Nursing and pumping...is it ok?
Is it ok if I pump a bottle on occasion and mainly breastfeed my newborn??
Or will the bottle negatively affect the breastfeeding?
It works well for me, I did nought but breast feed the first two weeks and I was exhausted, I then started pumping and letting my hubby steal a night time feeding so I could get for a time more sleep.
nope that will be merely fine. it is alot of work though lol..i never had the chance to pump when my daughter was first born..as soon as i pumped she would be hungry again and want to chomp through it, soo i just stuck with directly feeding from the breast which is abundantly easier for me..i only pumped just incase i wanted to walk to the store or something and leave her with daddy for a bit but now that shes elder and can go 3 hours without eating i can immediately leave for an hour or so lol shes 9 months...so it didnt work for me..but yes ppl pump and nurse all the time..
It worked fine for me.
Sure, but it may affect your milk supply. Answer varies by woman.
Answers: It's best to wait 4-6 weeks formerly you start pumping. That way your infant will establish your milk supply and not the pump.
Also, avoiding bottles at first will prevent nipple confusion. It doesn't happen all the time, but if it does it can verbs an otherwise great nursing routine.
Once your supply is in you can easily pop off the uncharacteristic bottle. What worked for me was nursing off of one side all darkness long, then in the morning I would pump the side I hadn't used while I nursed her. She was smiling and I got a full bottle to store. Doing it this way also made it easy for me to stop pumping. No oversupply issues.
The only instrument to find out is to try it. lol My daughter wouldn't take a bottle, I couldn't get her to until about 4 months.
A lot of babies do well transferring between bottle and breast, some don't. You won't know until you try.
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Or will the bottle negatively affect the breastfeeding?
It works well for me, I did nought but breast feed the first two weeks and I was exhausted, I then started pumping and letting my hubby steal a night time feeding so I could get for a time more sleep.
nope that will be merely fine. it is alot of work though lol..i never had the chance to pump when my daughter was first born..as soon as i pumped she would be hungry again and want to chomp through it, soo i just stuck with directly feeding from the breast which is abundantly easier for me..i only pumped just incase i wanted to walk to the store or something and leave her with daddy for a bit but now that shes elder and can go 3 hours without eating i can immediately leave for an hour or so lol shes 9 months...so it didnt work for me..but yes ppl pump and nurse all the time..
It worked fine for me.
Sure, but it may affect your milk supply. Answer varies by woman.
Answers: It's best to wait 4-6 weeks formerly you start pumping. That way your infant will establish your milk supply and not the pump.
Also, avoiding bottles at first will prevent nipple confusion. It doesn't happen all the time, but if it does it can verbs an otherwise great nursing routine.
Once your supply is in you can easily pop off the uncharacteristic bottle. What worked for me was nursing off of one side all darkness long, then in the morning I would pump the side I hadn't used while I nursed her. She was smiling and I got a full bottle to store. Doing it this way also made it easy for me to stop pumping. No oversupply issues.
The only instrument to find out is to try it. lol My daughter wouldn't take a bottle, I couldn't get her to until about 4 months.
A lot of babies do well transferring between bottle and breast, some don't. You won't know until you try.
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