Ivy S BFSOD 9
I have premature twins. i was determined to BF them even before they came early, but when they did come early i was more determined to provide them the best. When I had them I was life flighted 3 hours away from where I lived. So when they were about a week old and were stable I left to go home for 24 hours to get clothes and get my household maters in order. I had two other kids at the time. I had not given the hospital permission to give them formula and everyone there all of the nurses, lactation team and all but one Dr was for BF. If they needed sublimation they were to be given others mothers milk from a milk bank. So here is the worst advice. When I was home I got a phone call from the Dr that was reviewing them that day. He wanted to give them formula. Told me that I would be feeding my children most of the day and I would not be able to do anything else. That BF twins was really hard to do and was trying talk me out of it. After 5 minutes of him trying to persuad me to think like him I still would not give permission to formula feed. He acted shocked. I did not give in. I stood for what I believed in. I knew that formula was not what was best for my kids. I was not gone from the hospital for a full 24 hours, and in the whole time they were in the hospital only got 4 oz of other mothers milk. I was able to keep up with them but just barley. I worked with the lactation team closely and after a month of trying to teach these little girls to eat they went home on a bottle. Breast milk but in a bottle. All I did for 4 months was feed kids and pump. I had about an hour in-between feedings to do other things like sleep eat and shower. It was adventure for sure. But the tip to formula feed my twins did not go over well. My girls learned to BF when they were about 3 1/2 months old and were really good at it by 4 months old. They were BF till they were 14 months old when one of them self weaned and then I slowly weaned the other one off. That was longer than I intended but feel like it all needed to be said.