Silly new preemie mum question about feeding!  (11 Posts)
MultipleMama Fri 04-Oct-13 03:00:59  One of my preemie twins is
in the process of latching. She's doing well on b/m through
feeding tube and showing signs of wanting to latch.  I can't be
there 24/7 as much as I'd like to be i.e night feeds etc.  I'm
worried about when the time comes when she's feeding from the
breast and I'm not there when she's hungry. Would the nurses
introduce bottles? Can I say no to this? I really want to avoid
bottles completely. If I can, how will she be fed, by tube?  I'm
clueless and hesitant to bring it up with the nurses in case
they look at me like I'm silly for even thinking of not doing
bottles...  So, yeah. That really.  ljny Fri 04-Oct-13 03:30:34
I don't think you're silly at all. No idea whether the unit
would be willing to continue tube-feeding when she's able to
take a bottle.  If it helps, my premie DD1 went from feeding
tube to special easy-to-suck bottles, then when her sucking got
stronger, she had a few breas