Breastfeeding very prem babies?

[nay23]

I second what everyone else has said! And I also wanted to add that the hospital where I had DS loaned me an electronic pump and I expressed every 3 hours! When you have a premmie baby thats all you can do! You can also hire them from some chemists so you dont have to buy them or manualy do it!
Good luck to your friend! Hopefully she will keep holding on and her baby won't be too impatient!
Take care
xox

[Liz]

Yep - just sit at that pump. My DD was 34wks (altho they have her as 33+5) and she sucked from the beginning.. but had to be taken off all suck feeds coz she was losing weight with the effort. But I was at that rotten pump after every feed. I used to joke that I was off to the dairy. I had such a stockpile in the freezer (unfortunately the fridge broke and it all defrosted and had to be chucked )

An interesting tid-bit tho.. your body actually produces special premmie milk! Not sure what's different exactly but it is different to 'normal' newborn milk. Our bodies are so clever

Oh, also - you can hire breastpumps from the ABA. Might be something she could look into. You can end up waiting in a queue for the pump if you use the hospital one at the NICU.