Might not be able to breastfeed!!!!
Now on the other side of the spectrum, I've had two babies post-gastric bypass in 2007 and have failed at breastfeeding them both. My failure WAS partly due to a complication from my surgery The complication being that my body is pretty much in a state of perminent dehydration because I'm not physically able to take in the amount of fluid that it requires. As a result of that, I was not able to get enoughs fluids in to create the milk supply I needed for my babies. I tried and tried, and I plan on trying again when I have another baby!
Do some research ahead of time. There are vitamins and supplements out there you can try and a special diet you can follow to try and aid in milk production. Start practicing good water consumption now so it's habbit when the baby gets here. It wouldn't hurt to be informed and prepared and then, of course, do what's right for your baby when the time is here. Who knows, what's right for your baby may be formula. I have two very happy and healthy babies who were/are being raised on it even though it was not my first choice.
Most importantly, GOOD LUCK!
Darcy
Do some research ahead of time. There are vitamins and supplements out there you can try and a special diet you can follow to try and aid in milk production. Start practicing good water consumption now so it's habbit when the baby gets here. It wouldn't hurt to be informed and prepared and then, of course, do what's right for your baby when the time is here. Who knows, what's right for your baby may be formula. I have two very happy and healthy babies who were/are being raised on it even though it was not my first choice.
Most importantly, GOOD LUCK!
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I doubt there have been any actual studies about the quality of milk in post-WLS women. And even women who are starving (I don't mean had surgery, I mean have little or no food) can produce a small quantity of quality milk. I don't buy that women who eat less than average are going to make skim milk - that's just not how milk production works.
If I had to bet, I'd bet that the population of post-WLS women who struggle to make adequate supply might be slightly higher than the general population, but not because of the surgery. A lot of us have PCOS or other hormonal wackiness that helped us get obese and can sometimes (not always!) cause poor milk production due to insufficient glandular tissue or hormone imbalance. But this is just my theory, and don't count yourself out as a breastfeeder yet. For the record, I have PCOS and I had oversupply of milk in my first pregnancy (which was pre-op but I expect a normal to large supply this time around as well.)
Like the others said, you may very well breastfeed with no issues. If you do have some supply trouble, you may be able to combo feed so you and your baby get some of the nursing benefits as well as baby getting fed! Don't worry about it, just prepare yourself by getting some support lined up. The best support I had after I had my daughter a few years ago came from my friends who had successfully nursed or were currently nursing. I also got help from a lactation consultant at the hospital (nice, but too gadget-oriented) and La Leche League.
If I had to bet, I'd bet that the population of post-WLS women who struggle to make adequate supply might be slightly higher than the general population, but not because of the surgery. A lot of us have PCOS or other hormonal wackiness that helped us get obese and can sometimes (not always!) cause poor milk production due to insufficient glandular tissue or hormone imbalance. But this is just my theory, and don't count yourself out as a breastfeeder yet. For the record, I have PCOS and I had oversupply of milk in my first pregnancy (which was pre-op but I expect a normal to large supply this time around as well.)
Like the others said, you may very well breastfeed with no issues. If you do have some supply trouble, you may be able to combo feed so you and your baby get some of the nursing benefits as well as baby getting fed! Don't worry about it, just prepare yourself by getting some support lined up. The best support I had after I had my daughter a few years ago came from my friends who had successfully nursed or were currently nursing. I also got help from a lactation consultant at the hospital (nice, but too gadget-oriented) and La Leche League.
Really??? My response to her would be to ask how starving women in Africa BF their babies! Don't allow anyone to try to talk you out of attempting to BF! There are plenty of women who can't BF for various reasons that haven't ever even considered surgery! Just because you've had WLS doesn't automatically mean that you can't!
Do your best and if you do have trouble, I would specifically ask to speak to a different nurse/LC than her!!! What a numbskull!
Do your best and if you do have trouble, I would specifically ask to speak to a different nurse/LC than her!!! What a numbskull!
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