Hang in there and don't
stress yourself about the breast milk.
, feeding often, and most importantly, not
stressing about your breasts (easier said than done).
Not exact matches
If you can not afford to eat a healthy diet, or feel
stressed to think
about having to eat in a more healthy way during breastfeeding, it's best to forget that for now (and the
breast milk quality issues above can be dealt with through supplements, which some, who can afford them, may find to be a less stressful approach).
I know there are lots of great health visitors and they do a very difficult job but have to say mine made me feel absolutely awful
about formula - feeding even though I continued to express for weeks so my son still had some
breast milk and, however well - intended,
stressed one too many times that I could still try to go back to
breast - feeding alone.
This means I'll still be emptying my
breasts to maintain my supply and don't have to get
stressed about him not doing it, and he might take in more calories during the day to reduce the need for continuous night feeding (it would be fine if I didn't have to warm a bottle of formula every time!
Staring at your
breasts and
stressing out
about how much milk is coming out can actually make you pump less milk.
I did not cover some of the many
stresses you might have
about transitioning to a cup from
breast or bottle, so let me know what questions you have!
«People always talk
about how
stress can undermine
breast - milk production.
I just got back to work part - time
about two weeks ago and she has been refusing to drink
breast milk from the bottle which is causing a lot of
stress.
There is some evidence that counselling women who intend to formula feed
about the benefits of expressing milk for very low birthweight babies increases the incidence of lactation initiation and
breast milk feeding without increasing maternal
stress and anxiety (Sisk 2006).
Losing the personal connection of
breast feeding was hard enough, but I was also
stressed out
about choosing the right formula.
There would be less
stressing about the perfect latch if more women saw what it looks like when a baby is at the
breast as they go
about daily life.
They may spend little or no time learning
about it and feel greater
stress when baby is at
breast.
Bottom line: Don't
stress about your baby's
breast preference.