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Post by gizmoracer on Sept 29, 2010 9:24:19 GMT
I'm after a few opinions. As most of you will know my little girl is extremely small (born weighing 1lb 7oz). She is still in hospital and currently being tube fed. However she has just started to show an interest in wanting to suckle so now I have a choice.
I am expressing for her already so I could try her on the breast BUT I honestly don't think she will be able to get enough in her mouth to get any milk out which will in turn make both of us irritable. I'm also alot happier to try breastfeeding in the comfort of my own home where I am less stressed and pressured as I have found it very difficult in the past.
SO my other option is to give her the expressed milk in a premmi bottle, which will be easier for her and me and make sure we know how much she gets. This is probably what I'm going to do BUT I would still like to try and breastfeed her when she eventually comes home.
Do you think that giving her the bottle will stop her from breastfeeding in the future? Has anyone got experience of doing something like this? Any opinions greatly appreciated.
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Post by Weeble on Sept 29, 2010 14:36:00 GMT
Hi Giz
No experience, but think you are amazing, having wrestled with the breastfeed not breastfeed issue with O and the drugs I can understand that this is hard. Here are my uninformed thoughts.
The top thing is you are breastfeeding her, well done, I know how hard expressing is and I take my hat off to you. The most important thing after that is that you do what is right for you. So if that is using a premmi bottle then use one and do what is right for you. If it was me I would continue to express but ask the hospital for a quiet space for a couple of days where I could sit with her on my chest and try, just like you have to do when they come term. I would ask them to feed her by tube during that time to give me a chance to get the breast going first.
The hospital I was discharged from had just built a special transitional care ward for sick mums or scbu babes where the mum and baby could be cared for together, where normally they would be seperated. It was amazing, I wish they had one of those for you and you could be with her to do this together.
Let us know how things go,
Kat
p.s. if its hard and you feel shit or stressed, just know it took me until bed time last night to it really working with O - five days and it was painful, stressful and exhausting but worth the effort. It took a day to teach in to latch and then he insisted on sucking so hard and long i think my head felt like it would blow up
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Post by butterfly on Oct 13, 2010 6:52:18 GMT
hi there, I dont have any experience of feeding a tiny tiny baby by the boob, but my son was only 5 lb, early and I breast fed him. I also breast fed my daughter who had an episode in intensive care when she was 4 weeks old and I still managed to breast feed her afterwards. My advice to you would be this : Dont worry no harm will come if you choose not to breast feed Relax about the whole situation (try anyway) Express a lot, frequently every 3 hours if you can just a tiny bit because a newborn would be demanding freqently 'some babies get used to one thing (nipple/teat) if you dont introduce the boob she might not beable to latch on Get coomfortable when you try to feed mentally and physically Finally go with what nature. Dont let anyone pressure you. Try and enjoy breast feeding your LO, because it can be lovely. good luck xx
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