Foolproof Breastfeeding Success

[norwegian_wood]

Follow my advice, and you will be able to nurse your new baby.

1. During pregnancy, do not purchase bottles or pacifiers.

2. During pregnancy, and after the baby is born, do not have artificial milk substitutes (formula) in the house.

3. During pregnancy, see a doctor to examine your breasts. Rule out hypoplastic breasts4. During pregnancy,

Comments

[altarflame]

I like what you're saying, and I wish I knew everything that I knew now, when I was pregnant with Annie.

BUT - I think people who try to blame not breastfeeding on c sections, early separation and the like are sissies. It might make it harder, but I've done it 3 times and I think the main thing - above and beyond any specific criteria - is to research the benefits well enough that you get DETERMINED and PERSEVERE, period. Dedication, people! Babs did all the things you said and still had to go through surgery for an abcess, but she didn't quit.

[norwegian_wood]

you are absolutely right. all of the good advice in the world cannot help a quitter. i have seen determination overcome huge obstacles.
separation at birth, and undesireable birth experiences can and do interfere with "average woman"'s natural abilities and instincts. and we know that the majority of women having babies are not informed, passionate, or supported enough to overcome hospital induced problems. if "average woman" had her babies at home, however, she would have no excuse but "choice" to feed her baby formula. (and we know her likely choice would be to breastfeed if she had her baby at home)

[housepoet]

can you email this to me, beucase I would like to post it in my journal with all your cool links too.

[rinku]

an easy way to do that is to have your browser view the page source, and then just copy that -- it'd contain the html links.

[cindimama]

retained placenta? I had that after my 2nd was born, does that affect nursing? She nursed like a champ and was a 37 weeker. They gave me methergine to make my uterus contract back down and 2 WEEKS after she was born they finally believed me and did an ultrasound to see the fucking chunk of placenta. That dr fucked me in more ways than one and if that had damaged my nursing relationship I would've had to damage HIS ability to have more children.

[norwegian_wood]

yeah, it can potentially affect your supply....scroll down.

[preternatural]

It REALLY affects nursing, because what signals your body to start the rush of lactation hormones is the removal of a placenta. Retained placenta usually means your body doesn't get the message to start producing milk.

Basically, you end up like an adoptive mom, relying on stimulation alone to get production going. You were damn lucky that you had a previous child, because your body already knew what the suckling meant it needed to do, but for a lot of first-time moms, retained placenta means they never start producing, at least, not enough to come anywhere near meeting demand.

[cingulus]

Yeesh, I wish my neighbor had gotten this message. She started out day-one trying to pump her breasts, got little, and blamed it on "I just don't make milk!" and went for the formula.

[norwegian_wood]

typical :/

[norwegian_wood]

i replied to your sbcglobal.net address yesterday.