Breast milk not as filling?

**Jellybean29** · August 24th, 2011, 09:36 AM

BBB - you obviously didn't hear the conversation in my head

. I thought your expressing suggestion was great, and it got me thinking that if she managed to express more she could divide it into smaller amounts that could be used to take of the frantic edge of hunger. But then of course, the other reason to express each time is to soften the nipple a bit if she's engorged, which would make latching easier.

**rania** · August 25th, 2011, 04:45 PM

Lactation consultant came out today and wow what a big difference. Thanks so much for the advice to get onto them. Really super duper handy. They know so much, and sit with you and your baby and watch the interaction around feeding time and give advice based on what they see, not just what they have been told to regurgetate.
Since she left, we have had the most sucessful BF sessions yet. She did say it could just be a bit of a fluke that it went so well while she was here but he's just finished his second feed since then and it went very well both times.
She was definitely happy with the suggestion of expresing and giving him that just to take the edge off the hunger so he was not so impatient when I was trying to get him to latch. My technique was also alittle off apaprently. I was thinking he just needed nipple in his mouth, but apparently nipple + a good amount of breast is good

So happy