My 2 eldest daughters weren't breastfed very long. Breastfeeding was torturous with them it was painful, I dreaded feed times all I'd do was cry through the pain and pray for it to be over.
I had nobody to help me, nobody to tell me the attachment was all wrong, I didn't even know about breast pumps and that feeding EBM (expressed breast milk) was an option so we went to formula :(
I was determind this time my babies would not be fed that processed crap, my babies deserve more than that.
So before the twins were born I researched pumps, looked into how to keep milk supplies up and looked into everything I could for feeding.
I am yet to join the ABA but plan to. Now the twins are only 13 days old so it's still early days but things are really positive.
We have great attachment, great sucks and it's amazing the connection I am feeling to my babies now I cry tears of joy through feeding. I feel no pain having being shown how to attach my babies in various positions and given access to a fantastic lactation consultant at the hospital.
Lleyton is a fantastic feeder always straight on the boob, attaches great and feeds for between 10-15 minutes needing no top ups via the nasal gastric tube whilst I am here at the hospital and he's gaining weight really well.
Jackson on the other hand although he attaches well and feeds great once he's one he takes a while to attach (around 10-20 minutes!!) he doesnt feed well every feed though.
Here in hospital they are on 4 hourly feeds and I can get Jackson to feed well his first suck feed (breastfeed) of the day but 4 hours later he rarely feeds from me die to being too tired which is apparently normal for prems but very frustrating non the less.
But at the end of the day we are successfully breastfeeding when I am here and I have every intention of keeping it that way once we are home.
Lleyton my expert boobie monster at 12 days old
Hopefully I'll get a good one of Jackson today!
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