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October 2014 Moms
Breastfeeding Links & Talk
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Re: Breastfeeding Links & Talk
Don't worry about sticking to one breast per feeding unless you're experiencing other symptoms of oversupply. You can offer both breasts without worry. I'm sorry you guys have thrush!! Hope it clears soon.
Keep in mind, too, that nursing frequency and amount is an ever-changing thing. Next thing you know, he'll spend a few days nursing non-stop, and then he'll go back to nursing less frequently.
One way to help get more breast tissue into baby's mouth is to aim your nipple up toward the roof of her mouth, so that more tissue under the nipple goes into her mouth. If you lift your breast with your four fingers and place your thumb above your nipple, if you press down with your thumb, you'll see that this points your nipple upward. You can then try to get her to latch onto the upward-pointed nipple.
As for the frequent nursing, it really is very normal at her age to feel like all she does is nurse. When she stops nursing on one breast, try switching sides (or change her diaper if she's fallen asleep and then switch) to see if she'll nurse a bit longer to fill up. This could be a growth spurt too. Hard to hear that it's normal newborn behavior, but it really is. The good news is that this really does not last, and even within the next week or two you may notice a difference.
It is SOOO painful while I wait for the blister to break, the clog to clear and then to heal. Any tips on either fixing the crease or dealing with milk blisters?
DD born Oct 2014 via C-Section (footling breech)
Baby #2 (AND #3...SURPRISE!) Due Nov 17, 2016. Found out it was twins at 18+5!
As for the milk blister, applying moist heat and then gently rubbing the blister with a warm wet washcloth (or even gently scratching it with your finger) can help remove the thin layer of skin over the top. Then nurse and afterward express a bit of milk onto your nipple and allow it to dry in the open air. That speeds healing and prevents infection.
"Even with the highest maternal dosages, the dosage of acyclovir in milk is only about 1% of a typical infant dosage and would not be expected to cause any adverse effects in breastfed infants. Topical acyclovir applied to small areas of the mother's body away from the breast should pose no risk to the infant."
Whenever you have a question about a medication and breastfeeding, call the infant risk center for the most up-to-date and relevant info. Their direct line: (806) 352-2519
Do you lay baby by herself for naps, or do you hold or wear her? Maybe try wearing her for a nap or two to see if that makes them longer. My kids always sleep longer stretches when they're touching me. How is NIP going? Once you master that, you can take LO pretty much anywhere, and if it's farther than her tummy wants to wait, pull over once and nurse along the way.
Every baby is different, but I promise that it won't be like this forever!!
Do any stores carry them, like BRU? Or do I have to order online or directly through Medela?
Wondering do the warm compresses have to be wet? I don't see a clogged milk blister so I'm just mainly putting heat in form of those microwaveable pads on the area of the breast that's red, but not nipple since nipple looks normal... Should I instead be using hot wet compresses?
Also I massage with fingers, vibrating clarsonic brush, and in shower with shower head . I've been taking my lectithin too. And Nursing as much as I can. And pumping .
Have you (or anyone else) done ultrasound therapy for prolonged clogs?
I'm looking into it for this thing as it's not going away... And is really not like an abscess either.
You can hand express a bit before she nurses in the morning to help soften your breast for LO and take some of the pressure off and reduce the firehose effect.
Of course, it's entirely up to you and wouldn't hurt anything to offer a bottle in place of a feeding once or twice, but if you decide to go that route, I would not make that a regular thing, AND I would watch closely for plugged ducts.
She started fussing more during the bottle feeds and now she's starting to reject them. Last night an apologetic DH brought her in for some side lying because she was so worked up.
I like getting to sleep in a 5 hour stretch and she'll need to be bottle fed when I go back to work. I need to figure out something so she doesn't fully reject it. I was thinking of replacing one of her daytime feeds with a bottle and pumping it. I haven't consulted Dr Google yet, but I thought I'd get your ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Are we doing those?
We don't. I supplement myself with vitamin D, and baby gets all he needs from my milk.
The AAP recommends that all babies be supplemented with 400IU vitD per day. The amount of vitamin D in breastmilk depends upon mom’s vitamin D status, though, so I take 5000IU per day.
From Kellymom: "Adding a vitamin D supplement to mom’s diet and/or exposure to ultraviolet light will increase the amount of vitamin D in her breastmilk. As long as mom is not vitamin D deficient, her breastmilk will have the right amount of vitamin D. However, babies were “designed” to get only part of their vitamin D from breastmilk and the remainder from sun exposure – what if baby does not get a minimum amount of sun? A 2004 study [Hollis & Wagner 2004] determined that supplementing the mother with 2000-4000 IU vitamin D per day safely increased mother’s and baby’s vitamin D status: the 2000 IU/d dose resulted in a limited improvement, and “A maternal intake of 4000 IU/d could achieve substantial progress toward improving both maternal and neonatal nutritional vitamin D status.” A Finnish study [Ala-Houhala 1986] showed that supplementing the mother with 50 µg (2000 IU) vitamin D per day was as effective for maintaining baby’s vitamin D levels as supplementing the baby with 10 µg (400 IU) per day."
https://www.llli.org/docs/0000000000000001WAB/WAB_Tear_sheet_Toolkit/09_fussybabyideas.pdf
My nipples are headed back down the wrong path smh.
The only reason I still attempt latching without it is because it's a PITA to NIP with one!
I have been trying to do at least one feeding a day without a shield. I'm hoping to be just about shield free by next week since we will be spending the entire week out of town. I have discovered that I have to use the shield no matter what in the side lying position bc it is too hard to get a latch without it.