Updated Nursing Story
It's been awhile, so I'm updating my nursing story for Adopt-A-Mom:
The first time I nursed my daughter, Rose, was immediately after her birth. She only weighed 4lbs. 12oz. so I had to hold my breast away from her face to keep from smothering her. Because of her weight and low blood sugar, she had to be hospitalized in the NICU for a week. I tried nursing her the first night, but she had trouble latching. After that first day, the NICU wouldn't allow me to nurse her because she was refusing to eat and her blood sugar was still low. For her first week I pumped and took the milk up to the hospital. I tried again to nurse her at the hospital the day she was released, but she was still having trouble.
That first week was the roughest in our whole nursing experience. Once I got Rose home I was able to get her latched on and nursing. From that time on she absolutely refused to take a bottle. I had an Overactive Letdown which I was able to control by only nursing from one breast each feeding. I had several plugged ducts, but I was fortunate to take care of them with heat and extra nursing on the problem side. The only other bump on our nursing journey was a few instances of biting. Once I realized that she only bit me when she either still had food left in her mouth or when she was done and just playing, I was able to stop the biting by paying more attention. I've only had one bad bite that took a couple of weeks to heal.
Rose weaned while I was pregnant with my son, Jamie. After he was born she started nursing again. I tandem nursed the two of them for about six months until Rose weaned again; she was 3 1/2yrs.
I am pregnant with number 3 now. Jamie has nursed my entire pregnancy, and he shows no signs of stopping. After my experiences with Rose, nursing Jamie has been pretty easy. He is very easy going. Even nursing while pregnant has not been much of an issue, aside from some early nipple pain. I plan to tandem nurse Jamie and the new baby for as long as Jamie wants to nurse.
The first time I nursed my daughter, Rose, was immediately after her birth. She only weighed 4lbs. 12oz. so I had to hold my breast away from her face to keep from smothering her. Because of her weight and low blood sugar, she had to be hospitalized in the NICU for a week. I tried nursing her the first night, but she had trouble latching. After that first day, the NICU wouldn't allow me to nurse her because she was refusing to eat and her blood sugar was still low. For her first week I pumped and took the milk up to the hospital. I tried again to nurse her at the hospital the day she was released, but she was still having trouble.
That first week was the roughest in our whole nursing experience. Once I got Rose home I was able to get her latched on and nursing. From that time on she absolutely refused to take a bottle. I had an Overactive Letdown which I was able to control by only nursing from one breast each feeding. I had several plugged ducts, but I was fortunate to take care of them with heat and extra nursing on the problem side. The only other bump on our nursing journey was a few instances of biting. Once I realized that she only bit me when she either still had food left in her mouth or when she was done and just playing, I was able to stop the biting by paying more attention. I've only had one bad bite that took a couple of weeks to heal.
Rose weaned while I was pregnant with my son, Jamie. After he was born she started nursing again. I tandem nursed the two of them for about six months until Rose weaned again; she was 3 1/2yrs.
I am pregnant with number 3 now. Jamie has nursed my entire pregnancy, and he shows no signs of stopping. After my experiences with Rose, nursing Jamie has been pretty easy. He is very easy going. Even nursing while pregnant has not been much of an issue, aside from some early nipple pain. I plan to tandem nurse Jamie and the new baby for as long as Jamie wants to nurse.