Pumping can also help stimulate supply, pump after feeds but don't be discouraged if you never see a lot of milk in the bottles, you are pumping to increase supply, in a best case scenario your supply increases, your baby takes in more at each feed and the amount you pump never increases, or may even decrease as baby becomes more
efficient at breastfeeding.
Not exact matches
To be more
efficient with her time and for other personal reasons, there are some Moms of multiples who may choose
breastfeeding both babies
at the same time.
It's recommended to pump above and beyond the frequency that baby would normally nurse, as a
breastfeeding baby is usually more
efficient at helping mom maintain supply than a pump.
Risk factors for mastitis and blocked ducts include mastitis with a previous child, cracked or sore nipples, use of ointments other than lanolin near the nipples, inappropriate or inconsistent
breastfeeding / pumping, and in general the use of pump since it is less
efficient than an infant mouth
at breast - emptying.
And yet, as I tell him, I saw no evidence whatsoever of any Nestlé - sponsored pro-breastfeeding literature, despite spending two days touring hospitals, maternity wards and paediatric clinics: doesn't it seem odd that Nestlé is highly
efficient at getting its tear - off slips into mothers» hands in Bangladesh (there were prescription pads in abundance in many of the places we visited), and yet fails, as far as I could tell, in getting them what they could really use, which is information on how to
breastfeed?