[blparent] breastfeeding help

Sun Apr 15 11:02:58 UTC 2012

Hi Jessica,

Yes, it is very possible. I virtually dried up after my gall bladder surgery
because I was in the hospital for 10 days and too drugged up to care about
pumping. This meant my daughter had to drink formula for almost two months
while I recovered.
I didn't have much family support with breastfeeding, so it was a bit
difficult at first. Lucky for me, I spoke to one of the ladies at WIC who
helped me get on the right track. She let me rent one of their pumps, and I
pumped at regular intervals every day for a couple of weeks. I was
discouraged because the most I was pumping was barely an ounce with both
sides combined.
Someone suggested latching my daughter on after she'd had most of a bottle
of formula, to help the process along a bit faster. It worked like a charm!
I tried things like Mother's Milk tea, but not sure how effective it would
have been without the stimulation of my baby.
I kept at it, nursing her for comfort and pumping every chance I got, until
she was exclusively nursing again. The only negative thing that came out of
all that, if you can consider it that, was that she didn't want to take a
bottle after all that. There was no way anyone could get her to drink from a
bottle again. :)

Allie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jessica Pitzer
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:54 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] breastfeeding help

is it possible to get milk back after it has dried up for one reason or
another?

On 4/15/12, Allie <alliemartins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good advice, Erin, but I have to disagree with your statement about 
> not being able to start again. *SMILE* I started nursing my daughter 
> after she'd been off the breast for almost two months due to 
> complications with gall bladder surgery. It didn't happen without some 
> effort and patience on my part, but it happened. :) Baby is the best 
> stimulus for your milk supply. Even if you have to give her a bottle 
> first, so she's not terribly hungry when you put her to your breast, 
> and nurse her for comfort, that will help tremendously.
> If you're still willing to stick with it, try taking her somewhere she 
> isn't so easily distracted. Offer the breast frequently. The phase will
pass.
> *SMILE*
>
> Allie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:24 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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