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[Guest guest]

Welcome Jackie-

I hope that you're able to get your mail situation figured out soon! Well,

it sounds like you're entering into a rewarding and needed career! Best luck

to you-

S.

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I am piggie backing on to s message as I have tried to introduce

myself twice and the mails are not sending.. Could someone send me the addy

I am supposed to address posts to please?!

I am mum to three children aged 11,9, and 6, and breast fed all three with

the help of my mum, without whos advice I could never have suceeded! I am

presently a second year student midwife at Worcester University College, and

am looking forward to learning and sharing from and with you all!

Jackie (UK)

Ps , , have you tried expressing a little milk before your daughter

feeds? If you are right, then this would stop the coughing and spluttering.

It may be that she is after the richer 'hind' milk, and is impatient with

having the first drink of the fore milk. Well done, by the way, its a great

feeling isnt it!

new member - help please!

>

>

> Hi there,

>

> I joined the list for a while before my daughter was born on the

> 17th February to gain information and ideas to help with our

> breastfeeding - which really helped a lot - and recently

> resubscribed now we're over the hordes of family members coming

> to visit! My name is , I'm married to and we're the

> parents of Verity Isobel, who is three and a half weeks old and

> absolutely lovely. We live in a village called Wendover in

> Buckinghamshire in England although we're originally from

> Scotland.

>

> Anyway, things were going well with feeding until the last few

> days - Verity was born and latched on well (fed for 40 mins in

> the delivery room!!) and was feeding really well with no problems

> for either of us but she's started to get really fussy and is

> pulling away from the breast - we don't know whether it's colic,

> or just gassiness, or something else altogether. I suspect I

> might have a bit of an over-active letdown as she occasionally

> chokes and splutters a little and when I am feeding the other

> breast leaks copiously. She doesn't seem to be latching on as

> well as she was, particularly on the right breast, and what

> happens is I get her latched on (which can take a while as she

> isn't always keen to get her mouth really wide open) and she

> feeds for a minute, then starts fighting and pushing with her

> arms and legs and pushes herself off the breast and sometimes

> starts to cry and looks quite miserable. We try sitting her up

> before starting again and the whole thing goes on for quite some

> time before she either falls asleep having managed to have enough

> milk (but in small 'snacks') or else settles down and feeds for a

> reasonable amount of time. Because I am concerned about

> overactive letdown I've been trying to keep her to one breast per

> feed and I think it helps a bit, but I don't know what the cause

> of this sudden problem is...any suggestions would be gratefully

> appreciated. I'm going to call the breastfeeding counsellor in

> the morning but I would love to know what you all think of our

> situation.

>

> I should add that because she was a bit fussy when I ate spicy

> food last week I've been really careful with what I've been

> eating since then...however is allergic to milk and I am

> wondering if that could be a problem? Do you think it'd be worth

> cutting out dairy products to see if it alters things? If that

> could be a problem, would that affect her latching on? This is

> so difficult - I never expected feeding problems to suddenly

> occur after nearly 4 weeks, when things have gone so well until

> now. I am determined to sort things out though!

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks , I think my list is working now, thanks to Wendi too! I

love my work! Just had an exam yesterday, and guess what, breastfeeding

wasnt on it! I was gutted! Still if anybody wants help with their

placentas Im your gal!!

Jackie

(UK)

Re: piggie back intro onto s mail!

> From: jsachieve@...

>

> Welcome Jackie-

>

> I hope that you're able to get your mail situation figured out soon!

Well,

> it sounds like you're entering into a rewarding and needed career! Best

luck

> to you-

>

> S.

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