[blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only

[Erin Rumer]

Bridget, I'm sure there are lactation specialists who have an extra
specialization in diabetics who nurse their babies.  If you find one I'd
love to hear what advise she gives you.  You may prove to be completely
different from your mom and sister and as you already know I'm sure, bottles
bring on their own problems like more risk of ear infection, colic from the
bottle letting air into the stomach, more choking from baby getting too much
milk at once and more.  I have always said that breast feeding allows you to
have more immediate time with your baby since you won't have to take several
minutes to get a bottle ready with a screaming baby waiting and you don't
have to deal with all those bottles to sterilize and keep at the perfect
temperature when you go out.  My son was a constant eater so to give my
nipples a little rest I would supplement with one bottle a day until he was
4 months old and even then there were too many bottles to deal with in my
opinion. LOL

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:57 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only

I'm not opposed to try feeding from the breast, but my mom and both sisters
had such difficulty because of the size of their breasts, it just didn't
work. I'm not quite as big breasted as my sisters, but definitely big enough
that it may present challenges. I plan to feed breast milk to the baby but
just from the bottle, unlike both sisters who gave up on breast feeding
completely two weeks later. I will be a stay-at-home mommy for a time, so I
fully intend to pump and feed the baby breast milk, which I know plenty of
working moms who do the same; it's just easier for the whole process when
you don't have to be in public, grin.

But I'm not against trying to see if it works at all, and I know for many
it's an amazing bonding experience, but there are also many other ways in
which to bond with a child. And for me, there is also the potential risk of
infection from breast feeding that could affect my blood sugars, and breast
feeding alone will lower blood sugars since you burn so many calories, and
as a type 1 diabetic, it will be easier to monitor glucose levels from
pumping than feeding directly from the breast. If I were to drop low while
feeding, it would be more difficult to monitor and treat as opposed to
pumping and not handling a baby at the same time.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:31 +0000
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only
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        If you don't want to breast-feed for whatever the reason, just say
no and stick to your guns. I know plenty of sighted women who have done
this. They've all said the hospital staff pressured them to breast-feed, and
when that didn't work, the staff told their husbands to "see if you can talk
her into it".

All of them were annoyed that there wishes were not respected.

They all also said that the hospital left the issue alone when they had
additional children.

The other thing I'd suggest is that since you are planning to pump and
bottle feed that you give breast-feeding a shot.  It didn't work for us, but
I'm glad I tried it.  I say this partly because it's not something you can
just decide if you are ever curious.  Also, you may like it.
Really though, you can feed this kid any way that works for all involved.
There is way more to being a mom then where lunch comes from.


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