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Hello all!
My name is Amy. I'm in my mid 30's and live in the Lakewood/East Dallas area. I've been here about 7 years, but was born and raised in Austin.
I'm a Mommy again to James Connor born 11-26-03. I have two older sons 16 and 14(both born at home in Austin). James was a "dream baby", it took 5 years to convince my husband we weren't "done". We delivered at Baylor University Medical as this pregnancy became high risk. Dr. Graham(super OB!!) helped me succeed w/ another med free delivery and the hospital was great. (Our original plans were to use Birth and Women's Center on Swiss.)
James is two months and a joy! I went back to work this week and it has been really hard. I am pumping, but he's not enjoying the bottle.
I was a SAHM w/ my first two. Any advice for getting through this would be appreciated. I'm probably going to try LLL.

Welcome, Amy. I am Elaine and I too moved here from Austin (2 years ago) to be with my then fiancee now husband. There is lots I miss about Austin but I'm learning my way around Dallas slowly but surely. My daughter Meredith was born 4 days before your little one (11/22/03) :) This is my first and I am enjoying it so much. I, too, am going back to work but not until mid-March. Let me know how it goes - I'm sure I will need all the advice I can get when it's my time.

Hiya I'm Mara, SAHM to Zoe who is almost 4 months old. Congrats on your newest addition to your family!

Welcome to the board!

A LC would be my advice, mine really helped me with early bf'ing problems!

Mara

Hi Elaine! What part of Dallas are you in? We chose to live in our area b/c it reminds me so much of Austin. Tree's, old homes, White Rock lake...
I'd love to get a playgroup together. Are you part of anything. Our babies are os close in age. Yours is adorable!:)

Welcome Amy! What a sweet picture!

Hi Amy! I'm Chris, a 34 y.o. SAHM to 18 month old Josh. My family lives in north Garland. Way to go with the pumping! That's so hard, but good for you for doing it! Welcome to the board! :)

Welcome Amy! I'm Carol, mom to Teddy (2 yr) and another on the way this month. That's a really cute picture.

Thank you to all for the warm welcome! I look forward to getting to know you.

Hi and welcome, Amy! I am Nina and I am a SAHM to Brianna whois 18 mos. old this month!

My husband is John and we live north of Plano near Frisco.

I also used to live in Austin for 13 years and terribly miss it!

Nina

Welcome! I'm Gia, mom to Charlotte who's 3 months. These ladies are great!

Hi Amy! I'm Stephanie, mom to 2 yo Ford and one due in August. We're moving to McKinney in a month or so. Hope to meet you guys soon.
Advice? LLL.

Hi Amy! I'm Cori. I have an 8 yo step-son, a 18 month old little boy, and another baby to be born at home next month.

I'm a birth doula and I have to agree - I really like Dr. Graham.

LLL is great for pumping advice - especially the North Dallas group. It's an evening group that meets at Dallas Presby. Because it's an evening group, you'll meet a lot of pumping/working mamas there. What type of bottle nipple are you using? Avent is often recommended, but whatever brand you choose, make sure it's a slow-flow nipple - it's most like breastfeeding.

Hope to meet you soon!

Here's more.....

La Leche League of Dallas hosts its monthly meeting this Thursday, 2/5, at 7:30 pm, at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. We will meet in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Margot Perot building. The topic is Getting Breastfeeding Off to a Good Start.