Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / March 2005

Thinking of you...let us know how it goes...

Hey :)
My wife as been breastfeedng our daughter since birth, alomst 3 weeks old.
She is trying to get used to expressing and introducing a bottle to lucy's
feeding times.

One of my friends has a 14 month old daughter who was just diagnosed with an
IgG deficency. She was born prematurely due to HELLP, and the mother's
physical condition was such that breastfeeding really wasn't an option
initially, so the baby wasn't breast fed. The poor little girl ...

Question:  I've read many MKBers posts indicating that adding even one
bottle of formula a day can start mom and baby down a slippery slope
that will result in a fast diminishing, and eventually disappearing,
milk supply.  This makes sense to me.  What doesn't is how one can add

I have got a very painful right breast - the pain feels like it is very
engorged but only of the top of the breast (but its not engorged) and
feeding is very uncomfortable too.  I have been fortunate never to be
in pain when feeding before so I am stumped.  I don't think it is

We bought a used Lactina Plus from eBay about a month ago.  Works fine
but it's starting to squeak a little.  I suspect one of the plastic
gears is getting worn at the axle.  I put a little lubricant at the
contact point and it seems to make it quieter, but there's a side

I don't post much anymore, but I read now and then and know that there
are still some folks around who still remember me.
DS at 3 yrs 4 months is still BF as often as he can.  It took 27 months
for AF to come back and I've been ttc ever since. Well as much as one

I ended up unfreezing some of my stash, because DH accidentally left about
24 oz of pumped milk on the kitchen counter all night long, and I've noticed
that it's a lot yellower than my current milk. Since Alli was only just past
her due date at the time I pumped it, I assume it ...

Hi everyone I'm Pip (30) and had my second child 5 weeks ago and she was
born at 32 weeks gestation.  For the first week DD was tube fed on EBM and
the 2nd and 3rd week I was BF half of her feeds and the other 1/2 were tube
feeds.  We have now been home 2 weeks and suddenly I have a ...

Went to the LC today, and Lorelei still weighs 12-10, despite pumping
4-5 times a day (I know that's not much but it's all I can manage) and
feeding the expressed milk, and taking domperidone, fenugreek, etc.
We are going to continue what we are doing until the ped visit

I am currently breastfeeding a 13 day old daughter (my first).  She was born
at 38 4/7 wks gestation by C-section, but was a little small at birth - 5
lb. 12.6 oz., down to 5 lb. 3.8 oz. at hospital discharge.  Those first
couple of days of breastfeeding were a little rocky, but ...

What sling would you recommend for doing things around the house?  All
I have ever had is the OTSBH, and I'm wondering if I should try
something different since apparently Lorelei is never going to let me
put her down.  Is there another one that is better for being active in?

Just occured to me...are you doing any sort of baby massage? Doing massage
can help growth without increasing food intake, simply by increasing the
efficiency with which the body uses what it gets. Plus, babies like it.
Jenrose

I am having a tremendously hard time pumping or doing anything else for
that matter because Lorelei is such a Mommy's girl.  No matter how
happy she is, as soon as I hand her off to any of the willing hands in
the house she starts to cry and looks at me with desperate and accusing

For my first Mother's Day as a mother, my own mother gave me the book
she'd used when she breastfed me - the 1963 edition of 'The Womanly Art
Of Breastfeeding'.  She'd saved it all these years to give me when I
became a breastfeeder myself.  ;-)