Skip to main content

Breastfeeding Journey



Myah was a NICU baby and that made it very hard for us to breast feed every day. I tried to get her to latch every day but with her low tone it was hard. Myah was not gaining as much weight as they would have liked her to so they put her on formula to get more calories in her. Myah was getting both my breastmilk and formula. I wasn't producing much in the beginning so they also had to give her formula when i had no milk to give. 
Myah had developed jaundice so she had to be under the light as much as possible so that limited the time i has to try and get her to latch. Myah came home after a week in the hospital and we continued to try and latch at times it was hard for both her and i, so I continued to pump and give her milk out of a bottle. I developed an over supply of milk. I was on a strict schedule of pumping every two hours during the day and every three hours at night. Myah was sleeping through the night so i had to wake her up to give her a bottles since she was still not at her birth weight. While i was feeding her a bottles i was also pumping. After Myah reached her birth weight we felt that she no longer needed to be woken up to eat while she slept. I still got up and pumped every three hours. I was so tired and had even fallen asleep at times pumping and would wake up hours later still connected to the pump! I tried every day to get her to latch it just was not happening for us. I gave up for about a week or so the following day i had tried and she actually latched!! I was beyond excited, we still fed her a bottle because i had no idea if she was getting enough milk or not. I would latch her once a day and if she seemed like she wanted the breast i would try more. This went on until Myah was two months old once she turned two months old she latched on everyday for each feed and we only gave her one bottle a day! After about a month she no longer needed a bottle, i still pumped after every feed because i had such an over supply. Our breastfeeding journey started after that she has been attached to nursing ever since. I absolutely love the bond we have. It took time for us to get the hang of it but it was totally worth it, and i would do it over again. 

Remember fed is best!! Just because you can't breast feed doesn't mean your a bad mom you are doing an amazing job no matter what way you are feeding your child. 


As for my over production of milk i donated to both local moms and to a milk bank called Ni-Q it is such a rewarding feeling being able to feed not only my baby but other babies as well. 



Comments

  1. UnknownAugust 8, 2017 at 1:17 PM

    I'm glad you didn't give up on breast feeding. It really is the best for baby. I still breast feed my 13 month old & don't plan on stoping until she is ready to stop. Good job mama. 💕💕

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. NothingdownaboutmyahAugust 16, 2017 at 6:49 PM

      Go mama!! Your doing such a good job too! I did not it was hard bht so worth it. I dont plan on stopping until shes ready or i dry up.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sweetie pie organics review

Since I had successfully breastfed my first daughter when I got pregnant with our second daughter I knew I wanted to breastfeed without a doubt. Little did I know that this journey would be different than my first.  With our first daughter she was in the nicu and had latching issues, for the first two months of her life I pumped around the clock. I was up every three hours even though the night. With me being dedicated like I was I grew to have a have an over supply which was great but also very hard to control. At two months she finally latched onto the breast but because of my over supply I have a very fast let down which would cause more issues with her feeding. After having her lip and tongue clipped she was able to be fully breastfed on the breast at four months old and she went on to nurse until she was two and a half years old.  My second latched on right away and nursed like a champ. In the beginning I was up pumping as much as I could because I was afraid of getting c...
Post a Comment
Read more

How we found out Myah would most likely have Down Syndrome

When we were 12 weeks pregnant we had an ultrasound done. The doctor came in and also gave me an ultrasound which i found weird because doctors don't normally do ultrasounds. Once he was finished he said that baby showed some markers of having Down Syndrome and that i should get tested for it. We had already decided prior to this day that we did not want any testing done we would love our baby regardless. Well we were scared so we agreed to have a blood test done. I got a phone call about a week later from a nurse who worked at the hospital. She informed me that my blood test came back that my baby had a 100% chance of having Down Syndrome. I was so confused, how could just a simple blood test tell you this. The nurse had asked me four times, yes four times if i wanted to terminate my pregnancy. Of course i said no. She asked me if i wanted to get an amniocentesis done i said no but that we would need to talk about it. We opted out on having the amniocentesis done because of the m...
8 comments
Read more

More therapy?

We went to our weekly speech therapy appointment and we talked to our therapist about how Myah has been acting and she mentioned that it could possibly be some sensory issues. And if it continues we may need to think about putting Myah back into occupational therapy.   When she first mention OT i was very hesitant, not because I don’t think she needs it but because we have had multiple evaluations and went through two therapists in the time we did have OT.  Our first therapist just seemed like he did not like working with kids, like if they annoyed him, and he had no patience for them. (He ended up leaving to another place to work with adults)  Our second therapist was just mean. We felt like she would hold Myah down and force her to do the things she wanted her to do. I know they want them to focus but holding her down is NOT ok.  We just dont want to deal with her again and she is working the day Myah has speech therapy so we would most likey be stuck with...
Post a Comment
Read more