Auntie's milk for my preemie niece?

[songbird516]

I've offered milk to at least 3 personal friends who have supplemented their babies, and none of them have taken me up on it One of them is a nurse and had a planned c-section, then was told that her baby had jaundice because of blood incompatibility, despite the fact that this is a very rare form of jaundice and unlikely given the planned csection. Anyway, it makes me sad that she doesn't see the value in breastmilk even given that she is a medical professional, and given the disadvantage of cesarean birth to the intestinal environment + the early formula supplementation.

Originally Posted by Sarah-B I am so glad your doing this so nice of you!! And I a happy she is accepting your liquid gold!! My SIL said no to mine & gave her baby formula instead. I felt so rejected lol Oh well. Last time I saw her she told me that her dd has been on 8 different rounds of antibiotics in her short 5 month life for various reasons. Dd has only been sick once (knock in wood) & didn't require antibiotics and she is 8 months. Can't help but wonder if she would have gotten that sick had she had some liquid gold. Hugs mama so very generous of you!!

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Originally Posted by songbird516 I've offered milk to at least 3 personal friends who have supplemented their babies, and none of them have taken me up on it One of them is a nurse and had a planned c-section, then was told that her baby had jaundice because of blood incompatibility, despite the fact that this is a very rare form of jaundice and unlikely given the planned csection. Anyway, it makes me sad that she doesn't see the value in breastmilk even given that she is a medical professional, and given the disadvantage of cesarean birth to the intestinal environment + the early formula supplementation.

I am a nurse. I have nursed all my children well past 12 months. I never used formula OR bottles. It was all straight from the tap.

Then, I had my last ds who was born at 30 weeks. I could not pump over 1oz combined no matter what. I had a terrible uterine infection and lost a lot of blood from a vessel that would not stop bleeding. He was supplemented from the start. I did pump for 6 weeks but finally stopped. I am not comfortable giving my son anyone else's milk so we use formula. It is a very personal decision.

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