Started pumping this evening!

i had my first pumping session last night too! and im abt to do my 5th session.... WTG! on getting some drops! :woohoo: I havent gotten anything yet, ofcourse i stopping BC last week and have only been on herbs for a week, since we just found out about our baby last week and she is Due tomorrow, so my Lactation consultant told me i needed to get to pumping NOW! lol I didnt find the pumping painful at all... infact i found it really relaxing, oodly enough lol i did learn quickly tho that a little bit of Aquaphor on each nipple makes all the difference with the "pulling.tingling" sensation! I hope i get some droplets soon :woohoo: I am SOSOOO greatful for this forum!! I have always wanted to breastfeed all our babies (adopted or bio) and so i am so glad to have a place where others feel the same! :grouphug:

Okay so I am new to this forum thing but I was just looking online for support with adoptive breastfeeding and found this. So I started pumping this Sat after 7 months of BCP & Dom. I had drops right away which was awesome and everyday I have gotten a little more. Our baby is due in July! For sure this is a crazy journey!

How do you guys find time to pump as often as you should? Good grief, I've only pumped 4 times in the last 48 hours. I have three kids and now I'm thinking maybe this was a stupid idea to think that I could manage pumping in with our already busy schedule???!?!!?!?

Im sorry to hear you are having such a hard time! i can ONLY imagine how difficult it must be with 3 little ones... this will be our first baby so i have no advice for you... just a virtual {{HUG}} of support! In other news.... our baby was born yesterday! we have to wait to meet her til TPR is signed on sunday morning.... the wait is making me crazy! but only 50 hrs to go... i think i can... i think i can... LOL :D

i started yesterday. i'm getting some clear drops when i pump (very little, but something). it seems like by the time i'm done pumping, cleaning equipment, and feeding the baby it's time to start again. i didn't have time to do anything in advance - it was less than 48 hrs between the match call and him in my arms, and that time included a cross-country flight.

I bet it must be hard to pump and take care of 3 other children. This will be our first baby but do find it time consuming too! The hard thing for me is working and pumping. I got half an ounce yesterday which made my day!!

So all I am getting is this yellowish/white sticky stuff, almost like vaseline? Tell me this is normal??

I would really like to breast feed and I borrowed my friends hospital grade pump and started last night. I've had no herbs or drugs because I'm not sure when or if the adoption will happen, it's so frustrating. I met with the birthmother the week before last, she had already given birth on May 7. The meeting went well and she was suppose to sign the papers on Friday, but didn't show up or answer phone calls or email. Meanwhile the baby is in foster care. I started pumping anyway, because I know how long the lactation process takes, and I would at least like to get started. But I'm not sure if I should start on hormones (not doing meds). I'm sure the neighbors thought something weird was going on, the machine is so loud, and my yelp was louder (ouch!!). I'm not sure if I should keep going until I get word that it isn't happening for sure, should I bother starting the herbs....completely stymied, and worried for the baby who sits in a home with no permanent parent. I know, there is a lot going on there outside the parameters of your discussion, sorry. Just don't know who to talk to or what to do. Starting the lactation process feels like movement, even if it turns out to be a waste of time.

so I got thick yellowish drops the first two day and after that now it looks like skim milk

I had to quit pumping. I really was jumping ahead of the protocol time anyhow. We're still 11 weeks out from due date. I simply did not pump often enough and I think it's not fair to my other kids to pump that often at this point if I don't need to. So I'll give myself another month and then get to pumping again. I'm back on BC again and still taking dom as well. Uhura65- I say just pump pump pump away and when/if the baby is placed with you, get her on the breast. What is the baby's story at this moment if you don't mind me asking? Why in foster care?

There is a variety of characteristics of the first secretion that comes from the breasts, called pre-milk. It can be thick and sticky or thinner. It can also be clear or tinged a variety of colors. The amount varies, too. Some ladies only get a few drops of it and some can pump an ounce or two of it. I didn't do much pumping, but from what I could see, I never even had a drop big enough to fall into the pump container that was clear. It was just a few clear droplets, followed by white milk. Some people say that it is colostrum that comes first but I don't really think it is, because human placental lactogen is involved in colostrum production. That is the only lactation hormone that those who haven't been pregnant don't get. Ruth, are you nursing with the Lact-Aid or just pumping? For anyone who has a baby all ready, nursing on demand with the Lact-Aid is the most important thing. Adding pumping to it is totally optional. If it is too stressful and keeps you from getting adequate rest, you might want to consider dropping it, or doing it less often. Another option is pumping the opposite side while the baby is nursing. That takes advantage of not only your time, but the let-down from the baby. That was the only way I could ever pump more than a dribble.For anyone who is pumping without taking domperidone, remember that what you see from pumping is not an indication of what you will produce once you start nursing a baby with the Lact-Aid. Don't get discouraged if you see only a few droplets or not even that. I've known moms who pumped for a month or more and only saw a few clear droplets, but went on to produce half of the milk their babies needed, with only the baby's suckling to bring it about. Uhura, I hope things work out with your adoption! That is a terrible position to be in. I have had the experience of knowing my baby was out there needing me and having the people in charge telling me one day that I was going to get her and the next that they were considering other people for her. We did eventually get her, after ten weeks in foster care. The older the baby is at placement, the more likely it is that he/she will need more effort to get nursing well, but it can be done, even if they are a great deal older. A baby under about three or four months will usually take the breast pretty easily, but some times it takes them a while to learn. Sometimes they are happy to take the breast, but don't have a very good latch, which can cause pain and doesn't do as good a job of stimulating milk production. It is a good idea to see a lactation consultant or La Leche League leader if you have concerns about your latch. Another thing to do while you are waiting for that wretched phone to ring is to read about breastfeeding and watch the videos on Youtube and other places. HisMrsLiz, did you get the baby? Feel free to email me, anyone, if there is anything I might be able to help with at noelani54@hotmail.com

Our adoption disrupted.... baby girl wont be coming home :( so i had to stop pumping.... I wish all of you ladies nothing but the best! I hope i am back to this forum soon soon!

I'm so sorry about baby girl not coming home with you guys :( *hugs*

I am so sorry to hear that you aren't getting the baby, too. It happens to many of us, unfortunately. I hope you will be back here soon, too.

:grouphug: :grouphug: Oh gosh, im SOOO sorry. I hope you get matched again soon. -rach