When it comes to the prevention of pregnancy, exclusive pumping is not the same as exclusive breastfeeding. The lactational amenorrhea method LAM of birth control may work during the first six months of exclusive breastfeeding, but it is not considered effective with pumping. Therefore, if you do not wish to become pregnant again right away, you and your partner should use another form of contraception. Be sure to let your doctor know that you are exclusively pumping, though.
Some types of birth control contain estrogen, which can cause a decrease in milk supply. Pumping your breast milk for your child can be rewarding, but it can also be time-consuming and demanding.
Fatigue and stress can make you rethink your decision to pump, and both can decrease the supply of breast milk. So it's important to take care of yourself. Try to eat well , drink plenty of fluids , get rest when you can, and relax with your feet up while you're pumping. Also, don't be afraid to ask for help from your partner , family, and friends. A little support can make all the difference when it comes to how long you continue to pump for your child.
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More on pumping vs nursing here. Read this if you have a newborn months old , and this if your baby is older. Here are some sample pumping schedules.
The one thing you definitely need is a breast pump — preferably a double electric one and hopefully covered by insurance! I wrote about my opinions of some of the different options here. There are also lot of breastfeeding products that can make the hours upon hours that you spend pumping much, much easier. Despite the need for additional research, current studies point to several problematic aspects of exclusive pumping.
One concern is that babies only fed by bottle eat more and thus grow differently. A analysis shows that babies fed breast milk by bottle in early infancy were more likely to empty their bottles later in infancy than their breastfeeding counterparts. Infants fed both at the breast and with bottles of expressed breast milk gained weight at a similar rate to those only breastfed, but infants gained more weight per month when fed only by bottle formula or breast milk.
There are multiple theories for why: Babies can get milk out of bottles quicker than breasts, caregivers tend to encourage infants to finish their bottles, and it is thought that breastfeeding teaches babies when to stop eating. Another analysis found that infants who were not directly breastfed have a significant increase in coughing and wheezing episodes compared to those who were.
Some research suggests storing expressed breast milk may interfere with its beneficial properties. The effects of these changes, if any, are unknown. The content of the breast milk itself may differ when it is exclusively pumped. As for contamination, everything breast milk touches outside the body during the process of expression and bottle-feeding is a chance for it to obtain harmful bacteria.
Bacterial counts are higher in milk expressed with a pump than in milk expressed by hand. She says babies fed by bottle miss out on these aspects. Moms can decide to exclusively pump and give their baby all the benefits of breastmilk without having to nurse. The midnight nursing ritual is nothing new to Shafonne Myers, a mom of three from Fishers, Indiana. For more than a decade she has snuggled and rocked one of her three children back to sleep in a dimly lit nursery. But now with her youngest instead of hearing the cooing and suckling of a feeding baby, Myers listens to the whirr of a breast pump extracting her breast milk while the baby in her arms drinks from a bottle.
Myers is one of many new moms who is exclusively pumping her breastmilk rather than direct-nursing her baby. Her doctor suggested she would need to supplement with formula , a prospect she dreaded. Breast milk is the ideal standard for infant nutrition, and the World Health Organization encourages exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life. But breastfeeding doesn't always come easy for every mom—many women find it inconvenient, painful, or even impossible for various reasons.
In fact, only Veronica Haywood, R. There are some circumstances like after radiation treatment, or breast surgery, or when taking certain medications, when women may be prevented from breastfeeding,. While exclusively pumping may sound like a great alternative, it comes with its own set of obstacles.
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