I agree with Cathy's approach. As we all the info we give, this needs to be
given in a thoughtful, honest, sensitive manner. Honestly, we can say that a
woman's particular situation may or may not impact her ablillity to totally
supply her baby with milk. Helping women get to an optimal place in their
breastfeeding. This may be nurturing at the breast , feeds at bottle. I had
a wonderful mother who had little to no milk. She produced maybe 2-3oz all
day whether she pumped, breasfed and started out with doing everything.
Very, very motivated. She "hordorve" fed both her children by putting them
to the breast while the formula was warming. Mother loved nurturing at the
breast. Her first child did this for 1 year and her second child is still
doing this. It took us time and support to get to this point. At first, the
mother was upset that she did not make milk (older mom wilth many hormonal
issues). She was pleased with what she did and I was extremely proud of her
and told her so.
Another mom, had the worse looking breasts for milk production I had ever
seen. One breast was totally non developed, no breast tissue what so ever
and a very small nipple bud, no areola. The other breast was utter shaped
and so far from the midline that it was almost under her arm. She was trying
to breastfeed and had the baby on 24,7. (Literally all the time.) The baby
was crying constantly, poorly wetting, barely stooling and not gaining. The
doctor was frantic but trying to be supportive. He thouht that breastfeeding
more would help. How do you do more that constantly? Baby transferred
nothing during my visit. This mother was very releived when I explained that
glandular tissue or lack of it was the cause. She said something like: " I
am so relieved that it isn't just something I was doing wrong, or that the
problem wasn't from a lack of trying." Her doula cousin was upset with me
for telling her a reason why milk production was probably not going to
happen. But the mother was VERY appreciative. She sent me a lovely note and
went on to mother her now thriving abiet formula fed baby.
The more we do this , the more we need to realize that mother nature isn't
alwys totally fair. We need to get to the next best thing and remember that
mothering is more than just feeding. Ann Anderson, RN,IBCLC
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