Kathy,
Restricting feeding hasn't served this mother and baby well (to put it
mildly) as the one-breast feeding and the block feeding seem to have caused
her supply to decline. You have observed that the baby isn't showing any
signs of receiving a fast flow (no gagging) and that the mother's breasts
are soft between feeds. You are very wise, asking the mother to feed on both
breasts at each meal, and give a third side if needed. I hope she takes
your advice.
As regards milk colour, I've always understood that there is a range of
normal. I'd advise her to forget about fretting about the colour and just
breastfeed from both sides more frequently to boost her supply - and just
focus on her baby. The poor mother seems very anxious and I'm sure a lot of
ongoing reassurance will be needed to help her get everything back to
normal. Sometimes mothers find it hard to let go of a "problem" when it is
found not to exist.
Virginia
in Brisbane, QLD, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katerina Dounouli" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 5:42 PM
Subject: low fat breastmilk
Hello,
I have a mother who is worried that she has very low fat breastmilk. Her
milk seems “light colored” to her and her baby isn’t gaining as much weight
as he did (about 2-3 weeks now) baby is 2 1/2 weeks.
She is block feeding this past 2 weeks because she feels she has an
oversupply. but breasts are soft between meals. baby does not gag during
breastfeeding
she always fed on one breast per feed, and never pumped to actually see the
whole milk volume in color. Babies has gained total of 2.5 kilos since
birth.
has mustard stool in the morning with less fussy breastfeeding during the
night and green stool in the afternoon with fussiness during the day.
according to her she has a normal diet, one dairy , yogurt ,a day. no diet
restrictions.
from my knowledge base and searching the archives here, I read that mother’s
diet does not affect the fat content of her breastmilk, and that it is the
way a baby eats that does.
I have suggested to her to feed on both breasts at each meal, switching a
third time if baby needs to. I have suggested for her to pump milk and see
the total milk color, if it starts to turn opaque ( an indication of fat).
any experience with similar mother situations, any other suggestions that
you can suggest, have you seen diet influencing fat contact during bf,
despite research saying saying that it doesn’t.
thank you
kathy dounoulis
Greece
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