[tri-med] breastfeeding question

I tried to nurse Soleah as soon as she was born and she did try to suck some 
but then turned blue . . . not good.  Then she started going downhill (not 
because of breastfeeding!) and was put on IV's.  I did pump all of that time 
and then probably for about two months.  She did get my milk since we saved it 
and eventually fed it to her through an ng tube but my milk did not stay in 
longer.  I wished I had done more to keep it in since eventually she probably 
could have nursed.  There was so much going on medically though, that was the 
last thing on my mind.  After several months, when she was able to drink by 
mouth, we trained her to suck using a Haberman feeder which is one used for 
babies with cleft pallete, etc,  It has a different nipple and you can help the 
baby drink by squeezing some liquid while they are sucking.  She did drink from 
a bottle well sometime after the first nine months--then she used a preemie 
nipple.  She stayed on the bottle for about three years and did
 eventually learn to drink her Pediasure through a straw.  She never has 
learned to stop and take a breath though--she tries to finish whatever she has 
without stopping for air!
Jim vega <jkvega@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:With this all being new to me -- did any of 
you breast feed your babies??
How long??

Katy wife to Jim mother to Gabe 18, Naomi 17, Alex 15, Hannah 13, Amariah
11, BenJo 8, Christi 7, Elena 4, Isabella 2 and Ian Dante 26 wks in utero!


Nicole Jones wrote:

> Pamela?s post talking about taking Genevieve off of the bottle brought
> this to my mind. How many of you with younger triers still have them on
> a bottle? Although Sierra is 3 she still takes a bottle because that is
> the best way right now for us to get nutrition and liquid into her. For
> those of you that have taken your child off the bottle how old were they
> and did you find something that worked real well (certain type cup,
> etc.). I do not like Sierra on the bottle ? my other two were taken off
> the bottle the day they turned one, but with Sierra not having a feeding
> tube or anything I am afraid of what we may loose by taking her off of
> it. She can drink a LITTLE out of a cup, but it takes a long time to
> get anything down her.
>
> Thanks for the input.
> Nicole mom to Alyssa 5, Sierra 3 (pT18q), and Kobey 1
> Wife to Joe 8 years
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Nanci - Wife to Mike, the ever patient one . . . Alicia, 20, nursing student . 
. . Shani, 14, homeschooler, biggest helper . . . Soleah, 10, Trisomy 
18M--always teaching me . . . Corey, 2, my boy-wonder!


Romans 5:3  . . . but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation 
produces perserverance; and perserverance, character; and character, hope.

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