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Originally posted by Ekirk81
I'm not a mom but have a question realting to not having your milk come in for a few days after your baby is born. Do you feed them formula until the milk comes in? I think if this happened to me I wouldn't be able to wait because I would feel like I was starving my baby.
Oh yeah, I'm on my bf's account. I just realized it and am too lazy to log out and sign in on mine. -em1014
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My milk did not come in for 7 days. There were several factors involved including, medication affecting both my daughter and myself, and poor latch with my daughter. The hospital I was at was connected with Mayo Clinic and my Dr had been trained there. The hospital was very sympathetic to nursing and supported me every step of the way. They provided a lactation consultant who helped me correct my daughter's latch problem. My daughter had lost a pound of weight in the 3 days we were there (C-section) and they were concerned as that was a little more than is common. They asked me if they could suppliment her feeding and use a medicine cup to do so instead of a bottle or syringe. The cup would not interfer with her latch or confuse her then. The lactation consultant hooked me up with a short term supply of formula and a breastfeeding
supplimenter that I used for the remainder of the days it took for my milk to come in. By the time My daughter went in for her first check up she had gained her lb back and then some. The supplimenter did not interfer or replace her nursing. I would wait till she was latched on and then slide the end of the tiny tube in the side of her mouth against my breast. Often I would tape it there then. Sometimes this took a little help from my husband or mom. Then as she nursed I would push formula from the tube. She got used to getting milk "from me" and I still got the stimulation necessary to get my milk supply going. It's an ingenuous tool and adoptive mom's who've never nursed before can even use it to stimulate milk supply so they can nurse the adopted child.
If it's only for 3-4 days before the milk comes in you don't have to worry about making sure they get supplimented because they normally loose a little less than a lb after birth whether they breastfeed or use formula. As tecoyah said colostrum is very concentrated and they get all the nutrients they need.
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