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...every night when my fever spikes again. sending hubby for soy formula to tide us through. aresoy formulas always vegan? i know nothing and my brain fog is not good for research

There aren't any totally vegan formulas, but all of the labels I read of soy formulas when I was picking one out were vegan except for Vitamin D.

Hope you feel better soon!

ok thanks. it is just for a couple days (i hope)...

No, there is no vegan formula, but it's because they use D3 instead of D2. Maybe I got that backwards? I can never remember. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Also, in case this is not clear, I would totally use the formula! You do your best, but sometimes you have to cut yourself a break.

Ariann is faster than I am!

Aw, get well soon buddy. The same thing happened to me when I had mastitis recently, and yeah, like everyone else said, soy formula is "vegan enough" when you have a baby who needs to eat!

(And obviously I would also say to use the formula!)

I hope you feel better soon and can stay hydrated! Its so hard to remember to keep drinking enough fluids when you feel terrible.

<3 <3 <3

I never remembered until Tofulish shared the mnemonic "R2D2 is good!"

Anyway, feel better soon butterbobbin!! That sounds awful, being sick and taking care of a baby is no fun.

That is a great way to remember!

I hope you feel better soon BB!

Thanks eveeryone! I am lucky to have my husband here taking care of everything.

Still very worn down, but I did actually sleep some last night for the first time in days. G hated the formula, but Mr B said the second time she took 5 oz. She is much perkier than she was which is great.

I was on a water only diet for a few days after the twins were born, and after all the complications I had, it took almost 10 days for my milk to really come in, and even then they were losing weight. We supplemented for a little while until things worked themselves out. You do what you gotta do.

I hope you're back on your feet soon!

DTBK, are you exclusively breastfeeding now? You're a rock star!

99.9% of the time! I did nothing but feed on demand and pump for weeks and weeks, and slept sitting up nursing. I think I was partially determined because people kept pushing supplementing and telling me it would be too hard to exclusively breastfeed twins. I figured out how to tandem nurse lying down, and I eat and drink pretty much around the clock, but so far so good.

I don't want to thread hijack, but I'll try and share more details in the lactation thread when I have some free time.

That's amazing DTBK. I'm in awe.

You are awesome DTBK! I'm looking forward to hearing more about how you and the twins are doing!

I bow down to your superior boobage! I tandem nursed for 2 years and never figured out how to do it lying down -- I actually didn't even consider it as an option!

I've always used "D2, no ewe."

Update:Baby haaaaated the formula like it was the worst thing ever. A friend gave me some fenugreek and another herbal thing and my milk is back in. She has a stuffy nose that makes her less inclined to try suckling but once it starts trickling into her mouth she's all over it.

DTBK, I too think you're awesome!