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I haven't heard anything more from Scarlet but, its around 2 am now in Sweden so, I don't expect anything early morning. I hope that Sydney has made her appearance and mommy and baby are simply resting.

Maggie- the boys are beautiful!

I am loving all the baby pics.

ASFM: Well, after 5 days of struggling to get Blaine to latch-on I started looking for solutions to the problem. I am still really swollen from all the fluids but, then when you add the fact that I am apparently and good milk making machine...Blaine could not latch on.
I ran across nipple shields! I swear this is one of the best inventions ever. DH went out BRU and picked up the two smaller sizes 16mm and 20mm. Once I put the 16 mm on Blaine has been able to take milk from the breast everytime. No bottles in more than 24 hours!
So, ladies if you are going to breastfeed and you have shorter nipples be aware that you will most likely increase a full cup size or more when your milk comes in. Making it difficult for LO to latch.
The hospital LC told me to just supplement after each feeding. However, he was never getting much from the breast and I had to pump to give him any breast milk. This is a great solution and allows you the contact we all desire with breastfeeding. You do have to be careful with the shields. Baby can become dependent on them and they are made of a soft silicone material so, you want to make sure that you are fully awake during feediings. For us, this was a great solution because Blaine would have been on the bottle until he was much bigger. This simple solution was only $6.99!