Discussion Links

I thought it would be easier to post all the great links that have been posted through out our little series of discussions on breastfeeding. There's been a lot of great advice and experiences shared. I really appreciate that you took the time to share with me and everyone else who read my blog. I think it's become a great wealth of information.  And it's really helped me through a stressful weekend. 

So here's what's been posted up to date and a few more links from me:

- US breastfeeding laws for each of the 50 states.
- How long should one breastfeed for?  (La Leche League)
- Extended Breastfeeding. (LLL)
- Let down, BF terminology for Milk Ejection Reflex (Wikipedia rocks!)
- Kelly Mom, great BF and parenting website.
- How does milk production work?
- Your period could cause low milk production.(Not true for all women but for me, yes!)
- Rice milk and soy milk for infants and toddlers.
- Mother's Milk Tea to increase milk production.
- Fenugreek to increase milk production. (after taste is kind of like maple syrup)
- Oatmeal to increase milk production. (very good with peaches and cream)
- Dark beer to increase milk production. (My choice is Guinness, a glass in the evening is lovely)
- Hands -free pumping bra.
- Caroline suggested making a hands-free pumping bra myself . (It works!)

Comments

[sharon]

Hi Aimee,

I am an occassional lurker on this site but I had to comment on this post because I had a similar problem.

I tried everything that you had in your list, but also did drank this Fish and Papaya soup.

Eventually everything kinda worked out. I have no idea whether this soup really worked the magic that old chinese midwives believe that it will, but hey - everything is worth trying at least once.

If you want to give it a go, here it is:
- about 1kg of white fish meat (with bones)
- 100g raw peanuts (soaked overnight in water and drained)
- 1 raw or as unripe as you can get papaya, about 1kg - cut into cubes/wedges
- a couple pieces of of clean tangerine peel
- 4 slices ginger
- 1.5 litres water or meat stock
- 2 tbsp sesame oil

Cooking Method:

1. In a large soup pot, heat oil & fry ginger slices till fragrant, then fry fish in oil until golden brown

2. Add all the rest of the indgredients and cook on small flame for 2 hours, or untill soup reduces to about half the pot.

If you get stuck with any of the indgredients, email me and I'll try figure out some alternatives.

Sharon

[dongurigal]

Aimee thanks for organizing all these links. It's been great reading your breastfeeding posts and the resulting discussions.

I'm 5 months pregnant now, so have no clue yet about breastfeeding but definitely want to do it.

I'll be moving back to a very isolated camp in rural Vietnam when our baby is just about 6 - 8 weeks old, so it's good to know that, should I have problems breastfeeding excusively, it's ok and normal to supplement. (Access to doctors, nurses, heck, lactation consultants or sometimes even the wise old internet--minimal to non-existent.) I'll be feeding this sprog in whatever way works!

Happy you got through the stressful weekend!