Okay so I just had my 4th baby on the 4th of november and as i aid i am new to bf well kinda I tried to bf my oldest two kids but didnt make any milk at all so i couldnt and then with my 3 child i didnt even try and felt like a failure so i was determined this time to bf and so far i think it has been going great we had a little bit of a problem with latch on in the beginning but now we are doing great I think so here is where the ?'s come in!!
1) After you milk comes in and the engorgment goes a way are your breast suppose to feel soft like they did before you were pregnant?? Because mine do all the time I feel the pins and needles of the let down but the dont get hard and full like i thought they should!! I know she is getting enough because she has 6 to 8 wet diapers a day and usually has a poopie diaper every other feeding plus i can feel her gulping and swallowing! She eats every 2 to 3 hours and is pretty content after a feeing!!
2)What have you found to be the easy postion to hold your baby in to nurse?? I have found the football hold to be best durning the day and the laying down hold to be the best for the nite but I am looking for an easy way to hold her while we are out in public without a pillow. I do have a moby but i havent conquered it yet!
3)Does it really work good when bf out in public??
4) What nursing bra do you like and why?? Preferably underwire!! I have not bought one yet but plan to over this next weekend and would love suggestions!!
And I think that is all the questions i have for now but I am sure I will think of many more!!!Thank you soo much in advance!!
~*Kristen*~
1) After you milk comes in and the engorgment goes a way are your breast suppose to feel soft like they did before you were pregnant?? Because mine do all the time I feel the pins and needles of the let down but the dont get hard and full like i thought they should!! I know she is getting enough because she has 6 to 8 wet diapers a day and usually has a poopie diaper every other feeding plus i can feel her gulping and swallowing! She eats every 2 to 3 hours and is pretty content after a feeing!! Totally normal for them to soften up, they don't have to be hard to produce milk :-)
2)What have you found to be the easy postion to hold your baby in to nurse?? I have found the football hold to be best durning the day and the laying down hold to be the best for the nite but I am looking for an easy way to hold her while we are out in public without a pillow. I do have a moby but i havent conquered it yet! I have a moby wrap thing but have never nursed with it. I would reccomend a sling of some sort for nursing in public. I just do the cradle hold to nurse. It works best for me. As far as night time I also lay with them and nurse.
4) What nursing bra do you like and why?? Preferably underwire!! I have not bought one yet but plan to over this next weekend and would love suggestions!! I am small busted, so I don't know if this would work for you but I just use my regular bras and pull them down.It is way easier than a nursing bra.
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Sounds like you're doing really well! I'm planning on buying a pump so my husband can feed the baby while he's home on r&r and so I can make sure my milk stays where it needs to be plus some. My daughter weened herself b/c I had to go back to work @ 5w, and I am DETERMINED not to have that happen again!!!
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on Nov. 23, 2009 at 12:56 AM