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XP: Breastfeeding and pacifiers

mamayo26mamayo26 member
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So the plan is for me to breastfeed our LO once he is born. We are having a circumcision done and the doc has recommended giving him a pacifier to soothe him during this procedure.

Any moms out there have this experience and was there any 'nipple confusion'?

We will be bottle feeding breastmilk as well probably starting around week 4, just so DH can help out as well as there will be times around week 6 and then when I go back to work when I will need to be away from LO for a few hours and want him to be able to be fed if needed.

This was also posted on 3rd tri board. 

TIA!

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Re: XP: Breastfeeding and pacifiers

  • michelle142michelle142 member
    DS got a paci when he was 10 days old and a bottle when he was 2 weeks old. No nipple confusion whatsoever.
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  • CHI-06CHI-06 member

    All of my kids had pacifiers starting in the hospital and I nursed all of them.

    The nurses in the NICU also told me there is no such thing as nipple confusion... don't know if that's true but they all thought it gets a lot of hype for nothing. 

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  • kmm2150kmm2150 member

    I was nervous about pacis, but they gave DD one when she was two days old so that she'd be calm for her hearing test, and there were no problems.  I think if your latch is good, its not a big issue, and even if latch isn't great, one time isn't going to do anything.

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  • mamayo26mamayo26 member

    Thanks! That is awesome, cause I totally believe in the pacifier and was a little concerned it could cause a problem with bfing even if we get off to a good start!

    Thanks Ladies!

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  • med380med380
    Agree with others - both my kids got pacifiers in the hospital and both breastfed with no issues. The lactation consultant never mentioned nipple confusion to me.
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  • Leap08Leap08 member
    My first baby had an incredible urge to suck. We held out for 10 days and then gave her a paci and it was like she was a different baby. She needed to suck to sooth herself. She had a terrible latch to begin with so I'm not sure it made any difference. With my second baby, we gave her a paci almost right away. I think she was only 2 days old. Anyway, she's a nursing champ. It didn't seem to make a difference at all.
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  • bigv44bigv44 member
    imageCHI-06:

    All of my kids had pacifiers starting in the hospital and I nursed all of them.

    The nurses in the NICU also told me there is no such thing as nipple confusion... don't know if that's true but they all thought it gets a lot of hype for nothing. 

     

    " All of my kids had pacifiers starting in the hospital and I nursed all of them "

    Ditto 

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  • AllibobAllibob member
    Pretty much all babies get a pacifier with a little sugar water on it to soothe them during circumcisions. If you don't really want to continue the pacifier after that, that's fine. My LC recommended no pacifiers for the first 4 weeks or until breastfeeding is well established. That's what we did, so I can't really speak for pacifier related nipple confusion. My best friend is a NICU nurse and they love to hate on the whole 'nipple confusion' theory. However, I had a situation where we gave a bottle (I was against it but had no support - there was no LC on call at the time), and my daughter's previously great latch became extremely painful. It lasted about a week and we were able to get back on track, but my nipples hurt just thinking about it. I wouldn't say it's innocuous, but I wouldn't worry about the circumcision pacifier. He's probably better off with it!
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