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By Judith A. Lothian, Rn, PHD, LCCE, FACCE Resources for Breastfeeding Support: The Right Resources for Breastfeeding Support Breast Pumps 101 Nursing is a natural and simple way to provide nutrients to your newborn. Nature intended your victual to drink breast milk, and your soul is perfectly designed to produce it. During pregnancy your soul has been preparing for breastfeeding, and colostrum (early breast milk) will be ready and waiting. Right from lineage your victual is worldly-wise to let you know when he is hungry, to nail to the breast, and to suck, swallow and rewording milk that meets his specific nutritional needs. So how does it work? Your baby’s sucking at the breast stimulates milk production, so the increasingly he nurses, the increasingly milk will be misogynist to him. Pacifiers and formula supplements will interfere with this process. Your victual should nurse at least eight to 12 times in 24 hours during the first weeks. (The exception to this is the first 24 hours without birth, when many babies sleep more.) He may nurse in clusters, rather than every 2 hours, and he should nurse until he’s satisfied. This ensures that he receives your hind milk, which is rich in fat and calories. Limiting nursing to 5 or 10 minutes on each side deprives your victual of this important and nutritious food. Let victual finish the first breast surpassing offering the second. Watch your baby, not the clock. Contrary to what you may have heard, you do not need to drink large amounts of fluid or stave unrepealable foods when you’re breastfeeding. Eat and drink to satisfy your thirst and your appetite, but aim to take in well-nigh 500 spare calories per day, for a total of well-nigh 2,700 calories daily (discuss your personal nutritional needs with your doctor). Most women find nursing helps shed some pregnancy pounds since it burns between 600 and 800 calories a day. Your victual will let you know when he is ready to nurse, lastly by crying but first with a number of early feeding cues: rapid eye movements under the eyelids, an imitation of sucking, hand-to-mouth gestures and small sounds. If you wait until your victual cries, it may be difficult to help him settle lanugo unbearable to latch on properly.Alimonyyour victual close, and you’ll learn to spot his hunger cues. Latching On It’s instinctual for a newborn to nail to the breast. Studies have shown that a victual placed skin-to-skin on his mother’s chest right after lineage can trickle to the breast and latch on. If you hold your victual in the traditional cradle position, he'll be worldly-wise to latch on properly when his throne is level with your breast, aligned with his body, and he is facing you. You should not have to lean toward him, and he should not have to reach toward you to attach. Wait for your victual to unshut his mouth wide so that he attaches to the areola, not just the nipple. Another option is the football hold, where your victual is tucked by your side. Hold him on his side, his nose to your nipple. Place your arm withal his back, supporting his shoulders and neck with your fingers and thumb overdue his ears. Don’t hold the when of his head; he will instinctively throw it when as he latches on. Be patient and let your victual lead you; don’t rush him or pressure yourself. Remember, he knows how to do this. As he sucks, watch and listen for his swallowing. This is the ultimate warranty that he is getting milk. Your victual will let you know when he is finished by unlatching or falling asleep; he may not want to nurse on the other breast. If he doesn’t, it will finger full when he is ready to nurse again, so start with that side. If you pay sustentation to your baby’s feeding cues, nurse him often and indulge him to nurse until he is finished, you can be sure he is getting unbearable milk.Squintfor these signs: You will notice the transpiration in his sucking: bursts of sucking will be followed by a pause as he swallows. You can moreover see the neck muscles move as he swallows milk. The verisimilitude of his stool will transpiration from the visionless meconium to mustard yellow by day four if he’s getting unbearable milk. By day six, your victual should have at least six wet diapers and three or increasingly exenterate movements in a 24-hour period. Your victual should be gaining weight, although it may take 2 to 3 weeks for him to regain his lineage weight. Some babies take a few days or plane weeks to breastfeed effortlessly. If yours is not nursing frequently, you are unable to identify swallowing or he is not producing unbearable wet diapers and exenterate movements, contact your health-care provider or lactation consultant immediately. Also, alimony in mind that it’s worldwide to wits some discomfort during the first few minutes of breastfeeding. However, your nipples shouldn’t hurt throughout the unshortened feeding. If they do, it’s likely that your victual isn’t latching on properly. If your victual is latched correctly and you’re still experiencing pain without a few minutes, you should seek help. Most breastfeeding problems have simple solutions, but it’s important to get help sooner rather than later. Many pediatricians and hospitals have lactation consultants on staff – and may self-mastery regular breastfeeding classes. Your local department of health may moreover have a referral service. You and your victual were made to breastfeed. Have conviction in yourself and your baby’s ability, and treasure this natural bonding time. Released: April 25, 2012 12:09 PM | Updated: April 9, 2018 01:01 PM Keywords: New Parents | Nursing To leave a comment, click on the  icon on the left side of the screen.   Recent Stories Why Babies Love Peek-a-Boo (and you should too!) Updated 5:14PM EDT, Thu Jun 14th, 2018 Peek-a-boo is a fun way to help babies understand object permanence, and the emotional corollary that caregivers go away, and caregivers come back. Breastfeeding andWhento Work Updated 2:52PM EDT, Tue Jun 19th, 2018 Figure out the weightier times to pump during the day and time the elapsing of each session so you’ll know when and how long your breaks will be. If you’re unsure what your pumping schedule sho... 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