[blparent] breastfeeding help

[January Lifebook]

Two more things.  La Lech League is great for giving advice to lengthen
nursing!  Trt to find a LLL support group near you.  Second, what you get
out of a pump is a poor indicator of what you are producing.  Pumps are not
as efficient as a baby at getting milk out.  What you can pump is typicall
less than a third of what your baby can get.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 2:10 AM, 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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