[blparent] breastfeeding help

Sun Apr 15 17:04:40 UTC 2012

I weaned her on her first birthday. :)
Keep pumping, but also, after you give her her the bottle, give her enough
formula so that she's not really really hungry, and then try latching her on
for a little bit. Baby will stimulate your supply a lot better than the pump
will. *SMILE*

Allie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sabrina Giles
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 8:58 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] breastfeeding help

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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