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Breastfeeding
Charlie
it took a village
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Introducing the family .
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Kaitlyn is our second-bosister Melissa is now 30,
brother Kieran is now 23
her husband Ashley are
Charlie is now 15 month
Kieran lives at home witRod and I. In April this ye
welcomed Kaitlyn, Ashle
into our cosy household
Melissa lives nearby, wit
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7 Years breastfeeding experience
29 years NMAA/ABA membership
20 years breastfeeding education and counselling
15 years breast pump hire coordination
5 years Mothers Direct retail experience
5 years Breastfeeding Centre drop-in service
20 years on Breastfeeding Helpline
10 years hospital antenatal breastfeeding classes
10 years hospital postnatal visiting
10 years Breastfeeding Education Classes
15 years Group Leader
5 years coordinating ABA photo library
Grannys Resume
Mummys Resume 25 year motherhood apprenticeship
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Daddys Resume Never breastfed
Married into breastfeeding family in 2010
ABA Breastfeeding Education Class
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Labour Day Three
Birth
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Our vision of breast crawl and unassisted first fe
the window as Kaitlyn experienced hand expressiby the midwife and Charlie was unceremoniouslyher breast to get oxytocin pumping to prevent
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Not quite the first feed I had envisaged, I found myself
coaching my granddaughters father through the process!
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By now exhausted and recovering from the effects
anaesthetic, she was nonetheless keen to cuddle hespent some time holding her by her side before movto skin and an attempt at the breast.
12thApril 2014
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I arrived in time to see my friend, fellow cou
hospital lactation consultant Janette help Kasuccessfully get Charlie on the breast. Janeton her weekend to see the new mother and them all the help she could.
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Today was all about getting milk out of the b
and into the baby. The clock was ticking towar48 hour weigh-in at 7pm and we werent seeinmuch in the way of wet or dirty nappies.
14thApril 2014
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15thApril 2014
The appearance of Kaitlyns milk
moved quickly to transitional milkand we celebrated the first
measurable out-put we collected:1ml!
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Just when things seemed to be improving,
Charlie began not going on the breast at all.For a whole day, attempted feeds were
unsuccessful and she was cup-fed donor milkentirely.
16thApril 2014
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While both parents and baby had a nap, I used social
media and my network of breastfeeding supportersand by the time they all woke, the first delivery hadbeen made, others were on the way and we had offers
of even more if we should need it!
17thApril 201
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She confirmed there was a sub-mucosal tongue-tie and an upper lip tie, was able Charlie on the breast and observe milk transfer and suggested a wait and see appr
18thApril 2014
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We headed in to the final midwife check anand were greeted bmidwives I have knowyears! She placed the and all Kaitlyns hardoff Charlie had gain
19th April 2014
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Well, Lauren must have found and activated thepoo button, because soon after the first arrivedand then they started coming almost constantly!
20th A
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21st April 2014
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Although feeding with a
Kaitlyns supply was nowabundant and there wasbeing transferred. In factoo much! Where only dhad been switch feedingkeeping Charlie on one s
complained, even if she multiple times in a feedi
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22ndApril 2014
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Now that Kaitlyn had completed her antibiotics, I was alert to the
potential for thrush and had started her on probiotics. Charlie wasbeginning to get a bit of redness on her bottom, possibly due to theinflux of poo. I started to keep an eye on it
The Maternal and Child Health
Nurse visited and revealed that
Charlie had gained a whopping130gms in 3 days!
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23rd April 2014
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Charlie was happy to feed, but only
when Kaitlyn was sitting up, not content
with her usual bed-sharing feeding lyingdown. Even her third bath at 2am didnt
settle her but in the end, a womb -soundapp on mums iPad did the trick!
I packed my overnigh
planned to stay again.white noise toy which sounds and we began
settling her. She seemewhale sounds best.
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24th April 2014
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Recognising their sleep sta
breathing, I could feel whenand end. Kaitlyn would rousmake sure the nipple shield and that Charlie went on, thback into her light sleep stagactively suck until she too fe
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I stayed over bua full nights sleep
would be a sessiophotographer, anfriend and ABA msupporter, Susan
25th Apri
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Down to visit the Maternal and Ch
Nurse for the two week check. Charbang-on her birth weight, the goal treached by two weeks! The nurse althe nappy rash looked like thrush, soheaded off to the GP to get the presKenacombfor the nipples.
26th April 2014
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Back to the GP, printout of thrush in lactation policy
in hand, to his relief, I seemed to know exactly whathe needed to do and he wrote the needed scripts. Healso took a swab to confirm if Kaitlyn was infected bythrush/staph or nothing at all at the wound site.
Back again to the chemist for more tablets for mumand oral gel for Charlie.
Then back home to boil everything that had touched the breast or milk, to
reduce risk of reinfection and instigate a higher level of hygiene.
27th
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Charlie is a very frequent feeder who
comes off the breast sleepy, burpseasily and briefly naps in arms before
repeating the process. She sleepslongest in a baby sling or carrier orwhen held. Luckily, she was born into a
family of baby-wearers and cuddlerswho think this quite normal! At night,she co-sleeps and her feeds barely
interrupt her mums sleep- rarely her dads
Three Weeks
Note the external signs of mid-line defects
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At her check-up, Charlieimpressive 3cms in lengt
one centimetre in head cand 175gms in weight. Tevident in her arms and lbefore-hand, when she hlonger and her family areher growth. However, the
weight gain of 200gms hreached and the child hesuggests expressing and a follow-up weigh- in theweek.
Four Weeks
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After an informal weigh at the breastfeeding drop-in on Wednesday, when Charliegained 130gms in five days, it was no surprise to find she reached a 170gm by the Fweigh-in. She had gained in one week about the same she had gained in two weeks
Five Weeks
This has actually continued to be Charlies growth pattern large
increase in length, followed by corresponding increase in weight.yvettesrambl
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And I got to be the bad cop, who lies reclined on the dental chair, with the baby lyin
her head on my right shoulder. My left hand covered her eyes while my right held do
Granny of the year award!!
Six Weeks
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When she later wo
both breasts in the
position with Kaitlythe couch (a relief, of only being able tdown would serioustheir coffee shop ha
Seven Wee
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Sixteen weeks: August 2nd
Charlie continues to breastfeed, most
the nipple shield. In the end, it is what
easiest for mum and baby. Kaitlyn has
healthy milk supply and Charlie now fquickly at the breast.
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Until, one day, aged five months,
Mum leaned over to pick up theshield prior to feeding and Charlielatched on without it and continuedto do so! BUT ..
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Almost thirty years later, I find that the issues I faced
are largely still factors and that new ones have added tothe challenge. Now I look forward another generation,to the time Charlie comes to breastfeed her own babiesand I wonder if I will look back to this time as the badold days or will I need to step up alongside Kaitlyn toseek out the very best support possible? Only time willtell.
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