If your baby takes a bottle instead of breastfeeding, you'll need to make up
the missed feeding session with a pumping session.
Not exact matches
For some, that means pumping to replace the
feeding session your baby
missed because of the bottle.
However, if you'll be
missing a breast -
feeding session, pumping and dumping will help you maintain your milk supply and avoid engorgement.
With my first daughter, even though I was excited to no longer have to wear breastfeeding tops and bras, or worry about where I could
feed discretely while out in public, I
missed the time we spent together during those breastfeeding
sessions.
For example, if you skip a
feeding or
miss a pumping
session, you may begin to feel that heavy, fullness of engorgement.
because of my sons low percentile, I began to formula
feed 1 - 2 times a day each time pumping to keep up with the
missed stimulation
session.
When babies are restricted in their time at the breast, they can fill up on this «foremilk» and
miss out on the richer, higher quality «hindmilk» that is produced toward the end of a
feeding session.
Having
missed Friday's live ESPN3
feed, I pulled up a replay of the practice / qualifying
session for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix and came across a couple of segments worth sharing.