My twins are here and BF question

lynn0926

I havnt posted yet because I am just so exhausted. My boys were born on 3/4 at 38w2d. Ethan weighed 5lbs12oz and Evan weighed 5lbs11oz. They were born via c-section and I found the days after worse than I expected recovery wise. I am just greatful that they were birn healthy. I am also nursing them and feeling so exhausted. For those that nursed and or pumped, what were the benefits to do doing both or sticking to one. I just pumped for a feeding in a little while just because I feel like I need a break. I feel like all I do is feed feed feed. I tandum here and there. I need to do it more often. I will post pics soon.

mrsjami

Congrats Lynn! With DS I only pumped once a day to get 1 bottle for DH to feed. I found it was too much to do more on top of BF. with twins I don't know what to expect. Can't wait to see pics! 

raraavis28

Hey!! I was just wondering how you were doing! Congratulations on your sweet boys! I'm so glad to hear they are healthy! Yeah CS recovery can be a b!tch...make sure to get as much rest as possible and line up help if you can! I felt like 2 weeks after was

yinyang124

After mine came home from the NICU, I gave them 1 or 2 bottles a day so I could have a break. Do what you feel you need to in order to keep your sanity, mama. Definitely try to tandem as much as possible because it does save time. It can be tricky, but

Wishing35

Congratulations!

QBall27

Congratulations!  Hope your recovery continues quickly - and that the BFing gets better... I have absolutely no experience/insights to share, but I'll be thinking positive thoughts for you!

Aimeemc10

Congrats! You will feel more like yourself before you know it. With your babes so young, they're still getting the hang of BFing themselves. As they get better at it, tandem feeding will be much much easier. For me, I found I had to pump in the begi

lovekatespade

Yay! Congrats Lynn!!! I can tell by your tone you feel a lot like I do now.  The kids have all been home for 3 weeks and trying to exclusively nurse and/or pump is just crazy for me.  I'm doing a mixture of both, along with supplementing with

zombiemommy

Here is my blog post about the choice I ended up making.

https://doublerainbowtwins.blogspot.com/2012/12/feeding-babies-what-ive-chosen-and-why.ht

Cleo421

Congrats and welcome to your LOs!

LuvWIfootball

Congratulations, Lynn!  No real advice, as I'm only pumping right now because trying to practice latching, then bottle feeding, and then pumping had me too stressed out and exhausted.  I'm still not sure if I'll only pump or give bfing another t

MuseumMaven

Congratulations on your healthy little boys!

The best nursing advice I got was from my LC - she told me, "The first few weeks you will feel like all you do is nurse, and you'll feel like it's all you are going to do for the rest of your life.&nbs

srbmvp

I have always found it easier to just BF, rather than pump and bottle feed, especially if you can do tandem.

It is SOOOOOO exhausting in the beginning, the feeling that all you do is BF is totally normal. Remember that they need to nurse constant

Dragonfly1226

I don't have twin BFing experience yet, but I wanted to say congratulations!!!

PumpkinAndThePeanut

I have no advice... But just wanted to say congratulations!