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Wendy Jordan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 1 Apr 2001 12:32:23 -0400
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Barbara,
I agree with you 100% about the trick to feed newborn twins simultaneously.
My twin girls were born at 37 weeks, just made it by a day.  I was so
nervous about feeding them together and feared that if I couldn't manage it
than I wouldn't be able to keep up with nursing twins.  It made me sore and
was uncomfortable.  Despite helpful, experienced LC friends and an
assortment of pillows one latch remained painful.  Within a couple days I
switched to feeding them individually and it was fine.   It worked, which
was the goal.  By the  time they were 3 months I could feed them together
without any special skill.
As "term" newborns we did not receive any special attention.  Their first
Ped visit was scheduled at two weeks.  However, they definetely showed signs
of immaturity.  Their sucking bursts were transitional and they slept a lot,
feeding only 9 times a day.  It was a marginal situation that given mother
without the benefit of being educated in infant nutrition could have gone
very differently!  I certainly would never had made it if I blindly followed
the advise to feed simultaneously.
My girls are now 21/2 and we are back to feeding individually, they wait
turns, because they are simply too big to nurse comfortably.  They have
never had a drop of formula.

Wendy A Jordan BS IBCLC

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