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Have you really run out of milk while breastfeeding?
My baby doesn’t seem to be getting anything.
I did a lot of reading prior to having my son. I had problems feeding my daughter and I was disappointed in myself for not having the right answers. To overcome this disappointment I learned all I could before my son was born so that I would be prepared for any mishaps this time!
Babies know more than you think!
I knew that there was a stage we reach where it seems that our breasts have run out of milk. It happened to me at 5 months. Nature fascinates me and I tend to have a scientific approach to it all. Nature has allowed our babies to know how much milk their mothers have. When we need more milk the baby wants to suckle to ensure there is enough. This is exactly what happens when our breasts run out of milk. The baby wants to suckle even more.
Let the baby suckle. They are increasing your milk supply! And it worked! It took about 10 to 12 days before it seemed to come back.
I was worried about whether the baby was starving during this time and so started him on solids as well, just to make sure.
My milk increased and I was able to continue feeding until 13 months when my son decided that he was ready to quit. It had a happy ending for both of us.
My children are now in their 20’s so I apologise if I embarrass either of you by describing my research methods. But there are many mothers out there that like to hear the advice of us oldies.
My younger friends love to hear and ask my advice about motherhood and it surprises me at the amount of detail I can remember when I really sit down and think about it. So these memories of my children are not simply sitting on the surface of my thinking. They are down deep and it takes a big shovel to find them. I hope you enjoy them and can put them to use.
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The important long term benefits of breast feeding include reduced risk of asthma, allergies, obesity, and some forms of childhood cancer. The more that scientists continue to learn, the better breast milk looks. In addition to making your baby healthier, breast feeding may also make him smarter. Many studies have proved that breast fed babies tend to be more smarter than babies who were fed with formula or other methods
author’s note seemed to me very helpful and changed my outlook on many things.
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