Wanting to relactate!!!

DolceBella · Dec 3rd, 2009, 22:34 PM

I started expressing with a good quality pump around 4.5 months when I went back to work. I work overnight, 3 times a week, so DH gives her a bottle of breastmilk while I'm out. It took Bella only a short time to get used to the bottle, b/c she was hungry!

It helped that DH was the one to give it to her, and that I was out of sight. If I'm around, she only wants to eat from me.

triplemom · Dec 4th, 2009, 00:58 AM

HI EVERYONE!
I have a 2 months and a half baby, and stop breastfeeding her when
she was 1 month old

My doctor told me to do so when she prescribed
a medicine she said wasn't safe for breastfeeding. YOU CAN NOT IMAGINE HOW I SUFFERED!!!

Now that I feel strong, I would like to relactate my baby. I have no family support, but i think I have a good chance to succeed since I still have a little milk. I NEED YOUR ADVISE AND SUPPORT!!!

I think the major problem is going to be get my baby back to my breast, since she is so used to the bottle and with no support, you can imagine, but I really want to do it!!!

Please lift my spirit up...

westbrja · Dec 9th, 2009, 22:45 PM

Hey ladies! I'm so glad I stumbled across this thread. I am preggers with #3. I BF'd both DD for 4months and DS for 10 months. With DS I attended LaLeche meetings and have a pretty good idea on BF'ing. However I have a few questions that arose with both children and I'd like to be prepared before baby #3 comes. I have questions due to supply, pumping, and feedings. I would love to be paired up with any of the lovely ladies that can help. I am determined to BF exclusively with the LO. Back then I found myself uneducated and listening to a bossy mom and aunt telling me my baby was starving because she cried. Thanks so much!

TigerLady · Dec 10th, 2009, 10:30 AM

Do you suspect you really did have low supply problems with your previous LOs? Or were you just led to believe that because LO was crying and your mom and aunt said that?

Having low supply is very very rare, but does occassionally happen.

westbrja · Dec 10th, 2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TigerLady

Do you suspect you really did have low supply problems with your previous LOs? Or were you just led to believe that because LO was crying and your mom and aunt said that?

Having low supply is very very rare, but does occassionally happen.

I now realize that you shouldn't base you supply on the amt you pump and that's what I was going by. Once I went back to work it took everything I had just to pump enough for the next day. I would pump 2-3 times in a 12 hour period and only take home 4-5 ozs. That was enough for maybe 2 feedings. Also I would feed on one side and pump the other to increase my output but it never seemed to work. I tried Fenugreek without much success either. I was drinking plenty too.

TigerLady · Dec 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM

A good quality double electric pump is key. Also finding the right size shields. And a high protein diet is just as important (if not more so) than plenty of water.

When you are ready to try pumping again, be sure to ask if you have trouble! I have to pump 2x per day at work now. Also, I would recommend working on building up a stash of frozen EBM before you have to go back to work.

westbrja · Dec 10th, 2009, 12:44 PM

I have the huge $250 Medela that I use or I use the hospital grade pumps. What do the shields have to do with the amt you express? I tried having a surplus of EBM with the last two. I did have quite a bit frozen. One question I have is, if I nurse LO on one breast can I pump the other? That's what I used to do but then I worried that if LO wanted to eat before an hour was up then both boods would be empty and she's be hungry. Is that the case?

TigerLady · Dec 10th, 2009, 12:50 PM

Believe it or not, I have found that the sheild size can affect how much I get. It can also affect your ducts and a size too small can cause blockages, which will decrease supply. Too big and the vacuum isn't good and you won't get as much.

Yes, you can pump after a feed. That is what I did in the early days when my LO was still feeding very frequently. If you start pumping early on, then your supply will establish such that you can pump extra.

The only time I try to avoid pumping right after a feed is during growth spurts when I am having trouble figuring out how often LO will want fed (as he want's fed more often). And during spurts where he is cluster feeding at night. If he was in a cluster feeding spurt (which always happened in the evenings) I would pump after feedings only in the mornings.

westbrja · Dec 10th, 2009, 12:56 PM

Because DD and DS were so small the LC said it was common for them to feed often since their tummys were so small and the BM digested quicker. It got to the point with both kiddos that they would eat every hour for about 45 mins per feed. It got to be very strenuous. I love the thought of BF'ing but it was also making me think that I wasn't making enough. How do you get over that hump of them feeding ALL THE TIME without giving up. As much as I loved BF'ing I couldn't sit around without a shirt on all day. It wasn't just during a growth spurt for them either. It was all the time for several months. I guess being so little everyday was a growth spurt for them

westbrja · Dec 10th, 2009, 13:07 PM

This may sound silly but could my milk not have enough hindmilk in it? Is there a such thing as that? I don't remember exactly but I don't remember their being much cream seperated on the top. DD and DS did always seem hungry after a feed.

Dec 3rd, 2009, 22:34 PM	#221
DolceBella Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,286	I started expressing with a good quality pump around 4.5 months when I went back to work. I work overnight, 3 times a week, so DH gives her a bottle of breastmilk while I'm out. It took Bella only a short time to get used to the bottle, b/c she was hungry! It helped that DH was the one to give it to her, and that I was out of sight. If I'm around, she only wants to eat from me.

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Dec 4th, 2009, 00:58 AM	#222
triplemom Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 306	Wanting to relactate!!! HI EVERYONE! I have a 2 months and a half baby, and stop breastfeeding her when she was 1 month old My doctor told me to do so when she prescribed a medicine she said wasn't safe for breastfeeding. YOU CAN NOT IMAGINE HOW I SUFFERED!!! Now that I feel strong, I would like to relactate my baby. I have no family support, but i think I have a good chance to succeed since I still have a little milk. I NEED YOUR ADVISE AND SUPPORT!!! I think the major problem is going to be get my baby back to my breast, since she is so used to the bottle and with no support, you can imagine, but I really want to do it!!! Please lift my spirit up...

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Dec 9th, 2009, 22:45 PM	#223
westbrja Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,219	Want To Be Prepared For #3 Hey ladies! I'm so glad I stumbled across this thread. I am preggers with #3. I BF'd both DD for 4months and DS for 10 months. With DS I attended LaLeche meetings and have a pretty good idea on BF'ing. However I have a few questions that arose with both children and I'd like to be prepared before baby #3 comes. I have questions due to supply, pumping, and feedings. I would love to be paired up with any of the lovely ladies that can help. I am determined to BF exclusively with the LO. Back then I found myself uneducated and listening to a bossy mom and aunt telling me my baby was starving because she cried. Thanks so much!

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Dec 10th, 2009, 10:30 AM	#224
TigerLady Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In a Cave Posts: 22,889	Do you suspect you really did have low supply problems with your previous LOs? Or were you just led to believe that because LO was crying and your mom and aunt said that? Having low supply is very very rare, but does occassionally happen.

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Dec 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM	#226
TigerLady Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In a Cave Posts: 22,889	A good quality double electric pump is key. Also finding the right size shields. And a high protein diet is just as important (if not more so) than plenty of water. When you are ready to try pumping again, be sure to ask if you have trouble! I have to pump 2x per day at work now. Also, I would recommend working on building up a stash of frozen EBM before you have to go back to work.

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Dec 10th, 2009, 12:44 PM	#227
westbrja Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,219	I have the huge $250 Medela that I use or I use the hospital grade pumps. What do the shields have to do with the amt you express? I tried having a surplus of EBM with the last two. I did have quite a bit frozen. One question I have is, if I nurse LO on one breast can I pump the other? That's what I used to do but then I worried that if LO wanted to eat before an hour was up then both boods would be empty and she's be hungry. Is that the case?

Status: Offline

Dec 10th, 2009, 12:50 PM	#228
TigerLady Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In a Cave Posts: 22,889	Believe it or not, I have found that the sheild size can affect how much I get. It can also affect your ducts and a size too small can cause blockages, which will decrease supply. Too big and the vacuum isn't good and you won't get as much. Yes, you can pump after a feed. That is what I did in the early days when my LO was still feeding very frequently. If you start pumping early on, then your supply will establish such that you can pump extra. The only time I try to avoid pumping right after a feed is during growth spurts when I am having trouble figuring out how often LO will want fed (as he want's fed more often). And during spurts where he is cluster feeding at night. If he was in a cluster feeding spurt (which always happened in the evenings) I would pump after feedings only in the mornings.

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Dec 10th, 2009, 12:56 PM	#229
westbrja Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,219	Because DD and DS were so small the LC said it was common for them to feed often since their tummys were so small and the BM digested quicker. It got to the point with both kiddos that they would eat every hour for about 45 mins per feed. It got to be very strenuous. I love the thought of BF'ing but it was also making me think that I wasn't making enough. How do you get over that hump of them feeding ALL THE TIME without giving up. As much as I loved BF'ing I couldn't sit around without a shirt on all day. It wasn't just during a growth spurt for them either. It was all the time for several months. I guess being so little everyday was a growth spurt for them

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Dec 10th, 2009, 13:07 PM	#230
westbrja Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,219	This may sound silly but could my milk not have enough hindmilk in it? Is there a such thing as that? I don't remember exactly but I don't remember their being much cream seperated on the top. DD and DS did always seem hungry after a feed.

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