[blparent] breastfeeding help

Sun Apr 15 15:58:12 UTC 2012

Hey Allie,
So how long did you nurse your daughter? At what age did she wean?
While Cheyenne was in the hospital I used the symphony breast pump.
I now use the pump and style advanced. Like you I only pump sometimes an ounce per side....
Sabrina

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On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:02 AM, "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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