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[quote=Anonymous][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]

OP. Thanks for sharing this. With my first, I had to triple feed in the hospital while room sharing the whole time after being awake for almost 48 hours since the onset of my induction. It was awful and probably contributed to feeling like I didn’t recover at all at the hospital and wanting to send this baby to the nursery to catch up on some sleep this time around. I actually wound up with an oversupply with my first which is why I’m thinking this may be a doable scenario for me, but I have truly no concept of how important those first nights are. Thank you again for sharing your experience for me to consider.[/quote]

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