Comments on: You Have to Prepare for Breast-Feeding Success http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/ Adventures in being sick, getting better, staying well, from the editors of Health.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:52:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gosha http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/#comment-2789 gosha Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:46:11 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=1660#comment-2789 My favorite megaupload search engine is megauploadfiles.com it’s the most powerful an easy to use. megauploadfiles.com has incredible speed of searching rapidshare links in the internet. megauploadfiles.com database include all rapidshare links. My favorite megaupload search engine is megauploadfiles.com it’s the most powerful an easy to use. megauploadfiles.com has incredible speed of searching rapidshare links in the internet.
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]]> By: Sharon http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/#comment-2788 Sharon Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:10:09 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=1660#comment-2788 I am a certified postpartum doula in Massachusetts and I agree with Jenny. I have had many clients come home from the hospitals with poor latches and sore breasts. New moms should insist on seeing the lactation specialist in the hospital even if she thinks breastfeeding is going well. I am a certified postpartum doula in Massachusetts and I agree with Jenny. I have had many clients come home from the hospitals with poor latches and sore breasts. New moms should insist on seeing the lactation specialist in the hospital even if she thinks breastfeeding is going well.

]]> By: Jenny http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/#comment-1953 Jenny Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:52:02 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=1660#comment-1953 I work in a hospital and am going to start teaching breastfeeding basics classes in November, and I've been to several of them to prepare. The problem is, these people have minimal knowledge of breastfeeding. If you tell them all the problems--most of which they won't even have--some of them will go straight to the store and stock up on formula. (They annoyingly believe that formula is just about as good. Bah!) Of course, since we DON'T do an extensive overview of the problems they may have, some of them end up being surprised with them. It's a rock and a hard place. I've met so many people who don't realize that their problems are really not breastfeeding-prohibitive. People excuse themselves by saying "well we were breastfeeding, but she had jaundice," or "it seemed like he wasn't getting enough." I think the real obstacle is the take-it-or-leave-it attitude so many families have toward nursing. I've seen a few women with seriously challenging problems who were committed because they knew it was important and made it work in the end. I wish everyone was like that! I work in a hospital and am going to start teaching breastfeeding basics classes in November, and I’ve been to several of them to prepare. The problem is, these people have minimal knowledge of breastfeeding. If you tell them all the problems–most of which they won’t even have–some of them will go straight to the store and stock up on formula. (They annoyingly believe that formula is just about as good. Bah!) Of course, since we DON’T do an extensive overview of the problems they may have, some of them end up being surprised with them. It’s a rock and a hard place. I’ve met so many people who don’t realize that their problems are really not breastfeeding-prohibitive. People excuse themselves by saying “well we were breastfeeding, but she had jaundice,” or “it seemed like he wasn’t getting enough.” I think the real obstacle is the take-it-or-leave-it attitude so many families have toward nursing. I’ve seen a few women with seriously challenging problems who were committed because they knew it was important and made it work in the end. I wish everyone was like that!

]]> By: Leanne Jewell RN-BC, http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/#comment-1493 Leanne Jewell RN-BC, Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:07:32 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=1660#comment-1493 As a Childbirth Educator (LCCE, FACCE) and IBCLC I have and have shown in my classes "Follow Me Mum". As a Mother/Baby nurse I find that many of our new Mothers have a very unrealistic approach to Breastfeeding and even at times parenting. They don't prepare for classes and if you get a class where they have practiced with a doll or teddy bear (both are and never will be like a very sleepy and epidural influenced baby) it is a mess in the making. Many of our girls can't even appreciate that birth is a real journey for both them and the baby. Baby is sleepy so either feed it a bottle or let it sleep until it wakes...both answers are incorrect. I first tell Moms to do skin to skin. If they have had an opportunity to BF after delivery then I have time and don't have worry about feeding baby after the transition, but since most of our deliveries are cesarean then we need to act sooner than later. Skin to skin reboots the baby to mom. Then another tidbit is not to over stress baby by playing "pass the baby." This past year I hear of the concept of no one except Mom and Dad hold baby til it feeds 3 times. I know overly excited grandparents and relatives sometimes are disappointed, but once they hear how it allows baby to settle in and get reorientated after birth they are very cooperative. Letting Moms know that it may take 24 hours for some babies to get their breastfeeding acts more in sync. I find they have more patience. I see them thinking if they aren't leaking milk they don't have milk. They think if they hook up to a pump they will produce a "quart of milk aka a bottle like a cow when it's milked", They only get a self fulfilling prophecy of "no milk" when they go to a pump. Education is the most important thing we can provide, but until medicaid and all insurances offer free or low cost classes and families avail themselves of it we will have some challenges that could have been minimized. Till the TV Baby stories offer some really good information on the necessity of classes and really promote BF we will have to spend time with Mothers who have unrealistic expectations of breastfeeding. This generation doesn'tread or subscribe to the newspapers, they blog and textmessage and cell phone. Yesterday, I had to tell a sweet Mom to stop texting and tend to her baby, Another one took her I Phone to restroom to do the Internet while she was impatient to void because it didn't just happen. As long as they are in hospital and baby is sleeping they are thrilled baby is so good, but it's that Second Night as Jan Bargar, IBCLC writes so realistically about that sends them into a tailspin and off to our class. My unit's Performance Improvement Project shows that about 90% are breastfeeding either exclusively or supplementing for Medical Reasons at time of discharge and at two weeks attrition is down to 52% and at 6 months between 7 and 10 %. Most often by 3 months Mothers have to go back to work. Thus we need to instill realistic expectations through education and try to get longer maternity leaves with pay for mothers if we are to reach the 2010 National Goals for Breastfeeding. As a Childbirth Educator (LCCE, FACCE) and IBCLC I have and have shown in my classes “Follow Me Mum”. As a Mother/Baby nurse I find that many of our new Mothers have a very unrealistic approach to Breastfeeding and even at times parenting.
They don’t prepare for classes and if you get a class where they have practiced with a doll or teddy bear (both are and never will be like a very sleepy and epidural influenced baby) it is a mess in the making. Many of our girls can’t even appreciate that birth is a real journey for both them and the baby.
Baby is sleepy so either feed it a bottle or let it sleep until it wakes…both answers are incorrect.
I first tell Moms to do skin to skin. If they have had an opportunity to BF after delivery then I have time and don’t have worry about feeding baby after the transition, but since most of our deliveries are cesarean then we need to act sooner than later. Skin to skin reboots the baby to mom. Then another tidbit is not to over stress baby by playing “pass the baby.” This past year I hear of the concept of no one except Mom and Dad hold baby til it feeds 3 times. I know overly excited grandparents and relatives sometimes are disappointed, but once they hear how it allows baby to settle in and get reorientated after birth they are very cooperative.
Letting Moms know that it may take 24 hours for some babies to get their breastfeeding acts more in sync. I find they have more patience. I see them thinking if they aren’t leaking milk they don’t have milk. They think if they hook up to a pump they will produce a “quart of milk aka a bottle like a cow when it’s milked”, They only get a self fulfilling prophecy of “no milk” when they go to a pump.
Education is the most important thing we can provide, but until medicaid and all insurances offer free or low cost classes and families avail themselves of it we will have some challenges that could have been minimized.
Till the TV Baby stories offer some really good information on the necessity of classes and really promote BF we will have to spend time with Mothers who have unrealistic expectations of breastfeeding.
This generation doesn’tread or subscribe to the newspapers, they blog and textmessage and cell phone. Yesterday, I had to tell a sweet Mom to stop texting and tend to her baby, Another one took her I Phone to restroom to do the Internet while she was impatient to void because it didn’t just happen.
As long as they are in hospital and baby is sleeping they are thrilled baby is so good, but it’s that Second Night as Jan Bargar, IBCLC writes so realistically about that sends them into a tailspin and off to our class.
My unit’s Performance Improvement Project shows that about 90% are breastfeeding either exclusively or supplementing for Medical Reasons at time of discharge and at two weeks attrition is down to 52% and at 6 months between 7 and 10 %. Most often by 3 months Mothers have to go back to work.
Thus we need to instill realistic expectations through education and try to get longer maternity leaves with pay for mothers if we are to reach the 2010 National Goals for Breastfeeding.

]]> By: Deirdre Morris http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/09/02/how-to-prepare-for-breastfeeding-success/#comment-1480 Deirdre Morris Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:51:58 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=1660#comment-1480 I agree! Breastfeeding is a skill that both mother and baby need to learn and preparing oneself beforehand will certainly tip the scales in your favour. As a pregnant mum, I have found Maire Clements' Blog Talk Breastfeeding Show invaluable in my own preparations: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheBreastfeedingSalon Also, I have created a free special report on 'Breastfeeding Success With the Law of Attraction' which helps set mums up for a successful, satisfying and joyful breastfeeding experience. http://www.MagicalBeginningsForBaby.com/breastfeeding Thanks for this post! Deirdre Morris Inspiring Magical Beginnings I agree!

Breastfeeding is a skill that both mother and baby need to learn and preparing oneself beforehand will certainly tip the scales in your favour.

As a pregnant mum, I have found Maire Clements’ Blog Talk Breastfeeding Show invaluable in my own preparations:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheBreastfeedingSalon

Also, I have created a free special report on ‘Breastfeeding Success With the Law of Attraction’ which helps set mums up for a successful, satisfying and joyful breastfeeding experience.
http://www.MagicalBeginningsForBaby.com/breastfeeding

Thanks for this post!

Deirdre Morris
Inspiring Magical Beginnings

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