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How soon after delivery did you BF?
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Re: How soon after delivery did you BF?
6 ish hours
Drew had some breathing problems and had to be taken to the NICU within 20 minutes of birth. He was finally stable enough to BF 6 hours later. He latched like a champ.
It's best to BF as soon as you can after delivery, but if complications prevent it, try not to worry! We still did just fine even with the long delay.
This is so sad but I honestly don't remember.
That whole day was a blur thanks to all of the lovely drugs. But that makes me really sad I don't remember what-so-ever the first time I breastfed my daughter!
As pp said its best to right away. I know we let both the grandmas in first who were waiting right outside the door. Even though I didn't do asap I never had any problems with her latching or anything.
Within the first 2 hours. I had a c-section and BF him in recovery with a nurse helping.
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As soon as you can after you give birth. I had a preemie taken to the NICU, so I had to pump and wait weeks before I could put her on the breast.
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Jillian
This. I let him lay on my stomach looking at me for a bit then latched him on. It helps your uterus contract to push everything out and start shrinking.
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Within 10 minutes. I had GD and DS2 had blood sugar issues. We nursed and then he ate a little formula to get his levels good.
With DS2it was a few days since he was a preemie. The nurse didn't even mention pumping for about 6 hours.
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A few hours with DD1. I had a c-section after labor and failure to progress, and my epidural wore off during the c-section. They loaded me up with drugs at that point, so I'm a bit fuzzy on time details. I remember bfing her in the recovery room.
With DD2 it was around 1 hour. She was a repeat c-section. I was taken directly back to my room after the surgery (about 45 minutes after she was born) and nursed her sometime soon after that.
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It was two days after for dd (they sent her to the nicu and I pumped....and frustratingly got NOTHING).
Immediately after with ds. They flopped him on me and did all tests while he was nursing.
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Almost immediately.
I wish we thought of this! Maybe for this baby
We nursed 30 minutes after birth.