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June 2014 Moms
June '14 BFing/Pumping Questions Thread
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Re: June '14 BFing/Pumping Questions Thread
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
Trick of the trade: I found an old sports bra that was an all stretchy material with no pads on the breast and cut an "x" over each nipple that I could put the breast shield through to pump hands free while nursing and would just pull down the other side of the bra for baby. Worked very well.
One more trick: one of my friends that also nursed only one side at a time would always wear a bracelet or hair tie on her wrist to remind her what side she was on.
@JulieSmiles I have the style of nursing cover that is sold by uddercovers.com which is basically a rectangle with a section of curved boning so you can look down and see baby easily and an adjustable neck strap. I like this style very much and have four or five most of which were homemade by my mom. I have not tried an infinity scarf style but just can't imagine it would be breathable enough here in Texas during the summer. I am looking into trying a nursing "hat" for baby that is like a sun hat with a huge brim, for the summer. Has anyone tried one of these hats?
@sarahlynnc317 with my first I had an electric Ameda double pump (don't know the exact one) that I liked very much. I used Medela storage bags and bottles with it. I also had two manual pumps by Medela that did a decent job as well, but I'm just kinda lazy and liked being a little more hands free (see my above post about the sports bra pump holder) this time I went all out and bought the Medela freestyle hands free double pump system that can be used either plugged in or cordless. I actually can't wait to try it haha. As far as storage bags go, I prefered Medela storage containers. They were freezable, reusable, and you could a screw a nipple on the top.
I use the lansinoh storage bags. I get them on amazon. Never had one break or leak and used them for about 10 months. I was not at all careful.
If you end up being a "leaker", I recommend milkies milk savers. It catches your leaked milk from the side you aren't nursing. It isn't to wear around all day. I didn't find out about these until nearly 4 months in, and the first few times I used them I found out I was leaking up to 2 oz each nursing session (an average of 10 oz a day). I nearly tear up when I think of how much milk went into the cloth diaper boosters that I was shoving down my bra each session.
BFP#2: EDD 2/11/14, MMC confirmed 7/15/13 (growth stopped at 6 weeks), D&C @ 12 weeks 7/25/13
BFP 10/8/2013
Miss Camryn Marie arrived 6/20/2014
I think it depends on the baby. We waited until 3.5 weeks before we offered a pacifier or bottle with DD. So for the first 3.5 weeks, I didn't leave her for more than 2.5-3 hours. She took to both with no issue. We had a little issue with bottles..some she just wouldn't use. We didn't buy a ton and bought different brands and she took to a certain brand with no issues.
This time..I'll probably start with a pacifier a little earlier and with pumping/bottles as well. The point of pumping---to build a stash if you're returning to work, or anytime the baby has a bottle, you need to pump so your supply stays up.
Baby #1: expected June 2014
I would definitely not want someone else nursing my baby. Unless they only did it in the middle of the night. Kidding! Sort of...
That's not weird, that's very kind. At least to me there is a big difference between between offering BM and offering to BF. If I couldn't BF but had the opportunity to feed my baby with BM, I would take it. There would still be some bonding through feeding. If someone else did the BF I would feel like they were creating the bond I want to have.
I got stuck on Bryndis, too, @StrawberryDreams219