The other thing is that (and I say this as someone who has an oversupply and an easy time aside from managing engorgement) is that it is VERY hard work to manage a milk supply especially if one can't
nurse on demand during growth spurts.
Not exact matches
Full - term, newborn babies usually
nurse eight to 12 times per day
during the first month of life, according to KidsHealth, who add that you should feed your newborn «
on demand.»
Nursing on demand is easiest
during the day, but at night, you might want to impose a schedule
on your babies.
He wanted to
nurse so badly but after suffering severe morning sickness and dehydration
during my third pregnancy, I was too afraid to let him continue
nursing on demand and I couldn't oblige him.
My LC (a different one, OBVIOUSLY) advised me to continue to
nurse on -
demand first, but to tack a five - to -10-minute double - side - pumping session onto the end of every (or every other)
nursing session
during the day.
In the end, I did exclusively breastfeed her for six months, and, 14 months after her birth, I still
nurse her before her bedtime and when she rises at about 6 AM (as well as
on -
demand during the day).
Currently, she
nurses first thing in the morning, and then
on demand during the day.