http://www.mommadiary.com/2007/11/15/benefits-breast-feeding-mothers-babies/ Babies, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, health, work from home and women stuff Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.mommadiary.com/2007/11/15/benefits-breast-feeding-mothers-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Fiona - www.momentbymoment.com.au Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:43:42 +0000 http://www.mommadiary.com/2007/11/15/benefits-breast-feeding-mothers-babies/#comment-120 its great that your going to work at breastfeeding. When my daughter Airlie was born I had to express for 2months straight every 3hours because she was too tiny and did not know how to suck feed being born at 27weeks and weighing less then 1kg. I felt very strongly about breastfeeding her as it was the only thing I could do for her while she was in the neonatal intensive care unit. I was very lucky and able to produce lots of milk which was given to her in a tube pushed into her gut. She did not get her first suck feed from the breast till she was 33weeks gestation or 6weeks old. I was told this was exception because most babies do not suck until 35weeks gestation due to the sucking reflex not being present until then. I took extra time to help Airlie learn to feed and when she was not able to breastfeed and was given the expressed breastmilk i use to put a dummy in her mouth so she could learn that sucking meant she would get a full tummy.... not sure if its a proven by a study but I sure do believe it works because she she fed quicker and came home 5weeks before she was even suppose to be born! I went on to breastfeed her till she was 21months old which I am very proud of. My son who was born full term was breastfed till he was 8months old I stopped when I went back to work I did not know what was possible with expressing at that stage He is 5 years older then his sister. Good Luck with the breastfeeding. It can be hard but as long as its something you enjoy doing and your baby is gaining weight then keep going. If for some reason your baby is not gaining weight or you loose your supply don't beat yourself up because the fact that you have tried is the best thing anyway. its great that your going to work at breastfeeding. When my daughter Airlie was born I had to express for 2months straight every 3hours because she was too tiny and did not know how to suck feed being born at 27weeks and weighing less then 1kg. I felt very strongly about breastfeeding her as it was the only thing I could do for her while she was in the neonatal intensive care unit. I was very lucky and able to produce lots of milk which was given to her in a tube pushed into her gut. She did not get her first suck feed from the breast till she was 33weeks gestation or 6weeks old. I was told this was exception because most babies do not suck until 35weeks gestation due to the sucking reflex not being present until then. I took extra time to help Airlie learn to feed and when she was not able to breastfeed and was given the expressed breastmilk i use to put a dummy in her mouth so she could learn that sucking meant she would get a full tummy…. not sure if its a proven by a study but I sure do believe it works because she she fed quicker and came home 5weeks before she was even suppose to be born! I went on to breastfeed her till she was 21months old which I am very proud of.
My son who was born full term was breastfed till he was 8months old I stopped when I went back to work I did not know what was possible with expressing at that stage He is 5 years older then his sister.
Good Luck with the breastfeeding. It can be hard but as long as its something you enjoy doing and your baby is gaining weight then keep going. If for some reason your baby is not gaining weight or you loose your supply don’t beat yourself up because the fact that you have tried is the best thing anyway.

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