Expressing
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Topic: Expressing
Posted By: FionaO
Subject: Expressing
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 4:31pm
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Hi, sure I have read this somewhere but cannot find it anywhere. I am going to express some milk to give my poor nipples a breather, how much milk should a newborn take in one go? ------------- 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 4:38pm
Depends on the newborn! There's a calculator at http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html - Kellymom  ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: cealz
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 4:39pm
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Fi, be carefull with doing that, that you dont get nipple confusion.
My MW wont let me give Ruby a bottle until she is 4 weeks old because if they get confused they might make your nipples worse by not latching properly. Sorry that doesnt answer the question! ------------- 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 4:50pm
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My midwife said to try and give them a bottle feed once every day or so from week one, to get them used to taking a bottle.
From memory, Chloe drank around 40-60mL of EBM when she was a newborn. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 5:54pm
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Gremlins were on EBM from 6 days and would take between 60-100ml. I would offer them 60ml first then more if they took it all rather than heating the whole 100ml coz it was so hard to tip it down the sink if they didn't finish it all!
The other thing I found helpful was spending some time at Family Centre to try and get them back on the breast. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 7:24pm
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Yep about 60-100ml sounds right. I never heated mine though so it was easier to keep for the next feed if enough left to be worth keeping. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 7:31pm
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I had to take the chill off mine in a jug of boiling water coz I kept it in the fridge between expressing and feeding but at night I used to take the bottles out and leave them on the bench between their 10pm and 2am feeds so I didn't have to wait for the jug to boil and the bottles to heat while they screamed. It's OK at room temp for up to 6 hours. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:07am
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thanks ladies!! Might give it a go today, my midwife says it is ok to do especially if my nipples are really getting sore and one side really is bleeding a lot now. -------------
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