#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.
Breastfeeding information and tips This is a post I've made to help women who are thinking of breastfeeding, or are breastfeeding and may have some questions about breastfeeding. It is also aimed to help women who may be experiencing problems with breastfeeding and may need to know how to deal with these problems because most breastfeeding problems can be sorted.
Just sitting in the nursery at 4:47am crying. Since we have been supplementing formula due to her losing weight I have to pump. I hate it. I am about ready to quit breastfeeding. I woke up 4 hours after pumping to my breasts engorged, which is what I wanted 24 hours ago. But now it hurts like someone is stabbing my breasts and nipples. My nipples hurt so bad that every suction makes me want to scream. I am bawling my eyes out. I cried for hours today thinking about not being able to nurse her anymore, but pumping f&$%ing kills me. I even tried to nurse her to relieve some of the pressure but her latch made me jump and I had to pull her off. Pumping makes my breasts hurt SO MUCH WORSE!! They told me at 2 weeks my breasts would be tougher, they told me at 2 weeks the pain would subside, lies. Its like the hospital all over again the non stop pain and tears. I want to quit breastfeeding right now. Happy effing birthday to me.
OT. WIC and formula help please We recieve WIC, and right now im breastfeeding, but Aleeyah has been refusing the breast for a week now. I didn't supplement for a couple of days thinking it was just a phase.. but those 2 days she nursed like twice and then only had solid food. so I started supplementing with formula. she gets 3-4 feedings from the breast and 3-4 of formula.
I hate how I don't produce enough milk and have to supplement with formula 💔😢 causing him to have explosive diarrhea
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
Lactation cookies and drink lots of water, pump every two hours to get supply up too. Keep with fenugreek as well. Good luck @jesscami
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
Babies typically lose weight after birth so I wouldn't worry too much, babies are rarely undernourished while breastfeeding. There's a great movie about breastfeeding on Netflix produced by Ricki Lake called Breastfeeding.
jazmin·
Мама сына-младенца, беременна (26 нед.)
i wpuld not get a letdown unless i pumped supper super fast at first and them slow down when i had one..everyones different
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
http://kellymom.com/hot-topics/low-supply/
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
Contact your local la leche league they are a great breastfeeding resource
Jess Bram·
thank you @lalamichelle0707, I have yet to try lactation cookies but have heard they help! I just worry she doesn't get anything from me so I always follow it with a bottle of formula. I'm going to try nipple shields, so I can make sure she is latching just like she should, too.
@jazmin805, I didn't know that that made a difference, changing the settings like that to get the let down. im definitely going to try it out, I've never pumped more than an ounce. and it's only happened on a few occasions, so hopefully that works!
Lauren·
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Most moms don't think babies get enough, but babies usually do. There's a great chart out on Google which tells how much baby should be drinking at this age.
jazmin·
Мама сына-младенца, беременна (26 нед.)
yea the electric didn't work for me just a few drops...i switched to a manual one ..more suction and at my paste. and i like it better lol in my dialer bag it was great
jazmin·
Мама сына-младенца, беременна (26 нед.)
yea the electric didn't work for me just a few drops...i switched to a manual one ..more suction and at my paste. and i like it better lol in my dialer bag it was great
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
Look for her cues to determine whether she's Hungry she may be cluster feeding at the moment. If you put her on the breast even when she isn't hungry every two hours and do skin to skin too it will boost your supply
Jess Bram·
@lalamichelle0707, should I cut out all formula then? I'm terrified to do so because of how much weight she lost in the beginning (and was preemie to begin with, so already was too small) but I've been told to stop supplementing completely. otherwise I wont know if she is going to be okay on just breastfeeding. I'd like to try it, I think I should get a scale first so I can monitor her myself.
Lauren·
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I would cut the formula out completely myself. If she loses weight in more than two weeks I would worry. That's why the doctor usually checks their weight once they are born and every few weeks or so .
Lauren·
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@jesscami,
Lauren·
Мама дочки-младенца
My daughter was small too 4 pounds 8 ounces , not a preemie, but has since gained weight and is right on target. I was a preemie too( 1 pound 4oz and 3 months early), but you would never know it now