Official Breast Feeding Support Thread for WDW Parks

[Magpie]

Thanks! I never thought twice about there being any issue with nursing a second child until this experience with my friend. It just got me thinking that every kid is different. It is her first child and I think there are a few things going on.....first she had a c-section and the baby was not breathing so they had to call in the staff from the NICU so it was a long time for those two reasons before she was able to put her DD to the breast. I put DD on right away, literally and I wonder if that makes a difference? Also, her DD is a very slow nurser and I think my friend is not understanding that every kid nurses differently. She's overtired and frustrated because she feels like she failing, yet doing all she can to make this work.

I've heard before that c-section kids can have more difficulty nursing, and there probably is a window early on in which it gets easier to put them to breast. I think my dd had a harder time because she couldn't get a latch at first, and then after that she didn't expect to be able to do it. As far she was concerned, that wasn't where milk came from. For a long time she'd fight me hard, and then look very surprised the moment she got a taste of milk.

Has you friend contacted the local LaLeche League? Sometimes talking to experienced moms can help a lot.

My son was a slow nurser, and I just had to get used to putting my feet up for three or four hours at a time. Some evenings it seemed like all I did was sit there and nurse him. Sometimes I'd fall asleep in my chair, and he'd just keep on nursing.

 

[roobug]

Quick question: DD was a champ at nursing. We never had any issues, latched right away, always ate well and gained weight etc. My good friend just had a baby a month ago and they are having a really tough time nursing and baby is losing weight, almost to the not healthy point. She's desvastated and I am trying my best to be a good support for her. It got me thinking though. I just assumed that my next baby (I'm due in Aug) would be a good nurser but now I'm worried....every kid is different. Just wondering if any moms noticed that one kid nursed well while other kids did not?

Every kid is different - I have twins, and one was a champion nurser once I was able to nurse, and the other took 6 months to catch on and lost a lot of weight and had to be supplemented. They were both in the NICU, and I had a horrific emergency c-section, but that aside my boys where very different when it came to nursing. I was in tears trying to figure out why one was so great and the other was boarder line failure to thrive.

 

[kpm76]

I've heard before that c-section kids can have more difficulty nursing, and there probably is a window early on in which it gets easier to put them to breast. I think my dd had a harder time because she couldn't get a latch at first, and then after that she didn't expect to be able to do it. As far she was concerned, that wasn't where milk came from. For a long time she'd fight me hard, and then look very surprised the moment she got a taste of milk.

Has you friend contacted the local LaLeche League? Sometimes talking to experienced moms can help a lot.

My son was a slow nurser, and I just had to get used to putting my feet up for three or four hours at a time. Some evenings it seemed like all I did was sit there and nurse him. Sometimes I'd fall asleep in my chair, and he'd just keep on nursing.

I know she's working with a lactation consultant and that is helping. After reading your experience with a slow nurser, I wonder if she just has this idea in mind that you do 20 min on each side and you are done. That's what worked for my DD, and when she asked about my experience, that is what I told her, but I have another friend whose baby only took 5 min and others take forever.....she's really emotionally fragile right now so I am treading lightly. I don't want to be "militant" about nursing, but I have tried to tell her I think her DD is fine, just a slow nurser......

 

[rparmfamily]

My DD was a slow nurser and a very frequent nurser. Now that she's nearly 12 mo, she nurses like 6 mins and is done, pops off and takes off LOL. Back then she nursed prob 20-45mins (changed sides somewhere in there) and then would nurse again after about 2 hrs.

My 1st was hard to nurse, only made it to 12 weeks. My 2nd was preemie, used the SNS (tube) system and a nipple shield for awhile and he nursed for 2 yrs. My 3rd is about 12 months and haven't had any issues with her, other than she LOVES to nurse LOL. I think it's because it's her way of keeping close to me and getting "time" with me KWIM? being that I have 2 other kids LOL.

 

[Magpie]

I know she's working with a lactation consultant and that is helping. After reading your experience with a slow nurser, I wonder if she just has this idea in mind that you do 20 min on each side and you are done. That's what worked for my DD, and when she asked about my experience, that is what I told her, but I have another friend whose baby only took 5 min and others take forever.....she's really emotionally fragile right now so I am treading lightly. I don't want to be "militant" about nursing, but I have tried to tell her I think her DD is fine, just a slow nurser......

You can tell her I have sympathy - sometimes I felt like I had a leech attached to me. I'd tell my husband, "He never gets off!"

But my midwife told me that I had to feed my baby as much as HE wanted - that he was the best judge of when he was done, not anyone else.

As it turns out, my son had an "immature" digestive system. He had trouble with learning to swallow and choked a lot when we introduced solids. He really didn't eat solids until he was over a year old, because of this. He threw up a lot when he was small, because he couldn't digest certain foods. He's outgrown most of it, but he'll always be hypoglycemic, and somehow I've always thought there must be a connection here somewhere. Maybe he just had to have that extra time nursing to get all the nutrition he needed.

BTW - he's a big, healthy kid now. He just has to eat healthy, or he'll pay a price. I tell him he's lucky! Most people don't have a body that keeps them on the straight and narrow.

 

[candielips]

I apologize ahead of time if this grosses anyone out but I have to ask.
Has anyone ever had red breast milk, blood in it?
I was pumping last night and looked down to see red milk I went to the ER only to wait for over 3 hrs and decided to come home and wait no longer. I pumped when I got home as I was engorged and the milk was fine, no longer red or pink but great looking milk.
I spoke to my Dr. today and he said that it is not that uncommon and could be a few different things and if it happens again to come in.
I am just curious if anyone else has experienced this and if so, what was the cause?
A little background info, I am nursing my 2nd child and he is 7 months. I nursed my DD for over a year and never had anything like this. I had mastitis w/ my DD and this does not feel like mastitis.

 

[rparmfamily]

I've never had that happen...are you sick, having any breast tenderness? Could you have a clogged duct,cet?

 

[Magpie]

Re. blood in breast milk, here's a good link...

http://www.loveyourbaby.com/blood-in-breast-milk.html

I love the name of the first possibility: "Rusty Pipe Syndrome"!

I'm sure your doctor is right - it's probably nothing more than a broken blood vessel or some such thing. But it sure would be scary to see for the first time!

 

[candielips]

I've never had that happen...are you sick, having any breast tenderness? Could you have a clogged duct,cet?

I can usually tell when I have a clogged duct or may get one.

Re. blood in breast milk, here's a good link...

http://www.loveyourbaby.com/blood-in-breast-milk.html

I love the name of the first possibility: "Rusty Pipe Syndrome"!

I'm sure your doctor is right - it's probably nothing more than a broken blood vessel or some such thing. But it sure would be scary to see for the first time!

Rusty Pipe Syndrome Who's calling my ladies rusty?

Yeah it was very scary to see. My DH almost passed out. Everything seems fine today other than a little tenderness. let's hope for no more "strawberry milk" tonight.

 

[disneywatcher]

Subscribing to this thread as I am currently a "comfort nursing" mommy. My 18 month old nurses when she is upset or tired. I'm not sure how much nursing time we will aquire on our first trip to The World but I've had loads of practice. My 2nd DD was born in Germany and I learned how to nurse on the go (I LOVED my sling!) and not be seen. With my 3rd and final DD who was born in the US it has been a lot of "covering up" which my DD hates! She pulls the blanket off of her head and likes to look around.

 

[2luvmickey]

Although my 3 DS are nearly grown (the time flies), I'm glad I had the chance to nurse each of them.

My DS 15 was a nearly 10 pound healthy baby, yet had a terrible dairy allergy (don't get me started, it IS different than lactose intolerance!). I was able to nurse him for 16 months, until I was able to get him to drink soy milk.

My funny story: when DS 21 was tiny, he nursed every 2 hours. As he nuzzled up to me, I commented: "Again, you just ate an hour ago!" I didn't know my DH was in the kitchen getting some food and he replied: "I don't know why, but I'm starving." Dope! I was talking to your son.

I can't understand why people get so offended by nursing moms. Would you want to eat in a bathroom or under a towel in 90 degree heat?

 

[Reese]

I apologize ahead of time if this grosses anyone out but I have to ask.
Has anyone ever had red breast milk, blood in it?
I was pumping last night and looked down to see red milk I went to the ER only to wait for over 3 hrs and decided to come home and wait no longer. I pumped when I got home as I was engorged and the milk was fine, no longer red or pink but great looking milk.
I spoke to my Dr. today and he said that it is not that uncommon and could be a few different things and if it happens again to come in.
I am just curious if anyone else has experienced this and if so, what was the cause?
A little background info, I am nursing my 2nd child and he is 7 months. I nursed my DD for over a year and never had anything like this. I had mastitis w/ my DD and this does not feel like mastitis.

I've had that and also green but that is not normal. I had mastitis at the time so it was the nasty infection coming out. If it was mastitis I'm sure you would know it . But I have mistaken it for a plugged duct before.

 

[Adi12982]

I apologize ahead of time if this grosses anyone out but I have to ask.
Has anyone ever had red breast milk, blood in it?
I was pumping last night and looked down to see red milk I went to the ER only to wait for over 3 hrs and decided to come home and wait no longer. I pumped when I got home as I was engorged and the milk was fine, no longer red or pink but great looking milk.
I spoke to my Dr. today and he said that it is not that uncommon and could be a few different things and if it happens again to come in.
I am just curious if anyone else has experienced this and if so, what was the cause?
A little background info, I am nursing my 2nd child and he is 7 months. I nursed my DD for over a year and never had anything like this. I had mastitis w/ my DD and this does not feel like mastitis.

I did earlier on, my nipp1e was cracked and it bled, so I had blood in my milk - I let it sit at room temperature for a while and the blood settles to the bottom and I was able to get most of the blood out - she drank it no problem. I read it is ok to give (on kellymom) because if you never pumped you would never know the baby was getting some blood too (unless they spit it up, I guess).

 

[candielips]

I did earlier on, my nipp1e was cracked and it bled, so I had blood in my milk - I let it sit at room temperature for a while and the blood settles to the bottom and I was able to get most of the blood out - she drank it no problem. I read it is ok to give (on kellymom) because if you never pumped you would never know the baby was getting some blood too (unless they spit it up, I guess).

I think having your baby spit up blood would be way scarier than having bloody BM.

There is no way I could have removed the blood from it as all of it was red. I seem fine now, but my Dr. said it can start and stop like that.

 

[MommyPoppins]

We're back. I think my throwing up was a case of nerves.

I loved the Ergo, but I think I am going to return it and try for a beco, it's so bulky on my shoulders. It was easy to nurse in and we did that a lot when she was in it, but I wore her in my psling more because it is cooler. It was SO hot.

I nursed her on rides, on benches, anywhere. She didn't eat much because it was so hot, so I was nursing her a lot to make sure she was getting enough fluids.

On the TTA

Waiting for FOTLK

Sitting on the curb outside of the backlot tour.

Sitting in the gardens in the Japan pavilion.

We had a great time, except that WDW smelled like sewage. It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nasty. There were TONS of HUGE tour groups; Indian, Brazillion, Italian. And they were stinking up the place. The normal yummy smells of disney were gone. It was stinking.

 

[harleyquinn]

LOVE the pics!! Glad you had a good time! Sorry about the smell! Sounds terrible!

Are you just wearing tanks with a nursing bra underneath?

The Beco may be even bulkier than the Ergo, so you might want to try before you buy. They are very similar, but the Beco has an added panel between you and the baby. I think the Ergo would be slightly cooler in the extreme heat.

So what were her favorite rides?

 

[Davids-Coco]

If you can find an old 4th gen Beco, it is almost identical to an ergo but has a better fit for me. I adore mine... but wouldn't go for the butterfly personally - don't like the panel.

I'll be nursing when we go again. We have only had one other nursing trip, but by then DS1 was only before/after nap and before/after nightime sleep. He was nursed until 2...

I think it is wonderful that everyone is being so supportive of each other! There are too many women who get treated meanly because of it.

Someone mentioned we are the only mammals who don't nurse. We are also the only mammals that drink another mammal's milk. And actually, my kids don't. My first never took to it and we are just continuing on our "other calcium" diet.

 

[MommyPoppins]

Well some people have said the beco is more mei tai like and not as hot. Who knows. Maybe I'll just forget it and keep trying to find one in OUAC and just stick with my mei tai and slings.

I wore double tanks(althought it was less obvious that I was trying to hook up a baby if I just pulled both layers up. She mostly covered my belly except my back and side a little and since I've lost weight I don't really have a roll there anymore so it was okay. lol), I like the layered look anyway and a regular bra. I gave up on nursing bras either too small or too big, I could NEVER find one to fit me right. So I just pull down the front of a regular bra.

She liked anything. She was such a good baby. Hardly ever fussing.She did not however like the characters so much. lol

 

[sritter78]

I got my Ergo in the mail yesterday. We played around with it a little bit, and DS loved it. He was giggling and enjoyed playing with my tattoo on my back. Hopefully I can figure out how to nurse him in it.

 

[rparmfamily]

I love my Ergo, but I like the straps, I find them supportive. I wish it came in neater colors though. My friend has an Angel Pack and it's like an Ergo but prettier and less bulky.

http://www.angelpack.com/