as the placenta is throwing off hormones to stop
your milk coming in in pregnancy, when third stage is complete the hormones
disappear quickly, prolactin rises and your milk comes in. A bit of placenta
left can certainly still inhibit your milk coming in properly and establishing.
Anemia can also affect your supply - how was/is that. Domperidol is far better
drug than maxalon, find a gp/lc there are some great ones around. Did your
breasts grow in puberty, it is another possibility that something in puberty
inhibited growth of adequate functioning breast tissue. There are a myriad
or possibilities for your supply baby growth issues. Certainly filling the baby
up with abm can cause major problems but it seems in spite of this you tried
many things that should have helped. Did you see a lc at the time? Also remember
if it doesn't work hasn't worked mothering is a compex thing and the emotional
growth of your children is paramount (as well as their nutritional wellbeing).
A friend of mine supplemented her fourth child
after three screaming poor weight gaining babies who lived at the breast for a
year or cried, no in-between. After much heartache she decided to comp her
fourth (she would have paid dearly for bm if she could have got a hold of some)
and her baby thrived and was a happy baby immensely enjoyed by her mother.
I believe she had limited functioning breast tissue and there is nothing you can
do about that. I think we get lost in the af vs bf debate and forget to help
mothers enjoy their babies and gain confidence in themselves as mothers women.
I have helped many women as a lc in private
practice but I have also counseled women who for reasons such as the drugs they
need to survive day to day (depression or migraine issues that do not respond to
drugs that are okay to use with bf) poor breast tissue, significant breast
refusal (as a lc If they ask to see me and the baby is over 6weeks old it can be
very difficult to get tham back onto the breast so they often end up expressing
and bottling)
It is so important to acknowledge the
importance of breastfeeding and breastmilk but it doesn't mean that those who
cannot bf for whatever reason love and nurture their babies any less than
those who bf. Many women I know also juggle the despair of not giving their baby
the 'best' the worry that causes and the shame they feel bottling in front of bf
women as well as their constant sense of failure or inadequacy as mothers. This
is a terrible thing and we should be supporting these women and providing them
with our nurturing skills to enhance their sense of selves. bf success doesnt
not mean a 'better' mother.
We should also be fighting the unethical marketing
of infant baby milk, doctors who give out free samples or who minimise the
benefits of breastfeeding, poor hospital practices, the lack of a breast milk
banks etc etc...
Good luck Rita, find a lc to help you identify
where the problems are coming from so you can work out a plan of
action.
Belinda
|
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formu... Denise Hynd
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formu... Katrina & Ceri
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formu... Abby and Toby
- [ozmidwifery] Re:Has anyone seen ... Van Onselen Family
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Deliverywoman
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Marilyn Kleidon
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Van Onselen Family
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Geoff & Louise Wightman
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Joy Cocks
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Katrina & Ceri
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Belinda Maier
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Pinky McKay
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Belinda Maier
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Pinky McKay
- Re: [ozmidwifery] was formula... Denise Hynd
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunch... Deliverywoman
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunches" Denise Hynd
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunches&q... Kirsten Blacker
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunches&q... Fiona Rumble
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunch... Belinda Maier
- Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula l... Denise Hynd