Hi Dianne, when I had my 1st the hospital staff seemed more interested in 
mothers expressing and obtaining milk for the prem nurseries and so we were 
told how to express and obviously I learnt very efficiently as it took 
another Dr to tell me to slow down because of the amount I was producing.

Knowing more now, I think the kick start to production helped the effective 
breastfeeding although for the 1st I was given a lot of incorrect advice by 
health professionals who undermined breastfeeding by A) feeling my breast to 
gauge fullness, and B) telling me my son wasn't gaining enough when at about 
16 weeks he stopped gaing the 8-12 ounces per week he had been gaining in 
the early weeks and advised me to both add other foods to his diet and to 
give formula comps.

The other ways of feeding, like lying down, out and about, in front of 
others, took me a while to "get" as I only saw a few babies breastfed at 
that stage and none after 6 months.  With the 2nd I eased up on all the 
rules and actually enjoyed the boys a lot more and went on to feed for over 
12 months (a massive achievement, I thought)

Number 3 and 4 were much more relaxed but of course they are in their 20ies 
and havent reached the age group of the oldest 2

Hope it helps,
Julie Weller
ABA Counsellor in Florida


> Date:    Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:10:02 -0500
> From:    Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: how did you learn?
>
> Those of you whose firstborns are older than 28 or so:
>
> How did you learn to breastfeed effectively?  How did you learn to hand =
> express?  How did you learn to breastfeed lying down? =20
>
> Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY  USA
> www.normalfed.com
 

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