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Wow, some fantastic advice here. Wish I'd known about the newborn diaper idea. I probably leak more milk than some babies eat! Lol... I also LOVE the lansinoh pre-shower idea. Wish I'd known that for the early days. A lot of great things, only one I can think of that isn't here.
MY ADVICE: If the damage to your nipples gets really bad, ask your doctor/midwife for a prescription for Jack Newman's Nipple Ointment. I had some terrible damage, so bad that the Lansinoh was useless. But the ointment was a godsend. Just FYI, even after the terrible damage I had, large chunks taken out of my nipples (which is HIGHLY unusual, new moms!!), I am nursing my second child, nursing is easy and comfortable, and he is now one year old and has never had a bottle. :)
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I wish I had known all of these wonderful and amazing tips with my first three babies! It wasn't until this last pregnancy that I really delved into everything BF!! I'm on track to faithfully BF for the entire first year, regardless of what I have to do! I'm so proud to say that Trystan is almost one month old and he hasn't had a drop of formula yet... and I've been back to work for a week now! I'm pumping every two hours at work for DH or my mom (whoever he'll be with) to feed him the next day. At first I was worried about only getting 1oz out of each breast with each pumping session, but after reading all of the wonderful posts on here I found out that this was completely normal! So my tip is just to keep your chin up and stay positive... you CAN do this!
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Yes Karim's advice is spot on. You would be amazed what a difference the position can make. On the whole I was quite lucky with breastfeeding. It just takes some diet changes as I realised some of the foods I enjoyed eating my baby didn't enjoy as much. So I had to stop eating them while breastfeeding because they were giving him wind.
