MSE Parents Club Part 12

Sami_Bee · 1 June 2010 at 5:17PM

LOL Boogelly

Anyone going to the Friday sling meet this month?

cazscoob · 1 June 2010 at 5:21PM

My baby can count!!!! when i say one she can say two and three!!!
she hit return before i could post lol!

everything ok 3?

tarajayne · 1 June 2010 at 5:25PM

Go 'little' Erin. XXX

Sami_Bee · 1 June 2010 at 5:25PM

musogirl295 wrote: »

Getting a comfortable position for both of us had prob been the hardest bit for us and was part of the reason we were kept in hospital a while. I'm rather well endowed and find most of the regular holds don't work for us. The only way we've been able to feed has been using the rugby ball hold and even then I'm having to go to the sofa to do it. The midwife suggested i try lying down but I'm terrified I'm going to roll on her!

Ask your MW or HV if there is a breast feeding group locally and if it is a sit n chat type or a just problem solving type.
I f you can find a sit n chat one you'll make new mummy friends too you see

I'm sure someone there will be a similar size/shape to you or know a BFing mum that is and have some lovely advice and support, if you look round my local group I don't think theres a single mum n baby in the same position, you find what works best together and it changes as time goes on

must go retrieve Ed fom the stairs!

aless02 · 1 June 2010 at 5:26PM

muso, do u use a pillow while feeding? I have giganto boobies too and found using my maternity pillow invaluable. Also, if u can kinda hold ur booby underneath to sort of help keep it angled properly to her mouth, that really helps, plus in the very early days it helped keep his face from getting too buried in the booby, lol. Krystal's on holibobs, i think but maybe someone else also well endowed may have other tips.

also don't be too scared of feeding laying down. Once u get the hang of it, it's dead simple. It took finn a few weeks,actually, before he would do it.

cazscoob · 1 June 2010 at 5:27PM

I am so excited i even drove down to let OH hear her :rotfl:

I always found that feeding lying down was easier and you can doze off at the same time!!

tiamai_d · 1 June 2010 at 5:36PM

musogirl295 wrote: »

Getting a comfortable position for both of us had prob been the hardest bit for us and was part of the reason we were kept in hospital a while. I'm rather well endowed and find most of the regular holds don't work for us. The only way we've been able to feed has been using the rugby ball hold and even then I'm having to go to the sofa to do it. The midwife suggested i try lying down but I'm terrified I'm going to roll on her!

It was rugby style for a good 4-6 weeks here too. It's not so much the size, as the nipple pointing in such a way, that rugby was better. Lots and lots of pillows, I found I had to drop my nipple in her mouth because she was such hard work to get latched on properly, so ended up leaning to the side if I didn't have enough pillows to bring her up to my height.

Could never feed lying on my side, I did manage to feed lying back on pillows, so she was kind of on top of me. Worked for us and I got to dose. Took a while to get right though. Lots of pillows in the bed behind me meant I could rugby ball feed in bed, so no having to go downstairs.

It is trial and error, but keep trying every few days, eventually you will be able to get into different feeding positions. I think once their suction builds up its easier, they can stay one better.

tiamai_d · 1 June 2010 at 5:38PM

Well done Erin!!!

musogirl295 · 1 June 2010 at 5:49PM

aless02 wrote: »

muso, do u use a pillow while feeding? I have giganto boobies too and found using my maternity pillow invaluable. Also, if u can kinda hold ur booby underneath to sort of help keep it angled properly to her mouth, that really helps, plus in the very early days it helped keep his face from getting too buried in the booby, lol. Krystal's on holibobs, i think but maybe someone else also well endowed may have other tips. also don't be too scared of feeding laying down. Once u get the hang of it, it's dead simple. It took finn a few weeks,actually, before he would do it.

I'm using a couple of cushions stacked up at the mo which is fine on the sofa but it doesn't give me enough back support when I try in bed. I find I'm leaning to one side. I may invest in one of the super duper feeding pillows, then I guess I can use the normal pillows for back support.

I might have to be brave and try lying down!