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Answer by Boris
‘Fraid not! You begin lactating after the birth, and the first substance produced is colostrum

Answer by jadedangel
If your body is producing it before the baby is born then why not, just remember you have to freeze it and it only lasts 3 months frozen

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May bring on labour
my body produced milk with my second and third before they were born

Answer by mica.dance
No, your breast milk doesn’t come in until about 4 days after the baby is born. What you have in there now is called colostrum, that is what the baby will drink for the first few days of life.

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I already have 4 Receiving Blankets, 6 night gowns, countless outfits and pajamas)

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Answer by Diet C
Breast pads! You can get nice cloth breast pads from Mom of Eden. They are made out of the same materials as FuzziBunz diapers. They work superior than the disposables and you can toss them in the wash with the diapers.
You’ll also have to buy the mattress separately from the crib.

Answer by jeff_cougsfan
heck you are more prepared than I ever was!

I used a few on the web diaper coupons but that was it…

Answer by noreen
atleast a dozen onesies, and as many burp clothes as possible, they are swift to spit up, i carry two with me, congrads, enjoy each moment they go quickly, also i keep disposable cameras around the home in each room and on me at all times, never know when that one photo comes, God Bless Your Family with a healthy baby.

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Answer by jesicca
I do not think ant thing wrong it it. if milk is in surplus it can be done

Answer by MiNNIE
I do not see a problem at all.. Why would something naturally made for that purpose be wrong? So go for it! It’s very healthy

Answer by Destiny G
I do not see anything wrong with it. As long as he is accepting and niether of you have a problem than more power to you. There is so many ignorant people when it comes to breastmilk. Ignore people who state it’s gross. We all drink cows milk. That is pretty gross when you think about it.

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Answer by Isabeau
He’s still very young! You could try again to get him to latch on. There is no comparing a warm real nipple to a cold rubber one, he might take to it. I always had a really hard time getting my milk to let down pumping. You should contact your local La Leche League and have a lactation consultant come out to help you. Good luck!

Answer by SusieQ
you need he to build up your supply ….sometime there will be days that it seem like he eating all day long let him he knows when hes full

Answer by Brooke S
Have you tried fenugreek? Maybe this could help in your situation. Or maybe you could talk with your physician or a lactation consultant to see what it is that you can do.
Just to let you know though, my boy did not latch on for 6 weeks, I know how frustrating expressing milk can become! Drink your water, take your vitamens, keep trying to get him to latch, check out the fenugreek, maybe the physician can give you a perscription to up the supply (I do not know much about this, but I hear that it happens!).

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Answer by Erica
maybe try showering and rubbing the engorged boob to get some of the milk out to relieve some pressure, it might help.

Answer by Nurse JC
Have you tried using a nipple shield? This is a great tool to help to get the baby to nurse onto the breast. This is a tool that is used to transition the baby to straight breastfeeds.
You should really be pumping your breast as much as she is eating. A newborn should be breastfeeding 10-12 times in a 24 hour time period.
Try to express more from the breast that is harder. Express more often like each 2 hours.

I am a LC – it is 3am here and I need to go to bed but I would like to speak with you more tomorrow. Email me.

Answer by Mother to tiny Connor
If you want to lessen the supply, begin decreasing gradually. For instance, first week pump 80 ml from each, or if you feel comfortable pump more. Second week (or 4-5 days later) pump 50-60 ml.And continue until you get to the desired point.

It will take time and patience. But keep doing. I pumped for 8 months exclusively, because my son never latched on. I went through engorgements, fevers but at the end of the day I am happy for doing ideal for my baby.

Good luck!

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Answer by Lanie
In order for the engorgement to decrease you have to remove some milk. Once you begin nursing your baby will determine how much milk is needed and you will stop overproducing. If you continue to not nurse your child, your body will stop producing milk.
Get in the shower before latching your baby and manually massage your breasts to ease some of the engorgement. This should grant your baby to latch on afterwards. Feed your baby on demand and grant him/her to nurse as often and as long as they wish. Your supply will decrease to make the amount your baby takes. Its all based on supply and demand.

Answer by Pippin
If you want to breastfeed, you need to be breastfeeding. What is your baby been eating since yesterday?
If you are too engorged for baby to latch well, get in the shower and express a tiny milk to soften the areola. But waiting/not nursing just makes you even more engorged, and you are likely to get mastitis. Put baby to the breast each couple of hours, or if he wants to nurse more than that, so much the better.

Beyond that — be patient. Over the next day or two things should settle down. Then your supply will adjust to meet baby’s needs.

Answer by The Deranged Housewife
It might be hard to pump while engorged, just because you are too swollen. I would definitely keep trying to nurse, and stand in a hot shower and massage your breasts from the top down, to encourage milk to come out. It might not seem like it’s working at first, but keep at it. This happened to me after my first and I felt like I had boulders strapped to my chest – it was horrible. But the hot shower worked well, as did the massage.

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Answer by My baby boy is Home!!! 1.20.09
Your breast milk contains more fat then if you were to give your baby formula i asked my physician because my 7 month old only drinks 4-6 oz bottles of bfmilk and he gets full real quick. If i give him formula he takes 8 oz like nothing. So is normal. I have choosen to exclusively breastfeed his the only one that knows when his full.

Breast milk is the ideal my son is 7months 19.4oz

Answer by Mommyhood is good
You will not know how much she eats while breastfeeding. That is why feeding on demand while breastfeeding is such a good thing. She might eat less from the bottle because it’s not coming straight from the tap! And then she will make up for it during the next breastfeeding session.

Answer by chesney
I nursed all of my kids until they were atleast 1 year old and each child is different in the amount that they eat. If she is nursing and pulls off of your breast then that means she is full. If she pulls off and is screaming then she is not getting enough. If you give her a bottle and she only eats 2-3 ounces of if and stops then that must mean that she is full. It also depends on how often she is eating. If she is eating more often state each 2 hours then she will not eat as much at one time than if she is eating each 4 hours. I would not worry about the amount that she is eating just as long as she is not fussing all the time. At her next appt as long as she is gaining weight then she is a healthy baby. Hang in there it only gets easier and the sacrifice that you are making is the very ideal thing you can do for your child. I hope this helps Good luck and God Bless.

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Answer by shorty081101
I do not have an answer for you but I wanted to congratulate you on your new baby and breastfeeding…..What a great thing you are doing for your child.

Answer by Nice G
It depends. If nursing is too painful for you, then stop breastfeeding and pump for a while. I switched my son back and forth and did not have any problems. Sometimes pumping is just easier because you can rest if things aren’t going perfectly with breastfeeding and you know your baby is still getting breastmilk.

Good luck!

Answer by someone101
Maybe you should stop feading as much and use some of the “fake baby milk”

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Answer by northern_muse
a breastfed baby drinks about 1 oz per hour since their last feeding, so basically 24 oz a day. if you nursed at noon and then again at 3, your baby would probably need 3 oz of BM. of course all babies are different and an average range of milk intakes is 19-30 oz per day (570-900 mL per day).

after 6 mos or when they begin a _regular_ diet of solids (eating actual meals) the amount of BM they want might decrease.

here is a great article about feeding a BF baby expressed milk
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html

Answer by RileysMom♥
The average breastfed baby intakes 19-30 oz per day or 900 ML per day, but all babies are different, some have larger appitites than others.

Answer by JJMom
I do not know for sure, but whenever my tiny guy would only take one breast and then fall asleep, I would pump the other side because I was about to burst. I could pump anywhere from 2 ounces to 4 ounces from one side, so double that and multiply by at least 12 feedings (every two hours when babies are newborns) and you get between 48-96 ounces in a day. that is a very rough estimate because sometimes he would nurse longer, not each two hours, or only from one breast. I remember reading somewhere that they get around 32 ounces a day.

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The California octuplets are human octuplets born on January 26, 2009, at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, California.[1][2] This was only the second time ever that a full set of octuplets were born alive in the United States, coming eleven years after the 1998 births of the Chukwu octuplets in Texas. Multiple births are risky for both the mom and kids and are considered an undesirable outcome of reproductive technology.[3][4]

The delivery, via a pre-scheduled Caesarean section, involved 46 medical personnel, and was practiced twice beforehand.[2] Physicians anticipated only seven babies, so the eighth (“Baby H”, a boy) came as a surprise.[2] The infants (six boys and two girls) were born at 30½ weeks of gestation, approximately nine weeks premature. They ranged in weight from 1 pound and 8 ounces (0.68 kg) to 3 pounds and 4 ounces (1.47 kg).[5] The first baby was stated to have come out “kicking and crying”. Born over the course of five minutes, all eight babies were immediately reported in stable condition, though two required breathing tubes and a ventilator and another required extra oxygen.[2]

The mom’s health and gestational status were followed since her first trimester.[2] However, she has asked that only limited information be released about the births,[1] so hospital officials have not released her name, nor have they said, for example, whether she undertook fertility treatments.[5] Medical experts immediately speculated that the woman probably received controlled ovarian hyperstimulation rather than in vitro fertilization, a more costly procedure which would have been less likely to produce octuplets.[6] The octuplets’ grandmother, however, would later confirm that an in vitro procedure had been used.[7]

After giving birth, the mom reportedly expressed the desire to breastfeed all eight infants.[5]

Two days after birth, five of the eight infants received their first tube-feeding of (donated) breast milk, even though one of the infants (“Baby F”, a boy who weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces (1.25 kg) at birth) rejected his first tube-feeding and was returned to intravenous feeding, as his stomach is yet unable to absorb breast milk. Three other infants have been fed intravenously since birth and are yet to receive their first tube-feeding.[8]

Three days after the octuplets’ birth, the octuplets’ grandmother, Angela Suleman, gave an on-the-record interview to the Los Angeles Times. After her daughter found out she was (apparently) pregnant with seven fetuses, she ruled out a selective reduction procedure: “What do you recommend she should have done? She refused to have them killed,” Suleman said. Her daughter never expected all eight embryos implanted in her would develop, she said.[7]

The octuplets’ mom already had six kids (ages 7, 6, 5, 3, with two-year-old twins) before seeking fertility treatment in 2008. She reportedly lives with her kids and mom on a “well-kept cul-de-sac in Whittier.”[7]

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Answer by TwinMama
It’s really none of my business either way so I am neither rejoicing or confused.

Answer by Leah
I could care less either way, all I can state is superior her then me.

Answer by Blunt
More to pay out our tax dollars. here it goes: WIC, food stamps and all the goverment prizes for being downright irresponsible.

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