Sentences with phrase «lactation nurse told»

My hospital lactation nurse told me that if I wasn't getting enough water, my milk was dehydrated and therefore I was dehydrating my baby; that spoke very loudly to me.

And so very glad to hear that using one will not affect the amount of milk I produce - despite what the lactation nurse told me!

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Little did I know that I could have given the formula to her myself actually from my breast and avoided a bottle all together had anyone at the hospital told me about something called a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) or lactation aid.

I don't have a problem with lactation rooms as long as women are not told that they must use them and as long as enough women keep nursing in public to help normalize it and help combat the images of sexual breasts with images of nourishing breasts.

Jillian asked the nurses and the lactation consultants if it is normal for newborns to cry this much, and she was told it was normal «cluster feeding» and not to worry about it.

It turned out okay only because I realized he was too hot, but babies often feel hot and I wouldn't fault any parent who didn't catch it... AND during that time in the NICU, I got another visit from the lactation consultant who told me again his latch was great, and then suggested I not give him all of the formula the NICU nurses had set out for me!!!! She actually said, «I don't think you need to give him all of that.

But one look at the fleeting expression on the lactation consultant's face as she watched me trying to nurse told me all I needed to know - I would never produce even close to enough milk.

-- My milk never came in, despite me doing everything the lactation consultants, doctors, and nurses told me to.

you might also want to see what payment plans are available (some practitioners let you do it like layaway), try to avoid the lactation nurses (useless in my experiance, as ours just told me I couldn't do it and pushed formula — my son nursed till just shy of his 1st birthday when * HE * decided to stop).

By devistating I mean that the lactation nurse had me in a full on panic attack telling me that my daughter would DIE of immune issues if I did not get her to latch on.

The lactation nurses in the hospital kept on telling my that my latch was bad.

I was told by a lactation consultant that oxytocin would help me get back to sleep after nighttime nursing.

To Cindy, who is wondering about breastfeeding and why everyone makes it so scary... well, as a nurse with 10 years of experience with lactating mothers... and as a certified lactation educator since my first son was 1... I have to tell you that breastfeeding is an amazing experience!

The lactation consultant I worked with was very encouraging and told me that even though BF may not «work out» the first time, any amount of time I nursed would improve my chances of BFing my other children.

«Pumping is mechanical and breastfeeding is natural,» Sharon Birdseye, a registered nurse and registered lactation consultant at Lactation Consultants of Atlanta telllactation consultant at Lactation Consultants of Atlanta tellLactation Consultants of Atlanta tells Romper.

Dr. Lindsay Greenfield, Nurse Practitioner and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), tells Romper that she has a love - hate relationship with nipple shields.

Based on her team's findings, Wosje urges doctors, nurses and lactation consultants to avoid telling women that they will lose weight faster by breast - feeding.

At first, a nurse told me his mouth was too small to feed from my nipple, but a lactation consultant showed me how to compress it slightly and put it into his mouth until he could latch on on his own.He has been feeding successfully ever since.

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I was told by a lactation nurse that pitocin can also decrease your milk supply.

I have been helping women breastfeed their babies for six years, and have been nursing my own children for over eight years, but I am still floored when I hear some of the things women are told about breastfeeding — from their doctors, midwives, friends, grandmothers, Dr. Google, and even other lactation consultants.

I had lactation consultants and the nurses after my daughter was born tell me they would eventually come out and not to give up.they never did, but i never gave up.

When I had my twins many people told me that breastfeeding would be hard which I didn't want to accept, after reading a lot about breastfeeding, the best tips I got was to drink tons of water, to use a lactation tea, my favorite is Healthy Nursing by secrets of tea, also avoiding stress is a good tips and of course eating healthy is one of the keys to successful breastfeeding

Remember when the lactation consultant told you to wear a ring and to put the ring on the hand that you finished nursing from, so that you would remember to start on the fuller side?

I was hesitant to openly recommend it because the nurses and lactation consultants would often tell the moms it was «wrong».

«Use of a nipple shield could potentially reduce a mom's milk supply because the shield places a barrier between baby's mouth and mom's breast, which results in less breast stimulation,» Karen Meade, a registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in Pennsylvania, tells Romper in an email interview.

If a new mom tells her doctor or nurse that she would like to breast feed, they will often arrange a meeting between her and a lactation consultant.

Part of me wants to default to the ALL THAT MATTERS IS BABY IS FED AND MAMA IS HAPPY stance, but another part of me wants to smack your well - regarded lactation consultant sideways for telling the mother of a days - old infant to STOP NURSING ENTIRELY FOR FOUR DAYS.

However in my private practice I did have a client tell me that she never was able to meet with the lactation nurse and she said «it was because whenever she happened to be visiting the NICU, the lactation nurse was no long available.»

Any nurse or hospital - based lactation consultant will tell you that.

Tell your lactation consultant, La Leche League or Nursing Mothers» Council helper, or your health care provider if your nipples become cracked or blistered.

I'd suggest telling all the nurses that you want to breastfeed and asking for the lactation consultant to come visit at every opportunity in the hospital.

With our first, the lactation specialist at the hospital took a look at my breasts and handed me a breast shield and told me I'd never be able to nurse without it due to inverted nipples.

I told her that the lactation consultant told me that babies who are nursed don't typically get Colic.

I got her on similac cause i didint powant her to dehydrate and i contacted a lactation consultant she told me to leave her with formula for a few days to let my nipples get bettter and then try again so i did it was frustrating but i finally got the hang of it by week 2 everything was great now im having another problem and it seems shes not satisfied with my milk she drinks for about 15 minutes each feeding and i can hear her swallow the milk and it even runs out of her mouth, but 30 minutes latter and sometimes less shes crying sucking her fingers looking for my breasts so i would put her again and that caused me to get an imbalance in my milk due to oversuply so i had to block nurse and obviosly she was hungry so now i feed her both more bm o

Lactation consultants, nurses and doctors would give me a pat on the back for attempting to breastfeed, give me some useless advice, then proceed to tell me that «no one would blame me if I supplemented with formula.

Thank god a lactation consultant was there to stand up for me and told the nurse she was crazy for expecting a newborn to eat that much in one feeding.

Diana A. West, lactation consultant and director of media relations for La Leche League International told Yahoo Parenting, «it's shocking to people in Western countries, but worldwide, children are weaned when they're between 2 and 6 years old on average, so nursing a 6 - year - old is not out of the ordinary.»

I have seen a lactation consultant and was told I have very large nipples and that the reason my kids cant nurse is because they cant get enough areola into their mouths!

«When I had my first daughter, I exclusively pumped for eight months and was really looking forward to trying again and nurse my twin girls with the help of a lactation consultant and a lot of determination,» she tells us.»