I didn't bring my pump last time ... wondering if I should bring it this time to help my milk come in faster. Yay or nay?
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I pumped with a hospital pump and a single use kit that they provided....nothing came out!
My milk didn't come in for 9 days and it made me feel terrible!I think your hospital should have pumps and kits for you to use!!
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I pumped at the hospital using one of their monster pumps! It was nice because I got to take home all of the medela parts I used while I was there.
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They provided one for me to do it, and then gave me the option to rent it when I went home. But my milk still took its sweet time to come in.
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@autumnlove: @chopsuey119: @Mrs. Yoyo: dang, my hospital really sucked for breastfeeding. They didn't tell me anything. I guess pumping didn't seem to help anyway?
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@Andrea: It didn't work for me, but the LC told me the woman in the next room was a pumping machine...8 ounces on day 2! I was super jealous!
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@autumnlove: jeez, milk machine. Ok, I'll bring mine just in case then!
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I did but it was because it wasn't coming in (and didn't, in the end).
I think for most people, it's not really necessary....
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nay. la leche league says no
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I didn't. I think that for the majority of women it'll just come in fine on it's own. We need to remember that newborns are just fine on colostrum for the first bit, their tummies are so tiny!
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@Mrs. Superhero: the size of a marble! they don't need to eat for a week.
and even when my milk came in late (almost 2 weeks!) my LO is just fine now. pumping actually caused problems and created over supply which lead to LO having latch problems -
We were given a pump at the hospital since our LO was in the NICU and I had to give him any milk I could produce.
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@krsmall: Most hospitals have pumps available if you have a preemie, right?
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I didn't both times. I wanted to for DD 2, but she was latching on about every 2 hours anyway and I trusted that I was feeding frequently and correctly enough to help my milk come in. When we got home on the afternoon of Day 2, my hospital grade pump rental was delivered, but I didn't use it too much. Turns out she was an excellent nurser and my supply was better than it was with DD 1.
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Great question that I've never thought of!
@chopsuey - what a great perk of pumping at the hospital!
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My milk came in the 2nd day so I didn't pump at all until 3 weeks after I delivered.
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I wish I had brought my manual pump. It would have been nice to put in a little extra work while I was there. It took 5 days for my milk to come in and three of those were miserable. He was jaundiced, hungry and still couldn't pass his meconium all the way. We both spent 3 days crying.
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I didn't bring mine, my milk came in on day 4 without any pumping. I feel like it would have just added another thing I had to do when I wanted to be trying to rest, I was having a hard enough time finding time to do a sitz bath for my poor vajayjay.
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@pastemoo: yep! And down in the NICU there are pumping rooms.
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I didn't.... and it did take awhile for my milk to come in. They did supply a pump for my friend when she was having issues.
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My milk came in late ( day 5) so I started pumping around day 3. I would def take my pump if I were you, just in case. It can't hurt
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I didn't either time. My milk came in on day 4-5 with DD without using my pump. This time around it is taking its sweet time (very frustrating) as I'm on day 7 and don't feel that it is fully in yet. DS can do a good latch but gets frustrated easily because my milk hasn't come in yet and slips to shallow so my nipples are SORE. I've tried pumping but it seems to only aggravate my already sore nipples; I'm exploring hand expressing to try and improve my supply.
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Like @Krsmall, my baby was early and in the NICU so I began pumping the day after he was born. Our NICU had hospital grade pumps and a special pumping room for the moms. I wasn't able to transition to breastfeeding only until my little guy got to his due date.
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my hospital encourages only breastfeeding
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I had access to the pump before I delivered (for natural induction purposes) and donated the pumped colostrum to another mama on the floor (I had loads!) but didn't bother pumping after she was born. She happily munched on colostrum for 2 days until my milk came in.
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@mamabolt: I was wondering if I would have time, too. I felt like I was already so busy in the hospital taking care of the baby and my vajayjay, as you called it!
@purrpletulips: I didn't realize that you had given birth (or did I? I have a bit of preggo brain). Congrats!!!
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I started pumping on day #2 at the hospital. My LO did not want to breastfeed, and he only latched on a few times. The nurses and lactation consultant were able to guide me through the process of pumping, and it helped a lot. I ended up renting the hospital grade pump for a month.
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i didn't bring my own pump - they asked if i wanted to pump and when i said yes, they lent me (free) hospital pump and let me keep the parts (and some extras)....
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@Andrea: I was induced and had a little boy on 9/9. Thanks for the congratulations
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@purrpletulips: wonderful, enjoy!!!
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i did because olive had to be kept in the warmer + jaundice, so i needed to pump milk for her. i was producing a ton of colostrum with the hospital pump, so that was great!
i would just use the hospital's pump if you do want to pump. one less thing to carry, and stronger than your own pump! did you have any supply issues last time?
My milk didn't come in for 9 days and it made me feel terrible!
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