tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post835451314561371533..comments2022-05-02T00:06:14.500-07:00Comments on Tea With Felicity: Experience: BreastfeedingFelicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977553360236814589noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-65381573538451115442011-05-30T07:27:12.005-07:002011-05-30T07:27:12.005-07:00Caroline - the solution to low supply is more brea...Caroline - the solution to low supply is more breastfeeding! So giving formula is keeping your supply lower. I would ask a lactation consultant from La Leche League for help, but they are likely to recommend stopping the formula and pumping between feeds. This is so that the increased demand builds up your supply and you can also give the pumped milk instead of formula if she is still hungry (or save it for her cereal). But make sure you give pumped milk at roughly the same time of day as when it was produced, as there are differences in composition throughout the day (e.g. more prolactin at night, which makes them sleepy).<br /><br />I had problems feeding to start with too - my baby was born at 37 weeks, and one of the swallowing reflexes doesn't fully develop until the 37th week. Also, she was tongue-tied (which none of the NHS staff noticed). But I expressed and syringe/cup-fed until she learnt to latch (about a week), and her tongue-tie was divided at 10 weeks, which fixed any remaining problems.sc2987https://www.blogger.com/profile/12791246179985887106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-39012845688136682972011-05-30T06:41:48.628-07:002011-05-30T06:41:48.628-07:00Thanks so much for your comments, I have loved rea...Thanks so much for your comments, I have loved reading your breastfeeding experiences, and thank you ever so much for the blog award Dani! <br /><br />Caroline you deserve to feel extremely proud, that is amazing you carried on through all the difficulties and managed to feed Lucie for so long using expressed milk! Well done! I hope your supply is still doing ok? Let me know! Also have you tried fennel tea to keep up your supply? I have a couple of cups a day to keep mine up as I'm paranoid it will dwindle as he's taking less now and I want to feed him until he's at least 1 until he stops himself after that! I feel like it works :)Felicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977553360236814589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-34779886112165908452011-05-22T14:08:28.089-07:002011-05-22T14:08:28.089-07:00i gave you an award :) http://tinkstales-tinkerbel...i gave you an award :) http://tinkstales-tinkerbelldani.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-17th-blog-award-see-if-i-award-you.html xtinkerbelldanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089055908073256191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-25225189170003895112011-05-19T17:25:08.106-07:002011-05-19T17:25:08.106-07:00Thanks for sharing. Our stories are similar. Lucie...Thanks for sharing. Our stories are similar. Lucie took forever to latch at first and the some of the nurses in the hospital were nasty. I remember the first night the night nurse said "All the other babies are latching, why can't she?" It was horrible. We had to give her formula in the hospital because she wouldn't latch and her blood sugar was low but we pressed on and finally she got the hang of it. When I went back to work at 3 months I managed to pump and while my supply went down, I had built up a frozen stash and we made it until 1 week before I finished work on exclusively breastmilk. Now I'm home I was hoping my supply would build back up but it doesn't appear to be. She's a skinny baby but a hungry one so I'm having to supplement with formula twice a day but I figure that we made it to 6 months on breastmilk and 3 months of that was from me pumping so I'm proud!! I just hope I can continue feeding her myself a few times a day and that my supply won't dwindle further.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158841379511408408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-72710056957564230212011-05-19T15:25:18.386-07:002011-05-19T15:25:18.386-07:00ahh well done hunni. I knew the time was right for...ahh well done hunni. I knew the time was right for both me and Cameron to stop feeding at 4 months, but I am so proud of myself for persevering at the start as it just wasn't working!! I had the help of a breastfeeding midwife and she really helped. I used the nipple shields as Cameron didn't like latching onto my nipples. It really helped and I loved how feeding him felt. So special and bonding :) xxEmma-Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935820642708762556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628310265640289047.post-47851964836550692492011-05-19T14:42:42.737-07:002011-05-19T14:42:42.737-07:00well done to you hun!!!!
xoxoxoxwell done to you hun!!!!<br />xoxoxoxtinkerbelldanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089055908073256191noreply@blogger.com