[blparent] question about brest feeding

[Leanne Merren]

Hi Vanessa,
First, welcome to the group!  I am Leanne, and I have 3 children ages 9, 6 
and 22 months.
Some hospitals will have lactation consultants available when you deliver 
your baby.  You can often take breastfeeding classes prior to the baby's 
birth through your hospital, if that is where you will be delivering.  You 
can ask your OB if those things are available to you.
The main thing to remember with breastfeeding is to try to relax as much as 
possible.  You and baby will have to learn together, and if you are tense 
your baby will pick up on that.  I tried to breastfeed my first, but I 
didn't have much support with it and I gave up.  With my second, I had lots 
of support from the nurses and my husband, and through pure determination, 
we were able to make it work.  It isn't a very easy thing to do at first, 
but if you stick with it it gets easier as time goes on.  That being said, 
not everybody can, or wants to breastfeed, and that's ok too.  I just 
preferred it because of the convenience of not having to make bottles all 
the time, and the bonding experience is quite different.  Not saying you 
don't bond with a formula fed baby, it's just different.  So I suggest you 
do some research and try to have a good idea of what you would prefer to do 
before your baby is born.
I hope that helps.
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vanessa hernandez" <violethernandez20 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:18 PM
Subject: [blparent] question about brest feeding


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> vanessa Hernandez
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> How does a mother brest feed when there blind if they have never done it 
> before?
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