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Breastfeeding Twins

5 posts on this thread and the last post was on September 19th, 2005 7:22 AM

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maggie - September 15th, 2005 12:05 AM

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I am thinking about breastfeeding my twins after delivery. Is it harder to breastfeed twins? Or should I stick to the bottle. I will be alone and I am afraid of exhausting myself. Any advice?

Kathryn - September 15th, 2005 11:38 AM

I personally don't know, but on one of those baby shows on TLC, a women was breastfeeding twins and she never left her chair. I think you have to be very dedicated to doing so. You can always give it a try.

Lisa*9 - September 15th, 2005 1:29 PM

I agree with Kathryn it will be alot of work yes you may never leave your chair for 6 weeks. Maybe bottle and breasr will be best. Contact LL.org for some answers to your Q. I never bf twins but tramdon nursed,two kids two yrs apart.

alisha - September 18th, 2005 12:29 PM

just stick to bottles

KH - September 18th, 2005 2:55 PM

I say do as much as you can.... don't kill yourself over it. Maybe one day you could b/f one and the next day the other. If that gets too hard then you could just say that you tried your best :)

cb - September 19th, 2005 7:22 AM

Hi Maggie, I am also pregnant with twins, I want to try and breast feed as much as I can!! (I could only feed my now 2 year old son for 5 months, cause I wasnt making the milk for him) But I think that I will also use the bottle! Maybe do the breast, than bottle, or breast one at a time & bottle the other!!! Good luck with it!! :))

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