Hi,
My daughter was 16 weeks premature and along with that came all of the trials and tribulations of exclusively pumping, a baby who couldn't latch, etc...
...she's now home and we're planning on trying to get her on the breast (she's currently bottlefed about 80%formula 20% expressed breastmilk). We're waiting on an SNS and once that shows up we plan on having all of her feeds be breast.
With that said - she's having a real hard time latching. If we need to go the nipple shield route, what size should I use? I have a 16mm and a 24mm Medela contact shield here.
She's 7lbs5oz and 2.5 weeks adjusted if that matters.
Thanks!
My daughter was 16 weeks premature and along with that came all of the trials and tribulations of exclusively pumping, a baby who couldn't latch, etc...
...she's now home and we're planning on trying to get her on the breast (she's currently bottlefed about 80%formula 20% expressed breastmilk). We're waiting on an SNS and once that shows up we plan on having all of her feeds be breast.
With that said - she's having a real hard time latching. If we need to go the nipple shield route, what size should I use? I have a 16mm and a 24mm Medela contact shield here.
She's 7lbs5oz and 2.5 weeks adjusted if that matters.
Thanks!
