I had a chance to catch up with an old friend today (months after the birth of her first child). It sounded like she has been pretty tramatized by the experience, and then she's had rotten advice about breastfeeding (so therefore is not currently bf'ing but is pumping with plans to quit that too). I wish that I could help her. I wish she had better information. I wish she would attempt to reconnect with baby at breastfeeding. But I'm not her, so I'm not sure what to do at this point because she sounds pretty sensitive... like she's tried everything and is emotionally drained.
My first question is this: if you knew someone in her situation, would you try to give her better information? Would you encourage her to breastfeed again?
Some details: For first few weeks they successfully used the finger feeder (don't have details why that was needed). He bf'd for a day successfully. She was then told to pump & dump for a couple weeks by a doc because of meds she needed to take. Then baby had green poop which she believes is from him getting too much of her milk so she now only gives expressed milk every 3 hours and soy bottle in between if he's hungry. She has a stock pile of breastmilk frozen for him for ?? months, and plans on stopping pumping once she has enough to last 5 months. She is returning to work in a few weeks. The boy is afraid of her breasts. She has a great supply of milk, but talks of the day when her milk will run out.
Second question:Tell me about green infant poop... is there such a thing as an overload? I've read there's an imbalance of hindmilk vs. foremilk... would this be a problem for babies receiving expressed milk in a bottle... I mean wouldn't the hind/fore milk all mix together?
Anything else you can offer me in the way of how to approach this would be great. Ummm I guess I just realized this may not be the best forum for these questions... please move me to the right place, or let me know if I should cross post... TIA! Heidi
My first question is this: if you knew someone in her situation, would you try to give her better information? Would you encourage her to breastfeed again?
Some details: For first few weeks they successfully used the finger feeder (don't have details why that was needed). He bf'd for a day successfully. She was then told to pump & dump for a couple weeks by a doc because of meds she needed to take. Then baby had green poop which she believes is from him getting too much of her milk so she now only gives expressed milk every 3 hours and soy bottle in between if he's hungry. She has a stock pile of breastmilk frozen for him for ?? months, and plans on stopping pumping once she has enough to last 5 months. She is returning to work in a few weeks. The boy is afraid of her breasts. She has a great supply of milk, but talks of the day when her milk will run out.
Second question:Tell me about green infant poop... is there such a thing as an overload? I've read there's an imbalance of hindmilk vs. foremilk... would this be a problem for babies receiving expressed milk in a bottle... I mean wouldn't the hind/fore milk all mix together?
Anything else you can offer me in the way of how to approach this would be great. Ummm I guess I just realized this may not be the best forum for these questions... please move me to the right place, or let me know if I should cross post... TIA! Heidi
