If you still nurse, do you nurse from one side or both? And how many times a day?
DS is down to about 4 nursings a day...morning and evening are longer but the ones between are short....I try to do both sides in AM and PM and I am lucky I get one side for a few minutes in between.
Re: nursing question
I've always nursed from only one side. I've dealt with a milk oversupply issue, so I'm used to single-side nursing sessions throughout the day. The only exception is the last nursing session of the day, right before bed. For that one, I offer both sides and she takes both sides. This way, I empty both my breasts before bed and give her a fuller tummy.
As far as frequency, I don't keep count, but I'm guessing we are at around 8 sessions per 24 hours. This may be on the high end, but each session tends to last only 3-4 minutes.
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I always nurse on both sides. I can't imagine only nursing on one side. I would leak and be really uncomfortable.
During the week I usually nurse at 6am, 5pm (although this session is getting really short like less than five minutes), 7pm and sometimes around 3am (this session is getting less frequent). She gets one bottle during the day usually 6-8 oz mixed formula and breast milk. When I'm home on the weekend, she might nurse an extra time during the day. We don't really keep a schedule.
J only nurses on one side, but because I had such bad breast tissue injury/infection on the right, he doesn't have much choice.
He nurses first thing in the AM, before both of his naps, and at bedtime. He wakes up through out the night sometimes, and I just nurse him back to sleep. so anywhere from 4-8 times a day.
During the week, DS nurses twice a day, in the morning when he wakes up (around 6:30) and before bed (around 8:30). He gets 3 BM bottles at daycare. On weekends we nurse about 5 times a day, sometimes 4. He doesn't nurse overnight. He gets both sides at every session. During daytime sessions he spends about 5 minutes on each sides; early AM and bedtime feedings are a little longer (10-15 minutes per side, although some of that is probably comfort nursing).
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