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Expert: - 7/16/2007


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I am having  a hard time trying to breast feed my 4 month daughter. She wont stay on my breast. She turns away all the time, and she cries so much. i had been breast feeding and give her formula at night but now that i started to introduce solids she wont breast feed. so i have been trying to pump and all i pump out is about an ounce of milk from both breast. what can i do to get my baby to breast feed more or what can i do to get more milk? at least if i get more milk she can bottle drink it.I would really like to continue breast feeding but i feel like my daughter is loosing interest in my breast feeding. Please help


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Hello there - And first, it's great to see that you are looking for advice to continue breastfeeding and working through the barriers you are encountering. It is best for both you and the baby to continue trying to work to get her breastfeeding. So my advice is to contact a lactationist specialist on allexperts, since I specialize in advice to reduce engorgement pain or thru the weaning process and should you be looking to wean, visit www.lamabra.com.  But at this point, you can still work to continue breastfeeding...good luck and as always, let us know if you need anything else or need more advice :)

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I am looking to support the segment of mothers that encounter engorgement issues that prevent them from continuing to breastfeeding, those that do not breastfeed or are ready to start weaning. As an aside, I wish to add that questions asked in terms of those not breastfeeding will not be given guilt for their choice. In many forums, including this one, there is currently no category developed for this "not breastfeeding" audience. I do believe that breastfeeding is best for both mother and child, however, I believe more strongly that there is a lack of support for the woman that for either personal or medical reasons cannot breastfeed. My strengths would be in answering questions related to stopping breast milk production comfortably either right after delivery or after nursing their children for some time, reducing breast engorgement pain and dealing with overactive lactation. Questions I would not try to answer are those tied to emotional feelings as I feel many times women that don't/can't breastfeed struggle with it...and that should be directed to the appropriate counseling channel.

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I am the inventor and founder of LaMa Bra and for years have researched the human body functions, both in process and emotions/hormones to develop a bra to help mother slow or stop their breast milk.

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I hold a BS in General Biology, a MS in Human Nutrition and an MBA in Marketing.
Also, am the the founder of LaMa Bra found at http://www.lamabra.com that has helped many women with engorgement while breastfeeding and through stages of weaning when ready to stop breastfeeding.

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