Posts by clairebear3

Yeah i'm sure if I could get her back to the breast it would help my supply.  I'm just not sure how to go about it.  Someone in another thread gave me a great link about reducing supplementing but i'm confused as to when I...

Well I think I must be drinking enough then, i'm not forcing myself but I don't feel like i'm still thirst so it must be ok.   My DD wasn't gaining weight at about 2 weeks so I had to start pumping and supplementing.  I...

In my quest to increase my supply I want to make sure I have all the bases covered.  Some people say you should drink to thirst, some that you need to drink extra water, some that drinking too much water is even bad for your...

Thank you everyone!  I really appreciate having people to sound ideas to, i can't keep bugging the midwife :)   I think I will try the shields in a few days, I guess I will not pump the feed before, then feed her with the...

Well I had another go at BFding yesterday but I think i'm going to have to stick with pumping.   I started feeding her at 15.20, 20 mins on each breast, I could hear her drinking but then she started getting frustrated so I...

Forgot to say, she is used to drinking 2 x 150ml bottles a day from when she was 4 weeks, i'm cursing the doc who told me to do that instead of more smaller bottles!

Ok, my masterplan backfired.   I was offering the breast every two hours and she was drinking really well (I think), then she was sleeping in the beco carrier, then in the evening I gave her one of the 90ml bottles and she was...

Yeah, I do take it all to heart a little bit, my natural birth turned out to be a cesarean and I just freaked out when I thought BF wasn't working!   The health visitor was here this a.m and she also thought it was a good time...

My first is only 6 weeks so I have no advice on weaning but I do live in another country close to my in-laws and away from my family.  I feel i've changed a lot, as have my ideas and opinions, since moving away from my family and...

Thanks!   Yeah it does feel like I have a new full-time job!  My husband has coeliacs disease so it's really important to me that I try to give her as much breast milk for as long as possible.  I'm really determined...