pumping breast milk for the first time

I just let my husband do one feeding a day and it was a great bonding time for the two of them. At first he didnt want the bottle if I was there but he stopped caring by like 3 months.

Ypu can pour it into a milk storage bag after you pump. Just put them in the fridge for an hour tham transfer to the freezer if you want. Thats what i did.

When do breast milk starts coming out the breast I had my baby on the 29th no milk still

I would not recommend pumping before your milk supply comes after the baby is born it could cause you to go into preterm labor. I'm having my second and after my first I never stopped lactating even when I stopped breastfeeding. I still would leak collosum (don't know if that is spelled right) especially when he would cry.

You can switch at anytime or do both at the same time it doesnt really matter. The only real big difference is its harder in my opinion. Also not every mom responds to a pump but when baby latches on she produces perfectly because its better suction. That could be one of the things that could ruin that plan. Just curious and dont take it as me being rude just curiousity. Why pump instead? Ive always been curious as to peoples reasonings of why.

That sounds great mommikat breastfeeding at night would work for me I read on this blog that milk does come in at the wee hours pumping seems like it's going to be a lot of work but I'm determined to make sure I don't have to resort to formula

My daughter would not take the breast at all, but that was my mistake because I gave her bottle at first. I was pumping for the first month and feeding her that breastmilk. She would only take formula when we were out. Believe me, I was so fed up with pumping I was about to give up. Then one day I was too lazy to get out of bed during a midnight feeding and I just gave her breast and she took it. I was amazed so since then I have only breastfed her. Now she won't even take a bottle.

I am 30 weeks and I leak from one breast often, and the other breast does NOTHING. I got some good nursing bras with the pockets for the pads and I'm all good now.

First off pumping is way less effective than baby to breast, so you are always going to get less than what baby is actually getting. Secondly your babys stomach is really small right now so he/she doesn't need very much. As your baby grows your supply will increase to meet babys demands. Also babies tend to cluster feed in the beginning to get your supply up. So it may seem like you are feeding non-stop and you may worry that they are not getting enough but it is just natures way!

I never had problems with formula with my daughter but I really wanna try to give my second child breast milk also because I read and I've been told it's 100 x's better for the baby .. now that I have my breast pump I feel more motivated ..

They need that for a few days and when your real milk comes in, your baby is ready for it. You have to remember that your milk is made exactly for the baby, pumping before hand messes all that up and isn't good for either of you.

I would drop it to 3 hours and if it drastically affected my supply I went back to 2 hrs. By the time he was 9 months I was pumping every 4 and had a ton saved in the freezer. My son was preemie so I pumped right from the moment he was born. They let me put him to Breast a couple times but that was until he was a couple weeks old so I had been pumping my milk for him til then. He never latched after the one time so I exclusively pumped for a year.

How long after pumping is breast milk good for without refrigerating or do I have to refrigerate right away? I want to pump and feed without having to refrigerate and thaw but not sure if its not ok to do so.

u will probably be advised to give your baby the actual breast for the first feed or 2 as the colustrum stuff that comes out is VERY important for your baby(so i was told again!lol!)if u find you enjoy breast feeding but dont want to do it in public then breastfeed at home and use formular when u are out and bout!however if u only want 2 do it for a month i suggest u only use a bottle as sometimes, like my son, a baby wont feed from a bottle after having the breast!

If you're sure he's latching on properly, you may want to try pumping between feedings to help stimulate the milk.

Youre definitely not pumping for mo reason. Id take it in to her. My first was in nursery for 3 weeks and id religiously take the milk in everyday. It helps them to recover as its full of antibodies. :) definitely keep at it. I know its hard but its worth it.

Is it something to worry? I tried pumping the second time, and the milk with slightly pink.

I pumped for 6 1/2 months, and then fed milk from the freezer for 2 more months. That milk that she was getting at 7 and 8 months was produced when she was a newborn-6 months. It was perfectly fine. While the composition of milk does change, it is still great for baby- even milk from a different time and frozen still has more beneficial properties than formula. This little one will be getting frozen milk when I quit pumping.

Pumping doesn't stimulate milk production like natural breastfeeding does. Try hand stimylating with pumping every hour, using warm rags around your breast to make the let down reflex easier, and eating certain foods and even some teas can help the body produce milk.

I would have her start nursing on one breast, let her nurse for 5 minutes only, then I would switch her to the other breast until she was finished. Then when she was done I would pump each breast. I would allow 2 let downs of milk during the time that I pump.

It was also convenient for pumping in the car with the battery pack. It kept up my milk production pretty well. My favorite storage bag was the lansinoh bags.

of milk/formula per feeding for the first month. So, if you are pumping 2-3 oz. that is good! If you are pumping more... store it up for later use...

They say it can happen after so many births. I am not a breast feeder. Therefore the freezing and saving doesnt pertain to me. The pumping has not affected my baby... thanks though???

What is a normal amount to be pumping of youre doing double pump for 15 mins. I'm 3 weeks post pardum I've been breastfeeding but today I started pumping for the first time. I got 3 oz total is that normal?

Im going through the same issue myself, my first one I couldnt produce enough I cried I even started pumping but I could only pump so much at a time so by the time I was done pumping at least 3 ounces it was time for him to eat again. It was an on going struggle until I switched him to formula.

Pumping breast milk for the first time

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