[tri-med] Re: Breast Feeding - Irene

I realize that I may very well not have been able to breastfeed her, but my
regret is in the fact that I barely even tried.
I think one of my big problems in the early days was that I let the dr's
take over just a little too much.  They almost made me feel like Caroline
was their baby and they were the "boss".  They didn't seem too interested or
concerned about breastfeeding because of her other "potential" issues, so I
didn't ask or persist.

Now, after all my experiences with drs and hospitals over the last couple
years, I feel completely different.  I question everything, I don't let them
push us around.  I reschedule appointments if the time or day is just not
convenient.  I push like crazy to get discharged out of the hospital when I
think we are ready, not when it is most convenient for the dr's.  I don't
get intimidated any longer.  I guess I just have become much more difficult
of a mom!  Oh well!

Irene
Christina (4), Caroline (2 with partial trisomy 17p) and Kallie (born
6/23/05)
Caroline's site:  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolinesmith

On 1/26/06, David & Tracey Pass <pass@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >One of my big "WHAT IFs" in regards to Caroline's feedings was
> >breastfeeding...I WISH like CRAZY that I tried breastfeeding more
> >...but I didn't try hard enough with Caroline.
>
> Irene,
>
> I tried, really tried with Philina, but she couldn't suck well enough
> (high arched palate).  I tried for 3 wks, but she was losing weight,
> so we had to switch to a bottle.
>
> I tried but only for three days (who knew a tiny baby with no suck/swallow
> could bite?????) and with my state of mind the way it was expressing
> wasn't
> even an option.
>
> Don't worry about the world coming to an end tomorrow it's already
> tomorrow
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>
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>
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> 'wilderness', Louise T18 (in heaven since July 1990), Jono (14), Jesse
> (12),
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> soulmate & best friend for 26 years now!!! :O))
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