BF Question
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Topic: BF Question
Posted By: sally belly
Subject: BF Question
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:13pm
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JoannaNZ's post about feeding on one side or both at each feed got me thinking. How do you know that baby has drained the breast during a feed? I have been feeding baby on one side at each feed & I just let him feed until he comes off & seems to have had enough. But maybe he comes off because there's no milk left rather than him being full?? How do you know? -------------    
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:18pm
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Offer him the other side, if he's hungry he'll take it if not he's had enough. Plus at 3 weeks Spencer would scream even if he only needed one more mouthful so I'm sure you would hear about it if he was still hungry. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 7:10pm
| Tom goes through phases of needing both boobs and sometimes just one. I normally just give him one unless he seems a bit restless after and then I offer the 2nd. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 8:00pm
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Yep this worked for Josh. Some times he would only take one side but sometimes he would take both sides. If he only has a little bit of te other side make sure you start the next feed with that side. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
cuppatea wrote:Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:40pm
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I try a quick hand express as baby comes off, if nothing comes after a couple of 'squeezes' then she has drained it (only ever happened twice for me when i went back to BF after a break of a couple of days, normally Carys could never drain one of my boobs!) ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 3:03pm
| I know Caprece has had enough because her sucks get further and further apart or she pulls off and doesn't go back on. I know she has drained one side because shes sucking heaps but she only swallows every 5 or 6 sucks and thats when I will change sides. |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:52pm
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I can usually judge by sucking too, Lily wwill only drain my breast as the day goes on as I have a slight over supply.
I split feed so have a break between sides, if she is really hunngey then she will do sa bi feed on the second side, if not then she won't really latch on for more than a minute or so. -------------  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 8:31pm
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Your milk will start to settle about now (if not already) so you will probably feel 'empty' on one side and 'full' on the other after feeds. -------------  |