early breastfeeding – Page 2 – Breastfeeding Twins

Tips: Positions for Breastfeeding Twins (or more!)

My latest “Boob Group” contribution was featured in this week’s episode – a brief overview of some positioning options for Breastfeeding Twins. (The segment is near the beginning of the episode if you’d like to listen.) I couldn’t say everything there, so here’s more on the topic!

ABCs of Breastfeeding in the NICU

Many many MANY sets of twins are born at term or only a bit early, and with no medical concerns. As a group, however, multiples have a increased risk of complications resulting from high risk pregnancy and/or premature delivery. If your babies are born early or face any health challenges, they may spend some time…

Q&A: Feeding Schedules

Kristi asks:

My daughter is breastfeeding twins (3 weeks old). My question is: Should she alternate which baby is nursed first each time? If she does, then the baby who nursed first last time has to wait longer for her next feeding. Or does she nurse the same one first everytime, keeping them on a schedule?

Q&A: Bottles, Supplementation and Late Preterm Infants

Tawny asks: My twin boys were born at 35 weeks and are doing great except for the nursing. In the hospital we finger fed with a syringe and feed them a combo of my expressed milk and donated milk. As the amount they were supposed to eat increased the hospital suggested using a bottle as…

Beer and Bottles (and other motherly advice)

The arrival of my twins was eventful, and about as far from my own homebirth as possible. One baby was in the NICU for a few days and the other lost a lot of weight early on, and I began pumping and supplementing and trying to navigate between my room and the NICU and juggle three bodies, two breasts, and one frazzled mama.