Restarting BF

krismott25

My twin girls are getting expressed bm with neosure poweder and rice cereal. They are getting so chunky I think the doc might discontinue the neosure soon. Has anyone been successful at restarting bf. I feel like I missed out. When I was allowed to they were so small and I could only do it once a day. I did put DD1 on the breast the other night because she was still hungry after her bottle and she latched right on. It made me heart melt. All those feelings came flooding back on how I feel like I missed out. TIA

maybridetobe04

good luck   it is a great sign that she latched   I didnt have a problem after leaving NICU but was worried i would at first.  take advantage of free lactation services most hospitals provide  if there are latch issues there are a million ways to retrain a baby 

irishcutie415

Hi! I rarely post here, but your story made me search high and low for my log in and password

My preemie was born at 31 weeks, and I fed him expressed breast milk and neosure the entire time he was in the NICU. When we brought him home I continued to pump for a while, probably until he was 4 months (actual age). At that point I was super frustrated with pumping, and I was dead set on breast feeding him. We had tried in the NICU a few times, but he didn't do so well (I had a major oversupply and a strong letdown). I didn't think we could do it, but I knew I would be upset if  I didn't at least try.

I started during overnight feedings, when he was too sleepy to even notice. I then gradually added more breast feedings during the day. At first I would offer him a bottle of breast milk after to make sure he was getting enough. Slowly we both became more confidant at it, and I would say within a month we were exclusively breast feeding. No more bottles ever after that! And no more pumping! I continued until he was 14 months (I would have gone longer, he had other ideas).  

it can be done!  

Audtee

It worked for me! I breastfeed DS a few times in the NICU mostly for practice while he was being tube feed. I switched to just bottle feeding him expressed milk to get him home more quickly. He had a really strong rooting reflex though when he was hungry. So, when he was about 2 months old I decided to give it another try. To my surprise he latched right on. We worked up slowly to more feeds mostly because it was painful until he got the hang of it. Now he switches easily between breastfeeding and eating a bottle of expressed milk. I hope it works for you! Good luck!

krismott25

YAY!! Thank you so much ladies. this is so encouraging. We go see the doc monday and if we can get rid of some of the neosure I'm definetly going to give it a world. wahoo!