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ST+M's and Breastfeeding...what will you do differently?

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For Mobile Users: ST+M's and Breastfeeding...what will you do differently?

 

As the due date gets closer, I am becoming more and more nervous about breastfeeding. I breastfed my twins, and to be completely honest, it was a nightmare for me. Granted, I was young, inexperienced, and had absolutely no idea what I was doing, and oh yeah it was twins, but I still had SUCH a rough go of it. I dealt with terrible mastitis, cracked and bleeding nipples (due to an incorrect latch that didn't get corrected until week 6), and overall I hated the entire experience because of the pain and stress.

I want SO BADLY to have a positive breastfeeding experience this time, and have done so much research to try and make things easier for me and baby! I know my biggest problem before was the babies weren't latching properly, so that is something I want to make sure I perfect with an LC before even leaving the hospital, and then I plan to go back at one or two weeks post partum for a consultation to make sure I'm still doing it right.

I know the other thing I plan to do differently is not introducing a bottle at all for a few weeks. The nurses really pushed me to supplement with formula on the second day of the twins' lives and that was just such a mistake. I feel like it definitely contributed to their crappy latch. This go round I will be more firm about not supplementing or introducing bottles unless absolutely positively necessary.

 So...do you plan to do anything differently? Or if you had great success last time, what do you contribute that to?  

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  • OhSewCraftyOhSewCrafty member
    The only thing I plan on doing differently is giving myself a break and not letting any set backs get me down. She'll eat one way or another and hopefully its breastfeeding, but I'm not going to shed nearly as many tears this time.
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  • mariamariamariamaria member
    I was fortunate with a pretty good experience the first time around. The only thing that I wish I would've done (like PP) is not get so stressed out when my supply would take dips and not panic. That led to a lot more stress and made me cry a lot and psyc
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  • katie6/26/04katie6/26/04 member
    I will have more hope and not blame myself if we have a rough start.  I know it isn't "natural" for everyone and in the end we were successful so that is what I will hold onto.  I will also ask for a nipple shield in the hospital if we are havin
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  • mypalbabsmypalbabs member

    Not a STM, but this is what we have lined up:

    The LC in our practice is a nurse (I don't think that is typical).  What it means is that we can see her as often as is needed and it's covered by insurance.  Our doula will also check l

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  • OoglybearOoglybear member

    I had a mostly good/successful experience last time. The first day was wretched (stupid nurse gave stupid advice), but once the LC came and helped it was much better. I had latch problems for a long time due to flat nipples, but the LC was really patie

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  • MurraydogMurraydog member
    I also had a pretty rough start with nursing the first time. I got mastitis twice and had HORRIBLY cracked nipples for probably 2 months. I used a breast shield for the first few months and I think that actually slowed the process down of figuring it ou
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  • ChicagoBroad26ChicagoBroad26 member
    I had an ok experience with Ava- we made it to six months before my milk ran dry. I'm going to *try* and not use a nipple shield this time because I think that may have contributed to a diminishing supply, although I'm not sure. For the last three months
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  • jjs2010jjs2010

    I had a pretty good experience the first time.  What I thinked really helped, is I pumped starting at day 7ish and had DH do a least one feeding of breastmilk from a bottle per day so DS was able to adjust to pumped bottles at daycare easily.&nbsp

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  • SparkleButtsMamaSparkleButtsMama member
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    Not a STM, but this is what we have lined up:

    The LC in our practice is a nurse (I don't think that

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  • PansyPantsPansyPants member

    I won't pump unless I'm engorged. I feel confident that pumping after the first couple months is why I kept getting mastitis. I can't explain it in logical terms but it seemed directly related. I will use nipple salves sooner and I will not worry as mu

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  • AnnieJarAnnieJar member
    I had a mixed go at BFing. My son was badly tongue tied and this wasn't discovered or addressed until 6 weeks but the effects lasted until he was about 4 months. In the end though we figured it out and he nursed for 18 months!

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  • blueandgrayblueandgray member

    Mostly, be easier on myself and focus on my own health including eating and sleeping more, and try to keep my stress levels down.  I will also see a LC at the first sign of trouble.  My goal is 6 months, but if we have a successful 3 before I

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  • Angela814Angela814 member

    The most difficult thing about nursing DD1 was that I didn't realize how often she would need to eat. No one tells you that it's normal for a newborn to be attached to your breast practically all day long. She nursed every 1-2 hour for the first couple

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  • mollyskywalkermollyskywalker member

    imageOhSewCrafty:
    The only thing I plan on doing differently is giving myself a break and not letting any set backs get me down. Sh
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  • UberBizUberBiz member

    I don't really plan on doing anything differently. It was a rough couple of weeks at first with DD, but we got the hang of it fairly quickly and we nursed til she was 2 1/2. I pumped when I went back to work, and never had a shortage of milk.

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