[blparent] breast feeding

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  Please also keep in mind that massage or nipple manipulation during 
pregnancy will, first of all, not increase your milk supply, and secondly, 
it can be very dangerous because it can stimulate uterine contractions 
before you or your baby are ready to have them.

Once you are ready to start breastfeeding, if you find that your milk supply 
needs a boost, there are supplements you can use.  The best one I found was 
called More Milk Plus, and I got it at motherlove.com.  There's also goat's 
rue, which is available in a capsule and also in a tea.

Then there are all sorts of folk remedies that are supposed to build milk 
supply.  I think I tried every single one of them--eating oatmeal or carrots 
or purple cabbage leaves, drinking Stout beer with salt peanuts, I don't 
remember what all.

Oh, and then there's Reglan.  My advice to anybody who is offered this 
prescription drug as a choice is to remember the Ragan years and just say 
no!  The drug is usually used to combat acid reflux, and in some cases, it 
has been shown to increase milk supply.  But a great many women have 
debilitating fatigue as a side effect.  I was one of them.  Not just the 
kind of fatigue where you feel worn out.  I had fatigue that made walking 
from the couch to the kitchen almost insurmountable.  I would hear my baby 
crying and feel absolutely physically unable to get up and do anything about 
it.  The hard part about the drug, too, is that you have to build up slowly 
on it, and go down slowly when you want to get off.  So even if the 
immobilizing fatigue takes you over and you start cutting back your doses, 
it might be a week or more before you can stop taking Reglan entirely.  And 
then more time has to go by for the residual effects to get out of your 
system.  It was at least a few months before I felt like myself again after 
taking Reglan.  At the very least, I would advise anyone to research the 
drug thoroughly on the Internet, and then try to have help with baby care 
till you find out how Reglanwill affect you.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: sharon howerton
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 3:56 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] breast feeding

Tatyana, in my opinion, breast feeding is a very natural thing. Some people 
have a lot of milk; some do not. Some babies latch on and feed easily; some 
do not in spite of Mom's best efforts. I personally would agree with your OB 
that there is not a lot to do right now if you are pregnant. Wait until the 
baby gets here and then worry about breast feeding. Breast feeding or amount 
of milk has nothing to do with vision or lack of it, and if it doesn't work 
out doesn't mean you are not a good mom.
Sharon
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