If this mother knows that she has delayed lactogenesis, why is she giving up
at the very moment that the milk is beginning to flow? I don't get it.
Something does not make sense here. Some moms do have a delay - provisions
can be made for nourishment until milk production begins.  Does this mom
really want to breastfeed or does she just want to know why her milk
production is delayed?

Sharon

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Jessica Claire <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> My first question would be: how much skin-to-skin and actual breastfeeding
> did this mother do with each baby in those first 30 hours?  If management
> was optimal, I'd have a lot of other questions too, but this piece of
> information is crucial IMO.
>
> Jessica Claire
> LLLL in Los Angeles
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Ann Marie Henninger <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > Archives searched for no colostrum issue...
> > Permission to post mom's description below.
> > Please reply both off-list and on as I am no mail now.
> > THANK YOU!
> >
> > 34 yo mom G4 P2 due soon with #3
> >
> > "Labor 1: Induced at 37w5d.  Roughly 14 and a half hours from Cervadil to
> > baby.
> > Labor 2: Spontaneous.  Somewhere around 9 hours from first ctx to baby
> >
> > Baby boy #1 6 lbs 11 oz
> > Baby boy #2 8lbs 3 oz
> >
> > Both vaginal births.   First medicated, second unmedicated.
> >
> > My issue is that my body does not seem to make colostrum.  Both of my
> > children have gone almost 30 hours with out passing urine at which point
> I
> > have freaked out. I gave water to bb1 just to get him some liquid and
> make
> > sure they hadn't injured his penis when they circumcised him (which was
> my
> > fear).  After we knew he COULD pee, I switched to formula.
> >
> > I pumped (double electric) almost round the clock for 5 days before
> giving
> > up.  I never got enough to even coat the bottom of a bottle.
> > A day or so later (7 or 8 days past birth time is fuzzy) I felt my milk
> > come
> > in but  I was done at that point.
> > I was dealing with kidney stones, too, and did not feel capable of trying
> > any more.
> >
> > With bb2, I drank dark beer every other day in my final week of
> pregnancy.
> > I started taking More Milk Plus the day he was born.  I didn't go
> straight
> > to bottles, I used an SNS for a few days, but we couldn't get his latch
> > right and was only getting formula according to the weight checks my LC
> was
> > doing.  I was mentally beat down by day 5 or so and just quit. My milk
> came
> > in the next day.
> >
> > I have never pumped past the point of feeling my milk come in so I don't
> > know what things are past that point."
> >
> >
> >
> > *
> > + AMDG +
> > Ann Marie RN, IBCLC
> >
> > Our daughter and sister Gianna's web site:
> > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/godsgracefromheaven
> > *
> >
> >
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