Guest guest Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 I am continuing to have more problems feeding Zipporrah and it is beginning to stress me out. Zipporrah has been nursing less and less and of course is very cranky and hungry. Of course, when she nurses less then I produce less breast milk and so I have been pumping after each feeding and making sure to pump at least every 2 1/2-3 hrs. This is very tiring and I am always worried that as soon as I pump she will want to nurse again. When this has occurred I try to use a bottle that has a larger whole and squirting some into her mouth. She likes this for about 1 oz. and then refuses more. My pedaitrician said that she probably nurses enough to get rid of the hunger craving and then stops due to muscle fatigue in her mouth. But then she says to keep doing what I am doing as I am doing ok with her. I feel like she is getting worse the older she gets, but I know how depleted Asenath got so I have been working "overtime" to make sure Porrah keeps gaining weight. I know she lost a pound this past week but she is still on the upper level of weight gain for her age so this gives her pediatrician a false view of how it's going. When I do not pump regularly I don't make hardly any milk anymore and causes problems when she actually wants to nurse fully on her own. I know that if she was bottle fed only, she would be totally malnourished. I just don't want to go through what we went through with Asenath concerning food. Asenath could nurse fine at least so she always had something to fall back on. Even when Porrah puts out little urine, has strong urine odor, nurses little, and is cranky, the doc still says I am doing great keep it up. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? I must admit I am tired and stressed which doesn't help the milk supply issue. Why do my docs want me to wait till my kids are do bad before helping them, knowing they are prone to strokes? Wouldn't it be better to be proactive in these issues-at least IV use when indicated? Help! Any suggestions? Sorry I am going on, I have been thinking about writing this note for several days... Darla: mommy to Asenath, Zipporrah, and the gang Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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