In a message dated 2/7/2009 11:08:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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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


My oldest is 40, can't imagine how that happened so quickly!  Like others we
just did it, I was a 'mother earth" wanna be and breastfeeding fit right in.
In my breastfeeding experience, I had cracked and bleeding nipples with the
first 3 children until I started to learn more about a deep latch, but we
just hung in there, used a lot of anhydrous lanolin and it eventually got
better.  Didn't hand express because I did not have to leave my baby and was
a LLL Leader when I experimented and found out how to do it.  Lying down
nursing probably was just a coincidence, attach the baby and scoot down to a
reclining position.  I don't think I thought about quitting, it was just a
grin and bear it until it got better and those in the know said it would,
because the quiet times were oh so wonderful and the pain only lasted a few
weeks.

Kathy Baker, IBCLC, LLLL
IL, USA  

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