Bewbs

[dancerjodi]

Met with a lactation consultant at Isis today. Oh boy.

First she checked Mina's sucking. She won't take as much of a finger in as she should, which makes her quite inefficient.

Talking over our issues, my milk is at or a bit less than where it should be. This makes sense given our formula use and me not being great about pumping. As fir it taking a while to pump, she suggested renting a hospital grade one. It would be more efficient.

RE Mina's latch/sucking and her chewing on me/ using me as a pacifier. Her guess is it's due to her tiredness paired with bad bottles. The Nuk ones old encourage chewing (to make my nipple shaped like that one). The nipples that come with the Medela are too easy. The ones we got with the hospital formula are super super easy. She suggests new bottles to make her work harder (Medela Calma costs $20, but she gave me 1 to try, Dr Browns newborn or Playtex w drop in bags). She's not a fan of the Breastflow for my issues (leaky and nipple is too short). She also gave me a handout on proper bottle technique.

She's sure that if we make Mina work for the bottle, she'll get better at the breast. And that the Medela Symphony would get me making more milk, and doing it faster.

A lot to think about.

I should have done this weeks ago, and not just before returning to work. Ah well, I'm feeling like our issues make sense now.

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[shnells.livejournal.com]

is this an older lady? we had a bad experience with her and it turned out my midwife was trying to steer me away from her as she is not great with complicated cases. she seemed excellent on the first visit but was rather unprofessional the second. she tried us on dr browns too for the same reasons. inara had a harder time after using the browns with suckling and even latching. she has done phenomenally since using the breastflow. the nipples are actually longer than the browns and the leaking only occurs if you don't screw the cap on properly (that can happen a bit and it's annoying but if you take the time to thread it properly, it's fantastic.) when is a good time to call you so i can talk to you about our experiences?