#mombassadorchat Happy World Breastfeeding Week! Please share your breastfeeding stories and tips! Hi everyone! @kimberlyyyy_the-preemie-mom here. For today's chat we're going to talk about breastfeeding and pumping in honor of World Breastfeeding Week! Both can seem complicated or stressful, but remember you have lots of support here! With my first son I had things going against us for breastfeeding. I wish I knew back when he was younger that we could have still tried! With my second son I was determined to breastfeed, and even though he was born 11 weeks early I wasn't going to let that stop us from trying to breastfeed! For 7 weeks I pumped every 2 1/2-3 hours on the dot to establish and maintain my milk supply. When your little one is born early they usually need time to master sucking, swallowing, and breathing so I wasn't able to nurse right away. When my son was 33 weeks gestational (so 4 weeks old) we were finally able to latch on, and he did great! By 36 weeks gestational we had successfully started breastfeeding, and today marks 21 months of actual at-breast breastfeeding for us! I am passionate in trying to help moms-to-be and moms with breastfeeding and/or pumping, but I support moms who choose not to or for other reasons cannot breastfeed. Remember, I mentioned I didn't breastfeed my first son. I understand both sides. Breastfeeding isn't always easy, but I believe it's at least worth trying! Please help me celebrate World Breastfeeding Week by sharing your tips, questions, concerns, product recommendations, or anything else breastfeeding and pumping related! If you have a question for @kimberlyyyy_the-preemie-mom, please tag her in the comments below! Or share your advice and feeding stories.
How come breastfeeding mommas can’t show any pride in breastfeeding without formula feeding moms taking offense and saying you’re belittling them 💁🏼 ♀
Breastfeeding moms: so I am planning on going on a 3 day vacation with my hubby & a bunch of friends to Catalina in May, (my baby won't be going with us) and I do not wanna be pumping and dumping every 2 hours out there.. so if I don't pump or breastfeed for 3-4 days, will my milk supply drop significantly? 😩😩 & I don't know how I'm gonna deal with the engorgement pain if I can't find time to pump out there.
Hey girlies! I plan on breast feeding my LO as much as I can. I also plan to formula feed when needed. Have any of you moms tried organic formulas? How was it? Experience?
Are you breastfeeding or using formula ?!? I'm still debating! I was thinking formula but I know breastfeeding is the healthiest route
Ruby·
Мама сына-младенца
I personally wouldn't recommend it. almost all babies I know had bad experiences with it, the hospital gave it to my son because I didn't produce enough and he got very sick off it.
Meagan Neill·
Мама дочки-младенца
no they just did it when she was born
Payten·
Мама дочки-младенца
& unfortunately im all the way in Illinois @myangelfaith
Payten·
Мама дочки-младенца
@myangelfaith, ^^^
Payten·
Мама дочки-младенца
mm yangelfaith, why did they test her for marijuana?? I know they do when baby is born but do they do it again??
Shawna Santistevan·
Мама дочки-младенца
The rule is safe to drive safe to feed but she might get fussy and gassy and maybe even constipated but be okay
Kaylyn·
Мама сына (1 год), беременна (32 нед.)
You can breastfeed after drinking :) as soon as you feel okay to drive you're okay to breastfeed. Even having a drink or two doesn't affect your milk :) http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/lifestyle/alcohol/
Meagan Neill·
Мама дочки-младенца
Depends on the baby. Whe. my daughter was born 2 months ago she had to get a bottle of donated milk because they had to drug test her urine for marijuana even tho i quit when i found out i was pregnant. ive been trying to introduce the bottle once a day since she was 4 weeks old and she rarly ever takes it. if you are worried and are close by i can donate some of my milk to you because i have ALOT in my freezer.
Payten·
Мама дочки-младенца
@kmally, we will only be 20 minutes away for a few hours just going out for a little bit but I don't want to feed her for 24 hours with breast milk since the alcohol will go to my milk supply & @journeemommy Thankyou that's very reassuring to me i just don't want to have any problems since she's been taking the boob so well
scarlett·
Мама дочки (5 лет), беременна (39 нед.)
I had to use formula after my daughter was born because I never could make enough milk so after I gave her what I could I used Gerber gentle and it worked great
Joyous·
Мама дочки-младенца
I'm supplementing with Similac Neosure because my supply is low. She goes from boob to bottle constantly with no problem.
Kaylyn·
Мама сына (1 год), беременна (32 нед.)
She should be okay for just a day on it and should return to breastfeeding just fine. Even if you're drinking you can breastfeed. And make sure you keep up with pumping while you're away. Not only could your supply drip you'll start getting super uncomfortable. Will you be far away? Or is there a way to drop off what you pump so she's not entirely on formula? Or even pop in to feed her quick? The only thing I could foresee happening is her getting a bit gassy or fussy from the temporary switch.