Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a shot to stop her milk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a shot to stop her milk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 if the hospital started the baby on bottles then did robin get a shot to stop her milk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 i got the name wrong its angie not robyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 i got the name wrong its angie not robyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 , 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 , 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 , 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 >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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 >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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 >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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 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??? Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!http://www.lactivist.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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