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sally belly 
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:13pm |
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JoannaNZ's post about feeding on one side or both at each feed got me thinking. How do you know that baby has drained the breast during a feed? I have been feeding baby on one side at each feed & I just let him feed until he comes off & seems to have had enough. But maybe he comes off because there's no milk left rather than him being full?? How do you know?
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cuppatea
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:18pm |
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Offer him the other side, if he's hungry he'll take it if not he's had enough. Plus at 3 weeks Spencer would scream even if he only needed one more mouthful so I'm sure you would hear about it if he was still hungry.
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peanut butter
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 7:10pm |
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Tom goes through phases of needing both boobs and sometimes just one. I normally just give him one unless he seems a bit restless after and then I offer the 2nd.
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 8:00pm |
 cuppatea wrote:
Offer him the other side, if he's hungry he'll take it if not he's had enough. |
Yep this worked for Josh. Some times he would only take one side but sometimes he would take both sides.
If he only has a little bit of te other side make sure you start the next feed with that side.
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babyg
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:40pm |
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I try a quick hand express as baby comes off, if nothing comes after a couple of 'squeezes' then she has drained it (only ever happened twice for me when i went back to BF after a break of a couple of days, normally Carys could never drain one of my boobs!)
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Rachael21
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Posted: 09 January 2008 at 3:03pm |
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I know Caprece has had enough because her sucks get further and further apart or she pulls off and doesn't go back on. I know she has drained one side because shes sucking heaps but she only swallows every 5 or 6 sucks and thats when I will change sides.
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Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:52pm |
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I can usually judge by sucking too, Lily wwill only drain my breast as the day goes on as I have a slight over supply.
I split feed so have a break between sides, if she is really hunngey then she will do sa bi feed on the second side, if not then she won't really latch on for more than a minute or so.
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Posted: 13 January 2008 at 8:31pm |
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Your milk will start to settle about now (if not already) so you will probably feel 'empty' on one side and 'full' on the other after feeds.
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