Sentences with phrase «first attempts at breastfeeding»

When I feed her I often think back to my first attempts at breastfeeding when our son was born, and how strange it was that a little piece of silicone could be both my best friend and the one thing I detested about our breastfeeding relationship.

They helped me lay down on our bed and the skin - to - skin time and first attempts at breastfeeding began.

I have several friends whose first attempt at breastfeeding was unsuccessful but who resolved to learn more, try again, and seek help when necessary, and went on to have happy nursing relationships with subsequent kids.)

Not exact matches

Ok, I had a planned C - section, husband was the first person to feed the baby, attempted to breastfeed about twice & then switched to formula, took dostinex to dry up breastmilk (nothing ever really came in so had no pain or anything) and husband does at least one of the night feeds each night.

Since it has taken some time, and a ton of coaxing and money from big businesses (ie - formula manufacturers) to convince the majority of American women NOT to breastfeed, I have no problem with an «in your face» advocacy that is attempting to put breastfeeding back where it belongs, at the TOP of the list, as a first and most important choice.

This article does not cover what happened to me: I was very determined to breastfeed and I was attempting it at least every 2 hours in the first two days.

Along with breastfeeding, the first attempts at supplementary food can now get started.

If breastfeeding attempts are infrequent or weak, the possibilities include kangaroo care, maintaining nearness to the infant, hearing and responding emotionally to baby's cries, having the infant attempt to suck or at least nuzzle and regularly attempting to manually express or pump milk (which is beneficial even though only drops may come the first days).

At this point I was hoping I could attempt to breastfeed for the first time.

At my first attempt to breastfeed, I was told I have flat nipples.