https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:45:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39717 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:10:08 +0000 Lozza 39717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd also find the number of a good lactation consultant and have that on hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39700 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:57:36 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 39700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Thanks! I just ordered that one from Amazon ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39543 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:25:01 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 39543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: Highly recommend "A Nursing Mother's Companion." It breaks things down by age of the baby and really focuses on those first weeks, which is helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39534 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:39:14 +0000 Maysprout 39534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend got me LLL Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and I haven't read others. I used it most the first month after baby and sometimes wished there was more info on nursing those first couple weeks. It's a good book, definitely worth having, but I'm not sure there might be something better out there that goes into a bit more of the first weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39526 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:20:30 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 39526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Do you have any suggestions for a good book? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39442 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:42:53 +0000 Maysprout 39442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say a good nursing book is essential in the first couple weeks. There's a lot of questions that come up and a book you can just go to real quick may help. Other than that lanolin and maybe a heat pad was all I needed the first couple weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39401 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:08:33 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 39401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree re: lansinoh bags. Other nice things: nursing bras, support pillow, lanolin, hot/cold packs for engorgement or blocked ducts, and obviously a pump and bottles. If you are pumping with a double electric, a hands-free pumping bra is nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39365 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:57 +0000 pelikila 39365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fully agree with Lozza. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39358 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:19:59 +0000 Lozza 39358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If pumping, I do NOT recommend the Medela storage/freezer bags. They don't lie flat, which is annoying if you want to stack a bunch in the freezer. I like the Lansinoh brand.<br /> I pump at work and use the steam bags to sterilize pump parts in between sessions.<br /> I also have a bunch of extra sets of pumping parts, because I hate having to wash them all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39356 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:15:52 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 39356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: Yes, I plan on pumping, too :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39353 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:07:12 +0000 Lozza 39353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Check out this thread for some starters:<br /> <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-must-have-list" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-must-have-list</a></p> <p>Are you planning to pump? That's kind of a separate-but-related set of supplies that I don't want to bother going into if it won't be useful :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-essentials#post-39297 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:02:25 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 39297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to get some of the basic nursing stuff before the baby arrives so I'm not scrambling to go out and find what I need after my milk comes in. What items (and brands) can you not live without? </p>