There was this moment of realizing how important pumping had been in
keeping our breastfeeding relationship afloat during the rocky moments.
If you will be sent on overseas assignment where your family can visit and you will have the ability to pump, you might be able to
keep your breastfeeding relationship alive as related by the mother in the following story.
With experimentation and some patience on both sides, mothers and children can often
keep the breastfeeding relationship moving in a direction that is helpful for the larger mother - child relationship.
Not exact matches
What I didn't think about was how I would establish a
breastfeeding relationship during those first few short weeks and how I would manage to
keep breastfeeding when I went back.
As far as the
breastfeeding relationship goes, I think that you should
keep going as long as it works for YOU, as long as YOU want to
keep pumping.
Pumping can extend your
breastfeeding relationship with your baby, enables you to
keep up your milk supply, and is a way to collect precious breast milk for feedings when you're away from your child.
Someday the insurance companies will realize what a treasure postpartum doula care is, in
keeping mom and baby together to preserve the
breastfeeding relationship, helping to avoid health care costs long term as well as speeding up healing and providing emotional support to help with any potential postpartum mood disorders.
If hadn't
kept breastfeeding, I likely wouldn't have even attempted to
breastfeed my second daughter, and I would have missed out on the beautiful
breastfeeding relationship we had for 15 months of her life.
In some cases like the case of my son, you're basically eliminating various foods that you see have reactions or do not have to know what you can add back in and what you need to
keep removed for either a partial term of your
breastfeeding relationship or the full term of your
breastfeeding relationship.
So,
keep up the
breastfeeding even if you are supplementing and you can still have a very successful
breastfeeding relationship.
My son is now six months old and out
breastfeeding relationship hasn't really even been easy, but I've been able to
keep him mostly
breastfed.
For the first two years of my daughter's life our exclusive
breastfeeding relationship kept us within arms reach most days and nights.
Increase in bonding time Reduces postpartum depression Helps to lessen the amount of crying a baby does Helps the baby sleep better Reduces the stress level of the mother Betters the
breastfeeding relationship Keeps blood sugar regulated
Keeps baby's body warmer
This presentation focuses on the set of skills necessary to get mothers talking and
keep them talking about the joys and challenges they face in their
breastfeeding relationship.