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Advice on going away from BF baby

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Stefka · 29/12/2007 12:20

It won't be for long - just an afternoon so I can have my hair cut and a girly lunch with a friend. I have EBM in the freezer and DH will look after DS. I was just wondering what I should do about my boobs afterwards though. I was going to feed before I left then as soon as I return - should I also express some milk as I will have missed a couple of feeds?

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FourPlusOne · 29/12/2007 12:24

If you have been BF a while and don't feel uncomfortably full when you come home then I wouldn't bother. From my experience, if the feeding is pretty established then missing a feed or two won't totally mess up your supply. I am not an expert though, that's just how things were with me. Enjoy your lunch

Jojay · 29/12/2007 12:25

How old is your baby? If your supply is established now, I wouldn't have thought that missing the odd feed would cause a problem, unless it's very early days.

I used to skip the odd one from about 3 months onwards with no problems

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Stefka · 29/12/2007 12:33

He will be 10 weeks tomorrow.

I can't wait to

a) have my hair cut
b) have a nice lunch and a glass of wine
c) leave DH with DS so he can see that my day does not consist of watching day time tv and drinking cups of tea!

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fishie · 29/12/2007 13:21

you should be ok, it'll be about 5 hours max? hooray that this is your thread, am so glad it is going better.

Jojay · 29/12/2007 22:40

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Enjoy your day off!!

turkEgyptlets · 29/12/2007 23:34

Lovely! It will be fine, feed before you go, enjoy yourself, if you feel too full to wait until next feed, feed a little or express when you get back, but really, probably no need. I am BF and I miss feeds q regularly and leave baby with dh and formula. my dd2 is 9 months now though, but have done this from around 3 months. i don't have much of a bf routine either so my boobs never know when a feed is due!

lewy · 29/12/2007 23:45

It will be fine. I used to escape for a few hours and although my boobs were very full when I returned DS enjoyed a big feed.

One bit of advice.. do phone DH to say you are on your way back as there is nothing worse than returning home with a chest thats ready to burst only to find hes just given hime a bottle!!

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Stefka · 30/12/2007 14:45

Good tip lewy thanks! I tried to pop out for a couple of hours today but was called back home as DS was crying his head off. Stopped as soon as I arrived bless him.

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youdontevenknowme · 30/12/2007 23:23

Agree with lewy - def no good if dc's just been fed before you get back and you feel like your boobs are ready to explode!

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