So I am thinking about trying to help with the Breastfeeding with this little one arrives in June. M and I have talked about it, she is totally on board with the idea!
So while I still owe everyone a real post - I am curious how many folks out there have successfully induced lactation? I am starting to do some research, but curious what protocols other folks have successfully used?
Thanks for the help in advance!
I just found you by way of finding chaos. My wife re-lactated for our second kid (she birthed our first, I carried our second). Overall it was great to both nurse, but it was definitely a LOT of work, and not like being a solo nursing mom. There was a lot of pumping involved for everyone (her to generate supply at first, and me to maintain supply for the feedings she took once she was nursing). We wrote a ton about it while we were in the thick of it, check the sidebar at firsttimesecondtime.com.
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing about what this is like for you switching up uteri for round two/three. We found it was great for us (and was our plan from the get-go), but it still brought up all kinds of hidden assumptions and emotional territory we hadn't been expecting.