Pumping breast milk and bottle feeding
Common Questions and Answers about Pumping breast milk and bottle feeding
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If you're using the nipple shield (I have to! Can't get her to latch on without it), make sure you're pumping after. The lactation consultants at the hospital told that the using the nipple shield can clog your milk ducts. You don't have to pump for long afterwards - about 5 minutes or so unless you want to pump for longer. I think the nipple shield is a life saver! It makes it so that breast feeding doesn't hurt.
Nothing wrong with pumping and bottle feeding. The important thing is getting them the breast milk.
With my first child I did breast feeding for a year, but when I tried transitioning her from breast to bottle, it was A PAIN! She refused to take the bottle, so now I want to try to do both.. I bought a breast pump, so I'm wondering how does the whole freezing your milk process work? How long is it good for? How do you unfreeze it? Or boil it? Thank you for your time!
The more you nurse the more milk you'll make. Your body will catch up. You could nurse him and then after offer a small amount in a bottle to see if he's still hungry. You could go to just pumping and then feeding it in a bottle. I have known mom's that have done that but it can be harder to keep your supply up if only pumping.
cos there r times i might want to sleep and if my baby gets hungry my fiance can feed him with d bottle while i take a nap.or is there a specific time to start bottle feeding with my breast milk or should i just breast feed my baby directly with my breast for d first months of his life??im just 14weeks almst 15 bt i want to know..
Hi ladies, my milk came in yesterday, quite a lot I made add and I have been pumping ever since. Brandon is being lazy again and not latching on as much as I'd like to. Do you all think I will eventually dry up if I dont continue to latch him on? I have never breastfeed so I am not to experience on this. My mom keeps telling me I wont I as long as I continue to pump regularly. Everytime I pump I get like 2-3 onces per breast. Is that good enough?
Colostrum and breast milk are the best thing for a baby with jaundice or at risk for getting. The way your milk comes in by letting them 'cluster' feed as they call it first few days bc they drink the colostrum which is very good for them which eventually by about day 3-4 brings your milk in. When your milk comes in it does not look like store bought milk btw. Its kind of thin and whitish in color. Whereas colostrum is kind of yellowish.
Same nutrients but if baby is taking the breast it is much different then pumping your milk. Babies empty your breast and pumping doesn't. So I'm not so sure its the same.
Thank you all so much!!
s not eating a lot yet and my breast are producing so much milk that I even have to pump.....she is having a hard time latching and I gave in once and gave her a bottle....my breast are so hard and so sore I'm in tears! I was wondering would it be ok to just pump in the nights and bottle feed her and breast during the day? She's getting good at nursing but It's still not helping my breast....I'm starting to feel like a failure :/...
I know a woman who pumped her milk weeks before delivery and when her baby was born, he wasn't getting the nutrients he needed and it caused a lot of issues but she has still stuck with breast feeding and the baby is already a year old. Colostrum is what the baby needs at first but I would definitely ask a lactation consultant because the first milk is most important.
The best way to increase your supply is by nursing constantly and pumping after. Sometimes when bottle feeding baby will want that more because it takes almost no effort to get the milk out of the bottle. Breastfed babies also tend to gain wait at a "slower" rate than formula fed babies because breastmilk is perfectly suited for a baby's need whereas formula has a lot of excess that baby stores. So they tend to weigh more, although that's not always the case 100% of the time.
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