Tips & Advice
ABCs of Breastfeeding in the NICU
Many many MANY sets of twins are born at term or only a bit early, and with no medical concerns. As a group, however, multiples have a increased risk of complications resulting from high risk pregnancy and/or premature delivery. If your babies are born early or face any health challenges, they may spend some time…
Read MoreQ&A: Tandem Feeding Logistics
Carrie asks:
My twins are due in October and I want to tandem feed. That is the only way I will get anytime with my two year old. My concern is how the heck I am going to get both girls up on to the nursing pillow and latched if there is no one to hand them to me. And how can I lay down and still feed two babies?
Read MoreQ&A: Pumping and return to work
Jennifer writes: I just returned to work full time and I am pumping breast milk for my twins. This is my second set of twins and I was not supported with the first set to breastfeed, however this time I have more support. I am having issues with pumping breast milk. It takes 30mins to…
Read MoreQ&A: Feeding Schedules
Kristi asks:
My daughter is breastfeeding twins (3 weeks old). My question is: Should she alternate which baby is nursed first each time? If she does, then the baby who nursed first last time has to wait longer for her next feeding. Or does she nurse the same one first everytime, keeping them on a schedule?
Read MoreQ&A: Bottles, Supplementation and Late Preterm Infants
Tawny asks: My twin boys were born at 35 weeks and are doing great except for the nursing. In the hospital we finger fed with a syringe and feed them a combo of my expressed milk and donated milk. As the amount they were supposed to eat increased the hospital suggested using a bottle as…
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