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June 2014 Moms
6/13 breast feeding/pumping check in
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Re: 6/13 breast feeding/pumping check in
You might want to check out power pumping. I haven't tried it but it was recommended.
I want to switch to exclusively pumping, as I'm going to have to for work, but don't know how. I don't want to have my supply drop. Do I just pump on the same feeding schedule as I was feeding LO? TIA!
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
I would also like LO to have an occasional bottle from H at some point as I am (at 9 days) already exhausted being the only one able to feed her.
Is all of this ok? I want a small stash, I don't need a bigger stash until I return to work after 13 weeks.
burp and offer the 2nd side when they pull off of side #1,
but if they don't want side 2, that's ok.
If you have a super sleepy newborn, of course, you nag nag nag to get baby to nurse longer and take both sides,
but most babies do best on feeding on only one side.
We are mammals. no other mammals switch sides at all.
My pediatrician also suggested only feeding on one side at a time too. I use a phone app to track the side and how long because I find the tracking comforting. (Feed Pro app on Android and iPhone) tracks diapers and sleep and formula too.One day at a time right? After 4 weeks I should be in the home stretch for things getting better but I feel like I need to be talked off the ledge. I'm feeling better from the c-section and other discomforts but the boobs- those I feel like will bother me forever.
In looser or sleeping bras during the day I wear the medela nipple shells. (Also Amazon) and they collect leaks, allow nips to air dry with breast milk on them as well as keeps cream on them. They have really helped.
Is your hubby home to help? Mine is still home for the next week and I think that's what is also helping greatly. When I'm done BFing, he'll change them, etc so I can pump. When I'm pumping, he is giving them a bottle to help top them off. I'm dreading when he goes back to work, but thankful it's only part time.
I just downloaded Baby Connect app to try to see what sort of patterns we're having as far as feeding/sleeping and stuff. I'd really like to get on some sort of schedule but I don't know if that's in the cards for the future. Right now we're really just taking it day by day!
They usually nurse every 2-3 hours or so, so when I pump I just do it every 90 mins by an alarm I have on my phone. If they are hungry and I've just pumped then we'll give them a bottle of BM and then I'll let them nurse themselves to sleep after they finish the bottle.
I don't know if this makes sense. Most days it doesn't make sense to us either haha. We're just trying to keep our heads above the water!
I think you're doing a great job! It sounds like the babies are getting enough from primarily nursing, which is my ultimate goal because I hate supplementing. Pumping will be in my forseeable future because I am going back to work in a couple months. But I'd love to kick the formula at least! Hang in there mama, you're doing a great job
p.s. I can't wait till the babies can latch on as quickly as hers can haha
Then I got medela nipple shells on amazon (not shields) and started wearing them during the day. After a feed I would squeeze out some milk on the nips, let them dry/blow them dry a bit and then slather on earth mama nip cream and put on the shell so they stopped rubbing on clothes and the cream could have a chance to help.
The initial latch on the right can still sting, the left a lot less, and they don't seem to be forming new blisters. Fingers crossed. Hope this helps.
yes this sounds fine, start pumping once a day usually first thing in the am on one side, and baby primarily eats on the other side cause your supply is usually highest in the morning first feed. wait til after the 3 week growth spurt settles down so you don't drive yourself nuts trying to start pumping during a growth spurt. intro the bottle and pump when you give the bottle.
You may be the only one who can feed, but dh can certainly do a majority of the feeding of you(so then he's feeding baby too!), changing diapers, rocking, holding, changing diapers, grocery shopping, dishes, laundry, housecleaning, etc. so you can concentrate on healing your own body and feeding baby. Don't let him off easy just cause you are the only one that feeds baby.
@AmyG* so, I should wait until week four to pump or start now and just skip week 3?If you were painted purple that sounds like Genetian violet, which is available over the counter. Nystatin oral suspension is usually kinda yellow/clear. So first, clarify exactly what you received at dr.
If it's genetian violet or nystatin, both are safe if they get into milk.
However, if you have thrush, pumped milk should be used asap, rather than stored, cause it can re-infect if given to baby later on.
*********quote fail*****Paperwork from our visit says Nystatin (even though it's purple). I have a stash of pumped milk. Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't dump the last 2 days (when symptoms started) of it due to the risk of re-infection.
Sigh. It's exhausting though isn't it?!
Thrush usually burns like glass going out thru the nipples at the beginning of a feeding. It could be thrush. It could also still be a bad latch. when's last time you saw an IBCLC lactation consultant.
Try a diluted vinegar rinse of nips several times a day and see if it makes them feel better or worse. are they itchy, flakey, extra pink and kind of shiny skin?
Okay, then I have none of those symptoms. It's basically a deep pain in the breast between feedings and the pulling sensation during... And the nipple pain of course. Last time I worked with the LC was at her 2 week appt. I'll call Monday and try to get inDad did the diaper then all the burping and holding of the paci in her mouth but eventually neither of us could take it anymore so I just had him give her back to me. Her every two hours turned to every 45 minutes or less early evening on, but I thought the 58 minute feed would surely slow her down, wrong!