clairebear

i have brought i loverly shawl to drape over my shoudler whilst BF in public and like the loverly post ann marie posted no one can stop u from feeding ur baby in the most natural way possible x

armychicmkm

Hi Ladies

Here are some other benefits of breastfeeding according to the Breastfeeding for Dummies book:

Shrinks uterus quicker.
Burns and average of 200-500 calories per day. (Woohoo!)
Decreased risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers.
Increased bone density - lowered risk for osteoporosis.
The chance to sit down and rest.

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...g.id-2486.html

WaitingForYou

^ Interesting. Sound's good to me. I can think of so many good reason's to do it. So that's what I will try first of all.

Doesn't it start hurting sometimes though, like baby can suck too hard or bite. My sister had to stop after about 4 weeks, as the pressure of baby sucking was killing her boobs.
Then again my mum breastfeed till 2 years old for 5 of us kids. Thats 10 years of her life breastfeeding. Ha that sounds weird.

armychicmkm

I cannot imagine breastfeeding for 10 years! I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to manage to do it for 6 months.

anita665

I love the way my LO shakes his head really fast as he goes to latch on. It's so cute.

I think because the government wants more women to breast feed they only tell you the good things and then women are suprised by the bad things because they weren't told so they aren't prepared.

Honestly I found it quite painful for the first week to 10 days with sore nipples and just the feeling of him feeding. Also it's hard work as it's so frequent and nobody else can help but it gets better. At about the 10 day mark it no longer hurt for me and you get used to the routine.

Also if you plan to only express and use a bottle then you can do that from the start. I've found the Avent airflex bottles really good to help with avoiding nipple confusion too because they let the air back in on there own without baby having to release. I tried my LO on a different bottle yesterday and he couldn't figure it out. He was sucking and sucking but getting nowhere because he wasn't letting the air back.

Good luck with what ever you decide to do.

leedsforever

so I can express from day 1 then?? How will the midwifes react with that decision?? !!!

Ann-Marie

When I was in with Ethan, they told me to hand express and catch it in a syringe to feed him ??? Which I found really odd...

tinytoes

i agree - i got a hooter hider! it was off ebay, made by a very nice lady in the US. (MUch cheaper than the bebeaulait ones)


Cant wait to get using it.

Boobs might not be sexual while feeding but I'm not worried about reserving them for sexual purposes - this is what they're designed for. I'm sure DB and I will get back into teh swing of things with them at some point!

I heard you should wait for a while for the milk to be flowing well to express. I may be wrong though, I've never been down thsi road before, it's all new.
And I bet a lot of flat nipples behave themselves and play along when there's a baby there nuzzling for dinner time.

Personally I'll be devestated if I cant breastfeed - I am expecting it to be a real bonding thing.
And It seems so much more convenient to me!

No steralizing, no heating milk, no shopping for formula, no packing bottles when going out etc etc!...