Not exact matches
Even when I had injured
nipples, a baby who was latching worse instead of better, and a baby who lost 4 % of his weight in
less than 24 hours, the most I got was a
nipple shield and one round with the pump for «
stimulation.»
«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.
The first little - known fact is that during pregnancy
less oxytocin is released in response to
nipple stimulation than when a woman is not pregnant.5
Breastfeeding frequency may be
less important than the degree of
nipple stimulation or breast emptying.