XP: BFing and going out of town

katekat8721

Hi girls,

I posted this on the BF board but was also wondering if some of you here could shed some light for me!

Can someone please tell me if this is realistic? The idea of this is already worrying me and I'm only 3 months along

I'm due early June. My sister is getting married mid-August. She wants to do an out of town bachelorette party end of July. By then I'm assuming the twins will be around 2 months. Here are my questions:

- Were your babies good BFers at that age?
- Would you feel comfortable going out of town if it were you?
- Is it realistic to be able to maintain supply and pump?
- Is it realistic to bring hubby and babies with and just go nurse every few hours?

Any thoughts are appreciated. I'm obviously a FTM and not sure what to expect! I want to have a good BF routine and am worried that a trip could screw something up I guess. Thanks 

TheDairyQueenx3

I will help best I can but it's hard when babies are not hear yet and nursing to know what you are up against with latch, feeding durations ( one of my babies nurses for-eevveerry singleton did too my other however is quick ) supply, etc but any how to answer your questions: my babies were good BF from the moment they started nursing ( both singleton and twins) however my twins didn't start until they were 8 days old in the NICU. And that will all depend on baby. Some learn faster than others. The trick is to stay patient some moms it takes weeks and weeks, nipple shields, 40,000 tubes of lanolin, and a half dozen LCs to get it down good. I would feel comfortable leaving town but that's because I nurse in public without a second thought. Plus you will want to make sure you will feel up to it that soon and if babies are ok to travel. Yes it is realistic to maintain a supply! However you have to be admit about it and know that what you pump is not usually what baby will eat. A lot of moms only pump 1-2.5 oz at a session (kellymom.com is a great resource for this) so keep that in mind if you plan to EBF. I would bring DH and babies to nurse as much as possible and just pray they are not going through a cluster feed stage. Hope that all makes sense I'm actually tandem nursing right now so I have thoughts all over the place haha!

TheDairyQueenx3

Not sure how that little smile face thing ended up in my post? Ignore him lol I can't get rid of it for whatever reason.

katekat8721

mellissalynay90

I had a feeling bringing hubby and babies would be the best bet, especially since it would probably be a 2 night/3 day kind of event. I'm already worried about leaving them, and they're not even here yet lol! I appreciate your insight!

Momof8inSC

After nursing 6 singletons for over 2 years each (still pg w twins), I say bring DH with you and nurse.

whitehousem

This is coming from someone who had trouble breastfeeding and mostly pumped, so take it with a grain of salt. I traveled a lot with the pump and it was not a problem... Annoying to transport all your milk but people do it all the time. My first trip was when DD was 2 1/2 months old. Personally, I think bringing your babies and DH is really going to distract from you enjoying a weekend away with the girls and your sister might be annoyed by this ... But she also has to understand your situation. Maybe you can't make it. If you do go, I say wait until babies are born to decide (I know this might be last minute) and wait and see how things are going with BFing. Its def not ideal... Maybe sis can be convinced to do something locally? Sorry you're in this situation. I think it's way too early to decide.

LottaLattes

I ended up not doing well at BFing, even though I nursed my second singleton no problem. So I EPd. If you are drinking and all that you'd have to pump and dump anyhow. I think you cam absolutely maintain supply but you'll have to get comfortable with pumping if you go that route. I think your husband might have a really tough time being on his own with (best case) 2ish month twins for three days. We went on a family vacation for a week at 3 months and it was hard with lots of adult support helping with twins. You'll also have to stop every 3 hours to pump or nurse, round the clock, so bear that in mind too. And you might find bfing doesn't work at all for you in the end and you may be ffing by then, it really is hard to say (not trying to be unsupportive but just realistically not everyone is successful at this, it is hard!)

Ideally if you could play it by ear, hopefully your sister could understand if you end up backing out last minute, but it is just so hard to know. Some people adjust really easily and some, like me, notsomuch.

katekat8721

Thank you all so much! I know it's early, I'm just trying to plan ahead and prepare sis as much as I can. She's not super understanding with baby things (she's younger and just isn't there yet) but I'm hoping she'll be okay if things are a little wonky during that time!