Maybe TMI - But need a Hug anyhow

[Livinzoo]

Aww that is rough mama! Hugs

I'm also a first time mom with a little girl born in December. She is latched on now.

 

[alabamachick]

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I agree...
I hope I dont seem like a know it all; however I just wanted to give info.. I did go to classes to become a breastfeeding counselor thru the county health dept. for WIC...

95% of women CAN breastfeed; they just have been told they cant for some reason..oh you are taking this med...you cant...
oh you are working..its hard..you cant do that...
it is RARE to find a woman who CANNOT SUPPLY ENOUGH MILK for her baby or yes..even babies...I cannot
even begin to stress how rare it is. Most ppl say "I didnt produce enough milk..." altho..when I tried to show them
just how big their babies tummys are...they dont believe it...they did produce enough milk...the babies are EXPECTED
to latch every hour in the beginning..etc...and honestly; it is natures way of making mom take it slow in the beginning..
so ladies; sit down and latch those babies...its natures way of getting you to heal and BOND...

at one point in infancy; their tummy is only the size of a marble! a golf ball during the later months...
I cannot even comprehend why 8 oz bottles are continually fed to babies of formula (well and even B. Milk)....
the only reason you need to feed more often than formula fed babies is because breast milk is broke down by the body faster..

Per the pumping; I am VERY glad you are succesful at pumping. For me, pumping was a disaster....so I didnt even try it anyumore..we just
didnt need me to go to work at that time and was very blessed with staying at home..

pumping does NOT mimic the natural rhythms of a BF"ing baby..the tongue does move in a much different way than a pump that is just
suctioning...the tongue actually massages the glands and allows the flow to move down to the nipple...pumps dont do that..its 100% suction based..
I could pump for hours and get 1 oz...so I am VERY glad you are finding success in this!! I APPLAUD YOU!!!!

I think the ONLY reason I have been able to pump so much is because I started pumping and trainging myself to let-down to the pump from the moment my milk came in. I knew I had to go back to work, and so while I was on maternity leave I fed her AND pumped at least once a day to have milk stored in the freezer.
Downside of that though, is my body went right in to Milk productin Overdrive, and figured I must either have birthed a toddler, or I had a twin stuck in there somewhere that my body didnt know about. I now have whats known as over-active letdown AND painful letdown.

 

[alabamachick]

Thank you everyone for the Hugs and kind words! It really means a lot!!!!

 

[schellie69]

I breast feed all 3 of my kids for different lengths of time, my son bf until he was 2 1/2 but that was because of health reasons. My oldest DD tried to bf but the doctor at the hospital when my 1st grand daughter was worried because my grand daughter was under 6lbs and ordered the nurses to bottle feed her, My daughter did pump for her for the 1st few weeks but her milk just would not come in. 2nd grand daughter would not latch on hospital did the same thing gave her a bottle, I think once babies get a bottle which is easier for them to suck going back to the breast is just harder. Good job on bf and don't let anyone tell you anything bad, just know you are doing what is best for you and your baby.

 

[RoeDylanda]

I'm sorry to hear that breastfeeding isn't the norm where you are... but it *is* making a comeback, in part because insurance companies have figured out how much less they have to pay for meds, hospitalizations, and whatnot for breast fed babies! I'm a maternity nurse and my hospital is up to 76% of new moms initiating breastfeeding.

We're VERY proud, especially since this is an urban hospital. I will walk one-tenth of a milliliter of breast milk over to the Newborn Intensive Care unit the moment it's pumped, no lie-- we put it in a tiny insulin syringe, and the NICU nurses are waiting at the door for it. It's turning out to be practically magic for the preemies and the really sick babies.

I hear you with the overfeeding of formula-fed babies, too-- and it's sad because it's only because the parents aren't educated. They're trying so hard to take good care of the baby, so they feed as much as they can get the little one to take, and then he either throws most of it up or gets a tummyache and cries, so they feed him some more... and around and around we go. And *don't* get me started on the grandmas who stand at the bedside when the new mom is still learning to breastfeed saying, "He looks hungry! She didn't get enough! His father took two bottles at every feeding his first week! Of course she's crying, she's starving!"

I know that not every woman can breastfeed, for either emotional, medical, or physical reasons. But it's so sad to see moms give up, especially knowing how much better breast milk is for the baby. Plus, how cool is it to be able to leave the house with the baby, two diapers, and a couple of wipes in your pocket? You're everything she needs!

 

[BayouPoules]

Amen to all the great support posts here!

 

[EweSheep]

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I wondered what your father's response on that one LOL!

I did breastfed my baby and it is GREAT to go out without bottles but my mother and aunt got a thing "oh she is not getting enough" because of her cries and not gaining weight. Well she did otherwise doc would say otherwise but she was doing just fine!

I did breastfed in public with a towel over my shoulder and hubby does not mind it one bit either.

Yes breastfeeding is making a comeback but those formula companies are trying very hard to win back the bottle folks.....like "just like mother's milk"....yeah, what's IN it????? Virgin cow milk? From what I remember from the media (they are not always right) is that formula fed babies will be obese later in life than the ones that were breast fed.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
I agree...
I hope I dont seem like a know it all; however I just wanted to give info.. I did go to classes to become a breastfeeding counselor thru the county health dept. for WIC...

95% of women CAN breastfeed; they just have been told they cant for some reason..oh you are taking this med...you cant...
oh you are working..its hard..you cant do that...
it is RARE to find a woman who CANNOT SUPPLY ENOUGH MILK for her baby or yes..even babies...I cannot
even begin to stress how rare it is. Most ppl say "I didnt produce enough milk..." altho..when I tried to show them
just how big their babies tummys are...they dont believe it...they did produce enough milk...the babies are EXPECTED
to latch every hour in the beginning..etc...and honestly; it is natures way of making mom take it slow in the beginning..
so ladies; sit down and latch those babies...its natures way of getting you to heal and BOND...

at one point in infancy; their tummy is only the size of a marble! a golf ball during the later months...
I cannot even comprehend why 8 oz bottles are continually fed to babies of formula (well and even B. Milk)....
the only reason you need to feed more often than formula fed babies is because breast milk is broke down by the body faster..

Per the pumping; I am VERY glad you are succesful at pumping. For me, pumping was a disaster....so I didnt even try it anyumore..we just
didnt need me to go to work at that time and was very blessed with staying at home..

pumping does NOT mimic the natural rhythms of a BF"ing baby..the tongue does move in a much different way than a pump that is just
suctioning...the tongue actually massages the glands and allows the flow to move down to the nipple...pumps dont do that..its 100% suction based..
I could pump for hours and get 1 oz...so I am VERY glad you are finding success in this!! I APPLAUD YOU!!!!

I think the ONLY reason I have been able to pump so much is because I started pumping and trainging myself to let-down to the pump from the moment my milk came in. I knew I had to go back to work, and so while I was on maternity leave I fed her AND pumped at least once a day to have milk stored in the freezer.
Downside of that though, is my body went right in to Milk productin Overdrive, and figured I must either have birthed a toddler, or I had a twin stuck in there somewhere that my body didnt know about. I now have whats known as over-active letdown AND painful letdown.

Years ago when I was breastfeeding (youngest is almost 18), I remember hearing someone make the so very obvious, yet overlooked statement of if a woman tries to pump, and is unsuccessful, she blames herself, yet most f the time, it is the fault of a poorly designed pump, not hte woman's ability to create or express milk. With almost anything lse, we blame the PRODUCT, not ourselves: that vaccuum cleaner does not do a good job cleaning, that stroller is hard to open, the chicken waterer is a bad design--they always get shavings in the water, the sewing machine tension is off--it won't make a decent stitch, I don't have any milk because I can't pump more than a few drops.

 

[EweSheep]

Oh just remembered one time, when my daughter was only two weeks old, going to a CW reenactment despite of mom's saying, you can't do that. I sure CAN! Babies are pretty hardy when you have everything you need. Even with an old time crib LOL! (with solid sides). We made it without any problems at all. And one time I was so over engouraged, I took my bra off to pump, omg......milk squirting all over the place that it was embarassing! How in the world would I shut off the faucet? I couldn't! So I grabbed a cup and let it finish dripping before it quit so I can use the Medela pump, wonderful pump machine! But the embarassment was killing me! Later I would laugh about it!

The WORST pump is the manual pump! I mean the WORST!!!! I hated that thing with a passion and it was PAINFUL! Even hubby helped but man, I was ready to clock him to the floor when he thought if he could help by pushing the knob up to the highest number to get the suction power.......needless to say, I thought I lost my boob in the lines. I toss that thing out and told hubby better give me a better one. So I went around and got myself the Medela breast pump machine........easy to use and clean and portable! Love that sucker!

However my mom threw out the breast milk as soon she got home, fed dd with formula....didn't know this until MUCH later. I was mad but too late to get angry with her. Something I would never to do my dd if she decided to give me breastmilk to feed my grandkids, I would abide her wishes and don't do formula unless she specifically says so.

 

[alabamachick]

However my mom threw out the breast milk as soon she got home, fed dd with formula....didn't know this until MUCH later. I was mad but too late to get angry with her. Something I would never to do my dd if she decided to give me breastmilk to feed my grandkids, I would abide her wishes and don't do formula unless she specifically says so.

THREW it out!?!? My babysitter uses every last precious drop of BM.... she BF her son for 14 months, and knows just how important it is, AND how hard it can be to retrieve it as well!

My grandmother babysat for me one time, and threw out BM that Evie didnt finish in the bottle, not knowing it could be saved in the fridge for later. When she told me that she threw out half a bottle I think I may have almost cried then too...​