My daughter
successfully breast fed exclusively for six months.
In my arms she shook her head towards me and lifted her head forward and latched straight on had first proper feed,
successfully breast fed.
I will forever be thankful that our pediatrician recommended supplementing my older son with formula when he was readmitted on day 4 of life — I'd
successfully breast fed my oldest child without issues, but my milk did not come in well when he was born.
And just because
you successfully breast fed one or more of your other children, does not mean you might not have a challenge with a subsequent child, so a lactation consultant is NOT exclusively for first time nursing mothers.
I was determined that I was going to
successfully breast feed and not listen to anyone who said «do nt get too upset if you cant and have to use formula», I got all snooty and insisted that a good deal of hard work and determination was all it would take.
But now that stage is passed... Now he is going to be 6 months old and am
successfully breast feeding and happy.
Now, I know that not all mothers can
successfully breast feed, but for those of you who have breastfed before, lets admit it: it's HARD WORK!
A mother can still
successfully breast feed and have a not so healthy diet, but it is best for a breastfeeding mom to eat healthy.
It is comforting to know you aren't the only person who hasn't been able to
successfully breast feed your baby & it isn't your fault.
Many women continue to
successfully breast feed after returning to work.
Of those mothers who are
successfully breast feeding beyond the first few weeks, many then stop prematurely because they are returning to work, not realising that law protects breast feeding mothers or that there are other options available to them, such as expressing or combining breast and formula feeding.
Not exact matches
Compared to a comparable study in 1995, pediatricians were «less likely to believe that the benefits of
breast -
feeding outweigh the difficulties or inconvenience... fewer believed that almost all mothers are able to breastfeed
successfully... [and] more pediatricians reported reasons to recommend against
breast -
feeding.»
I did prenatal workshops and tracked down a book on how to
successfully be a
breast feeding after reduction mom.
My wife has
successfully breast -
fed my daughter since birth but our friends have not had such good luck and now their babies are a mix of
breast -
fed, formula -
fed, both and, in one instance, early transition (at 2 months) to total solids due to a variety of problems.
We've
successfully breast -
fed for a year!
Be Flexible You might have to experiment with different types of bottles or formulas to help your baby adapt to mixed
feedings successfully and your baby might prefer
breast over bottle at certain times of the day.
With the help of this and
breast shells I am confident that I will be able to
breast feed successfully!
I hate that my
breasts are useless & I envy women that
breast feed successfully & those that could BF but don't.
When I had my son I didn't have many women in my life who had
breast fed successfully.
But sometimes — in an effort to adapt when they're unable to
feed successfully from the
breast — they develop a preference for a bottle instead.
My son and I were able to
successfully breast -
feed for 13 months because of her.
Of course many survivors
breast -
feed successfully with no survivor - related concerns at all!
Finally, something I've only just come to realise, it's fine to be
feeding from both
breasts but plenty of people will quite
successfully only
feed from one side at each
feed (which also helps your baby get more hind milk and less pain from gas and bloating) so
Sometimes even though nursing directly is not possible
breast milk -
feeding using another method of delivery can be
successfully achieved for weeks, months, or even years.
The latter two options may increase the chances of a baby subsequently
feeding successfully at the
breast while in hospital, however cup
feeding may increase length of stay and success is likely to be dependent on the experience of the staff (Collins 2008).
A national survey in Singapore in 2001 found that only 21 % of mothers were
breast feeding at six months, with less than 5 % of mothers exclusively
breast feeding, despite the fact that nearly 90 % of the mothers surveyed indicated that
breast feeding was the best form of infant nutrition and 95 % said they had attempted to breastfeed.7 It is evident that many mothers are unable to establish and maintain
breast feeding successfully, despite wanting to do so.
Fact: Breastfeeding directly from the
breast offers significant benefits over bottlefeeding expressed breastmilk for both mother and infant, including, among others: infant jaw development, infant control of milk flow, psychological attachment of infant to mother, health benefits for mother that pumping the
breast does not achieve, infant's ability to
feed on demand, the stimulation and maintenance of mother» smilk supply that pumping alone can not achieve (and some women can not
successfully pump), avoidance of problems such as that some babies will not move back and forth easily between bottle and
breast, nutritional variation of milk during the breastfeeding, that it's cheaper and avoids the need for a variety of
feeding equipment, and that breastmilk from the
breast is always fresh and free of contaminents.