[blparent] breastfeeding help

Fri Apr 13 23:05:26 UTC 2012

You have a miracle baby.  I'm so glad she's doing better, and I wish you 
many happy years with her.

I'm a bit confused--are you trying to stop your milk or produce more of it?

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "sabrina Giles" <coco2879 at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 4:46 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] breastfeeding help

> Hey Erin,
> Wow thanks so much for your message, it was verry encouraging.
> Let me give you some background on Cheyenne, as what you said about nipple
> confusion might be true.
> When she was first born on a newborn bisit the midwives that were with me
> through my pregnancy and delivery noticed she had a  heart murmur.  They
> told me that some babies have one, so to not give it much  thought, so I
> didn't. Well, at two weeks of age, she had another visit from the same
> midwives, and the murmur got worse.... so I decided it was time to get her
> checked out.
> I had been having trouble getting her insurance
> Established and so wasn't able to get her seen by a pediatrician as soon 
> as
> I would have liked.
> Consequently, it was all a case of bad timing, because, that very day on 
> her
> two week Birthday, she coded in a grocery parking lot.
> She was rushed  via ambulance to the hospital, where we found out she had
> five things wrong with her heart.  She had 3 large holes in her heart, and
> enlarged  heart, and a  narrowing of her aortic arch
> So, at  3 weeks of age she had open heart surgery.  After her surgery
> nursing was too exhausting for her, and so she was put on a feeding tube
> which consisted of my breast milk along with a little bit of formula.
> After her tube was removed a few months later, she began taking bottle and
> the fortified breast milk.  So, its been a step by step process for us. 
> She
> didn't really start nursing very well, until like 3 months ago.
> So, that's a little more about my precious little one.
>
> ..-----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:24 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] breastfeeding help
>
> Hello Sabrina,
>
> Since your little girl is still so young I'd encourage you to continue
> nursing her as much as possible but if you can't after really giving it a
> while, pumping and giving her the formula in bottles as her nutritional
> fluid intake is key.  This also may just be a phase and you'd hate to stop
> nursing and find that she wants to nurse normally again next week or so. 
> It
> could be that she's just board or distracted with other things going on
> around you so try stepping away with her and make nursing special 
> mommy-baby
> bonding time where it's just you and her and no other stimulation.  Sing
> songs and talk quietly to her during this time and she will more than 
> likely
> love this time and look forward to it very much.  Since you are feeding 
> with
> bottles a decent amount it could also just be that she's having a bit of
> nipple confusion and-or just being kind of lazy on the breast since it 
> takes
> more work for her to get the milk out.  This sucking stimulates proper
> development of the jaw and pallet and prevents ear infections amongst many
> other benefits, so I encourage you to continue nursing as long as you can
> with your daughter.  At least try to get her to a year if you can because
> even though she's eating solids now, she needs lots of fluid and your milk
> will be best for that.  The breast milk also aids in digestion of those
> solids your daughter's eating and she'll have less bouts of constipation
> than if she wasn't drinking your breast milk at all.  Just remember that
> once you stop nursing you can't start up again so make the most of it.
>
> Best to you and please keep us posted with how it's going.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of sabrina Giles
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:08 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] breastfeeding help
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> So, this question is for those of y'all who have nursed.  I have noticed
> since Cheyenne has been on solids she hasn't had much interest in nursing.
> She'll latch on, and after like ten seconds she'll stop nursing.  I've
> started pumping my milk and giving it in bottles for some feedings and
> formula for others when I don't pump enough to satisfy her.
>
> How can I stop producing milk altogether?  It would seem to me that as 
> long
> as I pump I will keep producing milk.. But like I said that is my only
> choice since she seems to not be interested in nursing .
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thankis,
>
> Sabrina
>
>
>
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