympathy.

[NotAnOtter]

LTH maybe you fed better with each - i took it that my skin a little less taught each time !!
Having said that ...look down Enid do your nipples SHINE !!!!!! Mine did the skin was so taught!

[yoyo]

Feed in the bath. While Bea has one side the warmth (and suckling) seems to "release" the other side. I would then let her finish off that one. This was the only way I could get through the enormous stage!

[crunchie]

Savoy cabbage leaves :) I also expressed once at this stage as it was too damn painful for her to feed either! I know it says this makes more milk, but for me it emptied the tank once properly and then things settled down. As she fed, I made milk, before then I was just filling and filling my boobs and they were almost too much for her to feed from IYKWIM

[Nightynight]

oh, I never thought of feeding in the bath. Tried cabbage leaves, but I dont think they did owt apart from imprinting a nice image of savoy cabbage leaf in red on my skin.