As far as the milk goes - Alexis hasn't been able to pump yet as she's still not really mobile from the caesarian. She's getting better, and should be moved across to the transitional ward in the neonatal unit later today, so mother & baby can be closer together. Then she'll be able to express/pump, and feed Aliza from a cup.
However, the nurse in neonatal did say that she's never failed to get a baby fed from a bottle onto breast milk eventually, and if she can't do it with Aliza, she'll take early retirement! So I figure that they're used to just this kind of situation and know how to deal with it.
For the time being, she'll be using the hospital's pumps, which are far superior to anything that mere mortals cans purchase. When Alexis is home, we'll probably rent one from the NCT.
You're right about the hospital pumps being superior - they are like that here as well. In Israel you can rent one from a social organization whose name I can't recall, but they aren't that good. I hope the ones in Britian are better.
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As far as the milk goes - Alexis hasn't been able to pump yet as she's still not really mobile from the caesarian. She's getting better, and should be moved across to the transitional ward in the neonatal unit later today, so mother & baby can be closer together. Then she'll be able to express/pump, and feed Aliza from a cup.
However, the nurse in neonatal did say that she's never failed to get a baby fed from a bottle onto breast milk eventually, and if she can't do it with Aliza, she'll take early retirement! So I figure that they're used to just this kind of situation and know how to deal with it.
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you should buy her a pump - i have the Medela electic pump and highly recommend it
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