Hi I am going to try and bf my 4th baby, due in November. I did bf my first two, but my 3rd was not possible. I have only ever done it for the first month and though I tried to enjoy it I couldn't. With my first my husband walked out when she was 5 days old so I was really not in the right state of mind to do it and with second I was moving house and totally un organised so didn't give it much of a chance. However this time I am settled in a nice home, with a supportive partner and my kids are all older so hoping that it will work out this time. My mum had 6 of us and bf until we were 1 yr old (her youngest is same age as my eldest), so I have her support and she is fantastic with advice, but she has never expressed. My partner wants to feed the baby and I want him to as well, so that I don't become isolated etc. Also I want to beable to go out as both sets of grandparents are eager to babysit. I would just like some advice on when to express and how much. I am not at all worried about my milk drying up more the opposite. I seem to have loads when I am feeding and can fill a beaker from one side dripping (not expressing) while baby on the other!! I am a bit worried that if I express and then miss a feed that I am going to leak really bad! Do you think that the milk that drips out of me would be ok to store and use for when I want to miss a feed, sounds really thick i know. I feel this would be alot easier but wasn't sure If I needed to express to get better milk??
jay xx
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jay3ttp · 10/08/2004 23:07
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