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In reply to the discussion: Homemade baby formula is NOT safe or recommended [View all]LeftInTX
(25,436 posts)It requires lots of work. Moms are gonna worry that their infant isn't getting enough while waiting for their milk to get in. It's even a bit of a challenge with a newborn. My daughter is a pediatric occupational therapist and I'm a former newborn nursery nurse who did the La Leche thing with all three of my kids. I nursed them for several years. So, even before she considered becoming an OT, she was quite familiar with breastfeeding.
She had her first baby in March. She had a C-Section. (He was a healthy 8 lbs 5 ounces) It was a challenge and I did not want to "hover" over her because she is the type "Mom don't interfere". She did a lot of pumping. (Now I rarely pumped, but I did not have an electric pump) But still she pumped and pumped and fed him a combo of pumped milk and nursing. I didn't say anything because it's "her business". She also had a stock of purchased breastmilk. She even thought her son had "tongue tie", so she whisked him off to a specialist.
Yes, she's a "Type A", with a doctorate degree. However, concerns that her son was not "getting enough milk" overrode common wisdom. I believe he is successfully breastfeeding now.
I also had a rough time with my first one. I was ready to "throw in the towel". I had raw sore, cracked nipples for a few weeks. I also had a high forceps delivery and was cut "hole to hole" with the world's worst hemorrhoids' and could not sit for about five weeks. (Ugh)
My oldest has ADHD and was symptomatic pretty much at birth. (I know weird..right?...He showed no interest in anything soothing other than me and my boobs..while other 4 weeks old infants were looking at their mobiles, mine only wanted boob) Ironically, his ADHD may be one of the reasons why I was eventually successful.