Breastfeeding Charlie It Took a Village Liquid Gold 2014

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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