Breast feeding

There is nothing more satisfying than to breast feed your newborn. The wonderful bonding a mother has with her child. This is none other experience you can compare to.

With breast feeding there can come disappointments:
One would be that you do not produce enough milk for your little one. You may be able to breast feed of a few weeks or add to what milk you produce with formula.
Another could be your milk is not thick enough for your baby to hold down. When my daughter was born some 30 years ago, her muscle at the top of her stomach was not developed. When I would breast feed her she would throw it back up. I was told my milk was too thin. I changed to formula and stopped breast feeding. I was later told by another doctor about this muscle and I had to not hold her while I feed her. If she sat in an infant seat while feeding her and for a half an hour after, she would hold her milk down. After it was too late, I could have pumped my milk and gave it to her. I did not know.

For the first time moms who plan on breast feeding, you may want to rent your breast pump instead of buying one out right. Breast pumps are expensive and are non-returnable. Before you put $200 - $300 into a breast pump,try renting one from Airway Oxygen for $100.00 a month. This way if things do not go as planned, you are not out big money. A breast pump is not something you can hand down. When one uses one, it is pretty much wore out at the end of use.

I hope this little tip will be helpful to you all.