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May 17, 2007 at 4:13 pm #33560

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I was just wondering about breastfeeding from one side only. I’ve been doing that with my daughter for about four days now( I definately had OAL) and it seems to be helping but I was just curious if anyone knew if your supply could diminish from just feeding from one side. Mine don’t feel as full anymore but I think it’s because my supply is finally matching her demand, I’m just nervous now that my milk will disapear. We found a new ped! Yay! Also, Kate onle cries sporatically and seems uncomfortable only during a couple feeds a day now. Sometimes just one. The others, she just drifts off peacfully to sleep. What’s the deal with that? I mean I’m thankful, don’t get me wrong, but do you think maybe it’s not reflux and just gas? The new ped thinks the antibiotic she’s been on to prevent a bladder infection( she had her first one at six weeks and had an ultrasound which showed one kidney slightly enlarged but her VCUG was normal, thus the antibiotic)could be the culprit of her discomfort and loosey goosey stools. We’ll see. Any ideas?

Claire

May 17, 2007 at 4:54 pm #33569

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shouldn’t be a problem as long as you are switching sides with each feed.

May 17, 2007 at 8:44 pm #33617

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If you meant completely stopping on one side, I have a friend who for the past year has been only using one side (exclusively — i.e. no bfing at all from right side, only from left side). Granted, her child is 2, so at this point her son has additional nutrition sources. She says that there’s still some milk production on her right side — she expresses a bit manually every few days to see if it’s still there.

I don’t think it should be a problem; I’ve read about people only using one side. I use one side much more than the other (had small surgery on right, which must have impacted on ducts as when I pump, I get 4 oz from left and one oz from right). My son will eat from the right side, but only for a few minutes, and then it’s on to the left. The doctor said to always start with the left, which I do, except in public as the right is so much easier.

Beware, though, you might get a bit lopsided!

May 18, 2007 at 8:47 am #33653

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oops, boy am i tired. I meant the doctor said to always start with the right, which is the one that produces less.

May 18, 2007 at 12:16 pm #33674

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when my babies/children are on antibiotics I always use probiotics- check the refigerated section at the healthfood market- check ingredients for milk, soy etc if you’re baby is mspi, etc

May 18, 2007 at 2:40 pm #33713

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Claire,

From what I understand, your breasts are “less full” now because they are indeed matching your daughter’s demand. You are also probably dealing with actually breasts full of milk rather than somewhat hard breasts that are slightly engorged. Am I right? If so, this is a good thing because now your daughter will be able to stay on the breast longer without it shooting out at her, choking, etc. and she will get more of the good fatty hindmilk.

Don’t worry about drying up though. As long as you switch breasts from one feed to the next, you should be fine.

As far as fussing at one feed… is the morning one, or the first feed of the day from one of the sides? Just wondering if it’s because then your breasts are still a little over full?

p.s. love your name, by the way

Bensmama2007-5-18 14:41:47

May 19, 2007 at 2:03 pm #33800

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Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Bensmama- Thanks for the compliment about my name That made me smile. My name drove me nuts for years because I couldn’t shorten it into a nickname when ALL my friends at school had nicknames. Wow, what problems I had back then, huh? Anyway, Kate definately has been feeding for longer periods of time since I started one side per feed which is great. She still fusses a couple of feeds a day and despite watching her and the clock like a hawk to see some sort of pattern,(big sigh), there isn’t any. Sometimes it’s just fussing because the milk is coming to fast, sometimes it’s arching, kicking, and whimpering. Rarely any screaming…sometimes. Now her poop is still just a stain in the diaper and I don’t know what to do. She’s still wetting diapers and you wouldn’t necessarily think anything was amiss except she does sometimes grunt in pain when she poops. ARRRRRG!!! I don’t know! I’ve cut out ALL dairy and soy, I don’t know what else it could be. No new foods. Could it be a sudden wheat allergy? Celiac? This poor kid. I hope she turns out to be well adjusted despite all this drama.

Claire

May 28, 2007 at 10:07 pm #34757

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wheat, eggs, or tree nuts are also a common allergen/intolerance. i’m wheat and dairy free for ds and he seems better with it. foods high in acid like citrus fruits, and tomatoes can hurt too. ds gets very agitated if i have spaghetti sauce or even fresh tomatoes.

May 29, 2007 at 12:30 am #34766

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Kate’s Mommy wrote:

This poor kid. I hope she turns out to be well adjusted despite all this drama.

Claire

Hang in there Claire…Katie will be fine. I can speak from experience. My oldest child went through hell literally as a baby and now he is a pretty mellow great 16 year old. He had acid reflux severely as a infant and toddler. He would projectile vomit a zillion times a day. Heck when we went any where I swear I had to pack a suit cases with clothes for him and me because of the vomiting he did. He did gain wait but it was because he would over eat to make up for it. He was hospitalized at 7 weeks for sleep issues on top of the acid reflux. It was not until he was 4 months old and we saw this pediatrician (my husband was in the military so we had a whole string of doctors) any this pediatrician greeted me with, Hi how is are baby from Hell. Now most mother’s would have been offended…but for me it was FINALLY someone who can understand what I am going through. He was tons of help and so was the next dr. we were permanently placed with. Of course this was before the Internet and it was so hard doing research on what I should and should not be doing etc. Okay I digress. My point was…she will survive and be a stronger person. You will make it through it.
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