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any good premie books
I have told her about a really great nursing center hear that helped me
alot with ds#1. I hope she calls them. Thanks Susan This is not unusual for a preemie. Books are all very well, but what she needs right now is an IBCLC experienced with getting preemies onto the breast, and probably some pumping support as well. Have you put her in touch with the yahoo group pumpmoms? There are a lot of experienced preemie mums there. Lara |
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any good premie books
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on b/fing. I have a friend who just delivered her baby at 34 weeks. She had mild spina bifida (they closed the small hole and say she will suffer no lasting effects) and she has been receiving bottles the entire time (all EBM.) I fear that the baby will never be able to b/f and I'm trying not to be too pushy but I'm wondering if there are any good books I can get them? I don't think she has ever latched on and she's a little over a week old. Any ideas would be appreciated. Many 34-weekers learn to nurse after being fed EBM, but it takes work and help. She needs to see an IBCLC if she has not consulted with one. If there is one in the NICU/SBCU, so much the better, as that IBCLC will have more experience with premies. I found a football hold to be easiest, and because DS was all about the milk, I started aa letdown before trying to teach him to latch so that one suck would reward him with milk. He didn't latch on for six days after birth and didn't latch on reliably until nine or ten days after birth. After getting two latches in a row I quit using the bottles to try to avoid any further nipple confusion. _Womanly Art_ and _Nursing Mother's Companion_ both had sections on premature babies if I'm remembering right. There were also copies of LLL's book on premies scattered around the pumping stations at the NICU. Once they've figured out how to latch, though, it's very much the same thing as nursing any other newborn. (When in doubt, offer.) The schedule for pumping and teaching a premie can be very very frantic. Mine was something like this; half an hour of latchwork and nursing, then pumping for half an hour while DH held DS, then feeding DS whatever I had been able to pump, then nap for an hour and fifteen minutes, then get up, change the baby, and get set up to work on his latch again. She may very well need more domestic help than she has. My relatives were wonderful and kept bringing in food and doing dishes and laundry, but I had both grandmas nearby. -- C, mama to seventeen month old nursling |
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