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Q: Night Nursing And Epilepsy!!!
asked by: melrose on August 31st, 2004
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Dear ladies, dear moms!
I am totaly new member here and I came from croatia, so sorry for my broken english. Well, I am pregnant and I am in a 6. Month of pregnancy. I fight with my fears for my baby (cause of taking pills) and belive in god so much, so I hope everithing is gona be o.K. I have excelent doctors (gin neurol) and I am under medicin control all the time. I lost a baby 2 times befor and I want to do the best for this god's gift.
Well, this is a subject of my fear and occupations. I am very scared about night nursing, couse every of you who have this evil illness knows what kind of victims does it take! So, if I wouldn't sleep during nights and nights it wont be good for my helth andfinaly for my baby, so I want to find some combinations with nursing (i hope you ca understand what I want to say). Here is my plan: I would like to nurse all the day and for the night my husband will make to our beby boy a bottle with industry milk and feed him, so I can sleep a little.
I wanted to talk on croatia's forum with other epileptic moms about this problem, but anyone didn't respond. Can you belive that?! This is very delicate theme in my country.
Please, is here some mom who can help me how to nurse my baby and who passed trought the same situation and dilemas. Just to notice, in croatia moms hate feeding newborn babyes with bottle, couse they think it would confuse the baby (2 kind of nipples) and they belive just good moms nurse their babys. Can you please help me with advieces. I don't want to feel guilty any more. I am so happy that I find this forum and I hope you will answer.
Tnx and have a lots of lovely pregnant kisses from croatia! Laughing melrose.
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silverlou
replied on August 31st, 2004
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Welcome to the forum, and just to let you know your english is very understandable.

I am not a mom yet, but there are a couple of things I thought of.

One i've heard is that some moms will take their baby to bed with them so during the night when they have to feed they only wake up a little bit, instead of getting up, getting the baby, feeding, putting the baby back down.

And what you could also do is pump your breast milk so your husband is feeding your milk, instead of commercial formula, that will be easier for your baby, instead of switching back and forth. And I think there are some bottle nipples that are made like the breast nipple which may also help.

Best wishes to you
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TBECK12
replied on August 31st, 2004
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Also if you plan to nurse and to use a bottle right from the beginning there should not be any nipple confusion. Good luck with whatever you choose.
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melrose
replied on August 31st, 2004
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Epilepsy And Night Nursing!
Tnx, silverlou!
I was thinking already about pumping and I have an option for a great bottle(?!) I hope. I am wonderig what will happen with my brests if I dont nurse my baby from let's say 11, 11 30 pm and 5, 6 am? If I feed him at 11 pm and then pump a dose for the night, my husband feed him at lets say 3 and then I feed him at 5, 6 am. Is it to long?Will that way of nursing decrease my milk (because you have milk as much as you nurse)?
I hope this page is not end of the world! Please, moms with experience, you are my last hope.M.
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aarunyon8
replied on September 3rd, 2009
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Hi,

I have epiliepsy and I had the same worries as you. I went ahead and used bottles along with nursing. It did not confuse my son at all, he went along with both. I wish you the best of luck!
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