Post by hollydfromtn on Jun 29, 2015 14:19:08 GMT -5
How old is your LO? He will be 4 months on 7/7
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing. Need to start pumping again after vacation.
Solids? No.
Questions/AW?
1) I don't want to overshare, but I don't know how to explain my situation without doing it. LO uses a nipple shield. The only way we can BF successfully without it is if I do a modified football hold where he is laying on a pillow. I cannot figure out how to get him to latch on when he nursing laying across my front. The nurses said something about my nipples in the hospital and handed me the nipple shield. Would this be an issue I should consult a LC about? I feel really silly that we have breastfeed this long, yet I can't figure it out without a shield.
2) I usually pump once/day after the morning feed and get ~3-5 oz. I immediately freeze it. I don't give LO a bottle consistently (less than 5 times in his life), so I guess I am stockpiling incase I dry up. My SIL is going to have her baby (a preemie) within the next two weeks due to pre-e. They told her she needs to breastfeed (pump) because preemies have a tendency to have issues with formula (don't know the correct medical term). She didn't BF her first child, so she doesn't know if she'll produce or even want to pump (I don't know why). She will have to use donor milk. I kind of feel like I could/should donate in some way. Would you give her the milk that's already frozen (from beg of April until now) or should I add in a pumping session and give her the fresh milk? Some combination of the two?
GTKY: first concert you went to
Either Aaron carter (Hhahahah) or Britney Spears. I can't remember which one was first. I think I was in second or third grade.
Don't feel silly about using a shield. You are doing what you have to to feed your child. We just stopped using a nipple shield for good about a month ago. I had a lot of success getting DS started with the shield and then after I let down and could tell he was drinking I would slide the shield out of the way and he would latch back on without it. We dropped it during the day first and we were just recently able to drop it at night too.