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babybob · 10/12/2004 12:49

hi im not sure on this could some one please help im a first time mum and breast feeding its going ok at the mo but do you have to wait untill your baby is so many weeks till you can express and give them it in a bottle and how much do you need to express and do you express after a feed?

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babybob · 12/12/2004 09:56

hello after reading all you posts and getting some sleep!!!! i think i will stop the fomula shes only had a total of 6oz not all at once!!!
im going out to buy a breast pump today and am going to try that and see how i get on and give it a few weeks i dont want to stop breastfeeind or do anything that will cause me to have to stop because i do enjoy it and it is best for dd. I dont see the midwife anymore now ive got my hv coming tomorrow so hopefully she will help me more then my midwifes they were all the same there was four so there was four different thoughts coming my way on what i sould do i felt like a tennis ball being bounced in all different dirctions

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moondog · 12/12/2004 09:59

Good luck babybob!
Let us know how you get on!

heavenlyghost · 12/12/2004 10:13

Hi babybob .... welcome to Mumsnet ... Smile
Just wanted to agree with Tiktok and the others that if anyone tries to tell you that you need to top up your baby with formula just cos she is big then tell them to take a hike.
My DD was 10lbs 10oz at birth and I had to fight the midwife on the very first night in the hospital as she was going to give DD a bottle.
I breastfed DD very successfully and had loads of milk until she was just over 9 months old and she has always been a big bouncing fat roly poly!! Grin. The key is to work at establishing your supply for the first few weeks. All babies go through fussy stages and all too often breastfeeding mums assume they are not producing enough milk and so top up and then you will be on the downward slope to giving up (that is what happened to me with my first baby Sad). Look at all the signs, not just fussiness ... is your baby happy/healthy/putting on some weight/producing lots of wet and dirty nappies? If so, she will be getting enough milk.

I had to make myself trust my body to do its job of producing enough milk. As soon as I did that I relaxed about it all.
Smile

heavenlyghost · 12/12/2004 10:16

PS ... just to clarify ... My milk didn't just stop at 9 months ... I could have carried on for longer but it was the right time for us to stop then ...

moondog · 12/12/2004 10:18

Yes heavenly ghost, I've never understood whgy anyone would find that a logical and acceptable statement! It goes completely against the rules of supply and demand!
If peoplecould just remember the mantra 'the more s/he sucks,the more s/he'll get, most 'problems' would be sorted out.

Also why wear yourself out youself with the hassles of doing both?!

moondog · 12/12/2004 10:20

And my 22 week old ds is massive too!

sharon2133 · 12/12/2004 21:08

I started expressing at 2 weeks as I was so exhausted just feeding by myself through the night. Baby took the breast milk in a bottle without any problems. I got most milk first thing in the morning. Breast shells were good aswell.

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babybob · 13/12/2004 09:36

hello everyone i got a breast pump yesterday and tryed it this morning though it took me a long time i got just over 3oz which i didnt think was that bad for the first time going to try again later to get a little more so then dh can give her it tonight and i can have an early night mind you sould never plan an early night because it never happens!!!

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xmashampermunker · 14/12/2004 09:11

Fantastic Babybob! How did your early night go? Plans and babies often don't mix I've found!!

moondog · 14/12/2004 09:25

Sounds v encouraging babybob! Hope you got a bit of rest. (You're up early hunker....)

xmashampermunker · 14/12/2004 10:55

Always up by now - DS makes sure of that! Sadly my plans to go to bed early rarely work (hence my post below...!). Still, at least it was writing Xmas cards that kept me up last night, not MN! Just should've done them sooner

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babybob · 14/12/2004 20:05

hello my plan for an early night worked so happy about that! its nice to be able to give her to some one else to feed i dont feel that all i do is sit with a baby to my breast!!! even though thats what she has been doing for the past two hours!! its really makes me terid but im happy things are falling into place and have some what of a small play it by ear rountine and everything is good she is good she is sleeping for about 6-7 hours straight during the night now hope it lasts for a while anyway!1

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moondog · 14/12/2004 20:13

Crikey, sleeping that long at night! Wish mine did!

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