By: jennie

jennie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:11:51 +0000

Dani,
I hope you received some feedback earlier, before you delivered. After two kids (breastfed and pumped with both) I would advise you to wait until after the birth. The first couple of days after birth, your baby needs the colostrum to have antibodies against infections. Several days later your milk will “come in” and at that point I would say you could start pumping. You and baby with learn together. Consult a Lactation Consultant if you have trouble with latching on or are worried about weight gain in the baby. good luck, it’s not as hard as some people say. You sound very committed and that is what helped me; being able to give up my idea of a schedule and let the baby set it’s own pace.

By: dani

dani — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:10:32 +0000

hi all! need some advice maybe….or a question……ok.
i’m 33wks, planning on breasfeeding – will be doing my darnedest!!! have the pump and everything. really want to do it. i know a few people that have had such a time with it in the beginning they just gave up, thus i own a fancy pump thing they gave to me.
sooo – might be realy wrong and bad but gotta ask – what if i tried to start pumping the week before i’m due or something? doesn’t it work kinda like if ya do it or have something really to take it, they usually work pretty well? is that totally and completely crazy? will it not work at all? is this a stupid question?? i just want to do it so bad, i thought maybe starting early would give me a jump start on the whole process…..but i have no idea.

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