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"Boliath" wrote in message
... wrote: I just want to say THANK YOU. I went into labor Friday night and the doc said that I was going to have to have a c section. We live in a very small town had to wait for the other doc's to get to the hospital. Bethany would not wait. She was folded in half buttom first. But I had her the doc could not believe it. The other doctors showed up 5 minutes late. We are all doing good she is 4lb 15oz. 20 in long. Now I am working a getting my milk to come in. Any hints to help would be great. Again thank you. I was very scared. Congratulations and welcome to baby Bethany, what a beautiful name. Your milk will come in, in the meantime Bethany's stomach is only about the size of a marble, your colostrum is what she needs. Get her on the breast as often as you can, eat and drink well yourself and have faith in your body. I think that is the absolute best advice anyone could give a new mother. It's so easy get get pushed off track by doctors and nurses who are expecting the tiny newborn (and REALLY tiny, in the case of Bethany) to eat ounces and ounces at a time, right out of the gate. Gives new breastfeeding moms a complex and makes them doubt that they can produce enough to adequately feed their baby. It's worth saying again. Have faith in your body. Baby's tummy is tiny at this point, and you are making enough to feed baby. As you make more milk, baby's tummy will grow, and as baby's tummy grows, if she's at the breast a lot, you'll make more milk. It's a wonderful glorious circle! -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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I think that is the absolute best advice anyone could give a new mother.
It's so easy get get pushed off track by doctors and nurses who are expecting the tiny newborn (and REALLY tiny, in the case of Bethany) to eat ounces and ounces at a time, right out of the gate. Gives new breastfeeding moms a complex and makes them doubt that they can produce enough to adequately feed their baby. you're spot on Jamie, excessive feed volume in the first few days of life has been cited as a cause of obesity, but I don't think it's been massively researched, it sounds vaguely plausible though, if you artificially inflate the volume of the stomach! Somewhere I read about premature babies and the amount they were given to eat and on the first day it was something like 1ml per feed, increasing by 1ml a feed each day in the very early days. Then, elsewhere, more recently, I read about feeding protocols for babies who were either at risk, or had suffered from low blood sugar and they were suggesting 60ml per feed!!! For a full term baby it's probably not that far off the 1ml of a premature baby, I syringe fed DS and we gave 1ml, then offered the breast, so total feed would have been tiny! Something else I read on the internet recently was about babies with primordial dwarfisim, they are small, but in proportion and often weigh 2 or 3lb at a full term birth, but it's so rare, they are not diagnosed and are fed as if they are severely growth retarded and later severe failure to thrive and often have horrendous problems with vomitting and it's only when the doctors realise the condition and that no amount of food will make them grow and cut back on the food that there stomach problems are resolved. In some cultures, I can't recall whether it's hindu or muslim, or a geographical area that covers both, historically they do not give the babies colostrum and initiate breastfeeding on day 3, before western medicine interfered, they would have given nothing, or maybe a few drops of water (probably with some herbs or tea, I'm not sure exactly), it's not ideal, but I do wonder whether 2oz bottles of formula every 3hrs is any better. Cheers Anne |
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Jamie Clark wrote:
"Boliath" wrote in message ... wrote: I just want to say THANK YOU. I went into labor Friday night and the doc said that I was going to have to have a c section. We live in a very small town had to wait for the other doc's to get to the hospital. Bethany would not wait. She was folded in half buttom first. But I had her the doc could not believe it. The other doctors showed up 5 minutes late. We are all doing good she is 4lb 15oz. 20 in long. Now I am working a getting my milk to come in. Any hints to help would be great. Again thank you. I was very scared. Congratulations and welcome to baby Bethany, what a beautiful name. Your milk will come in, in the meantime Bethany's stomach is only about the size of a marble, your colostrum is what she needs. Get her on the breast as often as you can, eat and drink well yourself and have faith in your body. I think that is the absolute best advice anyone could give a new mother. Thanks Jamie. |
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On Jun 11, 12:23 pm, "Jamie Clark" wrote:
I think that is the absolute best advice anyone could give a new mother. It's so easy get get pushed off track by doctors and nurses who are expecting the tiny newborn (and REALLY tiny, in the case of Bethany) to eat ounces and ounces at a time, right out of the gate. Gives new breastfeeding moms a complex and makes them doubt that they can produce enough to adequately feed their baby. It's worth saying again. Have faith in your body. Baby's tummy is tiny at this point, and you are making enough to feed baby. As you make more milk, baby's tummy will grow, and as baby's tummy grows, if she's at the breast a lot, you'll make more milk. It's a wonderful glorious circle! Totally agree here -- my hospital had a chart on the wall showing the relative size of the baby's stomach in their early days. I think on day 1 it was the size of a chickpea, on day 2 or so a cherry and day three'ish a walnut. That is not very big! When I see people feeding actual bottles to their newborns I wonder where all that milk is going. Also I always laugh at those baby shows where they come home from the hospital the day following the birth, and they are mixing up bottles because "mom's milk hasn't come in yet" -- didn't anyone ever tell them is isn't supposed to be in yet?? So much misinformation on those shows. Anyways congrats on baby Bethany. Your body birthed her just fine despite her breech position, it will also make the milk she needs. Just keep her on the boob as much as possible, in a few days you will be wondering how to turn the milk off you'll have so much! Elle |
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