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Re: PREMATUREBIRTH: when is it too late to breast feedFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:52 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 10 Feb 2008, joanne wrote: > >At Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Kat wrote: >> >>At Sat, 9 Feb 2008, joanne wrote: >>It may not be too late but what you'll need to do is get a high quality >>breast pump. The hospital may have one you can rent. Also you'll need >>to get on a regular pumping schedule. I highly reccomend you seek the >>help of a lactation consultant again the hospital should be able to help >>you. GL. >>Avent has an excellent hand pump for about $40 at any babies r us. I used one while breastfeeding my last baby and never had a problem. I used another breast pump with one of my other children and it was terrible. If you can still express milk from your breast now I can't imagine why you would not be able to build up an adequate milk supply with a regular pumping schedule. >>>I had my twins 3 months early. It has been a week now and I was >>>wondering if it is too late to breast feed? The babys of course are in >>>the NICU, but I figured that we could freeze it. Is that right? Or at >>>least keep it in the fridge. So I think that my breast still has milk >>>in them, but not sure for how much longer? > >OK thanks but it has been a week now and I have not been pumping and I >don't know exactly when they will dry up and I don't think I can afford >to rent one.
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