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"KC" wrote in message om... One person talked about how sleeping is easier when you are bf. That is my experience too. I am just waiting for the days to get easier too. I am not sure I will ever be able to move around while bf due to large breasts. Just to give you some hope: I wear a 40DD, and I'm able to nurse on the move. It takes some practice (for both halves of the nursing pair!), but it's possible. Belphoebe |
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After reading the responses to my post, I have 2 thoughts. One is that it is not surprising that people on a bf group would think bf easier, and the second is that I am still very much hoping to get to the point that I think it is easier than ff. Yes, but bear in mind that there are women on here who FF prior children. We aren't all women who've never considered anything but breastmilk for our babies. One person talked about how sleeping is easier when you are bf. That is my experience too. I am just waiting for the days to get easier too. I am not sure I will ever be able to move around while bf due to large breasts. I'm a 40DD and never had a problem. I assume you mean that you need to support your breasts to maintain a proper latch? Older, more experienced babies tend to be pretty good at latching on and staying latched without as much help. -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net |
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"KC" wrote in message om... After reading the responses to my post, I have 2 thoughts. One is that it is not surprising that people on a bf group would think bf easier, and the second is that I am still very much hoping to get to the point that I think it is easier than ff. One person talked about how sleeping is easier when you are bf. That is my experience too. I am just waiting for the days to get easier too. I am not sure I will ever be able to move around while bf due to large breasts. KC I'm a 42 G, H or I depending on where in the lactation or menstrual cycle I am. I still found BF much easier than FF. With a good long-fabric sling, I had no problem grocery shopping and nursing at the same time. Also, nursing clothes helped a lot later on when my daughter was older, because combined with a bra, they helped keep everything in place. I have very long, very droopy breasts (I know... WTMI...) but still found that breastfeeding on the go just wasn't a big deal. Probably helped that kiddo was not shy about grabbing on with both hands and pointing the nipple where she wanted it to go by the time she was 2-3 months old. Jenrose |
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"Jenrose" wrote in message s.com... "KC" wrote in message om... After reading the responses to my post, I have 2 thoughts. One is that it is not surprising that people on a bf group would think bf easier, and the second is that I am still very much hoping to get to the point that I think it is easier than ff. One person talked about how sleeping is easier when you are bf. That is my experience too. I am just waiting for the days to get easier too. I am not sure I will ever be able to move around while bf due to large breasts. KC I'm a 42 G, H or I depending on where in the lactation or menstrual cycle I am. I still found BF much easier than FF. With a good long-fabric sling, I had no problem grocery shopping and nursing at the same time. Also, nursing clothes helped a lot later on when my daughter was older, because combined with a bra, they helped keep everything in place. I have very long, very droopy breasts (I know... WTMI...) but still found that breastfeeding on the go just wasn't a big deal. Probably helped that kiddo was not shy about grabbing on with both hands and pointing the nipple where she wanted it to go by the time she was 2-3 months old. Jenrose I don't know why this reminded me of this story... But my sister used to have dreams when her twins were small about trading milk stories with a cow, and the cow telling her how much easier it was to nurse little cows because they could latch themselves. S |
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I have long droopy breasts too :-) They are mounted low too even
before they got droopy, so they are kind of far down which has been a problem with my sling and carrier. The main problem has been that my dd can't stay latched without me holding the breast compressed for her because the breasts are fat till the end I guess would be the way to describe it. I had flat nipples when I first tried to bf my first dd. After much pumping, a little bit of feeding my first and a device called the nipplette I have them not so flat for this baby, but it is still hard for my baby to hang onto them the way they are shaped. Perhaps age will fix it. I do notice that if we are sitting totally still now she can stay latched whereas before even still we wouldn't stay latched without compression. Back to the low and long breasts though, they don't work with my NoJo sling, but I just finally broke down and ordered the Maya Wrap sling, so maybe I will eventually get mobile. Thanks for the hope. KC "Jenrose" wrote in message ws.com... I'm a 42 G, H or I depending on where in the lactation or menstrual cycle I am. I still found BF much easier than FF. With a good long-fabric sling, I had no problem grocery shopping and nursing at the same time. Also, nursing clothes helped a lot later on when my daughter was older, because combined with a bra, they helped keep everything in place. I have very long, very droopy breasts (I know... WTMI...) but still found that breastfeeding on the go just wasn't a big deal. Probably helped that kiddo was not shy about grabbing on with both hands and pointing the nipple where she wanted it to go by the time she was 2-3 months old. Jenrose |
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KC writes:
: I have long droopy breasts too :-) ... : Perhaps age will fix it. Frequent nursing certainly will! :-) : Back to the low and long breasts though, they don't work with my NoJo : sling, but I just finally broke down and ordered the Maya Wrap sling, : so maybe I will eventually get mobile. I have always said that neither the Nolo nor the OTSBH are usually that good until the baby is old enough to hold its own head up. Until then, a sling like the Maya wrap is much better. (IME) : Thanks for the hope. : KC Good luck, Larry |
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