SAN DIEGO COUNTY BREASTFEEDING COALITION c/o AAP-CA3 3160 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 115 San Diego, CA 92108 For Additional Copies: Call: 1-800-371-MILK (6455) Fax: (619) 281-2295 www.breastfeeding.org YEAR 2012 BREASTFEEDING RESOURCE GUIDE HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BABY IS GETTING ENOUGH MILK: Every mother-baby pair is different! That makes it hard to say After the first week, your baby should: exactly how your baby should be eating. In the first few days , your • Nurse at least 8-12 times in 24 hours (every 2-3 hrs, “cluster baby is getting rich, yellow colostrum (first milk). Signs that your feeding” periods are normal) baby is getting enough milk are: • Nurse about 10-20 minutes at each feeding • One or two periods per day when your baby is alert, bright- • Be happy during and after a feeding eyed, and looking at your face • Gain about 4-7 oz per week (after a small weight loss the first • A baby who wants to eat every 1-3 hours and is generally week) satisfied between feedings, however--it is common for newborns to “cluster feed” (need to be breastfeeding very • Return to birth weight by 2 weeks of age frequently ) for a daily 4-6 hour stretch, often followed by a • Have 6 or more pale colored, wet diapers in 24 hours long period of sleep. This is normal behavior and helps • Have 4-12 stools in 24 hours stimulate an ample milk supply as your baby becomes an • Be alert and bright-eyed for several periods each day expert at latching and removing milk. • Nurse at least 8-12 times in 24 hours Call your baby's doctor if: • At least 3-4 wet diapers per day by day 3 of life • Your infant sucks only briefly, very softly or irregularly • The normal change in stools over the first 2-5 days of life: • Your baby is very jaundiced (yellow) and getting more yellow meconium (dark green, tarry) to transitional stools (lighter • You have severe, constant nipple pain green or brown) to true breastmilk stools (yellow, seedy, or loose). The number of stools will increase each day. • Your baby fights the breast or cries after a minute or two • Your baby has fewer than 6 wet diapers a day After 3-5 days , when your milk increases, you will also notice: • Your baby has little or no stool, or has dark green mucus stools • Your breasts feel full before a feeding and softer afterwards • Your baby seems weak, tired, or not interested in feeding • A letdown sensation or milk dripping from the other breast BY: San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition • You can hear your baby swallow Editor: Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP; March 2012 • You can see milk in your baby's mouth • The processed product (stool!) coming out the other end! Sponsored in part by: www.scripps.org 1-800-SCRIPPS HOW TO FIND HELP - BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT SERVICES We often assume that breastfeeding is such a making hormones, and increases long-term natural process that anyone should be able to do it. The breastfeeding success! truth is, breastfeeding is a learned process for both After 2-4 days the colostrum begins to change mother and baby. Preparing for success before your into "mature" milk and gradually becomes bluish-white. baby’s birth-- by reading, taking classes, and attending a Breastmilk is both food and drink to your baby, and support group-- will help you to know what is normal and breastfeeding provides warmth and comfort as well. It is how to prevent common problems. If challenges do arise balanced to meet all your baby's needs, and changes they can most often be minimized or managed with according to your baby's age. When your milk starts skilled help. "coming in" your breasts may become very firm and feel Talk to your midwife, doctor, or birth attendants warm and tender. This is due to more blood supply, some about your plans to breastfeed and find out what kind of swelling, and the milk. Feeding your baby often will breastfeeding support is available at the place and time relieve the fullness. you give birth. Partners and grandparents can also be If your breasts become very full, your baby may included in learning how to encourage your success! have trouble getting on the breast (latching-on). Apply There are a variety of breastfeeding support services that warm, wet towels or take a warm shower to start your offer information, support, and technical assistance, both milk flowing. Try expressing some milk by hand or use a before and after your baby is born. This is a guide to breast pump briefly to soften your breasts. Cold, wet those services. towels or ice bags after feedings may reduce swelling. Breast fullness should decrease as your baby learns to BREASTFEEDING CLASSES empty your breasts. If your breasts are still very full and Prenatal breastfeeding classes can provide tender after 1-2 days, call your lactation specialist or general information on breastfeeding basics, teach ways doctor for help. to make it easier, and suggest ways to solve problems. Knowing the normal course of breastfeeding and how to BREASTFEEDING (LACTATION) SPECIALISTS avoid the most common pitfalls before the baby is born Finding and choosing a breastfeeding will lead to a longer, more satisfying breastfeeding professional can be a confusing matter. There are many experience. The knowledge and confidence you get is people offering services to help you breastfeed. To find a worth the few hours you will spend in a prenatal class. qualified person that you can work with, consider the Classes may be offered as part of a childbirth following: preparation series, as a separate class at a hospital, as a Academic Credentials and Experience: What kind of part of WIC services, or be taught privately. Fees may education about breastfeeding do they have? Where did vary, or the classes may be free. Small group classes they get their training? A practitioner may have no formal are best. Bring the baby's father, a friend or family training, may have taken a university certification course, member with you. Classes may include demonstration of may have passed a written certification exam, or taken a techniques. After your baby is born, a follow-up by phone correspondence course. They may be a doctor (MD), or personal consult may be included. You can use this nurse (RN, LVN), nurse practitioner (NNP, CPNP), directory or ask your childbirth educator, hospital or certified nurse midwife (CNM), registered dietitian (RD), health care provider for a referral. occupational therapist (OT), certified lactation educator More information can be found in good (CLE), certified lactation consultant (CLC) or international breastfeeding books, recommended websites, and from board certified lactation consultant ( IBCLC-the gold other successful nursing mothers. Mother-to-mother standard ), or certified lactation specialist. support groups like La Leche League are also a good Services : What kinds of services do they offer? Classes, place to observe breastfeeding styles and learn practical in-person home or office consults, phone counseling, tips. See this directory for phone numbers and visit our rental and/or sale of breast pumps or other breastfeeding website for more links to helpful websites, articles, accessories are possible. Where are services provided? resources and information for parents and professionals: Are home or hospital visits made? When are services www.breastfeeding.org available? Can you get help on evenings, weekends, or holidays? Is the practitioner affiliated with a hospital or YOUR MILK SUPPLY medical group? You may feel that you do not have any milk in Fees : What are the fees for the various levels of service? your breasts for the baby during the first few days. YOU Costs may be eligible for insurance reimbursement. Fee DO! During pregnancy your body has been preparing for schedules vary, so shop around. Ask for an official bill to feeding your baby by producing colostrum, or "first milk". submit to your insurance carrier. This rich yellowish fluid is perfect for your newborn’s needs. Holding your baby skin-to-skin right after delivery Breastfeeding and Drugs Information is a powerful and important way to help you both recover California Teratogen Information Service : (800) 532-3749 from the delivery process and get breastfeeding started. (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Pacific Time) www.ctispregnancy.org If medical needs of mom or baby prevent you from having Thomas Hale’s InfantRisk Center : (806) 352-2519 (Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm Central Time) www.infantrisk.org this special time in the first few hours, then be sure to ask National Library of Medicine : www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov to hold your baby skin-to-skin as soon as you both are (click on “LactMed”) stable. Continue to enjoy lots of skin-to-skin time with your newborn, especially at feeding times. This actually increases the levels of important bonding and milk- PROVIDERS OF BREASTFEEDING (LACTATION) SERVICES Although listed by address, the sources listed below provide services throughout San Diego County . The credentials listed after their names are listed as the individual requested and have not been verified by the San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition. The San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition does not certify or guarantee any services provided. Some breastfeeding services accept insurance and Medi-Cal. Ask when you call. *Spanish spoken CENTRAL SAN DIEGO/ LA JOLLA/ BEACHES NORTH COUNTY INLAND A Better Birth ( 619) 814-0567 North County Lactation Services (858) 513-1327 Gerri Ryan LM, CPM, FACCE, CLE; Heather LeMaster LM, Ann Russell IBCLC, RLC, LLLL CPM [email protected] ; 4135 54 th Place, San Diego, 12621 Hedgetree Court, Poway, CA 92064.