Ask Anne… Question: I went back to work when my baby boy was 3 months old. He is now 6 months old, and just starting to eat solid food. He still nurses several times a day, especially at night. I’ve been pumping at work twice a day to maintain my milk supply, and so far, I haven’t had to supplement with formula. …
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Ask Anne… Question: My milk seems to look different every time I pump. Sometimes it looks thin and watery, and sometimes yellow and creamy. At times it has a bluish or greenish tint. What could be causing that? Answer : Unlike formula, which always looks the same, the composition and appearance of human milk changes from day to day, from feeding …
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My name is Dina, I live in Germany, I’m 30 years old and gave birth to my wonderful Matilda on April 13th in 2013. I knew I wanted to Breastfeed but never gave it much thought because I thought it would just work out fine. The consulting in the hospital wasn’t good at all. No one showed me how to …
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I have been Exclusively Pumping (EP) for 32 months at the end of September. My story in a nutshell is my daughter was born 6 weeks premature, she was in NICU for 2 weeks but she developed oral aversions due to being intubated. I tried to breastfeed but she would scream if anything touched her mouth so I started pumping …
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Ask Anne… Question: I plan to breastfeed exclusively for six weeks. However, I plan to go back to work after my six weeks are up, so I want to pump and put my breast milk into a bottle only. I’m not sure how to introduce the bottle to my infant, and don’t know how long I should wait before I …
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Ask Anne… Question: I delivered my baby girl three days ago. My breast milk came in yesterday, and today I pumped for the first time because my breasts were so full. When I pumped, there was blood in the milk and it looked pink. I don’t know what’s wrong, and I’m afraid to feed the milk to my baby. Help! Answer: Although …
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My nursing journey. It was arduous, to say the least. I had a traumatic emergency cesarean, and Cain lost a lot of weight afterwards. The LC’s all said his latch was fine, but my milk didn’t come in for five days, and he wasn’t transferring. I found out (after learning what it even was) that he has a tongue tie. …
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Ask Anne… Question: I have recently returned to work and am concerned about the amount I’m pumping and how much my daughter should be taking in at each feeding. She was 7 lbs 4 oz at birth. At her two-month check-up she weighed 9 lbs 8 oz. She is three months old now and she weighs about 10 pounds. I …
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