hi everyone,
may i join in? i never thought i'd be here, like many of us i suspect. discovered i was pre-eclamptic at 36+6 and went to my L&D for observation. bye-bye home birth
. little charlie was born 2 days later at 37+1.
after time together, because he was under 5 lbs and had shown asymetrical IUGR on his ultrasound, his blood sugar was tested and he was admitted to the NICU, and stayed on for a short visit of a week due to high hematocrit/thick blood as well.
now we're home, and i'm pumping every feeding to stay ahead of charlie and build my milk supply b/c he can't maintain or build it on his own....yet.
LOVED working with the LCs at the hospital, and so thankful for all of their advice and for building a specific plan for me.
what i'd like to know is, who else has had this pumping experience, and how do you know when to start tapering off the pumping sessions? sometimes i'm getting 1 oz, and sometimes 6, from one breast. and sometimes we get into a bad cycle, when charlie wants to cluster feed and i've just pumped. then he'll suck for 30-45 minutes, sleep for an hour or less, wake to do it again. neither breast seems to satisfy him, and he picks these times to resist a deep latch in preference for nursing my nipple. this has happened both of the last two nights, meaning i get almost no sleep.
i know every situation is so different, and that i can call the LCs anytime as well. however, i'd love to hear from other mamas who may have navigated a similar experience. i'm going into the weekend and dreading more sleepless nights...
may i join in? i never thought i'd be here, like many of us i suspect. discovered i was pre-eclamptic at 36+6 and went to my L&D for observation. bye-bye home birth
. little charlie was born 2 days later at 37+1.after time together, because he was under 5 lbs and had shown asymetrical IUGR on his ultrasound, his blood sugar was tested and he was admitted to the NICU, and stayed on for a short visit of a week due to high hematocrit/thick blood as well.
now we're home, and i'm pumping every feeding to stay ahead of charlie and build my milk supply b/c he can't maintain or build it on his own....yet.
LOVED working with the LCs at the hospital, and so thankful for all of their advice and for building a specific plan for me.
what i'd like to know is, who else has had this pumping experience, and how do you know when to start tapering off the pumping sessions? sometimes i'm getting 1 oz, and sometimes 6, from one breast. and sometimes we get into a bad cycle, when charlie wants to cluster feed and i've just pumped. then he'll suck for 30-45 minutes, sleep for an hour or less, wake to do it again. neither breast seems to satisfy him, and he picks these times to resist a deep latch in preference for nursing my nipple. this has happened both of the last two nights, meaning i get almost no sleep.
i know every situation is so different, and that i can call the LCs anytime as well. however, i'd love to hear from other mamas who may have navigated a similar experience. i'm going into the weekend and dreading more sleepless nights...
