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May 13, 2000

Krista,

This should help.

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Wendi http://www.lactivist.com breastfeeding info & resources

RE: Please help.See answers belowWendihttp://www.lactivist.combreastfeeding info & resources1. Is it normal to still be bleeding 2 months after your baby's born? Thisis not normal and she should talk to a different doctor. More likely thannot it is because she is trying to do way too much. But she could have aretained placenta and that would inhibit her milk supply so she needs to besure either way. She should get checked.2. Could this be her period even though it's lasted 2 weeks? Probably not,probably after birth bleeding that is from some cause.3. Would her period make the flavor of her milk change so that her daughterwould be less likely to nurse or to want to nurse? That is probably not itat all. My guess is nipple confusion, being unsatisfied at the breast andgeneral just not getting it.4. Should she wait till she stops bleeding to try to get her daughter tonurse? Absolutely not she will lose her supply. Keep nursing and trying tonurse, get a lactation aid to use at the breast. Get a double electric pumpto protect her supply, finger or cup feed and lose all bottle and nipplesthey are only sabotage at this point.5. Is there any advice anyone can give me about how to get Robyn tonurse(she's always trying to push away from the breast)? Get a lactationaid so she is getting breastmilk readily at the breast without struggle.Finger feed so that she gets the hang of sucking and drawing thefinger/nipple WAY back into the mouth.6. Should I tell Angie to start expressing her milk for Robyn andbottlefeeding it to her? No bottlefeeding!!!! cup or finger feed. See mywebsite re: finger feeding. Double electric pump to protect supply7. Or should I tell her to quit with the bottles and just keep trying thebreast until Robyn gets used to it? Quit bottles just cup feeding and keepat the breast with a lactation aid if possible. If she gets latched on usebreast compression (my website under resources and jack newman articles) toget more milk to the baby quicker.I think that's it for now, but if I think of any more questions, I'll besure to ask! :)Call La Leche League and get a leader to help. If you tell me where you areI will find one. Get mom and baby in a very clean bath and let baby startin the water and climb up moms belly to latch on by herself. Babies do verywell this way! Keep up the good work!WendiKrista________________________________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com------------------------------------------------------------------------Remember four years of good friends, bad clothes, explosive chemistryexperiments.http://click./1/4051/0/_/410002/_/958155935/------------------------------------------------------------------------Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!http://www.lactivist.com

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May 14, 2000

oh brother. now my dil dont have enough milk for the baby and they are going

to have to buy some breast milk if that is possible. also the baby throws up

formula. my question is does formula have to be refridigated? or can it sit

out. ??

May 14, 2000

oh brother. now my dil dont have enough milk for the baby and they are going

to have to buy some breast milk if that is possible. also the baby throws up

formula. my question is does formula have to be refridigated? or can it sit

out. ??

May 14, 2000

oh brother. now my dil dont have enough milk for the baby and they are going

to have to buy some breast milk if that is possible. also the baby throws up

formula. my question is does formula have to be refridigated? or can it sit

out. ??

May 14, 2000

Shaa, she surely does 'have enough milk' for the baby. Problems are going to

get worse if she's giving formula and thinking it won't affect her milk

supply. She needs to be nursing, nursing, nursing--no bottles (formula

anyway, and I'd avoid them altogether for awhile yet). I never had these

problems but I know from being on this list that some of the other women have

said that starting with formula can pretty quickly sabbatoge the

breastfeeding relationship in one way or another. Please tell your dil to

have faith in her body's ability to adequately feed the baby--just let him

nurse her enough to get the supply he needs.

Does your dil have a computer? It would probably help her out to be able to

read some of this information first hand (not that you're not being a

tremendous help by passing it along). She just needs to hear from others

who've been in her situation and have made it work, along with all the great

ideas and suggestions on things that may be to come yet in her breastfeeding

journey. Does she have any friends or family who've successfully breastfed

that she can call on? Or has she thought of contacting the La Leche League

in your area? I just have to tell you I'm really worried about her losing

faith, getting misinformation, finding herself doubting her body's ability

and getting frustrated enough to quit. I forget how old your grandbaby is

but it is sort of tough to get it all figured out and going smoothly in the

very beginning, but if she hangs in there I felt like by about 6 wks we had

it 'down pat'. And that was some of the best advise someone gave me was to

just hang in there for 6 wks. Luckily I had a little guy that was

practically born nursing so things were very smooth and easy for us.

Anyway, I think it's so great that you're so active and supportive to your

dil. She has to be very thankful for your help. Keep us posted on how she's

doing--I know we all want her to succeed!

Fawn

SAHM to Drake 8-18-98

May 14, 2000