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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I had two of my babies pre covid and both times I sent them to the nursery for 9 hours a night and they got formula there.  I had two C sections and it was the best decision ever. I breastfed all day for those 4 days, and they breastfed fine after we got home including at night.  I am really glad this push for no newborn nurseries - even for women who had major surgery and are doped up on morphine, or women who dont have a partner who can stay overnight- happened after my kids were born.  [/quote]

Thank you this is exactly the type of information (even if anecdotal) I was hoping to hear other’s experiences with.

To the PPs above who didn’t even seem to read my post, I know the hospital policies - there is a nursery and they will take the baby there and they will offer formula if I request/ok it (I know this because I already had one baby there 2 years ago and needed formula for a medical reason during our stay, even though we weren’t allowed to use the nursery due to COVID). I have absolutely no issue with formula so that isn’t my question. Just was wondering about people’s experiences successfully breastfeeding even if they opted to sleep through a typical 2-3hr feed window the first or second night.[/quote]

I'm the PP- I will say that each time i semi woke up to roll over or take pain medication, I hand expressed my breasts once my milk had come in on like day 3.  Just so I wouldnt be engorged and then lose supply.  It only took a minute, I just expressed so I wasn't engorged, once i saved it in a breastmilk container that id asked for and just left it at room temp because the nurse said it was ok for 6 hours.  Once I just did it into a washcloth that was on my bedside table, hah.  But I did not sit up and pump for 15min and I did not call for the baby and wait for him to come and then feed for half an hour.  I did the bare minimum to help my supply a little, and it was enough. [/quote]

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