Please help.

[Guest guest]

i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my son

just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i just

think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does not

eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk. i dont know how he is

still alive.he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont know if

he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

[Guest guest]

i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my son

just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i just

think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does not

eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk. i dont know how he is

still alive.he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont know if

he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

[Guest guest]

also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

place. i think that must be false info.

she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

not do. i hear it makes more milk.

[Guest guest]

if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a

shot to stop her milk???

[Guest guest]

if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a

shot to stop her milk???

[Guest guest]

if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a

shot to stop her milk???

[Guest guest]

i got the name wrong its angie not robyn.

[Guest guest]

i got the name wrong its angie not robyn.

[Guest guest]

,

What an excellent post! I have to save this one. I'm nursing no. 7

now, and it is still reassuring to hear all this stuff. Thanks! Joan

[Guest guest]

,

What an excellent post! I have to save this one. I'm nursing no. 7

now, and it is still reassuring to hear all this stuff. Thanks! Joan

[Guest guest]

,

What an excellent post! I have to save this one. I'm nursing no. 7

now, and it is still reassuring to hear all this stuff. Thanks! Joan

[Guest guest]

I do not know who you are addressing so I am jumping in.

BF babies do not need vitamins as a general guideline. If you refer to

the 1997 AAP statement you can read that nothing is recommended before

6 months. No water, no vitamins, no solids.

http://www.aap.org/policy/re9729.html

Maternal nutrition has little bearing on milk production so I am

confused about the statement that she doesn't eat right and only

produces 2 ounces. How do you know? A baby is more efficient than a

pump and if the baby is having enough pees and poops, then he is

getting enough to eat.

<< i dont know how he is still alive.>>

And as negative as this sounds, with the 'support' and attitude that

you have, she is not likely to take too kindly to it. Lack of support

is one of the number one reasons that moms are not successful. Perhaps

instead of being critical, you could learn from her?

Jenn

Re: Please help.

i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my

son

just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i

just

think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does

not

eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk

he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont

know if

he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

[Guest guest]

I do not know who you are addressing so I am jumping in.

BF babies do not need vitamins as a general guideline. If you refer to

the 1997 AAP statement you can read that nothing is recommended before

6 months. No water, no vitamins, no solids.

http://www.aap.org/policy/re9729.html

Maternal nutrition has little bearing on milk production so I am

confused about the statement that she doesn't eat right and only

produces 2 ounces. How do you know? A baby is more efficient than a

pump and if the baby is having enough pees and poops, then he is

getting enough to eat.

<< i dont know how he is still alive.>>

And as negative as this sounds, with the 'support' and attitude that

you have, she is not likely to take too kindly to it. Lack of support

is one of the number one reasons that moms are not successful. Perhaps

instead of being critical, you could learn from her?

Jenn

Re: Please help.

i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my

son

just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i

just

think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does

not

eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk

he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont

know if

he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

[Guest guest]

I do not know who you are addressing so I am jumping in.

BF babies do not need vitamins as a general guideline. If you refer to

the 1997 AAP statement you can read that nothing is recommended before

6 months. No water, no vitamins, no solids.

http://www.aap.org/policy/re9729.html

Maternal nutrition has little bearing on milk production so I am

confused about the statement that she doesn't eat right and only

produces 2 ounces. How do you know? A baby is more efficient than a

pump and if the baby is having enough pees and poops, then he is

getting enough to eat.

<< i dont know how he is still alive.>>

And as negative as this sounds, with the 'support' and attitude that

you have, she is not likely to take too kindly to it. Lack of support

is one of the number one reasons that moms are not successful. Perhaps

instead of being critical, you could learn from her?

Jenn

Re: Please help.

i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my

son

just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i

just

think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does

not

eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk

he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont

know if

he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

[Guest guest]

>i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my son

>just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i just

>think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does not

>eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk. i dont know how he is

>still alive.he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

>drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont know if

>he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

Wow. These are very unsupportive statements!

Your daughter-in-law's pumping/expressing experiences of getting 2 ounces

of breastmilk is fantastic (for time's sake, I'll be using " DIL " for

daugher-in-law " )! Babies' tummies are the size of their fist! 2 ounces is

a lot of liquid for a ten-day-old baby to hold in his tummy at one

time. Believe it or not, but a pump isn't even a good indicator of how

much milk your DIL's breasts can produce. The most efficient system for

breastmilk removal is her baby.

Breastmilk contains *every* vitamin and mineral in it that the baby

needs. Every vitamin and mineral contained in her breastmilk is also in a

form that is most easily utilized by the baby's body, and not in the " most

stable form " possible for the suspension liquid in the vitamin bottle. Let

the idea go that your grandson needs vitamin drops if he's

breastfeeding. Really.

As for your DIL's diet not being " right, " there isn't any mandatory diet

for breastfeeding mothers, as this group can attest. As long as your DIL

is eating *something* occassionally, her body gets all it needs. Her

breastmilk isn't a product of what she's eating today -- that comes from

the stores available in her bodyfat, which was increased during her

pregnancy. The foods she eats today do flavor her milk, and they might

influence the composition of her milk, but they don't increase or decrease

the benefit of breastmilk.

If your DIL is still having problems getting the baby latched on and has

found that dribbling a few drops of milk on her breasts can help encourage

a better latch, maybe she should try nursing the baby a little earlier than

the last time... it sounds more like she's waiting too late to notice her

baby's hunger cues before nursing him. Crying is a LATE indicator of

hunger. Rooting (searching for something to suck), putting fists in the

mouth, taking little gasps of air, and become active, are all early

indicators of hunger. By offering her breast early, she might be able to

bypass the frustrations her baby finds when he tries to latch on when he

has already waited, and then has to wait a few more seconds of suckling

before her milk " lets down. " She can also speed up the let-down process by

hand-expressing milk or pumping milk to get it flowing just before latching

her baby on her breast.

The more she nurses, the more milk she'll make. Her " containers " aren't

designed to hold 8 ounces of breastmilk at a time, but smaller amounts,

like 2 or 3, which is why it may seem that she is nursing " all the time. "

You may also notice that around 3 weeks of age, your grandson will hit his

first real " growth spurt " and will want to nurse much more than the week

before. It's not that he's not getting enough -- his body is getting ready

to grow, and by nursing more, he will be building his mother's milk supply

up to meet in new needs as his body grows. The best thing you can do to be

supportive of your DIL is to help her be able to nurse as comfortably as

she can possibly be for those few days. She'll be thirstier than ever --

offer some water. She might be hungrier, too -- offer foods as close to

their natural state as possible. She might feel very overwhelmed and feel

like she's " touched out " -- offer to take care of the baby in other ways,

like changing the baby, burping the baby, bathing, walking, etc.

With a breastfed baby, it's easy to tell if he's getting enough if you

remember that what goes in must come out. It's hard to break out of the

idea that you need to see a calibrated guide on the side of the container

to tell that the baby is getting enough -- but it's easy to see that the

baby is having plenty of wet diapers and poopy diapers! The guidelines for

a 2 week old would be 6-8 wet CLOTH diapers, or 5-6 wet disposable diapers

in 24 hours... and 3-4 poopy diapers in the same time. However, some

breastfed babies seem to use all of the breastmilk, and don't have as many

poopy diapers. This is okay, too. If the baby is gaining weight (the

guideline is 1/2 to 1 ounce per week), the baby is getting enough.

Maybe you and your DIL could attend a local La Leche League meeting where

you could meet other mothers who breastfeed/breastfed, and ask all these

questions. I'm *certain* that your support of your DIL's desire to

breastfeed would strengthen your relationship to her, just as I am

*certain* that your concerns that she's a mother who doesn't eat right,

doesn't care for her child as you would (give vitamins), and couldn't

possibly produce enough breastmilk to sustain his life will drive a wedge

between you that will be hard to remove.

I hope you will stick around on this list and ask more questions!

[Guest guest]

>i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my son

>just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i just

>think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does not

>eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk. i dont know how he is

>still alive.he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

>drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont know if

>he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

Wow. These are very unsupportive statements!

Your daughter-in-law's pumping/expressing experiences of getting 2 ounces

of breastmilk is fantastic (for time's sake, I'll be using " DIL " for

daugher-in-law " )! Babies' tummies are the size of their fist! 2 ounces is

a lot of liquid for a ten-day-old baby to hold in his tummy at one

time. Believe it or not, but a pump isn't even a good indicator of how

much milk your DIL's breasts can produce. The most efficient system for

breastmilk removal is her baby.

Breastmilk contains *every* vitamin and mineral in it that the baby

needs. Every vitamin and mineral contained in her breastmilk is also in a

form that is most easily utilized by the baby's body, and not in the " most

stable form " possible for the suspension liquid in the vitamin bottle. Let

the idea go that your grandson needs vitamin drops if he's

breastfeeding. Really.

As for your DIL's diet not being " right, " there isn't any mandatory diet

for breastfeeding mothers, as this group can attest. As long as your DIL

is eating *something* occassionally, her body gets all it needs. Her

breastmilk isn't a product of what she's eating today -- that comes from

the stores available in her bodyfat, which was increased during her

pregnancy. The foods she eats today do flavor her milk, and they might

influence the composition of her milk, but they don't increase or decrease

the benefit of breastmilk.

If your DIL is still having problems getting the baby latched on and has

found that dribbling a few drops of milk on her breasts can help encourage

a better latch, maybe she should try nursing the baby a little earlier than

the last time... it sounds more like she's waiting too late to notice her

baby's hunger cues before nursing him. Crying is a LATE indicator of

hunger. Rooting (searching for something to suck), putting fists in the

mouth, taking little gasps of air, and become active, are all early

indicators of hunger. By offering her breast early, she might be able to

bypass the frustrations her baby finds when he tries to latch on when he

has already waited, and then has to wait a few more seconds of suckling

before her milk " lets down. " She can also speed up the let-down process by

hand-expressing milk or pumping milk to get it flowing just before latching

her baby on her breast.

The more she nurses, the more milk she'll make. Her " containers " aren't

designed to hold 8 ounces of breastmilk at a time, but smaller amounts,

like 2 or 3, which is why it may seem that she is nursing " all the time. "

You may also notice that around 3 weeks of age, your grandson will hit his

first real " growth spurt " and will want to nurse much more than the week

before. It's not that he's not getting enough -- his body is getting ready

to grow, and by nursing more, he will be building his mother's milk supply

up to meet in new needs as his body grows. The best thing you can do to be

supportive of your DIL is to help her be able to nurse as comfortably as

she can possibly be for those few days. She'll be thirstier than ever --

offer some water. She might be hungrier, too -- offer foods as close to

their natural state as possible. She might feel very overwhelmed and feel

like she's " touched out " -- offer to take care of the baby in other ways,

like changing the baby, burping the baby, bathing, walking, etc.

With a breastfed baby, it's easy to tell if he's getting enough if you

remember that what goes in must come out. It's hard to break out of the

idea that you need to see a calibrated guide on the side of the container

to tell that the baby is getting enough -- but it's easy to see that the

baby is having plenty of wet diapers and poopy diapers! The guidelines for

a 2 week old would be 6-8 wet CLOTH diapers, or 5-6 wet disposable diapers

in 24 hours... and 3-4 poopy diapers in the same time. However, some

breastfed babies seem to use all of the breastmilk, and don't have as many

poopy diapers. This is okay, too. If the baby is gaining weight (the

guideline is 1/2 to 1 ounce per week), the baby is getting enough.

Maybe you and your DIL could attend a local La Leche League meeting where

you could meet other mothers who breastfeed/breastfed, and ask all these

questions. I'm *certain* that your support of your DIL's desire to

breastfeed would strengthen your relationship to her, just as I am

*certain* that your concerns that she's a mother who doesn't eat right,

doesn't care for her child as you would (give vitamins), and couldn't

possibly produce enough breastmilk to sustain his life will drive a wedge

between you that will be hard to remove.

I hope you will stick around on this list and ask more questions!

[Guest guest]

>i have a question for you is your daughters baby taking vitamins? my son

>just had a baby may 1 and she is not giving him those baby vitamins. i just

>think he should have them. she is having trouble nursing too. she does not

>eat or drink right and she only produces 2 oz of milk. i dont know how he is

>still alive.he had a latch on problem but the lady told her to put a few

>drops of milk on the her nipple and he latches right on. but i dont know if

>he is getting enough. i am a worried grandma too.

Wow. These are very unsupportive statements!

Your daughter-in-law's pumping/expressing experiences of getting 2 ounces

of breastmilk is fantastic (for time's sake, I'll be using " DIL " for

daugher-in-law " )! Babies' tummies are the size of their fist! 2 ounces is

a lot of liquid for a ten-day-old baby to hold in his tummy at one

time. Believe it or not, but a pump isn't even a good indicator of how

much milk your DIL's breasts can produce. The most efficient system for

breastmilk removal is her baby.

Breastmilk contains *every* vitamin and mineral in it that the baby

needs. Every vitamin and mineral contained in her breastmilk is also in a

form that is most easily utilized by the baby's body, and not in the " most

stable form " possible for the suspension liquid in the vitamin bottle. Let

the idea go that your grandson needs vitamin drops if he's

breastfeeding. Really.

As for your DIL's diet not being " right, " there isn't any mandatory diet

for breastfeeding mothers, as this group can attest. As long as your DIL

is eating *something* occassionally, her body gets all it needs. Her

breastmilk isn't a product of what she's eating today -- that comes from

the stores available in her bodyfat, which was increased during her

pregnancy. The foods she eats today do flavor her milk, and they might

influence the composition of her milk, but they don't increase or decrease

the benefit of breastmilk.

If your DIL is still having problems getting the baby latched on and has

found that dribbling a few drops of milk on her breasts can help encourage

a better latch, maybe she should try nursing the baby a little earlier than

the last time... it sounds more like she's waiting too late to notice her

baby's hunger cues before nursing him. Crying is a LATE indicator of

hunger. Rooting (searching for something to suck), putting fists in the

mouth, taking little gasps of air, and become active, are all early

indicators of hunger. By offering her breast early, she might be able to

bypass the frustrations her baby finds when he tries to latch on when he

has already waited, and then has to wait a few more seconds of suckling

before her milk " lets down. " She can also speed up the let-down process by

hand-expressing milk or pumping milk to get it flowing just before latching

her baby on her breast.

The more she nurses, the more milk she'll make. Her " containers " aren't

designed to hold 8 ounces of breastmilk at a time, but smaller amounts,

like 2 or 3, which is why it may seem that she is nursing " all the time. "

You may also notice that around 3 weeks of age, your grandson will hit his

first real " growth spurt " and will want to nurse much more than the week

before. It's not that he's not getting enough -- his body is getting ready

to grow, and by nursing more, he will be building his mother's milk supply

up to meet in new needs as his body grows. The best thing you can do to be

supportive of your DIL is to help her be able to nurse as comfortably as

she can possibly be for those few days. She'll be thirstier than ever --

offer some water. She might be hungrier, too -- offer foods as close to

their natural state as possible. She might feel very overwhelmed and feel

like she's " touched out " -- offer to take care of the baby in other ways,

like changing the baby, burping the baby, bathing, walking, etc.

With a breastfed baby, it's easy to tell if he's getting enough if you

remember that what goes in must come out. It's hard to break out of the

idea that you need to see a calibrated guide on the side of the container

to tell that the baby is getting enough -- but it's easy to see that the

baby is having plenty of wet diapers and poopy diapers! The guidelines for

a 2 week old would be 6-8 wet CLOTH diapers, or 5-6 wet disposable diapers

in 24 hours... and 3-4 poopy diapers in the same time. However, some

breastfed babies seem to use all of the breastmilk, and don't have as many

poopy diapers. This is okay, too. If the baby is gaining weight (the

guideline is 1/2 to 1 ounce per week), the baby is getting enough.

Maybe you and your DIL could attend a local La Leche League meeting where

you could meet other mothers who breastfeed/breastfed, and ask all these

questions. I'm *certain* that your support of your DIL's desire to

breastfeed would strengthen your relationship to her, just as I am

*certain* that your concerns that she's a mother who doesn't eat right,

doesn't care for her child as you would (give vitamins), and couldn't

possibly produce enough breastmilk to sustain his life will drive a wedge

between you that will be hard to remove.

I hope you will stick around on this list and ask more questions!

[Guest guest]

At 11:21 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

>bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

>place. i think that must be false info.

>she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

>not do. i hear it makes more milk.

The period *might* change the taste of breastmilk (although I have never

personally tested this theory!), but some babies aren't concerned about the

change, and certainly aren't harmed by it. Keep on nursing, even if you

have a period.

Pumping -- or actually removing milk from the breast in any form -- does

increase the breastmilk supply. It's a supply and demand system: where

there's a demand, there's a supply. Any woman's breasts could feasibly

make enough milk for twins, provided that those twins (or a pump) were

removing enough breastmilk for the babies' needs.

Pumping and breastfeeding simultaneously (pump one side while baby nurses

from the other) would offer twice as much stimulation to the nipples to

produce more milk.

The best way to make more milk is to nurse more often.

[Guest guest]

At 11:21 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

>bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

>place. i think that must be false info.

>she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

>not do. i hear it makes more milk.

The period *might* change the taste of breastmilk (although I have never

personally tested this theory!), but some babies aren't concerned about the

change, and certainly aren't harmed by it. Keep on nursing, even if you

have a period.

Pumping -- or actually removing milk from the breast in any form -- does

increase the breastmilk supply. It's a supply and demand system: where

there's a demand, there's a supply. Any woman's breasts could feasibly

make enough milk for twins, provided that those twins (or a pump) were

removing enough breastmilk for the babies' needs.

Pumping and breastfeeding simultaneously (pump one side while baby nurses

from the other) would offer twice as much stimulation to the nipples to

produce more milk.

The best way to make more milk is to nurse more often.

[Guest guest]

At 11:26 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a

>shot to stop her milk???

It takes different groups of muscles in the face and mouth to nurse from a

breast and to suck on a bottle. Try it... put your forefinger into your

mouth up to the first knuckle and suck. The tip of your tongue moves to

the tip of your finger, and the power of sucking comes near the roof of the

mouth and the front of the tongue. Now put your finger into your mouth all

the way to the second knuckle until your feel the start of your soft palate

(behind the bony part of the roof of your mouth) and suck. The tip of your

tongue goes to your lower gum and cradles your finger and the power of

sucking comes from the back of the mouth. The short sucking pattern is

closest to bottle nipples and pacifiers, and the long sucking pattern is

closest to breastfeeding.

Babies who are introduced to both forms of sucking too early can have

difficulty switching back and forth to these new motions they are just

beginning to learn. Some people call this nipple confusion, and some

people call it nipple preference. Whatever you call it, it's very

difficult for a nursing mother to overcome the frustration of getting a

crying child to settle and suckle at the breast. Many mothers just give up

and give another bottle, adding more to this confusion or preference, which

makes it harder to get breastfeeding going again.

If a mother allows her baby to get all of its sucking needs at her breast

(at least for the first few weeks) this isn't going to be an issue.

As for the shot that dries up milk, it isn't given routinely anymore as it

is associated with heart problems. However, some foods and substances *do*

interfere with breastmilk production, like sage, parsley, and

nicotine. Oatmeal is a food that may actually help make more milk. There

are other herbs that can also help make more milk, like fennel, fenugreek

and blessed thistle. Drinking more water can also help make more milk.

[Guest guest]

At 11:26 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a

>shot to stop her milk???

It takes different groups of muscles in the face and mouth to nurse from a

breast and to suck on a bottle. Try it... put your forefinger into your

mouth up to the first knuckle and suck. The tip of your tongue moves to

the tip of your finger, and the power of sucking comes near the roof of the

mouth and the front of the tongue. Now put your finger into your mouth all

the way to the second knuckle until your feel the start of your soft palate

(behind the bony part of the roof of your mouth) and suck. The tip of your

tongue goes to your lower gum and cradles your finger and the power of

sucking comes from the back of the mouth. The short sucking pattern is

closest to bottle nipples and pacifiers, and the long sucking pattern is

closest to breastfeeding.

Babies who are introduced to both forms of sucking too early can have

difficulty switching back and forth to these new motions they are just

beginning to learn. Some people call this nipple confusion, and some

people call it nipple preference. Whatever you call it, it's very

difficult for a nursing mother to overcome the frustration of getting a

crying child to settle and suckle at the breast. Many mothers just give up

and give another bottle, adding more to this confusion or preference, which

makes it harder to get breastfeeding going again.

If a mother allows her baby to get all of its sucking needs at her breast

(at least for the first few weeks) this isn't going to be an issue.

As for the shot that dries up milk, it isn't given routinely anymore as it

is associated with heart problems. However, some foods and substances *do*

interfere with breastmilk production, like sage, parsley, and

nicotine. Oatmeal is a food that may actually help make more milk. There

are other herbs that can also help make more milk, like fennel, fenugreek

and blessed thistle. Drinking more water can also help make more milk.

[Guest guest]

From what I've read and understand, a period can change the taste of your

milk and also could slow production for a few days. The bleeding after

birth is different from a period, the hormones are different, etc. Pumping

could possibly increase milk production but the best way to increase it is

to put the baby to the breast as often as possible, even if it seems like

that's all you do for a while. I breastfed 4 babies and never pumped, they

always had enough.

Sue

At 11:21 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

>bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

>place. i think that must be false info.

>she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

>not do. i hear it makes more milk.

[Guest guest]

From what I've read and understand, a period can change the taste of your

milk and also could slow production for a few days. The bleeding after

birth is different from a period, the hormones are different, etc. Pumping

could possibly increase milk production but the best way to increase it is

to put the baby to the breast as often as possible, even if it seems like

that's all you do for a while. I breastfed 4 babies and never pumped, they

always had enough.

Sue

At 11:21 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

>bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

>place. i think that must be false info.

>she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

>not do. i hear it makes more milk.

[Guest guest]

From what I've read and understand, a period can change the taste of your

milk and also could slow production for a few days. The bleeding after

birth is different from a period, the hormones are different, etc. Pumping

could possibly increase milk production but the best way to increase it is

to put the baby to the breast as often as possible, even if it seems like

that's all you do for a while. I breastfed 4 babies and never pumped, they

always had enough.

Sue

At 11:21 AM 5/12/00 -0700, you wrote:

>also i dont think the period would change the taste of milk because they

>bleed after they have them and that is when they start nursing in the first

>place. i think that must be false info.

>she should pump herself every few hrs. something my son's girlfriend does

>not do. i hear it makes more milk.

[Guest guest]

Nope, she WANTS to breastfeed. The hospital just started her daughter on bottles without asking her preference.

Krista

Re: Please help.if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a shot to stop her milk???

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